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Offline aztec

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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #45 on: September 22, 2013, 08:21:01 AM »
Thank you Zach for donating 8 years of your life looking out for my freedoms. ( I know that's a little scary).   :salute my friend, don't get yourself run over by a dump truck.

From your favorite person in the whole world, az
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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #46 on: September 22, 2013, 08:52:10 AM »
Zach, you'll be fine.  One piece of advice I've already given but I'll say it again.  Don't argue with your DI or your supervisors - even when you know your right:)

Have fun - you are going to make lifelong friends and great memories.  Be safe, stay out of trouble, and take the GI bill when they offer it in Basic.

See ya in a few months.

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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #47 on: September 22, 2013, 04:45:52 PM »
Quote from: Arlo on September 21, 2013, 05:39:44 PM
Seabees use the designation Constructionman (after boot camp).  ;)
Meh.. Infantryman sounds better   :aok
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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #48 on: September 22, 2013, 04:53:03 PM »
Quote from: JunkyII on September 22, 2013, 04:45:52 PM
Meh.. Infantryman sounds better   :aok
Yes but......I get to build stuff, blow up stuff, and still carry gun :banana:
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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #49 on: September 22, 2013, 06:04:23 PM »
Quote from: Zacherof on September 22, 2013, 04:53:03 PM
Yes but......I get to build stuff, blow up stuff, and still carry gun :banana:

A military career that trains you for a civilian one. Win-win.  :cheers:
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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #50 on: September 22, 2013, 06:19:03 PM »
Quote from: Arlo on September 22, 2013, 06:04:23 PM
A military career that trains you for a civilian one. Win-win.  :cheers:
That was the plan. Another one is to put in 22 years, come out 43 and put in another 20 and take 2 pensions :devil
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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #51 on: September 22, 2013, 06:21:36 PM »
Quote from: Zacherof on September 22, 2013, 06:19:03 PM
That was the plan. Another one is to put in 22 years, come out 43 and put in another 20 and take 2 pensions :devil

Sounds remarkably like the same plan to me.  ;)
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« Reply #52 on: September 22, 2013, 06:35:05 PM »
Quote from: Arlo on September 22, 2013, 06:21:36 PM
Sounds remarkably like the same plan to me.  ;)
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Offline guncrasher

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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #53 on: September 22, 2013, 07:42:28 PM »
just remember the first thing they told me when I got to the mcrd in san diego many years ago.   whatever your recruited told you it was a lie :).

another one is google what "negative reinforcement" is.  it will save you some hassle in boot camp, or whatever they call it there lol.


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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #54 on: September 22, 2013, 07:47:22 PM »
We had a guy in our company jump the fence at NTC San Diego. Wrong fence. He ended up on the marine side. Phone calls were made. 'Keep him for a week. Tell him his unofficial request to transfer branches has been approved.' He was happy to get back, I heard (bumped back a company, for his effort).
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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #55 on: September 23, 2013, 12:01:13 AM »
Quote from: Zacherof on September 22, 2013, 04:53:03 PM
Yes but......I get to build stuff, blow up stuff, and still carry gun :banana:
Yep me too  :aok

What type of explosive work do you guys do? I have initiated a fair share of counter IED charges and breach charges. You guys use cratoring charges or something?
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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #56 on: September 23, 2013, 12:03:51 AM »
Quote from: -ammo- on September 22, 2013, 08:52:10 AM
Zach, you'll be fine.  One piece of advice I've already given but I'll say it again.  Don't argue with your DI or your supervisors - even when you know your right:)

Have fun - you are going to make lifelong friends and great memories.  Be safe, stay out of trouble, and take the GI bill when they offer it in Basic.

See ya in a few months.

Ammo
good advice :)
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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #57 on: September 23, 2013, 02:19:29 AM »
Zach,

Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut! Learn to listen and respond without speaking as quickly as possible, but always clearly communicate your intentions to your team mates just as you have done in Aces High.

As you endure SeaBee Training, just remember...you could have joined...The Corps! 

Best wishes



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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #58 on: September 23, 2013, 02:43:22 AM »
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We had a guy in our company jump the fence at NTC San Diego. Wrong fence. He ended up on the marine side. Phone calls were made. 'Keep him for a week. Tell him his unofficial request to transfer branches has been approved.' He was happy to get back, I heard (bumped back a company, for his effort).

I was an instructor at Sea School (USMC) at MCRD San Diego back in 1973 and was out on a PT run with my Students near the NTC side of the airfield when a Navy Recruit jumped the fence and landed on our side! He saw us running along the track and took off for the airport fence! I swear to God that his feet never touched ground after he saw us! He got hung up in the barbed wire on the top of the fence and of course we Marines taunted him with our chants as we ran past him. I don't know what happened to him after we passed.

It's interesting that this 40 year old memory was tripped by this simple quote from Arlo. Dang, I'm getting old.
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Re: Zacherof Departure
« Reply #59 on: September 23, 2013, 02:58:35 AM »
Quote from: Patches1 on September 23, 2013, 02:43:22 AM
It's interesting that this 40 year old memory was tripped by this simple quote from Arlo. Dang, I'm getting old.

Neh. It's not old. It's aged. Like bourbon or scotch.  ;)

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