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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Hangtime on July 23, 2005, 12:10:26 AM
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The food sucked. The pay sucked. The hours sucked. The clothes sucked. The officers sucked. The rides sucked. The equipment sucked. The view sucked. The women sucked. The locals sucked. The bugs reallysucked. The reception home sucked. The VA sucked.
In short, I don't miss it a bit. But then, I served in pretty suckky times.
I hear the foods better now.
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I always enjoy seeing expression on army’s/marines face when they visit for the first time AF chow hall. :aok
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Originally posted by joowenn
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That's it!....that is the expression!
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LOL yes, perfect.
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That guy's an actor playing a marine.
not to worry, he fits right in.
he suckked too.
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Private Joe Snuffy, reporting for duty!
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Originally posted by joowenn
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Gomer Pyle played a MARINE....ass
Hang,
I have to say this. As somone who got out because the grass was greener on the other side........it has gotten better.
When I first joined the pay REALLY sucked. Now I'm an E-5 with 10 years in and I make just about the same as my civilian equivilant.
The other thing I have is job security. I worked for a temp agency in Carrolton, TX and they fired a guy because "he just didn't fit in". I don't have that worry now. My family has a really nice house.....I make enough money to support a wife and two kids.....These are all things I would have worried about 5 years ago.
Now I actually worry if we are getting too many benifits. Yes these bennies help me but I'm also a tax payer. If the DOD can't afford all these bennies that congress is proposing it shouldnt be forced to pay for them.
On the flip side:
THe deployments still suck.....and even suck worse now that Iraq is in play. Dont forget about Korea, Army and USAF members still do 1 year unaccompanied tours to S.Korea to maintain the peace of a war we faught 50 years ago.
It's govt. work so that means red tape till you go blind. You wont allways give up but the red tape still does exist.
Today I had to argue the finer points of heat exaustion. My counterpart felt that heat warnings didn't apply if said mechanics were working in a hanger. My contention was that a hanger that didn't have A/C and had it's doors open was no different than the 115 degree environment it was supposed to sheild from. Symantics you know.
I know in my heart that in 10 years I will not be able to live off of the retirement that my military service will give me BUT. I will be highly trained/skilled and will be able to aquire a job that will. The bonus is I will have a paycheck the rest of my life that will pay a pretty good mortgage.
:aok
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Originally posted by Hangtime
That guy's an actor playing a marine.
not to worry, he fits right in.
he suckked too.
He had a rather nice singing voice IIRC
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sarge - Anyone who runs is V.C. Anyone who stands still is well-disciplined V.C.
pyle - geewiz sarge..
oh wait that was from full metal jacke!
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
Gomer Pyle played a MARINE....ass
Hang,
I have to say this. As somone who got out because the grass was greener on the other side........it has gotten better.
When I first joined the pay REALLY sucked. Now I'm an E-5 with 10 years in and I make just about the same as my civilian equivilant.
The other thing I have is job security. I worked for a temp agency in Carrolton, TX and they fired a guy because "he just didn't fit in". I don't have that worry now. My family has a really nice house.....I make enough money to support a wife and two kids.....These are all things I would have worried about 5 years ago.
Now I actually worry if we are getting too many benifits. Yes these bennies help me but I'm also a tax payer. If the DOD can't afford all these bennies that congress is proposing it shouldnt be forced to pay for them.
On the flip side:
THe deployments still suck.....and even suck worse now that Iraq is in play. Dont forget about Korea, Army and USAF members still do 1 year unaccompanied tours to S.Korea to maintain the peace of a war we faught 50 years ago.
It's govt. work so that means red tape till you go blind. You wont allways give up but the red tape still does exist.
Today I had to argue the finer points of heat exaustion. My counterpart felt that heat warnings didn't apply if said mechanics were working in a hanger. My contention was that a hanger that didn't have A/C and had it's doors open was no different than the 115 degree environment it was supposed to sheild from. Symantics you know.
I know in my heart that in 10 years I will not be able to live off of the retirement that my military service will give me BUT. I will be highly trained/skilled and will be able to aquire a job that will. The bonus is I will have a paycheck the rest of my life that will pay a pretty good mortgage.
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Good fer you, yah miserable lifer. ;)
(I envy you.. a job well done, and done well!)
Staying in wasn't a possibility I could wrap my head around. Don't regeret my service, or the choice to leave. Gettin short was a ritual right of passage.. an 'earned' early retirement leading to the one thing that didn't suck... the freedom bird. ;)
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no no gomer pyle was int he cavalry.
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did i mention the rides sucked?
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I don't really care for seafood much, but some units in the army had very good mess halls. Hard to complain when the day room has a wet bar and the dining facility serves lobster. And the beer truck pulls up and starts unloading at the COB formation after returning from the field. Of course the beer deliveries at the victory meals were paid for by the officers not the army.
Still that doesn't compare to being put up in nice tourist hotels tdy in a country full of non-fat women and being able to have a beer on duty. Getting paid enough to be young and dumb and still have enough left to put in the bank. Only having to worry about affording car payments and disco bunnies.
Getting paid a salary to be a full time student at a civilian college with 100% tuition and books and any other expenses paid for.
Yeah, there's a lot I miss about the Army.
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Hang, I only
to you and your generation.
Sincerely. Thank You. It's all I can say. A soldier with an automat in his hands always will get my respect.
Noone probably enjoys a service in strange places. My best friend went through Afghaniatan, coming home with a "Combat Merit" medal. People like you and him, who didn;t become "moral freaks" are a base of our cultures.
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I was USAF on a SAC base. We lived in dorms..not barracks..2 guys to a room much likea motel room. The food was better than many resturants today. We worked 8 hour days weekends off unless during an exercise. We pool hopped all summer..not to mention the big pool we had on base. The NCO club had resturant quality food. It was my first training in plumbing, which I do today with my own business.
Probably the best choice I ever made in my youth.
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Originally posted by Russian
I always enjoy seeing expression on army’s/marines face when they visit for the first time AF chow hall. :aok
The Silver Dolphin Bistro at Sub Base Pearl Harbor was about the best chow hall I ever ate at. Any chow hall that dares to call itself a "bistro" better be good, and it was aight. Especially compared to MCBH K-bay's chow hall, which was what I was subjected to on a daily basis. I preferred MREs to that crap. :p
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Originally posted by Hangtime
The women sucked.
Well, at least there was something good about it. :p
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Naaahh Hang was one of them....... :p :D
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Originally posted by Russian
I always enjoy seeing expression on army’s/marines face when they visit for the first time AF chow hall. :aok
you got that right. the mess hall at ramstein AFB was like a bistro compared the one my battalion had. you came in hungry and left pissed. fried baloney is not a meat.
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
I know in my heart that in 10 years I will not be able to live off of the retirement that my military service will give me BUT. I will be highly trained/skilled and will be able to aquire a job that will. The bonus is I will have a paycheck the rest of my life that will pay a pretty good mortgage.
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Depends on where you go :) I retired in 1998 as an E5. I was making $41k the last year that I worked in the civvie world (2002). I gave that up and moved back to Central Pennsylvania where live is slower and the kids can play outside without me worrying. The Cost of Living is so low here (rural area) that my retirement check (1/3 of my previous civvie paycheck) covers the rent, phone, isp, Dish TV, electric, heating oil and most of the food (and we eat good). This is a family of 7 (5 kids). I work part time, from home, for basically minimum wage so that I can have some spending money :) You can't live like a king, but you can live. And I'd never give up the memorie I got from my 20! And while the fact that you don't get dental sucks...the free medical sure comes in handy.