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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: raider73 on November 08, 2007, 09:02:08 PM
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I know im young but i've been wanting to be in the marines since 9/11 and i was wondering if anyone has been in the service and is it worth your time and do you guys think i would realy be fighting for my country becauses thats what i want to do. And another down size is i've been dating a girl its getting serious and do you think joining Marines and having girlfriend would work i told her about it and she keeps saying no because her brother died in Iraq but im still not sure yet
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Joining the service was the best thing I ever did for myself.
Don't let a girlfriend detract from what You feel you have to do for your country ...
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do you think Iraq war is fighting for my country? im still debating and im only 14 pretty sure war will be over
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I'd keep an open mind about the service, keep your grades up over the next few years, and keep the girl. Who says you can't have it all???
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o i can keep her lol its long term but its ok and yeah about the grades lol i got A+ in gym lol but C's and D's in rest i dont like homework
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Sounds like a future Marine to me!:aok :D
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If your 14, the next 5 years will decide what you will be as a man.
Do what's right, do your homework, and cherish the next 5 years.
Believe it or not, your education is the most important thing to focus on.
( From one who if he had a chance too, would change a lot of things if I could go back)
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Your 14.
Worry about grades.....What your first car may be....copping that first feel...prom date.....trying out for football and baseball......things like that.
When your grown a bit more...like 5 more years or so...then give it some thought.
DOn't concentrate on a war that A) your to young to fight in....and B) may not even be going on when you do become old enough.
Don't be in a hurry to be a hero.....EVER.
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Originally posted by raider73
I know im young but i've been wanting to be in the marines since 9/11 and i was wondering if anyone has been in the service and is it worth your time and do you guys think i would realy be fighting for my country becauses thats what i want to do. And another down size is i've been dating a girl its getting serious and do you think joining Marines and having girlfriend would work i told her about it and she keeps saying no because her brother died in Iraq but im still not sure yet
Is this a joke?
Geezus, learn to use puncuation, learn what a run on sentance is, and try to avoid it.
The questions you ask show you're too young to go in the military.
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Right now you have a job to do. It's to stay in school and work at it as hard as you can. Don't sweat the military right now. Keep it in mind but that isn't your focus. School is what you need to be working on. Part of it is doing your homework. There is also school work in the military as well.
Think for a minute. The military will expect you to do your job, even the parts you don't like. If you can't handle something as easy as homework, you aren't ready for the military. The military could still be an option for you but if you don't finish school or have a GED at the very least they won't give you much consideration.
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I pulled 4 years in the navy and don't regret a bit of it. These guys are right, you have a while to think about it and alot will change between 14 and 18.
lol i got A+ in gym lol but C's and D's in rest
Haha Ranger, I was thinking the same thing.
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Kid you have PLENTY of time before you even need to think about joining the military. Your 14. Enjoy it while you can. Girlfriend?? Serious?? Trust me when I say at 14 a guy has NO IDEA what being serious about a girl is all about. If it's getting serious to the point of having sex, you better wrap that thing up. Last thing you want is a kid. Better yet just keep it in your own pants then you wont have to worry about it.
When your older and ready to get out of school, that's the time to start looking at the military if that's what you really want to do. If you want to be in the military and have some money to go with the job, get on the ball, get your grades up in ALL your classes and try to go to a military accademy or through an OCS course and be an officer.
As far as the different branches, well they all have their own flavor. I've been fortunate in my life and military career to have worked with ALL of them. I did 4 years in the Army and then finished my career in the Coast Guard. I grew up on Air Force bases and have been stationed next door to the Navy and Marines.
Air Force=Plush living, the BEST bases, but unless your a pilot you will ALWAYS be a second class citizen. The Zoomies get all the glory while everyone else does 99% of the work.
Army=Bullet Catcher. If you don't mind living out in the mud, heat, cold, rain, snow and what ever else mother nature can throw at you, then it might be for you. Plan on moving into position, dig a fox hole and then 30 minutes later get ready to leave to only do it all over again in 4 hours when you get to your new position. There are really only 3 class of people in the Army that matter. Infantrymen, Artillerymen, and Armor/Calverymen. Those are the combat arms that get it done. Everyone else just supports them i.e. second class citizens.
Marines=PROFESIONAL Bullet Catcher (every Marine is a riflemen). Just like the Army but with the added benifit of getting to deploy on Navy ships for 6 months at a time.
Navy=Never Again Volunter Yourself. I honestly could never recomend the Navy to anyone. Been on their ships and living on one sucks. Cramped quarters, gone all the time, and for the most part all they do is turn circles out in the water, unless your on a carrier, then you bust your butt for 14 hours a day just so you can climb into a rack/bed the size of a coffin. Plus they have ugly uniforms. I mean really....who wants to wear a dixie cup hat????
Coast Guard=Well I'll admit I'm biased towards the Guard. I loved the time I spent with them. It's small but we do everything. The only branch of service that conducts law enforcement operations on a daily basis. It's also the only branch that gives commands to enlisted personel. My first ship USCGC Scioto which is a river buoy tender was commanded by a Chief Bosn Mate (E7) 13 man crew and was the BEST command I ever served at. Anyway the Coast Guard can let you do all sorts of thing. Myself as an excample: My rate in the Guard was an Electronics Technician. I worked on comms gear, navigation gear, tacitcal computer systems. That was my "full" time job. I was also a boarding team member, small boat cox'n, combat information center watchstander, .50cal gunner, flight deck crewman, buoy deck supervisor, intel petty officer, and had a ton of other little special projects tossed my way that I was in charge of. Coast Guard places alot of responsiblity on it's junior and senior enlisted people. It's not uncommon for a third class petty officer to be placed in command of a 41ft patrol boat and sent out to conduct law enforcement boardings all on their own. These are 19-20-21 year old kids being given command of their own boat and being trusted to go out and do the job unsupervised. Try finding that in the other branches of service.
Do your research when you get closer to being able to enlist but make an informed decision. There is more to "serving" your country than getting shot at in a war or killing the enemy. If you want to join the Marines right now because you want to be a badass, your looking to join for the wrong reason. If you have a girlfriend that can't support your decision to serve, ditch her quick. There should only EVER be two women in your life who's opinion you should listen to conserning MAJOR decisions. Your mother always, and your wife if she has a functioning brain cell in her head. Girlfriends have no say over your life except for the immediate situation. Like where your taking her to dinner, and she gets to decide what movie your going to see, but that's about the extent of it.
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Being an former Coastie I gotta agree with Hornet. Coast Guard is the "Elite Fleet". Smallest branch of the Armed Forces and it requires every member to do more. Semper Paratus.
Hornet, an ET coxswain? I bet there were some po'ed Bosuns there Sparky.
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"Your 14"
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:huh
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My grandaddy's advice was:
Marines: first to fight. Twice the casualties per capita (more maybe) in Vietnam than the Army. The Barracks in Beruit? Marines. They are always first to be sent, and you sleep (when you can) in the dirt.
Army: second in, fewer casualties, sleep on a cot in a tent.
Navy: three hots and a cot, (hot rack in a submarine) at least 12 miles off the coast. Officers fight, inlisted support. Join the Navy and see the world, find out its 70% ocean. (unless you are a submariner, then you worlds is the inside of a hull.)
Air Force: three hots and sleep in a bed. Be stationed 600 miles from the fight. Officers fight, inlisted support. Weekends off.
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I concur with the previous posters, at 14 you've got A LOT more to worry about then joining the military. Think about for 4 years. When you turn 17 go talk to a recruiter, at 14 they probably won't give you much attention at all, and rightfully so. Cherish your childhood.
I'm set to join the Coast Guard at the end of January 2008 and it's the best decision I've made so far (I think so at least). It's made me concentrate more on school so I can graduate and join, a GED won't cut it in most cases and most likely not for the Marines and 99% of the time the Coast Guard won't accept them. It's made me concentrate more on my overall health, working out more, eating a lot more healthier.
Like I said, think about it for 3 or 4 years, 2 years ago I wouldn't have even thought about joining, last year I wouldn't have thought about going to Iraq, now I'm fully committed to the Coast Guard. If you can get into college before the military, absolutely do it. Don't think that the military is all about getting behind a trigger and shooting people, they put a lot of emphasis on intelligence.
Best wishes.
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Enjoy Cape May, Nirvana.:)
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:aok I've heard it's a nice place in the winter. I don't mind the cold so it's alright.
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I don't mind the cold ...
You might want to keep that to yourself.
(http://www.pacaf.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/web/070109-G-9923N-0021.jpg)
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I prefer cold to hot, there's only so much you can take off. Kodiak will probably be one of my choices. $1000 bonus to go to the Great Lakes but I really want to go to Oregon.
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Columbia river is a tough place. You would see a lot of action there.
Don't go romanticising Kodiak. It's not all it's cracked up to be.
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Never been to Kodiak. Always wanted to go but it just never worked out. Been to Cordova AK though. Talk about the town that time forgot about.
Oh RPM as far as me being an ET cox'n and pissing the bosn's off, yeah it put a few noses out of joint, but hey, I can drive a boat with some skill. You have to figure when the BMC has to sign off on my letter that the rest of them would accept me, well you kow how it is. I got the job done though and that's what counts. I used to drive these around from time to time. 1999-2002 Deployable Pursuit Boat program. 38ft Fountain power boats. 60+ knots, two Yanmar 420HP turbo diesels, with ZF 2 speed tranmissions and counter rotating 5 bladed surface piercing props. Yeah those things would flat out get with the program in a hurry.
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9ibyGVZDzRHApEA8RyjzbkF/SIG=12877jgsl/EXP=1194680537/**http%3A//www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/cb/JAN00/Images/dpb1.GIF)
By the way in this pic, I'm the guy sitting in the back seat. It was a photo op for the local paper and we were jumping the wake from a 41ft'er that had the news crew onboard. Fun day that was:aok Nothing like running around on the Chesapeake bay with the fastest boat on the water.
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Originally posted by raider73
do you think Iraq war is fighting for my country? im still debating and im only 14 pretty sure war will be over
doubt it.
besides, there doesn't have to be a war going on for you to serve your country.
there is a vast difference between girlfriends and wives.
do what feels right to you.
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No doubt about your ability Hornet. Just figured it made a few BM's re-examine their career choice. But you could relate. How would you like a BM3 walking in and rewiring a sonar array with a fish in the water? ;)
Like I said, the Coast Guard requires more from everyone.:aok
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I was in the Navy from 1994-1998. Can the service be a good thing? Yes. Would I tell anyone to go in now? No, not unless they were going Air Force. When I was 16 I had delusions of joining the Marines and going out and kicking butt, but the reality is unless you plan on staying in for 20-30 years it's not as good of a deal as it sounds.
As for what I did in the Navy, I was a Submarine Sonar Technician. You say the living quarters on a carrier are cramped? HA!
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Again, I got to go with the Coasties. Normally, you are out no longer than 90 days. Granted, all my service was before OIF. Things have changed A LOT!
There are a lot of misconceptions about the Coast Guard, including the "shallow water sailor" myth. My old ship Boutwell(WHEC-719) led Task Force Tarawa into Iraq. It was also featured on an episode of "Mail Call".
Port Safety is a dangerous job.
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OK one for the Air Force.
Miths;
Air Force people always stay in hotels. No, tents were the norm at FOB’s.
Air Force treats officers better that enlisted. I’m going to say differently, not necessarily better. They lived in the same tents and they are family.
Air Force has the best chow…. Bull S…..
Not as military as the other services, That’s crap.
Truths.
The best bases, you bet. Lets not put 80 million dollar assets in a cornfield.
Pilots treat the ground crews better that most other officers treat there enlisted force in other services. You better believe it, where I have seen crews have bad days, most of the time these people are professionals.
Crew dogs own the aircraft, not own, they are responsible for it’s upkeep.
My life in the Air Force was long days and nights, bending wrenches, 12 hours in a gas mask, endless alerts and exercises, sweating bullets during FCF flights, school, repetitive training, testing, strange medical exams, bosses that were down right mean, not seeing my family for months even years at a time, such pain when a friend is lost, packing up and moving every four years or so leaving all your friends behind, watching everything you do so you don’t cause harm. Blood, sweat and tears by the bucketful. War.
But is was also, gut renching laughter, travel to places that are not even on a map yet, friendship that reaches beyond even your own blood family, watch young people go above and beyond the call of duty, then blow it off like it was no big thing. Heroes around every corner, getting you butt wiped in a football game by the 82nd Airborne (it still hurts) and so many other thing I cannot explain.
The worst day was my last day.
What ever service you chose, you must finish school first. Go to college if it is possible and get a commission. Do not feel any less if you decide to go enlisted, we are the backbone of the armed forces. For now, be a young person, look at everything we have in this country and remember that is was the GI that made it all possible and keeps it that way.
Oh forget, there are girls in every country! You'll have a steady job and income. They are looking for guys like that. BE CAREFULL!
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There are times that I wish I didnt blow my military service (I had an attitude problem that made me "no longer of interest to the service") but that experience and those that followed immediately made me a unique individual, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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U.S. Army Retired. '75~'95.
I miss it.
I'd rather be back in than having to work with whining ass'd civilians any day.
Mac
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Originally posted by RedTop
Your 14.
Worry about grades.....What your first car may be....copping that first feel...prom date.....trying out for football and baseball......things like that.
When your grown a bit more...like 5 more years or so...then give it some thought.
Don't concentrate on a war that A) your to young to fight in....and B) may not even be going on when you do become old enough.
Don't be in a hurry to be a hero.....EVER.
words of wisdom
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Originally posted by AWMac
U.S. Army Retired. '75~'95.
I miss it.
I'd rather be back in than having to work with whining ass'd civilians any day.
Mac
You and me both brother.
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It all depends on how well your cheeks stand up to large Hawain guys fists.
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Originally posted by Curval
It all depends on how well your cheeks stand up to large Hawain guys fists.
In my experience the large Hawaiian guys are pretty melow.
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yeah you guys are right about my age. But thats what i wanted to be after 9/11
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Back in the 'olden days' I talked to my Marine recruiter, I even took a written test(i don't even remember what was on it now) but eventually decided to not join up.
Honestly, I have regretted that decision ever since.
Maybe because of this game and because I come in contact with so many Veterans I would venture to say I think about that at least once a week still!
Now I am old, out of shape and my back/spine looks like a pretzle and I look on with envy and admiration at the folks that did serve.
The other side of the coin is that my father, an Army veteran of WW2 is the one who talked me out of it.
anyway God Bless the folks that have/are/and will serve and please accept a salute from a civilian especially this Veterans Day
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Thank You all
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You really shouldn't think about the service right now, too many other things you have to take care of.
I was a a sonar technician on a Fast Attack submarine for 1981 to 1985 and it was the best decision I ever made to join that branch of service. Things are different now, then they were back during the Cold War.
I was not ready for college, I would have failed out due to the fact I had the maturity level of a 12 year old.
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Raider, everyone here has offered great advice. Not to keep pointing out the fact that you are only 14, but make it to 18 first. A lot can happen to a young man between now and then. Think about what branch of the service you may want to consider then. For now, focus on school and girls.
And on a personal note, if the recruiter's assistant is a very attractive female, DON'T go out on a date with her! You'll be signed up before you know what hit you! Those sneaky Marines!:D
Obie
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Originally posted by Swager
You really shouldn't think about the service right now, too many other things you have to take care of.
I was a a sonar technician on a Fast Attack submarine for 1981 to 1985 and it was the best decision I ever made to join that branch of service. Things are different now, then they were back during the Cold War.
I was not ready for college, I would have failed out due to the fact I had the maturity level of a 12 year old.
What boat were you on? I was on the Los Angeles.
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Originally posted by Flit
If your 14, the next 5 years will decide what you will be as a man.
Dam, got 3 years left then :D .
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Originally posted by Latrobe
Dam, got 3 years left then :D .
Cherish it, especially if you aren't working yet. If you are working be thankful that you don't have car payments or even bigger bills to pay.
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nope no job school,girls,and football but having trouble with school =[ how did you guys force yourself to do all the projects it doesnt work for me
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Originally posted by raider73
nope no job school,girls,and football but having trouble with school =[ how did you guys force yourself to do all the projects it doesnt work for me
Do your parents get on your case all the time about your grades? How about your teachers? The only way to get them to stop is to do the work and bring your grades up right? It's self serving to do the work. A little focus and dicipline on your school work and guess what.....your life will be alot more pleasant. Believe me when I tell you in the military you have NO choice about what your going to have to do. Same thing in the civilian job world. You just can't pick and choose what you will or will not do unless you want to get fired from a job. The military is even worse. You get told to do something as simple as clean a toilet and you don't do it, they will hammer you.
So it all goes back to being in your own best interest to just suck it up and do the work. Work hard and play hard but the work ALWAYS has to come first. That's the only way your ever going to be succesfull in life. When you set high goals for yourself and you achieve those goals, people will respect you and treat you alot better. Doors will open up to better opertunities and chances to set and achieve even higher goals.
But it all pretty much boils down to what you want. Do you want to be known as someone who can be trusted and respected to do the job no matter what, or the guy that no one wants to deal with because he can't be trusted to get anything done right or on time? It's all up to you.
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Originally posted by raider73
I know im young but i've been wanting to be in the marines since 9/11 and i was wondering if anyone has been in the service and is it worth your time and do you guys think i would realy be fighting for my country becauses thats what i want to do. And another down size is i've been dating a girl its getting serious and do you think joining Marines and having girlfriend would work i told her about it and she keeps saying no because her brother died in Iraq but im still not sure yet
Raider73, I'm going to give you the real scoop. Don't listen to these other guys, they are all computer nerds (half of them can't even get girlfriends). I'm a navy seal sniper btw.
I see that you got an A+ in gym Raider, thats outstanding. Believe it or not, this will be the most important class you will ever take. And thats good thinking, getting C's and D's in your other classes. You don't want to look like a nerd and get beat up in the Marines. We had a guy in our squad that mentioned he got an A in algebra. I can't even tell you what happened to that guy, but all of our socks were stained with blood for a month (think Full Metal Jacket).
You say you have yourself a pretty serious girlfriend? Well, you don't want to lose her do you? You need to go ahead and get her pregnant if you want to keep her, else she might try to date one of the guys that rides her bus. You seem like a pretty stand up guy, I think your ready for fatherhood.
Now its really your call on whether you want to finish high school Raider. All you really need to do is wait until your 17, then get your parents' permission to join the service. Whats history or algebra have to do with pulling the trigger on an m16? Absolutely nothing, thats what!
I'm going to leave you with one final bit of advice. Go watch all the Rambo movies (in order of course). After you've done that, get "WWRD" tatooed on your hand. Whenever you find yourself wondering what to do, look down at your hand and say outloud "What would Rambo do?".
Aquashrimp
Navy Seal Sniper
147 confirmed kills (289 counting women and children)
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Raider,
If at this level of maturity you cannot handle the minuscule effort required for school, you have no business contemplating the military. It sounds harsh but think about it. The military will expect and demand you perform to their standards not the ones you feel like meeting. Failing to have a commitment for something as easy as high school right now does not indicate any maturity or focus to achieve what will be required for you in the adult world of the military to include all the schooling the military will put you through.
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No one that is 14 needs to worry about what a girl thinks and how "long term" dating her could be. You need to worry about school and family. Personally I never dated a girl more than 2-3 months in high school and that was because I was looking at the long term aspects of life.
Originally posted by raider73
do you think Iraq war is fighting for my country? im still debating and im only 14 pretty sure war will be over
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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
Raider73, I'm going to give you the real scoop. Don't listen to these other guys, they are all computer nerds (half of them can't even get girlfriends). I'm a navy seal sniper btw.
I see that you got an A+ in gym Raider, thats outstanding. Believe it or not, this will be the most important class you will ever take. And thats good thinking, getting C's and D's in your other classes. You don't want to look like a nerd and get beat up in the Marines. We had a guy in our squad that mentioned he got an A in algebra. I can't even tell you what happened to that guy, but all of our socks were stained with blood for a month (think Full Metal Jacket).
You say you have yourself a pretty serious girlfriend? Well, you don't want to lose her do you? You need to go ahead and get her pregnant if you want to keep her, else she might try to date one of the guys that rides her bus. You seem like a pretty stand up guy, I think your ready for fatherhood.
Now its really your call on whether you want to finish high school Raider. All you really need to do is wait until your 17, then get your parents' permission to join the service. Whats history or algebra have to do with pulling the trigger on an m16? Absolutely nothing, thats what!
I'm going to leave you with one final bit of advice. Go watch all the Rambo movies (in order of course). After you've done that, get "WWRD" tatooed on your hand. Whenever you find yourself wondering what to do, look down at your hand and say outloud "What would Rambo do?".
Aquashrimp
Navy Seal Sniper
147 confirmed kills (289 counting women and children)
I just have to say that Maverick, put forth a more believable contradiction to what you said, If someone does not have the patience to at least get average on all thier subjects, I do not want them in the same Corps as me.
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Aqua yeah i want to be sniper as well and not all are computer nerds. thanks for advice all :aok
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Iwo Jima. Was a long time ago. Green beach. hmm, 10th platoon, now what was the....
must be getting old :t
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Originally posted by raider73
Aqua yeah i want to be sniper as well and not all are computer nerds. thanks for advice all :aok
OMG either this kid was dropped on his head as a small child or this has been one of the biggests trolls this year, BUT on the off chance this kid is for real...........
Aquashrimp is not now nor has he EVER been a SEAL sniper. The guy isn't even in the military. I'd have to search for the posts but he has stated several times he thinks of the military as pure knuckle draggers that can't hack it in the civilian world.
You want to be a sniper??? Are you for real??? You don't have the attention span needed to keep your grades up in school yet you want to try and get a qualification that is one of the hardests to achive in the military?
Do yourself and everyone else a favor and stop thinking about joining the military until you grow up a bit.
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yeah hornet you dont think im for real? i am about joining the Military and i do have the attention span to be a sniper
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Originally posted by Swager
You really shouldn't think about the service right now, too many other things you have to take care of.
I was a a sonar technician on a Fast Attack submarine for 1981 to 1985 and it was the best decision I ever made to join that branch of service. Things are different now, then they were back during the Cold War.
I was not ready for college, I would have failed out due to the fact I had the maturity level of a 12 year old.
I served in a P-3 squadron during that same period. Slightly different perspective. Same Cold War. :D
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Originally posted by raider73
yeah hornet you dont think im for real? i am about joining the Military and i do have the attention span to be a sniper
Really??? OK here is an easy test for you then. Get yourself 2 days worth of food and water. Find a nice conceled spot where you can watch your school. Stay there for 5 straight days and nights without moving and then make a detailed sketch of every detail of your school. Height of the building, what it's made out of, how many windows, where the outside water faucets are located ect. Make detailed notes about every teacher that walks in and out. What they are wearing, what they are carrying, what direction they go, what kind of vehicle they drive to include make, model, color, and tag number, who they talk too, and include all those details for anyone they do talk too because they might be important later. Make sure to note the times for all of these observations. Generate range estimates from your perch to the front door and any and all windows you have a clear line of sight too. Have at least 2 backup perchs selected and scouted in case you need to reloacte during your mission. Above all don't be seen by anyone. A detailed report from this should be around 100 pages at least to include hand drawn detailed sketches of the building and the surounding area, i.e. bushes, trees, fences telephone poles, anything that can or could be used as a referance for direction or range.
For a trained sniper this would be an easy one. But I'll even go one easier for you. Take a stop watch and walk into your bedroom. Start the timer as you walk in the door. You have 1 minute to look around the room from the door. Leave after 1 minute and go sit at the kitchen table and draw a detailed 3D sketch of your room. Make it as detailed as possible. You have 1 hour to complete the sketch. When your done take your sketch into your room and compare it to what is actually there. You'll be amazed at everything your miss.
Real military snipers do exercises like this everyday so don't miss anything. That's the kind of focus and attention to detail that is required. That is why 60-70 percent of the people that try to be snipers FAIL. From what little you've told us about yourself, you don't have what it takes. Not yet anyway. I hope you can turn it around.
And NO I'm not a sniper. I have a couple of friends that are though. My buddy John is an Army sniper chool graduate, and Steve is a Marine Scout Sniper graduate. I've talked to both of them at length over the years about the training they received and what I stated up above is nothing compared to what they do all the time.
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14. Let his JROTC instructor do this ... next year .... when he's in HS.
G'luck, kid.
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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
an outstanding fakepost
For a minute there I thought I was reading a GBS post.
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im in highschool they wont let you join JROTC til sophmore year :cry the sketch thing of my room would be hard because IM NOT TRAINED hornet and Marines better Army no:D
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Training plays a small part to your ability to analyze details in your room, which you have probably seen hundreds of times before anyway. It's about taking the time and seeing them, remembering them, and being able to put it back on paper. If a sniper can take a new scene and recreate it, you should be able to at least do it in your own room that you've seen before, no?
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true but im not sure what i would be and i have bad eye sight so i can't be a sniper probaly =[ and i want to fight for my country my uncle was in Green berets and i want to be in military too
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Ded
I was on the Uss Groton out of......Groton! :)
Arlo, you damn P-3 jocks! If you were out of Brunswick, I have the middle finger for you! :) We had to stay in an op area off the coast for the P-3s to come out and do their sonobouy stuff. Well after the bad weather lifted (2 days) they finally came out, dropped a pattern for us to run through, dropped a DICASS and then went home!!
A couple hours later the P-3 crews are back at based for Miller Time and we were still out there chugging our way home! Bastiages! :)
Swag
We also played with the P-3s out of Jacksonville a couple of times!
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Originally posted by Swager
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I was on the Uss Groton out of......Groton! :)
Arlo, you damn P-3 jocks! If you were out of Brunswick, I have the middle finger for you! :) We had to stay in an op area off the coast for the P-3s to come out and do their sonobouy stuff. Well after the bad weather lifted (2 days) they finally came out, dropped a pattern for us to run through, dropped a DICASS and then went home!!
A couple hours later the P-3 crews are back at based for Miller Time and we were still out there chugging our way home! Bastiages! :)
Swag
We also played with the P-3s out of Jacksonville a couple of times!
True, we had it made. But my squadron deployed west coast (with some gulf x's). Home "port" ... NAS Memphis (Millington). Heh. I was a TAR.
Reeeeally had it made. ;)