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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Dichotomy on March 10, 2012, 05:21:57 PM
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Make my week!!!
Week 4 and he's sounding a lot better than weeks 1, 2, and 3.
:cheers:
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Right on! About week 4 they start to figure things out. Where at, what MOS?
Boo
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Lackland. No MOS yet.
He said he wouldn't know till week 8. Don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But he sounds a hell of a lot better than he did week 1.
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Are you coming down this way Dicho? A hamburger and airplane ride is in order for both you and Squid.
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Lackland. No MOS yet.
He said he wouldn't know till week 8. Don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But he sounds a hell of a lot better than he did week 1.
No MOS? He should have had one when he signed his contract ......no?
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No MOS? He should have had one when he signed his contract ......no?
He is USAF they give career fields and you get your job in basic.
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Are you coming down this way Dicho? A hamburger and airplane ride is in order for both you and Squid.
Roger that mano. I'll be in San Tone on the 12th - 15th then off he goes to tech school.
We'll do that flight some day brother :) Can't wait :cheers: <- root beer *serious look ;)
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Roger that mano. I'll be in San Tone on the 12th - 15th then off he goes to tech school.
We'll do that flight some day brother :) Can't wait :cheers: <- root beer *serious look ;)
of March or April?
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umm .. you can discuss with a recruiter what you would like to do, if there is a demand, you can have your AFSC when you sign up.
(you have to get passing grades in Tech School to keep it, natch)
Some career fields will pay a bonus for enlisting in them (and re-enlisting if a career is decided on)
You can also enlist for 6 years and exit basic as a two striper with 3 stripes awarded at completion of your first year in service..
..provided you don't punch out your CO or some such :)
IMHO .. it is *much* better to get a degree (in anything you enjoy) *then* enlist as an officer candidate.
Much better incentives all across the board.
In any case ..ya gotta do the research ... goin in blind is askin to get screwed.
-GE aka Frank
(ya .. I told my recruiter I wanted to learn how to install speakers in my car
.. he said there was a bonus for goin into ECM (328X3) and if I went for 6 I'd be an NCO in a year.
..I did, got passin grades thru tech school, and I was)
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of March or April?
April..
Greyeagle..
TBH... he and I discussed the fact that he was probably going to get screwed and I agree getting your college before enlisting is the best idea. Unfortunately that wasn't an option available to us so we're making the best of what life has handed us.
All that aside, hearing from him and being able to shoot the bull for even 15 minutes ROCKS!!!!
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I remember my first phone call from Slackland. No one was home! :cry
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Aye Dicho .. first two weeks are rough, they push hard and not a whole lotta free time :)
He's in for learnin the true meanin of FUBAR and O-Dark-Thirty :)
Fun day is M-16 Qual .. just plain fun :)
Tech school will be a grind . .it aint high school!
With luck he will earn a yellow rope and be the marcher instead of the march-ee to and from school :)
(got squeaked out once for lettin my troops go on the count so they could be first in line at the chow hall ..LOL .. was *worth* doin tho :)
You do learn to trust in yourself and learn from mistakes, both yours and those around you :)
If he ends up on the flightline he will learn all about bein part of a team to get 'er done :)
-Frank aka GE
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I remember my first phone call from Slackland. No one was home! :cry
Heh.. I live with my phone glued to me these days. Grey.. you know I don't get a lot of details in our 15 minutes a week. So far I've got he's in the top percentile of the physical parts but he's still struggling with the folding etc.. He'll get it. He's smarter and way more self disciplined than his old man.
Pretty cool aside. Last I hosted his best friends BD party here (no problem they're all my 'adopted kids') and it came out that a bunch of his friends are planning on heading down the only day he gets his off base pass after graduation.
Got to be honest I was both touched and proud.
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He is USAF they give career fields and you get your job in basic.
Things have changed then since I was in USAF. My kid was thinking of joining but now Im wondering. Anyway, best to you and your kid.
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I couldnt crap for like 4 days. All I ate through basic was the chocolate cake and glass after glass of that wonderful cold milk from those stainless steel cows!
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Heh.. I live with my phone glued to me these days. Grey.. you know I don't get a lot of details in our 15 minutes a week. So far I've got he's in the top percentile of the physical parts but he's still struggling with the folding etc.. He'll get it. He's smarter and way more self disciplined than his old man.
Pretty cool aside. Last I hosted his best friends BD party here (no problem they're all my 'adopted kids') and it came out that a bunch of his friends are planning on heading down the only day he gets his off base pass after graduation.
Got to be honest I was both touched and proud.
Wait til you attend his graduation :x
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WTG and yes when you attend his graduation it is something to behold. When I graduated from boot camp at Parris Island my parents were not able to attend but my uncle who was in the Army at the time made a special trip down. Funny part is when he showed up he was in uniform and before I got a handshake from him, I had to salute him, he was a 1st Lt. at the time. He said he has gone to many a graduation and he is thrilled everytime he goes to one. But the feeling from your sons point of view is going to be memorable.
Give him a hearty handshake from me and tell him thank you from a former Marine, I am proud of him and i don't even know him personally except from here.
LawnDart
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next time he calls, ask if they still play that dang "letters from war" song at church. EVERYBODY would bawl during that song. I heard it a few years later and teared up LOL.
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will do Lwn and Clerick..
He did tell me a couple of weeks ago that he was doing KP and they had these protein bars he could eat if he wanted. He overdid it with the expected results. I laughed hard at him. :D
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Back in my day they really didn't make a big effort to include families in Graduation Day. So even though mine was in San Antonio and my family was in Dallas nobody came. I don't recall a single person in my flight who had any family members in attendance. Now it seems all branches do a very good job of including families in Graduation Day. I went to Ft Sill for my oldest son Travis and Ft Knox for my son Thomas. Both were well worth the trip and I really enjoyed all the Army did on both occasions to highlight what the young soldiers had accomplished. You'll love it Dicho. :aok
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will do Lwn and Clerick..
He did tell me a couple of weeks ago that he was doing KP and they had these protein bars he could eat if he wanted. He overdid it with the expected results. I laughed hard at him. :D
Me and my element were often requested for KP. We did a great job and got to eat like kings for a day. Most guys only do it once, maybe twice during BMT, we did it 5. It was great. Long days but you got food, didn't have to goto hours of class nor PT in 95 degree weather. More importantly, unless we really screwed up (which we didn't) we were treated like human beings for a day. Even the officers would joke and and have a good time. I remember being present as an MTI ripped into a new guy, after he was done, he turned to me, screamed at me because I was the next closest trainee. I kept my bearing and he gave me a wink and a grin when he was done putting on his show. KP reminded me of that scene in Shawshank Redemption where they had a brief moment of sanity while they drank beer on the roof.