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So I joined the Army.
« on: Dec 19, 2008, 10:59:42 AM »
Yeah, the Navy recruiter in Wichita was an asshole, so I joined the Army instead. I've actually been in BCT since November, so the two people who wondered where I was, I was in South Carolina learning how to be a man. Not much of a man, though - my battalion doesn't train people for combat MOS's, so my basic training is easier than most. I'm still not done with basic, but the Army decided to give everyone a break for the holidays, so I go back and finish in January.

Being home is really weird. I slept in until 6 this morning, and didn't have a set uniform. I wasn't fighting twenty girls to get to a sink so I could do my hair, and I wasn't making a bunk or putting on a uniform. I actually get to decide what I want for lunch and when to eat it. After almost two months of having everything decided for me and not having to do much for myself in the way of cooking and planning, I'm actually a bit lost. I did extra PT earlier because I didn't feel like I was doing anything useful.

All of my clothes are too big. I had to borrow my dad's pants today because all mine were falling off, which means I'm gonna have to go buy new clothes, which is a pain.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #1 on: Dec 19, 2008, 05:28:52 PM »
I might become a human intelligence gatherer for the national guard. 

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #2 on: Dec 20, 2008, 08:57:02 AM »
You mean this one? Fuck you, that's my job.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #3 on: Dec 20, 2008, 11:08:28 AM »
Nice. Are you enoying it, though?

I don't want it to be easy, I want it to be right.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #4 on: Dec 20, 2008, 12:33:21 PM »
You mean this one? Fuck you, that's my job.

Well then I look forward to working under you...or over you...or behind you, as the case may be.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #5 on: Dec 20, 2008, 05:32:56 PM »
Unfortunately, E, I still have a month of boot camp left to complete after the holiday before I even begin training for my job. My job training will be over in July, and until then it's up in the air whether I go to my unit right away or get sent to the year-long linguistics training. So I'm excited about what I'm going to be doing, but don't get to enjoy my actual job for a while yet.


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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #6 on: Dec 20, 2008, 11:37:49 PM »
Ooh, awesome.  Armed services personnel get extra owl pellets.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #7 on: Dec 21, 2008, 03:47:58 AM »
I hope we get stationed together.  You can be all mousy and bookish solving middle eastern spy mysteries and I'll follow you around with a gun to kick ass when push comes to shove.

We'll get picked up by Fox for 13 episodes.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #8 on: Dec 21, 2008, 08:13:36 AM »
IDE, you wouldn't make it through boot camp. Basic training has too many sexually repressed females with really good bodies, and just enough who would risk sex during training, that you'd eventually get caught bumping uglies with someone in the laundry room and get kicked out.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #9 on: Dec 21, 2008, 01:25:36 PM »
Wait, we go through boot camp with chicks?

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #10 on: Dec 21, 2008, 02:04:37 PM »
Yes. Most, if not all, Army BCT posts are co-ed.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #11 on: Dec 22, 2008, 12:19:18 PM »
Pics of your army-sexy body?
I said its hot outside let me go swimming in your eyes;
We been running for awhile. Why don't you lay dow, I'll make you smile.
I could never ask for nothing better than this;
It's just tequila and the beach, it's quite salty when we kiss.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #12 on: Dec 23, 2008, 12:18:00 AM »
Oh good call...

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #13 on: Dec 24, 2008, 10:41:01 AM »
IDE, you wouldn't make it through boot camp. Basic training has too many sexually repressed females with really good bodies, and just enough who would risk sex during training, that you'd eventually get caught bumping uglies with someone in the laundry room and get kicked out.


What?  No sex during training?
The wife forgave the mistress for she only entertained.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #14 on: Dec 24, 2008, 02:06:35 PM »
Well I'm driving out to LA in a couple weeks so I won't have to worry about getting kicked out for a little while longer anyway.

But Chels is right.  If anything they should welcome the additional exercise I'd be providing.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #15 on: Dec 24, 2008, 10:37:56 PM »
Maybe they need military personnel with pent up sexual frustration to go kill Iraqis.
The wife forgave the mistress for she only entertained.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #16 on: Dec 27, 2008, 05:50:56 PM »
Nope, no sex during training. No smoking or drinking, either. Can't even have a car until after AIT.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #17 on: Dec 28, 2008, 03:47:44 PM »
Pics then so we can compare what the army's done.
I said its hot outside let me go swimming in your eyes;
We been running for awhile. Why don't you lay dow, I'll make you smile.
I could never ask for nothing better than this;
It's just tequila and the beach, it's quite salty when we kiss.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #18 on: Dec 29, 2008, 10:09:21 AM »
Ah congrats! I wish I could do it but I'd hate to get a sargent like the one from full metal jacket

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #19 on: Dec 29, 2008, 10:48:16 AM »
You wouldn't - the boot camp in Full Metal Jacket is Marines. And if you've already got a degree of some sort, you can either go in as an officer or enlist at a higher rank, up to PFC or Specialist, depending on what field your degree is in. And if you put my name down when you enlist, I get a promotion and lots of money. :D

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #20 on: Dec 29, 2008, 07:37:32 PM »
So if I have a Master's degree in Communication and got put into that Intelligence Gathering thing is there a chance I would be your commander?

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #21 on: Dec 29, 2008, 09:01:57 PM »
You could do the Officer Candidate School after BCT, but there's no officer equivalent to a 35M, so you'd end up pushing pencils at first instead of doing anything fun. So instead of my gun-toting sidekick who gets us in more trouble than he gets us out of, you'd be the guy who calls me in because he lost my last report and needs me to make a new one.  :nono:

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #22 on: Dec 29, 2008, 09:37:32 PM »
Boooo!

Whats a 35M? Something that shows you've got the practical experience to lead other soldiers?


I guess I've been laboring under the misconception that if you went to OCS they put you in charge of people right out the box.


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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #23 on: Dec 30, 2008, 08:29:40 AM »
35M is the MOS number for Human Intelligence Collector.

The guys who get put in charge right away are the ones who joined with law degrees or went to West Point. Everyone else gets to start their glamorous officer career as a second lieutenant. You still make ridiculous amounts of money and get saluted and all that jazz, but there's a lot of study involved if you want to be in charge of more than about 200 people.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #24 on: Dec 30, 2008, 09:12:15 AM »
How much is a " ridiculous amount of money"??

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #25 on: Dec 30, 2008, 09:54:42 AM »
Guy I know is on break from the Army Rangers training. That shit sounds hardcore.

I don't want it to be easy, I want it to be right.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #26 on: Dec 31, 2008, 02:04:41 AM »
I know! But u can't get into the rangers if you are a woman :-(

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #27 on: Dec 31, 2008, 07:42:00 AM »
I like the idea of sitting around in an office prank calling people while making lots of money.

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #28 on: Dec 31, 2008, 07:57:03 AM »
I'm still waiting for the definition f how much is " lots of money"

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Re: So I joined the Army.
« Reply #29 on: Dec 31, 2008, 10:26:18 AM »
Officer pay chart. It doesn't seem like all that much, except you get paid bi-monthly plus allowances. As an officer, you can live off base whether you're married or not, and the Army pays most of your rent. You also get food and uniform allowances.

IDE, you can't make prank calls. If you make prank calls, you get fired in a way that makes it difficult to get a job even at McDonald's. You have to actually, you know, work.