good idea? yay or nay?

9/17/2008 3:15:03 AM

it's yea or nay.

and hell nay.

9/17/2008 3:32:09 AM

it's the laziest of the services (unless your one of the hardcore special forces guys)

you want to enlist? officer? i mean you could be a fighter pilot or you could wind up sitting in a silo for days on end

9/17/2008 3:32:23 AM

u got 20/20 vision?

9/17/2008 3:33:00 AM

they are pretty lenient on the vision. i'm not gonna be a fighter pilot and i wear contacts. i know it's the "laziest" of the services, but i mean, i'm not really marine material. but i think it may be a good decision for me to change my life so dramatically i could break out of my self-destructive cycle that i have been in since like, high school. i was thinking about eod.

9/17/2008 3:41:58 AM

well then u go girl

9/17/2008 3:53:04 AM

in all seriousness, the air force isn't all that bad. i enjoyed my time in the navy. my guess is that if you're EOD material, you'd be marine material....at least in the Navy those dudes do some hardcore training and are in as good a shape as SEALs for the most part.

personally, I went navy because of the travel and overseas work. i went to ~20 countries in my 5 years in after graduating from the academy

if you have a college degree, I strongly suggest officer route. not that enlisted is bad, but the pay is terrible

heck if you do get in, you can get the military to do your laser surgery for free! when i was at the academy during the late 90's, it wasn't approved for pilots. then PRK was allowed...not sure if lasik is

9/17/2008 4:00:07 AM

i was also thinking sear, but i don't really wanna go through torture training. i dunno. i'm tired of being all soft. it's getting really old. like, really old.

9/17/2008 4:04:42 AM

when you say soft, do you mean mentally? emotionally? physically?

any kind of service is going to toughen you up...boot camp/OCS isn't a cakewalk and that's just the basic stuff. you'll get broken down to some degree and then built back up. at the academy it was 6 weeks of plebe summer before freshman year started. in that 6 weeks i really changed from what i was in high school...it made me a much harder person in all aspects

9/17/2008 4:16:48 AM

you know you're not fucking joining the air force, getouttaheeeea

9/17/2008 4:17:35 AM

special forces is army.

9/17/2008 5:11:13 AM

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"i know it's the "laziest" of the services, but i mean, i'm not really marine material."

Those aren't the only two options; Kate, I would strongly encourage you to do this.

9/17/2008 6:45:13 AM

navy! i would do the navy. because that is what i want to do. IF i decide to serve my country, that is. i'm still on the fence. i thought about the airforce, too though.

9/17/2008 7:23:30 AM

I say go Navy. I am a little biased, but I think it has the most to offer. Feel free to ask me any questions about it.

9/17/2008 7:26:17 AM

I say today is my last day of active duty. Ya'll can have it.

9/17/2008 8:56:47 AM

Peace Corps

shit, AmeriCorps

you'll have to do PT and its administered by lots of ex-military people but you don't have to contribute into any sort of violent, nationalistic superstructure

9/17/2008 10:32:35 AM

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"i'm tired of being all soft "

Try:

http://www.afsoc.af.mil/

9/17/2008 12:13:34 PM

or shit sign up for a local "boot camp" style exercise regimen that makes you get up at 5AM

think long and hard before committing to a military in time of war

9/17/2008 12:17:12 PM

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"dad said son you're fucking high"

9/17/2008 12:19:51 PM

Man, Snewf, you sure are adamant about dissuading people from joining the military.

9/17/2008 12:23:35 PM

^^ damnit, I came into this thread to post that.

9/17/2008 12:24:27 PM

if you're having mental/life issues, see a counselor.

the armed forces aren't going to stop you from drinking and/or doing dumb things.

9/17/2008 12:31:32 PM

arent

9/17/2008 12:33:47 PM

wat

9/17/2008 12:40:06 PM

there's plenty of room for upward advancement in the armed forces for substance abusers and the mentally ill

nah, just kidding

you have to be elected for that kind of shit

9/17/2008 12:41:54 PM

yay

9/17/2008 12:43:33 PM

MORE LIKE CHAIR FORCE

AMIRITE?!

9/17/2008 3:02:32 PM

U R RITE

9/17/2008 3:09:07 PM

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"hell nay"

9/17/2008 3:12:07 PM

yeah, my brother is about to get out of the chair force. If you're not going in as an officer, don't do it. It is easy, however. And, they give you allowances for living, so you bank most of the money you make. Even more if you're an officer, obviously.

My brother was like "you know how you wonder how three doors down, creed and nickelback sell like a bazillion records? and you know how you wonder who all these people are that are buying these records? well now I know. they're all in the military."

9/17/2008 3:22:01 PM

^ was running yesterday by the base, heard a dude straight up blasting nickelback in his mustang convertible

9/17/2008 3:24:25 PM

this thread makes me want to jam things into el borkacho

9/17/2008 7:36:21 PM

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"i think it may be a good decision for me to change my life so dramatically i could break out of my self-destructive cycle that i have been in since like, high school."

I have found that increasing the number of men while reducing the number of women promotes women to unexpectedly high levels of attractiveness, thereby reinforcing self-destructive behavior.

9/17/2008 7:47:26 PM

Hah

9/17/2008 7:50:13 PM

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"El Borracho All American 13263 Posts user info edit post good idea? yay or nay? 9/17/2008 3:15:03 AM El Nachó Spare some change? 9923 Posts user info edit post it's yea or nay. and hell nay. 9/17/2008 3:32:09 AM"

somebody call immigration...illegal aliens have invaded TWW

9/17/2008 7:51:52 PM

one of the most disappointing things in my life was when i couldn't join the navy. it was a life dream of mine.

if it's something you want to do, go for it! air force, navy, army, whatever. good luck!

9/17/2008 7:53:59 PM

when i say soft, i mean mentally, physically and emotionally. i need to toughen up and somehow learn to make my own way. i don't know much about the navy, although i am interested in many different avenues. maybe i'll check them out as well.

9/17/2008 7:57:26 PM

I take it you got rid of all of those criminal records? I'd be surprised if they just overlook that. Although I've heard that they've lowered requirements so it may not matter at all.

[Edited on September 17, 2008 at 8:00 PM. Reason : ]

9/17/2008 7:59:16 PM

http://www.google.com/search?q=navy+criminal+record&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

9/17/2008 7:59:49 PM

i am clearing those all up homie. no more felony charges for me. no need to be such an ass in my thread.

9/17/2008 8:00:07 PM

bye!

9/17/2008 8:00:30 PM

woah, felony charges? what did you do?

the beans have been spilled

9/17/2008 8:00:36 PM

Nobody's being an ass, just being real.

9/17/2008 8:00:51 PM

nothing that is of any concern to tww.

9/17/2008 8:02:04 PM

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"i am clearing those all up homie. no more felony charges for me. no need to be such an ass in my thread."

lol wut?

9/17/2008 8:49:25 PM

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"nothing that is of any concern to tww."

cat is out of the bag now

9/17/2008 8:50:18 PM

yay

don't admit/submit any medical issues. unless it's something MAJOR

eczema FTMFL stupid fucking shit

9/18/2008 12:02:06 AM

the worst thing wrong with me is i smoke ciggs, but they make you quit so...

9/18/2008 1:22:19 AM

horseshit

I know plenty of people who smoke in the service

9/18/2008 1:34:07 AM

do it for you K8

9/18/2008 1:34:54 AM