09-02-2005 21:58									#61
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Too many acronyms

	09-02-2005 22:01									#62
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quote: Originally posted by OzzyKP Too many acronyms

Yeah...it's difficult. You get used to them for a while. For a lot of acronyms, I had no idea what they stood for before I knew what they were in reference to.

	09-02-2005 22:03									#63
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Its worse than the alphabet soup here in DC.

	09-02-2005 22:09									#64
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I thought you were at VMI right now.

	09-02-2005 22:13									#65
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker I thought you were at VMI right now.

Who said I wasn't?

	09-02-2005 23:14									#66
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Apoc

I got an 98 on the ASVAB as well. I had an option of being a Nuke, but, having met a few nukes before (and the Diego Polymeet with Dissident confirmed it ) I had no real desire to become a crackpot who never sees the light of day.

So, I'm a CTM...Cryptologic Technician Maintenance. Basically, I work with signals collection and I repair said equipment. I'm going to cross rate to IS (Intelligence Specialist) though.

And you have a TS? Pff....any schmoe can get a TS. Come back when you got a TS/SCI

CTM3 Lonestar

(That's "Petty Officer" to you, Private)

	09-02-2005 23:18									#67
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I took the nuke test....twice. Passed it with identical scores both times. But, I actually wanted to see the sun once in a while.

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	09-02-2005 23:36									#68
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Bah, you gay sailor boys floating in your funny boats. The Army is where the action is plus you get to really learn a culture instead of just popping around from port to port.

Ozzy, you think the acronyms are bad in this thread. Try reading or writing military reports. Page after page of acronyms which make perfect sense to people who know what the acronyms mean but don't even sound like English to everyone else.

	09-02-2005 23:37									#69
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AFA - Another Fukin' Acronym

	09-02-2005 23:40									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin Bah, you gay sailor boys floating in your funny boats. The Army is where the action is plus you get to really learn a culture instead of just popping around from port to port.

Don't you got some desert to wander? And aren't you suppose to be doing something, like getting shot at by strangers that don't drink alcohol and don't eat pork?

quote: Ozzy, you think the acronyms are bad in this thread. Try reading or writing military reports. Page after page of acronyms which make perfect sense to people who know what the acronyms mean but don't even sound like English to everyone else.

This week's Onion's "Project Manager leaves behind PowerPoint presentation explaining suicide" is so earie, onsidering I've banged out more of those damn things then I thought possible. I wonder what Halsey would have done with Powerpoint.

	10-02-2005 00:00									#71
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quote: Originally posted by Lonestar Apoc I got an 98 on the ASVAB as well. I had an option of being a Nuke, but, having met a few nukes before (and the Diego Polymeet with Dissident confirmed it ) I had no real desire to become a crackpot who never sees the light of day. So, I'm a CTM...Cryptologic Technician Maintenance. Basically, I work with signals collection and I repair said equipment. I'm going to cross rate to IS (Intelligence Specialist) though. And you have a TS? Pff....any schmoe can get a TS. Come back when you got a TS/SCI CTM3 Lonestar (That's "Petty Officer" to you, Private)

I'm a PFC, not a Private

One guy I was kinda doing a lot of things at the same time with also got a 98 and was going navy. He was offered nuke but he wanted to be a SEAL.

Anyway, this is only for about 2 years anyway...then I'll commission.

	10-02-2005 00:08									#72
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin Bah, you gay sailor boys floating in your funny boats. The Army is where the action is plus you get to really learn a culture.........

and then destroy it.



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	10-02-2005 00:39									#73
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quote: Originally posted by Apocalypse I'm a PFC, not a Private

PFC means Private First Class.

	10-02-2005 01:16									#74
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I know...but you usually abreviate it for E3s and say Private for the others.

	10-02-2005 02:24									#75
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Nah... I'm a PFC now. Private F***ing Civilian. My times done and gone.

Congrats, BTW. And good luck. Joining the military was one of the best choices I have ever made as an adult.

	10-02-2005 03:33									#76
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I enjoyed traveling all over the world on somebody else's dime.

	10-02-2005 05:28									#77
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Ok...found out where exactly I'll be. HHC (-Det1) 1st Bn 116th Inf And I'll be the 3rd platoon leader for a short while apparently.

	10-02-2005 05:34									#78
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quote: Originally posted by Sikander Now who needs to get real?

Ouch, I'm hurt...

	10-02-2005 05:48									#79
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PH, it can actually jump start a career and looks well on a resume if you choose the right specialty. Just ask the guys making $100k because the military trained them to be air traffic controls, or heavy equipment operators, or learned to fly, or many others. It also helps to exit college with zero debt and even have government money to buy a house, go to graduate school, or even education benefits for your kids.

	10-02-2005 09:16									#80
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quote: Originally posted by Apocalypse I'm a PFC, not a Private

I forgot...the Army needs twice as man Privates as the USMC to get things done.

You're still a private. I went to "A" school with those Army 'Tards. We had Airman, Marines, Army, and Casties (as well as miscellaneous "allied countries") at school. The Army was the most retarded, in it's actions and rules it gave it's E4 & below.

But hey, you wanted to go 2 years without wearing civvies, more power to you.

quote: Anyway, this is only for about 2 years anyway...then I'll commission.

Tell me how that works out for you.

	10-02-2005 09:50									#81
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quote: Originally posted by Lonestar But hey, you wanted to go 2 years without wearing civvies, more power to you. Tell me how that works out for you.

I already go to a military college without civies.

And I will commission. I'm SMPing

	10-02-2005 12:41									#82
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quote: Originally posted by Apocalypse ? It's military intelligence....not that much paper I'll get a top secret level security clearance eventually too. So it's fun.

Not if you keep talking.....

	10-02-2005 16:33									#83
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin When I took it 150 was max. You needed to average at least 120 to get in to Psyops plus they wanted you to pass the DLAB so they could send you to language school in Monterrey.

I went to school there in 1984-1985. Several of my classmates were Psyops. All were reservists.

	10-02-2005 16:44									#84
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison Ouch, I'm hurt...

Destroyed by my logicallness and skewered by my rapier wit?

	10-02-2005 18:00									#85
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quote: Originally posted by Apocalypse I already go to a military college without civies. And I will commission. I'm SMPing

I was in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M for two years. There's a difference in the buddies you form in situations like that, and dealing with the bottem feeders while you can't leave the base unless you get permission first.

	10-02-2005 18:08									#86
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quote: Originally posted by Sikander Destroyed by my logicallness and skewered by my rapier wit?

No. And the word is 'logic'.

	11-02-2005 01:33									#87
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Turns out me and one of the other two platoon leaders are old friends. He was actually a mentor to me at VMI. Works out well.

Sikander, any books you suggest I read to prepare for S2 work?

	11-02-2005 03:08									#88
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Oh, and apparently I'd be going to Kosovo, not the middle east if I wasn't SMPing so you can stop making jokes about the middle east