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Lonestar
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AECCP Dark Lord of the Sith
Aug 2000
time: 00:28
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Originally posted by Zero
Does US army also pay graduate school if whatever I recieve exceeds what I need to finish undergrad? |
Join the Navy, we're more laid back, get to see interesting people/places, get all your damn tuition for everything paid(tm), and have upward mobility.
If you enlist in the USAF, you will never, EVER get promoted.
Army= Nothing applicable to the real world. In addition, you will never, ever, be permitted to wear civilian clothes. There were Soldiers at the base where my "A" School was.
Marines- scare me.
If you join the Navy you can go to a Nuclear engineering school (where the only credits missing for a BS in Nuclear engineering are History/english), all the way down to "Mess Specialist".
Personally, I recommend something in the Cryptologic Technician Maintenance, you'll get a lot of Electrical Engineering credits, and a automatic bump to E-4, which you usually have to take a test for.
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Cruddy
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Originally posted by Zero
... I hate contractual obligation (which is very vague to me when I asked a recruiter who actively pursued me for awhile to join few months back) and I hate institutions. Man I hate brainwashing... but I'd whore my brain for few college funds.  |
This could be part of the reason for your problems.
You lack commitment, something ANY employer, let alone the armed services, looks for in an employee.
As far as joining up goes, I didn't.. but my choices were very very limited.
If you're mechanical, why not engineers/mechanics? I've got a friend who went this route - now he's paid a fortune to fix helicopters for other people, which means he can afford his own!
That degree is really nice - but maybe the services offer an alternate route, you see. If money is your goal, then maybe Navy is best (harder to spend money while at sea).
Whatever you do, research your options and then COMMIT. MAKE IT WORK. Don't start posting any of this "I made the wrong choice" crap - just stick with it.
What did you expect? That being an adult meant no responsibility?
And if you think I'M being harsh - I doubt you're ready for the Army.
Last edited by Cruddy on 13-06-2003 at 05:10
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Cruddy
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*** DELETE ME, double post ***
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Pekka
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em seu burro dos pais!
Feb 2002
time: 07:28
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Cruddy, true. Some of our staff officers went private sector too. They were working with radars and stuff like that, but they got paid dimes and nickles. So, when I was serving under them, few of them changed employer from army to private sector, and they get paid pretty good, because they're experts in the field (radars etc).
So if you do good and give your best at all times, maybe you can get your hands in some interesting stuff, and you'll be an expert of some sort. And if you do good, your services are wanted outside army too. Everyone likes a guy who has excellent service record and expertise. So it's not a waste of time.. well it's not waste of time what ever happens. But you must focus on it, work super hard and when you think you're giving it all, suck it up and break the limits until you're about to puke and your veins popping in your head. Keep your cool, obey commands, be good service man, since they are good leaders too. You'll get what you want. If you want it all, you'll get it all. But you got to work extra hard in there.
remember the golden rule of army (goes in civilian life too): Give your absolute best at all times and it will be noticed! If you do good, it's still not the best you can do. And it will get noticed if you give it all in every situation!
Don't complain, don't be a *****, be a big man and take responsibilities. Show that you are to be trusted and never brake it, even if it means a little personal injury, NEVER ever brake it. For example, if you're a good runner and they want you to run, then run like there is no tomorrow, give it your best. If you finish first, but you still didn't give it all, I kick your ass. If you finish last, but you gave everything you had, brought nothing with you to the finish line, then you're the man. Giving your best shot is always enough, if not for official limits of some kind, then to yourself it should be. Go and kick ass! Kick'em every day and don't come back but ask for seconds! WOOHOO!
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13-06-2003 03:24
) so if I can do that all that work within a year or so, benefits are really pointless. But if I don't and I suck, I might just have to. Parents are increasingly putting pressure on me to pay for school by myself and I doubt I can land a real job before I graduate and study at the same time.
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