Joining the Guard at 31?

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Centurion40

#30
January 04, 2013, 02:04:11 PM
Since seeing Azz in full bloom, I get uncomfortable any time that any man uses the word "hunky".
Any time is a good time for pie.

Keunert

#31
January 04, 2013, 02:39:42 PM
why would you see that?
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Special K has too much class.
Windigo

Centurion40

#32
January 04, 2013, 03:24:18 PM
I didn't turn away/block-view in time.
Any time is a good time for pie.

Keunert

#33
January 04, 2013, 03:36:18 PM
you two lovebrids had a picture game going?
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar Wilde

Special K has too much class.
Windigo

Centurion40

#34
January 04, 2013, 03:58:49 PM
It was an icky, one-way street.  It also turned out to be a cul-de-sac.
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Keunert

#35
January 04, 2013, 04:01:48 PM
 :o

cul de merde de la nutsack
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar Wilde

Special K has too much class.
Windigo

bayonetbrant

#36
January 04, 2013, 04:06:43 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on January 04, 2013, 11:33:41 AMWith my MBA and work experience he told me I'd probably be brought in as a corporal. I decided to pass :/

Enlisting with a college degree in the US Army gets your brought in at E4, but as a Specialist.  You don't get to be a Corporal unless you're actually in charge of people (in an NCO position).
There are OCS options that can get you through basic and AIT and straight into OCS without stopping first at a troop unit, but those are hard to come by.
Quote from: Centurion40 on January 04, 2013, 11:56:45 AMA Cpl with a MBA??!!  Who needs a Cpl with a MBA?!
But why would/should a post-grad college degree get you any higher when enlisting in the military?  Especially when advancing in the military involves significant amounts of demonstrating technical competence in your military skills?

(not a knock on LB specifically, but on college-educated enlistees in general)
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Jarhead0331

#37
January 04, 2013, 04:53:36 PM
I still can't believe I'm CPT Jarhead.  I fight the urge to look over my shoulder whenever someone salutes me on base..."crap, where's the occifer? Oh yeah, its me..."
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republic

#38
January 04, 2013, 07:25:47 PM
Well if I can get my lazy self in shape...I'm gonna do it.  :)

Martok

#39
January 05, 2013, 06:49:42 AM
Good luck republic!  I really hope you get in and that it works out for you. 





Quote from: Jarhead0331 on January 04, 2013, 04:53:36 PM
I still can't believe I'm CPT Jarhead.  I fight the urge to look over my shoulder whenever someone salutes me on base..."crap, where's the occifer? Oh yeah, its me..."
You mean you weren't an officer in the USMC??  [runs]  ;D 


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Longdan

#40
January 05, 2013, 09:58:05 AM
He was not an officer he was Emperor. [also runs]
digni enim sunt interdicunt

Centurion40

#41
January 05, 2013, 04:45:55 PM
QuoteBut why would/should a post-grad college degree get you any higher when enlisting in the military? 

Elitist tradition!!
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LongBlade

#42
January 05, 2013, 08:12:46 PM
Quote from: Longdan on January 05, 2013, 09:58:05 AM
He was not an officer he was Emperor. [also runs]

Nah, just a lowly Ultramarine.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Longdan

#43
January 05, 2013, 08:58:48 PM
You'd better run too.
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LongBlade

#44
January 05, 2013, 09:20:01 PM
;)
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