Hah, They done fucked up.

Memories. Horrible fucking memories.

Haha.

I remember on zero day during shark attack. One of the female privates in another platoon was so afraid to say anything that she ended up pissing herself on the drill pad.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOUR PRIVATE!"

sounds delightful

Then there was one private that took 3 pieces of bread.

You were only allowed 2 pieces of bread.

And it was the Senior Drill Instructor that caught him. She had a shriek of a voice too.


"Priiiiiivate. Why do you have three piece of bread?"

"uhhhh, Dril/"

"Paaaaarade."



It was always funny hearing them do the long drawn out parade for parade rest.

One time a Private went to go talk to a Drill Sergeat. And out from inside the CQ desk we heard our PLT DS go "Paaraaade."

We busted out laughing. So he came out and smoked us for it.

"I always get the last laugh privates. THE EIGHT COUNT PUSH UPS! IN CADENCE READY! BEGIN! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

Going to do a pulmonary test next month. Hopefully all goes well and I can get in.

I broke my arm recently and had surgery so unfortunately the military is off-limits to me for now. Though I would like to go, as long as they will support my financial ability to go to college simultaneous, or afterward, whichever they do.

To the people who've already been through the military: Would I be allowed to join if I had a broken arm but it had been properly healed and then I go through basic training?

A properly healed broken bone shouldn't be that big of an issue. The only time it would be one is if there was other things that could be an issue.

As far as college goes, you kind of have three options to do it.

You could go the ROTC route.

If you don't go that route, then there is TA(Tuition Assistance) that they army provides after you've been out of AIT for a year while you are in.

The last route is once you are out, you have the GI Bills.

Ah... So as long as I get my health problems taken care of, I have a chance right? I mean, I only have 2 things wrong currently, and hopefull will be gone by sometime next year entirely (toe infections, broken arm)...

As for the ROTC... what does that kind of enlistment entail? It sounds like it wouldn't be the worst option, but hopefully I won't be deployed into battles on the front lines? I'm kind of cowardly when it comes to my odds of surviving the front lines.

ROTC just gives you a head start on officer training. Unlike us gunts your automatically a 2nd LT or ensign when you pass BT. As long as you can pick up a rifle and don't have a heart attack you're in under normal enlistment. Now ROTC my be different. You want to be a officer in the rear with the gear then ROTC can help but only dem academy cunts get that privilege. Chance are your front line middle management or pushing papers depending on your job code and AIT.

I have a screw in my ankle and still passed the medical.

It honestly depends on what your MOS and where you get station how things go.

Like take myself for example. I'm a 42A and I'm stationed in a base that is currently in a non-deployment status. I don't even go into the field because of the position I'm in.

Most 42A don't go into the front lines front lines. You might ride in conveys if you're deployed by the chances of you seeing the actual front lines is relatively low. About the only chance is if you're a mail runner.

Now the thing about ROTC and such, is you might not necessarily get to pick your MOS as an officer. If you score well and do well and are within the top 10% then you should be able to.

But if you don't, then it's kind of up in the air. You could easily get assigned into the combat arms because that's where they need you.

Of course, you could always try and go CID. But you'd have to probably wait at least 2 years into the service to get into it because you don't have any degrees to get a waiver for it.

I've considered doing warrant in CID before cause to go 420 warrant would require me to be in for at least 6 years before I could reasonably put my packet in.

There's also the option of becoming an officer by appointment. Essentially, if you are planning on becoming a doctor, dentist, or lawyer you can offer to make a contract with the Army that they'll pay for your schooling in return for providing your service for them for a set amount of years. You'll go in as a captain and get additional special pay while in.

>military may mays

Eh.

Coming from an Air Force perspective, I have a lot of friends from the other branches, mostly Army and Navy, and they said if they could do their initial enlistment again, they would go Air Force.

And I have to agree with them, the Air Force takes care of their members, Officers and Airman alike. Sure we get made fun of by the other branches, but it is a branch of the military nonetheless. We have deployments, combat AFSCs, and having to deal with bad leadership.

I personally would give it some thought before choosing a branch, but again, this is my personal opinion.

Thanks for all the info ^_^

That last bit honestly sounds like my best option. I'm not confident enough in my science scores to try becoming a doctor or dentist, but I seem to be decent at handling law and criminal justice classes, and lawyers are paid well, so it's aight.

Though, I would want it to be just a stepping stone for my real goal - becoming an international translator who travels the world while working my career. Basically, a temporary career, if you know what I mean.

tl;dr fell asleep while writing, got up and finished it:


P.S. I didn't actually fall asleep, I really just got hungry and went to KFC.