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Trollbie · 04-18-12, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by USMCgunner11

And the moment they see your elbows you will forever be dubbed "Recruit Gumby." You are very savvy with military knowledge, lingo and culture. You will undoubtedly do well and be very successful. I think the rest of the vets here would agree that we meet a lot of people who tell us that they ALMOST joined the Army, Navy, Marines etc..... but they decided not to for whatever reason. Even if they don't say it, you can tell they regret not trying.

If you're this way now, you'll prob look back the rest of your life. Food for thought.

Thanks

The thing with me is that there is too many things that I want to do. As long as I'm not sitting in an office or dealing with stupid bullpoop, I'm happy. I've been in many miserable situations, but 99% of them I didn't even notice I was in a miserable situation. I automatically make the best of any situation. If stress catches up and I get overwhelmed, I may get a little anxiety attack, but the next day I forget all about it. I'm also not one to regret anything or look back too much.

So I don't know what's gonna happen. I want to at least serve 4 years just to have the satisfaction that I did it, but I also really love my field of study and wanna get my Phd asap.

At this point I'm going with the flow. I graduate in June, so something is gonna happen. I tend to make the best decision on an impulse anyway. if I think too much about it, I second guess myself.

All I'm certain of that I'm drawn to things that most people avoid, and that one of my best traits and worst flaws is that if you say I can't, I will die trying to prove to myself (and myself only because I don't really care what others think of me) that not only I can, but that I will.

I'm glad I went to college first though. If I do join, I'll be better off because I'm older and more mature. And smarter. And I'll have more options.

Kingsnakechris · 04-18-12, 04:48 PM

Being a colege grad will DEF. Help you with your military career.

USMCgunner11 · 04-18-12, 04:54 PM

Yep, it's been taking me forever to just get to my associate's degree. If I could do it all again, I would only change the fact that I didn't do college first.

Trollbie · 04-18-12, 04:56 PM

I have to retake the ASVAB though... it expired in January.

Lol when I took it, it was me and another girl, and the rest were all guys. Not only did I apparently get the highest score that day, I got by far the highest electrical/mechanical/auto line scores. (I forgot how they're broken down exactly) Out of all the guys there... And I was mainly just guessing based on common sense since I didn't really know technical terms and tool names in english yet. One of my proudest moments haha

Trollbie · 04-18-12, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by USMCgunner11

Yep, it's been taking me forever to just get to my associate's degree. If I could do it all again, I would only change the fact that I didn't do college first.

Just stay with it! It's NEVER too late to go back to school.

Kingsnakechris · 04-18-12, 04:58 PM

Haha that's awesome! I bet the other girl was going AF wasn't she? Every girl I met at meps was going AF two or three navy guys ALOT of MC and army.

Trollbie · 04-18-12, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingsnakechris

Haha that's awesome! I bet the other girl was going AF wasn't she? Every girl I met at meps was going AF two or three navy guys ALOT of MC and army.

I think she was trying to go MC, but she only scored like a 15... Poor girl

Kingsnakechris · 04-18-12, 05:00 PM

I don't have a college degree but I do have a bunch of certifications in the auto mechanics world. ive been debating going back to school for a while tho.

Trollbie · 04-18-12, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingsnakechris

Haha that's awesome! I bet the other girl was going AF wasn't she? Every girl I met at meps was going AF two or three navy guys ALOT of MC and army.

Everybody says I should go AF. I always respond with "I've sat in a chair since first grade. I'm ready for some action" lol

No offense to any AF peeps. I acknowledge the awesome jobs AF has. It's just not for me.

Kingsnakechris · 04-18-12, 05:05 PM

I couldn't if I'd wanted to. I had tattoos prior to enlisting. If I'm not mistaken that's a DQ in the MC now?

Trollbie · 04-18-12, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingsnakechris

I couldn't if I'd wanted to. I had tattoos prior to enlisting. If I'm not mistaken that's a DQ in the MC now?

Last time I checked there was a limit on how many you can have and they can't be where they'll be visible in uniform. Things change often though, and I don't have any tats so I don't keep up with it.

Kingsnakechris · 04-18-12, 05:08 PM

And the AF wants PERFECT. I was far from being such. Lol I respect every one in any branch but those guys catch as much crap as the navy. All the BSing amongst branches is all in good fun, as long as it's coming from someone actually in or previously in another branch, there is a tendency for all of us to help one another when the situation calls for it tho.

Trollbie · 04-18-12, 05:08 PM

But it's still fairly easy to get away with it... I've seen recruiters count multiple tattoos as one if they're close enough to each other.

Kingsnakechris · 04-18-12, 05:10 PM

Some guy talking crap about the army because his friends in the navy is a quick way to start some crap lol

BarelyBreathing · 04-18-12, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollbie

Everybody says I should go AF. I always respond with "I've sat in a chair since first grade. I'm ready for some action" lol

No offense to any AF peeps. I acknowledge the awesome jobs AF has. It's just not for me.

Haha, hubby was AF. He had a horrible experience with it.