Military thread >Previous/currently serving. >Civillians

yeah i got to 10th prestige on call of duty so im pretty much a pro sniper at this point

>>743248145
>active Navy
>i hate my life please kill me

>>743248403
I sometimes wish I joined Navy.

>>743248403
MoS?

>>743248306
I was never into FPS, besides Counter Strike Source back in the day.

>>743248403
you could just off yourself instead of asking others to do it

>>743248403
How do you feel about those guys who died and still can't find their bodies?

>>743248709
Good advice.

>>743248588
Electrical Technician

>>743248709
why off myself when i can go on the McCain and get rekt like all those other ETs
>>743248938
see above comment

>>743249012
Why tho?

I was gonna join. till I saw them people thought they were going to pay me a thousand dollars a month and charge me for shampoo and razors. fuck outta here

>>743249205
You serious? USA?

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>>743248145
I don't understand military fags. You could go learn a trade or programming without risking getting your legs blown off

>>743249205
What do you mean? The militRy is just a regular job once you get out of training. Minus the field exercises and possible deployments, it's a 9-5. Pay isn't bad. If you're single, you get free room and board, 3 meals a day (if you want), and you are 100% medically covered for everything. If you're married, you get paid extra for all sorts of shit. Razors and shampoo is chump change.

What's up with your guys giving that little bitch tapebot so much support, especially when he's pulling punches and calling/talking shit over the mics and comm channels?

When do I get to make sure that thing is stapled shut? Legally, of course. Mother fucker with his and your support got me arrested for protecting my home. I can't get a job. I won't take ssdi.

What's the deal with you guys? Aren't you American? It's a basic human right.

>>743249172
im an old soul i just really dont belong with the way the military is ran nowadays would prefer being shot in the face any day over this shit

In the process of joining the Navy.

>>743249629
He gets fucking police support for his drug peddling too. What fucking gives, MAN?

>>743249655
What don't you like? Is it filled with SJWs now?

>>743249570
I get that. I got paid more before I joined. The job I have now costs a lot to get the certs for in the civillian world and instead of 8 months of training, I got the same exact certs in under 4. I know for a fact I will never deploy, but I didn't know that when I first joined. I just kind of wanted to.

I've been out for about 1.5 years. It was probably the most valuable experience of my life (not the most fun, obviously). I left the military a better man in every way, I'd recommend the military to anyone (go airforce, I went army).

If you are thinking of getting out, plan ahead. Apply for a job or a school before you get out. Be prepared, because the civilian world varies in levels of shittiness. Make it as least shitty as possible.

>>743249629
Story?

>>743249876
Meet me somewhere you piece of shit.

Btw, everyone knows you're on Ecstasy right now.

You can't be defending this, ARMY CORPORAL JOHNSON

>>743248145
Did my 4 years as a 25u not bad, people were ok but having a communication mos is shit. Half the job is people not understanding technology

>>743248145
What do regular service members think of those who've ROTC'd? It's really coming down to the wire for me to choose whether or not I will, and I'm wondering if I should just enlist regularly after college instead. I do plan on serving until I can retire with pension.

>>743248145
I just enlisted army 68W how do you like it

>>743249655
I've thought about joining the Navy. How is it different than it used to be?

>>743249985
I had a few battle buddy's who were ROTC. When I got to basic they acted like they knew everything thing but after the shark attack that all changed and they all acted normal after that

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>>743248145
>Been in AF about 4 years
>Develop condition that requires MEB
>Just got a line number for E-5
>Will probably be MEB'd out before I get to sew on

Double edged sword I guess.

>>743249977
My best bud is COMMO. He hates it, but he is good at it. I don't envy your job

>>743248145
My dad retired as a navy Chief. After many years in the navy. Serving on several ships. Mainly as damage control (doesn't exist any more)

I remember my mom begging me to never join the military.. Do anything be homeless. Just don't join.

Never understood why until after I got out of highschool and realized the types of losers who join just to play dress up and get free rides in college.

It's literally the "I don't know what I want to do with my life" job.

My dad got my mom knocked up at 16 and joined the navy as soon as he turned 18. So even back In the 80s it was the same deal. Total loss of any of the old culture.

>>743250274
Upa Johnson

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26 y/o male
Have a Degree.
Life has fallen to shit and ive been mulling over joining to escape my life. Worth serving or should i look for fulfillment elsewhere?

>>743250274
Yea it's easy and fun at times but it's like all I deal with is retarded ass people.

>>743249985
It counts for nothing and gets you ousted as a chump. Not that you are a chump, but you asked what the regulars think. The regulars think it's awfully odd how much some people like to lick ass and polish their boots.

Active USMC, every day is living hell. Please just let me die already for fucks sake.

>>743249985
ROTC is a good start. Just don't be a know it all, genuinely help your fellow trainees out. Better to be liked so training goes by quicker.

>>743250332
What degree if you do in list you will get promoted to specialist right away if u join army. Plus having a military background for a job resume plus a degree will get you pretty much any job you qualify for

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>>743248145
usn - ic2 - discharged many years ago
served at nas sigonella and wcs on uss barry (ddg-52)

>>743249997
It's a good job. One of the few MOS where you are called something other than your name. Study even when you're out of AIT. work hard. Your soldiers call you Doc when you EARN the title.

>>743250286
>realized that they're willing to hire any warm body as a bullet sponge and that losers do losery stuff where ever they go

you don't fucking say

>>743250194
At least you'll get paid well for it!

>>743249985
if you join the military go as an officer. enlisted has a lot of stupid shit that can be very boring.

>>743248145
Former 68W reporting in. Good on you. The Army has become pure garbage.

>>743250612
For what, to be MEB'd?

Right now I'm just rushing to get in as much disability as I can.

>>743250388
>>743250374
Will I be less of a chump if I'm not a know it all? And if I help out? I think I will do it, for the benefits if nothing else, but I also want to be able to do well and help as much as possible.

13 year Navy fag here, AMA

>>743250286
I got paid more in my job before the Army. I had an associates before I joined. I didn't join for national pride or anything. I just got a bug up my ass to do it one day and I signed up. No idea why, and I won't stay in longer than my first contract, but I don't regret it.

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>>743248145
Why the fuck do people get a college degree and then join??? Do you guys hate your life that much??

>welfare queen thread

>>743250466
U.S. history and poli sci, so not overly useful. Personally ive been thinking about healthcare as a new career and want 68N

>>743250351
Oh yeah, him and I are easily the highest ASVAB scores in the entire company, maybe minus the XO and CO. Plus, he works directly eith the XO so he has to deal with the company turd on a daily basis.

>>743250716
Who are you curious fucking George? You'd better join the chairforce any where else is going to eat you.

>>743250797
you get to do shit and see shit that most people never do. there can also be a comraderie that you don't get being a desk jockey or whatever the fuck you do in a normal life after college. you work your ass off, party, sleep, and maybe even fight with these people you're with 24 hours a day.

>>743250716
Is cool to help but don't be too pushy most people who enlist know the bare minimum and for those who don't will learn it fast

>>743250386
Yeah, we should have joined the Air Force.

>>743250919
everyone says they have the highest asvab score. it means you're normal intelligence.

what are your morning routines like in the military? Do you get woken up by bugle call every morning and have to make your bed and shower and be ready to go in like 15 mins?

>>743250542
Where did you travel to? What was the best place you visited?

>one of my friends joins the military
>sexually assaulted 2 months out of basic

why does the military have such a large rape problem, /b/?

>>743251011
>boot camp thinking

Jesus dude. Stop watching movies.

>>743249570
not all people are good at learning, most military men are pretty damn stupid and their only option is to follow orders from their owner 4 money

>>743251011
>Are your morning routines sort of like I've read your morning routines are

And here I thought the asvab was rigged it was so damn easy.

>>743251011
In basic training yeah.

Operational for me is more like waking up at O'dark 30 after hitting the snooze button 4 times, then stumbling around to get my shit together before heading off to work.

Work work work go home. Same as every other joe.

>>743250711
I agree. I got pretty pissed when I saw 2 CO, 2 XO, and 3 1SGs get awatds and plaques for just filling the position and I saved 2 lives directly in front of most of them and didn't even get a COA. Not that the award is the point, but it showed me how little the Army gives a shit about lower enlisted.

>>743250926
Chairforce was boring as shit...I did my contract, got out and became a lineman. Much happier now. Lots of lessons learned, was able to fuck up and do dumb shit all while not being able to get fired from the military like a normal job. So its not all bad, plus being a civilian is much better QOL wise.

>>743250713
Yeah, man. Get EVERYTHING documented

>>743250716
Just blend in while you're in training. Standing out gets you in trouble and not bery well liked.

>>743251045
Because it gets lonely sleeping in a giant room with 51 other dudes there is literally no where to masturbate unless you stealth brat under a blanket hiding from fire watch

>>743249997
You'll get through AIT all gung ho to do some cool combat medic shit and then realize that garrison life is fucking stupid and your leaders are even more so. Then eventually, if you're lucky, you'll get deployed with grunts and you'll actually get to do the thing. If you make it back to the states intact you'll immediately be put back into the retarded garrison life where you'll fall into an alcohol fuelled depression until you end up getting your shit together or getting out.

>>743250797
Nah, I was happy before I joined. Still a gsnuinely happy guy. And I got college for free before the Army anyway. Just felt like doing it.

>>743250797
If you do that you get promoted to E4 right away. At least in the army

>>743251229
Who said it was bad? He opened his mouth and all that came out was, "pussy pussy pussy" so I recommended the branch with the least effort required.

Glad you made it work>>743251229

>>743251015
i was in for 6 years. i did 2 years of school, then 2 years in sicily (sigonella), then 2 years on the barry. but i was pre-com on the barry meaning pre-commision, i helped with the building of the ship at the ship yard. what i'm getting at is when you do a pre-com and you're a plank owner you then test the ship for about a year then return back to the ship yard and they fix all the shit they didn't get right the first time. so i never deployed on the barry. i tested the ship a lot in the carribean and asked for early release. they kicked me out the day before they went on their first real deployment. i didn't have a normal navy experience.

but when i was at nas sigonella, i asked for temporary duty to bahrain for the first gulf war when they were getting ready to invade iraq, i got to spend 3 months in bahrain, visited saudi arabia. i also traveled to northern iraq after hostilities ended during operation provide comfort and met kurds and shit. a helicopter crashed and they were trying to sleep in it and shit and the helo squadron was trying to get it out of iraq. i guess that was the coolest stuff i did.

>>743251006
I get that. Commo, medical and computer MOS are usually the higher asvab scores in general. I would hope so anyway.

>>743248145
ETS monday 4 years 68w checking in

>>743251011
DS comes in yelling you get into your pt clothes go down to morning formation and role call. Fill up your camel pack or canteen then head off for morning pt

>>743251535
when i went to take my pre-asvab or whatever at the recruiters office so they see if you're worth the trouble, a guy a few years ahead of me with a head shaped like a football and a real druggie took the test too. he was talking to another recruiter and when they left the room, my recruiter went over and looked at his test. he said the guy scored a 2. he called him a rock with lips.

>>743251011
In training, kinda. But in the real Army, it's a 9-5 (minus field exercises and deployments). I start work a bit earlier because I run sick call, but other than that, once you're out of training, you just show up to work at a set time, salute the flag, work out, them begin the daily routine.

>>743248145
What made you decide to get into the military? Was it something you always wanted to do, or was there a specific reason that sparked your interest to join?

>>743251045
Statistically not much higher than the real world. It's just heavily reported because of the job itself.

USAF 3D132 (Data systems technician) here. Would have liked my job if it weren't for the squadron I was in.I barely do anything I learned in tech school and this squadron isn't really helping.Like 5 people from my squadron are crosstraining to 1B (Cyber warefare) basically just to get orders. For a while I was thinking about hitting the gym and trying to crosstrain into Combat Control or TACP or something.

Anyone who complains about being in the military is a fucking retard. It's the easiest lifestyle you could possible imagine if you can shut the fuck up and look better than the whiny retards all around you. Been in for almost 14 years, got multiple degrees, most recently a master's all on the government dime. I'll be retired before 40, make over six figures starting out after that retirement and will have another retirement by the time I'm in my 60s. I dare you to fucking beat that. Unless you can't handle a couple of deployments here and there, in which case neck yourself ya fucking twat.

>>743251398
The odd enlistments are usually the more interesting ones, for sure. Did you enjoy the weird situation?

>>743248403
how much semen does your poopdeck take per day? :^)

>>743251558
Lucky mother fucker. I don't start my ets process for a few months yet.

>>743251915
yeah really to be in the top 90% just take to heart "pay attention to detail", don't complain, always be willing to help out your shipmates and you're golden. i left after my first enlistment but i know now that was a big mistake. i could have retired at the 20 year mark by now and not have to worry about losing the shitty job i have now. military is pretty easy in it's own way but you will work very hard for short periods of time, then you can slack for a while. if you don't like deploying then that's a problem.

>>743251683
Haha, that's awesome. But I wouldn't trust him with a pencil, much less an M4.

>>743251697
Like I said, I was financially stable, had a degree already and emotionally fine. I woke up one day and felt like doing it. I couldn't get it off my mind, so I figured a 4 year contract wouldn't be too bad.

>>743249205
$1000 a month goes a long way with no bills you know.

>>743251915
It's not a bad job. Usually pretty easy, and not difficult to understand. I knew I just wanted one contract from the start. Props to you for going in on the long haul.

So is it fun? the training and everything, traveling, is it a good experience. Or is it really shitty and boring?

>>743252519
If you're in for the travel, Navy all the way. The training sucks no matter what branch (although Marines and us Army guys will call you a pussy if you aren't in either). You learn a lot, and once you are out of training, you'll eventually look back fondly and miss it every once in a while.

>>743252519
The job can be shitty and boring and you need to be realistic with the day-to-day work life. Being in the coast guard (yes its the military) I'm gone for over half the year, and the work can be shitty, but I love the mission and seeing results when we bust smugglers or save lives

>>743251981
yeah i liked it. i liked being on a ship. the thing that blew my mind was that day 1 in boot camp so many guys were saying they hoped they got shore duty. i couldn't understand why they joined the navy! they were just young kids complaining i guess. the funniest part is that i wanted to go to a ship then got shore duty as my first assignment. i made sure to get a ship on my 2nd assignment because i wanted to know if the navy was something i wanted to do as a career.

being onboard ship though is hard but pretty fucking awesome. i used to love just hanging out in cic (combat information center) at watch them do their ops. of hang out in sonar and have the sonar techs show me their crazy sonar displays. you don't know what real sonar sounds like i bet. it's nothing like in a movie. it's all sorts of crazy bird chirping shit. it's really cool. sometimes i'd hang out around the bridge underway. i got to stand outside amidships when a fucking VLS SM2 was launched. sounded like the hammer of thor and lightning slamming down from heaven. i'm surprised i'm not deaf from it. so i liked there was a lot of amazing cool shit that i'll never ever see or do again in any job that i got to do for a while. i think if military service were compulsory for the us it wouldn't be a bad thing. people would bitch but they would appreciate how it works much better.

>>743252676
We all give you shit, but I respect the hell out of you guys. What do you do specifically?

>>743249205
bro you know those buzzcuts they force you to get in bootcamp? they make you pay for those as well. haha

>>743250386
when did you join?

I'll still never forget smoking on the aft pad while superhornets dip from the end of the deck and wash you with afterburner during night ops as you pull as hard as you can on that coffin nail, feeling pretty damn invincible.

Military pilots are some of the luckiest people in the world. I have with my own hands brought the entire ship from all ahead full to all back emergency, but I can only image what it's like to fly faster than sound.

>>743248622
The feeling of killing adults with a UPMP45 silencer with rapid fire was jizz worthy

>>743252832
Just a fireman, so I assist the engineers while I wait to go to school. I do all the work the mechs do, stand the same watches etc. Also do everything from refueling helos during medevacs to disassembling entire boiler systems. I like the shit I guess. My job isnt great or anything, but its interesting and we see cool places

>>743252724
That's funny that movies changed the way sonar sounds. Whats the point of that?

I got exactly what I hoped for, for the most part. I wanted to be a line medic and that's what I got. But Navy was my second choice if Army didn't work out. All the things you learn and places you go is very appealing.

>>743253116
That sounds pretty cool. So, do you do so many jobs because there are so few of you guys?

USMC here. The wing is kind of a drag. Long hours, barely eating, sweating your dick off on the flightline.

>>743252062
Honestly I shammed hardcore during the whole thing. I shouldve buckled down and done it the right way and look into the extra stuff, but the extra stuff wouldve just helpped me sham even more

>>743253480
Something you plan on continuing, or are you a one contractor like me?

>>743252261
This is exactly me joined out of high school. Shouldve gone to college

>>743253585
I already reenlisted, but I don't have big dreams of making staff, and plan on getting out after this round of assfucking.

>>743251915
The military is great but Im just doing one contract and getting out to go to school and help my family with things other than money.

>>743253509
I was pretty into it at first. Even went to the EFMB once. I was lead (and only) medic for a company of 160 for over a year. I'm with HHC now, so I am staying low now. I did the cool highspeed shit and got nothing but bad feet and knees for it. Going to ride out the rest of my time.

>>743253205
that old ping is probably how it was before they had computers to make the special tones and it's just probably what people normally associate with sonar. they can still use those regular pings if they want to. when we were the shipyard once our guys pinged a ship across with some sort of focused sonar beam to really concentrate the sound. they did it really early and woke up everyone else on the other ship and got in a shitload of trouble because the other captain complained. also they weren't supposed to run the sonar because you have to make sure the area is clear of divers. i bet a full blast for a diver when he's right near the dome could kill a guy or at least knock him out.

yeah one reason i choose the navy is because i knew i would suck deploying to random places the army does sweating or freezing or getting wet outside. i liked the idea of having a nice air conditioned ship to live in. pathetic i know. i realized afterwards that if we ever took a hit it would suck so bad to be inside that thing. as we've seen with the two ships hit recently. it'll be a deathtrap if you're in wrong spot.

>>743253587
Well at least college is free for you now. I mean, that's SOMETHING.

>>743253642
I don't blame you. My Marine friends stayed lower enlisted and none of them did more than 2 contracts.

>>743253757
I hate that the most. All the hardwork and effort for maybe a good job bud? I'd rather get rewarded with money

>>743253825
Yeah thats true. At least Im set for the next 3ish years

My Brother served for the Royal Signals and now earns 6 figures installing Fibre networks

Go for something like that or engineering where you can add a skill

>>743253770
Yeah, Navy is in some shit for those accidents that have happened recently. Been watching that relatively closely for the last week or so.

But I think it would have been interesting being Navy. I just don't care for open ocean. Being in shit weather sucks for sure, but having my feet on the ground is where I am most comfortable. I envy your AC for sure.

>>743250934
Best buds of my life were in the military. Made friends, brothers even, lost some too (geenside doc here) joined navy, wound up with infantry marines. 3/5. Get some.

>>743253915
It's not a bad gig. I get why people do the 20. I'm just ready to do something where everyone isn't a short fused asshole, be able to smoke a joint again, and be able to grow some facial hair.

>>743253953
Oh yeah, I legit saved a dudes life directly infront of my CO and 1SG. Literally got a "good job, doc." Then I watched a guy get an AAM for using a forklift correctly a month later. Shit, I would take money anyday.

My ex is stationed in Minot, ND and I hope there is a nuclear explosion and it fucking kills her

>>743248145

I honestly don't know how you guys do it.

I started working towards the army entrance test as a personal fitness goal and after about four months I have no fucking idea of when I would ever pull this off.

>>743254220
Man, I am stationed in Colorado. I smell weed on a daily basis. Have to keep reminding myself about the random UA I will be guaranteed to have because of my shit luck.

>>743254421
are you fat? wtf. it's not hard when you're 18!

>>743254160
where's the worst place you've been?

Been in 10 years
Currently deployed
Army
Only a SSG
About to make my 7
Only 10 more years to go

>>743249977
Most commo guys we had didn't understand their equipment very well themselves. It was their only job, so they had enough time to fuck with it enough to get it working. If not, it got sent off to a higher level to get it fix proper. They only have one job...

>>743254421
You gotta dig deep. I had to lose 30lbs to join. My first 2 pt tests in training, I failed miserably. Set an obtainable goal and smash it. Then set another and another. Never stop going for it.

>>743254521
Ft Irwin. Fucking Korea is better than NTC.

>>743254424
I know the feel bro. We will go months without a UA, but I know if I took one tiny hit, there would be a piss test the next day.

6 year Marine combat vet. I'd ask young men not to enlist. You will be injured. You will have pain. The VA will fuck u

>>743254524
MOS?

>>743249012
john?

>>743254694
you're not bullshitting. I'm 25 and my back is fucked, I have tinnitus, and just random aches and pains like an old man

>>743254669
It's pretty fucking lame. Being stationed here, I have watched roughly 20 soldiers get chaptered because they fail a UA.

>>743254655
looks like shit in the summer. should have joined the air force. i visited air force bases and they have it pretty nice.

>>743250610
Everyone needs a mobile sandbag...

Accidentally enlisted in the Air Force.
Work is good but gets a bit boring after a few years. Opportunities to move and it gets good again. BS eases a bit as you promote. See the world, even the dangerous shit is exciting and makes good bar stories for life. 20+ years go by and I barely notice. Decide I don't really want to work any more. Pension puts you at about median income for most places outside big cities. Health insurance included for life. No regrets.

>>743254694
Already 1 surgery down, looking at possibly another. Gunna get paid for it, but I agree with you about the VA.

>>743254488

Not fat.. just nearly 40 and sedentary most of my previous life.

>>743254597

Working on it. Currently training five days a week.

>>743254339
Then you get the "well thats what your job is to do anyway so whats the issue?"

>>743254844
Oh yeah, I love the AFA here in Colorado. It's fucking beautiful. Makes me wonder about my choices.

>>743251317
Medics really are some of the worse drunks I have ever seen.

>>743254988
yeah well if you're 40 and don't do a lot of physical labor that's a different story.

>>743254988
Nearly 40? You MIGHT get in with a waiver. If you're lucky. I believe 35 is the cut off.

>>743254694
Yeah.

>>743255049
when i was in the navy, i would go to a close by air force base (kessler afb) on some weekends as like a vacation. the guest accommodations were like a hotel. much better than anything i ever saw in the navy. made me think af would be good too if you're soft like i am

>>743254828
That's just stupid on their part. I knew someone that got kicked out for pissing hot a month away from starting terminal leave. he was actually a solid dude, just made a stupid choice. Or, had been doing it for a while and it finally caught up to him.

>>743248145
>8.5yrs AD AF
>Aircraft Mechanic
>fuckin kill me pls

what about the women?

>>743255032
Right!?! Shit seriously pissed me the fuck off for a while. I learned it didn't matter and that my command is a joke anyway. Whsn it comes down to it, I know I did something good. I don't need a pretty ribbon or a few extra points to beef up the ERB anyway.

>>743255147
i don't think he's joining. as you point out he's past the cutoff age. he's just using the entrance test as a personal goal for fitness.

>>743255075
I don't blame them one bit.

>>743251915
Lol, there are jobs in the military that do all the real fighting. They never get the time to keep a regular enough schedule that allows them even a chance at college. You're experience in the military will vary, choose wisely.

>>743255075
I was drinking up to 4 times a week for a while there. I stopped for the most part. Shit got way out of hand, and once my NCOs started noticing I was throwing up at PT too often, I had to simmer down.

>>743255265
My thoughts exactly

>>743255281
Did they end up having to stay longer? 45 days of extra duty. Lol

>>743255295
Used to know a woman mechanic that practically lived in the bilge and chewed straight redman. She was not the prettiest gal but after three months at sea everything on that ship has been picked clean.

They aren't prude. So that's good.

>>743255295
What about them?

>>743255321
Ah, makes sense.

>>743254424
Lol, my troop used to piss test every single month. Irwin is a shithole, drives so many people to drugs, such measures were necessary.

hear alot of the women would get inflated egos a 3 in the military is like a 7 once in. Had an ex that was an officer in the AF, it was like walking on egg shells all the time couldn't tell if we were going to fight or fuck (most of the time fight) and cheated all the while having no remorse

>>743255651
We get a random UA once a month usually. 10% of the company.

>>743255297
Well you made a difference to one guys life at least. A pretty fucking big difference. You should be proud

>>743250797
Instant officer get.

>>743248145
03011
3 in 3 before eas
more nam's than fingers
jack off every day in a porta potty

I talked about it positively, and still feel the same way that I did before I signed.

>>743248403
when on an amphib all you navy fucks brag about the pussi you get in port

>>743249852
Why not do 20 and retire tho, nco life is chill as fuck

>>743250286
Yes and no

For a lot of people, it's the only option. For people like me it was a choice. I had a good job making much more than I do, but my life lacked purpose.

>>743251317
kek, just hope you get to a victor unit on work ups, otherwise it's just boring shit and waiting tho

>>743254524
does the army just hand out promotions? I know some damn deserving sgt's that couldn't break E5 in 12. Hell, we have some lances pushing 6 years, one guy even got demoted at 8 to lcl kekekeke.

>>743255842
Yeah, that'll be my story 10 years post service when I am drunk at the bar, I am sure.

>>743255951
lcpl fuck i had too much to drink tonight

>>743255792
That's normal, this was %100 at least once a month. With the %10 also tested separately per month. I've spent way too much of my life being watched while pissing in a cup...

>>743255986
Nothing like the NCO not shutting up while you're pissing at a urinal.

Whats wrong with Barstow? Kek

>>743255964
Well its not a bad one. Probably get you laid too

>>743256064
protip: we only test the top of the sample

we only test the whole sample if someone tests positive
Too many good marines get fucked because of this shit. Sometimes if the nco is cool as fuck he'll piss in it for you tho

>>743256223
Never needed clean piss. Have plenty of that myself.

>>743252724
VLS fires ESSM's, you're thinking of a GMLS.

>Air Force.
>Best branch but I got stuck at a shitty base doing a shitty job.

>>743256376
Everyone says Air Firce is the way to go

>>743255743
Most females don't do well being catapulted to stardom. Shit neither do guys but it isn't so easy for us to be automatically popular somewhere. Most of them are also changing their life from everything they have ever known at the same time and suddenly life becomes extremely fickle.

They get that same gleam in their eyes the men do. But where men want to kill, they want to fuck.

Which is great until you break up and she ends up being in the chain of command anywhere that has to do with supplies, medical, important qualifications, pay, banking, or records, or the galley, or laundry....fuck man don't shit where you eat unless you don't mind eating shit.

>>743256464
It's definitely the best branch. I even got a good AFSC but got stuck at one of the worst bases possible doing something that's not even my job.

>>743256336
i don't remember all of the details but this is on ddg-52 equipped with VLS Mk41 launching sm2 missiles. am i wrong? this was 25 years ago

>>743256616
I do shit that isn't my job on a daily basis. Shit, I am a medic and I was the field sanitation guy for literally no reason for several months when anyone in the company could have done the job.

>>743256847
Thats funny Im a medic and Im field san for headquarters but Im not with headquarters

US military is gay
get a job you fucking hippies i pay taxes so you faggots can fuck each other in boot camp n spend 100billion dollars to blow up a small village in shithouse afghanistan

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>>743248145
Hey OP. 68w here too im at Bragg you?

>>743257040
I guess they think since the word 'sanitation' is in the title, we are best fit for the job. Which is stupid.

>>743257052
>>743257052
you should join up and learn about it more so you can tell people about how evil we truly are

>>743257052
You don't know anything.

>>743257104
Ft. Carson. I got a buddy that used to be a 68W that's at the Q over in Bragg right now. Says the post is awesome, but the area sucks.

>>743257132
Unironically a valid suggestion

>>743257132
>>743257173

He doesn't know that we have no control, or really even any idea what's going on either. Can't blame the dude for hating what he doesn't know. Plus, he is just trying to get a rise out of us anyway.

2 years Usaf
It's like college
College for babies

>>743257361
yeah but you're paid salary, have housing allowance, full benefits. plus if you want to go to non-babbie college after you leave that's mostly paid as well.

>>743255147
What this anon said
>>743255321

>>743257477
Yeah, I found out.
>>743255622
For sure, keep going for it. Literally no reason not to.

From my experience the girls in the military are pretty worthless I knew this girl in the Air Force that was testing and had to run a mile I think in 13 minutes and literally finished it with 10 seconds to spare. And then I was dating this one girl in the Air Force that couldn’t even do a pull-up. From my experience most girls in the military come from families with daddy issues or were raised by single mothers and join because they feel the military is ‘safe’ and offers that father figure

>>743257897
I saw more females fail basic/AIT than males by a large majority. Either way, the females I know now are usually alright. Some know their job better than the males and some couldn't do their job if they tried. I could give a shit about their personal lives or history, as long as the work gets done.

>>743257897
>From the air Force
Found the problem.

>>743248145
I don't understand why people always want to thank the vets. Specifically the ones who voluntarily join. Its your fucking job, so as a citizen i expect you to do a good job. Simple as that. Now if say.. the draft went into effect, THEN you should compliment the people and thank them.

Otherwise just do your god damn job that YOU picked, probably because you fucked up your life and had no meaning so you joined up because you couldn't do anything else.

>>743257897
if you want to get out of a deployment they can get pregnant kek

>>743251195
That attitude is not restricted to the military. Nobody in any business gives a fuck about the people at the bottom.

Plan on enlisting out of graduation in May. Stuck between Army and USMC - mostly USMC because my dad and his dad were Marines. Tips?

>>743258264
yeah some people agree with you. i think it's dumb too. people just do it because they think they're doing something nice for vets, but it's nothing. they need to do shit like fix the va and make sure wounded guys get the care they need if they were serious about being thankful but that costs a lot of money.

see https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/sunday-review/please-dont-thank-me-for-my-service.html?mcubz=0&_r=0 for example

>>743258454
if you go USMC, keep your head down, help out your platoon and your squad mates and for the love of god dont draw attention to yourself. i got through the majority of boot with my DIs not even knowing my name

>>743258264
I hate getting thanked. I'm never in uniform off post and as soon as I get off work, I change out of uniform. I also tell people i'm not military at the bar but "I get that all the time" when they ask. I don't even bring up a military discount at paces that openly offer it uness they give it to me anyway. In that case, I thank them and go on about my day. Being thanked isn't a reason why I joined.

>>743258345
Very true

>>743258454
Most people in the Marines have more pride than ANY other branch, but they also typically say they should have joined something else. Before you even ask for advice on what to do while in, I suggest reseatching what you really want out of your service, and whether the corps will give that to you, or if something else will.

>>743248145
We have enough military service in my family.
>Dad- Air Force - Viet Nam. Fell into the bottle
>Mom - 35 yrs at the VA as an RN, dealt with Nam PTSD, drunks, drugs, and legit crazies
>Unc- Korea
>Grand Dad, WW1 purple heart, brain injury for life, committed suicide
Other side, several others. We don't talk to them

I told my kids to ignore this current turmoil and go to college. Fuck that shit.

>>743250386
ooh fucking rah.

4 and done ffs

>>743258840
I thought I was the only one

>>743250386
Same, I'm on duty right now for another two and a half hours... been up for 22 hours straight.

>>743259042
Sound advice.

>>743259072
Being surrounded by Army turds all day and then going off post to get oogled? Yeah, fuck being noticed. I'd rather eat glass. I do get a kick out of the clearly new guys walking downtown in their issued boots and ID tags hanging outside their basic platoon shirts.

Civillian male with a uniform fetish reporting

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I was on war in Chechnya. It was hell

>>743260750
Ask your questions

>>743260750
What branch and MOS?

>>743249985
I'm a ROTC cadet and an 88M in the National Guard. They have Green to Gold and SMP that allows both Active Duty and the Reserves to earn their commission while in college. The benefits earned are pretty nice, but be warned that ROTC does take up quite a bit of your time. Other than the time commitment, it isn't that bad aside from the fact that some of those cadets have major egos (especially those who aren't enlisted) despite not knowing shit about the Army. If anyone is curious about the dual benefits of serving while in ROTC you can AMA.

>>743261972
It's not exactly the same but will be able to serve in the national guard while working on a degree then apply for active duty army flight warrant ?

>>743262159
Yes. In order to do so, you will have to get released from the National Guard and transferred to Active Duty. From there, you can put in a packet for WOCS and aim for aviation. Keep in mind though, that much of the aviation units in the Guard are required to keep much of their personnel on Active Duty (AGR: Active Guard Reserve) so if you can get a spot in an Aviation unit and then rank up fast enough to secure a packet for WOCS for the Guard then you might have the option of doing Active service for either component.

>>743248145
"hey, im military man, heres a topic....civilians can comment too...but im not a civilian...im military, everyone who isnt military is civilian....im not on duty, so u may think im a civilian too...but im not...im.different to you, my job makes me a none civilian,"... Dumbass

>>743262845
So this is how people view military on the internet. Sad!

>>743263440
Everyone is a dog on the internet.. no civilians, no military and no women

>>743263495
Thats right. Here you are a worthless faggot, or you are harangued for success.

You come here for the abuse.

Yo the marine corps is pretty chill...

>Navy
>EN1
>6 years in

>>743249012
ET
The faggots of engineering

5 years Army
15Q
Got out two years ago and got hired as an en route air traffic controller. Glad I flunked out of EOD school.

>>743250332
Look at going in as an officer. Older recruits with a bit of life experience and an education go far. Just be ready to spend a lot of time with people fresh out of school with no quals

>God Tier: Coast Guard
>Good Tier: Air Force
>Bad ASVAB Tier: Navy
>Shit Tier: Marines


The Army is so shitty they don't even get a tier.

>>743251011
Base wide alarm clock at 7. I get up at six and shower/shave then just sit with a coffee and watch the news before everyone gets up. Then go and eat and start my day.

Outside of training it is a lot like a regular 9-5

>>743248145

>5.5 years enlisted in USAF
>came in at 26 so a lot older than others
>have degree in IT before coming in but couldn't find suitable job.
>get really sweet job
>get really sweet location
>pay off school loans, buy a suitable size house, have more money than I need.
>been working on 2nd degree this whole time
>hopefully going to stay reserves to get to retirement eligible

really got my shit together after joining. before joining all i cared about was smoking weed.

Any medical doctors/surgeons in the medical section of the army?

In my country you immediatly become a captain upon graduation or a major if you've got some experience, but the pay is about one third to one fifth of what I can get in the ordinary civil life.

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European wishing to join some part of the US Army or navy, how do I go about it?
What I read online was "just get in contact with someone xD" with no way of doing so.

>>743248403
THIS

>>743267409
>came in at 26 so a lot older than others
What was that like? I'm planning to join the ADF, but won't be able to until I'm around 26/27. It feels too old.

>>743267409
Do you feel like you earned any of this
?

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9 years as a 2A. Best/worst time of my life. Got out and got an electrical engineering degree. Sit at a desk all day thinking about military adventures.

>>743267638
it wasn't too bad for me because i look young and was relatively fit. use to get some shit but i've moved up in rank so i don't stand out too much

>>743267640
Yes, definitely did. I went through more shit than anyone in my basic flight. My TI was a faggot and had a boner for me.

I am in a career field filled with the smartest people (or best test takers) in the entire USAF. I don't consider myself the smartest, but I always tell myself that I can make up for that by working harder than other lazy people. I work very hard at my job and try to do my best.

I go to school after work in a difficult degree and have been getting good grades.

Not sure if you were being sarcastic or not, but I definitely have earned what the USAF has given me. Some of it was 'luck' but I really believe things work out the way they are suppose to and you get what you deserve. That is what got me through all the shit in basic.

>>743267638
I knew guys who joined that late. You need to be humble because youre going to have 18 year olds bossing you around. If you can handle that youre good.

>>743267638
>>743268099
>>743268103


yeah, I forgot to add that. I am pretty humble and not a dick head so I didn't have a problem with having those who earned higher rank than me telling me what to do.

>>743250751
I had broken my arm before, this gonna disqualify me from enlistment?

>>743268218
Honestly I would say go for it. I dont know what the ADF is but the US military is a lot of fun in the right (a males) jobs.

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>USAF
>6 years
>CPT

Only thing remotely enjoyable was calling Navy hospitals and introducing myself as Captain Anon

>>743248145
Be honest. How much of the enlisted (as opposed to officers) is alpha males and how much is betas that like having someone to order them around and make their decisions for them? I've met some badasses, but so many I meet are just broken beta males that would be on a full-tendie diet.

How many of you lied about smoking weed on your application?

>>743268711

my recruiter told me to.

>>743268761
Thanks anon, guess I gotta do the same

>>743268627
In my experience the distribution of alphas to betas is greater than in corporate work, meaning there are more alphas in the military than in corporate jobs where it seems like 99% are beta as fuck.

>>743268711
Everyone lies about drug use. My recruiter asked me how many times i smoked and i said thousands so he put down 3.

>>743268627

Someone is always your boss in the military.
The further along one climbs the ladder of rank/rate, the further they are removed on what the people they command go through.

But orders are received from someone above you always

I've always wondered, what does a major or colonel do? On a day to day basis I mean?

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Navy nuke. I seriously hope for crippiling injury everyday. I got domed by a maglight earlier this year, its my 4th concussion.
Turns out head injuries add up, these days i lose my balence and get dizzy as a result. Nav medical wont acknowledge it, had to put documentation of the head injury into my record personally. FFS
Oh yeah, all e7 and aabove are angry children incapable of making it in the real world

>>743261972
Ohhhhh Nasty Girl

>served 7 years, two tours of afghan
>medically discharged for mental health
>mfw people voluntarily leave the best job there is

>Brother is about to join the marine corps
>wants to be a heavy machine gunner/ the guy who works the automatic grenade launcher
>scored a 91 on his ASVAB

Is he going to be stuck doing rear-gear computer shit, or will he be able to do what he wants?

>>743269527
theres no war right now so he might aswell do stuff that he can use when he gets out one day

running around firing bullets at fake enemies was cool for a year or two in my time but once the war was over and there werent any more tours i realised i needed to get some computer skills

>>743269873
I think it's stupid of him to waste his time too, but nonetheless that's what he wants to do

>>743266655
What about nuke ETs?

I have a friend who is a marine who is on an artillery crew. I'm not really into military stuff so I worry about his safety and if I'll ever see him again. Honestly what do you guys think his odds of making it back stateside are? I think the artillery piece he's using with a crew was the m777

>>743271332
That's the suicide branch isn't it?

For the US enlisted, how pissed are you that you'll never rank higher than the little fags who enrolled through academies and the best you can hope for is to train cannon fodder?

>>743271332
The faggots of engineering ... on nuclear boats.

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I'm still trying to leave airforce dep ;(

>>743271648
Yeah. NNPTC, the first training command has a pretty high rate. Also, I think it applies to all nukes, not just ETs.

>>743272474
Only faggots allowed to actually operate the reactor. You wouldn't believe the number of people that actually have autism or asburgers. It's contagious.

>>743251558
Wtf why are all these 68w here

How do all off the army men and women think about the trans ban?

Answer: they are not thinking about it because they wait to be told how to feel and how to think because they have simple little brains.

>>743249698
go air side...better life off of a ship...unless you are really smart and can go CTN crypto jobs

>>743274009
I found the civilian.

>>743248403
is your name Davy?

>>743249570
No civilian job can give you what a military career can. The pay is pretty shitty but you get great benefits like health insurance and free college. It's certainly not for everybody though.

>>743266655
Surface ETs aren't engineering.

>>743274318
You and all military men and women are also civilians.

There 0 difference between a jughead and a civilian except for the fact that a military shit brain can't think for themselves

>>743249205

In my country they'll pay me $1000 a week and give me free razors.

Burgerstan 0
Kangarooland 1

>>743249985
Do you like labor or paperwork? Enlisted get to enjoy physical labor for 8-10 years before getting to paperwork level leadership role. Officers start right out with shit loads of paperwork and retire with a lot more.

Although if you enlist and become an expert in your mos you can go warrant officer. Those guys hardly do anything and make bank.

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>>743274924

>>743274009
let me correct you because you sound ignorant and uneducated.

most military (except LBGT members) welcomes partial sense of trans ban in a sense that we dont want our funding going into some guy to have a pussy instead of his dick, or dick instead of pussy visaversa. operation will be expensive, and medicines that the person will be taking for very long time will be expensive, and the fact that person is gonna have to leave his/her work to go to numerous appointments will affect the mission. and it has high abusable rate since you can join military, sign up for 4 yrs AD, get your surgery done and leave after 4, which they will spend most of that time going through the process of changing. people would abuse the military to get their transgender surgery done.

on the other hand, i dont give a shit who you love and marry. i dont care who you consider yourself as. if it makes you happy good for you!
but i refuse to go to battlefield with someone who is confused, not even sure about who themselves are.
to be stuck in a very extremely stressful environment with those unstable people who might not always get medicine they need periodically and needs medical check ups.
Situations can bring best of best friends to hate each other because of extreme stress.
i refuse to leave my six to a unstable, high suicide rated, high maintaince types of soldiers, in a extreme stress, high suiside rated, traumatizing environment.

little more complicated then what your small brain can imagine huh

i want to join AFSOC so damn bad. Have a B.S., eagle scout, super fit, clean record, etc...but worried i will get DQ'ed for my vision

almost 15 years ago i had a traumatic eye injury that resulted in a detached retina. had surgery to fix it and has been fine since, but i've heard you can easily get dumped for prior eye trauma/etc