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QUESTION: Going into the Army
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| Bear_Slayer
Posted on 07/08/2007 11:04:39 AM PDT by Bear_Slayer
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Thanks for any info you can provide.
To: Bear_Slayer
I have no advice, but let me be the first to salute you. :-)
(I wasnt in the military, but I was in the Cub Scouts, so this counts)
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:11:28 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(If You’re Gonna Burn Our Flag, Wrap Yourself in It First /No Oil for Pacifists)
To: Bear_Slayer
I sent you a freepmail note.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:14:06 AM PDT
by
68skylark
To: Bear_Slayer
I salute you... but have you considered the possibilty that YOU might end up saluting Hillary?
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:15:26 AM PDT
by
Lexington Green
(Paris Hilton did more time than Sandy Berger.)
To: Bear_Slayer
Also, what jobs seem to be getting sign up bonuses currently? Other than bonuses given to all enlistees (assuming that such bonuses exist) my guess is that most would be in the Medical Corps/Nurse Corps and the combat arms.There certainly could be others as well.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:17:15 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
To: Lexington Green
I salute you... but have you considered the possibilty that YOU might end up saluting Hillary?You salute the rank, not the person.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:19:38 AM PDT
by
cryptical
To: Bear_Slayer
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:20:43 AM PDT
by
patton
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
To: Bear_Slayer
God be with you—thank you for your service. Sorry I have no advice—went into National Guard as prior service but that was in 1990... take care of yourself.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:23:01 AM PDT
by
BamaAndy
(Professor Librescu is an American hero.)
To: Bear_Slayer
I envy you. While the army will take you, you still have to pass PT. At your age, look for an in-demand specialty position so you can stay with it another 16+ years to full retirement.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:25:47 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: Gay State Conservative
wouldn't have a clue about Army MOS....
0321 in the Marine Corps is the one that gets you the best "bonus".
What's that? You get to be a Marine...bwhahahahahaha...kidding.
Good luck, with your Army service.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:26:34 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: lowbridge
The Cub Scouts don’t have heavy artillery.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:28:00 AM PDT
by
BBell
To: Bear_Slayer
I’m a retired Navy corpsman. If the Army’s enlisted “Legalman” is anything like the Navy’s, I wouldn’t really recommend it: mostly monotonous low-level work, nothing like what NCIS actors portray an enlisted Legalman to be. And when you eventually return to civilian life, I’m not sure your paralegal skills will be worth that much.
I’d suggest, at your age, to pick an MOS that will give you a second career. That might be in Intelligence or linguistics, but certainly could be in Logistics.
Have you thought about the Army’s NBC (nuke-bio-chem) warfare units?
There are “occupational guides” out there that profile civilian careers that have too few applicants, or that project where the coming jobs are likely to be in five years or so.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:29:15 AM PDT
by
AngrySpud
(Behold, I am The Anti-Chrust ... (I am Anti-Hillary))
To: Gay State Conservative
Other than bonuses given to all enlistees (assuming that such bonuses exist) my guess is that most would be in the Medical Corps/Nurse Corps and the combat arms.There certainly could be others as well.
I got $10K for joining the reserves. I've heard though, that a cook going active duty can get up to $20K depending on what time of year they enlist.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:29:56 AM PDT
by
SoldierMedic
(Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007 Ramadi)
To: Bear_Slayer
“...several other Intel”
Army Intel types are a different breed; for one, they can read...seriously, get your TS clearance paper work in order before leaving town....
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:31:21 AM PDT
by
dakine
To: BBell
The Cub Scouts dont have heavy artillery.Of course not.
They make them out of wood, rocks, and whatever else they can scrounge up in the forest.
Besides which they dont need heavy artillery. They got their cub scout knives, which are much more deadlier. And you dont want to mess with a cub scout and his knife!
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:32:17 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(If You’re Gonna Burn Our Flag, Wrap Yourself in It First /No Oil for Pacifists)
To: Bear_Slayer
Paralegal is boring, and you could get stuck working for some doofus contract attorney at contracting command, writing purchasing orders for ketchup packets, fts.
To: AngrySpud
Have you thought about the Armys NBC (nuke-bio-chem) warfare units?
My unit is an NBC unit. While I love my soldiers, I hate the work we do, and if they were letting people transfer, I'd be medic with the MP's.
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:32:51 AM PDT
by
SoldierMedic
(Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007 Ramadi)
To: Dick Vomer
I was a navy corpsmen so I know what 0311 is and also 0341.
-Doc
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:32:54 AM PDT
by
Bear_Slayer
(When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty.)
To: dakine
I’ve passed FBI background checks and have no criminal record.
What does it take to obtain TS clearance?
What can fail a person?
-Doc
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:34:49 AM PDT
by
Bear_Slayer
(When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty.)
To: cryptical
You salute the rank, not the person.
Yep.. the Soldier’s Paradox - honorable men taking their orders from crooked politicians
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posted on
07/08/2007 11:42:36 AM PDT
by
Lexington Green
(Paris Hilton did more time than Sandy Berger.)
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