(Back when he made half-decent movies)
Posted on 02/08/2024 11:50:55 AM PST by Retain Mike
Speaking as one of those advanced degree engineer types ... it takes a special talent on our end to make that sort of thing possible. I don't have it; I know some of the folks who do.
All this means is the Draft is coming soon for non white skinned americants!
When I joined the Navy, (back when Moby Dick was a minnow) the Nav recruiters classified me as a HSAR (High School Airman Recruit). So, I went to “A” school and became an Aircraft Electrician.
Later on, in my Navy career, I managed to get a BS degree from Southern Illinois University attending classes on the weekends.
Always Air Crew in many different Nav planes and squadrons. (P5M sea planes in the Nam, P2V’s, P3’s, EC-130s)
Those were the days :)
If it’s big city democrat run public sdhools then forget about it.
The USAF and USCG require the highest scores for enlistment. In theory it is 35 but the recruiter won't talk to you unless you score a 50 or better.
https://asvabbootcamp.com/blog/asvab-scores/
When America was still America.
Deck apes, paint and barnacle chippers immediately come to mind.
When I served, they were bringing in people who had a choice between jail and the Navy.
Some of the best leaders and fellow soldiers I served with in the Army were not HS graduates (obtained GED in service),mandated jail or serve (crimes expunged),non citizens (obtained citizenship while in) and “Green to Gold” officers (enlisted to commission program).The worst were college fund soldiers,affirmative action NCOs and most officers especially a West Point officer. Of course I am biased against ticket punching officers and outside of combat arms.
“iceberg, right ahead!”
You know, boys, it wasn’t until the late 70s or mid 80s that you needed a HS diploma to enlist. There were a ton of people who joined or were drafted during Vietnam, Korea, WWII, WWI and earlier without diplomas.
My father left HS and enlisted at 17, with his mother’s signature, into the Navy, during WWII. At that time, the Navy had a program for sailors to earn a GED while in service, which he did, or after separation.
While I’d agree diplomas are an ideal requirement, I don’t really see the wheels falling off without a diploma. There are many other things more detrimental to our services than this.
(Back when he made half-decent movies)
Jordan Tate : What are they saying?
Casey Ryback : They're saying, "Get me the $%#& out of here".
You hijacked your own thread.
Congrats.
I believe it.
Some used to say that green O-1’s got a lot of guys killed in Vietnam when it was the Sergeants that knew proper combat.
I better tell the captain the strawberries are missing.
I’m sorry. He can’t come to the phone right now.
He’s in a gun battle.
When my father was an enlisted man in the US Marine Corps (1936-1940), he had a high school diploma but most of the men he served with did not. Completing high school was much less common in that era.
I was sitting in the recruiting station in Nashville in 68’ when a Gunnery Sargent walks up to me and points to the Marine recruit next to me and said ‘you make sure he passes the test’.
So the USN is getting 500 new members for the deck crew to operate paint scrapers & needle scalers while muttering “rust never sleeps.” Brilliant!
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