SkunT

Cool. Good for you.

I am going to say one thing.

MAKE SURE THAT MONEY IS IN YOUR CONTRACT!!! YOU RATE IT, DO NOT SAY ---- IT!!!

You wont get your money probably until you hit the fleet. They might run it at SOI but probably not.

Good luck man.

the 13th round

yeah, like i said, im not joining for the money, but im not about to turn it down.

thanks for the advice and ill post up how it was in this thread when i get back.

SkunT

BTW, things like your cell phone contract can be put on hold while you are at boot camp. That will save you the 3 months in contract fees while you are gone.

the 13th round

yeah, i think i have to get a form or some ---- from my recruiter?

is that how it work?

SkunT

you would have to ask your recruiter on that one but its no different than us. When we deploy for over 30 days, we can suspend our ----.

the 13th round

ok, boxing up my laptop. in case i dont get back on, talk to you noglets in 3 months.

hope the site dosent change too much.

SkunT

read the contract before you sign the bitch.

j3w

it's not for everyone, that's for sure. i scored a 135 GT, 94 overall, and i still went infantry. at the time, i wanted to be the baddest ----------er on the planet. 30 months out of my 48 month enlistment i was deployed overseas. no taxes and imm. danger pay are fun, but at the end of the day, you haven't learned a ------- thing, except how to flatten yourself against the ground, and you're more proficient and for the moment psychologically prepared to take another life.

it sounds badass, but it's not. it ***** with your psyche for a long time. 3 months ago or so, i woke up in the middle of the night to my girlfriend slapping my face and trying to scream. i had my hands around her throat, and i didn't have a ------- clue. wasn't the first time, either. two'ish years ago, i broke 3 bones in my right hand from having another episode at night. punched the side of my wooden framed bed in a dead sleep. before i went in, i had absolutely no violent tendencies, and since then i have a ridiculously low tolerance for bullshittery or people in general. i get extremely tense in crowds. it sucks.

also, there's no real aftermarket for that skill, save blackwater or dyncorp, both of which i could have worked for. you're smart, that's obvious. go do something that will benefit you when you get out. save infantry for the people that need to do it (i.e. guys that can't do anything else).

just my .02

SkunT

Couldn't agree with you more. He went in on that 03 contract though. Lots of brains and did the dumbest job they could offer him.
He wanted to be the billy bad *** Marine that everyone see's on TV and unless the decides he wants to invade Afghanastan...he will probably never see or hear a bullet fly over his head. When his 6 year (signed up for that to) contract is over...he can get out and say "I trained to kill people" and everyone is gonna say WTF. The MC has a bit of advantage with the leadership principals, etc...so that could help him out but over-all...hes gonna be back at square one when its all said and done.


This week, he probably finished his medical ----, getting another clearance from the Navy Doc's..and tomorrow...its 'black friday' or pickup day.
Gets up around 5, moves into his new squad bay...and meets his Drill Instructors. From there...its game on.
Here is a schedual if anyone wants to follow it.

MikeJ-2009

You were too soft on him, Frank. Right now he's hating life because the instant gratification of being Billy badass isn't sinking in. He's in boot camp during Christmas, and all he's thinking right now is that I'm a genious.


(Yeah, the spell check is saying I spelled genious wrong, but that doesn't mean I'm not)