Accelerating my life
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Good luck, my liege.
When you get the chance, tell the Escapist how you're going. Maybe with some pictures?
When you get the chance, tell the Escapist how you're going. Maybe with some pictures?
Good luck! I respect people like you who have the courage to do something like this.
Anyways, see you later I guess.
Anyways, see you later I guess.
stewie ^_^
*2 seconds after reading the topic subject*Haliwali said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
*huge gasp*
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Best of luck to you. I did it because I didn't want to owe money for college, even though I knew it'd suck, and yes, it has sucked hard so far, and I'm an IT; arguably the best rate in the Navy for advancement/ease of work. TS-SCI clearance should help with a government job after I finish throwing my inhibitions away at a few years of college.
Nukes is no joke, man. Hard living. I thought they'd be like playing with switches, pulling levers, and donning radiation suits... Naw, they work with the mechs, hands on, doing the grunt work of playing with the hardware of it all. But, that's just what I hear from other nukes, I'm not one myself.
It's a sacrifice, and I don't mean that in a patriotic bullsh*t way, but a sacrifice of personal freedoms and quality of life for the sake of training and eventually higher education.
I'd personally suggest getting an Associates or Bachelor's degree, and THEN going into the service to pay off college debt, and be a commissioned officer from the get-go. Maybe fly some jets. Sounds more fun than slaving around in the belly of the boat, doesn't it?
Again, best of luck, and I hope it works out for you. I'm personally thankful for the training, clearance, and clean record military service has provided, but I'm QUITE ready to GTFO after 4 years of being on two separate nuclear aircraft carriers.
351 days to go till my separation!
WOOHOO!
Bah, ninja'd!...Bofus Teefus said:
But yes, definately what he said.
2 years of Nuke school.
Highest suicide rate in the Navy.
Shitty working conditions with generally shitty people. Engineers live by jungle law. The most aggressive chest-pounding mech always eats before the rest of the tribe. The others must wait their turn.
*Tips hat to Ignignoct*Ignignoct said:
Nothing quite like being locked up in close quarters with people you hate for long periods of time. At least in Combat Systems, most of the ratings attract geeks. Not too many chest-pounders in sonar.
*WACK*Freakout456 said:
Ow, my brain...
On Topic: Good luck man pack some GORP.
If I ever did military service it would involve long range ballistics.
MEPS... O MEPS... I went through that today and boy, I have never coughed harder in my life. But that pales in comparison with what happened earlier today.TheBarrel said:
I started my physical, and started getting worried as we moved closer to eyes. My vision has never been great, and was stressed out the past few days freaking out that I'd be disqualified. Turns out, my visions correctable to 20/20. Hooya, right? Now that'd I'd had a chance to calm down, I figured the rest of the day would be a breeze. Color check time, no problems... I thought. Turns out, Uncle Sam thinks I see in black and white. B frakking S. I've never had any trouble with my color vision (although my sister said that explains my wardrobe.) So I spoke with a doctor later, and we look over the Ishihara book, and apparently, I can see the difference. The problem is, I couldn't put the dots into numbers. F my life. On the upside, my sister's boyfriend had a similar experience, but he consulted an outside doc and now he's in flight school. So, I'm going to do the same, see if can't make this work. Also, when I got home, I went on the internet and looked for tests and corrections. I really didn't have all that much trouble, had my no-color-blind mom checking my answers.
And as a small shaft from life, when I went to Panera purchased a delicious Jones soda. And under the cap I read-
You just helped save a child's eyesight.
Thank you
Well congratulations. I can think of a lot worse things to do with your life. Best of Luck and remember to have fun.