Financial Advice.

[Scolar Visari]

I was in a similar situation, but my solution was...rather drastic.

Military enlistment.

If you are in truly dire straights, I suggest the Air Force. I have not been through their basic training, but I hear it is the easiest of the four branches.

The AF has a glut of people who thought the exact same thing and now they've upped the standards. Not saying you need to be super high speed or anything, but you need to at least know how to tie your boots now.

At least the new boots don't need to be polished...but it was always the laces that slowed me down in boot. The laces were so long, you had to wrap them around twice until you could tie them.

Oh god... just had first drill of the semester yesterday and you could instantly spot the brand new cadets. Laces were longer than Longcat and untucked. TLs had fun chasing the noobs down and correcting their uniform.

I have my laces threaded through the little loopy thing on the back so they always stay in position. Not having to polish my lovely tan boots is a plus to.

Wait...um...TLs? Dammit, I've been out too long, which makes me feel so old. This is like some Monty Python sketch-


"domains nuccati", CAPTCHA?

No, I don't understand this banter at all!

Whoops sorry. TL would just be a Team Leader, who was ordered to make sure everybody's uniform and LBE (Load Bearing Equipment) was to perfect standards.

Oh...is Team Leader the same as Fire Team Leader or Squad Leader? I guess it would depend on the rank. We have LBVs, too (Load Bearing Vests), so-

Two Team Leaders per Squad (11-12 people) with one Squad Leader.

Have some more banter while you're at it:

...goddamn it. I just did a spit take on my screen.

I take it you were neither in the primary nor good to go?

Five or six in a team? Oh...is that a wing?

I'm used to 3-4 Marines in a fire team, 3 fire teams in a squad, 3 squads in a rifle platoon (unless you're in a weapons platoon, then 4 squads).

Primary? And I was never "good to go".

I'm a bit unfamiliar with how the AF and USMC do their thing. Add to that the fact that our "Battalion" is really only two platoons and things just kinda get re-purposed as necessary. One week you might be 10-12 people and then all of a sudden you get re-purposed or shuffled about.

Primary, if you didn't pick up on it refers to your primary weapon system at the time (M16A2/4.. M249.. Kung Fu Grip.. etc).

You should try being "good to go", its awesome. You'd be the most High Speed Low Drag teacher about, the whole class would just walk about school with Oakleys on.