Did I screw my chances of being a Ranger.

Questions and Answers about obtaining an Option 40 Contract and other routes to serving as a Ranger in the US Army.
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Did I screw my chances of being a Ranger.

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Alright, I signed a contract with an MOS of 91W last Tuesday. My ship date is 20060621.

I want to know is it possible to renegotiate a contract? I have decided I want to be a Ranger, but I have no opt. 40 or anything other than my BCT and AIT on my contract. Is it still possible for me to change anything? Do I have any negotiating power? If I don't how could I go about requesting to be put into Ranger School?

I searched the forums for a long time to see if anyone had been in my situation before, I found one topic but it did not adress the underlying question of, CAN I RENAGOTIATE?
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Post by Bugsy »

Why ask us, be a man and ask the man (or woman) who got you to sign your enlistment contract without holding out for an OPT40 option in the first place. :evil:

Then come back and share what you found out, just in case somebody else does the same thing and needs "an answer" :roll:

I bet your handshake is just as weak as your signature. :evil:
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It is something I decided I would like to try after I had already signed the contract, which is why I am asking if it is possible to change it. Rather than spending 8 hours at MEPS again to ask a simple question, it would be much easier to ask it here.

If at the time I signed my contract I wanted to be a Ranger I would have asked for it. Ontop of that, I want to know if I need to head back to MEPS quickly to do it or can I wait to renegotiage when I go there the day before I ship.
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PM inbound EggParrot.
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Thursday wrote:PM inbound EggParrot.
Yeah, you better fix this fucker quick.
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hit_it wrote:
Thursday wrote:PM inbound EggParrot.
Yeah, you better fix this fucker quick.
Do I talk to my recruiter about this? I am seeing him today, and then we can make a "date" to go back to MEPS and meet with my counciler?
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Do I talk to my recruiter about this? I am seeing him today, and then we can make a "date" to go back to MEPS and meet with my counciler?
Where else does he take you on your "dates"? :shock:
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RiserBurn wrote:
Do I talk to my recruiter about this? I am seeing him today, and then we can make a "date" to go back to MEPS and meet with my counciler?
Where else does he take you on your "dates"? :shock:
Oh you know, there is a motel down the block from the station, we've gone there quite a few times, and sometimes he treats me to Burger King too, he is such a gentlemen! Just don't tell his wife! :oops:

Today I'm going to the local F.D. to make packages to send to Troops over in Iraq.
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ragepatriot wrote:
RiserBurn wrote:
Do I talk to my recruiter about this? I am seeing him today, and then we can make a "date" to go back to MEPS and meet with my counciler?
Where else does he take you on your "dates"? :shock:
Oh you know, there is a motel down the block from the station, we've gone there quite a few times, and sometimes he treats me to Burger King too, he is such a gentlemen! Just don't tell his wife! :oops:

Today I'm going to the local F.D. to make packages to send to Troops over in Iraq.
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Shhh...
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Warriorwife wrote:Shhh...
Allow me to elaborate...shut the fuck up.

Use the search button, this has been asked and answered before.
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Allright, which fucking wise-ass changed my avatar?
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Kilted Heathen wrote:Allright, which fucking wise-ass changed my avatar?
Like that'll be hard to figure out...
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Kilted Heathen wrote:Allright, which fucking wise-ass changed my avatar?
Seek and Ye shall find. :D
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