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I went to meps again today to finish of the enlistment process. My opt 40 contract that I thought I had dissappeared out of my eyes. No airborne,no ranger, no mos change as I was previously told that was set in stone, I know how the Army functions somewhat since my prior service status.
So I was ...

Well he did just come back from iraq in march. He spent over a year in that sandbox and he wanted his only son to exp. the same sand box.

In basic the only pass we had was after graduation and it was only a 12 hour pass to spend with our families.AFter that when I went across the tracks to AIT The only pass we seen were a trip to the small px and that was only for 3 hours and only on sundays and to top it off only for the soldier who ...

My old man secured a recruiter that secured my opt. 40 contract with airborne. It not impossible to find what you want. Just keep going around to different recruiters untill you find what your looking for, thats from my previous exp. Also my prior service is with the NG so that doesnt have much ...

DO NOT JOIN THE GUARD!!! If you care about your military career. Only join the guard later on in your career if you can hack the 20 years and still want to get some extra retirement points. If you want military exp. then you need to be in that lifestyle 24/7 not one weekend a month 2 weeks a year ...

From my exp. different recruiters say different things. When I tried to re up for active without going through family connections a us army recruiter in las vegas told me i needed 1 college semester to join the army, because i was former national guard. I laughed so hard I told him to take care and ...

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If everyone else sees a different avatar then I do please let me know.

My bad Ranger Steadfast knocking out 50.

Much Thanks. I hope or rather I will to the best of my ability become an asset to this board in anyway I can.

AngryPistols wrote:It sounds like you have a long lineage of faithful service to your country and I wish you well in your endeavors. Thanks for your past and future service.

Angry

That means alot. My Grandfather on my mother side I never met because he died in the Korean war.

25Feb99 enlistment date.
25Feb03 was my discharge date. Thats what it says on my NGB form 22.

With a CSM as a Father he pulled some major strings to get me my Option 40 contract with a new mos.

Yes I did pass AIT I forget which class I was but I just remember I was in Charlie company right next to ...

I joined the Army National Guard at the age of 17. School couldnt relate with me. I didnt want to completely blow my life away so I took my GED and went off to boot and ait. Came back home as a better civilian but the civilian world is unforgiven and gave me nothing but obstacle sand misfortunes ...