My favorite weapon of personal destruction is a dumbass attitude.

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Wear a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store.

Welcome young 2LT. Getting your crossed rifles and getting your bars are two great events. They pale in comparison to getting your tab. Best of luck to you.

PMP is a professional certification for Project Mangers. Probably the #1 cert for IT managers and very highly regarded outside of IT.

Welcome tanker!

That fits someone I worked for. He was 11th then 7th? Couldn't tell you that much. He took Tom Maholics team after Tom was killed in '06. 765 If I remember correctly. O'Connor. Got the DSC. Shef Ford has nothing but good things to say about O'Connor. (all open source info) http://www.blackfive.net/...

You mean the pilot> Dunno...maybe he'll pop up on here and answer himself.

Welcome. Success begets success, and you seem to be on the right path.

When do you ship? I'm assuming you're going OCS at Benning?

I know of several officers that have resigned thier commision to pursue other things. One of our own board members here resigned his commision to go warrant and fly. My best friend is an SF Major with 2 combat jumps with 3/75. He came REAL close to resigning his commission so he could stay in the fi...

Which is more important to you; Becoming a Ranger or becoming an officer? Pick the one you want and then pursue it. Pursue the other down the road. Understand that the latter goal may not be possible, so pick your primary wisely. Keep in mind - the intersection of those 2 goals happens seldom and ve...

Love these stories. Keep them up!

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I attended the Basic Mountaineering Course at the Northern Warfare School. It was a gentlemen's course and very informative. It gave me a good heads up for RS, so much so that I actually enjoyed mountain phase. However, mountain phase is 1/3 of the school, and the shittiness of the other 2 phases ma...

I got 20% for my broken back. I fought it and am now at 40%. Use the DAV, that's what they are there for.

Hold out. Don't sign anything other than what you want.