Ship Date Change

Joseph PrettyDeepWater · March 11th, 2005, 6:31 pm

Tomorrow I am schedule to go down to MEPS for my second time.

I've taken the ASVAB, physical and spoken with a councilor. I politely gave them a time frame I would like to ship out. It was not availible so I left and said I would be back later to check again. Tomorrow is now later.
It seems that with and Opt 40 in the contract it is not possible to get a ship date anytime after 5-6 months of singing the contract.
My recruiter says the best thing to do is sign the contract they give me (with opt 40) and when the time gets near for me to ship he would extend it to a later ship date.

Is he blowing smoke up my ass? He says its much easier to extend a ship out date than it is to get into the Army.
I was just wondering what you all thought. Is the best route to sign what they give me, and get it extended, or should I just decline and simply come to MEPS again at a later date?

Thanks and sorry for the lengthy post.

~Joseph

hit_it · Post by **hit_it** » March 11th, 2005, 6:40 pm

can't give a hard answer right now because things are changing for the better.

the Army is working with potential shippers right now by letting them keep their enlistment options if they need to reno their contracts.

if you want an option 40, you either need to clear your schedule for the next 5 or 6 months or make a decision.

my personal opinion is to get the contract. i don't know what you have going on, though.

better not be a fucking chick, though.

Joseph PrettyDeepWater · March 12th, 2005, 12:48 am

Roger that SFC Hit_it, thanks for the help.

~Joseph

BTW its not a chick

hit_it · Post by **hit_it** » March 12th, 2005, 9:17 am

BTW its not a chick

i hope not. never let these chicks and their bullshit keep you from the mountaintop.

if they truly want to be with you, they'll wait until you make it to the rally point.

Kilted Heathen · Post by **Kilted Heathen** » March 12th, 2005, 9:19 am

hit_it wrote:
BTW its not a chick
i hope not. never let these chicks and their bullshit keep you from the mountaintop.

if they truly want to be with you, they'll wait until you make it to the rally point.

SHHHHHH!
You'll upset Loki...

Joseph PrettyDeepWater · March 12th, 2005, 6:56 pm

SFC Hit_it wrote:

i hope not. never let these chicks and their bullshit keep you from the mountaintop.

if they truly want to be with you, they'll wait until you make it to the rally point.

Roger that SFC Hit_it, thanks for the advice.

~Joseph

Loki · Post by **Loki** » March 15th, 2005, 11:22 am

Kilted Heathen wrote:
hit_it wrote:
BTW its not a chick
i hope not. never let these chicks and their bullshit keep you from the mountaintop.

if they truly want to be with you, they'll wait until you make it to the rally point.
SHHHHHH!
You'll upset Loki...

:D

hit_it · Post by **hit_it** » August 26th, 2005, 8:10 am

You're a piece of shit.

Shut the fuck up.

JMK SF G-2 · Post by **JMK SF G-2** » August 26th, 2005, 8:59 am

hit_it wrote:You're a piece of shit.

Shut the fuck up.

"I ended up not signing since about half of my bonus money was taken away"

SFC Hit It said it all, bitch. Fuck off.

SkyShark · Post by **SkyShark** » August 26th, 2005, 10:26 am

Velcrocivic wrote:SFC Hit It, I was not trying to come off sounding like a greedy bastard. The counsulor was promising me all these things, bonus money, college loan repayment etc. etc. But when I went to sign the paper, stuff they were going to give me wasn't there. I felt that they were trying to pull something over on me just to get me to sign. Since I didn't feel 100% about the deal, I decided to walk. I do understand money should not be a factor, but if I sign up for something that I don't like I would only have myself to blame.

SFC_Hit it, if I may interject.

Velcrowhatever, one of the first things you need to learn before you join theArmy is when an E-& in the United States Army tells you to Shut the Fuck up he means you need to shut the fuck up. It does not mean explin what you meant or give reason and excuses.

RGR_Dan · Post by **RGR_Dan** » August 26th, 2005, 12:19 pm

I didn't join the greatest army in the world just to put some cabbage in my pocket. I joined to be part of something bigger than me, something I could be proud of and to SERVE. There are way too many "takers" in this world and not enough "givers". You are a prime example!