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Thanks for your replies. The #1 reason I'm going Guard is because of 100% state school tuition assistance. Second, they have a buttload of 'continuing education' courses that could very well help me find a job. Since I'm going to incorperate a life change into this ie: get my fat ass back in to shape and stay that way; I'm going to eventually shoot for OCS or WOC school. I'd love to be the first in my family to be commisioned since WWI. It's kinda wierd, we had one officer in the Civil War, and one in the first World War, but non since. We've all been mostly a family of Sergeants! I guess we get one officer per century. Thanks again. Any other advice?

They're breeding like...rats!

Just a couple things I want to throw in here; Taxes will be raised, there's no doubt about it. We have a big bad defecit right now. Corperations are shipping most jobs out of country and cutting positions here in the states; it's for real because I was one that was laid off among many thousands. A couple of days ago, CNN and most networks reported a 1% or so increase on jobs in the U.S., and the Department of Labor was wetting themselves in delight. They are mostly contracting jobs for various projects, which are being eaten up by most unions. Those of us not in one or not affiliated are SOL. Guys, the 'old boy club' is at it's pinnacle. Trickle down economics hasn't taken effect because hardly anyone is spending money except for our guvmint which is paying off companies like Haliburton, Bechtel and several others for the reconstruction of Iraq, and they're making off like bandits. I know from experience because I used to work for the Bechtel outfit. My Dad and my fiance` are still with them. The only ones still keeping their jobs are mostly managers. They fire the worker-bees and the Mgrs. do the stuff that the others did because there isn't anything left. Houston office is a ghost town and has been since 1998, Frederick, MD has followed suit since 2001. Most people have taken jobs (hard to find I might add) overseas in Iraq or in other pipeline countries like Turkey. Not that it's all bad, but I do have dear friends in Iraq right now, and they say it's hazardous to one's health (expected, but not like this). Anyone is fair game there aside from our servicepeople, and it's pretty sad to see that is happening to people I know, love, and worked with most of my life. (I grew up in Houston, Dad's an engineer) It's these reasons that have affected my life, that helped me make the decision to re-enlist in the Guard. I know that it's a weekend warrior thing, but EVERYONE is getting the call to go active, and jobs out here in Vegas are like hot, disease-free women that would want to go home with me. That is very few and far in between.

Good one!

Hey guys, I can pick from some tasty MOS's for my re-enlistment, and I wanted to get the opinion from those who have ARMY background. It's cool if anyone puts thier post in tho. Here's what we got: Military Police Radio Operator/ (fixer upper guy) Medic SATCOM (this is a 39 week course btw, and it takes forever for a clearance) those are some of the MOS, here are the units: 992ND TROOP COMMAND LAS VEGAS NV 72D MP CO (-) HENDERSON NV 72D MP CO (-) - DUIC HENDERSON NV 777 EN TM UTILITIES CO (4000) HENDERSON NV 777 EN TM UTILITIES(4000) DUIC HENDERSON NV 1864TH TC CO (MED TRK) HENDERSON NV 440TH SIGNAL COMPANY HENDERSON NV That's it for my area, anyone know or have info on these units maybe? Thanks

But THEY GOT A.... oh nevermind.

B.A.M. - Similar to B.A.M.F. I suppose?

Well guys, I had my height/weight taken today for re-enlistment, and I need to lose 4% body fat. Translate that to body weight, and I need to lose at least 10 pounds. I think I'm going to go on a low carb/high cardio diet and workout for the first 2 weeks since I get weighed in again in that exact time. What do you guys think?

It's ok, they had Subway today.

Gelukkige Verjaardag, Dutchy! - Have a hap hap happy birthday Dutchy! - And to repeat what Navy Chief said..Gelukkige Verjaardag, Dutchy! w00t for you, and may you be laid by 70 virgins. -Zag

But they still have (A PEPPER BAR!).

THEY GOT A PEPPER BAR!

ROFL! That was great :D

I'd like to second that motion on the separate politics forum. :D

Woot for that , and bump..

....mmm... I'll cath ya when I get sober..

This is straight from Snopes.com: "The most prominent example of a clash between private citizen protest and governmental military policy in recent history occurred in July 1972, when actress Jane Fonda arrived in Hanoi, North Vietnam, and began a two-week tour of the country conducted by uniformed military hosts." As we understand Kerry's actions in light of his war protests; they took place in 1970. Before Hanoi Jane went to N. Vietnam and became a Communist herself. Guys, I have to say that Sen. Kerry has my vote. I know that Bush ran a quasi-sucessful camgain against Iraq, but part of the reason why soliders are still getting killed there is that the CIC won't let commanders act on the received intelligence, which is paramount, and we all know this because this is the way it's always been. That's costs live gentlemen, and I know there are quite a few of us that are vets or are still serving in the military. The reason why he was a protestor, is because of the bretheren the he and others had lost during the war, and if one talks to a Vietnam Veteran, they would back up the fact that they would disagree with the war as well. I've met countless vets; some who are friends of mine that say the same thing. One friend in particular was in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive, who was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross and was wounded (2 Purple Hearts), would also attest to the war. Pride in the service can go very far for all of us, but when there is a war that will accomplish nothing but lost lives, just doesnt make any sense. Perhaps if we had a veteran that understands what war really is, and knows what it is like to lose friends and family, he will think twice before starting another one.

Dude, that is sweet. My Dad's first plane was a Warrior. He set up a booster chair so I could see over the instrument panel when I was a little kid.

Man, that's one heck of a story! My dad had a pretty close call last December when he was flying from Baltimore to Houston in his Cessna 210. When he bought it, the plane had some probs that were quickly fixed, but there were others that he didn't know about. During his flight, he was coming in on final to an airport in Georgia, and about 20 feet off the ground he lost all manifold pressure and the engine quit. He was only going about 65 or so knots, so the stall factor was serious pretty much yelling HELLO! at him. He managed to do a 3 point hard landing and come down with a bit of a bang, but he didn't crash. About a moment later, he hit the starter and the engine came right back on. He parked the aircraft, checked out, and later took off again that day to finish the last leg of the flight to Houston. When he got there he had my brother look at it (he's a flight mech), and my bro grounded him! He said that the nosewheel of the plane had been depressed about an inchor more, and the front prop had been bent. Upon further inspection, he found a whole slew of problems aside from the hard landing. During the holidays, I asked my dad if the 'pucker factor' was fierce during the episode, and he said, "Aw, not really. It's was more like an 'Aw Sh*t!' factor". I don't blame him. More to come on that after the insurance claim goes through.

Way to go! Dude, I have no job, and I live in Las Vegas. howdoyouthinkifeel? Fuggedaboudit!

My brother in law, who is a guru with the Wifi, is working on a thing in Houston called "The Westheimer Project" It's a major street that runs the length from uptown on down. He can drive from one end to the other along this very lengthy road and still keep a rather good signal on his Centrino laptop. Dude, that is sweet.

So last night I'm online playing some Forgotten Battles dogfights and having a blast. Roughly 8:00 pm, my fiance` walks in and says something like, "Babe, why don't we go watch some tv together?" I tell her that I'm in the middle of a BIG furball, that I wanted to take on this one guy, and after I beat him I'd be in the living room in about 5 minutes or so... She then turns her voice up about 100 octaves and says, "You MEN and your F*cking PENISES! When does it STOP!?!?!?" Needless to say, I was truly shocked about that whole thing, I mean, I'm not the kind of guy that goes drag racing in my souped-up race car/truck whatever. Nor, do I get into barfights over stupid arguements and the like. Yet, I feel the NEED to wipe the floor with this one guy in a virtual dogfight particularly because he'd been giving me a hard time since I signed on to that one game. I could have disconeccted and went elsewhere, but no I had to stay and prove my man-ness or whatever anyone calls it. To put a cap on this story, I did indeed wipe the floor with his guts, and the game went into sudden death, (instead of 5 minutes, it went for another hour). The score was 6 to 2! YEAH! I KICKED HIS BUTT! w00t. I guess the question of the story and whatnot is; "When will our manly ego's stop coming in to the room with us when some certain competition arises?" The answer: It's never gonna happen folks. Our Weiners are attached to us, and we will take them wherever we damn well please. We just need to choose our battles wisely, and sometime run aways to fight another day. I thought about that and laid it down to my Fiance`, but she didn't understand. I explained that WARS HAVE STARTED over things like who's got a bigger winky. (Nutshell history class) She didn't understand. So I explained further, that if we (men) didn't have that type of spirit so "related" to our manhood, then Chuck Yeager never would've broken the sound barrier and Doolittle never would've bombed Tokyo. I think I sortof got through with that analogy. So now, I'll just kick back and celebrate my sweet victory with some coffie, and bang my head to Led Zepplin's 'Immigrant Song'. W00t. For all men in the world. -fin

I gotta tell ya, I'm REALLY gonna need a good financing plan for all that. I mean, it's not like I'm buying a computer or something, that's a major purchase! I guess a four year plan should do it, and of course I'll have to ask my Dad to help out, but man, it'll be a hoot.

Ender's Game ROOLED! So did Flight of the Intruder. My stepmom was a religous fanatic, so instead of going to see the R-rated movies, I was reading the books instead to keep her off my back. Shoot, I was into 2001 by the sixth grade.

You should check out EB games near your local mall. They usually have the used shelves stock with those old gems. I once found a copy of Flanker 2.5 there lot too long ago.