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Sure, just don't expect it anytime soon. It's more difficult to find cheap goretex poo poo than I expected.
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I'm moving in a few weeks, and my buddy who was living with another dude was going to move in with me. He thought he could get out of his lease, because his current roommate got orders away. His landlord is trying to say that my friend cannot get out of the lease and instead will be paying double his old rent. Anything to do in this situation but lube up?
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I'd probably bring the lease to the ADC/JAG/shirt.
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Nov 13, 2013 04:26
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Harmburger posted:I'm moving in a few weeks, and my buddy who was living with another dude was going to move in with me. He thought he could get out of his lease, because his current roommate got orders away. His landlord is trying to say that my friend cannot get out of the lease and instead will be paying double his old rent. Anything to do in this situation but lube up? Call a lawyer? Is your buddy enlisted?
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Nov 13, 2013 04:27
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PLANES CURE TOWERS posted:Call a lawyer? Is your buddy enlisted? He is. I told him to try to talk to the JAG ASAP, but was seeing if anyone knew something here.
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Nov 13, 2013 04:47
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Harmburger posted:He is. I told him to try to talk to the JAG ASAP, but was seeing if anyone knew something here. Yeah Jag it up ASAP, that poo poo is not right at all.
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Nov 13, 2013 05:01
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JAG's typically have a legal assistance section that does nothing but admin law type poo poo like wills, power of attorney, leases, etc...if he's having trouble getting pointed in the right direction just go to the Shirt (assuming the shirt isn't a colossal toolbag).
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Nov 13, 2013 18:00
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Yeah I'm pretty sure that poo poo can get taken care of on a walk-in basis
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I have no idea where else this should go, hopefully this is the proper place. I need some info on who to call to help out with wounded veterans in the Philly area. The union contractors have a fund to promote ceramic tile, and I’m the treasurer of it. We were kicking around ideas on how to spend it and one of the guys came up with helping the wounded warriors. The idea proposed would be to donate tile and the manpower to set tile for guys who might need to have a bathroom or something redone to meet handicap requirements. We’d work with tile distributors to provide the tile, the unions to set it, and we would pay for both, basically giving the guy or girl a free tile job. I really don’t know any builders or anything that do this stuff though. I called “Homes for our troops” but they are already partnered with a national tile account so there’s not much I can do there. They gave me “Operation homefront” which I also called (but haven’t heard back from), but I was hoping someone might know someone else I could contact. I really don't give a poo poo about any media stuff, but it seemed like a good way to help some people. It has to be "tile related" unfortunately, that's the only string to it, so I think a direct donation might not work Sorry if this is in the wrong thread.
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Nov 22, 2013 21:25
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AFewBricksShy posted:I have no idea where else this should go, hopefully this is the proper place. If you haven't tried Wounded Warrior Project yet, I would give them a shot. I am not sure if they would be the right fit for exactly what you are attempting to do but it wouldn't hurt to contact them and ask. The below link is the contact info for the Pittsburgh, PA WWP office. They may be able to get you in touch with WWP alumni in the Philly area. This is a fantastic organization by the way, I have many friends that are better off for it. http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/contact-us/pittsburgh.aspx
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Cloudy McPouty posted:If you haven't tried Wounded Warrior Project yet, I would give them a shot. I am not sure if they would be the right fit for exactly what you are attempting to do but it wouldn't hurt to contact them and ask. The below link is the contact info for the Pittsburgh, PA WWP office. They may be able to get you in touch with WWP alumni in the Philly area. This is a fantastic organization by the way, I have many friends that are better off for it. Thanks, I started with the wwp, they were the ones that gave me the homes for troops organization. The operation home front people seem promising but I'd like to get a couple of other options if possible.
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Nov 23, 2013 04:06
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Maybe try the local VFW or something? Someone there might have an idea. Edit: Or an old lovely bathroom.
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Godholio posted:Maybe try the local VFW or something? Someone there might have an idea. This is a good start. Or maybe the DAV? Every state/County should have a VA advocate, also, yours may know of other programs. Maybe try the VA?
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I called the pa veterans affairs office yesterday but no one answered. I'll check again next week. I'll give the local vfw post a call too, thanks for the idea. Hopefully this works out
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Is basic pay paid retro active or proactive? For example, the paycheck on January 1st, is that the pay for serving from December 15-December 31st or it is for time to be served from January 1st to Jan 15th? I looked all over and couldn't find an answer. Should I swing by PSD to double check?
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Nov 25, 2013 06:10
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retro
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Nov 25, 2013 06:16
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not caring here posted:retro Thank you. So if I am discharged on Jan 31st, my last paycheck (save any terminal leave or selling back leave) will be on Feb 1st (Base Pay + BAH + BAS)
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Nov 25, 2013 06:19
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Should. Assume a gently caress up and / or late.
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Nov 25, 2013 06:59
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You get paid for the work you've done, not the work you are about to do. Also, you may get another paycheck on 15feb, based on when the pay cut-off date is (I think it's the 22nd or something, so you may get another paycheck on the 15th for a few days worth of pay).
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Much obliged, gentlemen. Thank you very much.
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AFewBricksShy posted:I have no idea where else this should go, hopefully this is the proper place. http://www.pvmsec.org/
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Has anyone here gone from Guard to RA? How stupid am I for considering this?
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A little backstory posted:Has anyone here gone from Guard to RA? How stupid am I for considering this? Pretty loving dumb. You'd lose rank and hate yourself the whole time. Do your time, get your school money, get out. If you still want to do it, then good loving luck. I've only ever seen it once in 2005 when they were still hurting for bodies. It happened less often than enlisted people going to OCS in my experience. You may have better luck if you switch branches, but even then it's a crapshoot.
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A little backstory posted:Has anyone here gone from Guard to RA? How stupid am I for considering this? I've known a lot of people who tried this and only one that made it. He went from army guard to navy, lost two ranks, and didn't get to choose his rate. Don't even bother.
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It seems like unless you're in a MOS that is really short on the active side, you're gonna get hosed.
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Nov 26, 2013 20:21
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Uhhh so how do you attach an oak leave cluster to a ribbon? I tried and all I have is a ribbon with a hole in it now.
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Nov 26, 2013 21:45
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Center it, align the pins so one is a thread or two above the other (you have to eyeball it, it depends how much they're bent), then stab through and bend the pins toward corners. Alternately, you can break the pins off and glue it on the ribbon, but when (not if) it falls off you become one of those weird people that does dumb poo poo like that, ironing things that shouldn't be ironed, etc.
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DoktorLoken posted:It seems like unless you're in a MOS that is really short on the active side, you're gonna get hosed. Welp. What I'm being told is that (as of AUG 13) prior service applicants are being considered into a certain set of MOSs if they are MOSQ and in the right grade bracket. My MOS is only open to E4 and below. 
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Godholio posted:Center it, align the pins so one is a thread or two above the other (you have to eyeball it, it depends how much they're bent), then stab through and bend the pins toward corners. Or quit being a scrub and just get thin ribbons, it costs like $20 for an average size rack and all you have to do is spend money, wait a week, and pin on uniform. Or don't gently caress around with OLCs, who cares.
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iyaayas01 posted:Or quit being a scrub and just get thin ribbons, it costs like $20 for an average size rack and all you have to do is spend money, wait a week, and pin on uniform. Getting thin ribbons is a great way to guarantee your command will get a MUC the following week.
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Ultra thins are worth it. Pretty sure they'll update your ribbon rack for free. Or if you're like me, your ribbon rack was frozen in time as of 2010 and never changed.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Ultra thins are worth it. Pretty sure they'll update your ribbon rack for free. Or if you're like me, your ribbon rack was frozen in time as of 2010 and never changed. I just pretend I never got that next AAM or ARCOM, one day I will update it, but that day is not today.
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Cloudy McPouty posted:I just pretend I never got that next AAM or ARCOM, one day I will update it, but that day is not today. Yea by the time I had the Ultrathins ordered and my DOS, it was off by 2 rows.
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Hey guys I was about to mail my buddy a christmas present when I saw this on amazon. "If an APO, FPO, or DPO address is entered as an international address, the package will not reach its destination." So now I'm stuck here at the check out web page wondering if I'm supposed to claim this base or whatever is in the USA or if it's actually in Afghanistan. If I posted the address could anyone explain to me which field I'd enter the lines into (which is the "street", which is the "city" ect). It seemed pretty straight forward when he gave me the address a long time ago but I don't want to ask him to clarify now and ruin the surprise. But I also don't want the package to not arrive. Anyway I'd appreciate any advice you guys could give me because I sat up in bed and realized I'd better order the gift RIGHT NOW or I'd never get around to it. Fake Edit-Actually, can you guys recommend any cheap consumable/always useful product I could get from amazon to throw on top of the gift I picked out?
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Why would you not ask Amazon customer support?
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holocaust bloopers posted:Why would you not ask Amazon customer support? Because googling suggests it's not an amazon thing, it's an FPO thing. I hoped this was some common issue GIP guys knew all about. But whatever, Amazon made automated suggestions about the address and it'll either get to him or not. If the delivery doesn't work I'll worry more about it then.
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He should have given you a mailing address that is like [Rank] Dude Some loving unit that's probably full of pogs APO, FP [zip code] APO can be entered as the state when you're mailing something.
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Thanks, that'll help me enter the address better if something goes wrong with this first package. Now how do I keep his wife from wasting all his contractor money and thus rendering his years away from his child essentially meaningless? That's also a common question right?? But thanks again, I think if I have to mail it again I've still got plenty of time.
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Don't list FP/AP as an international shipment. It is treated just like a normal domestic shipment because it is until this military takes over and ships it overseas.
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APO/FPO mail is treated like domestic. It actually goes to either New York or San Francisco, and shipping to that destination is what you're charged for. The military (or rather, whoever is contracted) takes it from there.
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