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Feb 1, 2004

Hillary Clintons Thong posted:

oh yeah I'd never buy a non bic disposable lighter...i've burnt (:cool:) too many times by that mistake!!!!!!!!!!! OK back to lurkers see you in the dfac

weren't zippo's in vogue or something like that back 8 or so years ago? I remember everyone in the guard and during my deployment was using a zippo lighter and doing the wacky "flip it open with your index finger and snap yo fingers and make dat poo poo light up"

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Feb 1, 2004

Oh, non bic disposable ........ im drinking because *reasons*.

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Feb 1, 2004

Being a stupid enlisted person is a pretty decent way of going right out of high school, especially if you're a moron and a wonderful Saturday night involves watching NASCAR followed by chuggin some brews with your boys talking about how trump is going to make america great again.

If you have the option, grab yourself a degree and go the officer route. Going marine Officer isn't essentially the "worst" way to go but in comparison to most other branches your jobs that teach you a good skillset will be severely limited, and the quality of life as an officer is so much better.

Seriously, if you wanna join the marines, talk to an OSO and look into their pilot program. Back in 2016 when I attempted to go Marine Officer Reserves they were hurting for active duty pilots, to the point where they were saying a 29 year old prior service piece of poo poo like me could easily grab an air contract if I would have gone active.

Being a pilot in the marines lets you be all "Rah i'm a god drat marine Full metal jacket is what my life is about semper fi yut yut" but learn a technical skill flying planes/helicopters and lets you get out of the military when you want and land a job in the airlines making bank....airlines love hiring military pilots because of the amount of training they give you guys.

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Feb 1, 2004

I can't speak for public affairs. One of the women I was contracting with was dead set on being a public affairs officer. I'm not sure how much that segways into a good civilian career.

The benefits with going air contract is that you're guaranteed a flight position. If you sign as a ground contract *which you would if you wanted to go public affairs/most anything else* and you are a lovely officer at TBS *advanced school for marine officers* you could be relegated to the needs of the corps and get your bottom choices..... That usually means something like logistics officer, which I'm sure has a decent pathway into the civilian world but i'm just speculating at this point.

Air=100% chance of going to pilot school, granted you don't get a DUI/murder a hooker during your weekends off in OCS or at TBS.

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Feb 1, 2004




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Feb 1, 2004

Woof Blitzer posted:

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Feb 1, 2004

Medical isn't bad if you can land yourself a pretty specialized gig. Being a respiratory therapist, X-ray Specialist or OR tech can land you some decent gigs outside of the military and you won't find yourself having to do the whole college route again since you're already trained in the profession. Being a general medic is great for an 18 year old, because you get a broad level of general medical knowledge and your EMT-B, and if you decide to go the nurse route or PA it always looks good on a resume/application.... But being an EMT in the private sector pays poo poo, and even getting your paramedic doesn't pay all that much better unless you land a gig with a fire service...And even then you can "usually" make better cash by just getting your RN if you really decide to go that route.

Unless you end up really liking medicine for some reason, then going back to school on Uncle Sam's dime peeping nursing student butts isn't a bad route either...

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Feb 1, 2004

Thank u 4 ur service mr army marine, plz let me know what it's like to be on a ship and i hope u find osama bin hussein

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Feb 1, 2004

how many challenge coins did you have to keep in your pocket for the general to pass out on a daily basis?

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