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Landers is considering a move towards the military, what do you think?

18,933 670 August 3, 2010 at 09:40 PM in Question
I'm looking at career path options and one is military, specifically Navy (Jokes allowed, go ahead Marines...). What do you guys think?

Thoughts on the military?

Thoughts on people you know joining the military?

Experiences you've seen in being with the military?


Nothing serious yet, just something in my mind still right now and trying to see/figure out what I want to do and how I want to do it.
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Fallacy
08-04-2010 at 11:10 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:10 AM.
Quote from TigerStar :
You hang out with losers? Dontknow
Hang out? Is that what you old folks are calling it these days...
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08-04-2010 at 11:14 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:14 AM.
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Are we seeing a theme?
Yeah! If you're a friend of Jen's your life is gonna be farked up!

ETA - dammit TS! LMAO
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redjen910
08-04-2010 at 11:19 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:19 AM.
Quote from TigerStar :
You hang out with losers? Dontknow
Three of the four are exBFs. I no longer date anyone with any military background. And I didn't even mention the one exMarine.

Quote from RefCache :
Yeah! If you're a friend of Jen's your life is gonna be farked up!
Nice one.
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08-04-2010 at 11:20 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:20 AM.
I called it! Whee
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08-04-2010 at 11:22 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:22 AM.
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If we're going to talk Air Force:

1) One who joined right out of high school. Again with the promise of huge money for college. Became an aircraft mechanic. Gor out after his 5 years was up. Couldn't get a private sector aircraft mechanic job anywhere in the US (lets not forget that Detroit is a major airline hub no less). Moved back home. Didn't have nearly as much money as he was told he would have, barely was able to afford 1.5 years of community college and living expenses such as food (moved back home).Now he's a big loser who makes 25K. First marriage didn't work out and from persoanl experience this guy is impossible to live with (some things have to be military perfection-ie t-shirt folding; but the rest of his house is a sty). The Air Force recruiter promised him he's be able to find a private sector job in order to earn the additional money he'd need to pay for college. He has it in writing even.
I would bet that most of those sob stories would have ended as sob stories whether or not those individuals were in the military.
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TigerStar
08-04-2010 at 11:25 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:25 AM.
Quote from redjen910 :
Three of the four are exBFs. I no longer date anyone with any military background. And I didn't even mention the one exMarine.



Nice one.
So it's not that you just hang out with losers, you sleep with them as well?

Harhar
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08-04-2010 at 11:32 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:32 AM.
Quote from TigerStar :
So it's not that you just hang out with losers, you sleep with them as well?

Harhar
There was no sleeping involved I'll have you know.Wink

And yes, it took me a long time to learn no one from the military or police.
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08-04-2010 at 11:33 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:33 AM.
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There was no sleeping involved I'll have you know.Wink

And yes, it took me a long time to learn no one from the military or police.
Inverted chandelier?
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08-04-2010 at 11:41 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:41 AM.
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Inverted chandelier?
Huh
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08-04-2010 at 11:43 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:43 AM.
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There was no sleeping involved I'll have you know.Wink
Now reconsidering the dangers of the aforementioned "friendship with Jen" peril.
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08-04-2010 at 11:45 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:45 AM.
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Huh
http://www.urbandictionary.com/de...chandelier

Dontknow
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setsail
08-04-2010 at 11:57 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:57 AM.
Dh spent 25 years on subs. Yes the deployments were hard for both of us but the retirement retainer and Tricare were worth it. I know many that have done LDO or seaman to Admiral programs to get their degree. None were or are losers.
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PaintTheSkyGrey
08-04-2010 at 11:58 AM.
08-04-2010 at 11:58 AM.
Only idiots join the military.

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08-04-2010 at 12:26 PM.
08-04-2010 at 12:26 PM.
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Only idiots join the military.

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Go fark yourself.
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TigerStar
08-04-2010 at 12:29 PM.
08-04-2010 at 12:29 PM.
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Go fark yourself.
So you expect him to join the Navy?
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