People in/was in Armed Service. *update*

I just didnt like MEPS because we went to this hotel, woke up at 4, went to the MEPS station, did our military documentation, then the physical, the entire thing took 11 and a half hours.

Then there was the contract and MOS business, they couldnt find my name on their list because i was already in an AIT school in fort huachuka, so that tacked on about 2 hours. I was catching sleep when i could on these uncomfortable breifing room chairs.

That's how life is. Standby to standby for a possible maybe. Waiting entirely too long for something. Jacked up paper work. That is the norm. If everything goes smooth, somebody done jacked something up on purpose. Trust me, it's never smooth. MY name was on the paper...I was shipping to bootcamp.

Edit- As much as I hate the Army...let me give you some advice on the way I've seen things work: if it can be broken and jacked up, it they can make it not work, then it won't. Common sense is not authorized while in uniform!

Edited by HOInfantry - 21 March 2006 at 6:48pm

Do you have any idea how long it took them to get my name right?

Langewisch...it was spelled-
Lehngwich
Lengwisch
Langwish
Longwisch (wasn't that bad when the first four letters were capitalized)

Finally, it is correct, though on my promotion is says Lengwisch. Heck, they'll get the important trash right...blood type, social security number, sex, and sometimes your pay, but personal trash...you're a number.

NOTE: I said SOMETIMES pay

Edited by HOInfantry - 21 March 2006 at 6:53pm

My name used to get interesting....

When I would answer the phone in the aid station..."Aid Station 2nd/325, this is an unsecure line...Sgt Majors speaking" CLICK.
Half the time people would hang up thinking they had accidentaly called the CSM's office.
I used to get a kick out of it.

It seems to me that most young guys in the army are the guys who screwed up in high school. So to all you kids out there, study so you do not have to die.

Cedric wrote: It seems to me that most young guys in the army are the guys who screwed up in high school. So to all you kids out there, study so you do not have to die.

Someone has to do it.

Cedric wrote: these kids could be making me french fries.

Not as easy as it sounds.

Well ill be going to basic in August for the Army, my MOS is EINT (electronic intelligence), wiretaping phones,intercepting e-mails, and what not. But something to consider before signing up is... your future. I was thinking about EOD (explosive ordinance disposal) because i like blowing stuff up, and being in a dangerous position, but i thought about it and blowing stuff up set me up with no-where to go after i get out. So i went with a intelligence job, got my top secret clearance and after my 4 years im set. I know its not all going to be easy, but im excited for it. Both of my parents were in the army and and it did GREAT things for them, i hope i am as fortunate.
Also as far as ASVAB scores go, i know of no-one that scored higher than a 100 AFQT score (which is the highest you can get. Each branch interprets the line scores differently. And whoever said that a 73 is a low score, its really not. THe guy might have scored low somewhere and really high in others. My GT score is a little bit lower than what a few guys have posted (mine 115 GT) but i still had a choice of any job i wanted except for special forces (missed by 2 points, but i dont really care). My other scores however were really high. But anyways, just finishing up High School, and then goin to Hawaii for two weeks, getting married, then basic.... one heck of a summer.

Tae Kwon Do wrote: Cedric wrote: these kids could be making me french fries. Not as easy as it sounds.

I'd rather a kid with a .5 gpa handling some fries rather than a firearm.

Cedric wrote: Bango wrote: Cedric wrote: It seems to me that most young guys in the army are the guys who screwed up in high school. So to all you kids out there, study so you do not have to die. Someone has to do it. Well yeah. All of the idiots in high school. But if we weren't in a war in the first place, these kids could be making me french fries.

wouldn't that be weird.... if we didn't have anyone willing to fight for our freedom... I wonder what language would we be talking right now ?