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myenglishisno
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Geumchon
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 Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| weso1 wrote: |
| myenglishisno wrote: |
| I don't know about the Army but us mentally stable people would see it as damn creepy. |
| PastorYoon wrote: |
| LOL. You're one of those military idiots that got sucked in by a Korean chick? That's hilarious. |
Well, no love for the military from you guys, huh?
A question though... just how exactly do you two dimwits think it's possible you can live and teach in Korea? This country wouldn't even exist if it weren't for men and women from several nations (probably from whatever country you come from) putting on a uniform and fighting for it.
You two are the types of left wing pantie waist hippie's that give honest liberals like myself a bad name. Our entire way of life depends on people sacrificing their lives, so that the greater population wont have to. But you'd rather spit on them rather than tell them thank you. You know, I really wish NK would invade. I wish they would march their million man army right to your neighborhood just so I can hear your elitist holier-than-thou-art crybaby mouths beg for someone to come save you.
You literally make me sick. I pray to god you're not American. I don't think I could stomach knowing someone from my own country would speak that way about our soldiers. |
I wasn't saying anything about the military. I served for two years in the Reserves (Canadian--curious as to what you're going to say about that).
I was simply implying that a civilian who goes and "trains themselves" in how to fire guns is creepy. Why on earth would you need to? People in the Army need to because it's their job. They are in the Army to protect you. You are a civilian. The Army is there so dimwits like you don't have to handle weapons.
The reason people like you really want to go play with guns with a group like Blackwater is because they secretly think it makes them look cool, then those same rednecks try to legitimize their adolescent obsession with guns and things-that-go-boom by spouting Neo-Conservative/Tea Party/Patriot crap which is supposed to somehow make it okay. The truth is just that you're a redneck. This has nothing to do with the military.
Call me a liberal, commie, pinko all you want but this is what you sound like to sane people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWNho8g0lsU
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weso1
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:08 am Post subject: |
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First off, I'm not a redneck. Second, I'm probably more liberal than you are.
Third, if you had read the full post instead of jumping to conclusions, I wanted to know if taking the initiative to learn a few things before hand would make my application to become an army officer more appealing. As I spelled out above, for those of us that want to serve in a leadership position, it's becoming more difficult to get in. There are more people applying than there are spots to fill. So a smart person would do what he could to try increase his chances.
Btw, good job erasing your line about sterilizing people like me. I see a pansy like yourself doesn't have the hevos to say what you mean.
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myenglishisno
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Geumchon
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| weso1 wrote: |
First off, I'm not a redneck. Second, I'm probably more liberal than you are.
Third, if you had read the full post instead of jumping to conclusions, I wanted to know if taking the initiative to learn a few things before hand would make my application to become an army officer more appealing. As I spelled out above, for those of us that want to serve in a leadership position, it's becoming more difficult to get in. There are more people applying than there are spots to fill. So a smart person would do what he could to try increase his chances. |
I think doing volunteer work or joining a sports team would be a million times better than learning how to fire assault rifles with Blackwater.
If you need to know how to do something, the Army will teach you. You don't have to go learn on your own. I'm actually quite sure that it would just put them off.
It'd be like going to the recruiting office and saying: "yeeeep, I got me here lots of 'xperience. My brother Jeb and I, well, we used ta shoot them dere possums..." etc. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| PastorYoon wrote: |
| T-J wrote: |
I know there are a few prior service on these forums, myself included. What sort of advice are you looking for?
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LOL. You're one of those military idiots that got sucked in by a Korean chick? That's hilarious. |
Nope. I got out in'93, didn't meet my wife until '94. I was a student at Yonsei when we met.
Back under your bridge now you ugly troll you.
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| The difference between Specialist and Corporal is simply the Military Operational Specialty. The Army is the only one of the US Armed Forces that stll maintains a difference at that pay grade. |
MOS has no bearing on whether a soldier makes CPL or not.
True, CPLs are usually guys in combat arms MOSs, but it all depends on your position more than anything. If you're in charge of a section/squad/team, more than likely you will be given the lateral promotion to CPL. |
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weso1
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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Hey OP, you might consider this as well.
If you look at the Guard or Reserves, there a few different paths to get commissioned if you don't get it right away. You said you were also looking at grad school, right?
You could enlist in either, get through all your training. Once settled, get into an MA, PhD, JD, or MD program (whatever you're looking for.) You could then get into ROTC and do your graduate work, ROTC, and Guard at the same time. The Guard calls it Simultaneous Membership. After you graduate, you're commissioned, plus you get a bit more respect from the enlists because you were one of them for a few years before getting the butter bar.
Or, you could get trained, get into grad school, and then switch MOS to OCS candidate. Which means your monthly and yearly Guard service would actually be going to OCS classes. It takes about 18 months to get commissioned that way, but if you're in school, you're killing two birds with one stone.
So, the ROTC route is a bit more time demanding, but you could get a full scholarship and get grad school for free. Or, you could take the less demanding route of 18 month OCS classes, but just use the GI bill and tuition assistance to help grad school costs. |
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