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Joined: September 16, 2003
Posts: 450
|  Posted: 2005-06-04 06:00
Good luck Amigo...
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Captain_Savage
Cadet
Joined: September 30, 2003
Posts: 144
| Posted: 2005-06-04 18:20
i just got back from the recruiter's. overall it was very pleasent. allow me to recant a bit of my experience;
"you're making the right chioce."
"of course i am."
"welcome to the mechanized infantry."
"thank y- wait, what?"
okay, i took a liitle creative licence there, he didn't trick me at all. turns out, both artilery batteries have told the recruiter that they don't want anymore people because they're switching over to Military Police, and giving the guns to the Airbourne. as for the cavalry, they're losing they're M1A2s and switching to Bradleys. right now they're in Iraq as Motorized Infantry(like mechanized, only with HMMWVs instead of Bradleys.) their job entails driving down the street as 65 mph and searching homes. about that driving part, they aren't allowed to stop, because thet's how you lose men. also, he told me their casualty rate; one. that's right, the unit of around like, six hundred has lost one man in Iraq. although that's still one man too many, i's pretty damn good odds. so that's it, i'm going into the Mechanized infantry as a bradley crewman.
fun fact: three years ago i spoke to an Army recruiter about this very same MOS.
during the conversation, i told him about my family's history, he noted that he was impressed with my knowledge regarding the military, and at one point he said i reminded him of General Custer, what with my long hair and zappa and all. i found that an insult.
when i gave him my Email, MajorMaxillary@wouldn'tyouliketoknow.com, there was a funny conversation about it.
"major?"
"Maxillary."
"why do i get the feeling to managed to fit Artillery in there."
"actually, i chose that for several meanings, on the one hand i like how it sounds officious, secong it's a victorian slang term for penis, and finally i had an opperation on my upper mandible, which is refferred to as the Major Maxillary. so it's a wordplay thing."
"eh he.."
he also told me that the pins in my face bones might be a problem if i don't get documentation, and suggested that i become an officer.
afterwards he gave me a mountain of pamphlets, two USANG T-shirts, and a DVD.
then i went to see Episode 3.
all in all this was a good day, and i take the ASVAB on Wensday.
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Pimpalicious Nerd {C?}
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Galactic Navy
Joined: January 15, 2003
Posts: 885
From: Connecticut, USA
| Posted: 2005-06-04 18:31
Heh...leave it to Tael to come and save the day with a 10 paragraph essay on the subject.
Just kidding Tael. You know we love you!
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BackSlash
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Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2005-06-04 19:02
Ep3 is good.
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Captain_Savage
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Joined: September 30, 2003
Posts: 144
| Posted: 2005-06-05 01:12
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Captain_Savage
Cadet
Joined: September 30, 2003
Posts: 144
| Posted: 2005-06-08 05:52
I take the ASVAB today.
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