10-01-2010, 09:24
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Hi, guys.
I'm normally a pretty quiet person here, as this is not my house and I have little to contribute - but I've learned a lot here the past few years.
When I graduated college, I was told that because I was born with one kidney, I would never serve in the military. Three years later, and a lot of twisted roads, and I'm sitting down on Monday to draw up my contract for OCS.
Just wanted to say 'thank you' to everyone in this community who's helped keep my dream alive. Now it's up to me to drive on and prove that Big Army didn't make a mistake.
Thanks, and I'll return to my lane now.
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10-01-2010, 09:29
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Damn...that just brought a tear to my eye. Good luck to you and thank you for remembering those that have helped you.
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10-01-2010, 09:36
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levinj, As a grad of the Benning School for Boys, I wish you well. Remain focused on your goal and learn. Everyone in my platoon had coping strategies; develop your own, take one day at a time, and before you know it you will be standing in Infantry Hall raising your hand.
I wonder if Wigle Hall still gets the brasso attention it used to.
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10-01-2010, 09:57
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Thank you both for your kind words and for your advice. Seminole, I hear what you're saying, and I'm taking notes.
If anyone else has any advice, I'd love to hear it. As I told someone in a PM, this is not a job I want to do badly.
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10-01-2010, 10:20
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Location: 18 yrs upstate NY, 30 yrs South Florida, 20 yrs Conch Republic, now chasing G-Kids in NOVA & UK
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Jacob,
Something that worked for me,,
No matter how hard or long or tall or hot or cold or miserable or painful it gets,,
No mater how many push ups, pull ups, flutter kicks, or miles you run,,
Smile.. 
Use to drive my platoon leader 1st Lt Black Jack Dawson crazy..
Good Luck..
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10-01-2010, 10:57
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Building 4 as a "Candidate" sucked harder than Ranger School, but in the end it was well worth it. I wish you luck and offer the following:
The only obstacles in life are the ones you choose not to remove.
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10-01-2010, 11:38
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Originally Posted by blue02hd
Building 4 as a "Candidate" sucked harder than Ranger School.
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I agree...but Wigle Hall after hours sucked even worse...and weekends in the Building 4 parking lot...ah, the memories... 
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10-01-2010, 12:02
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Thanks for the suggestions, guys.
Hearing input from QPs means a lot to me.
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10-01-2010, 12:20
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Congrats!!
Just because you are being yelled at, could be very well a function of standing in a space that gets yelld at a lot.... learned that as a resident FWIW.
Best of luck, and Be Well!!l
RF 1
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10-01-2010, 12:22
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...Building 4 parking lot...ah, the memories...
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Run into any fire hydrants lately?
Levinj - just pretend it's a bad dream and you'll wake back up in the 'real' world when it's over...worked for me.
Richard
PS - Larry, our TAC could still beat up your TAC!
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10-01-2010, 12:44
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Run into any fire hydrants lately?...our TAC could still beat up your TAC!
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Nope...and I eventually quit making smart-assed remarks when the intercom came on in the platoon area...as for your second point, I'm not sure a female MP could beat Shep...but then again, JC did wind up in 7th Group... 
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10-01-2010, 12:48
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This is a prime example of why I want to attend OCS.
Just think of the stories I'll bore my fiance with when I'm done!
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10-01-2010, 12:50
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Originally Posted by levinj
This is a prime example of why I want to attend OCS.
Just think of the stories I'll bore my fiance with when I'm done!
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There are some things best left untold...
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""A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.""- GEN George S. Patton
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10-01-2010, 12:53
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...I'm not sure a female MP could beat Shep...but then again, JC did wind up in 7th Group...
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She was the TAC for Billy's PLT - we had MK (the token Hudson High guy) - he made his way to the 7th, too...and he could still beat up your TAC!
And if you really wanted to punish somebody, just get CPT A (CDR) wound up so he could start in on one of his "how to be a (insert subject of choice)" talks...ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz....!!!! 
Richard
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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10-01-2010, 12:58
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She was the TAC for Billy's PLT - we had MK (the token Hudson High guy) - he made his way to the 7th, too...and he could still beat up your TAC!
And if you really wanted to punish somebody, just get CPT A (CDR) wound up so he could start in on one of his "how to be a (insert subject of choice)" talks...ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz....!!!!
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Hmmm...memory's a fleeting thing...JH went to 7th Group, too...and we know how that worked out for him...LOL...and Wayne P., my roommate, went to 7th...
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