09-04-2009, 10:54
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Georgetown, SC
Posts: 4,204
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Originally Posted by cold100onhw1
Today is the last day I call my girlfriend, my girlfriend. Tomorrow my girlfriend will be my wife .
I ship to Benning in Six weeks and I'm in the best shape of my life.
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Originally Posted by Pinhead
Congratulations. But shouldn't you be calling her your fiance at this point?
Don't let that honeymoon, and new home cooking get you out of shape.  |
Not always... a friend of mine had this progression - total stranger, lover, girlfriend, wife - all in less than a day in Jar-ez!
Many choose to skip that fiancee step (isn't that where the expensive diamond ring is 'posed to appear?)!
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09-04-2009, 15:53
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#122
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Asset
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: pittsburgh, pa
Posts: 17
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I just got a job making 75k in a shitty economy. This is a big jump from 30k.
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09-04-2009, 17:15
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#123
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Midwest
Posts: 7,134
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Good for you! What field, if I may ask...?
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09-04-2009, 18:00
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#124
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 170
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Swore in and signed my contract yesterday. Shipping January 20th. Knowing I have big things headed my way sure brightens my day.
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09-22-2009, 19:07
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#125
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Area Commander
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Lone Star
Posts: 2,153
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After months of first-hand lessons on hurry-up-and-wait, I signed the blank check addressed to Uncle Sam today 
To QP's who I've corresponded with since '04. Yes, this is not even the front gate yet, but I need to go through the process to fulfill an unwaiverable requirement for SF. I've learned that SF hates ticketpuncher, so I am committed to give 110% on my assignment. At the same time, I will continue to learn/train on my own time rucking, land-nav, battle drills and other shoot-move-communicate basics. I'll also max out every APFT, marksmanship quals, leadership assessments, avoid injury, and maintain my foreign languages proficiency. By doing so, hopefullly I demonstrate the aptitude (and the right attitude) to try out for, and ultimately to serve in SF.
Uboat509 is right, AMEDD is a completely different animal than regular active duty USAR. However, if and when the opportunity comes where the needs of the army meet my ultimate goal in life, I shall be found ready.
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09-25-2009, 19:18
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#126
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: New England
Posts: 170
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Thank you..
Happy thought of my day: Having found the safety of PS.
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09-25-2009, 19:24
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#127
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NorCal
Posts: 15,370
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Glad I am not the POTUS - life far below that level in the USA remains marvelous for my family and myself.
And so it rather selfishly goes... 
Richard's $.02 
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10-08-2009, 16:12
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#128
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Area Commander
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,557
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The sight today of two guys on a local street corner selling $5 "FIRE OBAMA" and "DUMP PELOSI!" T-shirts.
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10-08-2009, 17:03
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#129
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Occupied America....
Posts: 4,740
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Picked up a lever-action .357 carbine today.....
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10-08-2009, 17:11
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#130
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Originally Posted by Ret10Echo
Picked up a lever-action .357 carbine today..... |
A Marlin, Rossi or Winchester?
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“This kind of war, however necessary, is dirty business, first to last.” —T.R. Fehrenbach
“We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same." --David Horowitz
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10-08-2009, 18:44
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Occupied America....
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Originally Posted by incarcerated
A Marlin, Rossi or Winchester?
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Rossi...Large Loop 
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10-08-2009, 19:41
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#132
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Woods
Posts: 882
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Originally Posted by nmap
Today was quite a special day for me.
It's a fairly big deal for me; passing the exam means one moves on to the dissertation.
I'm pleased to say I passed, and the faculty also said some good words about the quality of the work.
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nmap,
Congratulations on passing your comps.
Have you finished your choices for the Dissertation Committee.
I understand that defending the dissertation is proportional to the amount of coffee you consume the two days prior.
SnT
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10-08-2009, 20:01
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#133
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Near Water
Posts: 560
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Locating a 5'x8' flat bed scanner and someone with the brains to operate said machine.
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10-08-2009, 20:11
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#134
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Family
Talked to my old man today!
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10-08-2009, 20:56
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#135
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 2,760
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Originally Posted by Surf n Turf
nmap,
Congratulations on passing your comps.
Have you finished your choices for the Dissertation Committee.
I understand that defending the dissertation is proportional to the amount of coffee you consume the two days prior.
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Thank you!
Our comps are a bit different. In essence, each committee member gives us 1 or 2 questions, each of which has several parts. We then have a semester to write up the answers. Most do 50-100 pages. I dropped 235 pages on them . In addition, we have a "strong chair", which means that once the chair says it's a go, the rest of the committee pretty much goes along.
So the next step is to finish the first 3 chapters - also called the proposal. I used the same committee for that as the comps. The first draft is finished (they wanted it trimmed to 100 pages. Gee, I wonder why?). Now I need to nag the chair for input so I can finalize the draft.
I'm advancing, but it feels a great deal like marching through mud. Really deep mud. No doubt my character is being built.
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