Military thread

Military thread

>Previous/currently serving.
>Civillians welcome to voice opinions or questions.
>All branches welcome.

Army, less than 15 months left in active duty, 68W.

yeah i got to 10th prestige on call of duty so im pretty much a pro sniper at this point

>active Navy
>i hate my life please kill me

I sometimes wish I joined Navy.

MoS?

I was never into FPS, besides Counter Strike Source back in the day.

you could just off yourself instead of asking others to do it

How do you feel about those guys who died and still can't find their bodies?

Good advice.

Electrical Technician

why off myself when i can go on the McCain and get rekt like all those other ETs
see above comment

Why tho?

I was gonna join. till I saw them people thought they were going to pay me a thousand dollars a month and charge me for shampoo and razors. fuck outta here

You serious? USA?

I don't understand military fags. You could go learn a trade or programming without risking getting your legs blown off

What do you mean? The militRy is just a regular job once you get out of training. Minus the field exercises and possible deployments, it's a 9-5. Pay isn't bad. If you're single, you get free room and board, 3 meals a day (if you want), and you are 100% medically covered for everything. If you're married, you get paid extra for all sorts of shit. Razors and shampoo is chump change.

What's up with your guys giving that little bitch tapebot so much support, especially when he's pulling punches and calling/talking shit over the mics and comm channels?

When do I get to make sure that thing is stapled shut? Legally, of course. Mother fucker with his and your support got me arrested for protecting my home. I can't get a job. I won't take ssdi.

What's the deal with you guys? Aren't you American? It's a basic human right.

im an old soul i just really dont belong with the way the military is ran nowadays would prefer being shot in the face any day over this shit

In the process of joining the Navy.

He gets fucking police support for his drug peddling too. What fucking gives, MAN?

What don't you like? Is it filled with SJWs now?

I get that. I got paid more before I joined. The job I have now costs a lot to get the certs for in the civillian world and instead of 8 months of training, I got the same exact certs in under 4. I know for a fact I will never deploy, but I didn't know that when I first joined. I just kind of wanted to.

I've been out for about 1.5 years. It was probably the most valuable experience of my life (not the most fun, obviously). I left the military a better man in every way, I'd recommend the military to anyone (go airforce, I went army).

If you are thinking of getting out, plan ahead. Apply for a job or a school before you get out. Be prepared, because the civilian world varies in levels of shittiness. Make it as least shitty as possible.

Story?

Meet me somewhere you piece of shit.

Btw, everyone knows you're on Ecstasy right now.

You can't be defending this, ARMY CORPORAL JOHNSON

Did my 4 years as a 25u not bad, people were ok but having a communication mos is shit. Half the job is people not understanding technology

What do regular service members think of those who've ROTC'd? It's really coming down to the wire for me to choose whether or not I will, and I'm wondering if I should just enlist regularly after college instead. I do plan on serving until I can retire with pension.

I just enlisted army 68W how do you like it

I've thought about joining the Navy. How is it different than it used to be?

I had a few battle buddy's who were ROTC. When I got to basic they acted like they knew everything thing but after the shark attack that all changed and they all acted normal after that

>Been in AF about 4 years
>Develop condition that requires MEB
>Just got a line number for E-5
>Will probably be MEB'd out before I get to sew on

Double edged sword I guess.

My best bud is COMMO. He hates it, but he is good at it. I don't envy your job

My dad retired as a navy Chief. After many years in the navy. Serving on several ships. Mainly as damage control (doesn't exist any more)

I remember my mom begging me to never join the military.. Do anything be homeless. Just don't join.

Never understood why until after I got out of highschool and realized the types of losers who join just to play dress up and get free rides in college.

It's literally the "I don't know what I want to do with my life" job.

My dad got my mom knocked up at 16 and joined the navy as soon as he turned 18. So even back In the 80s it was the same deal. Total loss of any of the old culture.

Upa Johnson

26 y/o male
Have a Degree.
Life has fallen to shit and ive been mulling over joining to escape my life. Worth serving or should i look for fulfillment elsewhere?

Yea it's easy and fun at times but it's like all I deal with is retarded ass people.

It counts for nothing and gets you ousted as a chump. Not that you are a chump, but you asked what the regulars think. The regulars think it's awfully odd how much some people like to lick ass and polish their boots.

Active USMC, every day is living hell. Please just let me die already for fucks sake.

ROTC is a good start. Just don't be a know it all, genuinely help your fellow trainees out. Better to be liked so training goes by quicker.

What degree if you do in list you will get promoted to specialist right away if u join army. Plus having a military background for a job resume plus a degree will get you pretty much any job you qualify for

usn - ic2 - discharged many years ago
served at nas sigonella and wcs on uss barry (ddg-52)

It's a good job. One of the few MOS where you are called something other than your name. Study even when you're out of AIT. work hard. Your soldiers call you Doc when you EARN the title.

>realized that they're willing to hire any warm body as a bullet sponge and that losers do losery stuff where ever they go

you don't fucking say

At least you'll get paid well for it!

if you join the military go as an officer. enlisted has a lot of stupid shit that can be very boring.

Former 68W reporting in. Good on you. The Army has become pure garbage.

For what, to be MEB'd?

Right now I'm just rushing to get in as much disability as I can.

Will I be less of a chump if I'm not a know it all? And if I help out? I think I will do it, for the benefits if nothing else, but I also want to be able to do well and help as much as possible.

13 year Navy fag here, AMA

I got paid more in my job before the Army. I had an associates before I joined. I didn't join for national pride or anything. I just got a bug up my ass to do it one day and I signed up. No idea why, and I won't stay in longer than my first contract, but I don't regret it.

Why the fuck do people get a college degree and then join??? Do you guys hate your life that much??

>welfare queen thread

U.S. history and poli sci, so not overly useful. Personally ive been thinking about healthcare as a new career and want 68N

Oh yeah, him and I are easily the highest ASVAB scores in the entire company, maybe minus the XO and CO. Plus, he works directly eith the XO so he has to deal with the company turd on a daily basis.

Who are you curious fucking George? You'd better join the chairforce any where else is going to eat you.

you get to do shit and see shit that most people never do. there can also be a comraderie that you don't get being a desk jockey or whatever the fuck you do in a normal life after college. you work your ass off, party, sleep, and maybe even fight with these people you're with 24 hours a day.

Is cool to help but don't be too pushy most people who enlist know the bare minimum and for those who don't will learn it fast

Yeah, we should have joined the Air Force.

everyone says they have the highest asvab score. it means you're normal intelligence.

what are your morning routines like in the military? Do you get woken up by bugle call every morning and have to make your bed and shower and be ready to go in like 15 mins?

Where did you travel to? What was the best place you visited?

>one of my friends joins the military
>sexually assaulted 2 months out of basic

why does the military have such a large rape problem, Sup Forums?

>boot camp thinking

Jesus dude. Stop watching movies.

not all people are good at learning, most military men are pretty damn stupid and their only option is to follow orders from their owner 4 money

>Are your morning routines sort of like I've read your morning routines are

And here I thought the asvab was rigged it was so damn easy.

In basic training yeah.

Operational for me is more like waking up at O'dark 30 after hitting the snooze button 4 times, then stumbling around to get my shit together before heading off to work.

Work work work go home. Same as every other joe.

I agree. I got pretty pissed when I saw 2 CO, 2 XO, and 3 1SGs get awatds and plaques for just filling the position and I saved 2 lives directly in front of most of them and didn't even get a COA. Not that the award is the point, but it showed me how little the Army gives a shit about lower enlisted.

Chairforce was boring as shit...I did my contract, got out and became a lineman. Much happier now. Lots of lessons learned, was able to fuck up and do dumb shit all while not being able to get fired from the military like a normal job. So its not all bad, plus being a civilian is much better QOL wise.

Yeah, man. Get EVERYTHING documented

Just blend in while you're in training. Standing out gets you in trouble and not bery well liked.

Because it gets lonely sleeping in a giant room with 51 other dudes there is literally no where to masturbate unless you stealth brat under a blanket hiding from fire watch

You'll get through AIT all gung ho to do some cool combat medic shit and then realize that garrison life is fucking stupid and your leaders are even more so. Then eventually, if you're lucky, you'll get deployed with grunts and you'll actually get to do the thing. If you make it back to the states intact you'll immediately be put back into the retarded garrison life where you'll fall into an alcohol fuelled depression until you end up getting your shit together or getting out.

Nah, I was happy before I joined. Still a gsnuinely happy guy. And I got college for free before the Army anyway. Just felt like doing it.

If you do that you get promoted to E4 right away. At least in the army

Who said it was bad? He opened his mouth and all that came out was, "pussy pussy pussy" so I recommended the branch with the least effort required.

Glad you made it work

i was in for 6 years. i did 2 years of school, then 2 years in sicily (sigonella), then 2 years on the barry. but i was pre-com on the barry meaning pre-commision, i helped with the building of the ship at the ship yard. what i'm getting at is when you do a pre-com and you're a plank owner you then test the ship for about a year then return back to the ship yard and they fix all the shit they didn't get right the first time. so i never deployed on the barry. i tested the ship a lot in the carribean and asked for early release. they kicked me out the day before they went on their first real deployment. i didn't have a normal navy experience.

but when i was at nas sigonella, i asked for temporary duty to bahrain for the first gulf war when they were getting ready to invade iraq, i got to spend 3 months in bahrain, visited saudi arabia. i also traveled to northern iraq after hostilities ended during operation provide comfort and met kurds and shit. a helicopter crashed and they were trying to sleep in it and shit and the helo squadron was trying to get it out of iraq. i guess that was the coolest stuff i did.

I get that. Commo, medical and computer MOS are usually the higher asvab scores in general. I would hope so anyway.

ETS monday 4 years 68w checking in

DS comes in yelling you get into your pt clothes go down to morning formation and role call. Fill up your camel pack or canteen then head off for morning pt

when i went to take my pre-asvab or whatever at the recruiters office so they see if you're worth the trouble, a guy a few years ahead of me with a head shaped like a football and a real druggie took the test too. he was talking to another recruiter and when they left the room, my recruiter went over and looked at his test. he said the guy scored a 2. he called him a rock with lips.

In training, kinda. But in the real Army, it's a 9-5 (minus field exercises and deployments). I start work a bit earlier because I run sick call, but other than that, once you're out of training, you just show up to work at a set time, salute the flag, work out, them begin the daily routine.

What made you decide to get into the military? Was it something you always wanted to do, or was there a specific reason that sparked your interest to join?

Statistically not much higher than the real world. It's just heavily reported because of the job itself.

USAF 3D132 (Data systems technician) here. Would have liked my job if it weren't for the squadron I was in.I barely do anything I learned in tech school and this squadron isn't really helping.Like 5 people from my squadron are crosstraining to 1B (Cyber warefare) basically just to get orders. For a while I was thinking about hitting the gym and trying to crosstrain into Combat Control or TACP or something.

Anyone who complains about being in the military is a fucking retard. It's the easiest lifestyle you could possible imagine if you can shut the fuck up and look better than the whiny retards all around you. Been in for almost 14 years, got multiple degrees, most recently a master's all on the government dime. I'll be retired before 40, make over six figures starting out after that retirement and will have another retirement by the time I'm in my 60s. I dare you to fucking beat that. Unless you can't handle a couple of deployments here and there, in which case neck yourself ya fucking twat.

The odd enlistments are usually the more interesting ones, for sure. Did you enjoy the weird situation?

how much semen does your poopdeck take per day? :^)

Lucky mother fucker. I don't start my ets process for a few months yet.

yeah really to be in the top 90% just take to heart "pay attention to detail", don't complain, always be willing to help out your shipmates and you're golden. i left after my first enlistment but i know now that was a big mistake. i could have retired at the 20 year mark by now and not have to worry about losing the shitty job i have now. military is pretty easy in it's own way but you will work very hard for short periods of time, then you can slack for a while. if you don't like deploying then that's a problem.

Haha, that's awesome. But I wouldn't trust him with a pencil, much less an M4.

Like I said, I was financially stable, had a degree already and emotionally fine. I woke up one day and felt like doing it. I couldn't get it off my mind, so I figured a 4 year contract wouldn't be too bad.

$1000 a month goes a long way with no bills you know.

It's not a bad job. Usually pretty easy, and not difficult to understand. I knew I just wanted one contract from the start. Props to you for going in on the long haul.

So is it fun? the training and everything, traveling, is it a good experience. Or is it really shitty and boring?

If you're in for the travel, Navy all the way. The training sucks no matter what branch (although Marines and us Army guys will call you a pussy if you aren't in either). You learn a lot, and once you are out of training, you'll eventually look back fondly and miss it every once in a while.

The job can be shitty and boring and you need to be realistic with the day-to-day work life. Being in the coast guard (yes its the military) I'm gone for over half the year, and the work can be shitty, but I love the mission and seeing results when we bust smugglers or save lives

yeah i liked it. i liked being on a ship. the thing that blew my mind was that day 1 in boot camp so many guys were saying they hoped they got shore duty. i couldn't understand why they joined the navy! they were just young kids complaining i guess. the funniest part is that i wanted to go to a ship then got shore duty as my first assignment. i made sure to get a ship on my 2nd assignment because i wanted to know if the navy was something i wanted to do as a career.

being onboard ship though is hard but pretty fucking awesome. i used to love just hanging out in cic (combat information center) at watch them do their ops. of hang out in sonar and have the sonar techs show me their crazy sonar displays. you don't know what real sonar sounds like i bet. it's nothing like in a movie. it's all sorts of crazy bird chirping shit. it's really cool. sometimes i'd hang out around the bridge underway. i got to stand outside amidships when a fucking VLS SM2 was launched. sounded like the hammer of thor and lightning slamming down from heaven. i'm surprised i'm not deaf from it. so i liked there was a lot of amazing cool shit that i'll never ever see or do again in any job that i got to do for a while. i think if military service were compulsory for the us it wouldn't be a bad thing. people would bitch but they would appreciate how it works much better.

We all give you shit, but I respect the hell out of you guys. What do you do specifically?

bro you know those buzzcuts they force you to get in bootcamp? they make you pay for those as well. haha

when did you join?

I'll still never forget smoking on the aft pad while superhornets dip from the end of the deck and wash you with afterburner during night ops as you pull as hard as you can on that coffin nail, feeling pretty damn invincible.

Military pilots are some of the luckiest people in the world. I have with my own hands brought the entire ship from all ahead full to all back emergency, but I can only image what it's like to fly faster than sound.