Any Military???My Brother-in-law is done with basic and 1/2 done AIT Gets to come home for 15 days
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:10 PM
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Any Military???My Brother-in-law is done with basic and 1/2 done AIT Gets to come home for 15 days |
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My Brother-in-law is done with basic and almost done with his AIT training in Georgia
He is learning Sattalite communications training.
Thinks he will be sent to Germany.
I am so scared he will end up in the desert.
He is coming home Thursday for 15 days
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:11 PM
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1. Germany is a great place to be stationed. I was stationed there |
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from 1989-1991. With a quick detour to the Gulf in February, 1991. I'll pray that he doesn't get sent into Baby Bush's Boondoggle.
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:12 PM
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2. Is he in for 4 or 6 years? |
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If he qualifies for advanced schooling, the greater his chances of staying out of the Bad Place.
Why the hell did he decide to enlist?
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greenbriar
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:14 PM
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3. I think he thought financial freedom would follow |
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but he is still struggling
I am not sure how long he enlisted for 5 years?
he is thinking of making it a career tho
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:17 PM
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4. Boy that's a wierd number of years, prollee 6. |
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:18 PM
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5. I know that his bonus that he thought he woudl get after basic |
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is being spread out over 5 years
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lonestarnot
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:25 PM
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8. Then prollee 6 year enlistment. |
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:26 PM
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9. No shit? His bonus is spread over 5 years? |
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I am not even going to say what I think that implies.
Goodness...
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greenbriar
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:27 PM
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I figured it is to keep him in!!!
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lonestarnot
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:27 PM
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12. I elected that kind of educational bonus. They ripped it off when I got hurt. |
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:29 PM
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I still think he is crazy for what he did,
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now that he is there, I just pray he doesn't go to Iraq
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:33 PM
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15. I will pray for him too. |
TomInTib
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:34 PM
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16. That's what I was inferring. |
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:37 PM
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19. I had a five year enlistment |
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because of the top secret clearance my MOS required. They didn't offer it for four years.
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:46 PM
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:18 PM
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6. I remember back when Greenbriar said he was going to do it, and think |
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it was financial, couldn't get a job.
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:24 PM
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I think he just felt so overwhelmed by all that he owed, and thought he would get that bonus in one lump sum and could pay a lot of stuff off
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lonestarnot
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:26 PM
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10. Sorry didn't mean to answer for you. Didn't know you were still here. |
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I thought I recalled something re finances and a job that he could make a living doing. May have been another DUer.
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:28 PM
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13. no problem...I think we are on the same page |
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he had a job, but couldn't advance (little college) and thought this would be his ticket to financial freedom
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:34 PM
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17. Damn! I still have a memory after this past seven years? Woot! |
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:36 PM
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18. "He is learning Sattalite communications training."...Hello IRAQ!!!! |
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My son was also trained in satellite communications
and POOF! There he went!! :grr:
Good luck!
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:47 PM
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21. No sense in being a pessimist now. |
greenbriar
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:50 PM
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22. thats what I am afraid of |
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and am praying that he doesn't go
he mentioned Germany or Japan
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Tue Dec-18-07 08:53 PM
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23. BUT that job doesn't always mean being out |
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in the field. He spent a lot of time (so he tells me) behind a computer while others went out to check the "lines of communication", so Germany sounds good too. ;)
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