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29 a good age to enlist?
Posted on 12/15/24 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 12/15/24 at 8:22 pm
I planned to do it forever ago but I ended up having a kid I didn't want to leave.
But now I'm thinking it could be good for me. And her in the long run.
I'm not fat as hell or anything . Not in ultra shape or anything either.
But still.
But now I'm thinking it could be good for me. And her in the long run.
I'm not fat as hell or anything . Not in ultra shape or anything either.
But still.
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Posted on 12/15/24 at 8:47 pm to Tactical Syrup
Buddy re upped late in middle age for the first Desert Storm
Tough SoB but the guy you want in a foxhole on your side.
Tough SoB but the guy you want in a foxhole on your side.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 9:54 pm to Tactical Syrup
Excellent age to enlist
Posted on 12/16/24 at 4:21 am to Tactical Syrup
Great age. You're old enough to see through ticky tack bullshite. But, flip side is you'll be wondering why you're painting rocks for no apparent reason, and now you're old enough to put too much thought into it.
Posted on 12/16/24 at 8:15 am to Tactical Syrup
Nope. You're gonna be starting at the bottom with everyone else about 2 emotional development levels below you. Your peers and your superiors are both gonna see you as a loser who couldn't cut it in the real world and you will be the last on the promotion list due to this stigma. It's a really bad idea.
Posted on 12/16/24 at 8:26 am to Tactical Syrup
Go get the GI Bill and do your four years. Don’t join the Corps. Use the 100% tuition assistance while in. If you get hurt, document it so the VA will cover it afterwards.
Posted on 12/16/24 at 8:33 am to SemperFiDawg
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2 emotional development levels below you.
That was assumed because you were referring to the Corps.
Posted on 12/16/24 at 9:09 am to LemmyLives
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That was assumed because you were referring to the Corps.
Bad assumption. I work in a VA now. If I have a grown man melt like a pre-pubescent girl when I have to start an IV and he has tats, he's a soldier. If he doesn't have tats he's Air Force. Me and the Surgeon who was an Army Colonel before he retired have accepted it as a truism, much to his chagrin.
Posted on 12/16/24 at 11:56 am to Tactical Syrup
No, you should find a real job/career.
You will be living on food stamps and government assistance while risking your life to the benefit of foreign countries and the profits of the MIC.
Unless you just for sure know you are going to be a lifer and that you will for sure retire - work on finding a real career. Become an electrician, a plumber or whatever. Learn it, and eventually in 10-15 years maybe start your own business. You don't need to go to college to be successful.
You will be living on food stamps and government assistance while risking your life to the benefit of foreign countries and the profits of the MIC.
Unless you just for sure know you are going to be a lifer and that you will for sure retire - work on finding a real career. Become an electrician, a plumber or whatever. Learn it, and eventually in 10-15 years maybe start your own business. You don't need to go to college to be successful.
This post was edited on 12/16/24 at 11:59 am
Posted on 12/16/24 at 3:09 pm to Tactical Syrup
What Branch and MOS you choose is going to be a larger deciding factor if 29 is too old.
What branch and MOS were you thinking of? Also, follow what LewDog said,
Use the military, because sure as shite, the military will use you. The military offers a ton of programs that can set you up for life. Most early enlisted dudes don't take advantage of them.
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What branch and MOS were you thinking of? Also, follow what LewDog said,
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Go get the GI Bill and do your four years. Don’t join the Corps. Use the 100% tuition assistance while in. If you get hurt, document it so the VA will cover it afterwards.
Use the military, because sure as shite, the military will use you. The military offers a ton of programs that can set you up for life. Most early enlisted dudes don't take advantage of them.
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This post was edited on 12/16/24 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 12/16/24 at 8:02 pm to PrezCock
You want to kill shite or learn a skill?
Killing is for youngin’s
Learning a skill is forever.
Killing is for youngin’s
Learning a skill is forever.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 4:50 pm to Tactical Syrup
I would maybe parlay what you're experienced in now into what may be an opportunity in the military. I would think an enlistment office could help with this.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 2:14 am to Tactical Syrup
It’s perfect; at 29 you won’t get 2 DUIs and marry a stripper in the same weekend. I had broken time and went back in when I was 30. Best move I ever made and stayed in for a total of 22 years.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:30 am to Tactical Syrup
what service?
Posted on 12/18/24 at 5:56 am to Tactical Syrup
I thought about doing Army Reserve or National Guard as a side gig when I was 27. But I was smoking cigarettes then and I figured I would die of a heart attack in boot camp, so I decided against it.
True story.
True story.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 7:59 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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But I was smoking cigarettes then and I figured I would die of a heart attack in boot camp
I had a dude that smoked so much he got the UPC code for Marlboro Lights tattooed on the inside of his wrist.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 11:28 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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I thought about doing Army Reserve or National Guard as a side gig when I was 27.
I think you'd be even more likely to get sent to a war zone than active duty.
I kid to some degree, but I was always amazed at how often reserve units were called up to be deployed.
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