LYING ABOUT MEDICAL HISTORY: GOOD (YMMV)LYING ABOUT CRIMINAL HISTORY: BAD>Resources:>Before you ask a question, check the FAQpastebin.com/Rx0nDuga (embed)>Free ASVAB Practice Testswww.asvabpracticetests.com/>Fort Jackson Army Basic Training Guide (Nov. 2020)pastebin.com/yg972vRE (embed) (Short version)pastebin.com/53tsDj90 (embed) (40 page version)>Special Forces Fitness GuideSWCS SFAS guidehttps://www.goarmysof.army.mil/Portals/100/Documents/USAJFKSWCS SF Prep Manual.pdf?ver=b5Y4cCheXzm4z44sO0JVtg==Stew Smith Fitnesshttps://www.stewsmith.com/linkpages/sfart.htm#:~:text=PT: Every other day.,of 40 to 50 reps)>www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/index.phpFor all Army SF info.>www.airwarriors.com/community/Naval Aviator forum with info on Navy OCS>bogidope.com/civilian-to-guard-or-reserve/the-ultimate-military-pilot-career-path-part-1/Airforce Pilot guide - just do AFROTC, political science major, 4.0 with athletics is auto-acceptance>Should I go Navy Enlisted Nuke?No, you'll get cancer and a prolapsed asshole. http://i.imgur.com/FZ0Q9q4.png (embed)tl;dr: Two year long school with suicidal furries as your co-workers>Info on sf86www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf>How to get way overqualified physically for BMT/BCT when starting from nothingpastebin.com/yGzadpNZ (embed) (embed) (embed)>How can I get more college credits while I'm in without signing up for classesCLEP/DSST information:https://www.dantes.mil/Education-Programs/Get-College-Credit-for-What-You-Know/>What is MHS GENESIS?www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/MHS-Transformation/MHS-GENESIScalmed.tricare.mil/Getting-Care/MHS-GENESIS-Patient-Portal>Do you go to Airborne before RASP with an option 40 contract?No, stop asking.
is 30 too old to join and shoot for some sort of special operations job, like swcc or army rangers?
>>64729665No, a decent amount of 18x contracts go to older guys. You just need to be fit enough to hack it. Rangers are more of a young man's game but a couple older guys have done it.There's a SFAS fitness guide in the OP that USAJFKSWCS just dropped last year which you might find helpful. Pic related is from 2023 and covers fitness average scores for Rangers, as well.
>>64729677Actually looks like that link got fucked up, gimme a minute.
>>64729686Its been a minute. What link again?
>>64729686>>64729988Yes, 79, in fact.
>>64729988>>64730088I fell asleepthought this link was broken:https://www.goarmysof.army.mil/Portals/100/Documents/USAJFKSWCS SF Prep Manual.pdf?ver=b5Y4cCheXzm4z44sO0JVtg==but it's not you just have to copy paste it with the spaces
>>64730178Oh so THATS how you use that link, always wondered that. Guess I'm retarded because I lurked here for a year before learning that.
Probably a retarded question, but do you think there will come a time where celiac disease havers can join? Obviously we need special food, maybe we could all just be POG "stomach battalions" or something
>>64730681next world war
i mean this with the best of intentions butis it okay to join even if you dislike the guy in the white house? not some weirdo leftist or whatever
>>64730912Some of the senor guys in right now have served under Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden, and Trump again so really it's not your problem unless you're Sergeant Major of the Army. It's also only a matter of 2 years before there is a new one again.
>>64730912I didn't vote for Trump yet I still joined the service. Just don't drink the political derangement Kool-Aid and you'll see your general happiness go up two-fold.
>>64730912Presidents come and go. And really, you've only got about a year before he's a lame duck. A couple months in DEP, couple months in BCT/BMT/etc and then anywhere from 1-6-12ish months in AIT. It will only become a problem if he actually gives unlawful orders.
Is recruiting truly booming now? I'm concerned I won't get a good job due to demand.
>>64730912If you make a career out of it, eventually at some point there will be a guy in the white house you don't like.
>>64729585Okay no bullshit, I lost my Drill schedule and i just checked in. Will i get another copy when i get to AIT or should i call them before i shop
>>64732027don't you have someone at your unit you can call/text? your AIT will have nothing to do with your unit's drill schedule whatsoever and won't be able to provide that info
>>64732045I mean its 9 pm. I'll call tomorrow morning. The NCO was incredibly pissy, so hopefully he doesn't answer
>2 yr 11mo USMC POG NCO>honorable discharge after suicidal crashout>survive off of disability and meds for depression/anxiety>earn CNC degree that doesn't help me find work>work shitty manufacturing jobs, snap and quit each time>another 5150, regain gun rights 5 yrs later>two nonviolent misdemeanors involving alcohol, spotless record otherwise>no jail time, owe some criminal restitution>failing out of engineering programI'm 35 and severely regret not serving as combat arms because of that fucking combat engineer open contract. Would ANYONE take me at this point?
>>64731592Not really2020-2024 was very bad so even a small jump is noteworthyNow the economy is setting in and people can't find jobs so yeah a few more people joined, but still not a ton. And since jobs are hard to find this makes retention numbers equally good because who's gonna get out when things are uncertainIf you wanna join it's basically the same as any other time. Wait for the job you want but you may not get it if you can't wait. There are still a lot of incentives they can give especially for army, like guaranteed duty station and/or airborne. >>64730912Normal question, yes. You have UCMJ if shit really gets out of hand
>>64730686Why not now?
>>64732190>honorable discharge after suicidal crashoutYou shouldn't have done that in-service.
>Recruiting station 30 minutes of driving from my house (hour round trip)>Had to drive there three times already>Recruiter takes month of paternal leave when I'm in the middle of figuring out waivers and extra documents>His leave runs through HBL>2 months of no communications>He just comes back from leave this week>"Hey how did xyz go with Sergeant Baldguy?"I have work in the day and I'm gonna have to drive all the way out there minimum two more times and it will become an all-day affair running errands for my enlistment. A new recruiting station (no joke) a short walk from my house is now in operation since November.Do I dump my recruiter and go to the closer one tomorrow?
>>64733310>Do you think there will come a time>next world warDo you think thats far off, in your opinion?
>>64735020>Do I dump my recruiter and go to the closer one tomorrow?Probably.
>>64735060Do you?
>>64733310Not him, but we are really expensive to feed for us to stay healthy.
>vet dad jokes about joining the army because frankly i'm a failure, despite not saying it>decide to do it>tell him>he's beside himself, scared for me etc said it was only a joke in passing>mom doesn't want me to go either>trying to talk me out of it dailywhat do, i don't wanna hurt them but i actually kinda want this. maybe this is autistic to worry about what your parents want. i'm 27 and feel like it's now or never. never really grew up after high school
>>64735353Well I think I will because where I have to run my waiver errands is next to the new station anyway. Makes no sense to waste a quarter tank of gas every time when I can just walk down the street.My recruiter is kind of ADHD, taking forever to respond and wrote wrong info down before I went to MEPS anyway. Not really trusting this guy.
>>64735406If realGo to the recruiterIf fakeplease come up with a better larp
I'm conflicted whether I should put Muslim or No preference on my ID tags
>>64735879Put Robert as your religion
>>64735875it's real, unsure why i'd lie with something this boring. talked to the recruiter, just unsure on job.
>>64729585Anyone here join in their 30s?
>>64735937>>64735406There is no reason why your parents would be talking you out of it unless they are afraid of you growing up.Either way, you will leave the nest eventually and its not their business to tell you otherwise.Think for yourself, you are 27.
>>64735854Yes, I would advise getting another recruiter.
>>64735406It doesn't matter how much they hurt, because when they eventually see you've come back and survived, that's all that'll matter to them.
>>64735879You can apparently put anything except "atheist", because reportedly they don't like that.
>>64736004His parents sound too narrow-minded for his own good, and there's no reason to keep listening to them if it's continuing to make his life worse.This isn't unheard of, and it isn't even that implausible.
What kind of recreation would be avaliable if I were to live on base?
>>64736335You can catch or pitch
>>64736343No batting?...
>>64736349
>>64736353I didn't really think so anyway...What about TV (or a theater), gyms, libraries, or board games? I mean, they *should* have these things, and if they didn't it would sound really absurd.
>>64735968I have the same question. I posted in the last thread about trying to break into IT with A+/Net+/Sec+(I take my Sec+ Test tomorrow, wish me luck) but the Military is on my mind.I am 29. Thinking of enlisting at 30.Honestly, I feel like I've read every post, watched every video.Basically:>Go in with a goal>keep your mouth shut & do what your told>Basic will suck ass regardless>embrace the suckSome have a great time, some kill themselves over this but I think it's just a coinflip of trajectory. The more I think about it. The more in my gut, I feel I am going to do it. >Also a bit worried about the new BMT 2.0 which from my knowledge makes it a lot harder, not to mention them raising the other standards; So it's more competitive again to get in.
>>64736353>>64736365>board gamesI feel like someone's gonna say some stupid shit about this, so I mean stuff like Chess or Checkers. They obviously aren't giving them Monopoly.
>>64735968Not 30s but close. 28 as a scout. Physically I could keep up and I was never super athletic so you can be a smart soldier instead of a strong soldier. Mix of both works well. Being older the kids will look up to you and in basic it got kinda funny because we had the old man council of the 25+ dudes having our own corner and the high school kids coming to us for advise in relationships and finance. Don't be that retarded fuckhead that's 30 and acts like he's 14
>>64736365>>64736391>each branch only gets to play 1 game>The army board game is The Game of Life>The only board game the navy and CG gets is Battleship>Marines gets Hungry Hungry Hippos and the balls are replaced with crayons>Air Force gets Chess>Space Force gets Go>National Guard gets Apples to Apples>the NCO-specific game is Monopoly since its based around fucking your friends over not getting rich>Warrant Officer specific game is Scrabble because you'll never find the word like you'll never find a WO>The Officer-specific game is Stratego>The Reserves game is Uno>The super secret game you only get after 20 years retirement is Solitaire
