Those in the military
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Topic: Those in the military
Posted By: Linus
Subject: Those in the military
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 11:23pm
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Specifically Kristofer and Snake.
Have you received your W-2's yet? I'm still waiting for the Corps to send me mine. ------------- 
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 11:24pm
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In before "PM them noob" -------------
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Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 11:25pm
| Well... not Mil, but DoD Civ... mine was available electronically last week. |
Posted By: Bolt3
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 11:37pm
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I can speak gibberish too
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 11:40pm
W-2 = Taxes Mil = Military DoD = Department of Defense Civ = Civilian (not a part of the military) Corps = US Marine Corps I miss anything? -------------
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Bolt3 wrote:Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 12:12am
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Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 12:13am
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 12:29am
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 12:37am
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You mean they didn't already pay you for those two weeks?
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Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 1:28am
I wouldn't even file. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 2:11am
That was tough code to crack. |
Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 2:14am
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Posted By: DeMented 6521
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 8:50am
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Go to S-1 you will have them before Jan 31, but if your that worried, go to S-1,
have you PCS'd or went TAD lately that it might be in transit?? ------------- Most people go through life wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem!" - Ronald regan, President of the United States - 1985 |
Posted By: DeMented 6521
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 8:53am
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I did it as a joke regarding military "gibberish" ------------- Most people go through life wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem!" - Ronald regan, President of the United States - 1985 |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 10:15am
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Wall of text crits you for 9500.
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 11:12am
Not to be a jackass but, QFT. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 11:20am
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Count it. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 1:08pm
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I got an Email from MyPay yesterday about it. I haven't recieved my hard copy yet though.
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 2:27pm
| I havent gotten crap yet. |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 6:06pm
I don't get hardcopies of anything. If I need it on paper... I have to print it right from MyPay. Could very well be that you'll still get it in the mail... but if you're in a hurry to get that refund (if applicable), might want to just print it right from MyPay. |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 9:07pm
https://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay.aspx - MYPAY IS YOUR FRIEND!
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 10:25pm
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I did some searching and found out they don't send it via mail until the 15th for the Marine Corps.
Seeing as I'm no longer in I dont have mypay. -------------
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Posted By: DeMented 6521
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 11:28pm
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you dont need your W2, you can pull ALL the info you need
off your LES to file taxes. Ive done it a few times when I was on float
or bouncing from DET to DET and mail couldnt keep up. Thank God for allotments to cover important bills ( Car / insurance / creditcards / loans ) because there was times out and about I recieved mail 3-4 weeks after it was sent and would have been screwed paying bills. And we ( Marines ) all know how CO's feel about Marines who miss payments and creditors call unit....*ahem* NJP ------------- Most people go through life wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem!" - Ronald regan, President of the United States - 1985 |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 8:56am
| hahaha yeah, NJP, then you make less money, and cant afford any payments. |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 11:15am
| Haven't gotten my W-2's yet, but thanks for the reminder. And MyPay is awesome. |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 6:29pm
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Your not a Salty Dog unless you have been NJPed at least once.
Linus how much does a boot makes for 2 weeks? ------------- 
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 7:07pm
You just get paid in false ego and lame attempts to point it out every once in a while on the internet. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 7:10pm
Why is everyone pointing out he only made 2 weeks? Didn't something happen? Might as well make fun of me too since I won't even try. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 8:13pm
OK You suck  -------------
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 8:20pm
Thank you  ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 8:53pm
I'm trying to figure that out myself, because they are shorting me about 10 weeks. Where did those 2 and a half months go, the Bermuda Triangle? Evil, in the close to 13 weeks I was there, I made only about $1,200. But hey, let them keep ragging on an injury sustained going for military service, because we all know who joined, who has not, and who is re-upping... -------------
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Posted By: Susan Storm
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:02pm
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This is why. ------------- "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:07pm
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And here we go again.
I never said people who joined were better. Not ONCE. Hell, many people join because the courts give them a choice between jail and the military. -------------
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Posted By: Susan Storm
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:11pm
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Oh please.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:13pm
HAHAHAHAHAHA, 13 weeks of crap for $1,200. You cheap hoor. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:13pm
Please, show me a single time, IN proper context, where I said those in the military were better then civilians just because they were military. No speculations allowed, has to be a clear cut quote. -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:15pm
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:15pm
Oh please x2. -------------
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Posted By: Susan Storm
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:16pm
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------------- "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:18pm
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:18pm
Like I said, no speculations. You assumed that I meant prior service is better then no prior service in that sentence, when in fact I just said who joined, has not, and who is re-enlisting. -------------
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Posted By: Susan Storm
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:19pm
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That's not speculating - that's reading. ------------- "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:20pm
Nope, it's assuming to know what I am saying, which is speculation. This thread will go the same way these types of threads always have, the same 3 people ragging on me for nothing more then giggles. Sad really. -------------
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Posted By: Susan Storm
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:22pm
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Not to get all nit-picky here... I am going on what your words say. Those words are exactly what somebody with a military-superiority complex would write. Therefore, for all practical purposes, you said that military folks are superior. Whether you were thinking something else as you were typing, I cannot say, but as to what you ACTUALLY typed, there is little doubt. If in fact you did not mean to state that military folks are superior, then you need to proofread more carefully, because that is what you are writing. ------------- "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 9:23pm
Linus, get off your high horse. When people are ragging on you, it's cause you're being stupid, and you're wrong. But that doesn't seem to matter, since you seem to be above admitting fault. |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 10:58pm
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After I left Bootcamp after buying Uniforms and all I ended up with 1,200 cash. So Pay must have gone up for privates. -------------
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 9:27am
Yeah same here, I think I had about 1,400 when I left. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 10:47am
| Hey Linus, I'm in better shape than you. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 10:59am
Whatever dude. I guarantee I am. Besides, if you were such a physically perfect specimen, your bum knee wouldn't have kept you from graduating. EDIT: Oh, real mature. Reeaal mature.  |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 12:14pm
doesn't enlisted get a uniform bonus once a year or so for new uniforms? i don't know how much it would be, but doesn't it help out a little more than that? i found out recently (conviently) that the new ACU's like to tear easily and officers only get one uniform allowance when we graduate/commission from ROTC  |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 12:24pm
Yes we do, on the anniversary month of your ADSD (Active Duty Service Date). Mine was only $136, but the amount you receive depends on rank I believe. If you are E-7 and above or an Officer, your uniform allowance goes up quite a bit I hear. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 12:26pm
| really? we all (the cadets) were told we get one uniform allowance, and that's when we graduate and commission. and i heard it blows. we still get food/housing allowance but not uniform. i could be wrong, but thats what the good colonel told us. |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 12:31pm
| Not sure how Army does things, but that's how the Navy does it. Most people just spend that money on other stuff anyway. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 12:35pm
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haha yea. we get 1100 a year for books i think, and if you happen to find your books cheaper online somewhere, well then you just have surplus. i'm not **edited**in though
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 2:30pm
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Right after claiming that he's never said people in the military are better than people who aren't, he posts this. Well, here's yet another example of what Clark was talking about. Good ole' foot in the mouth move. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 2:37pm
| You guys have to pay for your uniforms? |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 2:39pm
Actually, I did not. USAF doctored it to make it look like I posted something then deleted it. But, seeing as how I'm the one being ragged on, I guarantee most people will believe him over me. -------------
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 2:40pm
yea...and the army combat uniform (acu) top and bottom together are about 60 bucks...what really sucks though is they tend to tear and rip easily. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 2:47pm
Wow, I can't believe that they would make you pay for that. What crap |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 2:55pm
well it doesn't end there...there's plenty of things that soldiers/marines have to pay for that a lot of people don't realize. i don't know if its still in effect or not, but i remember talking to someone who was in the army who said they had to pay for food in the mess hall. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 2:56pm
Ugg... they should treat you much better than that. I hope we don't do this in Canada because I'm applying to rotp this year. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 2:59pm
Are you just mad that I responded before you realized how dumb you sounded? Had I been a fraction of a second faster, you wouldn't have been able to delete it. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:00pm
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Right, keep playing that card buddy. -------------
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:02pm
| What's funny about this situation, is ONE of you has to be lying...over the internet. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:03pm
Which, my money is on people believing him just because of the nature of the alleged post. -------------
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:04pm
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Maybe, or maybe because it sounded like something you'd obviously say until you realized someone would nail you for it. This is all up for interpretation. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:04pm
Serious business, right? ------------- 
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:04pm
Your absolutely right Linus. I felt the need to fabricate a situation where you thought you were better than other people because you tried to become a soldier because it's never happened before. You saw right through me... |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:04pm
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Life or death. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:07pm
Nice try baiting me in on that one. -------------
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:10pm
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Linus seems sincere, but I don't think usaf is THAT bored on here.... hmmmm. DEATHMATCH! ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:11pm
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Well if I would have gotten in on time I could have quoted Linus's last message about USA trying to make him look like a douche. Obviously he know's where the delete button is. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:13pm
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Everyone knows where it is.
Which really adds no credibility to my side. -------------
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:16pm
| This is my new favorite thread. It's hilarious that someone is lying to either attack someone else or to keep from being called out. We need to get detectives on this case immediately. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:18pm
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If the mods had the ability to see what post got deleted, then it'd be done with pretty fast. -------------
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:21pm
That's exactly right. Both of the ones you deleted in this thread. Maybe they can check an IP log or something. Not that it really matters. Everyone knows you already THINK you are superior to others because you tried to join the military. Regardless of whether or not you want to keep back pedaling. |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:21pm
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Since Bri must be out actually having a life I'll make a poor attempt:
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:22pm
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And everyone already knows you have it out for me and would like me to seem more and more like a jackass and would do anything in your power (like fake quotes) to make it happen.
Point? -------------
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:25pm
If i were truly pathetic enough to try and drive someone away from the internet, I DO truly regret to inform you that you wouldn't even be my first choice of victims. Now, I know that it's hard to believe that you aren't so all-encompassing and important that everyone doesn't have a life revolving around ruining your e-reputation that you seem so concerned with, but guess what... No. One. Cares... |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:28pm
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No one cares.... and yet... you still fabricated a post.
Nice. -------------
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:37pm
how old are you? -------------
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:51pm
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It's not at all funny that one of the two is actually lying about something so insignificant as this? With as boring as the forum has been lately, I hardly find it immature to enjoy bickering at the thought of someone actually going out of their way to either make something up or not man up to what he said. That, or you're obviously missing the sarcasm. |
Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 4:01pm
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ive just noticed that you rarely visit the forum but when you do you're trying to belittle someone or you try to prove a point that makes you look like the better person...do you like come here for a pick me up or something
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 4:07pm
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I'm not sure where pointing out this situation is belittling any one person, but you have your opinion. Linus is one of the few on the forum I actually give a hard time to, as if you don't? As for proving points, that's part of debate, and if I didn't want to look as if I was proficient or correct in a specific topic, that seems counterproductive. I actually visit the forum all the time, but I pick and choose what debates to enter, usually political. |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 5:24pm
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if you are in the Marines, or were in the Marines all people should bow down to you, how is that for military superiority complex miss storm?.... (sarcasm alert)
but seriously. i am pretty sure we do pay for food. not a whole lot, but some money does come out of our pay. a lot of things we pay for we never see because they just take it from the pay prior to us getting paid so we dont really realize it. we do get uniform money. its called uniform allowance. infantry guys usually spend more than the allowance, thus use their own money because our uniforms get ripped up awfully fast. not saying other guys dont have that problem, i know i do. but this is all for active duty. reserve side, we only pay for uniforms that we are issued in bootcamp. any uniform, such as my desert cammies, or woodland cammies, that i had issued at bootcamp, if they become unserviceable (such as, big rips, cant sew shut) then i can turn them in and the Marine Corps. specifically my unit, buys me a new pair. if i was active duty, i would pay with my own money. my biggest complaint is boots. i wear a 9 4E in boots. thats size 9, with really really wide feet. none of the boots we are issued come in that size. i need to go and buy danner boots because that is the only company that makes authorized Marine Corps. boots in my size. thats slightly less than $200 out of my pocket because the cheaper issued boots dont come in my size. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 5:43pm
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Kris, you pay for food on active duty. You have one of two choices depending on where you are. The first choice is that eat at the chow hall, in that case your $275 a month for comrats is taken away from you and given to the chow hall. The second choice you have is that you choose not to eat at the chow hall, and you are given $275 a month to eat on. Either way you pay. Personally I like having comrats, because I can live off of alot less than $275 a month for food. Getting uniform items on active duty sucks. I get about $300 a year for uniform items, and I spent close to $1000 on different uniforms. Cammies cost about the same as ACU's, and I wore out four sets last year, and five pairs of boots. For those of you who do don't know, once a uniform has a hole in it larger in diameter than a dime, it is considered unserviceable. Once a set of boots is missing a eyelet, or the emblem on the side is partially worn away the boots are considered unserviceable. Besides teh cammies and boots, I had to purchase a set of dress blues last year. Those alone cost close to $400, as we are not issued blues in boot camp. -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 5:51pm
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A question...
In America, rotp is for reserve officers right? |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 5:54pm
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We have ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps), and it's more for students, while OCS (Officer Canidate School)is to get a direct commission to 2nd LT. -------------
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 5:55pm
ROTC. It's a pre-OTS or enlistment "major" in colleges. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 5:59pm
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Ahh.
In Canada, we have regular officer traning plan (rotp) and reserve entry training plan (RETP) |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 6:25pm
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our reserve offices i believe can go to OCS if they are currently in the reserves and are planning on becoming an officer. of PLC(platoon leaders course)
haha, i didnt know that about boots, half of my unit officially has unserviceable boots. theirs are faded from iraq. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 7:07pm
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ROTC is the reserve officer training corp, you can either be a student out of hs or we even have some reserve people in it too, so they can get their college degree at the same time. right now we dont pay any allowances, we get everything issued and when we graduate we turn everything in. i go to a regular college campus, so anything i pay is anything like books or food. the army pays for my tuition, books, and gives me a monthly allowance on top of that for staying in the program. they also pay for my room, but the only thing they dont pay for is food. you could go in enlisted and go to ocs, but with rotc you have the oppotunity to get your degree as well. both have their benefits, niether is for everyone, it depends on your personal goals in life and the military. |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 8:28pm
How does an Server Admin wear out Cammies? I mean unless you guys lay down constantina wire all arround the towers. Wow when your a Grunt they dont care they just become "Field" cammies. We used to use those woodland iron on patches or you could get mamma san to sew it shut in a sewing machine. My cotton cammies where so Salty (faded) they I had boots ask me if they where snow cammo or Urban cammo. -------------
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 10 January 2008 at 9:37pm
I wore out the majority of them while I was still working with Heavy Equipment. I messed up one set while while running lan through the ceiling in a new bulding we got. -------------
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 11:59pm
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Carl: Regarding getting boned, no, most of that doesn't happen here. you are issued all your kit at no cost to yourself. Included is three sets of combat uniforms, and before too long an initial issue of dress uniform. Every year you get a certain quantity of 'points' with which to order new dress uniform kit. You'll almost never use even close to all of those points. If you tear a set of combats, bring 'em in to the quartermaster's clothing stores nearest to you, and they'll get replaced. If you lose something (personal clothing wise, anything that's not serialized), you fill out a miscellaneous kit loss report, and you may or may not have to pay for it at cost. When on course, your food and lodging is paid for. If you're in the regular force and posted to a base or unit, generally you pay for your accommodations and meals, but (for the most part- and this is where I avoid getting into a highly bitter rant about my current situation) they are of pretty decent quality. I know noncommissioned junior ranks pay something like $3 or $400 a month to live in a two person room on a meal plan. Under some circumstances you may be employed in a place where lodging and meals are paid for by the army (like me right now- but again, there's a huge degree of bitterness associated with this). We're also quite well paid, but you've probably researched that already- arguably the best paid in the world, actually. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 12:25am
Quit bragging. It's easy to pay a military well when the total manpower numbers is in the single digit range. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 12:25am
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Whats $300 in real money?
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 12:30am
Yes, quite well paid. Especially officers. 90k after 5 years of being trained sounds more than decent to me. So my application to rmc is in by the way. I'm a little mad because my current grade 12 marks are higher than my marks last year and last year's are the only ones that matter. (They still should be high enough though). I have my interview/aptitude test/medical early february. So do you know if there is a physical test before I am accepted or is it just the basic training test? Also, how is the aptitude test? From what I read, there are a lot of cases where people with high marks in school are failing it. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 12:30am
The dollar's pretty much at par- so that $1400 I get after tax and deductions every two weeks looks pretty good. Too bad we don't get much (if any) of a chance to go off base when we're down in Ft. Bliss next month... EDIT TO ADD: Carl, you'll only make that much cash if you get picked up for a specialty like pilot. 'Normal' officers make about $66k after five years. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 12:32am
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How the hell do you get paid $2800 a month? Your an E-4, right?
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