Astaroth33 is now a member of the US Army. Military people please check in!

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Yeeny
hehe, try and stop me honeybuns! :heart:

:heart: :heart:

 

[guapo337]

you are a very respectable person. congratulations. i hope you have a great four years.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: KC5AV
So, how old are you? I've thought about going that route, but, at 31, I'm afraid that I may have waited a little too long.

Edit: btw, good luck!

You might not have waited too long, depending on your physical shape and ASVAB scores. I'm 34... I'd be a bit more concerned about reconciling your sig with your thoughts on joining the military. If it's the right thing for you to do, go for it!

Edit: I think I read your sig wrong, my apologies!

 

[Hoober]

Best of luck to you!

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Congrats! Don't forget to check in every once in a while to let us all know how you're doing!

 

[Pliablemoose]

Congrats, I scored a perfect ASVAB too, they offered me any MOS... Didn't enlist though.

My nephew's currently @ Ft. Benning & may still be there next month. He's not exactly going to be setting up networks, but he's a great kid

Send me a PM if you want to look him up...

 

[Mill]

Astaroth- Good luck and I am going to miss you around here until you are set back up with the ability to post. Ft. Benning sucks... especially if you have basic this summer.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Cool man, good luck, and thanks for potentially putting your butt on the line for the rest of us wimps

 

[RgrPark]

Make sure you go to airborne school. once you get in, you'll never get a chance to go even if you want. The only way i've seen people get it is if they re-enlist, so go now if you can. Also, 99 percentile in ASVAB doesn't mean squat...it just means you beat out all the other dumb kids who took it. Your GT score on the asvab is your raw score...130 means you got everything right.
BTW, your recruiter is screwing you. If you got a 99% on Asvab, you should be able to max out on your cach bonus which i believe should be at around 20K nowdays... Heck i got 12K cash and 15K college loan repayment 6 years ago signing up with a ranger contract...and that was when the Army was cheap. Oh yes, you can get both cash AND loan repayment, but the recruiter won't tell you that.

 

[giguana]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: giguana
where are you going for basic and AIT? My bro is trying to get me to inlist in the Nat. Guard(he's a cannon cocker/field artillery). Don't know if that's the way i want to go in my life.

Congrats

edit: spelling

Basic's going to be at Fort Benning, GA, and AIT will be at Fort Gordon, GA. Once that's complete, my current plan is to be stationed at Fort Lewis, WA, but that could (would) change if I go Airborne.

my bro went to benning for his basic, and my buddy is going back there in June(he re-enlisted, he's a captain). good luck. we're all proud of you.

 

[glenn1]

Go to jump school and get your wings, don't settle for the easy path of being a dirty, stinkin', rotten "leg" (a non-parachutist soldier). Congrats and enjoy basic.

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152

Originally posted by: datalink7
Sweet. Congrats

I'm about to joing Army ROTC myself here. Probably in the next couple of weeks.

me too...or at least i'm thinking of it, i don't know if they'll take me because of my blasted eyes...

I am in Army ROTC at UH of Manoa. Its a blast. You still want me to get that information Zugzwang?

 

[toant103]

army guy at the career fair want me to join. Their going to pay for my school loan, about $40k. Going to be an E-4 but only getting like $1500/month.

But i'm still thinking about it. Last option.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: RgrPark
Make sure you go to airborne school. once you get in, you'll never get a chance to go even if you want. The only way i've seen people get it is if they re-enlist, so go now if you can. Also, 99 percentile in ASVAB doesn't mean squat...it just means you beat out all the other dumb kids who took it. Your GT score on the asvab is your raw score...130 means you got everything right.
BTW, your recruiter is screwing you. If you got a 99% on Asvab, you should be able to max out on your cach bonus which i believe should be at around 20K nowdays... Heck i got 12K cash and 15K college loan repayment 6 years ago signing up with a ranger contract...and that was when the Army was cheap. Oh yes, you can get both cash AND loan repayment, but the recruiter won't tell you that.

All of my line item scores on the ASVAB were 130 or higher. Trust me, there were indeed a lot of other "dumb kids" there, like the one pimply-faced skinny 17 year old geek going into the Marines because he wanted "to be the best of the best".. Dang it, now I'm going to have to go back and bug them about Airborne now that you all have me really thinking it over.. Not sure on the bonuses, because at MEPS I saw how they were assigned per position (and if I went into the 33W MI position, I'd be at 17K, and no one else there was anywhere near that).

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152

Originally posted by: datalink7
Sweet. Congrats

I'm about to joing Army ROTC myself here. Probably in the next couple of weeks.

me too...or at least i'm thinking of it, i don't know if they'll take me because of my blasted eyes...

I am in Army ROTC at UH of Manoa. Its a blast. You still want me to get that information Zugzwang?

yes, please

 

[psy44]

I salute you

 

[AndrewR]

Have fun and see the world. The military is the best chance to take trips abroad -- it annoys me when I hear people who say they never want to go overseas. Then again, I like it because it saves the slots for people like me.

 

[oLLie]

Counterintel sounds really interesting although I wonder if it is in actuality very boring. Anyone know?

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: psy44
I salute you

 

[Bushwicktrini]

Originally posted by: minus1972
congrats.

 

[olds]

They must have changed the way they score the ASVAB. When I took it in 1982 I scored 134. Of course, that was 21 years ago.

 

[Cyberian]

Congratulations, Thank You and stay safe!

 

[Isla]

:lips::heart:

for you and all your comrades!

 

[Kadarin]

Thanks everyone!

I will, of course, post pics after I'm out of Basic and in a position to do so..