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01-24-13, 02:16 PM
Thread: What are you doing now.
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SharePoint Administrator, DoD contractor at...
SharePoint Administrator, DoD contractor at Tinker AFB.
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08-18-11, 01:34 PM
Thread: Service stripes
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I just passed my 4 year mark, with a little more...
I just passed my 4 year mark, with a little more than a year to go (had to extend to deploy), and wanted to know if the stripes count as a personal award. They haven't popped up on my MOL records as...
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08-16-11, 07:19 PM
Thread: If you had to give one line of advice.
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I had a Master Guns once tell my group in a...
I had a Master Guns once tell my group in a welcoming speech, "And don't date other Marines because that's incest!"
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08-16-11, 07:16 PM
Thread: Just plain dumb..
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Actually, Obama never said that....
Actually, Obama never said that.
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08-11-11, 08:51 AM
Thread: LAV Crewman Course
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Pretty mild, really. Don't worry about it. As an...
Pretty mild, really. Don't worry about it. As an E5 it'll be a cakewalk for you. You'll be more bored than anything else. Tell Gunny Certa that RadBn says hi.
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08-11-11, 08:37 AM
Thread: LAV Crewman Course
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If you're coming from a parent unit and not as a...
If you're coming from a parent unit and not as a lat-mover, they usually allow you to stay at your parent unit's barracks if they're close enough. That's what they did with me. I was at Pendleton...
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08-11-11, 07:15 AM
Thread: LAV Crewman Course
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I went last year as part of MEWSS training. It's...
I went last year as part of MEWSS training. It's basically a grunt school and they'll treat the students as such. It's a little over a month long, with a heavy "emphasis" on study, which really boils...
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0.o ...what?
0.o ...what?
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07-27-11, 11:03 PM
Thread: What does this tell you ...
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Nah, we should just update our slogans. The...
Nah, we should just update our slogans.
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07-27-11, 09:01 PM
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I own a house in a nice area with an HOA, one...
I own a house in a nice area with an HOA, one that I finished building just before I enlisted. Soon after boot I got a call from an HOA rep asking some random question. I said I couldn't deal with...
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07-27-11, 01:37 PM
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It depends on your job. I've got a 99 with a 143...
It depends on your job. I've got a 99 with a 143 GT and I'm in the field constantly, deploying in November.
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07-27-11, 12:20 PM
Thread: College graduate, Enlisted to Officer
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How is this "not talking down" to him?
How is this "not talking down" to him?
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07-27-11, 12:12 PM
Thread: College graduate, Enlisted to Officer
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Nah, I wouldn't. Having two 2-year degrees...
Nah, I wouldn't. Having two 2-year degrees myself, one from the Defense Language Insitute in Arabic, and about 20 hours from my bachelors' in Middle Eastern Studies, I wouldn't know that. Not that I...
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07-27-11, 12:08 PM
Thread: College graduate, Enlisted to Officer
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Just sayin' you've been in for about five...
Just sayin' you've been in for about five minutes, and you want to pretend a guy your own age, not to mention has a college degree, is some little kid who's done nothing? I don't know why Marines...
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07-27-11, 09:00 AM
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These days it just seems to be the last resort of...
These days it just seems to be the last resort of those who still believe in mass punishment...the logic seems to be:
We can't beat them anymore...
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07-26-11, 01:34 PM
Thread: College graduate, Enlisted to Officer
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Okay mister joined-up-last-year,...
Okay mister joined-up-last-year, kid-sport-slick-chief.
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07-24-11, 05:00 PM
Thread: Need someone to talk to
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It sounds like the best thing you could do is...
It sounds like the best thing you could do is head to your local recruiter. Not only will they try to find a job in the Corps for you, their shops usually run a PT event every other day or so for...
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08-14-10, 07:14 PM
Thread: For those Admin clerks out there
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For those Admin clerks out there
I'm currently designing, and am in fact almost done with, an Access 2003 database meant to replace the horrible, awful TEEP Excel spreadsheets currently used in our battalion for personnel and...
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08-12-10, 06:27 PM
Thread: Update Rank
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You can change it in your profile options, under...
You can change it in your profile options, under "Avatar".
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07-04-10, 02:06 PM
Thread: Lat-move, 2671, Security Clearance
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Yeah, I think you are getting the runaround....
Yeah, I think you are getting the runaround. There are currently several lat-movers in our platoon at 1st RadBn who haven't got their clearances yet, and they probably won't until they've finished...
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06-15-10, 12:38 AM
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Okay wow, gonna have to stop you there. I married...
Okay wow, gonna have to stop you there. I married a Mexican girl I went to high school with (married 5 years this month), whose parents are naturalized citizens. Her father worked on a ranch owned by...
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06-13-10, 07:56 PM
Thread: For a 2671, or any linguist really....
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Yeah, you'll just work out of the Marine...
Yeah, you'll just work out of the Marine detachment there. Lots of Navy go there too.
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06-13-10, 02:55 AM
Thread: For a 2671, or any linguist really....
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Right now you're pretty much limited to Pendleton...
Right now you're pretty much limited to Pendleton or Lejeune, 1st and 2nd RadBn respectively. On paper you can ask for KBay or Fort Gordon, or England if you're an NCO, but I think that one's out if...
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06-12-10, 11:23 AM
Thread: For a 2671, or any linguist really....
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Hey Mark. I'm a 2671, and hit the fleet back in...
Hey Mark. I'm a 2671, and hit the fleet back in November. Yes, you can take your family to DLI. Take them with you when you check in! If you don't have them with you, they WILL jam your butt in the...
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04-01-10, 07:05 PM
Thread: Avast! US Navy vs. Pirates
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Avast! US Navy vs. Pirates
A Somali pirate flotilla fires upon the USS Nicholas in the Indian Ocean.
Full article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040103217.html
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Ghost Of Iwo Jima
04-04-24, 11:35 PM in Open Squad Bay