User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Page 5 of 5 FirstFirst 12345
Results 41 to 48 of 48

Thread: I was selected. OCS bound!!!

  1. #41
    Original Ranter
    Points: 859,042, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 90.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496580
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,693
    Points
    859,042
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,218
    Thanked 147,590x in 94,419 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by SoonToBe2LT View Post
    Yea I agree, thank you. Hopefully my 7 years enlisted will come in handy. I've been studying my officers and NCOs
    Your enlisted time will help you out. Just remember once you are a platoon leader, you are the officer- they are not.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  2. #42
    Points: 7,908, Level: 21
    Level completed: 23%, Points required for next Level: 542
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    Veteran5000 Experience Points
    SoonToBe2LT's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    1945
    Join Date
    Feb 2015
    Location
    Virginia
    Posts
    392
    Points
    7,908
    Level
    21
    Thanks Given
    118
    Thanked 127x in 93 Posts
    Mentioned
    2 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Your enlisted time will help you out. Just remember once you are a platoon leader, you are the officer- they are not.

    Yea that'll be the oddest part of the transition.

  3. #43
    Original Ranter
    Points: 859,042, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 90.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496580
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,693
    Points
    859,042
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,218
    Thanked 147,590x in 94,419 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by SoonToBe2LT View Post
    Yea that'll be the oddest part of the transition.
    yes
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  4. #44
    Points: 138,693, Level: 89
    Level completed: 78%, Points required for next Level: 757
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    SocialOverdrive50000 Experience PointsRecommendation Second ClassVeteran
    Bob's Avatar Banned
    Karma
    1132
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    Fremont. CA
    Posts
    36,458
    Points
    138,693
    Level
    89
    Thanks Given
    2,956
    Thanked 4,335x in 3,667 Posts
    Mentioned
    932 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Originally Posted by SoonToBe2LT
    Yea I agree, thank you. Hopefully my 7 years enlisted will come in handy. I've been studying my officers and NCOs
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Your enlisted time will help you out. Just remember once you are a platoon leader, you are the officer- they are not.
    A guy from Ukraine that I used to talk to a bit told me he finished College in Kiev and was then forced to join the Soviet Army. He was to be an officer, however the way he told me, he had to first spend 1 year as an enlisted. He said the difference was stunning. I saw him on TV on CSPAN last year giving a speech for the republicans.

    http://www.c-span.org/video/?313449-...ists-rally-irs

    You can scroll the text down if you want and at 3:02.57

    And hit the blue button to hear him.

  5. #45
    Points: 138,693, Level: 89
    Level completed: 78%, Points required for next Level: 757
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    SocialOverdrive50000 Experience PointsRecommendation Second ClassVeteran
    Bob's Avatar Banned
    Karma
    1132
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    Fremont. CA
    Posts
    36,458
    Points
    138,693
    Level
    89
    Thanks Given
    2,956
    Thanked 4,335x in 3,667 Posts
    Mentioned
    932 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Originally Posted by Bob
    You will learn a lot. Just keep in mind once you get your gold bar, those SGTs you must boss, know a lot. If you are cool, they will bring you up to speed. Screw them and some Col. might fly you for a flag. (crap details)
    Quote Originally Posted by SoonToBe2LT View Post
    Yea I agree, thank you. Hopefully my 7 years enlisted will come in handy. I've been studying my officers and NCOs
    You know the score then. Best to you in your new tasks. If you stay with it, maybe you can collect a good retirement. I consider that retirement one of the best for the retiree but worst for taxpayers. The law is what it is though.

  6. The Following User Says Thank You to Bob For This Useful Post:

    SoonToBe2LT (02-17-2015)

  7. #46
    Points: 32,395, Level: 43
    Level completed: 97%, Points required for next Level: 55
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    Tagger Second Class50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    CreepyOldDude's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    45012
    Join Date
    Jul 2014
    Posts
    1,410
    Points
    32,395
    Level
    43
    Thanks Given
    700
    Thanked 760x in 514 Posts
    Mentioned
    17 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Bob View Post
    This is how happy i am.

    Attachment 10468
    Which one are you?
    Getting upset about someone else's marriage because of your religion, is like getting upset about someone else eating a doughnut because you're on a diet. - Unknown

  8. #47
    Points: 138,693, Level: 89
    Level completed: 78%, Points required for next Level: 757
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    SocialOverdrive50000 Experience PointsRecommendation Second ClassVeteran
    Bob's Avatar Banned
    Karma
    1132
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    Fremont. CA
    Posts
    36,458
    Points
    138,693
    Level
    89
    Thanks Given
    2,956
    Thanked 4,335x in 3,667 Posts
    Mentioned
    932 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Originally Posted by Bob
    This is how happy i am.

    Attachment 10468

    Quote Originally Posted by CreepyOldDude View Post
    Which one are you?

    LMAO Glad you think that highly of this 76 year old.

  9. #48
    Points: 7,908, Level: 21
    Level completed: 23%, Points required for next Level: 542
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    Veteran5000 Experience Points
    SoonToBe2LT's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    1945
    Join Date
    Feb 2015
    Location
    Virginia
    Posts
    392
    Points
    7,908
    Level
    21
    Thanks Given
    118
    Thanked 127x in 93 Posts
    Mentioned
    2 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Bob View Post
    You know the score then. Best to you in your new tasks. If you stay with it, maybe you can collect a good retirement. I consider that retirement one of the best for the retiree but worst for taxpayers. The law is what it is though.
    Yea I agree. Guard retirement isn't as great as the RA component but it's still good. If I were to commission this year, it's likely I could make it up to Major, but not any higher. Guard officers have to fill slots, there isn't any "promotion". If you need to rank up and there's no job available at that time, you are out of the military. I know two Captains who couldn't find slots when their company command ended, so they ended up civilians.

+ Reply to Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts