God Bless The Military

The Emerson CQC-7 is a fantastic knife, and Ernie Emerson is a great guy. I stopped carrying nice knives after I lost two Sebenzas in Iraq, though.

 

I want to put this on here just b/c

1. I find it funny in a way b/c the idiot deserved it

2. My entire company is going to get fucked with all day tomorrow. Heath and comfort inspections, which the company staff and O are not allowed to do but they'll do it anyway, anyone in the Marine Corp knows what I'm talking about.

So, anyway the story: Me and my buddy go to Gamestop today to get Red Dead Redemption. On the way back through the gate we see a person in our platoon and his buddy from weapons platoon getting their car checked. This happens sometimes, but something was different. They were sitting far apart on the curb, heads down, hands in lap, the car was getting turned upside down by the people searching it, and there was a MP calling stuff in on the radio. Most car searches are not like this. If anything you just stand there while the MPs look around your car some and crack jokes with them. This meant one thing: they had some serious shit in their car they weren't suppose to have.

About 2 hours later: there is about 7 MP squad cars in our barracks parking lot. Rumors go around the guy from my platoon had 10+ bags of Spice (now illegal in the UCMJ). Another rumor is that they had X, weed, and other drugs in their room. This isn't too hard to believe since they are big ravers. The big problem is is that they had so much of it they are getting slammed with Intent to Sell (or whatever it is called).

Fun times for me. Yay. Don't care though because I get my DD.214 this Friday.

 

Please. They just call it something else. And besides, because those two retards had that shit in the barracks, they at least have probable cause. Though if it's specifically for drugs PMO should be involved.

And good luck on Friday. The DD-214 can bring both joy and misery. Getting out is A LOT harder than joining, trust me.

 

Hey guys, I'm kinda new here. I used to lurk on the old board for a few months before it closed down.

Anyways, I'm currently in DEP for the Air Force. It has come to my attention that three of the jobs that I picked (9S100-Technical Applications Specialist, 2M0X3-Missile and Space Facilities, and 2M0X1 - Missile and Space Systems Electronic Maintenance) requires a Top Secret clearance. Essentially, I smoked marijuana, a lot, from September 2008 - December 2008. i tried Adderall once also during that peiod and smoked once again in April 2009. I haven't used any illegal drugs since then nor do I associate with the people who I used to buy from or use with.

The big problem is that I told the Air Force that I have never abused drugs when I was filling out all of the forms for MEPS before I swore in. Originally I was going to disclose my drug use, but my recruiter told me not to and I listened to him. I know interviews are conducted for people trying to gain Top Secret security clearance and I have no desire to lie about my drug use, especially considering the amount of people that know I've smoked marijuana.

I know that drug use itself isn't an automatic disqualifier for the clearance, but I'm wondering if my lying about my drug use when I filled out all the medical forms for MEPS will become an issue.

 

Alright, so far what I've heard via rep comments is to tell the Air Force about my drug use. I guess I should have clarified I already planned on doing this. I'm trying to understand the consequences of the choice I made by allowing my recruiter to manipulate/lie to me and tell me it wouldn't be a big deal.

I plan on calling my recruiter tomorrow and explaining what I want to do to him tomorrow. We also have a DEP meeting this coming Tuesday and I hope to speak with him more in depth about this. Regardless of what he tells me, I am going to disclose my drug history to the Air Force though. Had I understood what I was getting into by choosing jobs that required TS clearance I wouldn't have listened to him in the first place, but that's my fault for not doing more research about the jobs I was choosing. I also realize that this is a matter of integrity as well, and I should do the right thing.

 

Well its definitely not gonna look good for him Ill tell you that. I'm not sure what they can do to you for lying since your not officially in yet, the only thing they can do is turn you away and that's pushing it. But I would like to say if your going to admit to smoking marijuana only say you did it 9 times. I'm pretty sure its a disqualifier if you have done it over 10. After that there going to say OK that's fine we all made mistakes. But after you admit you have done it they are going to have you talk to some federal agent a little way down the road. All he is going to do is ask you is when you did it the first, second, third...etc times after that it should be smooth sailing.

Everything I have just told you is exactly what I had to do but that was only for Secret clearance so it might be a little more tedious for top secret. Just remember who you want them to call when they ask you to put 3 numbers down. Also remember they are not only going to ask these people questions about you but they are going to ask if there is someone else they can talk to that you might have forgot. That's how they dig from person to person so try to make it so the trail stops could. Good Luck Trainee have fun in San Antonio.

 

I don't really give a shit about how it looks for him. He obviously couldn't care less about my well being after I'm out of DEP. So far the consensus on various military forums is that they probably will release me from DEP. The best case scenario would be that I would have to wait for a waiver, although apparently waivers are getting harder to get because of the amount of people joining. Hopefully my scoring good on the ASVAB and already having some college credits will give them some incentive to keep me in, but I'll take getting released from DEP over being dishonorably discharged.

From what I've seen from the security clearance adjudicative guidelines drug use on it's own is not an automatic disqualifier. I guess they look at frequency of use, time elapsed since last usage, your age, and pretty much anything that could factor into the situation. Even if I didn't admit my drug use you have to do an interview and they ask all these questions anyways for the TS clearance. Yeah, I also now know about them asking the people who I refer to them for even more references.

 

I'm definitely not saying you should care what happens to him he put you in a very awkward spot. I would be even more pissed if I were you, So pissed I would almost ask for another recruiter but that's my opinion. Unfortunately your probably right about him not caring about you once you get out of DEP since that's how a lot of recruiters are. But Ill tell you what they don't get shit until you ship off so they will do anything to make you happy if you do qualify. So tell him whats up and how you feel about the whole situation and I like the integrity bit you brought up earlier tell him that one it will sting a little. It sounds like your trying to do the right thing and they will appreciate that. Let me know how it goes for you?

 

Hey guys,

I just graduated Army BCT on May 20 and got to my new post for AIT. If anybody has any questions about BCT or Ft Leonard Wood, fire away.

 

Hopefully someone can help me with this. I'm currently AF Security Forces, I have some specialized training (Nothing too special... SRT, AT Level II, Certified on a fuckton of weapons), and I've deployed to Afghanistan to work with the Army. I'm separating in November and I really want to get back to Afghanistan in a bad way, I'm just not willing to re-enlist and take the chance of being sent somewhere like Qatar or UAE. I'm looking to get into some sort of security contracting. I've already applied for Triple Canopy but from what I hear, they are more into guys with a SOCOM background. Can someone recommend some other good security contracting jobs/companies that are out there that may fit my background (or lack thereof) a little better? Thanks in advance.

 

Well, I just signed my DD-214. I'm heading out from Oak Harbor, WA and driving to Wilmington, NC where I'll be going to school and probably joining the reserves. It hasn't quite sunk in that I'm out, I guess it will on the drive back east.

 

Wanted to say thanks to all who are serving in the Military right now, those in the process of getting in, and those who have retired. Also wanted to pay my respects to those who lost their lives fighting for our freedom, you will not be forgotten. Semper Fi Brothers.

Make sure you go out and today and thank someone who is risking their life so we can enjoy this day off.

 

Figured this was the best place to put this question...

Do military bases usually have veterinarian offices on them? That are used to treat active military personnel's personal pets?

Trying to figure out if I need to take this dog to the vet if my neighbor is full of shit.

Thanks.

 

Of the 4 bases I've been on, I have not seen any vet's and one was the HQ of the Marine Corps base and another was Naval Air Station in Pensacola. But that does not mean they aren't there just means that I have not actively searched for one. I would recommend calling the base hotline and asking them if there is a certain base near you.

 

Both bases I have been stationed at have had vet clinics. Both of these bases were overseas though, so that may have something to do with it.

 

Most do. But 9/10 they are full and not accepting new patients. Esp with summer rotations in full swing. Just call the base/post info line and they can give you the phone number.

 

Finally start the real deal tomorrow. Flight School has officially begun. I will be flying this old guy hopefully next month:
It's the T-34c Turbo Mentor, basically a 1970's built plane...hopefully the wings don't break off mid flight and I have to pop open the canopy and jump out. These things have had a ridiculous number of maintenance problems and are falling apart every day...I'm just hoping I don't have an emergency mid-flight, but from the looks of it, something will go wrong on just about every sortie I fly. I'll have the great pleasure of not being able to read any of the warning lights, none of the lights working, and overly shitty controls...but hey, at least I'll be in the air.

My roommate, also a Marine, got lucky and got put into an Air Force training squadron and he'll get to fly this bad boy:
It's the Air Force's trainer aircraft, a T-6b Texan II. Basically, it's the Cadillac of turboprops: crazy hp, pressurized cockpit, g tolerances that are through the roof, and an all glass cockpit. Putting everything into perspective: he'll be a week behind me, his plane will be 35 years newer, and he'll likely finish this portion of flight school a good 2 months before me because his plane flies a shit-ton better. It's like comparing a '75 Chevy Nova to a 2008 C6 Corvette.

 

Tomorrow starts jump week here at airborne school. It's just starting to sink in that this time tomorrow I'll have just jumped out of a plane. It's pretty moving knowing we'll be making our first jump the day after the D-day anniversary.

If anyone has any questions about OSUT training for cav scouts(19d) I can answer anything you want to know and by the end of this week I can answer any questions any of y'all have about airborne school.