Armed Forces?

[itwuzmagik]

I was wondering who else out there is in the armed forces. (Of any country)
I am in the army so far its been great :)
I also know of forefront and killboy as being in the armed forces as well
Forefront the marines (soon to be etsing) and Killboy who is in the army NG
So if you have a comment a question or would like to know about the army please feel free to ask :)

[Luke]

Could you be called to the army at any time?

[mrkillboy]

Ask a communication specialist anything.




I hate /b/.

[blitzer19]

I have a brother who is a Captain in the Army and is deploying to Afghanistan early 2011. 3rd tour to the Middle East.

[forefront]

I've been enlisted for 5 years, and have been to both Iraq and Afghanistan. If you have any questions for me, I will answer them as well.

[Araneatrox]

A mate of mine has been in Afgan for 3 years now with the Royal Marines(On and off of course) He is called Jonny, do you know him?

Jokes, But in serious. How long do you spend at Home each year? Because i know 4 or 5 of my old High school mates they only have 3 months back each year and the rest of the time they are either in Scotland or Afganistan

[itwuzmagik]

Ask a communication specialist anything.




I hate /b/.
Lmao /b/ is hilarious.
I'm an Ammunition Specialist

[KayBeSee]

A few of my friends are pretty certain they will pursue careers in the armed forces. We're only sophmores in High School, but they've been seriously talking about it for years and have taken aviation classes and other courses in school already.

I personally could never do it. Too much physical conditioning and stuff for a skrauny kid like me. I applaud your service though.

[forefront]

A mate of mine has been in Afgan for 3 years now with the Royal Marines(On and off of course) He is called Jonny, do you know him?

Jokes, But in serious. How long do you spend at Home each year? Because i know 4 or 5 of my old High school mates they only have 3 months back each year and the rest of the time they are either in Scotland or Afganistan

If you mean at HOME home, then not much. Active duty gets 2.5 days per month leave (which is actually pretty good). However, I don't know anyone who uses all of it. I'm selling some back, and even when I do take leave, I don't always go home. If you mean home as in 'not in combat' then it depends on what kind of rotation we're on. The Marines usually do 7 months to 1 year deployed, and then they are required to wait 6 months before sending us back (though it doesn't always happen like that.)

I spent a little over a year total over 5 years in various places in the sandbox myself. Also, I'm an Aviation Logistics Informations Systems Specialist. Which is a glorified comms guy. I do data, voice, radio, etc. We just have a more network admin/Unix admin twist.

[evilryu]

I am thinking about joining the Candidate Officer Program for the Navy, anyone been in the Navy or is an officer?

[itwuzmagik]

I am thinking about joining the Candidate Officer Program for the Navy, anyone been in the Navy or is an officer?

All my family has been officers in the army. An officer in any branch is a great deal so I'd go for it. (Which I am) lol

[evilryu]

Thanks for the info magic, I'll def. look into more

[Carbiniz3r]

Army National guard, 37th 1-148th 11 Bravo =) were called on alert for Afghanistan sometime in the spring of 2011. If we do get deployed it will be the biggest Army NG deployment since WWII

[ThisGuyPwnage]

yup.. marine corps.. two years in so far. and i work in intermediate level avionics and we work with above top secret gear (smartest job in the military) too bad my knee surgery might take me out of the game