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>>65059428
Im 31, should I join the army since they are the ones that only guarantee your job

I wanted 68p diagnostic imaging/rad tech

I saw that it’s difficult to get for air force so I am not too sure about going AF

>>65060272
Personally I'd say 68P is more chill but 68A can be pretty fun if you like digging into electronics. The most annoying part is how long you spend in your initial entry training being treated like shit by drill sergeants. Once you're trained though you will definitely enjoy how comfy those jobs are.

68Ps can go as far forward as a Role 2 (Medical Company, Area Support or Brigade Support Medical Company. Usually set up in the Brigade area). 68As can be assigned as far forward as a Role 2, but when it's not a war they'll do missions all the way forward to a Role 1 (aid stations, the first place a casualty gets assessed). If war kicked off that can be worryingly close to the front, and you'll definitely need to run to bunkers and be ready to quickly pack up and relocate. It's nothing compared to a combat MOS though. Most of the time you'll be back at a field hospital or even farther back at a hard structure hospital. My deployments we had to have our weapons turned in and locked up for most of it (because we're a medical asset. War crimes and all that).

Army can guarantee you the MOS. Air Force it can be more difficult to get the actual MOS after signing. Air Force is definitely less retarded about how it handles medical planning and logistics, though.

>>65060806
>thread didn't bump after this post
OP, why are you insulting yourself?

>>65059428
The Coast Guard right now is moving pretty fast. I had my group meeting at the office for OCS on Monday. I got a call from the LCDR today about scheduling MEPs. Their tone while I was there was super "let's go go go". That's a good sign, I think.

>>65061063
>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-orders-historic-reduction-general-officers-military
Forgot link.

>>65061065
>fox news

>>65060840
>he doesn't know about "sage"
>>65061063
hi, robert

>>65061048
>QRD?

I bet this thread will be gone by the time I wake up, AMA

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Army HPSP here, happy to answer questions about what its like getting medical school through the military. Dental and vet are pretty much the same.

I can also interpret medical DQ concerns. Give me a day or two to respond, likely.
>branch, condition, meds, etcetera.
I cannot answer questions about how deep genesis goes, MEPS doctors, etc. I ain't a MEPS doctor.

>What do you do?
New US MD Graduate, going into residency

>>65062377
And what's the narrative? I only see that posts have been deleted. Are they pro-China/anti-US?

>>65062543
This response sounds political, and therefore off-topic.

>>65062596
>>65062609
So this Robert fellow is a pro-China/anti-US shill? Why give him an American name?

Ok but what pro-China stuff has been posted on /meg/? I haven't seen anything even remotely close to pro-China. Is it really just the picture of Milley in the previous thread?

>>65062692
...so somebody from America is promoting China by posting threads dedicated to US military enlistment...? What does China gain from this, and why would a vatnik be upset with a bugman when Russia and China are on good terms?

>archive shows 30 posts in this thread
>only 15 show here prior to mine
It can't really be just very upset faggot with a BCD behind all of this, can it? Surely it has to be multiple people colluding together. How can one guy be THAT upset after getting kicked out a decade ago?

>>65062700
Posting threads promoting a soft on China military policy using a vatnik as a scapegoat.

>>65062793
Are you sure it isn't just the fact that pictures of Milley seem to really upset one person who comes here to bitch about idpol on a daily basis? Kind of odd that you're taking such offense on behalf of a known mentally ill troll.

>>65062748
someone want to fill me in on the BCD lore? some schizo accused me of being a BCD earlier. apparently it's a meme now? was there a big fight that I missed?

>>65062802
>fat retard gets kicked out of the Army back when Gen Milley was Chairman of JCS
>said retard joined with sole intent of committing war crimes in honor of his idols Oskar Dirlewanger and Robert Bales, along with fetishization of the Soviet-Afghan War (that he conveniently never acknowledges that the Soviets utterly lost)
>retard finds these threads sometime around COVID, starts spending every day shitposting about his unhinged opinions of the military and those that actually got in, saying we should act more like Oskar Dirlewanger and constantly posting pictures of him
>people start connecting dots and realize that he is literally behind ALL of the anti-mil posting in these threads, despite him constantly larping as service members or vets
>retard gets extremely upset that he can't maintain the anonymity that was essential to his grand scheme of undermining opinion of the US military on /k/
>retard doxxes himself when crafting the fake narrative that it's actually two separate guys behind these posts
>retard still doesn't stop and continues to insist he isn't the troll when he gets called out, and instead insists that government intelligence agents are gangstalking him

Keep in mind this is over the span of about 6 years, and yes he posts nearly EVERY SINGLE DAY and ban evades by driving around his city day and night just so he can keep posting here. Truly one of the most unhinged and shameless trolls I have ever encountered, even worse than the guy that makes all of the anti-Sam Hyde threads on /tv/ (yes it literally is one guy from the UK behind all of those threads).

>>65062824
I see, thanks. yeah I don't go into the military threads, but I suppose all board drama eventually spills into all the other threads

>>65062848
He definitely goes to other threads, or just makes his own. Everything he posts gets deleted, hence why you see so many deleted posts here. The retard is trying to construct something with sand on the beach shore and keeps getting upset when it all gets washed away, but never once thought to just go somewhere else. Instead, he believes he can make the ocean itself so frustrated with his stubbornness that the tide will cease to ebb and flow.

Do corporals and sergeants still beat the shit out of you if you fuck up?

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>>65062824
>the guy that makes all of the anti-Sam Hyde threads on /tv/ (yes it literally is one guy from the UK behind all of those threads).
Really? Haha, that's awesome. I've never been so proud of one of my countrymen.

>>65062824
It literally wouldn't be a general thread or a board without a few schizophrenics attempting to ruin the entire thing for everyone else.

>>65062922
Do you think you would have turned out better if they beat the schizophrenia out of you?

>happy 4th of july
>april
a profound level of mental intelligence

>>65062922
God I fucking wish Corporals could instill discipline and punishments to privates.
>t. corporal

>>65063372
Gotta hand it to OP, he has managed to consistently pick pictures that are on-topic yet somehow invite so much butthurt from people who like to go off-topic

>>65059428
>Should I go Navy Enlisted Nuke?
>https://pastebin.com/anMENMTD
>No, you'll get cancer and a prolapsed asshole. >http://i.imgur.com/FZ0Q9q4.png
>tl;dr: Two year long school with suicidal furries as your co-workers

Still wrong

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Do any of you niggas work with zoomers younger than Halo 3?

>>65066681
Of course

>>65062824
Doesn't sound as bad as the peridot schizo we had on /co/ for three years. Still, hes an asshole.

Bad Runner. Tomorrow I head to MEPs to ship out. I'm. Utterly terrified. I don't know if I'm physically ready but this is what I have to do.

>>65067924
Well stop worrying because you still have a week of reception before you're really being trained.
There are tons of worse recruits than you, some that will drop out in reception, some that will mentally quit long before their body quits.
Just as long as you refuse to fail at all costs, you will make it. Remember why you are there in the first place.
Don't count the days, try to make it to the next meal instead.
Hundreds of thousands of recruits show up to basic every year. Don't be one of the 10% that stop their training and dont pass. You got this

>>65067924
Be prepared for the weirdest week of your life once you get there. It's like entering the Twilight Zone. You'll hype it all up in your head while on the plane, then get to an AG BN and spend 2-4 days unsure of what time it is or where you are as you walk around getting pieces of clothing and equipment shoved at you by extremely rude civilians in between bouts of medics sticking random vaccines into you. At night you sleep in an open bay with the most retarded dudes on the planet and struggle to keep yourself from going postal when dudes won't shut the fuck up and go to sleep. When it's done you'll actually feel relieved when you go to your real basic training unit since it will have 200% less bullshit.

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Ok, so hypothetical question here I was discussing with an army buddy. I'm not in the military myself so I thought I'd ask here, rather than make a whole new thread.
If someone in was to write some erotic literature about a brand new female 2nd lt fantasising about being railed over the desk and humiliated by her TSM in front of the whole troop, and then further embroidered it with how she gets off fantasising about various humiliating experiences like giving lectures about the importance of regular masturbation where she hands round her soiled knickers, and then he was to give that to his friend as wank material, and he was to give it to his friend and pretty soon it was all over the battlegroup and the characters of the officer and TSM are based on real people, right down to having their real names, how fucked would that guy be if it got traced back to him?
Like it doesn't seem like a big deal to me, a civilian without any military knowledge. But he seemed to think it would be career ending.
As I said, I'm not in the military and this is not like a situation where you ask about a hypothetical but it's actually a real situation like you see in the movies. It was just a drunk conversation between two buddies.

>>65068360
Don't let your CO see it.

>>65068360
Sounds like:
>1. not my problem
>2. not a problem
>3. not going to develop into a problem
>4. a retarded question from a gooner

>>65067967
Thousands have come before me, thousands will come after. I'm a thirty year old man who, for the last twelve years, has felt the warmth and safety of home. I've walked to school, college, and work. I've helped the family however I could. I could not quit this, ever. This is what I must do, for their sake and my own. That is why I have to do this. I'll quit when I'm dead.
>>65068135
Honestly the only thing I may have a slight issue with may be the Covid shot. I'll happily take all the rest save that one. An open bay with dudes, I used to share a room so I'll be used to that. While anxious, its also rather exciting.

I've been annoying these last six months. Asking for advice and peeping in on the conversation now and again but really, thanks you guys. You gave good advice that helped me shave my running to within 24 minutes, down from what, the original 35-37 I had? Push ups have become a bit easier, sit ups a bit easier. I think I can do it, and yall helped.

>>65068902
Early 2023 the covid vax requirement was removed btw. I don't think they even have it in basic anymore.

>>65068902
>>65068923
Just googled it, they might still have it in basic but you have to be ready to say no if you don't want it because it's optional.

>>65068923
>>65068936
Well thats good to know. I'll go ahead and do that. Everything else? Gladly.

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>>65067924
>>65068902
Have fun (you won't have it) and good luck (you won't need it) nigga

I do it for free

>>65069230
>implying
It's just bored active duty guys. A real recruiter would be too busy trying to make numbers each month or getting reamed by his station commander to bother with something that doesn't give him recruit numbers he can claim as his own.

>>65069261
idk bro I'm not a recruiter and hopefully will never be one

>>65069261
Why would answering any of your questions matter? You clearly have some weird bone to pick with mil recruiters, so any reasonable answer that doesn't reinforce your opinion that they are moloch worshipping baby eaters will just go through one ear and out the other.

>>65069517
You wouldn't have responded this way if you weren't positively identified for what you are - an incessant complainer with no win condition or end game.

>>65069609
Keep the thread bumped like a good boy, Robert

how can my friend get out of the military without a BCD?

>>65069614
finish his contract

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>>65069230
>>65069261
>>65069517
>>65069609
>>65069614
>t

>>65069648
It's all he's good for, and so I put him to work. If he wasn't obsessed with "defeating /meg/", he would have gone on a shooting spree years ago (as he has admitted). Who knew that bullying a mentally ill fatty could turn into a social service?

I admire Marines for their ability to stay fit while getting drunk every night. I don't know how they do it. Maybe I just have low T or something.

>>65069633
ok but i mean real answers

>>65069824
That's the realest answer there is. Every other way of getting out of the military fucks you over in one way or another.

>>65068923
>>65068936
Which vaccines are still mandatory in basic? Do they still give the peanut butter one in the asscheek?

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>Americans get Sundays off
>Sundays. Off.
Lol

>>65069960
I'm allergic to penicillin so i never got that one

>>65070373
poopdickschizosayswhat?

Need advice please. I'm considering Army option 40 vs option 4(airborne) right now. I'd like to try RASP but I've still got a little ways to go conditioning-wise.

My 2 mile is like 15 minutes on a good day right now and I can generally hit 10-11 strict pull-ups, and I'm like 10lbs heavier than I probably should be.

I wanna ship to basic ASAP, so I'm wondering if I'll have any opportunity to further my conditioning before RASP with Option 40, or if I should take Option 4 and and face a longer timeline with more opportunity to develop my cardio?

>>65071868
You are not shipping ASAP in your current condition, so stop focusing on that. Research fartleks and start doing some shuttle sprints, as well as build up your leg strength. This process will take months, but nobody said it would be easy.

>>65071868
You're asking if you should go (11B?) Ranger Regiment VS Airborne.
Those are two totally separate things.
If you want to go Ranger Regiment first and foremost then do Option 40 and don't accept any alternative.
Option 4 is Airborne school and airborne only.
Option 4 will likely bring you into an airborne unit after airborne school. So you are not guaranteed to go to RASP with Option 4.
A shit unit chain of command could be total dickheads to you and decide not to let you go to RASP as well.

You sound pretty close in fitness already if you're being honest but there is much work to be done. For starters you would need to max or nearly max out the AFT. Your overall endurance needs to be absolutely top notch too, since RASP is basically all about breaking you down.
Ranger regiment is only for you if you like chewing on rusty nails for enjoyment.
>>65072261
>You are not shipping ASAP in your current condition
You can't see him and only know his 2 mile time and max pull ups so I'm really curious how you are judging his "current condition"?
Also
>This process will take months
Kek as if you just get your legs shredded and endurance conditioned for RASP in a few months.
It's a higher level fitness commitment that you should (ideally) be consistent with from the moment you make up your mind until the day you leave service.

>>65072551
If he is running a 7:30 mile AT BEST, then he is going to struggle. His 2 mile time AT HIS BEST is the standard pace expected for a 12 MILE ruck under worse conditions. Also, did I say "a few months"? No motherfucker, I am emphasizing that this kid is not going to see results in the span of weeks because his shit is all retarded. He is going to flunk if he ships ASAP.

>>65072612
>His 2 mile time AT HIS BEST is the standard pace expected for a 12 MILE ruck under worse conditions
While I agree he should be in better shape before signing an option 40, this comparison makes no sense. You're comparing the time to complete 2 miles with a pace per single mile used for a different modality, making it sound like he will have to ruck 7:30 miles.

>>65072551
Appreciate the insight! Yeah nah I'm basically a /fit/izen so I have a lot of muscle but only really started running last year. I can max out everything on the AFT besides the 2 mile right now.

The thing is basically I'm not married to Ranger school and after airborne school I'd want to basically shoot for either ranger school or SF selection but RASP sounded like the most direct route in general so I wasn't sure what the best move was as far as my run time goes. Thank you for the thoughtful response.

>>65072612
Also I appreciate the bluntness. When I say I'm shipping ASAP I meant that I feel very ready for OSUT but I'm aware it might take me like 6-12mo for me to really feel "ready" for RASP.

>>65072925
Self reply I meant Option 40 sounded most direct

I made up my mind about joining the army soon after the war started. Always wanted to do it, to be in the military, to hold a weapon, to be on the battlefield,... so i was going to chose infantryman or another combat role. I ended up doing pretty good on asvab and started looking at other MOS (as I was told by my recruiter). CBRN specialist sounded pretty cool and I ended up choosing it. Whole process was pretty fast and I swore in 2 weeks ago. Now I'm feeling pretty bad about it despite being really excited about joining the army. I also have option 40, but even if I'll manage to become the ranger what will I be doing? ( also have to get in shape for it first)
So question is will I be able to do cool stuff as CBRN specialist or should I try changing MOS, I'm going to basics in august

>>65073052
You have plenty of time to get in shape. Since you let your recruiter sweet-talk you into picking an objectively shitty MOS, you absolutely need to fucking pass RASP. In Regiment, you will do cool shit, and actually use your MOS skills. In Big Army, you will inventory gas masks and work in the O-room and all kinds of other gay shit that you don't want to do.
What are your fitness stats?

>>65073055
>What are your fitness stats?
I know that it sounds too bad but I simply don't know. I haven't seriously tested myself. Problem is that for past years I have been going to gym only twice per week because of my shitty job, but I'll be completely free at the start of the next month. I'm ready to put my maximum into it, I am, I'm ready to do everything for it.
So uhhh minimum I would say is 8 pull ups, I also tried running a few times after I enlisted, last time i did 2.5 miles in 25 minutes and stopped, I can do better I'm sure. I'm 6.1 and 158lbs. I myself believe that there's a hope for me.

>>65073052
>he signed CBRN
My friend that was in that MOS always said he picked something that was actually good, as his skills were not useful after he got out.
You gotta change or hope you're invulnerable to sports injuries.

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>>65066210
ETN1 Shitass here, I wrote the newer pastebin, and I agree, this is a comically bad read of my intent


Answering Navy/Nuke Questions.

>/MEG/, READ STARSHIP TROOPERS, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

Bad Runner here. Didn't panic-leave the hotel last night. I'm at the MEPs, waiting to talk to the councilor. I thought I'd be shivering in anxiety, but I'm just sort of... Bored.

>>65073467
MEPS lets you have your phone? lol
You are becoming institutionalized.
>>65073134
If you want to be in Ranger Regiment you need to work way fucking harder for much longer.
Simply put you might not be able to improve fast enough in 4 months to get to where you need to be.
It takes way more than 3 months of consistent running to get your running pace up to where you need it to be.
A 25 minute 2.5 mile is weak because you will be aiming to run a 2 mile in 13-15 minutes minimum.
RASP is going to kill you.

>>65073134
>158 pounds
Skeleton detected. No fucking surprise you are slow. Insufficient leg muscles.

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>>65073695
>MEPS lets you have your phone?

>>65073134
You might have time for at least a decent trainup, but you need to get your ass in gear and get on a consistent workout schedule starting time now.
This doesn't have to be anything crazy - and if you ramp up the volume and intensity too fast too soon you'll just injure yourself - but you do need to be working instead of thinking about it.
My suggestion would be to take a couple weeks to build up to 3x running sessions a week, aiming for a pace you can hold comfortably while breathing through your nose or talking to a friend without them noticing. This will be slow as fuck but that's the point. Aim for 25 minutes per session to start, then add 10% total volume per week. Every couple weeks, do a fartlek or some hill sprints or some track intervals (400s or 800s). No need to kill yourself on these, just aim for a decently hard pace with at least 1:1.5 work:rest.
Lifting wise, a basic regimen will do, as long as it works every major muscle group 2x a week or so. Test your hand-release pushups, pullups, and a 3 rep hex bar deadlift @ 90% effort or so every 4 weeks, so you can track progress.
The good news is that BCT and AIT will give you a bit more forced exercise which will knock a little off your run times. The not so good news is that this is probably not going to be enough if you want to pass RASP. Once arriving to RASP you will also spend some time in pre RASP, a weird limbo of morning PT and standing around which might give you time to train a bit more and might not, depending on how long you're there.

>>65073830
>Genuine retard thinks all MEPS have the same policies
Incredible.

>Prior service who sort of regrets not going reserve after active duty contract anon
>Air Force Reserve recruiter finally answered
>Set up a meeting with me tomorrow
fuck. While nowhere near as nerve-racking as walking into the active duty recruiting office was, I am still nervous.

>>65073695
You can use your phone in designated places.
Not sure why but I've got a stop before I head to my actual stage. Direct flights, guess they never heard of em.
I am petrified. Swore in but only because the three time enlister beside me managed to calm me down with some advice. Now I just feel kind of numb.

>>65072925
>>65072942
The moment you get there they will try to make you quit. RASP has a ~50% attrition rate so it's all very, very intense.
Try to do a ranger PFT (RPFT) on your own time.
That alone should give you an idea of how much more effort you need to put in.
Right now, basic is a joke for you but RASP is another demon.
I would say 6-12 months of slow and steady improvement is likely if you can focus on training intensely for that long.

>>65075255
Everyone around you is going through the same thing so try your best to enjoy it while it lasts. It will be the best thing you never want to do over.

>>65075367
Let's hope my ankle doesn't do anything. It's been acting up whenever I exercise and I think it's the shoe. A crappy goodwill one.

>>65075502
Oh yeah you are the guy with the shitty pair of shoes lmao dont worry you will have a whole new pair to hate soon

Welp, time to go for the last stop. I've got a two and a half hour flight, think I'll take a nap.
Peace

>>65075567
I don't think anything can compare to these ones, they're killing my ankles.
An hour till Fort Sill. I'll talk to you guys another time.

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>>65076085
Godspeed. Make us proud big dawg
Well I guess you're already running/standing around getting yelled at, I'm probably posting this too late lol

>>65078039
Oh look, he's back

i need a mental health evaluation.
how do i not fuck this up

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Sup /k/, just wondering if anyone knows anything about the US Army Cyber Corps? How is daily life?

I'm a 34 year old civilian working in cyber security, and I've recently been in contact with a Major who has been trying to get me to apply for the Cyber Direct Commission Program, specifically for the Army Reserves. We initially got into contact due to the company I work for being contracted by the DoD.

Pic related, it's from a PDF he emailed me. I know he's probably just doing the typical recruiter blowing smoke up my ass gig, but he's saying my commission would be at least as an O-3/Captain due to having 12 years of experience in the field, a master's degree, and a ton of industry certifications. I've been in contact with a Chief connected to the unit in which I'd be serving and they seem to be really pushing an application, but I've never really even considered the military.

Do you think it would be worth it? I make a lot of money as a civilian, but something about it seems interesting and fun.

Don’t do it.

What role in the army feels most like camping with the bros, sitting around a fire drinking beer & shit?

>>65079680
Sounds like you'd be better off as a wildlife biologist or trail guide.

>>65079696
But I want to be in the army, shooting guns and throwing grenades and stuff. Should I look into the 10th mountain division? It looks promising.

>>65079705
You can't choose where you get stationed unless you go National Guard or Reserves.

>>65079725
Option 19 for Drum

>>65079563
Reserve is way different than active duty.

My recruiters smoked us for an hour at the future soldier meet up today. Jesus christ what did I get myself into?
I can run 5 miles straight but that was way higher intensity.