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Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:07 am to Quinn225
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Tell that to the National Guard who lost TOPS due to the military telling them they were going to get deployed (and didn't deploy for months) and then lost their GI Bill.
Huh? What happened here? I haven't heard of this issue. Explain, please. Sounds like some kind of administrative injustice that needs fixing.
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:35 am to SPEEDY
Weird article. I think only 20% of the countries youth is actually eligible to serve if they were honest with everything and recruiters didn’t stretch rules and truths.
You’d be hard pressed to find a lot of 18-19 year old kids that don’t smoke pot and actually have a desire to enlist in the military these days. Hell the military is kicking active duty guys out left and right for drugs
You’d be hard pressed to find a lot of 18-19 year old kids that don’t smoke pot and actually have a desire to enlist in the military these days. Hell the military is kicking active duty guys out left and right for drugs
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:39 am to SPEEDY
I always wondered if I tried to get assistance from the state for my two boys if they would have turned out better. I was too poor to buy them anything but cheap junk food even though I have worked 40 hour weeks every week during their lives.
apparently OP has evidence that even if the state did help my two boys, the result would have been the same.
to know that Louisiana kids would turn out the same if the state didn't help any of them is sad news.
state just needs to do away with all programs because it doesn't help.
apparently OP has evidence that even if the state did help my two boys, the result would have been the same.
to know that Louisiana kids would turn out the same if the state didn't help any of them is sad news.
state just needs to do away with all programs because it doesn't help.
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:40 am to TDcline
Mine was 100 maxxed it.
This post was edited on 3/1/18 at 10:40 am
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:44 am to TheCaterpillar
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Note: this doesn’t include two guys i know that went to West Point and Naval Academy, respectively.
Those schools are Ivy-league quality.
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:46 am to SPEEDY
Scruffy likes that the news keeps shitting all over that state.
Someone needs to do something about LA. The entire state is a case study in failure.
Someone needs to do something about LA. The entire state is a case study in failure.
This post was edited on 3/1/18 at 10:47 am
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:56 am to Ash Williams
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If tops isn’t around when my kids graduate and they don’t qualify for other scholarships you’ll be getting 3 healthy lads.
You’ve had 17 years for each kid, surly you were able to set aside money for their college Education.
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:07 am to SPEEDY
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75 percent of the state's young adults are unable to join the military because they are too uneducated, too overweight and have a record of crime or drug abuse.
It is becoming a national security issue. The military has always relied on the South and Midwest for recruits but that model is changing.
The smart people at Future Plans say it will only get worse.
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:22 am to LNCHBOX
Just don't listen to him (tdcline). Obviously, his inferiority complex runs deep. I served for 4 years. Mostly because college didn't appeal to me and to get out of my hometown. It was a good experience.
You meet some clowns, but you do with every career/profession. It's not like every military member is lining up precision points on a laser. Most of the time is down time, where you are doing mundane things. The good thing is basic training usually weeds out the numbskulls in a couple weeks but a few slip through the cracks and make it to permanent party.
You meet some clowns, but you do with every career/profession. It's not like every military member is lining up precision points on a laser. Most of the time is down time, where you are doing mundane things. The good thing is basic training usually weeds out the numbskulls in a couple weeks but a few slip through the cracks and make it to permanent party.
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:23 am to Indiangensing
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Just don't listen to him (tdcline). Obviously, his inferiority complex runs deep. I served for 4 years. Mostly because college didn't appeal to me and to get out of my hometown. It was a good experience.
You meet some clowns, but you do with every career/profession. It's not like every military member is lining up precision points on a laser. Most of the time is down time, where you are doing mundane things. The good thing is basic training usually weeds out the numbskulls in a couple weeks but a few slip through the cracks and make it to permanent party.
I don't let one doofus change my view of any group of people. I appreciate yalls service, even his
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:28 am to SPEEDY
My recruiter told me it was depressing working as a recruiter in Lafayette. He had one guy that tried to join with a score of 6 on his ASVAB. I honestly do not know how that is possible ,but the kid was from Northside. He told me that many people who expressed interest in joining were way too heavy, were barely literate, or just had to too much baggage which I don't know how that is possible cause I have seen the Army take in less than stellar people. This was 15 years ago and holy shite I just realized I am getting old...
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:29 am to KG6
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About 10 years ago, HBO did a documentary about military recruitment from a high school in Houma. It was depressing. I think it followed 3 kids and two of them did well...one a regular guy and one who went on to Ranger school. But there was one that went AWOL from basic or something like that and knowing the area, more people are like the last example than the other two.
The documentary is called The Recruiter.
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:30 am to Indiangensing
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Most of the time is down time
I’m not sure what branch you were in but that doesn’t sound accurate at all. We had very little down time. I’m sure a lot of that depends on the branch and unit you were in. If you’re on a ship in the Navy, I could see there being a lot of down time (but I’m not really sure there either).
Maybe national guard has a ton of downside or something, idk. but it’s bullshite to listen to some of these guys with absolutely no experience in these situations present that they have knowledge of them. We had some bad recruits get through the cracks and get into boot camp but most of those washed out within a month.
Some of us have friends that won’t ever return home or came home in a box and I’m not going to listen to some posters basically call them dumbasses who couldn’t get into college. The standards in place right now actually make it really difficult to put kids in. I think a lot of guys think people just walk into a recruiting station and you’re shipped off 2 weeks later. There’s a ton of medical hurdles, background checks, etc to get through before you’re even able to attend boot camp.
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Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:32 am to 995webmaster
We would never look back
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:44 am to TDcline
Quartermaster/supply in the Army. When we didn't have something to do... plenty of downtime.
Look I get what you're saying. I do. Some people don't understand the sacrifices service members make. Good on them. Our armed forces is all volunteer and I like it that way.
I have a former co-worker that was in the marines and this guy never shut up about being a devil dawg. I mean 24/7 telling stories to people that didn't care. It was rather embarrassing as a veteran. The past is exactly the past. I know what honorable service I did and uncle sam knows what honorable service I did. Don't be that guy that has to glorify his time because honestly most people don't care and it makes thw military in general look like a bunch of socially inept morons and trust me this former co-worker was only one of many who was looking for a pat on the back for something that he volunteered for.
Look I get what you're saying. I do. Some people don't understand the sacrifices service members make. Good on them. Our armed forces is all volunteer and I like it that way.
I have a former co-worker that was in the marines and this guy never shut up about being a devil dawg. I mean 24/7 telling stories to people that didn't care. It was rather embarrassing as a veteran. The past is exactly the past. I know what honorable service I did and uncle sam knows what honorable service I did. Don't be that guy that has to glorify his time because honestly most people don't care and it makes thw military in general look like a bunch of socially inept morons and trust me this former co-worker was only one of many who was looking for a pat on the back for something that he volunteered for.
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:44 am to SPEEDY
So a press conference to tell Louisiana State government to do a better job raising kids? I guess none of these guys are libertarians.
Posted on 3/1/18 at 1:56 pm to ellishughtiger
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You’ve had 17 years for each kid, surly you were able to set aside money for their college Education.
Oh they're under the age of 6
and we absolutely set money aside for college for them
but the rate that tuition increases is going to be very hard to keep up with
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