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I just got promoted today!!

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  • O Oakman

    Where did you serve?

    The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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    Slacker007
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    Oakman wrote:

    Where did you serve?

    Fair enough question. My DD-214 is blank other than my name, rank, and dates served and I intend to keep it that way. I will tell you that I worked for the government during the Clinton Administration and I spent time in South America among other places. I wasn't your average infantry soldier even though I started off that way like anyone else; when I left the military, I was not attached to a regular infantry unit. I served for almost 5 years. I started my journey off at Fort Benning and finished in Washington, DC. Thanks for asking.

    -- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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      Oakman wrote:

      Where did you serve?

      Fair enough question. My DD-214 is blank other than my name, rank, and dates served and I intend to keep it that way. I will tell you that I worked for the government during the Clinton Administration and I spent time in South America among other places. I wasn't your average infantry soldier even though I started off that way like anyone else; when I left the military, I was not attached to a regular infantry unit. I served for almost 5 years. I started my journey off at Fort Benning and finished in Washington, DC. Thanks for asking.

      -- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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      Oakman
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      Wheee! I bet you got a debriefing and a half before you got out. Something I have always wondered about: do they make you do time in the active reserves after something like that. Hey, it's not like it's a gold watch or anything, but I thank you, appreciate what you did, and am glad you made it through to the other side. Apropos of your title, I always figured the best promotions available to me was "civilian 1" ;)

      The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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      • O Oakman

        Wheee! I bet you got a debriefing and a half before you got out. Something I have always wondered about: do they make you do time in the active reserves after something like that. Hey, it's not like it's a gold watch or anything, but I thank you, appreciate what you did, and am glad you made it through to the other side. Apropos of your title, I always figured the best promotions available to me was "civilian 1" ;)

        The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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        Slacker007
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        Oakman wrote:

        do they make you do time in the active reserves after something like that.

        I was on inactive reserve status for four years after my official discharge date. My security clearance was terminated five years after I left the military. A debriefing is exactly what you might think it is...I really can't say anymore than that. What is funny is that my debriefing only took about ten minutes and a few signatures and it lasts a life time. :)

        -- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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          to corporate whore. I'm turning on the red light and changing my name to Roxanne.

          -- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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          Chris Meech
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          What about the red dress? Do you need a size 6 or 16? :)

          Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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            Oakman wrote:

            do they make you do time in the active reserves after something like that.

            I was on inactive reserve status for four years after my official discharge date. My security clearance was terminated five years after I left the military. A debriefing is exactly what you might think it is...I really can't say anymore than that. What is funny is that my debriefing only took about ten minutes and a few signatures and it lasts a life time. :)

            -- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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            Doctor Nick
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            Slacker007 wrote:

            only took about ten minutes and a few signatures and it lasts a life time

            Sounds more like a shotgun wedding to me... :-D

            ------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.

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              Slacker007 wrote:

              only took about ten minutes and a few signatures and it lasts a life time

              Sounds more like a shotgun wedding to me... :-D

              ------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.

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              Oakman
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              Doctor Nick wrote:

              Sounds more like a shotgun wedding to me

              A wedding is more like a funeral - only with music.

              The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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                to corporate whore. I'm turning on the red light and changing my name to Roxanne.

                -- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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                Manfred Rudolf Bihy
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                As my tribute to the "new company whore": Roxanne, Police 1979[^] Songs starts at 00:39 Cheers! Ahhh, the memories ...

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                  As my tribute to the "new company whore": Roxanne, Police 1979[^] Songs starts at 00:39 Cheers! Ahhh, the memories ...

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                  Slacker007
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                  You rock Manfred! Just remember, don't you sell your body to the night. :-D

                  -- ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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                  • S Slacker007

                    Oakman wrote:

                    Where did you serve?

                    Fair enough question. My DD-214 is blank other than my name, rank, and dates served and I intend to keep it that way. I will tell you that I worked for the government during the Clinton Administration and I spent time in South America among other places. I wasn't your average infantry soldier even though I started off that way like anyone else; when I left the military, I was not attached to a regular infantry unit. I served for almost 5 years. I started my journey off at Fort Benning and finished in Washington, DC. Thanks for asking.

                    -- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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                    GenJerDan
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                    Had a guy in Basic and AIT like that sort of... The drills were pissed that his 201 was mostly redacted. Also very curious that his Class A's sported dolphins and he knew entirely too much about the Légion étrangère. Odd to see that on an E-4 Army puke. ;P Oh, and no, none of us ever found out _any_thing about his prior service.

                    Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                      Had a guy in Basic and AIT like that sort of... The drills were pissed that his 201 was mostly redacted. Also very curious that his Class A's sported dolphins and he knew entirely too much about the Légion étrangère. Odd to see that on an E-4 Army puke. ;P Oh, and no, none of us ever found out _any_thing about his prior service.

                      Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                      Slacker007
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                      GenJerDan wrote:

                      Army puke

                      What's an Army puke? ;)

                      -- ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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                        GenJerDan wrote:

                        Army puke

                        What's an Army puke? ;)

                        -- ** Jack of all trades and master of none.

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                        GenJerDan
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                        Well, of course, normally it's Navy puke, but I figured in honor of his obvious squidly origins...

                        Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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