Gothic.net Community - View Single Post

corrosive lust · 11-01-2007, 07:21 PM

I wasn't an officer but I can tell you what I went through as enlisted. First off, if they don't have the job you want available at MEPS just walk away. No matter what they say, you're not in until you sign a contract and you're taking your oath and even then you can get out of a cruddy m.o.s. by disqualifying yourself for that position. But if you're satisfied with your job then you're next event is reception where they introduce you to basic drill & ceremony and you collect your TA-50 for basic.

Unlike "Full Metal Jacket" they can't hit you anymore and as I understand it now they have stress cards to flash at drill Sergeants so you don't go into an emotional breakdown (this didn't exist at Ft. Sill where I took basic). They can make you do p.t. until you pass out but for the most part it's all a big mind game.

When you're through with basic you're off to a.i.t. where the drill sergeants act tough but are just pissed that they don't get to act like REAL drill sergeants. If you flunk anything in a.i.t. to where they just can't accept you in your chosen m.o.s. then you get reclassified. Since almost every test is open book though you'd have to be a complete idiot not to pass. They mostly just teach you how to use the manuals.

At your permanent unit it's just like an ordinary job except you can't just quit and leave. It is a nine to five job with an hour and a half break for lunch but and hour's worth of p.t. at 6:30am. Exceptions being sergeant's time on Thursdays. My job was as a 14E (Patriot missile operator/maintainer) so the signal I saw there were 31R at the time. The downside to the job was it's boring and you're stuck with Korea, Ft. Bliss (which isn't that bad), and Germany (not likely to get). AR 71 (the guide for appearance among other things in the army) does not have a specific length for hair. It only says that it can not be faddish, must be groomed, and can not interfere with the wearing of headgear. You can dye it, it just has to be a natural color.

My entire time in the army I did not get get orders to murder and act in some fucked up Hollywood style stereotype, but then again I wasn't infantry. My job entailed watching a radar scope and defending our designated airspace. Most of the time it was only Missiles we would engage but we trained for air breating targets still. You are allowed a personallity in the army, you can tell how everyone in it bitches to no end. That's the Marines who brainwash you. If you want to know more ask someone who is in it. But what ever you do, do not rely on your recruiter to tell you anything. Not all of them are cool and most just want you in and that it so they can fill their quota.

11-01-2007, 07:21 PM	#16
corrosive lust Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4	I wasn't an officer but I can tell you what I went through as enlisted. First off, if they don't have the job you want available at MEPS just walk away. No matter what they say, you're not in until you sign a contract and you're taking your oath and even then you can get out of a cruddy m.o.s. by disqualifying yourself for that position. But if you're satisfied with your job then you're next event is reception where they introduce you to basic drill & ceremony and you collect your TA-50 for basic. Unlike "Full Metal Jacket" they can't hit you anymore and as I understand it now they have stress cards to flash at drill Sergeants so you don't go into an emotional breakdown (this didn't exist at Ft. Sill where I took basic). They can make you do p.t. until you pass out but for the most part it's all a big mind game. When you're through with basic you're off to a.i.t. where the drill sergeants act tough but are just pissed that they don't get to act like REAL drill sergeants. If you flunk anything in a.i.t. to where they just can't accept you in your chosen m.o.s. then you get reclassified. Since almost every test is open book though you'd have to be a complete idiot not to pass. They mostly just teach you how to use the manuals. At your permanent unit it's just like an ordinary job except you can't just quit and leave. It is a nine to five job with an hour and a half break for lunch but and hour's worth of p.t. at 6:30am. Exceptions being sergeant's time on Thursdays. My job was as a 14E (Patriot missile operator/maintainer) so the signal I saw there were 31R at the time. The downside to the job was it's boring and you're stuck with Korea, Ft. Bliss (which isn't that bad), and Germany (not likely to get). AR 71 (the guide for appearance among other things in the army) does not have a specific length for hair. It only says that it can not be faddish, must be groomed, and can not interfere with the wearing of headgear. You can dye it, it just has to be a natural color. My entire time in the army I did not get get orders to murder and act in some fucked up Hollywood style stereotype, but then again I wasn't infantry. My job entailed watching a radar scope and defending our designated airspace. Most of the time it was only Missiles we would engage but we trained for air breating targets still. You are allowed a personallity in the army, you can tell how everyone in it bitches to no end. That's the Marines who brainwash you. If you want to know more ask someone who is in it. But what ever you do, do not rely on your recruiter to tell you anything. Not all of them are cool and most just want you in and that it so they can fill their quota.