Comments by "Jack B" (@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing) on "Weird History"
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@MasterMatter You would be amazed the things our families get away with sending us during deployments. No, I'd retired as of the 2nd week of the Trump admin. I barely survived Bush Jr, many of my friends did not. It seemed like the right time to drop my 20 year (retirement) letter.
At age 27, you're gonna have no problem, even if you are out of shape, they will get you IN shape. Just don't lie about anything stupid and illegal you did when you were young.
Military pay today is NOT bad, actually. The days of us needing food stamps died in the 90's. The first few years won't be great, but when you make E-4 it'll be decent. There's a lot of old Cold War misconceptions still attached to life in uniform. But you really, REALLY need to consider what branch and job you're gonna do, and you have to make peace with the idea that sooner or later, you're going to be spending time overseas, and that's hard on marriage like you wouldn't believe. Even when it's not a combat deployment. Navy and Marine Corps don't spend nearly as much time at home in the CONUS (continental united states) as the Army and Air Force. I advise those for the truly young and single, same with combat jobs. At 27, the best gigs are probably in medical and electronics maintenance support for making a career after you get out. Aviation jobs are hands down the most satisfying though. Helicopters and Planes, my friend.
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@donh01965 I'm right behind you. Old now, young then, but old enough to remember the things we saw and the things our parents were into. I remember it getting really grim when we started the 80s, too. The 80's still felt like the 70's until about '84. Our hippie parents got into heavier drugs, the economy was never fantastic but got even more divided, the Mob was still a real thing that seemed to be just about everywhere, bikers & serial killers too, & people just didn't keep their hands to themselves. Domestic, school, or public, violence was routine.
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