entropy31

so i was just wondering, how many of you guys are former or current military? i was in the navy for 4 years. what are your favorite (and i'm sure drunken ) stories?

Aphrodite

im active duty navy

emo236

I work for the Navy over the summers.....the same job that wouldn't let me go during the day that Steve was in town (sorry Steve....I'm still a little bummed about that!).

pete8717

Technically I can't be considered a Marine yet, because I'm only in the delayed entry program. I don't ship out for basic until June 19th. At the end of the 3 month boot camp after the Crucible I will know if I am a Marine or not. I shoud make it through boot camp though. I'm already physically fit enough to blow through boot camp pretty much.

DynamicJ

I'm former Air Force Active Duty, now Air National Guard (weekend warrior)

oakleyp2

19 years total time so far for Department of Defense. 10 active duty army the remainder as a DOD civilian.

emo236

sounds like what my father did. What's you rank?

oakleyp2

SSG when i got out of the military way back in 96. i'm a GS-11 step 7 now and holding.

tnkrstoyco

Just caught the thread. That's cool Emo we'll hook up one of these days. Like the gov said"I'll be back."

emo236

good deal steve, it'd be good to see you. This time we can actually check out each other's Z's perhaps (if that's what you're bringing). oakley, that's a respectable paycheck! I father was a gs-13 and so is mom. step smoething ridiculous. They're both programmers. I'm a measly gs-3, if I take a job that they're offering me, I'll be on the 5-7-9 plan, which will be cool. If you're not familiar, you start as gs5 and then get a raise every 6 mos or whatever is dictated. until 9. Basically, it gets you at gs-9 in less than 2 years.