Storm
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Post by Storm on Aug 31, 2009 11:25:30 GMT 2
I doubt that anyone is aware of this, but I began my military service almost two months ago. No biggie, I had thought. I'm a cook, and they need cooks. One of the easiest gigs in the FDF, or so I heard. Now, imagine yourselves as captains in the Finnish military. You have a few openings for cooks, and a whole bunch of new recruits. And there I stand, with no less than four years of cooking school and two different styles of kitchen-work mastered, not to mention a years worth of experience in both. Would you pick me to be a cook in the military? Of course you would. Unless, of course, there's something more important for the cook to do. Maybe he'd do better as a goddamn NCO or something! Some of you may already know what I'm getting at here. Instead of an easy six-month period of service in a field I'm already comfortable in, I'm apparently being shipped off to become a corporal for an extra six months of service time! Goddammit, I wanted to get off easy! At this point, some of you may question me. "But doesn't it mean that they've chosen you, picked you from the masses, to become an NCO and lead the new recruits?" Believe me, anyone can get into AUK (the school where they make you a corporal), all you gotta do is not mess up in the tests. I don't wanna be stuck here for a whole year! I had plans! Me an' the missus were gonna move out after I got out, but now it's a whole year away! I'm not pissed off yet, though. All the "being massively pissed off 'cos the military scrapped yer plans for the future" is still in the future. I've got eight months to be pissed off! Goddamn "#%#"% useless little pricks in the lead had to make an f-ing corporal for a year's worth of crap-work and useless time spent reading gossip-mags in the barracks while the rest of your #&#¤ mates are out drinking and partying and spending time with the "#¤% loopy families in the comfy, cozy little houses not having to worry about the @£€€# friggin' military giving you ¤%$€@ Sh** for being smarter than the hooty monkeys who lazily snore in their filthy bunks! ............. Ahh, feels good to let it out. Now I can face my service with some humor. Doesn't feel like crap no more. I don't even care if anyone reads, as long as my venting is out there. Feels goo~~~ood!  |
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Post by Deathtanz Mantisk on Aug 31, 2009 11:52:50 GMT 2
Well that sucks. You really have to pay attention to those A-B-C tests to succesfully avoid the horror of 362.
I for one recall the interviews they had one day on the same matter, and as soon as I entered the room with the big shots waiting, they told me "ok, you may leave". ><
Followed by me becoming the king of the sock-storages. Days and days of sleeping in piles of clothwear until the lunch when you'd go sit in the cafe for 2 hours, which would quickly lead to the day being over.
Kommarit 09/I! Woo! :p
Which concentration camp am thou stationed at, anyway? Don't they hurl you elsewhere now that you've been picked to be a corp?
Edit: 362, not 360.
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Post by randomdrifter865 on Aug 31, 2009 19:20:18 GMT 2
You were a cook? Now that is awesome! Wow I wouldn't no what to say seeing as I don't believe being in any part of military regiment... I feel sorry your plans went down the drain though... It is the military and if they need someone they will find him. In that case that someone is you... Well if you can wait longer then do it if you can't you can resign can't you? What am I saying if your sent off somewhere else I doubt you can resign. Well I hope you do well. I'm sure the missus will support you in another grueling year or 8 months you said right. I wish you the best.
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Fefnir
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Post by Fefnir on Sept 1, 2009 2:07:12 GMT 2
Yeah, America's military'll f%$* ya over like that, too.
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Storm
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The Bloody Joker
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Post by Storm on Sept 5, 2009 13:18:42 GMT 2
Well that sucks. You really have to pay attention to those A-B-C tests to successfully avoid the horror of 362. I took the P1 and the P2 tests without even trying to mess up, and during the cap'n's interview, I clearly stated that I did not want to serve for a year. "The best interest of the FDF..." he explained. Followed by me becoming the king of the sock-storages. Days and days of sleeping in piles of clothwear until the lunch when you'd go sit in the cafe for 2 hours, which would quickly lead to the day being over. You didn't serve in the B-class, did you? I got stuffed into the A-class for having no illnesses and for studying a bit of martial arts. I heard that the B-boys get all the crappy, boring gigs. Which concentration camp am thou stationed at, anyway? Don't they hurl you elsewhere now that you've been picked to be a corp? I'm serving in the Karelia Brigade, and I'm currently stationed in the 1st Field Artillery Battery, although I'll be moving to the Artillery NCO School early next week. I'm really starting to cool off, though. The thought of serving a full 362 doesn't depress me anymore. They even handed me a Lance Corporal's badge, just to motivate me. To those who have not served in the FDF, it's a badge that's given to soldiers who generally score and behave well, and all Corporals are promoted to Lance Corporal at some point (some sooner than others) before becoming full-fledged Corporals. Now that I'm getting used to the idea, I was thinking I'd really try my very best, just to see if I'd be able to make it all the way to Sergeant during my service. I probably won't, but it'd be really cool to at least try. I'll start working out a bit more, and I'll probably take up jogging once my body can take the extra exercise. Just out of curiosity, who all here on the boards have served in the military? And was it mandatory or did you go just for fun and profit? |
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Post by VileMKII on Sept 7, 2009 2:46:19 GMT 2
I was sent to millitary school due to reciveing one freakin F. That was a crappy time in life if I do say so. They treated us like soliders, but instead of learning how really fight, and always doing IT, we were forced to study. Weekends and evenings were full of hazeing, marching from hell, and PT. Tis sucked.
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Post by Chaos Tank on Sept 9, 2009 23:09:06 GMT 2
You know, the military has some really tempting options when you're a poor college student wondering how the hell you're going to repay all your loans, but its stories like these that make me want to stay the hell away from the service altogether.
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Post by Silver Stryker on Sept 10, 2009 3:37:54 GMT 2
You know, the military has some really tempting options when you're a poor college student wondering how the hell you're going to repay all your loans, but its stories like these that make me want to stay the hell away from the service altogether. I think I'll keep that in mind. I'm not even sure what I'll be doing once I finish college, so wether I'll have a job to pay things off is still high up in the air for me... |
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Fefnir
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Post by Fefnir on Sept 12, 2009 21:21:05 GMT 2
I dunno what country you guys is from, but the GI bill is a pretty sweet way to pay for college. Especially if you can get a sweet noncombat position from a high ASVAB score. Plus, with college education, you can go to Officer School pretty much as soon as you become an NCO. Oh, but if you want to avoid combat, stay away from the Marines. "Every Marine a rifleman," as they say. Plus the training totally sucks  ... |
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Post by Silver Stryker on Sept 12, 2009 22:26:30 GMT 2
You're a marine, right? Tell me what the training's like. The Marines was my first choice when I thought about signing up. So far the only con I see is that Marines are amphibious....
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Post by VileMKII on Sept 13, 2009 5:06:52 GMT 2
Marines are amphibious.... So is the navy my friend. Join the Rekku Army and fly through the sky, putting that green waste of space Mantis in his place! |
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Post by Fefnir on Sept 17, 2009 8:44:39 GMT 2
You're a marine, right? Tell me what the training's like. The Marines was my first choice when I thought about signing up. So far the only con I see is that Marines are amphibious.... Well, for the first month you do physical training (pt from here on) that would make a normal man collapse as well as learn close order drill and learn to clean both yourself and your squad bay in the most efficient way possible. And when you fail to do one of those things perfectly, or lose bearing, or for no apparant reason at all, you get to do IT (incentive training), which consists of several PT activities, such as running in place, crunches, push ups, etc., in quick succesion and transition for an amount of time of up to 10 minutes. The amount of sleep you are required to recieve is 8 hours unless you have firewatch, which is either 1 or 2 conscutive hours. I mean, don't get me wrong; the training does what it's supposed to do. You definitely learn what they teach. In fact, I was still standing at attention and ending everything I said with "sir" or "ma'am" for about a week after I was discharged. And speaking of discharge, I was only there for that first month of training before I was diagnosed with Adjustment Disorder by the Mental Health Unit and the local military hospital (very nice facilities, btw) and discharged. I can tell you that for the second month, you go up to Camp Pendelton and learn to shoot and all the field excercises and stuff, then come back to MCRD for a third month to polish your close order drill and graduate. And the drill instructors are all close-minded, bull-headed idiots with something to prove. And they're trained to be that way. So, in conclusion, if you already freaking LOVE the USA and are prepared to earn the title of Marine with every ounce of blood and sweat your body can produce, go for it. You will be an infinitely more devoted man than I. I'm probly gonna go Air Force after the two years it takes for my record to cycle out and get erased. Marines is a bad choice for someone who got a 94 on the ASVAB... |
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Post by randomdrifter865 on Sept 17, 2009 18:48:56 GMT 2
My gramps was a Hawiian marine back in the days of WWII. Of course back then thier courses according to my grandpa were more rigid and didn't really require much bain power with tests and such that you have now in days. Sure back then it was sign up, train for almost 3 to 4 months and then be shipped out to tour. Saddly like you Fefnir he got discharged. While back in Hawaii he got a terrible alement and was relieved of duty with Veteran Status. He didn't get to really fight ,but he was able to do other things beneficial back then. He worked on machinery and other things though a private he had a pretty good salary for someone disharged with Veteran status. Then again this was probably real late in the war and it was almost at a close.
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Post by Silver Stryker on Sept 18, 2009 1:18:53 GMT 2
Great now I feel like I should quit College and become a marine. the training sounds fun. (when it comes to things like this, I have different ideas about fun)
but a promise is a promise...*sigh*
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Fefnir
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Post by Fefnir on Sept 18, 2009 2:44:36 GMT 2
Definitely finish college first! You can sign as a Private First Class and possible earn Lance Corporal while in basic. And there's that whole goin to officer school sooner. And officers make some good money!
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