Author Topic: I'm leaving Kansas (Read 6363 times)

patman13mia · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2014, 12:33:54 AM »

Hey dude what branch are you in? I'm in the navy and I just went through the whole picking orders. Shit sucks and is very stressful.. To get a good location I picked Portland Oregon to be a recruiter.. My uncle used to be stationed at the air base up in Alaska and they loved it!! He had quads also and a snow mobile. He always said once you ride a snow mobile you'd never wana ride a quad again.. Idk bout all that. Hope your move is good for ya and safe. Sucks being in the military we can negotiate for what we want.. It's always needs of the service which is understandable when ya think about it.. Service first right

Brett · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2014, 01:15:51 AM »

I don't like horses. They killed Superman

-Brett-

Hawaiiysr · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2014, 01:36:51 AM »

Kennedy's and trees dont mix.

I'm a military brat. I know the pros and cons of moving. Military living, up rooting, clashing of cultures. Its been a ride for me and my family. A military family is a special one. Not all can do it. I chose not to do so however my youngest brother has joined the air force and likes it.

Best wishes on your move. Every move is a new adventure.

Pricecheck · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2014, 04:01:16 AM »

Guys, thank you for the support. It's been 12 years in so far and I have another 8.

Brett, I like it! Funny stuff.

Patman, I'm active army. 89D (EOD). I came in as infantry and deployed. Swapped over to be an apache crew chief in Germany. Then a reclassed again to EOD. Served two deployments doing this. It's been a great time and reenlisted last deployment indefinite (fulfill 20 years) for a nice $72k bonus. When it's broken down over the years and compared to what I can do with my top secret clearance and skills in the civilian side, it's not worth it. I don't have a solid plan and this economy hasn't shown anything positive so I stayed in. In addition, I've been in over half the time so why not retire with full benefits!

Again, thank you guys. I might not be in the lower 48 but I'll still be on here enjoying the site. Mennis, I've gotta find a way to get down to the gold rush.

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Pricecheck · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2014, 04:05:09 AM »

Hawaii, I fully agree. Some don't understand it. It's a different kind of compromise families have to make. Those families make just as much sacrifice as we as Soldiers do. They're kind of the unsung heroes in the military.

Speaking of Hawaii, we tried to get over there. My wife was there 7 years and graduated from Leilahua (sp?). She loved every bit of it. Unfortunately there were no slots available for my rank.

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Hawaiiysr · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2014, 09:27:14 AM »

What year did your wife graduate from Leilehua? I a live few minutes down in the next town over, mililani. I use to work at Schofield army base when I was in high school. I use to bag groceries at the commissary. (Best job a kid could have, you only work for tips so you only get paid if you work)

My dad is retired navy. There are three of us boys in my family. We are all born in different states. My dad was gone a lot during my childhood. Out to sea and such. My parents are both from Hawaii and their plan was always to come back home. My dad got lucky and we got orders to come home. After we landed in Hawaii my dad reenlisted twice and retired in 99. Now he works as as civilian doing the same thing he did in the navy. He really lucked out and that's a funny story for another time.

We are very fortunate we came back home. I'm proud to say my dad was in the navy. I can't say enough about how being a military family teaches you moral and social skills you can not acquire anywhere where else. I'm sure you know what I mean.

Pricecheck · « **Reply #21 on:** April 02, 2014, 05:07:22 PM »

She graduated in 2001.

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Brett · « **Reply #22 on:** April 03, 2014, 03:11:12 AM »

My friend is in an infantry unit (whatever the ones with the strykers are called) on his 3rd over in Afghanistan right now. He tells me lots of funny stories involving EOD and what they consider a proper amount of explosives to destroy a cache. When I was thinking about joining I was gonna go EOD. It seemed like they had more fun than everyone else. And another funny thing is my ex was stationed at Ft Riley but she was an embarrassment to the army as a person and as a soldier but that's another story.

-Brett-

Pricecheck · « **Reply #23 on:** April 04, 2014, 03:48:42 PM »

Damn Brett! It's true about our use of explosives. We'll add quite a bit more "just in case" and we will spit some technical jargon out that'll sail over someone's head to the point where all they can do is agree! We are masters at bs and proud of it.

Problem is we are slowly becoming part of the "big Army" now and our games are limited.

Further into the move. I got the official paperwork and it's now sept 10th we will be there. As far as the horses we will bring them up in the spring, after we get settled there and work out a plan once we have boots on ground.

Spirit, I don't know if the wife will go for that! Might be a little lumpy

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