Guess Who May Be Re-Enlisting?

Amber Lamps · 03-07-2009, 08:10 PM

Long story short,I got a call from my step mom that the Army is looking for me. Hmmmm... So I call the number and they refer me to a local recruiter. I call him and had a meeting with him. It seems that my Uncle Sam isn't quite done with me yet. I would be going in under a "reserve" status and doing some "specialized training". It's all up in the air right now,since the military doesn't know if it is coming or going with this new administration yet. If they need me I'll be there!

Hell,maybe I'll meet up with Cutty in Kosovo!!! Heck,to be honest I thought I was too old to go back in but apparently the cut off is 42 but they take away the years you served from your age,so I qualify!

zed · 03-07-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

Long story short,I got a call from my step mom that the Army is looking for me. Hmmmm... So I call the number and they refer me to a local recruiter. I call him and had a meeting with him. It seems that my Uncle Sam isn't quite done with me yet. I would be going in under a "reserve" status and doing some "specialized training". It's all up in the air right now,since the military doesn't know if it is coming or going with this new administration yet. If they need me I'll be there!

Hell,maybe I'll meet up with Cutty in Kosovo!!! Heck,to be honest I thought I was too old to go back in but apparently the cut off is 42 but they take away the years you served from your age,so I qualify!

that's mixed feelings there.

last I heard Prez said he was going to increase the size of the military. I'm past that now I'm 43 and been out almost 20 years. they wouldn't want me back although right now it would be a paycheck.

you get a promotion going back in don't you? in Desert Storm the people brought back were promoted one grade if I remember right.

Amorok · 03-07-2009, 09:05 PM

Awesome. I doubt you'll be going to Kosovo though. If they want you back its really only for one place. Unless you really believe the President is actually pulling out of Iraq.

Smittie61984 · 03-07-2009, 09:18 PM

It's that damn Bush war machine at work again... Wait he's not president anymore?

Oh. I mean Obama just wants you in there to help spread peace around the world.

Amber Lamps · 03-07-2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by zed

that's mixed feelings there.

last I heard Prez said he was going to increase the size of the military. I'm past that now I'm 43 and been out almost 20 years. they wouldn't want me back although right now it would be a paycheck.

you get a promotion going back in don't you? in Desert Storm the people brought back were promoted one grade if I remember right.

Don't know yet but it was mentioned. BTW I'm 43 and served 10 so my re-enlistment age is 33. If you served 4 years you should qualify for the reserve.

Amber Lamps · 03-07-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Amorok

Awesome. I doubt you'll be going to Kosovo though. If they want you back its really only for one place. Unless you really believe the President is actually pulling out of Iraq.

Despite my "pacifistic" tendencies I welcome the chance to go back believe it or not. I guess I'm very complicated but when I'm out,I'm out. When I'm in,I'm all in. This is NOT a jab at you but I don't want to play "Citizen Soldier" when I'm not in the military but if (and it's unlikely) I got sent back to the shit hole,I'd really only have a couple choices of missions,if you know my back ground then you know what those are. Most likely I'll be training others to go do the job.

My guess is a job at Ft. Bragg.

yet... shit I still have to pass the physical and the uh oh,psych evaluations,along with getting a security clearance,so we'll see.

zed · 03-07-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

Don't know yet but it was mentioned. BTW I'm 43 and served 10 so my re-enlistment age is 33. If you served 4 years you should qualify for the reserve.

fuck off

thanks, just what I wanted to hear.

Lamnidae · 03-07-2009, 09:47 PM

Best o' luck there Tigger.

W/ this new administration, who knows WTF will happen.

Cutty72 · 03-08-2009, 12:05 AM

Good luck to ya man!

As far as Obama wanting to grow the military, he's going about it the wrong way.
Reenlistment bonuses cut
Sign on bonuses cut
Full time positions cut...

Smittie61984 · 03-08-2009, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Cutty72

Good luck to ya man!

As far as Obama wanting to grow the military, he's going about it the wrong way.
Reenlistment bonuses cut
Sign on bonuses cut
Full time positions cut...

Friend of mine's husband is in Iraq now as a private contractor. But he spent his whole life from 18 (40 now) in the military until he got a nice offer from a private contractor. Once Obama took office they moved people all around and he got demoted to take a $3600 a month paycut and then got shipped to the most dangerous base in Iraq.

Only reason I could see an anti-military president like Obama trying to get more people in the military is to have them raking leaves in some national forest and to say he grew jobs.

03-07-2009, 08:10 PM	#1
Amber Lamps Moto GP Star Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,556	Guess Who May Be Re-Enlisting? Long story short,I got a call from my step mom that the Army is looking for me. Hmmmm... So I call the number and they refer me to a local recruiter. I call him and had a meeting with him. It seems that my Uncle Sam isn't quite done with me yet. I would be going in under a "reserve" status and doing some "specialized training". It's all up in the air right now,since the military doesn't know if it is coming or going with this new administration yet. If they need me I'll be there! Hell,maybe I'll meet up with Cutty in Kosovo!!! Heck,to be honest I thought I was too old to go back in but apparently the cut off is 42 but they take away the years you served from your age,so I qualify!

03-07-2009, 09:05 PM	#3
Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	Awesome. I doubt you'll be going to Kosovo though. If they want you back its really only for one place. Unless you really believe the President is actually pulling out of Iraq. __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?

03-07-2009, 09:18 PM	#4
Smittie61984 I give Squids a bad name Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fly Over State Moto: 1996 CBR600 F3 (AKA the Flying Turd) Posts: 4,742	It's that damn Bush war machine at work again... Wait he's not president anymore? Oh. I mean Obama just wants you in there to help spread peace around the world. __________________ lifts - R.I.P.