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Jay wrote:

Cybargs wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

Just go get a job with a future. You won't want to be a marine 20 years from now.

Yeah he does cuz it's guaranteed retirement after 20 years, lol.  Americans our age don't really have that guarantee anymore from what everybody's saying.

You're saying "yeah he does" and the very next statement said "no he won't".

wat

I'm saying the military is one of the few places where retirement is still guaranteed if you put in the full 20 years, not many other jobs have that kind of benefit.  Social security won't exist for my generation when we get old


That would suck pretty fucking bad for anybody that's currently in right now unless there's a cutoff point somewhere.

Apparently my friend (who was in since 2001) said the cutoff was 2005 since the military can't keep paying people to sit on their asses once they hit 40.

False. Do 20 years, receive honorable discharge, receive half of the active duty pay of your highest earned rank for the rest of your life.

For Navy and Marine Corps members, you are considered to be a "retired member" for classification purposes if you are an enlisted member with over 30 years service, or a warrant or commissioned officer.

Dilbert_X wrote:

Sh1fty wrote:

I could be building something, fixing something, or doing military related stuff that doesn't require sitting around doing bullshit paperwork.

I'm doubtful you really know how the military works if you think there's no paperwork.

Cybargs wrote:

get lasik

I'd find it difficult to push anyone into that, and I thought Sh1fty had a retina problem.

Jay wrote:

-Sh1fty- wrote:

Well that turned out to be an interesting discussion.

IT and electronics and that crap aren't things I want to do with my life. I hate sitting around programming things on computers, or filing paperwork. That's where all the money is but it is so boring. Why would I want to be sitting around all day from 8 to 4 when I could be building something, fixing something, or doing military related stuff that doesn't require sitting around doing bullshit paperwork. Yeah it needs to be done but that's not for me.

I have the physique for the corps. I've already gained several pounds, I'm stronger than some of the guys that just shipped off to boot camp, and I can run 5 miles easy.

The only thing currently stopping me from doing any of these jobs I want to do in my life is my eyesight. It feels like such a curse I wish I was never born sometimes it's so annoying. I can't see 20/20 even with glasses. The best I can see is 20/40. It's enough to drive but this shit is so annoying. So many day-to-day things I can't do as easily. I feel handicapped when I have to read shit.

At least I can shoot well, drive fine albeit seeing the signs a little later, and do other things that don't require reading for long periods of time.

If you can't see, how will you determine friend from foe at a distance?

_j5689_ wrote:

Went lasertagging with my friends and saw some kid two years younger than me that I've vaguely known since Elementary school who was working there.  He remembered my name and apparently had heard my reputation for being good with computers and then told me their tech guy was working two other jobs so they had been out of luck when the vests fuck up and have to wait till he works on like two days in the week to fix them all and they needed somebody else to do it.  Then he gave me a tour of the place and sort of showed me the regular crap I'd probably start out doing for 7.50 an hour(25 cents above minimum wage but I'm not doing shit else now) but it seemed pretty easy.


Basically it's just walking around and making sure little kids don't get in fights or run(not enough padding on the walls yet) and that people aren't deliberately smashing the equipment on the wall/floor and also occasionally dealing with an angry ghetto parent when you have to kick their child out for misbehaving.  And then front desk duty is just entering people in the computers when they complete the liability waivers on the Android tablets.  Seems easy enough and the guy is nearly always working there if I need any help.  The current tech guy is supposed to be making like 13 or $14 an hour though so that would be pretty awesome to be able to do that and I would also be learning how to solder which would be very convenient to know how to do in general