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TrueGrime said:
Hm. What do you mean by serve your conscription? You didn't serve the time you were supposed to?
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Sendou pretty much explained it for me. I served 362 days in the Karelian Brigade (just a short while ago the government shortened the service from 362, 270 or 180 days to 347, 255 or 165 days. ). 165 is regular rank and file, 255 mostly military police and medics and 362 days for drivers, specialists, NCOs and reserve officers. For example my gunner and driver served with me for the whole 362 days. Well, except for the first 8 weeks which was basic training/boot camp. This was our ride for the following ~10 months (random pic from the net):
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God I loved that thing.
 
Trying to finish my outprocessing this week (ETS, taking that Reserve transition thing) and I swear to god its easier to get into the military than it is to get out.

Especially with all the latetothepunch "Are you sure you want to get out?"

YES, MOTHERFUCKER. FILE MY SHIT

"But we can send you to the board now! You've been a squad and team leader now - don't you want to be in that last formation as a sergeant?"

NO, MOTHERFUCKER. MY SHIT IS AUTOMATIC GTFO MY FACE

"We'll miss you. :("

I'll miss you too, Top. Why couldn't my last 3 first sergeants be like you?
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TrueGrime said:
Nice! I was a youngin back in '93. :)

Been on severalAFB's in my career and I have to say that Davis-Monthan and Hickham AFB is absolutely the best. I've never seen more high-tech buildings than the AOC's on those bases.

As for the Marine bases..

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I would have loved to be at Hickam. Panama was a dream though.
 
Thank you all for your service! My grandpa was stationed in Okinawa back in the Air Force. They sent him to Yale for eight months to learn as much Mandarin as he could as he was assigned to a C-130 for radio reconnaissance flying near China. The good thing is he didn't have to learn the characters so much as he had to be able to understand it verbally spoken.
 
Sub_Level said:
Thank you all for your service! My grandpa was stationed in Okinawa back in the Air Force. They sent him to Yale for eight months to learn as much Mandarin as he could as he was assigned to a C-130 for radio reconnaissance flying near China. The good thing is he didn't have to learn the characters so much as he had to be able to understand it verbally spoken.
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Thank you! C-130 is my main platform in the Marine Corps.

It's crazy that it was for only 8 months. From what I hear, Mandarin isn't an easy language to learn and 8 months seems short to me.
 
I was just attached to an Infantry Guard unit and I was wondering if anyone has some tips for the running section of the APFT. I was never good at running, but now I have to step it up. Should I try to continuously sprint? Conserve my energy? Sprint then jog? I max out my PU and SU, but the run just drags me so down.
 
Marine Corps
8 years
AAVs (assault amphibious vehicles)
Also did 3 years of recruiting duty

Thumbs up to all of the active and veteran Navy Corpsmen that have already posted. Thanks for taking good care of us.
 
Grandi said:
Sendou pretty much explained it for me. I served 362 days in the Karelian Brigade (just a short while ago the government shortened the service from 362, 270 or 180 days to 347, 255 or 165 days. ).
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Yo. I also served in the Karelian Brigade for 4-ish months before being sent to Hamina. I was trained to be a forward artillery observer officer attached to one of your Armored Jaeger platoons, but never went back there since I got recruited for a different assignment that began right after I graduated from the school. Presently lieutenant in reserve.
 
Kajigger said:
I was just attached to an Infantry Guard unit and I was wondering if anyone has some tips for the running section of the APFT. I was never good at running, but now I have to step it up. Should I try to continuously sprint? Conserve my energy? Sprint then jog? I max out my PU and SU, but the run just drags me so down.
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Consider not trying to max your pu and su on a practice pt test and see if that'll improve your run time. Especially situps, your abs help keep you upright while running. Find someone in your unit whose run time is where you need to be and keep up with them no matter what during the test. Ignore the burning in your legs, sing to yourself if you need to distract yourself but do let him out of your sight and sprint your ass off at the end. But the easiest way I found to improve my run time was simply to drop weight, I lost 8 lbs in Iraq cus there was nothing to do but work out. My run dropped by almost 2 min.
 
Kite said:
Consider not trying to max your pu and su on a practice pt test and see if that'll improve your run time. Especially situps, your abs help keep you upright while running. Find someone in your unit whose run time is where you need to be and keep up with them no matter what during the test. Ignore the burning in your legs, sing to yourself if you need to distract yourself but do let him out of your sight and sprint your ass off at the end. But the easiest way I found to improve my run time was simply to drop weight, I lost 8 lbs in Iraq cus there was nothing to do but work out. My run dropped by almost 2 min.
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Thanks man! I'm pretty small which is why everyone finds it so strange i can't run. I'm only about 145lbs. I'll try to keep up with someone. Any tips as far as form and pace?
 
I follow Navy Times on Facebook and will read the paper if someone leaves one laying around on the ship, but I never buy my own copy. Doesn't seem worth it, especially when most of the time it seems they are whining about some uniform item or another.
 
Steelrain said:
I read the Army Times sometimes bit it's mostly a trash rag...
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the only time i've ever had it come through for me was for my transition to reserve. i would've been forced to reclass if i'd stayed active duty. because i saw that in the paper (and was lucky enough to be at the installation that was actually doing the test run), i ended up keeping my job, getting a bonus that i never would've even thought to ask for in the drawdown, and an automatic promotion

my mos had been overstrength for about 2 years and poitns were maxed out. i was screwed until i came across that

but yes - its majority shit.
 
Lorcain said:
Marine Corps
8 years
AAVs (assault amphibious vehicles)
Also did 3 years of recruiting duty

Thumbs up to all of the active and veteran Navy Corpsmen that have already posted. Thanks for taking good care of us.
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Marines are some of the dumbest people i've ever met but they are so much fun to hang out with.

My buddies convinced this kid to dry his butt on a grill, another chick decided it would be a great idea to heat up her arizona can with an iron, some kid snorted tequila, etc.

You guys do go pretty far to save your own though, something sadly missing from the other branches.
 
TrueGrime said:
Does anyone here actually read their services' Times paper? i.e, Marine Corps Times, Air Force Times..
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I used to buy a copy of the Marine Corps Times pretty much every time I was in the checkout line at the PX. I have no idea what's wrong with me.

Some people had them sent to them on deployment, but it depressed the shit out of me to read about all the new bullshit regulations I would have to deal with after we got back.

As a tatted Marine I obviously wasn't thrilled to read about General Conway's War on Tats. And as a Hawaii Marine I obviously wasn't thrilled to read about Conway's proposals to go sleeves-down across the Corps.
 
Kajigger said:
Thanks man! I'm pretty small which is why everyone finds it so strange i can't run. I'm only about 145lbs. I'll try to keep up with someone. Any tips as far as form and pace?
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I'm a pretty shit runner myself and the advice I got to improve was to widen my stride so each step covers more distance, do lunges to stretch those muscles. You should talk to your squad leader or a good nco to get better tips. But in the end to get better you gotta run or do some sort of cardio to open up your lungs and improve.
 
Royal Navy
Finally made it through the ridiculous recruitment process and am just waiting for my Initial Navy Training start date. I'm going the direct entry officer route so I'll be off to the BRNC.
 
Kajigger said:
I was just attached to an Infantry Guard unit and I was wondering if anyone has some tips for the running section of the APFT. I was never good at running, but now I have to step it up. Should I try to continuously sprint? Conserve my energy? Sprint then jog? I max out my PU and SU, but the run just drags me so down.
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The only way to get better at running is for you to run more. I suggest running 3-4 times a week for at least 30mins each time. Something I liked to do that helps people who are struggling with their run times is to do sprints once a week. Also like someone else mentioned it is nice to have someone who has the run time you are aiming for to pace you. Lastly it's all mental man just push those thoughts of I can't do anymore away because honestly your body can do a shitton more than what you think it can. I run a sub 20min 5k and feel like shit at the end every time but you just have to ignore the mind telling body to stop.

Also read you asking about form, simple rules to follow keep your head up look straight slight lean forward and keep your stride where is most comfortable for you honestly. I've seen people talk about how they run better with a long stride well man I'm 5 foot 6 and I got a short stride and it works for me.
 
Shadowof said:
The only way to get better at running is for you to run more. I suggest running 3-4 times a week for at least 30mins each time. Something I liked to do that helps people who are struggling with their run times is to do sprints once a week. Also like someone else mentioned it is nice to have someone who has the run time you are aiming for to pace you. Lastly it's all mental man just push those thoughts of I can't do anymore away because honestly your body can do a shitton more than what you think it can. I run a sub 20min 5k and feel like shit at the end every time but you just have to ignore the mind telling body to stop.

Also read you asking about form, simple rules to follow keep your head up look straight slight lean forward and keep your stride where is most comfortable for you honestly. I've seen people talk about how they run better with a long stride well man I'm 5 foot 6 and I got a short stride and it works for me.
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To add to this, if you want to build up endurance for running, try doing interval training (alternate 4 mins running at a steady pace with 1 min sprinting at max), Concentrate on your breathing when you run too - good posture will help get more air into your lungs and the better you breathe, the harder you can run.
 
SeriuzBiznus said:
To add to this, if you want to build up endurance for running, try doing interval training (alternate 4 mins running at a steady pace with 1 min sprinting at max), Concentrate on your breathing when you run too - good posture will help get more air into your lungs and the better you breathe, the harder you can run.
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^This is great advice. Running for PFTs is a completely different animal than just running for fitness. PFT runs are all about speed. It's really about enduring the pain for as long as you can to get a good time, which is a lot different than just going for a fitness jog.

Sprint/run interval training over 2-3 miles seems to help the most people. We were expected to run 3 miles in 18:00-19:30 to get a respectable overall PFT score. When I first tried that in high school I think I was around 24 minutes. By the time I was in training I was down to 18:30...but it took a lot of work to get there.

One of my best friends from school looked just like a young, short Kris Kringle, complete with the belly and red hair. He was incredibly strong, but had kind of a pot belly and little legs. He could max the Army 2 mile run by just running like a madman for 12-14 minutes. It was funny as hell to see him hauling ass like that, but he could max it every time. I asked him how he did it, and he just told me it was 100% mental. But you would never consider him a "runner" by looking at him.
 
TrueGrime said:
Tough process?
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More a pain in the arse than tough. Took me ages to get through the medical because of a minor operation I had a few years ago. Medical seems like a common problem at the moment for UK armed forces recruitment. They've outsourced it to a private company that gets a nice paycheck for every time you have to revisit them...

The Admiralty Interview Board was interesting (last part of the application process for those that want to start as an officer rather than a rating). It was a mix of standard tests (written and phys) and planning/practical leadership tasks. I actually enjoyed it for the most part!
 
SeriuzBiznus said:
More a pain in the arse than tough. Took me ages to get through the medical because of a minor operation I had a few years ago. Medical seems like a common problem at the moment for UK armed forces recruitment. They've outsourced it to a private company that gets a nice paycheck for every time you have to revisit them...

The Admiralty Interview Board was interesting (last part of the application process for those that want to start as an officer rather than a rating). It was a mix of standard tests (written and phys) and planning/practical leadership tasks. I actually enjoyed it for the most part!
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Medical is always the biggest hold up here too. Not as bad as what you're describing but it's a painful process nonetheless. Not to mention with the ever-present looming of force draw down, any little medical condition will disqualify you.

I nearly got disqualified with my initial physical due to flat feet. :)
 
Got a 94 on the online prescreen asvab!
My recruiter is hopefully going to put me on the top of his recruiting list with that. He seemed excited last time we spoke on the phone.
Question to those who've gone through boot camp, what workout regiment should I have?
Currently im at three days a week of weight lifting and with some cardio thrown in randomly. Is three days a week enough or should I ramp it up?
 
Ravek said:
Anyone else see this shit about the AF's "new" EPR system?
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What the hell is that??

Mr.Swag said:
Got a 94 on the online prescreen asvab!
My recruiter is hopefully going to put me on the top of his recruiting list with that. He seemed excited last time we spoke on the phone.
Question to those who've gone through boot camp, what workout regiment should I have?
Currently im at three days a week of weight lifting and with some cardio thrown in randomly. Is three days a week enough or should I ramp it up?
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Which service?
 
got orders to hawaii today

hurricane set to hit hawaii in coming days...

u funny, army. real funny
Mr.Swag said:
Got a 94 on the online prescreen asvab!
My recruiter is hopefully going to put me on the top of his recruiting list with that. He seemed excited last time we spoke on the phone.
Question to those who've gone through boot camp, what workout regiment should I have?
Currently im at three days a week of weight lifting and with some cardio thrown in randomly. Is three days a week enough or should I ramp it up?
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if you're in decent shape and your knees/back aren't likely to implode any time soon - you'll be fine in basic if you're in any kind of decent shape.

mentally tho. you might get rekt. you'll see some of the dumbest shit in your life with high stress and a lack of sleep thrown on top. no real way to prepare for that except learning to be patient and dealing with people who are vastly dumber/smarter than you.
TrueGrime said:
Also, what do you guys think about the resurgence in Iraq? Troops on the ground again?
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all signs point to "lol no" and "lmao fuck no"

drawdown has only increased in the past two years and not a single thing has pointed to it stopping. if we didn't do shit about korea, mali, ukraine, syria, etc - we damn sure ain't going back to iraq of all places. especially with the way we left (agreement not being signed).
 
Mr.Swag said:
Question to those who've gone through boot camp, what workout regiment should I have?
Currently im at three days a week of weight lifting and with some cardio thrown in randomly. Is three days a week enough or should I ramp it up?
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Just be in generally good shape and you'll be fine. I went into basic having not had any exercise in like five years. It was miserable, but by the end of the six weeks I was meeting the standards, so their program is pretty successful at meeting its intent.
 
My ship was the front runner to launch tomahawks at Syria after that chemical gas attack around this time last year, the only thing that stood in our way was Obama's word.
 
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