See you in 10 weeks!

[Az]

Good luck on the path to metal

[Alexander's Horse]

come on people, let's all get behind him!

[dannubis]

Given the tendency of US military personnel to be doped up on speed I sure as hell won't get in front of him.

[Alexander's Horse]

*snicker* QFT

[regexcellent]

Given the tendency of US military personnel to be doped up on speed I sure as hell won't get in front of him.

Er. What?

[Al B. Sure!]

Wait, what the hell is the point of marine option NROTC then? Also it seems really ridiculous that the marines would use OCS as the primary officer pipeline.

Hopefully you will overcome your crippling fear of guns, swimming, and driving.

What is the point of NROTC? It pays for your college education. Marines don't have a college loan repayment program (there was one briefly a few years back but not before or since).

Why would it be ridiculous that the Marine Corps would use OCS as the primary officer pipeline? There's no dedicated Marine ROTC, no Marine Academy, OCS is the only way completely controlled by the Corps. I don't understand what you find 'ridiculous' about it? Just because the Marine Corps is not the Army and doesn't do things the Army way, that makes it ridiculous?

OCS allows the Marine Corps to control the entry-level experience of future officers. Remember how I messed with you about ROTC being some military classes in a civilian world? Exactly. OCS is not the same as ROTC. The Marine Corps puts every officer in the officer equivalent of Parris Island for a reason. The ROTC experience is insufficient.

[DinoDoc]

Er. What?

He means Chair Force pilots.

Military usage

The U.S. Air Force uses dextroamphetamine as one of its "go pills", given to pilots on long missions to help them remain focused and alert.[7][8][9][10] The Tarnak Farm incident was linked by media reports to the use of this drug on long term fatigued pilots. The military did not accept this explanation, citing the lack of similar incidents. Newer stimulant medications or awakeness promoting agents with different side effect profiles, such as modafinil are being investigated and sometimes issued for this reason.[7]

[ColdWizard]

If he's doing those 3 things at once, he should have fear.

Especially if he's commanding a K-9 unit at the time.

[snoopy369]

Good luck, Al.

My brother was in the Army back in the beginning of Operation IF, and he agreed with the 'speed' bit. Not necessarily actual speed, but basically everyone there was doing all sorts of questionably legal/safe uppers. Usually in combination with things like alcohol.

[dannubis]

I wasn't being serious guys... Hence the

[Kidlicious]

Don't forget dogs.

Well, I might as well back up what I said earlier. I'll accept Gribblers bet and put my avatar up again.

Captain America Returns

[MrFun]

Leaving tomorrow.

Can you make your absence longer? Like, a LOT longer?

[regexcellent]

What is the point of NROTC? It pays for your college education. Marines don't have a college loan repayment program (there was one briefly a few years back but not before or since).

Why would it be ridiculous that the Marine Corps would use OCS as the primary officer pipeline? There's no dedicated Marine ROTC, no Marine Academy, OCS is the only way completely controlled by the Corps. I don't understand what you find 'ridiculous' about it? Just because the Marine Corps is not the Army and doesn't do things the Army way, that makes it ridiculous?

OCS allows the Marine Corps to control the entry-level experience of future officers. Remember how I messed with you about ROTC being some military classes in a civilian world? Exactly. OCS is not the same as ROTC. The Marine Corps puts every officer in the officer equivalent of Parris Island for a reason. The ROTC experience is insufficient.

ROTC includes several weeks of your "Parris Island experience." It's just that constant indoctrination isn't necessary to teach that stuff. Especially for people mature enough to get a college degree.

The Academies on the other hand are four straight years of that stuff so that definitely should be enough.

[Guynemer]

I somehow missed this thread.

Good luck, Al.

[Alexander's Horse]

Marine officer - that is pretty big - our messed up little yardie is growing up...