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 Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:54 pm
SuperGumby *looking to participate* since I'm still in the "Hi, my name is ***" mode  Kuwait, waiting to get on the C-130 flight into BIAP  Onbaord the C-130  Baghdad, Iraq. My hat is off to you, Specialist Lai. And to the entire 3rd Infantry Division. And the 82nd Airborne, while I'm at it.
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:03 pm
german_bar_wench My hat is off to you, Specialist Lai. And to the entire 3rd Infantry Division. And the 82nd Airborne, while I'm at it. It's amazing how much information is on the uniform, isn't it? xd
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:36 pm
SuperGumby german_bar_wench My hat is off to you, Specialist Lai. And to the entire 3rd Infantry Division. And the 82nd Airborne, while I'm at it. It's amazing how much information is on the uniform, isn't it? xd Especially to those of us who know a fair bit about the Army, be it from having military parents, having been in (or trying to join) ourselves, or even from a simple study of insignia. BTW, I tried to get in at 18, wanted to go career Airborne, intending to be in the 82nd Airborne Division. However, I was turned away as 4-F. I tried though, which is more than most people these days can say. (my apologies to those who have heard me say that a bilion times already)
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:47 pm
german_bar_wench Especially to those of us who know a fair bit about the Army, be it from having military parents, having been in (or trying to join) ourselves, or even from a simple study of insignia. BTW, I tried to get in at 18, wanted to go career Airborne, intending to be in the 82nd Airborne Division. However, I was turned away as 4-F. I tried though, which is more than most people these days can say. (my apologies to those who have heard me say that a bilion times already) 4-f... what's that? some sort of medical? Were you turned away for Airborne, or in general? (answer carefully, my Straight-Leg Pride speech may kick in depending on the answer)
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 8:39 am
german_bar_wench SuperGumby german_bar_wench My hat is off to you, Specialist Lai. And to the entire 3rd Infantry Division. And the 82nd Airborne, while I'm at it. It's amazing how much information is on the uniform, isn't it? xd Especially to those of us who know a fair bit about the Army, be it from having military parents, having been in (or trying to join) ourselves, or even from a simple study of insignia. BTW, I tried to get in at 18, wanted to go career Airborne, intending to be in the 82nd Airborne Division. However, I was turned away as 4-F. I tried though, which is more than most people these days can say. (my apologies to those who have heard me say that a bilion times already) sorry to hear that man im probably going into the reserves or soemthing, but whats 4-f
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 8:57 am
pimpkilla2 sorry to hear that man im probably going into the reserves or soemthing, but whats 4-f As a proud reservist, I must ask you to fully evaluate what you want out of the military and what it will ask of you before you choose the reserve. To date, I still feel that my biggest mistake thus far is choosing the Reserve over Active Duty. I have no less than 3 active duty order since I have enlisted, and had just as many semester of my school interrupted. I wouldn've minded if the reserve took care of me, but they didn't Through various lazy bastards that work at my reserve units office, they've managed to lose my language score 3 times (which entitled me to a monthly bonus), lost my travel voucher payment to my government travel card account, and lost the notification from the credit card issuer. I currently owed 4.5k in debt to the credit card company which is deducted from my current paycheck, the DFAS never got my travel voucher so I will never get my money back, and my paycheck is $200 short per month since my language scores were never registered. And these are just some of the larger items, there are many more (illegal mobilization orders, forgetting to count my drill weekends, refusal to promote me since I spent more active duty time than reserve time as a reservist, etc etc) My financial a*****e is almost the size of watermellonn because of what the reserve had done to me, and my apologies for the graphic description. So add this to your consideration: Reserve personnel office are full of shitheads that will ******** you every chance they get. I'm not telling you not to serve... my enlistment was the best thing that has happened to me, just asking you to think hard before making your final decision.
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 8:25 pm
SuperGumby pimpkilla2 sorry to hear that man im probably going into the reserves or soemthing, but whats 4-f As a proud reservist, I must ask you to fully evaluate what you want out of the military and what it will ask of you before you choose the reserve. To date, I still feel that my biggest mistake thus far is choosing the Reserve over Active Duty. I have no less than 3 active duty order since I have enlisted, and had just as many semester of my school interrupted. I wouldn've minded if the reserve took care of me, but they didn't Through various lazy bastards that work at my reserve units office, they've managed to lose my language score 3 times (which entitled me to a monthly bonus), lost my travel voucher payment to my government travel card account, and lost the notification from the credit card issuer. I currently owed 4.5k in debt to the credit card company which is deducted from my current paycheck, the DFAS never got my travel voucher so I will never get my money back, and my paycheck is $200 short per month since my language scores were never registered. And these are just some of the larger items, there are many more (illegal mobilization orders, forgetting to count my drill weekends, refusal to promote me since I spent more active duty time than reserve time as a reservist, etc etc) My financial a*****e is almost the size of watermellonn because of what the reserve had done to me, and my apologies for the graphic description. So add this to your consideration: Reserve personnel office are full of shitheads that will ******** you every chance they get. I'm not telling you not to serve... my enlistment was the best thing that has happened to me, just asking you to think hard before making your final decision. ya i still am i wanna go to school and work for an education degree (even though i cant stand public schools, funny ya i know) but im 99.9% sure i want to go into the military and im 75% sure im actualy going to do it i dont want to enlist and go in full time, maybe but im mostly looked at the reserve, cause i honestly dont mind putting my life on hold for a semester or two or three, just so long as i can amke them up, but since i got a year and since i might not sign up till im 19 i still have alot of time to check in and see whats up but i do appreciate the harsh truth you told me, i needed it, ive heard mostly positive things about it, but your seems very reliabe and i will follow up on that and make sure my office or representatives do not ******** (heheh) my paperwork thanska gain buddy, one for the strait truth, two for serving and stuff
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:45 pm
Oh damn, we actually have soldiers in Iraq on Gaia, and in LRG to boot! WOOOHAH! xd (You have "hooah," the Marines have "oorah," I have "woohah." xp ) Here's me, earlier today, holding the poster with Staff Sergeant Ryan, who also signed it:  The writing in the upper left is: Quote: EDWARD, SEMPER FI ... OORAH! LCPL BAFFA, USMC and to its lower right is: Quote: To Edward, Semper Fi, SSGT Ryan, [autograph], U.S.M.C. That's an LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle) behind us, taken at the Intrepid Museum. smile
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:47 am
I always love you siggy ed
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:08 am
I wish I still had my image readily available....hmm, how do I describe myself until I get my piccie up. Ah...think Tom Messereau (Michael Jackson's attourney) with brown hair, and between homely and comely. xp
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:55 pm
Woohoo Ed, that is the best picture, indeed an honor.
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