That being said, I highly respect our men and women in uniform. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> If the Kharaa come-a-knockin' at the ISS, well, the Army will be ready.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cxwf+May 10 2005, 12:02 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cxwf @ May 10 2005, 12:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> and you'll be one of the world's best. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> <a href='http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/141.html' target='_blank'>I think you may want to talk to these guys <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--></a>
join the canadian army. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
ThansalThe New ScumJoin Date: 2002-08-22Member: 1215Members, Constellation
<b>A</b>int <b>R</b>eady for the <b>M</b>arines <b>Y</b>et.
Join the navy, the marines don't understand english all that well... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
yah, I say Navy or AF, more techie stuff in them...
Personaly I think all of them suck equaly (especialy ATM), though any one who does join up and serve has my full respect and support (untill they act like a twit).
and yah, go join Renegade and get shot in the face.
Why don't you join the National Guard? Win-win. Or the AF, that sounds good, too. And you also have a post-retirement possibility of flying commercial jet-liners.
Airforce FTW! It's somewhere near a zillion times cooler, and there's less chance of Nethack-style <a href='http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=90107' target='_blank'>YASD</a>.
<!--QuoteBegin-Thansal+May 9 2005, 05:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ May 9 2005, 05:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>A</b>int <b>R</b>eady for the <b>M</b>arines <b>Y</b>et.
and yah, go join Renegade and get shot in the face. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
For the record, any of my men could absolutely wipe the floor with a Marine. Marines are strictly combat, your average Army recruit is much more versatile in the roles they can take up.
The Air Force will give you the best living conditions but the slowest promotion rate. The Army is just the opposite. Forget about the Navy unless they guarantee you 3 years in Jacksonville/Mayport NAS, and the Rines are nothin but a bunch of grunts ... ... ...
and yah, go join Renegade and get shot in the face. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
For the record, any of my men could absolutely wipe the floor with a Marine. Marines are strictly combat, your average Army recruit is much more versatile in the roles they can take up. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> hehe, I was actualy ussing that to poke fun at the marines <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I can't realy come up with anytihng bad to say about the Army (Aside from cannon fodder).
And renegade, don't you do sometihng having to do with Networking or sometihng...
Omega_DeathSith apprentice to a box of CerealJoin Date: 2003-08-06Member: 19042Members
My cousin is in the Navy and she had her first year and a half living in virgina while the Nimitz class air craft carrier she's been assigned to was being refit. She got to help work on it while the whole damn thing was tore up and exopsed. Being the techie that I am, I would love to be able to examine that thing. Every time I talk to her I get more and more jealous of the badass ship she will live in for another two years.
Do you really think its wise to join the military what with the war and all?
On the other hand, you could join the marines, take some martial arts classes, get stationed in the middle of the desert in Iraq, and then pretend you're a Fedaykin.
Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force...they're all sissies. Real men join the CIA. You get to work with beautiful, exotic women. You get to use state of the art equipment. You get to go into dangerous situations. You have to rely on yourself, rather than depending on others, meaning that only real men can handle it.
<i><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The CIA. Not for sissies.</span></i><span style='font-size:6pt;line-height:100%'>®</span>
Join the airforce. Those are the guys with the air conditioners in their tents way out there in hell. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Ever thought about police work? Maybe you should look into the police corps. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-theclam+May 9 2005, 08:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (theclam @ May 9 2005, 08:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force...they're all sissies. Real men join the CIA. You get to work with beautiful, exotic women. You get to use state of the art equipment. You get to go into dangerous situations. You have to rely on yourself, rather than depending on others, meaning that only real men can handle it.
<i><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The CIA. Not for sissies.</span></i><span style='font-size:6pt;line-height:100%'>®</span> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> The CIA is filled with sociopathic hitmen and pencil pushing bureaucrats, nothing in between.
And Thansal, I most definitely have nothing to do with Networking. If I did, I'd probably have a higher pay grade (damn techies).
<!--QuoteBegin-Mad Man+May 9 2005, 06:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mad Man @ May 9 2005, 06:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-AllUrHiveRblong2us+May 9 2005, 04:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AllUrHiveRblong2us @ May 9 2005, 04:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Air Force. My pops was in the air force and he said the runnign requirement was like a quarter mile in 5 minutes or something equally easy. Plus you get to work with crazy computers and radar that goes ping! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Lawl, 5 min quarter mile. If you failed that you shouldnt of even though of applying for a physical job. I do on average a quarter mile in under a min and im 16 at 18-25 you dam better be able to out run me. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Hell, I can WALK a quarter mile in five minutes.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->heh dont forget about how the government can keep extending you,......<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> That... Gave me a really creepy image of Uncle Sam strapping some guy to a stretching machine and shouting "EXTEND, DAMNIT".
no point in joining the airforce if you havent finished college theyll have you loading bullets on airplanes and there is no fun in that <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> if you are thinking of joining the airforce to fly a plane then you better damn finish college
Heh...but I'm guessing he's really referring to the clause in most military contracts where if there is an active war going on, they can tell you you aren't allowed to quit. If we ever manage to end the war and get back to peace though, then you can all quit like normal.
Edit: /me reads Chronos post
Yes, whoever's been telling him to join the Air Force cause its cooler to fly planes, you should know that only about 1-2% of the Air Force actually flies planes. Most of them sit around on the ground, possibly working on planes as mechanics, possibly just pushing paper as beaurocrats. Theres a reason the Air Force has the lowest physical fitness requirements of any branch...
I'm going Marines a year after I get out of high school. Why? They are sent directly to the action. They are always in the ****, and are thusly trained better for it.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cxwf+May 10 2005, 02:12 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cxwf @ May 10 2005, 02:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yes, whoever's been telling him to join the Air Force cause its cooler to fly planes, you should know that only about 1-2% of the Air Force actually flies planes. Most of them sit around on the ground, possibly working on planes as mechanics, possibly just pushing paper as beaurocrats. Theres a reason the Air Force has the lowest physical fitness requirements of any branch... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Meaning you get shot at even less. I stand by my post <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I am shocked at all the Marine slander in here. First off, I am a Marine. I have been a Marine for 5 years now and will be reenlisting in a few months. During my time in, I have worked with every branch a lot. I am in "Hell" right now as a matter of fact, sharing my base with Army and Air Force. And My roommate is a Navy medic. I have no idea where you people get your ideas about Marines from. No one I have met in the Marine Corps(include the Grunts) are Manic in the way you people describe, or stupid. Every branch has its ups and downs, and it all depends on what you want to do and why you are going into the military.
Every branch dislikes the other branches, but fact is Marines do more with less than all the other branches, and they dont complain.
Well, I don't really have a lot of experience to add since I've never joined any branch, but here is my take on it. With age requirements, not to mention almost all branches prefer you take the ASAP(test) at least once unless you did so during school, which most do.
IF you are at least 18: Army: Good Navy: Ok Marines: Fair Air Force: Good
If you are at least 21: National Guard: Very good Police (local/federal): Excellent Border Patrol: Good FireFigher: Excellent FBI/CIA/Secret Service: Good
(Just for those that suggest police work, it is a federal requirement that you be at least 21 to work for a government job that requires you to protect someone in a personal manner.)
(Just for those that suggest police work, it is a federal requirement that you be at least 21 to work for a government job that requires you to protect someone in a personal manner.)
(Myself, I'm going for police) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I dont know about the "protecting people issue" as you cn do that in the military and be only 18 (and I think 17 if you have parents consent and waiver)
You have to be age 21 for any law enforcement job local, state, or federal.
One of the primary reasons is thedeadly weapon issue. You have to be 21 to carry a handgun. Military personel might carry one but they are exempt from the law only when on duty and as their duty permits.
So one must be 21 by the time of employment. In some areas a 20 year old might be hired and sent through the police academy but they cannot acutally "work" or be sworn in until their 21st birthday.
Meh, I don't know too much about the US armed forces themselves (though I know their equipment), but my cousin (Marine Lt. 1st Class) who spent 4 months as an intel officer in Fallujah tells me that the Marines basically get the toughest jobs with the least equipment. They were using all kinds of Army hand-me-downs, and when I visited Quantico with her the guards all had Benelli M4 shotguns for some reason...
<!--QuoteBegin-AllUrHiveRblong2us+May 9 2005, 04:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AllUrHiveRblong2us @ May 9 2005, 04:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Air Force. My pops was in the air force and he said the runnign requirement was like a quarter mile in 5 minutes or something equally easy. Plus you get to work with crazy computers and radar that goes ping! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Its been said already, but : Thats a slow stroll on the beach. Wow.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+May 10 2005, 09:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ May 10 2005, 09:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> FBI/CIA/Secret Service: Good <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> speaking of the CIA/seceret service how does one join them?
AllUrHiveRblong2usBy Your Powers Combined...Join Date: 2002-12-20Member: 11244Members
You don't. One day you wake up and are immediately punched back to sleep by a large man then you wake up in the pentagon where you are given your first mission to defend freedom as a man without a past.
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That being said, I highly respect our men and women in uniform. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
If the Kharaa come-a-knockin' at the ISS, well, the Army will be ready.
<a href='http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/141.html' target='_blank'>I think you may want to talk to these guys <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--></a>
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Join the navy, the marines don't understand english all that well... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
yah, I say Navy or AF, more techie stuff in them...
Personaly I think all of them suck equaly (especialy ATM), though any one who does join up and serve has my full respect and support (untill they act like a twit).
and yah, go join Renegade and get shot in the face.
or join MonsE's old unit and eat a rat.
and yah, go join Renegade and get shot in the face. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
For the record, any of my men could absolutely wipe the floor with a Marine. Marines are strictly combat, your average Army recruit is much more versatile in the roles they can take up.
and yah, go join Renegade and get shot in the face. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
For the record, any of my men could absolutely wipe the floor with a Marine. Marines are strictly combat, your average Army recruit is much more versatile in the roles they can take up. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
hehe, I was actualy ussing that to poke fun at the marines <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I can't realy come up with anytihng bad to say about the Army (Aside from cannon fodder).
And renegade, don't you do sometihng having to do with Networking or sometihng...
or was that another army type around here?
On the other hand, you could join the marines, take some martial arts classes, get stationed in the middle of the desert in Iraq, and then pretend you're a Fedaykin.
<i><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The CIA. Not for sissies.</span></i><span style='font-size:6pt;line-height:100%'>®</span>
forever...
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Join the airforce. Those are the guys with the air conditioners in their tents way out there in hell. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Ever thought about police work?
Maybe you should look into the police corps. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<i><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The CIA. Not for sissies.</span></i><span style='font-size:6pt;line-height:100%'>®</span> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
The CIA is filled with sociopathic hitmen and pencil pushing bureaucrats, nothing in between.
And Thansal, I most definitely have nothing to do with Networking. If I did, I'd probably have a higher pay grade (damn techies).
Lawl, 5 min quarter mile. If you failed that you shouldnt of even though of applying for a physical job. I do on average a quarter mile in under a min and im 16 at 18-25 you dam better be able to out run me. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hell, I can WALK a quarter mile in five minutes.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->heh dont forget about how the government can keep extending you,......<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That... Gave me a really creepy image of Uncle Sam strapping some guy to a stretching machine and shouting "EXTEND, DAMNIT".
Edit: /me reads Chronos post
Yes, whoever's been telling him to join the Air Force cause its cooler to fly planes, you should know that only about 1-2% of the Air Force actually flies planes. Most of them sit around on the ground, possibly working on planes as mechanics, possibly just pushing paper as beaurocrats. Theres a reason the Air Force has the lowest physical fitness requirements of any branch...
Meaning you get shot at even less. I stand by my post <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
First off, I am a Marine. I have been a Marine for 5 years now and will be reenlisting in a few months.
During my time in, I have worked with every branch a lot. I am in "Hell" right now as a matter of fact, sharing my base with Army and Air Force. And My roommate is a Navy medic.
I have no idea where you people get your ideas about Marines from. No one I have met in the Marine Corps(include the Grunts) are Manic in the way you people describe, or stupid.
Every branch has its ups and downs, and it all depends on what you want to do and why you are going into the military.
Every branch dislikes the other branches, but fact is Marines do more with less than all the other branches, and they dont complain.
IF you are at least 18:
Army: Good
Navy: Ok
Marines: Fair
Air Force: Good
If you are at least 21:
National Guard: Very good
Police (local/federal): Excellent
Border Patrol: Good
FireFigher: Excellent
FBI/CIA/Secret Service: Good
(Just for those that suggest police work, it is a federal requirement that you be at least 21 to work for a government job that requires you to protect someone in a personal manner.)
(Myself, I'm going for police)
(Just for those that suggest police work, it is a federal requirement that you be at least 21 to work for a government job that requires you to protect someone in a personal manner.)
(Myself, I'm going for police) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I dont know about the "protecting people issue" as you cn do that in the military and be only 18 (and I think 17 if you have parents consent and waiver)
You have to be age 21 for any law enforcement job local, state, or federal.
One of the primary reasons is thedeadly weapon issue. You have to be 21 to carry a handgun.
Military personel might carry one but they are exempt from the law only when on duty and as their duty permits.
So one must be 21 by the time of employment. In some areas a 20 year old might be hired and sent through the police academy but they cannot acutally "work" or be sworn in until their 21st birthday.
Its been said already, but : Thats a slow stroll on the beach. Wow.
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speaking of the CIA/seceret service how does one join them?
Coming this summer.