Past Coming Back To Haunt Me. What's my chances?

@bryan21384 Morocco women.
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Here we are, going through the Panama Canal entering the Pacific Ocean. Stopped in Panama for a week... Good times.

 

Panama City, Panama, not Panama City, Florida

 

Us Army guys try to reminisce. Driving down the road with nothing better to do. I got up to 38 one time. And then every now and then I remember, "oh yeah. Forgot about that chick."
So, in my book it's something more than 38.

 

@NickWolf

if you have any interest in the military , I’d schedule to take the ASVAB entry exam, study for it and see what score you get .

my nephew scored a 85 and the recruiters from every branch told him he was eligible for ANY position he wanted in any branch.

he chose helicopter pilot and , they have a entry plan where you don’t have to join and enlist until AFTER you qualify for the training .

he had issues with his eyes that disqualified him , and now he’s doing heavy haul oversize loads.
But the recruiters still keep stopping by and calling .

point is, if you do well on the asvab , you will be given a choice of many many positions .

most young people now are too overweight to pass the physical agility exam, or have spent years taking ADHD meds, or smoke pot etc etc

If you can meet the physical fitness requirements and do well on the asvab , you can have your choice of many different positions and training.

they may offer to send you to college etc .
I know a guy that got his five years at Georgia Tech engineering school paid for by the military , and they paid his rent and food etc , in exchange for him agreeing to a certain enlistment time .
I’m pretty sure they offer this for many different fields including medical .

If I was a young man today, I’d be looking into something medical .
Is old geezers have all spent some time in hospitals etc, as There’s all kinds of new high tech imaging systems like MRI and CT etc etc that I’m sure the folks operating those machines make good money , and if you get into nursing or clinical care , the sky is the limit for training and money .

Or if you have any mechanical skills most heavy equipment dealers like CAT , now have apprentice programs to train mechanics.

was talking to a guy last night at a Christmas party whose son is in his fourth year of a paid apprenticeship at a union electrical contractor , he gets his state Electrictian license in a few months , and that’s like printing money .

 

If he was prior enlisted, that's called the "Green to Gold" Program. He had to have X number of credits on his own to apply for the program along with letters of recommendation from several Officers. Once accepted, he was released from Active Duty to attend school, was paid as an E-5 while a cadet at school, had to attend the ROTC Program, and upon graduation was Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant with a 4 year Additional Service Obligation. Otherwise, that's ROTC (Reserve Officer's Training Corps). Being enrolled in this program will pay for the school and a small stipend for living expenses in exchange for 8 years in the Army Reserve or 6 years on Active Duty as a Commissioned Officer.

Any questions on these programs, just ask. As I said earlier, I was an Army Recruiter 20 years ago. While program names and qualifications change over time, the overall gist is roughly the same. Your pilot story was "High School to Flight School," and was a vary popular option (and very discriminating in the selection process). There was direct enlistment to the Special Forces (most didn't make it and became regular Infantry). The Medical field accessions (aside from regular enlisted positions) are all handled by a special MEDDAC recruiter (they have programs to pay for medical school or nursing school in exchange for 6 years serving as a doctor in the Army or 4 years serving as an RN. There are even programs for the enlisted designed to help them become PAs (Physician's Assistants), provided they serve 4 additional years in that role. For those who attended school and either didn't graduate or don't want the super-long periods of commissioning in the Officer's Corps, they can enlist with the Student Loan Repayment Program and have up to $65,000 in student loans paid by the Army during their enlistment (or 15% per year in the reserves, up to $20,000).

Many people just think joining the military is a "last resort" or for "those too dumb for college" when in reality it is an excellent stepping stone towards one's future, with paid training, instilled leadership and discipline, and the ability to go to college debt-free with a little more maturity than the average college student. It also offers preferences toward those cushy government jobs with good benefits and a bit too much time off per year for the pay.

 

Speaking as a man that went from a GED graduate to Chief Warrant Office 3 Cobra pilot, I could not agree with you more.

 

@DRTDEVL My son-in-law is a Lt Colonel in the Army. Several years ago he was actually offered command of the Rattler's Recruiting Battalion. He turned it down and went in another direction. Correct me though if I am wrong, but I was of the understanding that chopper pilots in the Army are Warrants, not Officers. In fact, I know several and they are all WOs.

 

Some of the helicopter pilots were commissioned officers. The Army had a program during Vietnam where they'd take kids right out of high school and teach them to fly. They were classed as WOs when they finished training. They needed lots of pilots and I'm sure you can understand why.
If you were already commissioned and got into flight school you held your rank. I knew quite a few that were 02's and 03's. One of the pilots I worked with a lot was a Major but he was mostly on staff and didn't fly all that much.