# Military Members **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 24, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607 "2009-11-24T17:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/21 "2009-11-24T19:34:25Z")
> [@tmnt aka TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES movie](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tmnt-aka-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/22367/28): > > the navy is in high demand of Nuclear propulsion technicians. big bonuses’ and huge potential for big $$ outside the Navy Haha… yaaaaaa, I don’t think I have the knowledge to work on anything that involves the word “Nuclear.” My dad was on a nuclear destroyer, the california, he said that the nuclear reactor people were a different breed and that they didn’t really associate with other people. ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/22 "2009-11-24T19:38:22Z")
> [@\*\*\*\*\*Official: Mighty Meet Thread\*\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-mighty-meet-thread/10918/1433): > > Maybe Im making assumptions, but I feel like if I signed up for the marines I would be asking to see combat. Im not going to lie, I don’t see myself in personal combat, meaning ground warfare where you can look your enemy in the eyes. I also plan on graduating college before I do anything and if I were to join any branch I would want to be an officer. I would not want to have peoples lives on my shoulders in an intense combat situation. > > I was looking into the armies OSC program, but I just found out that you can’t pick your job before you go in like you could with the reserves. So once again, their would be a risk of personal combat. Im much more interested in support services of some sort. > > Today I started looking at the navies OSC program. There is something that really draws me to the navy but I can’t really put my finger on it. I would loved to have a job involved with stuff like intelligence, surface warfare, or supply/logistics. Surface warfare really fascinates me, basing my knowledge from the description I read. Traveling around the world would be a great perk for me. I looked at all the naval bases in the US and they all look like they would be a blast to be stationed at. My dad has told me some great stories about his adventures in Newport. > > Thats where Im at right now, not trying to jump into anything prematurely, just trying to get as much information as possible. Fair enough, and yes no matter what job you have in the marines chances are you will end up in Iraq or Afghanistan, but you may be on base not everyone goes out on patrols and gets into a combat situation, but you are correct being in charge of peoples lives is a lot of pressure (speaking from personal experience). Keep in mind if you become and officer and your in the army or marines and in combat you have now become the enemies number one target. Wearing brass on your collar is like painting a target on your back. ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/23 "2009-11-24T19:42:13Z")
> [@FS: 92 jeep wrangler](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-92-jeep-wrangler/26099/24): > > Fair enough, and yes no matter what job you have in the marines chances are you will end up in Iraq or Afghanistan, but you may be on base not everyone goes out on patrols and gets into a combat situation, but you are correct being in charge of peoples lives is a lot of pressure (speaking from personal experience). > > Keep in mind if you become and officer and your in the army or marines and in combat you have now become the enemies number one target. Wearing brass on your collar is like painting a target on your back. Haha yah… not for me. Thats why I think being on a ship would be a good fit for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/24 "2009-11-24T19:45:38Z")
> [@WTB: Cingular/AT&T phone](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-cingular-at-t-phone/26291/6): > > Haha… yaaaaaa, I don’t think I have the knowledge to work on anything that involves the word “Nuclear.” > > My dad was on a nuclear destroyer, the california, he said that the nuclear reactor people were a different breed and that they didn’t really associate with other people. they train you. and yes the nukes are a bit odd. they are in their own little world. but cant blame them, they work like crazy and are below deck all day long. ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/25 "2009-11-24T19:46:26Z")
> [@FS: 92 jeep wrangler](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-92-jeep-wrangler/26099/25): > > Haha yah… not for me. Thats why I think being on a ship would be a good fit for me. You ever been out on a ship before? Gotta get your sea legs! I spent a few weeks on ships while in the Marines…first time I was sick as hell but got used to it afterwards…I think the weirdest part was when you get off ship and your on land standing still and you feel like everything is still rocking back and forth lol ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/26 "2009-11-24T19:47:44Z")
> [@Windows Mobile n00b questions](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-mobile-n00b-questions/26318/2): > > they train you. and yes the nukes are a bit odd. they are in their own little world. but cant blame them, they work like crazy and are below deck all day long. haha yah… Ideally, Id love a job on the bridge or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/27 "2009-11-24T19:50:07Z")
> [@Chicago cop BEATS Female bartender!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chicago-cop-beats-female-bartender/26300/25): > > You ever been out on a ship before? Gotta get your sea legs! I spent a few weeks on ships while in the Marines…first time I was sick as hell but got used to it afterwards…I think the weirdest part was when you get off ship and your on land standing still and you feel like everything is still rocking back and forth lol your equalibrium must be whack. i have spent nearly 2 years of my life at sea and never got the wobbles. but i can say that rough seas sure bring the best sleep though. 5-7foot swells FTW ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/28 "2009-11-24T19:51:23Z")
> [@Mk4 30R"](#): > > your equalibrium must be whack. i have spent nearly 2 years of my life at sea and never got the wobbles. but i can say that rough seas sure bring the best sleep though. 5-7foot swells FTW haha yea must be…you stick to seas I prefer kicking in doors lol ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/29 "2009-11-24T19:52:39Z")
> [@Chicago cop BEATS Female bartender!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chicago-cop-beats-female-bartender/26300/25): > > You ever been out on a ship before? Gotta get your sea legs! I spent a few weeks on ships while in the Marines…first time I was sick as hell but got used to it afterwards…I think the weirdest part was when you get off ship and your on land standing still and you feel like everything is still rocking back and forth lol Haha yah… Ive never had an extended stay on a ship besides a cruise ship and your prly laughing but I was on a cruise ship that went directly through a hurricaine :lol The captain was fire right their on the ship. It was nuts though… the screws were coming out of the water, splashes from the waves were coming onto the top deck. I didn’t throw up once though unlike the majority of the ship. Besides that, I was on my dads old destroyer, the John F Kennedy, which is decommissioned and stationed in Rhode Island for tourists. That was just a little day thing though. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/30 "2009-11-24T19:54:31Z")
> [@wtb: only have like 2500](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-only-have-like-2500/26153/15): > > haha yah… Ideally, Id love a job on the bridge or something like that. most ratings in the navy that deal with what you mentioned like operations and things of that nature are usually in dark rooms, and require high security clearance. aviation is awesome, but is a high tempo life. i used to spend 16-18hours a day up on the flightdeck sucking in jet exhaust, getting fuel and hydraulic fluid all over me, running laps around the 3 acres of flight deck, not an easy job at all, but when the jet comes back from a mission its a good feeling. especially when the jet was an F-14 or a Hornet with a payload on it,and i came back with nothing but its fuel stores, you know it was a good day at war. :clap ---
**Author:** ![dubnix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dubnix/32/6392_2.png) [@dubnix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dubnix)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/31 "2009-11-24T19:57:33Z")
Thanks for those who have served! ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/32 "2009-11-24T19:58:04Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/25992/9): > > most ratings in the navy that deal with what you mentioned like operations and things of that nature are usually in dark rooms, and require high security clearance. aviation is awesome, but is a high tempo life. i used to spend 16-18hours a day up on the flightdeck sucking in jet exhaust, getting fuel and hydraulic fluid all over me, running laps around the 3 acres of flight deck, not an easy job at all, but when the jet comes back from a mission its a good feeling. especially when the jet was an F-14 or a Hornet with a payload on it,and i came back with nothing but its fuel stores, you know it was a good day at war. :clap I could definitely handle working without sunlight. The biggest thing for me is that I like working with other people, thats probably one of the biggest attractions of the military for me. edit: im out for tonight though, I gotta go work on a certain v-6 swap :ninja I would like to continue this conversation though, thanks for the info guys! ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/33 "2009-11-24T19:59:18Z")
well i will tell you this, the Navy is currently pretty tied up. last i knew they were only allowing people to enlist under 3 classifications, one of which is the nuclear program, and the other is special warfare stuff, like SWCC, EOD, and SEALs\ youre best bet is talking to a recruiter from all branches and gaining information. i can line you up with a recruiter from the navy if you want. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan90GL-X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Bryan90GL-X](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bryan90GL-X)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/34 "2009-11-24T20:05:52Z")
\<–Army Combat Engineer (Sapper) for 6+ years on active, a lil time in reserves after. Stationed in Germany the whole time, 2 Iraq tours, dont regret any of it! Tons of experiences, both good and bad. Nothing like leading soldiers in combat, Id be lying if I said I didnt miss it! That and my job itself was always a “blast” (pun def. intended) There are so many different jobs in the military, youre bound to find one that fits you and that youll enjoy. Ya know, there’s enough of us on here to have a “Military Meet” sometime…thought about it over the summer but never brought it up. Gettin kinda chilly now though haha. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/35 "2009-11-24T20:23:52Z")
i have foul weather gear still! ---
**Author:** ![FMFGSX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@FMFGSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FMFGSX)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/36 "2009-11-24T20:28:42Z")
> [@tmnt aka TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES movie](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tmnt-aka-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/22367/28): > > the navy is in high demand of Nuclear propulsion technicians. big bonuses’ and huge potential for big $$ outside the Navy Bingo! Just say $90,000 reenlistment bonus a few months ago! ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/37 "2009-11-24T20:30:25Z")
> [@Anyone here work at AutoZone?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-here-work-at-autozone/26245/39): > > Bingo! Just say $90,000 reenlistment bonus a few months ago! its because none of them want to re-enlist, so they offer HUGE bonuses. but can you blame most nukes? Nuclear Engineer, most under 25 when their initial enlistment is up. big bucks to be made in the civilian sector. the navy loses alot on the nukes when then get out. power school and the advanced propulsion school is crazy long and costs crazy $$ ---
**Author:** ![FMFGSX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@FMFGSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FMFGSX)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/38 "2009-11-24T20:32:00Z")
The Corpsman rate is always open. The FMF community always looking for people. Plus you have the option of going Marine Recon. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/39 "2009-11-24T20:33:39Z")
> [@NYSpeed Track Day #2 - Friday August 3rd, 2007](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-track-day-2-friday-august-3rd-2007/26322/2): > > The Corpsman rate is always open. The FMF community always looking for people. Plus you have the option of going Marine Recon. hows advancement been? i remember when i was in alot of people got stuck at E5. ---
**Author:** ![FMFGSX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@FMFGSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FMFGSX)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/40 "2009-11-24T20:36:20Z")
> [@Wow the justice system worked](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-the-justice-system-worked/26285/8): > > its because none of them want to re-enlist, so they offer HUGE bonuses. but can you blame most nukes? Nuclear Engineer, most under 25 when their initial enlistment is up. big bucks to be made in the civilian sector. > > the navy loses alot on the nukes when then get out. power school and the advanced propulsion school is crazy long and costs crazy $$ Navy does lose a lot of money on the nuclear program. My job up here in Saratoga is to make sure all the nuke students are operational and ready for the fleet. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607.md?page=3)