# Military People (Navy) Please Step In... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 13, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475 "2009-09-13T20:30:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/181 "2011-10-25T09:52:35Z")
I don’t think people in the Coast Guard have a big ego. They know they are just in the coast guard. ---
**Author:** ![95d16turbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/977dab/32.png) [@95d16turbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95d16turbo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/182 "2011-10-25T10:01:34Z")
MEPs really isn’t that bad. A LOT of waiting. Worst part is spreading your cheeks for the CMO. Just a tad bit weird. ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/183 "2011-10-25T12:30:39Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > I don’t think people in the Coast Guard have a big ego. They know they are just in the coast guard. Puddle pirates lol ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/184 "2011-10-25T13:36:44Z")
> [@08GT500](#): > > Puddle pirates lol LMAO ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/185 "2011-10-25T13:39:29Z")
It’s a damn big puddle though! ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/186 "2011-10-25T13:39:57Z")
That cartoon was pretty funny lol ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/187 "2011-10-25T14:22:30Z")
i was fishing in lewiston right on the border @ the end of the robert moses at that one “marina” and literally all the coast guard was doing was going WOT in their boat back and forth, and then they would watch us. then they would leave going WOT again, then come back 4 min later and watch us. WTF do they do all day lol? ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/188 "2011-10-25T16:58:28Z")
> [@deebo](#): > > i was fishing in lewiston right on the border @ the end of the robert moses at that one “marina” and literally all the coast guard was doing was going WOT in their boat back and forth, and then they would watch us. then they would leave going WOT again, then come back 4 min later and watch us. WTF do they do all day lol? RIght up there with Border Patrol that parks by the water and watches all day. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/189 "2011-10-25T17:22:52Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > Got a call from my recruiter today. > > It was good. Really good. > > To sum up the conversation: > > I am cleared for MEPs. > I’m filling out my forms for post-MEPs already, because the CG is already 50% for the 2012 fiscal year and my recruiter wants to guarantee me a slot. > He has orders to not exceed 10 applicants for the 2012 fiscal year out of the Buffalo recruiting office, he had to pick these from a pile of many. I got picked. Which is awesome, because I’m super stoked about this whole thing. :tup: How can you tell when a recruiter is lying? Check to see if his/her mouth is moving. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/190 "2011-10-26T05:43:00Z")
> [@Spam16v](#): > > How can you tell when a recruiter is lying? Check to see if his/her mouth is moving. God I remember when I almost joined the Navy after high school to be a pilot. The recruiter told me all this stuff about how I would be flying in a few years and all this crap. My dad came with me the next day and the guy had a totally different story and sales pitch when my Dad started asking him questions that his Navy friends had told him. Pretty much anything he told me was a very diluted version of the truth. I have debated going into the CG as a reserves. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/191 "2011-10-26T06:19:51Z")
Cartoon is awesome. lol ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/192 "2011-10-26T06:24:48Z")
> [@Spam16v](#): > > How can you tell when a recruiter is lying? Check to see if his/her mouth is moving. I think they always say stuff like that. Pretty much everyone I knew was told the same thing. Zack you remember janer, he was the only person I knew that actually scored high but purposely signed up for infantry because he wanted to go war and kill people. He was kinda strange though. Either way, wish ya luck. Mad props for signing up. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/193 "2011-11-23T16:40:29Z")
I’ve submitted and resubmitted my medical for MEPS three times now…let’s see if I can finally get a date to go. Or DQ…whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/194 "2011-11-24T09:04:44Z")
[quote=“jay\_g,post:192,topic:73475"”] I think they always say stuff like that. Pretty much everyone I knew was told the same thing. Zack you remember janer, he was the only person I knew that actually scored high but purposely signed up for infantry because he wanted to go war and kill people. He was kinda strange though. Either way, wish ya luck. Mad props for signing up. [/quote] You know he got blown up right? Stepped on an IED made from one of our munitions. He’s lucky he’s still alive, he’s got some scarring on his scalp but otherwise is upright, and functioning from my vantage point. I saw him at a Veteran job fair downtown when I was grabbing at straws to quit the miserable job I was working. He is just as strange, bitter, resentful and jaded as he ever was, so I took it at face value that he’s still the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/195 "2011-11-29T20:01:41Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > I’ve submitted and resubmitted my medical for MEPS three times now…let’s see if I can finally get a date to go. Or DQ…whatever. Meps is a hassle, it feels like everyone is working against themselves up there. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/196 "2011-11-29T20:39:04Z")
I made contact with the CPO at the recruiting office to speed up the process, should hear back on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/197 "2011-12-08T16:59:36Z")
how’d it turn out? ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/198 "2011-12-08T17:20:09Z")
Still waiting. My recruiter was on vacation for a week so I contacted the CPO and he said he’d take care of it. Just waiting, I’m getting very good at waiting. ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/199 "2011-12-09T20:41:18Z")
Yeah you’ll have that. I sent you a PM with some information, didn’t want to clutter this up if its repeat info, did skim this thread pretty quickly. I’ll say this though, if the Coast Guard is as overmanned as the Navy, jobs might be hard to pick from. The review boards basically told 3000 people “thanks for serving here’s some buy out money, go home”, and that’s on the enlisted side. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475/200 "2011-12-14T07:22:38Z")
Well, BigEd you were right. Got a phone call today, retention rates are too high and they are cutting all across the board. No MEPs or applicants till further notice. It was a nice dream while it lasted. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475.md?page=9) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-people-navy-please-step-in/73475.md?page=11)