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A Typical Day at TBS
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huh?
first rule of the marine corps: if it sounds too good to be true, it always is. If I was that lieutenant I would have said,"you think OCS sucks? standby. TBS makes OCS look like pus$y sh1t." we just did FEX 3, I cant wait to get out of here. its not that its so physically hard, or anything...its just so...depressing. you basically live for the weekend when you can go to DC to drown your sorrows. god save your soul if you fail land nav and they take that away from you too.
Killer2 said:
first rule of the marine corps: if it sounds too good to be true, it always is. If I was that lieutenant I would have said,"you think OCS sucks? standby. TBS makes OCS look like pus$y sh1t." we just did FEX 3, I cant wait to get out of here. its not that its so physically hard, or anything...its just so...depressing. you basically live for the weekend when you can go to DC to drown your sorrows. god save your soul if you fail land nav and they take that away from you too.
Malice 1 said:
99% of the time, the suck stories are what makes the Marine Corps great! The worst times become the best times with the passing of time, and a few beers. Shared suffering is what makes us so tight. It's almost perverse how we take joy in suffering.
That said, the genuinely great times far outweigh the tough times. Don't turn down your commission - you will never forgive yourself.
My favorite recruiting poster: We Don't Promise You a Rose Garden.
Mayday
I thought that was the recline!
KBayDog said:
Hell yeah!
For those of you that don't know, CLICK HERE
Definitely my favorite too, along with this one,
and this one, which makes me laugh nowadays for some reason:
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God damn, guys! you jumped all over that one.
I forgot to press the sarcasm button on my keyboard. I am still getting used to the emotionless internet comm. tools known as "forums". I am gonna stick it out through The Big Suck and get back into flying upsidedown just like my ol' CFII days.
I am still absolutely ****ing furious at my OSO for forgetting to turn in my comissioning app. month after month after month, and I'm pissed at the NS great lakes flight surgeon for losing my flight physical paperwork, TWICE, but I know that flight school will be a blast.
I forgot to press the sarcasm button on my keyboard. I am still getting used to the emotionless internet comm. tools known as "forums". I am gonna stick it out through The Big Suck and get back into flying upsidedown just like my ol' CFII days.
I am still absolutely ****ing furious at my OSO for forgetting to turn in my comissioning app. month after month after month, and I'm pissed at the NS great lakes flight surgeon for losing my flight physical paperwork, TWICE, but I know that flight school will be a blast.
I just got a PM from a young man who was frantic about his future as a Marine aviator, so let me explain what happened and vindicate (somewhat) my poor OSO's character.
I joined the PLC as a freshman in college and went to jrs. after my frosh year. I had filled out all of my paperwork stating that I would graduate in May of 05. After returning to school with a new found sense of responsibility and vigor, I started taking 18-22 credit hours per semester. This is mostly due to the fact that I was attending a podunk satellite campus of Kansas state University majoring in "professional aviation".
I called my OSO and told him I was moving my grad date up to DEC 04. He said OK. In july of 04, while I was at srs., he left the Marine Corps. He forgot to tell his replacement OSO that I was graduating earlier than originally stated. He also forgot to note my change of plans on any of my contract docs.
In late NOV of 04, during a casual conversation with the new OSO, I brought up the fact that I would be graduating in a few weeks and I need to know some details on comissioning. THe New OSO shat a golden egg, turned blue, and started frolicing about wildly trying to get me up to speed. He told me that this minor inconvenience would only set me back a few weeks. Here I am today, a construction worker for Texel corp, still listening to my OSO say, "It'll just be a couple more weeks!! Hang in there!" I've been hearing that BS for six months now.
The flight surgeon has no excuse. I don't care if I am insulting a comissioned officer or not. He was about as squared away as a tire.
I had my heart set on finishing TBS very shortly after my Fiance graduated from school, so we could move to florida together and drink margaritas on the beach. She graduates tommorrow, and I haven't even been comissioned yet. D'oh!
I joined the PLC as a freshman in college and went to jrs. after my frosh year. I had filled out all of my paperwork stating that I would graduate in May of 05. After returning to school with a new found sense of responsibility and vigor, I started taking 18-22 credit hours per semester. This is mostly due to the fact that I was attending a podunk satellite campus of Kansas state University majoring in "professional aviation".
I called my OSO and told him I was moving my grad date up to DEC 04. He said OK. In july of 04, while I was at srs., he left the Marine Corps. He forgot to tell his replacement OSO that I was graduating earlier than originally stated. He also forgot to note my change of plans on any of my contract docs.
In late NOV of 04, during a casual conversation with the new OSO, I brought up the fact that I would be graduating in a few weeks and I need to know some details on comissioning. THe New OSO shat a golden egg, turned blue, and started frolicing about wildly trying to get me up to speed. He told me that this minor inconvenience would only set me back a few weeks. Here I am today, a construction worker for Texel corp, still listening to my OSO say, "It'll just be a couple more weeks!! Hang in there!" I've been hearing that BS for six months now.
The flight surgeon has no excuse. I don't care if I am insulting a comissioned officer or not. He was about as squared away as a tire.
I had my heart set on finishing TBS very shortly after my Fiance graduated from school, so we could move to florida together and drink margaritas on the beach. She graduates tommorrow, and I haven't even been comissioned yet. D'oh!
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