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Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:44 am

Yes. Boot for the AF is at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. I'll be going to get my ass kicked there in July (I think). It's six weeks.

I'll have to throw in a few mistakes in my (otherwise excellent, IMO) 'drill and ceremonies' so the Drill Instructors don't notice me :lol:
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:46 am

Yeah they pull on 100lbs resistance joy sticks, and run up and down cargo planes.
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I'm also considering joining the military, the Marines in particular. Theres a recruiter that wants me to join. I personally wouldn't join any other branch for the simple fact that if I'm going to do something, I'm gonna do it full out. No offense, but the Air Force is the easiest branch you could have picked.
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:50 am

I get to run around with an M-16 with the firing pin filed off, w00t.
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:50 am

If I joined I would be in special forces. The people regular army are just human shields/bullet sponges. Good luck at boot camp. Have fun with those joy sticks.
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:51 am

What's with the goddamn joysticks? :twisted:
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:57 am

They are cool. Can you geet me a free gun? And that firing pin can be replaced if you wont that gun to work again. :wink: Its soo sad that you would ruin a gun just so it wont fire. It kills me a little bit every time i think about it.
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:03 am

They issue the recruits at Boot the pinless M16 to prevent a "live fire incident". Gomer Pyle, anyone? Yeah, I wouldn't file off any critical parts like that. Horrible idea, especially on a rifle that's government property.

They have you replace the firing pin when you graduate.
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:19 am

My friend also enlisted in the Air Force, she's going to be a Translator Japanese/German/English. Hope ya don't get stuck in a hot zone.

Somebody said something about an air powered gun on a jet, if the jet is moving fast enough you could just scoop the air up.

I thought the Navy was the easiest branch. If I joined the military it would have been the Air Focre to be a chopper pilot but can't with Red/Green color blindess, would'nt be able to read the HUD.
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:35 am

I thought about doing linguistics, cuz, how freakin cool is that? But I realized that there would be a lot of classroom instruction, and that is something I want to minimize in my career...
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:52 am

so what fun things do you do?
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:37 am

thats kind of funny pimp, there is a marine recruiter that wants me to enlist at 16. i saw him at my high school and he saw me later that week at the firing range shooting a.308 and he wants me to go into sharpshooter training :roll: i dont really know what to think because im only 15 :?
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:58 pm

Yeah the marines came to our school in 7th grade to get us to join. I wish civilians could go to sharp shooter training.
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:09 pm

MrCrowley wrote:so what fun things do you do?
Mostly fix things. If I don't end up with a specialty, I'll be assigned as a crew chief on an aircraft, or a helicopter.


Pimpman: I thought about the Marines, cuz, y'know, I loves the killin'! But, then I decided that I wanted to do AF Combat Control, basically the AF version of the SEALs. Then I decided that I wasn't the person for that. So I decided to fix things, because I love to do that type of thing.
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:56 pm

Medically Retired Sailor here. I did nine years and really loved the experience. Got a fifty gallon drum (empty) dropped on my head and they kicked me out because I get pretty severe migraines now. Fully functional human with a really nice disability check.
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