Almost there - The Firearms Forum

bmpeele · 02-09-2012, 08:44 PM

I'm almost officially in the Army. I go to MEPs and get sworn in on Tuesday. I can't wait. Still not entirely sure on what I want to do though.

Capt Mac Turk · 02-09-2012, 09:04 PM

THANK YOU BMPEELE & may GOD BLESS YOU!

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time2shoot · 02-09-2012, 09:09 PM

Thank you.

Juker · 02-09-2012, 09:14 PM

Be all you can be, brother. Thanks for stepping up to the plate.

dons2346 · 02-09-2012, 09:43 PM

Avionics dude, whether it be fixed wing or rotary.

norahc · 02-09-2012, 10:00 PM

Good luck.

Also, if I may impart one piece of advice my dad told me when I joined.

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The military can not make you do anything you don't want to do, but they sure as hell can make you sorry you didn't do it.

ryan42 · 02-09-2012, 10:06 PM

Thats great good luck and god bless,prefferably something you can do when you get out.My nephew is an army scout and nobody needs them on the outside and hes having trouble finding work.

bmpeele · 02-09-2012, 10:40 PM

I think I'm going to try for an Option 40 packet

mogunner · 02-10-2012, 12:20 PM

As a former Army mechanic, TOW missile gunner, Fire direction control, Communications, Truck driver, I agree...avionics is the way to go!

jjmitchell60 · 02-10-2012, 03:12 PM

Good luck with your new career. IO was a MM in the Navy but have to say the way to go is in Intel. My youngest is in the intel field in the USAF and loves it. It has it;s pitfalls being a high stress field but it is aa field we are depending on more and more. Second field I say is avionics. Myself, I chose Mm due to be very mechanical and my high math ability so went with the nuclear MM route.

One piece of advice is get what you want in WRITING because a recruiter will "lead" you astray as to telling you the "full" truth! BTDT!!!

jedwil · 02-10-2012, 03:59 PM

Best of luck to you. I started basic 43 years ago this month. Where does the time go?? Look for a MOS that has civilian applications.

gun runner · 02-10-2012, 04:04 PM

Thats good, thats real good.

76Highboy · 02-10-2012, 04:09 PM

Thank you for representing this great counry and God Bless you. Your AWESOME!!!

Woodnut · 02-10-2012, 07:01 PM

God Bless and Thank you. Your type is what makes us proud.

bmpeele · 02-11-2012, 06:44 PM

Well, I learned that there are no more Option 40s left for this year. And the only thing available at the moment that isn't being a cook is Infantry, so when I go TO MEPs I'm going to look again and see if I can't get something else. But if I go 11X then I leave Aug 21st.

RockinRiley · 02-12-2012, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mogunner

As a former Army mechanic, TOW missile gunner, Fire direction control, Communications, Truck driver, I agree...avionics is the way to go!

I was a 63b10h8 in for an infantry unit with tow missiles.

Enjoyed every minute of it. But when I came up for re-enlistment SOMEONE HAD TORN DOWN A GREAT BIG WALL. So I did only 4 years.

Thank you for your decision!

cutter · 02-12-2012, 05:46 AM

Thank You and God Bless!!! Words cannot say enough!

02-12-2012, 07:23 AM

You should already have your job before you go to meps. Meps is the last step before they ship you off. Also just remember than meps is not a given no matter how good of shape you are in.

When I went in, in 1995 I had to go to meps 19 times to get in. That was over 6 months. I had to get waivers, my medical records had to go to review boards 6 or 7 times. They failed me for a wrist surgery, a cut on my finger, surgery under my left arm, high arches, flat feet, hearing loss, and who knows what.

What ever you choose to do just remember you might not be in the military the rest of your life. So look at the job market and choose something you like that is going to transfer to civilian life.

If it were me I would go the IT, MP, intel, EOD, Medical equipment repair.

I was a heavy equipment operator (62Echo) and a Vet tech (91Tango, now 68Tango) The vet tech while fun didn't translate into a good civilian job.

If you are an MP you will always have a job, Intel FBI, CIA, DOD all need intel people all the time.

Doctors are not going away anytime soon and they all use medical equipment. You get to fix things in a air condition office that is clean and well lit. Hello doctors and Nurses (My wife is a nurse) and well nurses are FUN if you know what I mean.

bmpeele · 02-14-2012, 11:01 PM

It's official, I am now an enlisted member of the United States Army. My ship out date is August 21st to Fort Benning for BCT. I would just like to take a moment and say thank you to everyone for their support and to thank those that served before me. It's an honor to share the title of U.S. Soldier with you.

jack404 · 02-14-2012, 11:57 PM

Cheers to you from a ally

traintocarry · 02-15-2012, 07:55 AM

Thank you for Your Service!!!!!!!!

Grapevinebill · 02-15-2012, 09:11 AM

Thanks for what you are doing to preserve the American way. This country needs more young men and women like you!

Conman · 02-15-2012, 06:26 PM

Enjoy the experience!!!!!!!!!

Remember...basic training is FUN...don't take the BS too serious!!!!!

Thanks for joining the US Army!!! (I went USAF)

DixieLandMan · 02-16-2012, 08:38 AM

Just remember 90+% is mind games. Enjoy it and remember that millions of men and women have been before you and made it and you can too!

Thank you for your service!

Double D · 02-16-2012, 01:02 PM

Good luck to ya from a former 63C10 trained at Ft Knox Ky. Of course that was over 30 yrs ago. Oh to be young again.....

02-09-2012, 08:44 PM	#1
bmpeele V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The grand old state of North Carolina Posts: 492	Almost there I'm almost officially in the Army. I go to MEPs and get sworn in on Tuesday. I can't wait. Still not entirely sure on what I want to do though. __________________ It's not the size, it's the placement of the bullet. -->

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Capt Mac Turk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: So Fla-- NO place to Shoot AKA "TFF" Posting Clown Posts: 835	Re: Almost there THANK YOU BMPEELE & may GOD BLESS YOU! __________________ Capt. Mac Turk U.S.C.G.-100 Ton-Unlimited Master Fair winds & Following Sea's (My pops line) ~"Little Miss Magic" "And the sea will grant each man new hope,His sleep brings dreams of home" Captain Marko Ramius Christopher Columbus Member of D.A.D.D. till she's 21 keep your scuppers dry and your bilge pumped - ahoy, matey! Quoted by Jim Hauff 10-6-11 NRA member They can take my guns after, they pry my cold dead fingers off them

02-09-2012, 09:09 PM	#3
time2shoot Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brandon SD Contributor Posts: 2,612	Re: Almost there Thank you. __________________ I AM A VETERAN MY OATH OF ENLISTMENT HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE!

02-09-2012, 09:14 PM	#4
Juker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Land of Lincoln Contributor Posts: 2,872	Re: Almost there Be all you can be, brother. Thanks for stepping up to the plate. __________________ SHOOT FIRST. SHOOT SECOND. MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE THE MAN WHO'S SHOOTING LAST.

02-09-2012, 09:43 PM	#5
dons2346 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Move between WA and points south Contributor Posts: 1,431	Re: Almost there Avionics dude, whether it be fixed wing or rotary. __________________ "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, 1785

02-09-2012, 10:06 PM	#7
ryan42 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: marion indiana Contributor Posts: 1,589	Re: Almost there Thats great good luck and god bless,prefferably something you can do when you get out.My nephew is an army scout and nobody needs them on the outside and hes having trouble finding work.

02-09-2012, 10:40 PM	#8
bmpeele V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The grand old state of North Carolina Posts: 492	Re: Almost there I think I'm going to try for an Option 40 packet __________________ It's not the size, it's the placement of the bullet.

02-10-2012, 12:20 PM	#9
mogunner Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Eastern Missouri Posts: 1,049	Re: Almost there As a former Army mechanic, TOW missile gunner, Fire direction control, Communications, Truck driver, I agree...avionics is the way to go!

02-10-2012, 03:12 PM	#10
jjmitchell60 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raised in Buzzard Roost near Frog Town in hillls of Kentucky Contributor Posts: 1,474	Re: Almost there Good luck with your new career. IO was a MM in the Navy but have to say the way to go is in Intel. My youngest is in the intel field in the USAF and loves it. It has it;s pitfalls being a high stress field but it is aa field we are depending on more and more. Second field I say is avionics. Myself, I chose Mm due to be very mechanical and my high math ability so went with the nuclear MM route. One piece of advice is get what you want in WRITING because a recruiter will "lead" you astray as to telling you the "full" truth! BTDT!!! __________________ Oath Keepers NOT ON OUR WATCH www.oathkeepers.org 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- Benjamin Franklin When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes Duty... Thomas Jefferson

02-10-2012, 03:59 PM	#11
jedwil Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Hill Country Contributor Posts: 1,975	Re: Almost there Best of luck to you. I started basic 43 years ago this month. Where does the time go?? Look for a MOS that has civilian applications. __________________ "Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." -- John F. Kennedy

02-10-2012, 04:04 PM	#12
gun runner Former Guest Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South Texas Contributor Posts: 1,871	Re: Almost there Thats good, thats real good.

02-10-2012, 04:09 PM	#13
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,094	Re: Almost there Thank you for representing this great counry and God Bless you. Your AWESOME!!!

02-10-2012, 07:01 PM	#14
Woodnut Forum Sponsor Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Diamondhead, MS Contributor Posts: 2,182	Re: Almost there God Bless and Thank you. Your type is what makes us proud. __________________ Carl Never doubt the beauty of wood. Carl’s Album www.cwgrips.com Web site Updated 01/01/2013 NRA Life Member

02-11-2012, 06:44 PM	#15
bmpeele V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The grand old state of North Carolina Posts: 492	Re: Almost there Well, I learned that there are no more Option 40s left for this year. And the only thing available at the moment that isn't being a cook is Infantry, so when I go TO MEPs I'm going to look again and see if I can't get something else. But if I go 11X then I leave Aug 21st. __________________ It's not the size, it's the placement of the bullet.

02-12-2012, 05:46 AM	#17
cutter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 633	Re: Almost there Thank You and God Bless!!! Words cannot say enough!

02-12-2012, 07:23 AM	#18
cpttango30 Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	Re: Almost there You should already have your job before you go to meps. Meps is the last step before they ship you off. Also just remember than meps is not a given no matter how good of shape you are in. When I went in, in 1995 I had to go to meps 19 times to get in. That was over 6 months. I had to get waivers, my medical records had to go to review boards 6 or 7 times. They failed me for a wrist surgery, a cut on my finger, surgery under my left arm, high arches, flat feet, hearing loss, and who knows what. What ever you choose to do just remember you might not be in the military the rest of your life. So look at the job market and choose something you like that is going to transfer to civilian life. If it were me I would go the IT, MP, intel, EOD, Medical equipment repair. I was a heavy equipment operator (62Echo) and a Vet tech (91Tango, now 68Tango) The vet tech while fun didn't translate into a good civilian job. If you are an MP you will always have a job, Intel FBI, CIA, DOD all need intel people all the time. Doctors are not going away anytime soon and they all use medical equipment. You get to fix things in a air condition office that is clean and well lit. Hello doctors and Nurses (My wife is a nurse) and well nurses are FUN if you know what I mean.

02-14-2012, 11:01 PM	#19
bmpeele V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The grand old state of North Carolina Posts: 492	Re: Almost there It's official, I am now an enlisted member of the United States Army. My ship out date is August 21st to Fort Benning for BCT. I would just like to take a moment and say thank you to everyone for their support and to thank those that served before me. It's an honor to share the title of U.S. Soldier with you. __________________ It's not the size, it's the placement of the bullet.

02-14-2012, 11:57 PM	#20
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Almost there Cheers to you from a ally

02-15-2012, 07:55 AM	#21
traintocarry Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 5	Re: Almost there Thank you for Your Service!!!!!!!! __________________ Learn firearms skills by reading our Firearms Training Blog

02-15-2012, 09:11 AM	#22
Grapevinebill V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Dallas - Fort Worth Posts: 109	Re: Almost there Thanks for what you are doing to preserve the American way. This country needs more young men and women like you! __________________ I have spent a lot of money on guns, bullets and holsters in my life... The rest I have just squandered.

02-15-2012, 06:26 PM	#23
Conman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eastern Iowa Contributor Posts: 201	Re: Almost there Enjoy the experience!!!!!!!!! Remember...basic training is FUN...don't take the BS too serious!!!!! Thanks for joining the US Army!!! (I went USAF) __________________ USAF 1955-1977

02-16-2012, 08:38 AM	#24
DixieLandMan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 618	Re: Almost there Just remember 90+% is mind games. Enjoy it and remember that millions of men and women have been before you and made it and you can too! Thank you for your service!

02-16-2012, 01:02 PM	#25
Double D TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Florida Contributor Posts: 8,252	Re: Almost there Good luck to ya from a former 63C10 trained at Ft Knox Ky. Of course that was over 30 yrs ago. Oh to be young again..... __________________ I own a bunch of scary guns. You want em? Come and take em..... Liberalism is a serious, non curable, mental disorder... NRA LIFE MEMBER Oath Keepers Member NRA Certified Instructor 30 Yr CC permit holder.