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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 06:55 PM
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 07:00 PM
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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hey grunge...you were in the army right? whats your opinion for a good MOS?
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 08:39 PM
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 08:44 PM
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well i was a 31P/S ..... but i know the mos's have changed since i left

just get into commo or intel
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Rtres09
hey grunge...you were in the army right? whats your opinion for a good MOS?
Navy is the way to go. I went to over 25 ports in four years and slept in air conditioning every single night and went to college. If you want to learn a skill pick a tech MOS regardless of what branch you decide on.
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Rtres09
hey grunge...you were in the army right? whats your opinion for a good MOS?
The Army has gone through a huge restructuring in the last five years or so. What are the goals of joining. There are many "fun" MOSs that a person can do but they dont really always make for good careers outside the military. I highly recommend something in the 35 series as most people in those jobs get good clearances. I use to be what is now a 35T or "intelligence and electronic repair maintenance and support technician" so im kinda partial to that one. I have always thought it would be fun to become an airborne journalist or forward support in a spc ops unit. If you have anymore questions feel free to contact me via pm. Also 9k has a good point and sometimes I wish I would have gone Coast Guard instead of Army when 9/11 hit.

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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by hoss -05
The Army has gone through a huge restructuring in the last five years or so. What are the goals of joining. There are many "fun" MOSs that a person can do but they don't really always make for good careers outside the military. I highly recommend something in the 35 series as most people in those jobs get good clearances. I use to be what is now a 35T or "intelligence and electronic repair maintenance and support technician" so I'm kinda partial to that one. I have always thought it would be fun to become an airborne journalist or forward support in a spc ops unit. If you have anymore questions feel free to contact me via pm. Also 9k has a good point and sometimes I wish I would have gone Coast Guard instead of Army when 9/11 hit.
Yeah after doing drug ops in the Florida Keys with the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs I wanted to joining the Coast Guard. You need to get in a tech field if you do anything. A grunt or deck hand in the service will be a grunt or deck hand out of the service. Health care and or even better, health care IT is where it is at.
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 09:46 AM
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Hey guys, help me find lit switches for my nitrous. I need three switches. I am thinking different colors for identification.

This?


or this? With these you just drill a round hole so they are easier to mount.
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 10:18 AM
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+ 1 on the 3/4 inch rocker switch... preferably the round one. I have that same swtich for my underglows. Make sure you ground it well other wise the arming led/light will not turn on when its armed/unarmed.
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 11:30 AM
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I am also looking at these. They are a little pricey but they would look clean and subtle.

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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 11:35 AM
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Those look BITCHIN'! buy those!
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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That's what I need, haha. I just sent my dad a link to the last switches I posted and he says you need at least a 20amp switch. Thoughts?
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Grungepup
well i was a 31P/S ..... but i know the mos's have changed since i left

just get into commo or intel
Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Navy is the way to go. I went to over 25 ports in four years and slept in air conditioning every single night and went to college. If you want to learn a skill pick a tech MOS regardless of what branch you decide on.
Originally Posted by hoss -05
The Army has gone through a huge restructuring in the last five years or so. What are the goals of joining. There are many "fun" MOSs that a person can do but they dont really always make for good careers outside the military. I highly recommend something in the 35 series as most people in those jobs get good clearances. I use to be what is now a 35T or "intelligence and electronic repair maintenance and support technician" so im kinda partial to that one. I have always thought it would be fun to become an airborne journalist or forward support in a spc ops unit. If you have anymore questions feel free to contact me via pm. Also 9k has a good point and sometimes I wish I would have gone Coast Guard instead of Army when 9/11 hit.

thanks guys...i just swore in today after 10hrs of paperwork and waiting....im going for 35F....just need to clear the background check for TS clearance and ill be good to go.....oh and its airbone division too....so hopefully i get some "fun" jobs out of that....but we'll see
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
I am also looking at these. They are a little pricey but they would look clean and subtle.


clean and subtle is the way to go!! IMO
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Rtres09
clean and subtle is the way to go!! IMO

Yeah the amperage is too low though Bummer because I like them a lot.

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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Rtres09
thanks guys...i just swore in today after 10hrs of paperwork and waiting....im going for 35F....just need to clear the background check for TS clearance and ill be good to go.....oh and its airbone division too....so hopefully i get some "fun" jobs out of that....but we'll see
nice job.... but trust me when i say this.... don't go airborne, the extra 130 bucks a month aint worth it when you are a broke dick later in life lol

if you go airborne, you will go to 505th MI at Bragg, i know this because its the only MI unit in the army, once airborne you will never leave Bragg again, while I love Bragg it is not the rest of the Army, it is and always will be a step up above the rest of the Army. There are Army standards and then there are Bragg standards. You will probably like Bragg, there is plenty of stuff to do around there, meaning Myrtle Beach, VA Beach, Raleigh, Charlotte......
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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that extra $ means something right now though...im taking a pretty good pay cut going into the army...even though im gonna be an E3 when i go to boot camp....although not having to pay for insurance and housing and food will help out...and the bonus will help balance things out too....either way...i already signed off on the job so no turning back now!!! guess i better start reading up on bragg...haha
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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Army? Why dude, why?!!!!! Being deployed blows. Your a smart guy, if you joined the Navy you could have rated a shore duty tech job and never had to be away from your daughter. What is your MOS going to be?

I hope you get training you can use later in life because no matter how you slice it, military pay will never compete with the real world. I do miss the service at times and value the training I received but the thoughts pass as I remember being away for 6-8 months at a time.

If I stayed in I would be retiring soon but then I probably would have missed half of my kids lives and I'd be making about what I make now. But if you already signed man then I can assume you have thought of all this. I wish you the best of luck!!!

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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 11:02 AM
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ya its gonna be tough bein away from my daughter...but this is the best way for me to reach my future goals in a timely fashion. my mos is intelligence analyst..
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Rtres09
ya its gonna be tough bein away from my daughter...but this is the best way for me to reach my future goals in a timely fashion. my mos is intelligence analyst..
Ah, Intel. My good friend is a crypto tech in the Navy and has been stationed in London for the past 5 years. He wears civilian clothes and lives in a flat. But you have to be single to get cool duty like that.

I used to go up to Langley and mess with all the Air Force Intel chicks and man they had it made, they all had their own little apartments, worked four on, three off, and never got deployed anywhere.

Good luck man, as with everything else, make the most of it. we had a colleg program afloat with professors and the whole bit and always surprised me how people never took classes. I mean you are out at sea with little to do on your off time, why not get a degree.

What are you looking at doing once you get out? Secret Service? CIA? One of my old shipmates went into the Secret Service after he was in DC and he does credit card fraud investigations in Iowa or some ****. It was funny when I talked to him because I always thought they just protected the president.
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 12:59 PM
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now this guy is trying to sell this pos on ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...fCarsQ5fTrucks
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 01:34 PM
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