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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:46 PM Original message |
The USMC just called for my 17yo son. I signed an Opt-Out in September. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. air force rocks |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Not with a war on. Not happening. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I Was USAF Minot AFB |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Ewwww, SAC?? You poor thing. My dad was TAC, 23 years. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. They aren't doing much hiring. And they've got a new "combat" module in their boot camp. |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. My daughter just joined the navy completely out of the blue... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It scares the crap out of me. |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. At least the navy is one of the safer branches,and her job will keep her out of the way I think |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I know you are afraid but it may be a good thing. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I agree that it can be a good thing, just not right now. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I hear you.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. They are adults, it is their decision |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Um, no. He's 17. It's not his decision and he never asked to be called. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I am talking about the young woman who out of the blue joined |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. My point was that we opted out and still got called. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. My wife's a Navy veteran |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Right now i am thinking that Pole Dancing or the Military are the only ways to pay for school |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. If you're 23 and he's not paying your bills, you shouldn't be a dependent. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Thanks for the info |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Her college plans are not necessarily out the window. If she's |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Just me posting |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I'm about your age and when I graduated high school |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That makes me want to post a lot of |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. What a very nice thing to say. I was in basic training four days |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sad thing is the military are about the only ones hiring |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He's still in high school. One more year to go. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. hang in there |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Opt-out means that the SCHOOL may not give the name to a recruiter. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I know. He apparently got his name through the county |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Another way they get the names is to buy a yearbook. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. One thing that might get recruiters to leave him alone: |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. That worked for me. They had hassled my older brother a lot. But I got one call. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I can't believe you passed up that oppurtunity |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Let that be a lesson to them to use the ones they have more sparingly. |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Same happened in my household - with two boys |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. If your son is going to join |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. It's spelled "rite of passage" |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. If/When the military calls, |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. The Army Nat Guard calls my house from time to time |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
38. what is the "opt-out"? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. You can sign a piece of paper at your child's school that |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. Heck the Marines want to recruit me... |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. My son joined the Marines. What I suggest |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
44. If your son is looking for military experience - what about the Coast Guard |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. He's not. That's the point. We Opted Out and still got called. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. But seriously - you knew that was a waste of time before you filled out that form |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Not so. When I filled it out for TM, the calls stopped. |
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