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The no jewlery is any time you are in uniform. Exceptions do include wedding/engagement rings. I would recomend not wearing a large/valuable ring. Much further and exact guidance is available in...

Show up on time, do what you are asked, do it well.

No, I listen, I sometimes hear, but I never understand.

Yes, I was 92F, same as the OP. (Well still am 92F actually!)

I have H-1 also, and I have difficulty hearing my wife most of the time, I wouldn't sweat it.

Really wishing you had been my 1st Sgt, if that's what you do for your soldiers Top!

I was there Aug-Oct 2011. Also a 92F. Fort Lee is not one of the "college-type" AITs that the Recruiters and Drill Sergeants talk about. Good news is, all the really old barracks (like the ones I...

I don't know about saving money, my unit just got tons (literally) of new equipment. Starting to make us all wonder about what the near future holds...

Could be worse, my unit has a 100 mile minimum to qualify for a paid hotel room, and it's only for E4 and below.

Ah, there's where BASD enters the equation. I had skipped straight to the paragraphs dealing with the Guard.

I have been hearing the above - that TIS starts the day I shipped to BCT and not the day I swore in, or the first RSP I attended, ever since I went to BCT. I just wonder where it is written, since I...

Just wondering where this comes from, as I read AR 600-8-19

7–7. Computation of time in grade, time in service, and cumulative enlisted service
a. TIMIG is computed from the Soldier’s DOR in the...

Unfortunatly as it stands now, regardless of where you are, and your nationality, you are too old to join.

In my time at Ft. Jackson (2011) for BCT we were REQUIRED to wear the black spandex under our PT uniforms, as a preventive measure (since males and females did PT together, and they were afraid...

I don't know about jaydez, but for me $10 was for 1-2 hours, not a full 8-10 hour shift. Privates in IET didn't do full shifts, it was only Permanent Party E-5 and above that did all day (12 or 24...

I am sure the TA stoppage is severely impacting UMUC. It seems that about half the students in my classes are military (and I presume using TA). Thankfully I had already used up my TA max for the...

I can answer some of this, as I am in NC but attend an out-of-state school. NC State TA gives nothing if you attend an out-of-state school. To maximize benefits you can attend an in-state school,...

When I joined it was 4 months maximum. I swore in on November 23, 2010 but was shipping to BCT on May 13, 2011. I was told that since that was longer than 4 months I would have to spend my first...

I am positive they allow the belief to be practiced, as long as it doesn't intefere with duty (then again I don't actually know what their practices are). I just wondered if it was recognized enough...

Saw a news article the other day about a Pastafarian (a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) being disallowed to take his Driver's License photo with his religious headgear...

Although the RSP PT gear I got (NC if it matters) is more underarmour like than t-shirt like, which is kinda nice on occasion. I got issued long-and short-sleeve shirts, shorts and long pants, as...

I know here in NC I enlisted in 2010, with an Associates, and a 99 on the ASVAB, and I still had to take the TAPAS

Man, you guys all got VIP treatment. There's a MEPS in my town (20 minutes from home, 5 from my job). Therefore, I got no hotel, not even a ride from my house. I had to get my own self up and...

You can receive packages, but the Drill Sergeants will make you open it in front of them, so it can be examined for any non-allowed items.

Sir, with all due respect, I am not a young kid looking wildly at the future. I am in my mid-thirties, I have an AS in computer science, working on my BS in cybersecurity.

As I said working on...

Hence the BS degree to go with the certs, and 5 years+ experience in IT (and while my job is Help Desk in name, we do lots of field work and lots of work with ISPs). I agree, looking 6-figure...

+1

It was never my goal in life to get into IT, but I started breaking my dad's PC when I was in Jr. High (mid-80's) and here I am now trying to finish up a BS and gather a few more certs to try...

Because supplements can cause physical changes, such as rapid heart beat or dehydration, that could be dangerous in a BCT environment where one is already being stressed intentionally. These could...

I can only speak from my experiences, but it's pretty standard from what I understand:

Yes, send letters, my wife sent me a letter EVERY day, and I send one back to her as often as I could (not...

I call Troll

I was in RSP back in 2011, and there were some members promoted during RSP. I think most (if not all) were people who had been to Basic and were now back in RSP (Split-Op) before AIT or were back...

We had quite a few guys get shaving profiles, and they were the only ones allowed to purchase and use the electrics from the PX.

I went through BCT in 2011, and we were required to wear the Army issue (tan) briefs. Not that the DSs actually checked, but one guy wore red underwear once and a DS did see it, and we all got...

Just want to share a story, guy in my Basic Training Company was a 12M. About a week or so before BCT graduation he found out that in order to go to 12M AIT he had to have a special physical done. ...

Probably doesn't count for much, but we were told at last drill that we could not wear the fleece cap with the ACU since the CSM was visiting...... no reg to back that up, just anecdotally related.

Agreed, all it was good for was making my wife proud of me.

OP: For my AIT as long as we passed the PT test, we were good to go, Honor Grad was purely based on test scores.

I must agree. Accessing my AKO email from my cell phone was essential for me to use it. I cannot install a CAC reader and software at work, and I barely use my home PC anymore, I would have to fire...

+1

I am a 92F in a supply company, our platoon is Fluids, so 92F and 92W. Most drills we are doing PMCS and driver training.

If you are talking Honor Graduate from AIT, then at least in my MOS (92F) it was the top 2 soldiers (by grade average) in class that were honor graduates (#1 was Distinguished). What I received was...

I don't even live near a military base (well Ok, we do have an Air Guard base near the airport) but the lines at Golden Corral last year were in the multi-hour wait time.....wasn't worth it. I went...

The rental contract is for verifying your eligibility for BAH, if you don't qualify you don't get the money
I did not bring, or use during BCT, an athletic supporter. But yes, that is what one is....

Not the exact situation, but when I was in AIT one of the guys in my platoon had a relative (I think brother or brother-in-law) who was permanent party and lived on post. He asked permission, and it...

I'm going to just second exactly what Chris said, and further add that I wore my regular wedding ring (gold with tiny diamonds) the whole time at BCT (except for Combatives and other "sterile...

Personally sir, I have been a fan of Leatherman's tools for the last decade or so. Mine came with a sturdy pouch that hasn't failed yet, and I wear it daily (well except for BCT and AIT!) in my...

I did 92F at Ft. Lee last year, going through AIT for the first time. For us it sucked, but the MOSQ people had it pretty easy. At least from what I saw and the one guy we had in our class, it...

If it was removed after a dispute, that would make the report look better, but I would still feel some moral obligation to actually pay what I owe. What I was trying to find out was what...

I have a question then, I know I have debts, and I desire to do the right thing and pay them off. However I see your point, about once they have been charged-off and show up as a negative that will...

Is that intentional sir? Either way I can't stop laughing.......

I had a male E-5(P) DS at Fort Jackson last year.....

Being a little lazy and not checking out the source, but if I read this correctly they want to change Drill Pay to be 2 days pay for 2 days served, instead of the current 4 days pay for 2 days...