Army National Guard

[AdAstra2009]

I processed today at Fort Meade and I'm scheduled to ship to Basic and AIT on January 11th at Fort Benning.

[k9870]

Well, work out, try to work on doing crazy amounts of things real fast (timed objectives sucked, we almost always failed) and remember to bring extra razors, you run out of that qick. Bring a lot more socks and underwear too, physical fitness wears those down quick.

[Nyles]

A .22 cal boresnake is a damned useful thing to have too.

[k9870]

They probably provide that, being in good shape and time management skills help a lot. I wish id been in better shape whn i started boot.

[Nyles]

I doubt they provide a boresnake, all I got in my (Canadian) basic was an issue cleaning kit with a rod and patches. A boresnake in no way replaces these things, but it's damned handy to run through your barrel before morning inspection when it's spent all night sweating carbon from the CLP you used to clean.

That said, if your Sgt is any damned good he will find carbon no matter how well you clean your weapon - he showed me after the course how he'd run his finger along the inside of the ejection port and get some every time.

[Ace Oliveira]

I'm joining the US Army 1st Cavalry division when i immigrate to the United States.

I hope to do a bunch of Grunty shit like wearing Keffiyehs and decorating my helmet. I hope to get a lot of action and trigger time as well.

[Gunmaster45]

Immigrate soon, it's nice here.

And why does everyone wanna join the Army? There are other occupations to try, and if it's for the guns, their are more fun gun jobs out there too.

Just saying.

[Jcordell]

Fourteen years in different branches of the U.S. Army (1986 - 2000). first there was the Army Reserve (1986 - 1988). Then there was the Idaho Army National Guard (1988 - 1993) and finally the Regular Army (1993 - 2000).

Go for it. It had it's high lights and it's low points. But overall I'm glad I did it. I got to live in Germany and New York. Saw some neat stuff and got to do some neat stuff. Never saw combat though. Wouldn't lie about that. And honestly I'm not real sorry that I never experienced combat. Just the way the cards were dealt I suppose.

I've been a cop for the past nine years though. I've seen some action in this job. So there you are.

[AdAstra2009]

Appreciate your service Checkman.

I got my first RSP drill tomorrow, I don't know whats gonna happen.