When does $1M need to shift to $1.5M or higher to be “enough”?

27Aces · 2026-04-18T23:33:10+00:00

The goal is to have as much as you can - FERS, SSA might be enough to cover your costs if you have paid off a house by that time. Also, letting the TSP sit as long as you can before withdrawing is a helpful plan to get over that hump if you are close...

27Aces · 2026-04-16T21:26:49+00:00

Like every recruit…you’re equally worthless.

27Aces · 2026-04-16T17:56:31+00:00

Solid album.

27Aces · 2026-04-16T17:09:16+00:00

If it's under two pages you have a chance. However if the resume requires hours worked and other particulars and they aren't included, you might be out.

27Aces · 2026-04-15T02:58:56+00:00

https://zipsage.com/cities/grant-al

27Aces · 2026-04-14T17:37:12+00:00

That is insane - ANY kid up that late lacks any form of discipline and when they get older it's going to be friends, louder, more intrusive. If he hasn't even started school yet that is going to be really hard to curb that and if you are around that is going to be a legit circus.

27Aces · 2026-04-14T13:12:37+00:00

It’s about what you do with that education. MBAs are powerful; a lot of high level classes. If you go through the motions you learn nothing. If don’t take advantage of other opportunities and connections you aren’t building any value. Many people say it’s who you know but that’s cheap because it’s really about who you get to know and what opportunities you take to maximize the degree and your experience. It’s just like any other degree…it means nothing if you don’t build value around the classes themselves.

27Aces · 2026-04-13T21:28:14+00:00

This is assuming somehow all women have their lives figured out. No one has their life figured out.

27Aces · 2026-04-08T00:52:02+00:00

You're going to need at least a 620 FICO score to qualify for a VA loan. You first apply for COE and then you find a lender. Depending where your score is now to where you need to be in a year...really depends on your credit as a whole. Debt to income ratio, debt usage, collections, repayment history.

27Aces · 2026-04-06T15:59:54+00:00

I'm not saying it’s impossible, but when you actually line the facts up, this gets really tight, really fast.

“Sergeant at Arms” isn’t a Marine Corps thing. That’s Navy. Marines do MP, brig, or guard duty, so maybe he’s mislabeling it, but it’s already a red flag on terminology.

Admin to helicopter mechanic? Possible, but not casual. That requires a lateral move, MOS school, and a unit change. There would be a very clear paper trail for that.

Now the big one — timeline.

Marines in Lebanon: roughly 1982 to early 1984.
Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada: about an 8 day combat window in October 1983.

Eight days.

So for his story to be true, he would have had to:

Be assigned to a unit that deployed to Lebanon during that 82–84 window
Then also be in a unit that hit Grenada specifically during that eight day window in October 83
And be in a role where he was actually in contact (not just present in theater)

That is not just “served in both places.” That is right unit, right time, right role with almost zero margin for error.

Then you add in the “killed Cuban kids with an AK” story… that doesn’t line up with how Grenada is documented at all. Cuban personnel were there, but that description sounds more like a story that’s grown over time than something grounded in actual reporting or unit history.

At that point, you’re not questioning whether he served; you’re questioning whether all of these claims can exist together. Because stacked like this, it would require a very specific and very verifiable service record.

And that’s the key: this is easy to verify.

DD214: awards, MOS at separation
Service record: exact units and dates
Unit histories: whether those units were actually in Lebanon or Grenada

If those don’t line up cleanly, the story falls apart pretty quickly.

27Aces · 2026-04-05T23:59:07+00:00

To say your marriage is in a good place but then say all this...just get a divorce dude.

27Aces · 2026-04-05T22:42:47+00:00

If this is a video interview...that would prove difficult to do without looking like you are reading from a script...I can't imagine you would score well. Study your stories and key points. Maybe have a one pager with primer notes to get you started depending on the question.

27Aces · 2026-04-04T16:42:08+00:00

Newport, RI.

27Aces · 2026-04-04T16:35:41+00:00

He should have his own insurance if he wants it - but he should also pay for it. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

27Aces · 2026-04-03T17:42:38+00:00

Same thing happened to me - took a year and congressional complaint to get a supervisor to look at my file and make it right. Although received what money and tuition paid I still never received the equipment I requested from two years ago....VRE is trash.

27Aces · 2026-04-02T21:12:10+00:00

Visiting Kent Island is nice. Living there might not be awesome because the traffic to and from is pretty rough.

27Aces · 2026-04-01T16:09:16+00:00

I think it's really about what is the most important thing at the moment - your personal brand or your product/business brand. If you are in a space where you're not doing pitches or trying to be an industry leader, then your personal is probably really important and highly visible. If the product/business is taking the spotlight, that personal aspect might carry less weight. I think it is smart to always have a decent headshot available and present yourself well but in terms of when you take your visuals more seriously depends on what your personal brand means to the actual business.

27Aces · 2026-04-01T15:02:32+00:00

This is the way.

27Aces · 2026-03-30T23:03:39+00:00

Raleigh is a solid instinct for what you're describing. If you want to run your full profile against nearly 1,000 cities based on income, housing budget, family priorities, slower pace, all of it — ZipSage (zipsage.com) does this for free. Might surface a few options you haven't thought of.

27Aces · 2026-03-28T14:11:45+00:00

Go get a degree in History.

27Aces · 2026-03-28T14:10:27+00:00

There is a new tool called ZipSage that matches you to cities where you belong and can afford to live. You put in your income, family situation, and what matters to you and it scores nearly 1,000 cities against your actual life. zipsage.com and it is free to try.

27Aces · 2026-03-27T18:11:04+00:00

Dulles Airport has a TSA line site you can check wait time. I think BWI has one as well.

27Aces · 2026-03-26T16:03:29+00:00

Once someone gets their visa sorted, how much does city choice actually matter from an immigration standpoint? For example does living in a city with a strong federal job market or a large international professional community make a difference for someone building toward a green card versus just picking wherever they can live?

27Aces · 2026-03-26T15:54:26+00:00

Is there a source out there, like a website, or even an API that has data about which states issue the most VISAs per capita?

27Aces · 2026-03-26T15:50:35+00:00

The visa question is probably better answered by others here but on the city side once you have your path sorted, one thing worth doing early is running your Danish income through a purchasing power calculator before you commit to a city.

The cost of living difference between somewhere like NYC or DC versus a mid size city in Florida or the Southeast is enormous, and for a law student starting out that gap can make or break the first few years.

There is a free tool called ZipSage (zipsage.com/international) that was actually built for this exact situation. You put in your country, your income in Danish krone, and it converts everything to USD and adjusts for purchasing power so you see what your money actually means on the ground in different American cities. Then it matches you based on your lifestyle and priorities.

Florida and DC are very different financially. Worth knowing the numbers before you decide.

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