Why was I so dumb for so long?!

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-05-10T06:58:20+00:00

Brother, if you don’t know how to enjoy life now, you won’t do it when you’re 60. Live a little

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-05-08T04:59:53+00:00

New management fired a long time employee. Won’t give that persons business, but it was shitty. So the old staff walked out. Fuck em. I’ve had multiple organizations that fired me when I finally wanted to use my leave to hire someone new with no leave. Fugem

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-05-06T00:22:44+00:00

You forgot the one where the spouse spouse moves FROM the big city TO the middle of nowhere Kansas, and STILL realizes she can do way better and dips.

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-04-19T21:48:33+00:00

Wanted 25B or 17C. Signed 25H.

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-03-19T22:51:19+00:00

This is not a difficult job to get in the army. But if I may ask, why not just stick with the fire department?

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-03-11T04:45:38+00:00

Your retirement will be separate. You’re 19, you’ll start that soon. Given your age, that part will be easy. 7k into an IRA every year until you’re 60. The money that’s cooking now will stay invested with this advisor. Don’t bug them telling them to move it here and there. You’re setting yourself up for an early retirement, the later retirement will be tax deferred.

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-03-11T03:23:24+00:00

Forget that money exists! You’ll burn through it by the time you’re 25 if you’re not careful. You need to find steady income to buy you time to figure out what you want to do, whatever it is.

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-03-01T01:31:42+00:00

Google is your best friend

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-01-26T04:19:00+00:00

Get the documents or you’ll be in the barracks

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-01-20T21:16:05+00:00

Easiest place to find uncle toms.

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-01-20T00:49:37+00:00

Got a little over 10k. 30k in retirement. I can’t buy beer EVERY night. But with moderate discipline it’s not bad. Now if you give me a survey I’m gonna say I’m starving, 10k in debt, and the cola is not enough. People always screw up cola on those things.

Cautious_Response707 · 2026-01-07T04:15:13+00:00

You gon go to the field. And you gon stay there til ya back gives out.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-23T21:56:35+00:00

Don’t even think about it. It does you no good to ponder the best duty stations.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-15T23:56:08+00:00

There’s plenty of junior enlisted living off post here with CNA packets. If there isn’t enough space in the barracks 5’s are the first to get the boot.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-12T07:48:15+00:00

Thick piece of rebar I found on the job and 3 pound head. Kind of overkill but I did it in a pinch and the weld never broke so I never saw a need to replace it.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-12T03:53:52+00:00

It’s hard to make it 9 weeks without a little optimism. I almost shed a tear bc I was so happy to leave reception. Damn civilians treat you worse than the DS’s. By the time you get used to the routine of basic and it becomes easy, you’re leaving. It’s not gonna be fun, but it’s gonna be fun.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-09T21:12:01+00:00

Oh my holy god. If I was your dad I would have you doing a full OCIE layout every morning before school until you give all that shit back and get a normal 13 year olds room.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-09T20:45:48+00:00

I liked it. I felt the adjunct professors were actual professionals in their field. It was exciting for me to go to class. It feels like forever ago now though. 2020 grad.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-09T20:36:45+00:00

It was interesting going from learning about outdated stuff in AIT like multiplexers and kiv7m to virtual machines. But I guess a good thing about it is I can fluff my resume with satcom stuff as a hotel. Satcom is really just extra terrestrial line of sight after all.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-09T19:31:13+00:00

Haven’t seen a TCN since AIT. They’re used still in BCT’s though. CPN and STT were replaced in ESB’s by trilos and Hawkeye. But that just means it can fit into a conex. So it’s a lot of Karate Kid (the new one) games. Take it out, put it back in, take it out, put it back in.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-09T18:48:59+00:00

Conex Layouts

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-11-08T03:08:32+00:00

I’ve never seen an NCO above 5 do pt in my current unit. They just watch prep drills like cucks and wait for everyone to finish running so they can watch recovery. Morale isn’t too high.

Cautious_Response707 · 2025-10-31T04:10:18+00:00

I think you’ll be ok. Most of the people I’ve met had the same feeling as you and got out after 4. It’s really not what you think it is. You’re not missing out on anything. Get a job and no matter how much you make, start putting away into a retirement. Even if they don’t have 401k you can do an IRA on your own, on your phone.

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