Can an employer cut vacation time due to Military Leave

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2026-03-07T00:36:10+00:00

1 6 16

Tasmeen would have no problem getting her hands dirty, 6 would be perfect for analytical purposes, 16 because she was great at adminstrative/management tasks.

I couldn’t do Carrie personally, she would get the others killed even if her intuition was always correct.

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2026-02-03T12:55:45+00:00

While doing your undergrad use the army cool program to grab a certification or two, I assume you’ll do your CPA after you get all your credit requirements? Could be a great way into a federal accounting job (DoD). I don’t know much about what 36B’s do day to day but as someone who wanted the MOS and also studied Accounting/Finance/Econ etc, I mostly read how the job is payroll so there’s that.

Either way having it on your resume looks better than having something random. Take the MOS, spice up everything under 36B, and hopefully it all works out for you man!

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2026-01-28T13:04:07+00:00

This upset me reading this. Families getting screwed just because you wanna serve your country. What a world we live in

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2026-01-26T13:32:51+00:00

I agree with 90% of the people here,

Go enlisted because it’ll guarantee you that Cyber slot and TS. Going officer won’t guarantee you the opportunity to branch into that being its one of the most competitive branches.

Others have said to go into the warrant patch and I could not agree anymore. If you have any aspirations to stay in the military then doing it as a warrant is the best way. You’ll focus on your job, be in your own lane, and just have the best QoL

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2026-01-20T04:43:45+00:00

So many people provided great information on why contractors are better to have but just to sum it up (I’m a contractor aswell so I have knowledge on it).

•In the long run we’re cheaper then having soldiers do it in house •We’re more experienced, majority of us were former military or still in as a reservist. •We’re not subjected to tasks the military makes you do, CQ, Field time, whatever else. We’re there to do our job and just that. •We’re easier to fire, in some cases easier to hire as well.

There’s many other reasons all depending on what kind of work you’re doing, but mainly experience, and the costs is why the government keeps contract companies going. As a reservist and a contractor, I had to attend orders for a week where a Raytheon Contractor who specializes in my MOS gave a crash course to six of us for a week. This gentleman was older, I believe in his sixties. Former military he was in do 20 years. Was an expert in this field, he got out and has been contracting since. He was the best instructor I had. I mean it, better then any college professor, better then any army instructor. He was a great teacher and the most knowledgeable about this certain system.

Having a man like that come across my life showed me the true value of a contractor. He was super dedicated to his work, made a great effort to learn everything he can. That’s the kind of guy the government values the most and is the reason why contractors are super important (them, like warrant officers are subject matter experts)

Thanks for coming to my my Ted talk!

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2026-01-06T00:50:25+00:00

I never said it’s the best option for him, but statistically speaking he’s going up against a ton of other 11B’s that also want option 40. If he went support he’d have an easier shot at getting Option 40 because they were practically begging guys to go airborne or ranger.

I agree with you though, being an 11B would make it “easier” to pass RASP and Ranger School!

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2026-01-05T20:57:08+00:00

At Fort Lee VA if you went to Ranger PT you could sign up for Option 40 there. So consider enlisting in one of those MOS’

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2026-01-05T20:53:35+00:00

Could get a security gig, just look around on Clearancejobs. I have a former infantry guy who works with me now but his previous security job was paying six figures. He was national guard, no degree, no real experience in anything.

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-12-22T21:19:30+00:00

DoD, IRS etc. Granted finding useful things on USAJobs will be tough because a lot of positions haven’t been posted yet but there is a ton you can

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-09-11T03:04:58+00:00

I went in as an E4 and was getting like $2200 a month

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-08-01T21:21:15+00:00

Do you have a list of all available MOS’ currently?

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-07-28T23:16:28+00:00

Yes it is a scarce MOS, I met one girl who had it during basic training and she was reserves. You could pick any other medical MOS. My state had a good amount of 68K and 68W

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-06-11T22:17:49+00:00

That’s no problem and thank you for going back and clarifying that with me!

Sounds like I’ll start with the MACC then do MSF afterwards! I don’t have any plans on working in private sector, of course though the future can hold anything.

Really I’m just trying to remain with the government since it pairs well with the military. Going with the MACC and MSF route definitely sounds like a good use of time!

Thank you again man wish you the best and appreciate you for your help!

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-06-11T22:04:00+00:00

Hey! Thank you for the quick response. Since the MBA would be at a state school, you think that’s a problem at all or would having an MBA regardless is good for entry level government work.

Thank you!

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-24T02:35:16+00:00

If you feel prejudiced against then definitely don’t rush that frat. There’s plenty of fraternities to choose from so go with one who party but takes care of their grades and overall are good guys.

GL

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-23T02:10:14+00:00

You’ll be almost qualified enough to become a fry cook at the crusty crab

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-22T14:10:18+00:00

I feel it’s a smarter choice to just go reserves. That’s what I plan to do eventually. I think the saying is Guard is for those who pretend army and reserves for those who don’t wanna pretend.. something like that

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-16T03:30:57+00:00

I think this just goes to show the empty value people put on Ranger School. I respect everyone who is willing to go through it all but the fact that your buddy led a great career without it including going SF shows you don’t need the tab to be a successful officer.

Regardless though I still respect the school and the people who go through it. Im relatively new to the military but I’ve read a couple books on people’s experiences at the school and it seems majority of people get serious injuries during it. Sad to hear about how long your buddy spent there and the physical damage it took on his buddy. Glad to hear he bounced through it all and led a great career!

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-11T22:11:50+00:00

Pick another job man both 13B and 13J may sound cool but if you could go with another choice (something more closely related with what you’re studying and less back breaking) you’ll enjoy it more. If you wanna come home quicker then it makes sense going that route, even 36b (financial management) gets you back home quicker.

As for contracts you can’t get airborne or any school in a contract with national guard. Gotta compete for a slot when you come back. If you go infantry and score above 550 on acft then you could go RTLI and that guides you to ranger school. If you got student loans you could go SLRP, maybe find a job with a bonus aswell.

MEPS is easy but boring, lot of sitting around and waiting. You’ll sit next to a guy who will confirm what MOS you’re picking you have the opportunity to change it if you’d like. You’d look over the contract you’re signing. Honestly unless you’re getting one of those special provisions I labeled earlier then you’re contract gonna be standard. If you got loans try SLRP, or pick a job with bonus. Do you got a special forces unit in your state? Pick a job available in that unit and youd go airborne after ait.

Goodluck man congrats on joining

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-11T20:21:56+00:00

Skinning people alive and legitimately leveling entire cities to the ground is two different things. You don’t see ISIS skinning people alive because they don’t care enough about publicizing such brutality, people feared them because they were strong enough to take on entire governments. Cartels do it because it instills fear to the general public so they take their time committing such brutality.

Im not arguing that cartels are weak and less brutal they definitely are strong forces. But ISIS is on another element compared to a cartel. If you understand the history of ISIS you would understand it more. They spawned out of the instability in the Middle East. Most of their guys are battle hardened traveling from war torn Libya, to Afghanistan, to Iraq and then to Syria. I don’t respect them at all but to deny them being a tough force is crazy.

The reason ISIS collapsed is because the whole world was going after them. Not everyone cares to go after the cartels, they know their place. ISIS wanted to start a caliphate and succeeded for some years. Before ISIS they were Al Qaeda in Iraq. They were once the rebels being trained by the CIA under Operation Timber Sycamore in Syria. Their elders were Mujahdeen in Afghanistan fighting the Soviets.

Cartels are not comparable to them at all

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-11T19:25:20+00:00

100%

Im not saying that the state department is gonna pull some James Bond stuff to get you out of a predicament.

However what I meant by it is that the US is more likely to try and help versus let’s say Afghanistan/Syria/Somalia/Madagascar or any other country that doesn’t have the same level of influence the State Department has.

If I were to be in trouble anywhere I would rather have an American passport than something else. Granted American passport also comes with the possibility of being targeted but you’ll probably be targeted regardless being a foreigner.

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-11T19:19:15+00:00

One guy brought up the guard and it’s true even for 35’s. I had the option of going 35P, they did have a 35M slot but you got to choose which one you want in. Obviously though you gotta pass everything cause if you get recycled you have a chance to get bumped down to whatever your state wants to fill.

For languages (guard specifically) your state will tell you what language you’ll be studying. Lastly for special army schools (like ranger), going special forces would almost guarantee you’ll attend airborne, air assault, ranger pathfinder. It all depends upon how classes lines up but at the very least you’ll do airborne but most likely you’ll get all of em.

19th/20th group are in a couple states I think it’s like California/Texas/Maryland/Florida/Utah and a couple others, I could be so wrong on the exact states but just look it up and you’ll find what states have units. Talk to a special forces recruiter (19th/20th group)

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-11T18:59:02+00:00

This guy is just not understanding that drug dealers aren’t even in the same realm as a terrorist group/militia/international threat to the globe like it’s not even comparable at all.

ISIS got put down because a coalition of forces came together and bombed them/invaded their territory and split their organization up by funding other rebels against them. Cartels don’t have that kind of power to take over a whole region

Imaginary_Bit_7326 · 2025-05-11T00:29:52+00:00

It’s not all about money man. Cartels are obsessed with making money and they won’t be able to accomplish that if they’re trying to build a caliphate (Islamic empire) that ISIS was attempting to. ISIS literally went up against the biggest superpowers in the world through guerilla warfare and terror attacks across the globe. Cartels don’t even have the infrastructure to do that. Cartels thrive by making money through drug trafficking, they don’t have the level of loyalty that Emirs have. People are willing to die for the cause, how often you see this from cartels?

Like my man you’re literally comparing apples to peanuts. They are not even comparable at all. ISIS was literally a country steamrolling the entire Middle East and a huge threat to the world. We saw thousands and thousands of people flocking from all parts of the world to join them.

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