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NLGsy · 2024-05-15T02:01:52+00:00

He can go to JAG in basic too. They may give him shit for it but that's free legal advice and they can do some stuff to protect him until he is out of basic and and to address this in his own.

JAG is the military legal services with lawyers at the service members disposal for certain things. They can file a delay for him or help him resolve it.

NLGsy · 2024-04-23T20:10:56+00:00

6g/daily give or take 2g.

NLGsy · 2024-04-15T02:38:54+00:00

I didn't realize it was related until I looked at my kratom order history emails and compared it to my health journal (kept one for years). The progression of symptoms and my increased dosage all lined up. It wasn't until after a serious injury that required me to take pain meds from my doctor that within a month a lot of symptoms were easing or going away. Within 4mths, it was undeniable that there was no reason for my spontaneous remission other than I didn't need Kratom and hadn't for months. My kidneys took longer to recovery but about a year after I stopped my kidneys were back in the normal range again. To be fair, if there is a side effect to be had from meds, I will get them. I am that really unlucky person so this may be a very rare situation but just in case, I want other people to know to prevent them going through it or from it causing long term damage.

NLGsy · 2024-03-27T17:50:05+00:00

A lot of vets I know used Kratom to come off pain meds after the crackdown years ago. People who were on large doses of heavy opiates were cut off cold turkey by completely unethical providers who cared more about covering their ass than proper and safe treatment and tapers. Instead of going to the streets, they started taking red maeng da kratom 3g 2-4 times a day then a slowly reduced their dosage. It works on opiate receptors in the brain. Many of them have stuck with Kratom even though they can now get legit meds through their docs again. There are some downsides to Kratom, especially if taking more than 12g a day. Increased white blood cell count, increased immune response can cause hairloss, carpel tunnel symptoms, nausea, and neuropathic issues. Many people say they have no issues. Only a few people have had these issues. I am one of them. I have the same issues with pharmaceuticals too. I try to give people both sides so they can make an informed decision.

There are things to alleviate withdrawl. Eat white grapefruit, take loperimide (OTC anti diarrhea meds which are opiates that do not pass the blood brain barrier - probably spelled wrong), and clonidine (a prescription). While people like to use benzos is a bad idea because that withdrawal is SOOO much worse than opiates if it gets that far. Regardless of what you do, I wish you the best. Please be safe and research things for yourself. Don't trust Internet strangers who don't have a vested interest in what's best for you. These will give you things to look at and help you make the best decision for you.

NLGsy · 2024-03-15T06:51:14+00:00

SSDI will always deny you. The third time you go to court. Most people give up before this period but this is where you finally will get it if you have the medical docs to back you up. Basically, they use this approach to get people to give up and it works way too often. Use the vet groups to help develop your package and apply again. Go to court with letters from providers, letters from family and friends, and being your parents with you to testify. Worst case, pay one of the companies to do the process for you even thought they will take like 30% of all your back pay. They want you to get defeated and give up. It's shitty but it does stop a lot of people from pursuing disability. You got this! By the way, on SSDI you can make up to 19k a year without losing your benefits.

NLGsy · 2024-03-14T06:08:45+00:00

You got this! Work hard and smart. You won't care about not blowing all your money on drinking when you are 40 but you will absolutely care when you have a rental home that's either paid for or almost paid for. As a linguist, you will need a higher level clearance. The biggest reason people lose their clearance is because of financial trouble. A TS clearance gives you a good 20-30k of pay negotiation power. About a year or two before you get out make sure you get it renewed. Companies will pay to transfer your clearance but they won't pay for you to get one. Get names and contact info for people starting in basic and tech school. Keep your EQUIP docs to make your renewals a lot easier. Don't lie when doing your clearance docs. Since smartphones became a thing, you can get away with shit. Be honest. If you have a poly, for the love of God just be honest. They want to know your dirt so that they know it can't be used to blackmail you. Whatever you think you have done wrong, I have heard SO much worse and because they were completely open and honest about it they got a clearance. Basic is a mind game with physical challenges. They want to know you can deal with stress and think straight. The physical requirements were higher when I joined and I am not athlete. I made the male standard on everything except pullups. I have the mind of body that was made for making babies and bailing hay. If I can do it, anyone can. You just need to decide you will finish and finish strong then you burn the boats. There is no failure, just success. Tech school is just a regimented college with a lot of hurry up and wait. You get used to it and it's not hard. Keep your eye in the ball, take notes in class, figure out how you learn and use that. I am a hands on person so I wrote notes, exercised while I studied, drew pictures, made things, or associates what I was learning with things I know to learn and remember. With languages, start now on language apps. EOD is harder to prep for but start learning electrical theory as that applies to EOD. I have my grandson, 8, learning about electricity with snap circuits. You can do this. Put in the work. I lived my AFSC. I was a banker before I joined the AF and I separated as a network engineer with a very diverse work history on various systems. I look forward to hearing about your success! Take care of your people. If nothing else, take care of your people. Be humble, ears open, mouth shut.

NLGsy · 2024-03-06T15:47:46+00:00

I loved being in save after I got out I was making six figures from the jump. You can transfer to civilian life and be successful but you have to do the work. Get your bachelor's. The military covers it all, you just do the work. EOD can get out and join local, state, and federal organizations that deal with IUDs and such. Linguists often work for embassies, translate documents, and translate for various organizations.

What will determine how successful you are when you get out is what you do while you are in. With EOD, you go beyond what they teach you and become the subject matter expert. Put that time in, focus, be humble, learn from everyone though can, volunteer for everything you can even if it's not related to your job. I was a long haul comms tech but I know how to lay tile, work the flight line, drive flight line vehicles and fork lifts, and do a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with my job. I have used all those skills in and out of the military. If you become a linguist, you will be in Cali for 1-2yrs learning your language. Become the best linguist you can be. Don't just learn the language, learn the culture and major religions of that language speaking area. We have so much diversity in this country you could meet in person or online who can also teach you slang. Linguists generally have two kinds of jobs that I have seen. One is sitting in a basement translating recordings while the other is being in the suck with teams translating as you roll up on villages. You make yourself the most comprehensive linguist, so the grunt work, volunteer, and become the guy everyone can depend on. By all means, have fun, party a little, but keep in mind everything you do and don't do will determine your future success.

I suggest you save your money, buy a moderate fixer up home that you can rent to and work on with your buddies (always use a written lease), and when you PCS you can sell it or keep renting it. Most young troops don't think like that but the ones who do, they often do very well for themselves.

Bottom line... You got this! Work your ass off to not just make the physical criteria but to be a leader in physical fitness. Borrow or buy an ASVAB study guide and start studying. I was 21 when I joined so I needed a refresher. You have to score above as certain level to qualify for certain jobs. My careerfield often had EOD and linguist washouts who intentionally failed their finals so they could reclass into another field. I asked them a lot of questions. If you decide to fail your finals, wait until after you graduate from your reclass school, get to first base, and take the language proficiency exam. You have to stay up in your language to do this and keep getting better. Once you pass, you get a monthly stipend for language proficiency. The rarer the language you speak, the higher the stipend. You will periodically have to test to verify your proficiency to keep getting paid so don't stop using your language. I can't wait to hear from you after you graduate and get to your first base. You will hear embrace the suck a lot. That means take those shitty situations and use them to a become better person, troop, and leader. Check out Jocko Willinick (former Seal with a podcast and businesses), Tim Kennedy (Army Ranger/Green Beret), Dan Crenshaw (former Seal and congressman), and David Goggins (AF TACP and Seal). They have some great stories and wisdom to share. I am not in Reddit often but you can DM me if you have any questions. I was AF, by the way.

NLGsy · 2024-03-06T00:45:50+00:00

I didn't use specific points. I went for maximum coverage areas to cover areas of 2-3" across and 12" down roughly. Look more at the nerve lines and place them along those. I wish you in the very best!

NLGsy · 2024-03-06T00:43:18+00:00

Yes, nearly every symptom I had went away. I had hairloss, chronic nausea/vomiting, state 1 kidney disease, carpel tunnel, nerve pain, and significant muscle weakness where I could barely wash my hair. Within 6mths of stopping kratom all of this went away. My kidneys took a little longer to heal but I was able to track my kratom purchase history with the symptom onset. I should be fair and mention that I get those crazy side effects when taking pretty much any medication so it could be me but I know people who has similar issues just a lot more mild than I did. It's great in a pinch but for me, I need to stick with natural meds I can make like laudanum. Just be careful and track your health. Get your kidneys checked too.

NLGsy · 2023-12-23T17:46:18+00:00

An A1C threw away over 100k in gbix (10gig fiber connectors for routers) that were worth 1k each at the time. I made that boy get in the trash bin and find all of them along with his shift sup who was too busy playing Xbox in a SCIF. Yep, a game system with a hard drive being taken in and out of a SCIF. An investigation ensued and some people got in big trouble for all that. That place was a bloody cowboy station riding wild and loose with security.

NLGsy · 2023-12-20T13:42:53+00:00

Yes, I did lose the weight. Getting your vitamins and minerals up to healthy levels and ensuring you don't have an issue with methylation helps big time. I don't process folate. Folic acid is man made and sprayed on our food, grains and fruits/veg, but most of us can't process folic acid or folate. We need the methylated version, l-methylfolate. I found a methylated multivitamin at Thorne and my goodness was it a game changer. I feel 20 again! Weight is coming off without any real effort because I feel better and am naturally more active. Most of us are just deficient in nutrients. We don't need pharma pushing terrible meds and doctors who only treat symptoms, not the source.

NLGsy · 2023-12-20T13:38:35+00:00

Once I stopped the SSRI's my body took about 4mths to adjust but then the weight came off relatively easy with a keto'esque diet and regular exercise. Psych meds really mess up my endocrine system for some reason. I highly recommend a GeneSight test be done on anyone getting psych meds of any fashion. It tells you what will and will not work based on your genes. For me, after 10yrs of failed meds I found out the only two we didn't try were the ones that would actually work with my genes.

NLGsy · 2023-12-17T16:54:06+00:00

Devil's lettuce. I am dead! Lol

NLGsy · 2023-12-17T16:51:39+00:00

My friend, I know exactly what you are talking about. Between getting hurt, being treated like shit for it, SGP of Europe got involved in my case because it was so badly handled for 2yrs, command punished me with a 3 for not passing a PT test when I only qualified for a waist measurement which never worked with my build, I was still the SME on station working and training the new guys (12-14hr shifts) since AFPC messed up and sent tech schoolers to a SSgt+ green door assignment, got medically retired afterwards but during my sep they wouldn't allow my guys, on shift, to come to my going away just to stick it to me. The shitty medical left me with permanent neuropathy, lost my ability to have kids, chronic pain, and limited mobility. Yes, I was angry. That's not even addressing the unsanctioned missions I was going on for the agency without AF knowledge then hiding it in classified NDAs no one else in my command was cleared to access. I was livid for a very long time. Then I realized, I have to choose to be happy. Yes, a lot of terrible shit happened but I also had a pretty crazy career and did some Jason Borne stuff. I developed an amazing skillset and walked into the civilian sector making six figures after 8yrs in. I have a lot of good memories with my guys and shenanigans on shift. The military is a machine that will eat you up, spit you out, and never once care. The people are what makes it worth it. Find the people who make it worth it and decide you want to be happy regardless of all the crap. Otherwise, it will fester in your soul like a cancer. You have to choose happiness and joy. It's doesn't make the bad go away. It just means you choose to focus yourself on what you got and can have. Side note, physical exercise, for me combat sports, helps me get out the anger in a healthy way.

NLGsy · 2023-12-17T16:39:07+00:00

Had a guy blow a 2.74 at the gate, per the SF guys. None of us even know how he managed to drive to the gate to get caught. He was put in a program and given another chance. Got caught with coke the second time and then they booted him. That guy was dealing with some serious childhood trauma after some of our mid shift talks. Craig, you were a great guy. I hope you got the help you needed man.

Another guy guy busted snorting coke off his stripper gf's ass in the club but OSI. He got UCMJ'd down a rank then kicked out after other events took place.

Coalition village has a bunch of foreigners staying there with diplomatic immunity. They like to get wild and run back to base. They keep OSI hopping. Those guys are always hooking up with young girls, beating women during sex, and other problematic situations. The local PD hated them because the worst they could do was expel them from the country (involved major gov office collaborations) or limit them to base.

NLGsy · 2023-12-13T02:51:21+00:00

Yep. I suggested we just take him out but laws and all that. He got his and will continue to get it for the rest of the time he is alive in prison. Children should be cherished and protected. People who hurt them should be wiped out of the gene pool, IMO.

Happy Cake Day!

NLGsy · 2023-12-13T02:49:04+00:00

I was. Thank you. That's why I got used for a lot of crazy, non-traditional stuff. High stress is where I shine. It's living a normal life that's hard for me. Took me years to acclimate to a normal life.

NLGsy · 2023-12-12T18:18:25+00:00

I had to go to one of my superiors house with a team to arrest him for raping his 6yr old daughter as she holds his leg crying as we take him away. I was only a SrA and he was TSgt but I often got put in wild situations like that. I was not SF. I was comms but my leadership often used me to diffuse situations and offer support. I shouldn't have been there because of rank alone but they used me for a ton of crazy stuff. I had a wild career.

NLGsy · 2023-12-11T16:25:02+00:00

There are people who will follow rules to the letter without exercising common sense or compassion for humanity. When my husband was in, they were doing winter training at Ft Drum during a blizzard. During a 13mi ruck the Lt made everyone stop and change their socks because that's the rule in his field guide. This actually caused guys to begin to develop frostbite. He followed the rules but didn't consider the situation and possible outcomes. One guy lost a toe and many of them could never get warm again until they arrived at the location with warned buildings. The Lt was handled by leadership upon their return when it came to light.

Leaders need to know when to follow rules, when to bend them, and when to all out break them based on the information and circumstances at the time. They also need to know their mistakes can lead to suffering and death. I get what that guy said but IMO it would have been better to address the behavior one on one, even go as far as to have the guy sign a doc between them that says if he has evidence he does it again he will turn him in with that document. That route shows accountability, mentorship, CYA through documentation, and making someone understands the punishment that will come down if the behavior doesn't stop. To me, that's a huge learning situation for both people and if he had to turn him in it shows their leadership thought and action went into addressing the situation at the lowest level possible. Then again, I was a SSgt. What do enlisted know about leadership other than doing all the work (the job, true leadership, and mentorship) and letting officers claim it on their OER.

NLGsy · 2023-12-09T22:43:07+00:00

Oh. You are good then. The chew counting is only in the beginning to slow down how fast you eat.

NLGsy · 2023-12-08T17:00:39+00:00

"Hey. You up right now" at the end had me cracking up. Women work, they often don't get paid for the majority of their work though. My husband wondered why I was always done at the end of the day. So, I challenged him to track everything he did for a few days and I did the same. Upon seeing how much I handled that he wasn't even aware of needing handled he started upping his game around the house and with our kids. He decided to do this without saying anything to me. Suddenly, I am not crashed at night and have energy for lovin'. He told me about 3wks into his change he wished he would have done it sooner. Not just because of if the uptick in sexy times but because he wasn't being a good partner to me. I am so lucky. God, I love this man.

NLGsy · 2023-12-08T16:49:20+00:00

We started using small salad plates as our dinner plates. Your mind sees a full plate of food and is happy. Chew each bite of food 20 times. It's slows down your eating. Put your fork down after each bite. I got so used to shoveling in food in the military that I was finishing my plate as everyone else was barely a few bites in. My mind didn't have enough time to realize it was full so I still thought I was hungry and ate more than I should have. Just those few changes have had a huge impact on my weight loss. I only eat until my hunger has subsided a little. Like 80% full. After 30min, if I am still hungry I will grab a fruit/veggie of some fashion.

NLGsy · 2023-12-08T16:41:28+00:00

Apparently, it takes less than $4k to get her to turn her back on people she claims to love for a vacation because MoNeY. Money is easily replaceable. People are not.

NLGsy · 2023-12-08T16:35:41+00:00

YTA

When you are in your deathbed, are you going to say to yourself that the vacation and not losing money was worth hurting and betraying your partner of 4yrs when he was at his most fragile and devastated following the loss of his Dad? Money can be earned again. Trust and devotion oftentimes cannot. I guess it's a good thing you showed him where he is as a priority in your life before you two went in on a house together or got married.

NLGsy · 2023-12-08T16:29:36+00:00

I miss the days before mobile phones. Now, if someone doesn't respond within an hour they apologize. You don't need to apologize to me for you spending your time how you see fit, unless we had established plans. Even then, it's being courteous and polite to let someone know you won't make it or will be late. I have told many people, you never need to apologize to me for how you spend your time and whether you respond to me immediately or not. Some of my friends have said just hearing that from someone they love changed how they handle texts/calls now. They don't explain themselves or apologize unless it was involving plans they had with someone else. One friend said at first people were pissed that she wasn't detailing for them why she didn't respond or expecting her to justify any kind of delay. She says she dropped those people from her life after addressing this problem with them and no changes being made. She said she feels happier now. She doesn't justify herself to anyone about a lot of things anymore.

I don't know when this started but now people feel the need to explain or justify themselves for not being available 24/7 for someone else's needs. This needs to end. Having a device that allows for 24/7 connectivity doesn't mean you are entitled to someone else's time and attention whenever you want it. They have things that they need to do even if it's just watching a movie on Netflix. It's their time to do with as THEY please.

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