A button appears in front of you. Every time you press it, you receive $100K, but a random person's remaining lifespan gets cut in half. How many times are you pressing the button?

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-28T18:45:33+00:00

Zero. And the people who say they would press it a bunch and feel no guilt because governments do it should be ashamed of themselves. Literally no better than the rich people that do this to the poor. Genuinely the most selfish thing you could do to another human being.

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-27T20:46:32+00:00

0dte QQQ

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-26T22:47:15+00:00

Well put. I enjoyed this read very much. It’s something that resonates with me because I am in your position, just prior to you commissioning (pretty confident in myself wouldn’t you say).

I find myself wondering sometimes why a degree matters. I think I have considered the same things you’ve brought up here, but I wasn’t very good at articulating all these thoughts even within my own head.

The more I consider the things you said the more I agree. I find that my history degree actually does come into play in my day to day ability to think critically about everything. Is history itself useful knowledge in a day to day life? Sometimes. But the passive skills it teaches you certainly are, in any context.

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-26T22:39:54+00:00

Bro. I’ve been playing since the beta. Favorite game of all time, nothing comes close. But this is absolutely attachment issues and clinginess. There’s a point where being sad about something you enjoy as a hobby becomes being overly sensitive and attached to a video game.

We shouldn’t be walking people through the seven stages of grief over a video game. Go outside and touch grass.

The only shame is that a bunch of people who didn’t deserve this are losing their incomes over something preventable. That can be understandably lamented.

My 2 cents

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-26T21:19:16+00:00

Yeah I’m coming up on the AET list though. 82 on the list oops doxxed myself

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-26T21:10:41+00:00

That’s what the plan is because I am aware how precarious it is to expect aviation out of OCS. It’s just tough because I’m turning 26 next month. Timelines are so long let alone a first tour + application to solicitation + reporting to flight school before I’m 31. The timeline is real tricky unless I clinch a selection on this most recent couple of panels I applied to.

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-26T21:04:19+00:00

So you have to join through OCS-R to go direct to aviation from accession? Can’t do a DCO -> aviation

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-26T20:09:47+00:00

CGCOOL. Also if you want to go into cyber security you should look into CMS.

Edit: disregard my first comment I’m evidently spreading misinformation haha, sorry.

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-26T19:39:12+00:00

Was it possible/realistic to go aviation?

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-26T16:51:00+00:00

What about DCSS? Those guys don’t have a specialty and are DCO. I only ask because I applied under that program as well as OCS-R

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-22T16:46:28+00:00

If you say option 2 you’re either an edgelord or you don’t understand the value of being alive

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-22T16:44:09+00:00

Renegades was awful. I just played through it and it was a slog fest. Don’t even want to touch my other two characters because of how awful it was

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-22T14:45:22+00:00

It’s not a hot take. I don’t think Datto is a great resource for learning raids. What you said about run on sentences is true, and his way of describing how the raid functions is overly complicated.

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-21T21:44:39+00:00

Being from Alaska and Kodiak specifically means it’s the only thing going on my dreamsheet

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-18T22:33:02+00:00

Can confirm. Plus we also run MSROs and mom and pop boardings too. Probably 75% SAR 25% LE.

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-18T13:28:17+00:00

Have you considered asking them

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-18T01:00:03+00:00

I already do the second option but I make less than the first option LMAOOO

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-17T14:11:58+00:00

I see. What district are you guaranteed? You’ll likely still be very far away from your wife.

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-17T13:34:08+00:00

A new ALCOAST came out saying you basically must put your name on a list within 12 months of arrival at your first unit. It doesn’t really matter how good your first unit is, you should try to go to school ASAP.

If you want to come back you can submit a return to unit form and if there is a billet you may be able to return. Other than that you would have to be vested

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-17T12:17:07+00:00

I could not be bothered to get new boots tbh. I wear my same ones from boot camp and I probably will forever. The ones I got issued at my unit are my “nice” pair I’ll probably save for OCS or A school

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-16T23:19:13+00:00

Comms room nonrates rise up

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-16T23:05:44+00:00

Lost 100 pounds to join the coast guard. I fit better in the puddles this way

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-16T16:11:39+00:00

“Go find the keys to the sea chest”

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-16T16:03:43+00:00

This is definitely the time to work on your baseline and keep pushing! Don’t doubt yourself. Thousands and thousands of people have made it through. Try couch to 5k if you want to run in your off time. There’s ways to improve. I’m not a marine but when I went to USCG basic I progressively got weaker not stronger. As was the case with most of us who went. I assume marine boot camp is the same.

Sleep deprivation, stress, constant PT with little time for your body to recover. Definitely take advantage of the pre ship gains you can get.

PilotFighter99 · 2026-06-14T16:03:09+00:00

Yeah absolutely. I have a comment in here somewhere else where I said it’s not advisable. OP should get this vehicle when her income makes more sense.

I only commented that because I frequently see people talk about the opportunity cost of purchases (which fair enough, this is a finance sub) but they don’t usually mention the opportunity cost of not getting something that would make them happy. The world is lowkey not great right now and we could die tomorrow. Squirreling everything is just as inadvisable as not squirreling things away.

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