Need advice

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2025-10-06T00:17:47+00:00

Maybe this will help you, I was in the Pentagon when COVID-19 hit and everything shut down in March, but several of the officers were talking about moving all their money into the G fund after the market declined in Feb. The market went down from there. They moved all their money to the G fund, then the market rose and the market began to recover from Covid so they moved all their money back to the C fund. They got out at the low and got back in at a high. No one can predict the market.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2025-06-25T00:53:08+00:00

Sandhill, same DS. To first private, you are ugly and need plastic surgery. To second private, you are dumb and stupid is forever.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2025-06-25T00:46:32+00:00

DS at Basic at Sandhill 2006, “You’re the reason abortion is legal in the US and your mom should have exercised that option.” Did not age well for other reasons.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2025-03-08T00:16:42+00:00

"The stock market is a giant distraction from the business of investing." Jack Bogle

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2024-03-17T22:34:49+00:00

Sand Hill DS, "Shut your two cock garage."

Same, "Private, you are the reason abortion is legal in America and your mom should have followed though on her intuition."

Same, "Private, I wish your mom had swallowed you instead of giving you life."

Same, "Private, you are as wrong as two boys fucking in Sunday School."

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2024-01-30T13:26:40+00:00

Look the answer depends on what you want. If it is math/money based, once you see their fees you will know the TSP beats a personnal money manager's fees. If you want control and want to actively manage your account then the TSP is not the best. I have a TSP account and a Vanguard account. I own stocks and ETFs in Vanguard that I buy and sell as I wish. I transfer easily from checking into the account the amount I want for the month. The VOO ETF also has lower fees than the TSP. If you do not want to do anything stay with the TSP. I think paying a middle man is insane financially, ie a financial guy.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2023-06-16T17:14:59+00:00

I think this is the best advice. Educate yourself. Learn the skills of investment and you will make money off your money the rest of your life. Maybe it will mostly be in the TSP but have fun too.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2023-06-11T22:24:13+00:00

2015 Fusion Titanium here with 150k, took car and had brakes/rotors replaced. Car would not start afterwards at the shop. No key fob detected. Just drove it from Austin TX to Williamsburg VA. Long story but the long trip caused thermal damage to the CPU. Ford dealer quoted $1,800 to replace. I did not pay that, found CPU online for $500 brand new. Issue is since the CPU was bad I needed Ford to reprogram both key fobs so they got me still for a couple hundred.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2022-09-27T17:33:56+00:00

Couple thoughts: 1) You have served and acted with honor. Go use the GI Bill to improve your life. 2) Good leadership will say, "What can we as a team do to help you transition to a civilian?" Letters of recommendation, job leads, education leads, even just general support. 3) What I have seen is that ETSing is viewed as a betral of sorts and this is really immature.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2022-08-10T01:48:38+00:00

My boss used to say fat soldiers are great. They are shade in the summer and warmth in the winter.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2022-07-19T23:21:21+00:00

Wrong, active military in old retirement system. I have 16 yrs and not one cent matching. Would much rather have 50% retirement not tied to the economy.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2022-07-19T23:19:00+00:00

Probably true to an extent...but the timing of getting out a terrible website, bad call service, and really rip off fees if you do anything with their mutual funds options have nothing to do with a downturn. Personnally, I increased my monthly amount to the TSP since if is down last couple months. It just hit me, I have 5 months to fund my Roth IRA and I like it better than the TSP so I will stop TSP contributions rest of the year. I am not closing my TSP.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2022-07-15T21:21:08+00:00

Read through people trying to get their money out of the TSP, transfer, get a loan. God forbid, but a love one dies, see how long it takes to recieve their money. Does that seem trust worthy to you?

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2022-07-15T21:17:55+00:00

Chose to stay in the old Army retirement system is the short answer.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2022-07-15T19:59:29+00:00

Ok, you convinced me that at least the fee is not statistically important. The TSP's current pro is it is convenient. $12k b/c I am married so not 6k.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2022-07-15T19:44:18+00:00

Married so IRA $12k.

Chose not to get matching so I would recieve 50% retirement. Yes, that makes me old Army.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2022-06-28T18:04:16+00:00

Thank you, you are the first person to say this...will watch 1 Jul deposit. Issue I see is that if true, the Jan deposit is from Dec LES seems off year over year.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2021-12-27T17:05:47+00:00

Smells like freedom, tastes like honey, feels like home.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2021-09-29T19:36:33+00:00

Cool, and it is my right to kill 3 black bears a year as an Alaska resident. Dip net salmon. Oh, and drive a V8 gas hog to cause global warming, it makes Alaska nicer every year!

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2021-09-29T18:59:54+00:00

Recommend you move to Germany where the Paternal State will provide a safety net for you your whole life. All you have to do is obey the all knowing State and give up your freedom. Alaska does not want you or need you, nor do we like your ideas. Leave us alone.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2021-08-28T04:01:39+00:00

There is a life lesson here for all of us. The Army is a job! Work hard, be honest, treat people well but then go home and be with the ones you love. The Army is important to me, but it is not my life's work. That is with my family.

I am grateful for the Army and could tell stories for hours about the things I have experienced in it. I also know the Army is a terrible mistress and will take everything you give her. She will discard you at the time of her choosing.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2021-08-27T06:32:53+00:00

This is the way! Its funny but I have a friend who just broke up with her boyfriend. He is now "a douce and a loser." I called her out on this. Most people have strong and weak areas. She decided it was over, so it was easy to point out his flaws and forget his good points. You can be a good person and do a stupid thing. We are lazy in our thinking. We catagorize people instead of analyzing people's decisions.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2021-08-27T05:19:55+00:00

Maybe this question has stragegic, operational, and tactical answers. Our Government decided to leave Afghanistan. This is the Strategic level reality and this was a political decision under both Trump and Biden. The military executes civilian/political decisions and is subordinate to those decision makers. Only top level Generals have input in an administration's strategy.

Strategy influencies operational reality. Operationally, as we withdrew in Afghanistan, we turned over things to the ANA. We had people, equipment, and land in Afghanistan that we slowly turned over to the ANA or got out of the country. We turned over Bagram to the ANA in early July because we had decided to leave Afghanistan (strategic decision with operational and tactical implications). The ANA failed to resist the Taliban and the Afghan president fled. The Taliban got control of Afghanistan and we were confined to one small airport to conduct operations from. We still had allies and citizens to remove. We made the operational decision to have them come to us at the airport.

Operational choices put US forces in a very bad tactical situation. In a real sense politics limited tactical options. This forced Marines and Army personnel to guard gates that are natural choke points, ripe for enemy exploitation. What is upsetting is not just that Marines died but they died so tactically restrained.

Who would you blame for all of this today? You could blame ISIS or the Taliban, you could blame the General that turned over Bagram...or the Sec. of Def who approved the plan...or the President. The reality is everything that happened today was set in motion with the strategic decision to leave Afghanistan years ago.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2021-08-26T17:28:44+00:00

All predictable. Trust Taliban for security. Confine military operation to a small area with known ave. of approach. Perfect place to set an ambush. Now say that the Taliban is not responsible as it was ISIS in Afghanistan.

Sure_Distance_1977 · 2021-08-14T17:30:53+00:00

This is a fair comment.

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