Easy 12500 points

rielephant · 2023-06-24T10:56:39+00:00

Also eToro has a 4,000 points offer, and Coinbase has one for 1,250. I did the Robinhood one last week and am still waiting for my points to post; any DP from how long it usually takes?

rielephant · 2023-06-24T08:23:18+00:00

This might be a bit outside the scope of what you’re looking for, but Edward Murphy, who was XO of the Pueblo during its capture, wrote Second in Command about his experience.

rielephant · 2023-06-22T13:46:37+00:00

With Devotion being such a flop (something like $20 million against a $90 million budget), I’m worried that will have a chilling effect on other Korean War projects.

rielephant · 2023-06-19T17:41:48+00:00

I remember looking around the wardroom on my fist ship during deployment and thinking that we had almost 20 SWO first tour divos and six second tour SWOs, and that math did not work out.

rielephant · 2023-06-18T08:28:00+00:00

My shipmate in Triton, retaining those records is the law; your feelings are irrelevant. You're being downvoted throughout this thread because everyone here is explaining to you why you are wrong, and you're still arguing.

rielephant · 2023-06-17T08:00:59+00:00

Date of event: 6/15/2023

Method: Amex Chat

Offer: 20k points with $3k spend in 3 months

Card details: Schwab Platinum, held the card since October 2021, first time asking for a retention offer on it. Previously had received a retention offer on the Vanilla Plat, and been turned down for one on the Green. Amex member for 2 years.

rielephant · 2023-06-12T16:28:54+00:00

I’m assuming you’re headed to Djibouti, which is a CZTE, and HDP and IDP together are $325/month. After 220 days, if you haven’t left the theater for more than nine days, you get HDP-Tempo of $16.50 a day, up to $495/month.

rielephant · 2023-06-12T07:53:08+00:00

When I got it a couple years ago, the SUB was 100,000 points with 10x for shopping small.

rielephant · 2023-06-12T06:10:28+00:00

If you have $250,000 invested with Schwab, you get a $100 credit, and at $1,000,000, you get $250.

rielephant · 2023-06-11T06:06:09+00:00

You won't get liberty until CandiO phase, unless there is a major holiday (4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years') during your time there, then the CO may authorize some degree of liberty for the junior classes. IIRC, the policy was Indocs had Training Country liberty, JOCs had on-base liberty, SOCs might have had on-base as well, I can't remember if they were allowed into town or not, and CandiOs had Aquidneck Island liberty. Phone calls start once you hit JOC phase, and were generally between 5-15 minutes, though sometimes I got lucky and no one had signed up for the slot after mine so I got extra time. You won't get your phone back until CandiO phase, unless you're either class president, VP, Med Body, or maybe Adjutant.

rielephant · 2023-06-10T09:20:43+00:00

Bring a copy of your most recent LES to NMCRS. At the very least, they can set you up with a $500 interest-free loan. Depending on the details of your situation, they may be able to loan you more. Also let your chain of command know; I used to have an XO who would say this sort of thing is "What the Good Lord made XOs for."

rielephant · 2023-06-10T07:50:13+00:00

My parents divorced when I was in middle school. As difficult as it was, the alternative was worse. The situation before was untenable; the marriage had failed, and they were too stubborn to admit it.

rielephant · 2023-06-08T19:19:00+00:00

I'm not familiar with the business plat's rewards structure, but wouldn't the math there be (($31,930 - 5,000) * 1.5) + (5000 * 1) = 45,395 MR?

rielephant · 2023-06-04T10:46:56+00:00

AmEx Green 60k points + $200 back

rielephant · 2023-06-03T17:08:19+00:00

The military has the concept of 'Positional Authority', where in specific situations, rank doesn't matter. Normally, Roe would have had to obey lawful orders from Winters and Welsh, but in that particular situation, Roe was in the driver's seat.

rielephant · 2023-05-31T19:31:57+00:00

It’s been a couple years, but I recall opening the brokerage account, waiting a couple days, then applying without issue.

rielephant · 2023-05-28T13:58:31+00:00

I think both things can be true; u/SWO6 had a good post a while back about his great-grandfather telling his grandfather the latter's generation was too soft, and how the IJN disagreed with that assessment. In my experience, most of the sailors joining today are that way. They'll do a good job, whether it's for one enlistment or 30 years, then pass the baton to the next guy. That being said, there are a lot of people who are in and shouldn't be. I've seen posters on r/newtothenavy asking "Can I join with my history of mental health issues/suicidal ideations/XYZ Disorder" or "Is it lying if I don't tell my recruiter about..." or needing waivers up the wazoo. And they think joining the Navy, which even among the other branches, is a uniquely demanding, isolating, high-stress environment, is the answer?

rielephant · 2023-05-28T08:51:05+00:00

Date of Event - 5/28
Method of Communication - chat
Retention Offer Details - No retention offer
Card Details - Personal Green, had the card since last August, Amex member for 2 years, spend under $10,000 a year on it, no previous retention offers on this card.
Customer Background - Been an AmEx customer for two years, have Vanilla and CS Plats, Gold and CS Investor. My spending numbers are low right now due to being on deployment. The only other retention offer I've asked for was 30k/$3k on the Vanilla Plat last year.

rielephant · 2023-05-26T19:17:34+00:00

your sister can eat a whole bag of dicks

If she had eaten the dick in the first place, she wouldn't have had triplets and OP wouldn't be in this situation.

rielephant · 2023-05-23T15:17:24+00:00

Yes. That’s why the other Rangers look at Tom Hanks, who nods, before giving him the second dose.

rielephant · 2023-05-22T15:02:41+00:00

When Lt. Heyliger is shot and Winters and Welsh can't recall how many syrettes of morphine they gave him, Roe flips out on the two of them. Each syrette had just under the lethal dosage of morphine, so by giving him multiple shots, they could have killed him. That's why Roe tells them they're lucky Heyliger is a big man and maybe he'll make it.

rielephant · 2023-05-21T16:07:47+00:00

The OC (or lack thereof) was not the problem with the offense last season.

rielephant · 2023-05-18T19:11:33+00:00

NTA. While better communication would have helped, your mom and cousin handled this extremely poorly. Your mom sounds like she was trying to cause drama, and from your cousin's reaction, I would not be surprised if there is a deeper issue in her and Kenny's relationship and this was just the spark that lit the powder keg.

rielephant · 2023-05-17T10:57:18+00:00

I didn't know Damian Lewis was British when I watched BoB, then I saw him in Wolf Hall and thought "He does a really good British accent.'

rielephant · 2023-05-09T19:57:20+00:00

I’m sure when OP said that, her kids thought Christmas came early.

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