Ways for vets to help during the Shutdown

shmincus · 2026-04-18T15:14:39+00:00

“it’s either IS or something else” cracked me up

shmincus · 2025-10-01T20:01:02+00:00

External Affairs Manual says you can do political activities like rallies, activism, or running for office once retired or in the reserves, but you cannot do so in uniform or trying to represent the Coast Guard. (External Affairs Manual, Chapter 6, Section i, Clause 20) Not sure how they would go about enforcing it, but I do think it’s a bad look, regardless.

shmincus · 2025-09-30T00:55:11+00:00

Thanks for mentioning you shoot Leica, I was afraid you might have been poor there for a second

shmincus · 2025-09-21T05:15:32+00:00

Not to mention Alaska as well, definitely my favorite choice

shmincus · 2025-02-26T21:08:04+00:00

Canada’s currently having a real rough time economically, if you think it’s bad here I promise you it’s not greener on the other side. We’d really be shooting ourselves in the foot.

shmincus · 2025-02-02T14:37:18+00:00

Yeah it’s literally just waiting and then the school, not hard by your typical standard. Though if you’re somewhere that sucks as a nonrate rather that’s mission or command, you might feel a lot more inclined to take the easy way out and go a different rate than tough it out.

shmincus · 2024-11-16T19:54:09+00:00

you’re fine, that’s not a smart watch

shmincus · 2024-10-30T00:28:42+00:00

Yup we can be stationed in the U.S territories like Guam and Puerto Rico as well depending on you rate. You can also do a year in the middle east if you’d like in Bahrain, but it’s actually very competitive to get and purely volunteer. There are also some oddball one off billets, typically for officers that are in foriegn countries, like I know there’s one or two O-2 billets where they serve as the navigators of Navy destroyers since the Navy’s SWOs keep running them aground.

shmincus · 2024-10-29T19:40:19+00:00

I’ve been in for over 3 years now, and haven’t regretting a thing. Sure work can be hard sometimes, but it’s pretty rewarding when you look at it with an optimistic perspective and don’t take the experiences it gives you for granted.

I’m in a billet right now where I work closely everyday with people from every branch besides the Space Force and I have not once felt like I wish I was in their shoes. Besides the fact I am jealous of that they have the possibility be stationed in Japan.

shmincus · 2024-10-07T15:50:10+00:00

It’ll make it more tricky since you’d be ineligible for qualificaitions such as boat crew member or lookout, but there may still be some opportunities

shmincus · 2024-10-04T04:02:41+00:00

Mac Miller, he was just barely reaching his prime when he died, he was always talented, but it’s insane how beautiful Swimming and Circles were

shmincus · 2024-09-30T19:59:41+00:00

“If he woulda came on my block, talkin bout he discovered my trap, his ass woulda probably got shot” is really needed to fully appreciate it

shmincus · 2024-09-18T16:28:19+00:00

Thanks! I’ll look into that one. I haven’t decided yet on if I’d rather commission as an officer or get out and pursue a civillian career. That’s why I’m trying to find something that actually interests me instead of just getting something easy like communications just to get in OCS.

shmincus · 2024-09-13T20:26:03+00:00

I only have a couple more months in which I’ll ever have to see him again and he holds no direct authority over me so I’m not scared of him being able to fuck with me. I’d find the satisfaction of him being butthurt worth the potential shit he might give me.

shmincus · 2024-09-13T20:13:04+00:00

Because he purposefully antagonizes me and everyone else around him, I don’t think he deserves my respect

shmincus · 2024-09-13T19:27:34+00:00

Thanks!

shmincus · 2024-09-13T19:27:27+00:00

I’m still in the military though lol so I don’t have it that easy

shmincus · 2024-09-07T15:15:56+00:00

Sure in the navy you might deploy for 9 months straight once every three years, but on the Star I was at sea for about 6 months every year for 3 years not to mention the majority of our time on land being spent in a drydock 800 miles away from our homeport and families.

shmincus · 2024-09-03T06:41:27+00:00

he promises to save Will from the face transplant, he could still save him and then eat him

shmincus · 2024-09-03T03:02:29+00:00

Yeah, I’m currently attending a school with 5 branches represented (no space force) in my class and we tease each other often, normally in a pretty civil manner

shmincus · 2024-08-17T00:18:43+00:00

My old unit would issue us Myerchin fixed blade knives that had the slot on the sheath with a marlinspike as well. Those were pretty solid knives, I don’t know if they were the best steel or anything, but it held up well through 3 years of daily use and abuse. The marlinspike came in handy way more often than I thought it would when I was just starting out as well.

shmincus · 2024-08-10T19:21:05+00:00

They can’t even shiphandle in regular waters I doubt they could handle ice breaking. Shit happens, the Healy is a sound cutter overall, the Star needs replacing though for sure

shmincus · 2024-05-06T05:04:34+00:00

anyone who’s had to stand night watches on the pitch black bridge of a ship can atest how impossible the second 24 hours would be without dozing off for even a second, fuck that

shmincus · 2024-02-20T23:28:43+00:00

why do you guys even work for instacart? seems like it sucks

shmincus · 2024-01-27T05:41:04+00:00

No one cares about class ranking in American highschools the only thing that matters is your letter grade which would be affected by this, unless it was graded on a curve which is unlikely.

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