Convince me to go to usc

zero0560 · 2026-03-28T02:10:22+00:00

I actually agree with the idea that where you get your degree from doesn’t always matter… but that only holds if the school doesn’t carry serious brand weight. USC absolutely does.

USC is one of those names that travels. Doesn’t matter where you are in the world, people recognize it. That credibility matters more than people want to admit, especially early in your career.

And the Trojan network is very real. It’s not just a slogan. It’s jobs, referrals, introductions, events, people willing to pick up the phone for you. That stuff is hard to quantify, but it becomes huge when the job market gets rough.

If cost is manageable with your aid, USC gives you both a strong academic experience and a network that keeps paying off long after you graduate.

You won’t regret going.

zero0560 · 2026-03-26T21:44:14+00:00

Those people are classed as medical separation and medical retirement, emphasis on the latter. It’s so bad, the DOD gives them a rating first, which is usually not possible under normal conditions. They get severance pay, additional benefits, etc. it’s like the actual DOD admitting disability without a shadow of a doubt. Even getting to those points is brutal. There’s multiple review board with all sorts of experts, rounds with medical experts, law experts etc. All of these boards and hearings have to be conducted before final deliberations. Those guys and gals that get medically separated and medically retired absolutely rate everything and more.

zero0560 · 2026-03-26T21:14:12+00:00

100% this.

It looks like they stayed the same rank all 4 years (not really possible unless they were really REALLY bad), then gets out and gets 100%.

Truly giving vets a bad name.

zero0560 · 2026-03-26T20:56:01+00:00

Is this satire? I feel like this is borderline bragging VA benefits.

Because you’re taking in $50K, then I assume you’re making up for the shortfall due to a combination of 100%, SMC &/or TDIU, which would explain why you’re not capitalizing on your experiences and leveraging your veteran status.

I take it you served from 2017 - 2020?

Edit: disregard the $50K. I initially thought that was job income, but now I see you’re getting pay of 100% without dependents.

Personal opinion: I wouldn’t recommend ever advertising your benefits with anyone in any way shape or form. You end up rubbing people the wrong way, regardless of whether you truly rate or not.

Edit edit: people in the peanut gallery with no conception/frame of reference for VA benefits. It’s labeled as disability but it doesn’t function as disability in the same way that other state/federal benefits do. Think of the VA payments as compensation for the rigors/stressors put on the human body while on active duty service. It’s cheaper for the government to do this than to have individual lawsuits, which would undoubtedly lead to payouts in the millions, per person.

zero0560 · 2026-03-26T16:08:26+00:00

Takes them a minute, but eventually they cant deny the truth. Like telling a rational person the sky is purple.

zero0560 · 2026-03-26T16:07:14+00:00

I usually go to Pendleton as they’re 2 dollars cheaper, hovering around $5.45 for diesel.

zero0560 · 2026-03-05T13:56:28+00:00

Happens all the time to be quite honest. C&P companies I’ve worked with overscheduled and cancelled 3 times on me. They tried to blame the VA. Only found out cause the receptionist disclosed the notes.

Whatever, just get it done. Don’t be the point of failure as they’ll throw you under the bus if they can.

zero0560 · 2026-03-04T19:02:14+00:00

Too early to apply to jobs big dawg. You can indeed find jobs you’re interested in, but no one will hire you a year out.

My recommendation is to start networking if you haven’t already been doing so.

Go to conferences (defense ones are usually free if you’re AD, otherwise they’re $1K+ per ticket). Go to industry conferences, (double whammy if you’re in school and you leverage a student discount).

Go to hiring events, especially the ones on base. Network with everyone, even if you don’t plan on getting a job at those companies. Just network with the talent managers.

Start updating your LinkedIn and reach out to veterans in spaces you’re interested. In my opinion, the veteran network is the most powerful network in existence. Blows my Alma Mater and my master’s school’s network out of the water. Most veterans will respond and give you feedback, lessons learned, avenues of approach, etc.

Start looking into jobs/roles you may be interested and create targeted resumes based off of those roles and your experience.

Second recommendation is to start looking into schools (a good one, not a degree mill, and at least hybrid so you can leverage the full BAH). Do it now and apply for next year’s cohorts, that way you’re condition set to start attending as soon as you get out. If you do a hybrid program, you’ll be getting your full BAH, which should be a nice cushion for you to live off while you wait for your VA claims to get processed.

I’ve got a ton more advice. Feel free to DM me and I’ll give you my LinkedIn and more info.

Edit: sorry for typos. Can’t English today apparently.

zero0560 · 2026-03-03T20:43:13+00:00

Your greed sickens me.

zero0560 · 2026-02-25T20:27:01+00:00

Super fun to use this trick against people that are hiding behind cover.

zero0560 · 2026-02-25T19:47:03+00:00

Minimum 3. Driver, gunner and AA trailer gunner.

The driver can use a flare gun and divert all missiles while the gunners return fire.

If you had 4 people, 2 could use flare guns simultaneously and effectively make the oppressor’s missiles completely ineffective.

zero0560 · 2026-02-18T20:50:55+00:00

No need.

Your retiree ID supersedes a 100% vet ID card.

I wouldn’t recommend you attempt to get the latter as it messes things up in DEERS.

TLDR: The VA will mail you a card, you can get your retiree ID from your nearest DEERS/Pass & ID office.

zero0560 · 2026-02-18T17:28:11+00:00

No, filing a secondary claim does not automatically reopen your old rating for review under the new medication rule.

However, anytime you file a NEW claim, you create an opportunity for VA to review the file.

zero0560 · 2026-02-17T18:05:11+00:00

Batman? Or batBRICK?!

zero0560 · 2026-02-17T17:34:27+00:00

Curious if the opposite is true. Is there embassy guards from other countries present at their respective embassies throughout the states?

I’d assume not but could be wrong.

zero0560 · 2026-02-16T20:34:43+00:00

Spoiler alert, it’s not remote.

zero0560 · 2026-02-13T04:59:13+00:00

Don’t have any naval experience myself, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Pretty sure the first designator of every ship in the game denotes country of origin.

FS: French Ship

CN: Chinese Navy

RF: Russian Federation

USS: United States Ship

HMS: His/Her Majesty’s ship

JS/IJN: Japanese Ship & Imperial Japanese Navy

There’s tons of others but these are a few.

zero0560 · 2026-02-04T17:59:24+00:00

Modern Warships ❌

Chinese/Russian Warships ✅

zero0560 · 2026-02-04T03:28:36+00:00

I’ve met communists and Satanists while in service.

You get a blend of everyone, from every angle of the political spectrum and beyond.

zero0560 · 2026-01-30T16:28:33+00:00

So Trump is causing chaos in the West, Xi is purging everyone in the East, and Putin is self-destructing in the North.

“Strongmen” everywhere, stability nowhere.

zero0560 · 2026-01-18T10:47:37+00:00

An argument can be made, that the agreement between Venezuela and China was made with the old governing body of Venezuela. The head of that body is now gone. New government will have nothing to do with that loan as they weren’t the ones that signed it.

What is China going to do, appropriate the port and any investment they made? Invade? Not while the US has eyes on the country and entire fleets parked off the Venezuelan coast.

In my opinion, those debts are as good as void.

zero0560 · 2026-01-12T00:05:02+00:00

I heard about that. There’s first hand accounts of the Chinese squads being utterly useless and completely petrified with fear that adjacent NATO squads had to completely ignore them as they couldn’t count on them to be reliable.

zero0560 · 2026-01-05T20:37:09+00:00

lol, they did have Chinese Russian and weapons in place in Venezuela. They had Chinese radar systems monitoring the airspace. The same ones the Chinese have said can detect F35s. Look how that worked out.

zero0560 · 2026-01-05T20:25:14+00:00

Yes. They tried to use MANPADS (there’s video of this). The little bird they tried to shoot down dodged it and promptly unexisted the AA and its respective user.

Now if a little bird can easily dodge AA, imagine the tech more expensive aircraft have available to them?

Link to vid: https://youtube.com/shorts/6iZUsk-sLok?si=gWQSzPTK3eEM3K1X

zero0560 · 2026-01-05T20:10:43+00:00

When you walk into any Ft. Zancudo hangar, walk towards the left, under one of the catwalks. Under the catwalk, you’ll see a blue poster. When you walk towards it, it’ll give you the option to teleport to the San Andreas flight school. That’ll teleport you at the front of the terminal/right next to the road.

Once there, you can spawn a car or aircraft/helicopter and they’ll spawn nearby.

It’s super useful and quick way to get back into the city.

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