Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

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pabloesqobar

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Singlemalt said:
Yep, even before data was digitized; the military indeed kept "permanent records" and regularly referred to them
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Yeah, but I'm not sure if that applies to one's academic foibles prior to being commissioned. Not something I ever needed to worry about as an enlisted schlub who's records weren't digital.

But if the understanding was that if you are given the opportunity to make good on your idiocy prior to commissioning, you still would never be allowed to achieve the same success as your peers . . . who would agree to that? Why go thru the rehab process if that's just the beginning of your future career roadblocks?

I think it would be refreshing to enter a new command with a clean slate after being commissioned at West Point. If your C.O. sits you down and let's you know instead you are already fucked based on your academic record . . . what kind of motivation is there for that individual?
 
Singlemalt

Singlemalt

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pabloesqobar said:
Yeah, but I'm not sure if that applies to one's academic foibles prior to being commissioned. Not something I ever needed to worry about as an enlisted schlub who's records weren't digital.

But if the understanding was that if you are given the opportunity to make good on your idiocy prior to commissioning, you still would never be allowed to achieve the same success as your peers . . . who would agree to that? Why go thru the rehab process if that's just the beginning of your future career roadblocks?

I think it would be refreshing to enter a new command with a clean slate after being commissioned at West Point. If your C.O. sits you down and let's you know instead you are already fucked based on your academic record . . . what kind of motivation is there for that individual?
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Yeah, and it seems like a flagrant waste of money(taxes) and time then to allow flawed 18-22 y.o. to continue to graduation, then on to a deadend career.
edit: if expelled, the kid would still have a chance to build a successful life, just not in the military
 
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raratt said:
CE patches roads and fixes toilets, they never touched that aircraft. They might have fixed the concrete on the runway...
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Can’t you hear the rebuttal though? “if we didn’t keep that concrete smooth as a baby’s bottom, those fancy machines flown by officers would have had their gear snapped clean off by now.”

They also serve who grade and patch.
 
raratt

raratt

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If it wasn't for the Russians there would be no reason to build that aircraft.
I can see the CE EPR now: "Rapidly responded to a hole in the runway and efficiently restored it to operational status in record time with quick drying concrete enabling a higher headquarters mission to proceed."
 
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