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JustABozoOnThisBus

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6. A deployment is not exactly "arms length".

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 04:11 PM

Oct 2019

It seems like the smart long-view move, but if the spouse is against it, the spouse who has to keep house and cars and etc together while you're basking in the sand, well ....

Don't ask for our support. Ask your spouse, enlist her friends, convince her it's the wise move.

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Should I extend? [View all] Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2019 #1

hah! It is. But so is like, getting the mortgage paid for almost a year, Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2019 #5

A deployment is not exactly "arms length". JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2019 #6

Can you be called for active duty in a combat wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #3

Yes I can. Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2019 #7

Don't feel that way I say. War is not the best we can be. wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #9

If you can get to retirement the medical benefits will be worth it. RGinNJ Oct 2019 #8

14 more years. Which is far less than the 20 before I enlisted. But still a long ways out. Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 #11

Yes, the women are smarter underpants Oct 2019 #10

What's your MOS? DashOneBravo Oct 2019 #12

12k (plumber). if i extend it will be with infrantry. Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 #13

Thanks couple more DashOneBravo Oct 2019 #14

Mid 30s. Sorry the unit will be infrantry but ill keep my current mos. Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 #15

Well that's a little better. DashOneBravo Oct 2019 #16

So... Are you saying disability will be in my future? Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 #17

LOL DashOneBravo Oct 2019 #18

If it helps, my wife hated my time in the reserves until the retirement checks started. TomSlick Oct 2019 #19