Recent content by deftonehead778

1- Greg is correct in saying that you cannot be a single parent and join the Army. You wouldn't even be able to get in with just a "family care plan". You would have to actually give up custody of the children to someone else. Part of the paper work you sign while enlisting states that you...

First of all, look at the media and who they work for. Most of the media networks are owned and ran by left wing liberals. Of course if someone owns a company, they will use the money or their assets to project the view of whoever owns the company. It is like a person that runs a shop in a...

First of all, look at the media and who they work for. Most of the media networks are owned and ran by left wing liberals. Of course if someone owns a company, they will use the money or their assets to project the view of whoever owns the company. It is like a person that runs a shop in a...

Tango is part of the phonetic alphabet. That way when you are on the radio, you can spell something out and you won't get the letters confused. Like I may say "T" on the radio and you might thing that I was saying "C'. So tango is for "T". Sometimes some unites use the word "Tango" to mean...

Don't stress about it too much. That is used in case you are going for a job that needs a security clearance. If you aren't really going into military inteligence or anythign like that, I wouldn't stress too much about it. There is a key phrase when you are putting your signature down. You...

I can't tell you what it would be like in the Air Force firsthand other than from my cousing. I am dual military Army. My wife and I are both active duty soldiers, and my cousin and her husband are active duty Air Force. Overall, it hasn't been that bad of an experience. My wife and I have...

Tango is part of the phonetic alphabet. That way when you are on the radio, you can spell something out and you won't get the letters confused. Like I may say "T" on the radio and you might thing that I was saying "C'. So tango is for "T". Sometimes some unites use the word "Tango" to mean...

Basically they work with radars and stuff like that used for field artillery and indirect fire. The actual name of the job is Field Artillery Firefinder Radar Operator. In the links that I have provided in the source area, you will be able to see what is exactly done by the 13R MOS. The second...

--------------- Being in the military subjects you to being drug tested at any time. There can be random drug tests administered by your unit. The times that they usually do drug testing is when someone in a unit gets busted for drugs, and also right after leave. So your best bet is to plan...

Those helicopters that you saw were helicopters from the unit called Marine One and its supporting units. President Obama came to town to give a speech to the American Medical Association in regarding his plans for the refom in health care. In the link that I provided in the source area, you...

Yes, you can sign for less that five years. This is my second time in the Army, and when I came in this time I signed a three year contract. When I was doing my cavalry scout training, I had one or two of my buddies that signed a two year contract. So, yes, you can sign for less than four...