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Posted: 9/17/2015 6:48:10 AM EDT

Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

Update 11/3- ASVAB scheduled for 11/10. Time to hit the book.

Posted: 9/17/2015 6:48:56 AM EDT

[#1]

Good luck!

Posted: 9/17/2015 6:50:33 AM EDT

[#2]

Good luck

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:00:38 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/17/2015 7:04:16 AM EDT

[#4]

Awesome. Can you get misdemeanors expunged in FL? That might be an option?

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:05:10 AM EDT

[#5]

Grats!

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:08:06 AM EDT

[#6]

Great job!!!

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:13:31 AM EDT

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Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

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Do yourself a favor and get below your max weight so that you don't have to be taped. No DS is going to be nice about taping a Private/Specialist.

Good luck with your enlistment.

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:13:36 AM EDT

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Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

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While I've never been in the military... a charge like that wouldn't stop you from being a police officer.... I can't see why it would stop you from being in the military.

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:13:43 AM EDT

[#9]

Congrats man - and thank you in advance.

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:14:55 AM EDT

[#10]

Good deal man!

Hey, do your recruiter a favor, keep working on losing inches and poinds, I'm going to guess that between the moral wavier and job slot availability, you've got another 6-12 months before you ship to basic.

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:16:07 AM EDT

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The military as a whole is downsizing. Getting into the Army is probably more difficult than getting into a police academy right now.

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:43:42 AM EDT

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Oh, you didn't make THAT kind of tape....

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:53:56 AM EDT

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Did some time as a recruiter. Are you really sure you got that ticket? Lol, would do some tactical probing with local record checks and online databases that your state may have.

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:57:21 AM EDT

[#14]

What I expected coming into this thread:

Congrats OP, now keep up the work so you don't have to do that shit anymore.

ETA: should've refreshed this tab before replying

Posted: 9/17/2015 8:01:18 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/17/2015 8:03:17 AM EDT

[#16]

Congratz. I hope it works out for you.

Posted: 9/17/2015 8:38:19 AM EDT

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Did some time as a recruiter. Are you really sure you got that ticket? Lol, would do some tactical probing with local record checks and online databases that your state may have.

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If he's already talking about needing a wavier, his recruiter has found the ticket with a police check.

Doing dirt is never worth getting numbers.

Posted: 9/17/2015 8:48:23 AM EDT

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Do yourself a favor and get below your max weight so that you don't have to be taped. No DS is going to be nice about taping a Private/Specialist.

Good luck with your enlistment.

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Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

Do yourself a favor and get below your max weight so that you don't have to be taped. No DS is going to be nice about taping a Private/Specialist.

Good luck with your enlistment.

That's the plan, have 2-3 months for the waiver process I'm told. Ticket was in NC and supposedly expunged, but recruiters says that's not a word to them.

Posted: 9/17/2015 8:49:34 AM EDT

[#19]

Join the airforce be a loadmaster or you will regret it

Posted: 9/17/2015 8:50:03 AM EDT

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If he's already talking about needing a wavier, his recruiter has found the ticket with a police check.

Doing dirt is never worth getting numbers.

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Did some time as a recruiter. Are you really sure you got that ticket? Lol, would do some tactical probing with local record checks and online databases that your state may have.

If he's already talking about needing a wavier, his recruiter has found the ticket with a police check.

Doing dirt is never worth getting numbers.

No, he knows about it becaume I'm a retard and let it slip out of my alligator mouth.

Posted: 9/17/2015 8:50:52 AM EDT

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Already did that in the civi world, L-100/C-130's and DC-6's in Alaska. Wife is in army, so to keep off the JB's, I want to stick with it.

Posted: 9/17/2015 8:55:48 AM EDT

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No, he knows about it becaume I'm a retard and let it slip out of my alligator mouth.

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Did some time as a recruiter. Are you really sure you got that ticket? Lol, would do some tactical probing with local record checks and online databases that your state may have.

If he's already talking about needing a wavier, his recruiter has found the ticket with a police check.

Doing dirt is never worth getting numbers.

No, he knows about it becaume I'm a retard and let it slip out of my alligator mouth.

LOL.

Nah, good on you for having integrity.

Posted: 9/17/2015 9:10:53 AM EDT

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Even if he could, it would not have any impact on this. We ask if anything has been stricken from the record, expunged, dismissed or anything of the such. It all has to be listed, regardless of disposition.

Posted: 9/17/2015 9:11:22 AM EDT

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Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.
Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

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Posted: 9/17/2015 9:13:18 AM EDT

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LOL.

Nah, good on you for having integrity.

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Did some time as a recruiter. Are you really sure you got that ticket? Lol, would do some tactical probing with local record checks and online databases that your state may have.

If he's already talking about needing a wavier, his recruiter has found the ticket with a police check.

Doing dirt is never worth getting numbers.

No, he knows about it becaume I'm a retard and let it slip out of my alligator mouth.

LOL.

Nah, good on you for having integrity.

Yep, nothing wrong with that..

Posted: 9/17/2015 9:16:32 AM EDT

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Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

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You're retarded

Posted: 9/17/2015 12:17:51 PM EDT

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Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/5/56858/1388845-vader.jpg

Thanks, my fat ass then.

No current pics.

Posted: 9/17/2015 12:19:35 PM EDT

[#28]

GJ going after what you want, OP! And you made a healthy change in your life. Very cool, dude.

Posted: 9/17/2015 12:21:01 PM EDT

[#29]

You're about nine years late, no?

Posted: 9/17/2015 12:21:41 PM EDT

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Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

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Congrats. But you put 12B instead of 11B

Posted: 9/17/2015 12:23:30 PM EDT

[#31]

What is your 2 mile run time.

Posted: 9/17/2015 12:26:06 PM EDT

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Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

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I thought they wouldn't take you unless you could prove underage possession of alcohol.

Not that I would know about such things, of course.

Posted: 9/17/2015 2:04:13 PM EDT

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Under 17, barely

. Working on that

Posted: 9/17/2015 2:05:57 PM EDT

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I was a pussy when my mom threatened disowning me after marine recruiter I had been talking to called the house in high school.

Posted: 9/17/2015 2:19:49 PM EDT

[#35]

27?
Your nickname will be Old Man.

Good on you for going for though bro.

Posted: 9/17/2015 2:36:33 PM EDT

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I did it at 25, smoker and hard drinker. No problem. Of course that was back in BDU days.

Keep running, OP. Do distance every other day, and sprints + pushup/situp in between. They start you off pretty damn slow, but you need to get that weight off or you'll be suffering. Cut out carbs from your dinners too and the weight will fall off you.

Good luck, bro. You're really gonna get smoked when you enter your barracks on day one. Don't volunteer for shit.

Posted: 9/17/2015 2:39:40 PM EDT

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When I took my physical for the Navy back in 1978, I was 17 years old, 6-feet tall, and weighed 132 lbs.

I needed to be 135 lbs to pass minimum.

Dr. William L. Savage handed me a quart beaker and told me to go fill it up twice with water, drink it all, don't go to the restroom, and meet him back at the scales in 15 minutes.

I passed...

Posted: 9/17/2015 2:39:46 PM EDT

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Under 17, barely

. Working on that

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Under 17, barely

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For bein 240 that aint bad

Posted: 9/17/2015 2:43:06 PM EDT

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No, he knows about it becaume because I'm a retard and let it slip out of my alligator mouth.

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Did some time as a recruiter. Are you really sure you got that ticket? Lol, would do some tactical probing with local record checks and online databases that your state may have.

If he's already talking about needing a wavier, his recruiter has found the ticket with a police check.

Doing dirt is never worth getting numbers.

No, he knows about it becaume because I'm a retard and let it slip out of my alligator mouth.

Well, there's your problem. Seriously, in this day and age, that's such a minor offense, I can't see it being a problem.

Posted: 9/17/2015 3:00:20 PM EDT

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27?
Your nickname will be Old Man.

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Or Grandpa. Or Gramps...

Good luck OP. And if nothing else, thanks for trying!

Posted: 9/17/2015 3:41:56 PM EDT

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Weighed 307 at Christmas, walked into the army recruiters last thursday, weighed in at 240 clothed and passed tape for my age (27).

Now the fun part, a fucking waiver for a underage possession of Alcohol ticket from over 10 years ago.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

I want 12B or 12N with airborne.

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11B or stay at the house.

Posted: 9/17/2015 3:43:40 PM EDT

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Already did that in the civi world, L-100/C-130's and DC-6's in Alaska. Wife is in army, so to keep off the JB's, I want to stick with it.

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Join the airforce be a loadmaster or you will regret it

Already did that in the civi world, L-100/C-130's and DC-6's in Alaska. Wife is in army, so to keep off the JB's, I want to stick with it.

Did you fly with the aircraft all over the world and make dank per diem and flight pay?

Posted: 9/17/2015 5:24:12 PM EDT

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I did it at 25, smoker and hard drinker. No problem. Of course that was back in BDU days.

Keep running, OP. Do distance every other day, and sprints + pushup/situp in between. They start you off pretty damn slow, but you need to get that weight off or you'll be suffering. Cut out carbs from your dinners too and the weight will fall off you.

Good luck, bro. You're really gonna get smoked when you enter your barracks on day one. Don't volunteer for shit.

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27?
Your nickname will be Old Man.

Good on you for going for though bro.

I did it at 25, smoker and hard drinker. No problem. Of course that was back in BDU days.

Keep running, OP. Do distance every other day, and sprints + pushup/situp in between. They start you off pretty damn slow, but you need to get that weight off or you'll be suffering. Cut out carbs from your dinners too and the weight will fall off you.

Good luck, bro. You're really gonna get smoked when you enter your barracks on day one. Don't volunteer for shit.

Only carbs I'm eating is rice and bananas.

Posted: 9/17/2015 6:07:54 PM EDT

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Did you fly with the aircraft all over the world and make dank per diem and flight pay?

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Join the airforce be a loadmaster or you will regret it

Already did that in the civi world, L-100/C-130's and DC-6's in Alaska. Wife is in army, so to keep off the JB's, I want to stick with it.

Did you fly with the aircraft all over the world and make dank per diem and flight pay?

My buddy is a loadmaster, lucky bastard flys all over the world and spends nights with beautiful women and his pilot buddies pay for everything because he is the only enlisted guy.

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:03:28 PM EDT

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Did you fly with the aircraft all over the world and make dank per diem and flight pay?

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Join the airforce be a loadmaster or you will regret it

Already did that in the civi world, L-100/C-130's and DC-6's in Alaska. Wife is in army, so to keep off the JB's, I want to stick with it.

Did you fly with the aircraft all over the world and make dank per diem and flight pay?

Nope, just the Arctic and Aleutian islands, not as cool as the airforce gig. Lik3 I said though, going Army.

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:06:13 PM EDT

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Max Push ups/sit ups.

Then shoot for between 14:00 to 15:00 2 mile.

Posted: 9/17/2015 7:08:44 PM EDT

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Congratulations. Just be aware that you will have to continue to maintain body composition standards throughout your time in service. This will be extremely easy in basic training, harder in AIT, and a LOT harder at your permanent duty station. I don't mean to put a damper on things, I've just seen too many people who lost a shitload of weight to get into the military put some or all of it back on and subsequently get booted. Good luck!

Posted: 9/18/2015 6:55:52 PM EDT

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Yea, I've got to keep up with a better routine, several years of living in remote camps surrounded by food and wintertime excuses caught up with me hard back home in Alaska.