Air Force= money, opportunities, getting fucked in the ass. (4678 hits)
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Submitted by Sideburns <justinfromtr.at.wmconnect.com> (View user info) at 2004-01-21 14:09:14 EST
I'm telling you right now, if you're looking for something humorous, don't read this post. I need to vent. I shall do so to the Uber crowd. With all these incoming new users posting pure shit, I think I have the right to at least vent.
It all started last October. I had moved out of my mom's house, had a decent paying job, a nice car, and was surviving on my own-- with a roommate of course. I was in a 2 year long relationship with the girl I wanted to spend my life with. I had things figured out. My entire life was planned out, something I had never done before was know where I was going. It felt good. But, unfortunately, when your life is perfect, things can only get worse. And get worse they did.
October 6, 2003. I had just gotten home from a long day's work, bag of McDonald's in my hand, ready to enjoy my Big Mac, watch some tv, then call my girlfriend, Valerie. During King of the Hill, she calls me. This is quite odd considering she never calls me this early.
"Justin?" Valerie says, in that sweet voice.
"Yea baby?"
"I.. I don't know how to tell you this, so I'm just going to come right out and say it. I slept with another guy a couple days ago, I feel really guilty about it and I'm so sorry and I--"
I hung up the phone. Sat there, shocked. When I was 7 years old, I sliced my thumb open on some glass. That was the last time I cried... until this point. I bawled. I admit it, I'm man enough to admit I cried. I didn't bitch about it to anyone at work the next day, I did my job. I just went on with my life blankly, not knowing where I'd be headed. Things couldn't get any worse than losing the one you love.
Oh, but they did..
Not even a week later, I got a call from the carlot that I bought my Mustang from. "Return the Mustang immediately or I'll have the police looking for you". Before I could say anything, he had hung up the phone. What was wrong? I made my payments on time every month. Soon after the phonecall, I get a call from my mom--"Take the car back, I forgot to pay the car insurance this month". Pissed at her, pissed at the carlot, pissed at the world, I went for a drive. I didn't have insurance but I really didn't give a shit. I drove onto the open highway, going 80 m.p.h. and without a single thought, I threw the car into reverse. I barely made it home. I had dropped the transmission. I called the carlot, told him to come get the car, and went to bed.
I woke up the next morning, not knowing what the hell to do. I had no friends to talk to because I had ditched them all for Valerie. I didn't have a girlfriend to talk to because she's a lying, cheating whore, and I had no way to work. Long story short, I was forced to quit my job. My roommate supported me and even drove me to places to apply for a job within walking distance.
The next day, he tells me that his house is being repossessed and I have to be out by the end of the week. He said it with a blank stare on his face, then walked out the door like nothing happened. What the fuck? Not only did I lose my love, my car, my job, now I'm homeless? Son of a bitch. I called up my mom, told her the situation and she let me move back in with her. I had nothing else to do, no other routes to go.
I moved all my things back in, got online that night, and searched for a job and a car...
The Air Force. Of course! My dad had been asking me for years to go in, and I didn't know why I didn't think of it sooner. Free housing, benefits, nice paychecks, free food. This was the way to go. I talked to a USAF recruiter and next thing you know, I was off for my military physical(which I wrote about on a previous post, "What women actually want"). I was 'temporarily disqualified' because I was diagnosed with pericarditis last year. It's not a disease, it's not a long-term illness. It's a severe chest cold. If you get it once, you'll never get it again. Look it up. My only complications were trouble with my breathing. I went to the ER, was perscribed antibiotics, and went home. I was fine three days later.
My recruiter told me that it was no big deal, and to start looking over the Air Force jobs that I want. I was excited. I was on my way to making something of myself. I would finally make my strict dad happy, show him that his son is not destined to be a bum like he insinuated so many times in the past. He told me that I'd be cleared of the 'temporary DQ' within a week's timespan and I would be shipped out to BMT soon after that. I was psyched. I had no car, no job, nothing going for me. And in one week, everything would be okay! I got a call 2 days ago.
"Good news, Justin! Your waiver was approved by the military board! All they have to do is have it signed by the commander and you can be sworn in!"
This added immense fire to my ego. I was proud to be a soon-to-be member of American's elite. I wanted to serve my country, I wanted to defend my homeland and make the USA a better place for its citizens. My family was proud of me, I was proud of myself for once, and I was going to make something of my life.
This morning, I got a call.
"Hey, Justin? Yea, the commander revoked the approval. You've been disqualified. Sorry, bud."
That's it. My hopes of a successful future went down the drain in a matter of 10 seconds. Damn him.
Fuck the Air Force. Fuck life. Fuck America.
User Reviews
Submitted by Sideburns (user info) at 2004-02-15 08:02:00 EST (#)
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Nomad- I wrote this post a while back, but things have gotten considerably better since then. I'm moving to Japan to go to college.
Thanks for the support though, guys.
Submitted by Nomad (user info) at 2004-02-15 07:51:11 EST (#)
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I don't know what to say man. I could say something like,"everything happens for a reason", but you dont seem like the type that would acctually fall for that.
I however, do believe in one overused saying that I always try to keep in my head when life goes sour:
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Hang tight bud.
Submitted by Scott_James (user info) at 2004-02-10 03:21:39 EST (#)
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Holy shit, that's harsh. You poor bastard.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2004-02-10 02:57:03 EST (#)
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Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-01-30 07:08:39 (#)
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You have to give a car back because you didn't pay the insurance, even though you made the car loan payments?
What the fuck is that?
Can someone explain how that works?
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if you get your car insurance through the bank that gave you the loan for the car, then they can do that. it's also usually way more expensive to do it that way.
i miss roddin' around town in the stang.... *sigh*
Submitted by Lyric (user info) at 2004-02-10 02:45:28 EST (#)
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Wow... that is so fucking lame. I don't know you, but have a virtual hug (maybe I can have the one you were saving up for Mary ;) )
Spike's advice is awesome, I'd just be reiterating what she said, if I comment anymore on this.
Stay positive, things always get better.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-01-30 07:08:39 EST (#)
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You have to give a car back because you didn't pay the insurance, even though you made the car loan payments?
What the fuck is that?
Can someone explain how that works?
Submitted by esso_merda (user info) at 2004-01-30 06:26:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I rated this before reading the reviews. What Spike said is very true. My "perfect" life crumbled in a few months time like a soggy house of cards and I came out on top. Oh sure, I felt like shit and drank tequila during the whole ordeal until I was sprechen sie deutsch, but in the pukey, golden hued aftermath, I arose from beneath the pile with a full house in hand. As Phinch said, try college. Believe me, there are plenty of ways to get the money for that.
Submitted by Deisangua (user info) at 2004-01-30 06:22:19 EST (#)
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It's too goddamn early in the morning. Sorry about the spelling and grammar, et al.
Submitted by Deisangua (user info) at 2004-01-30 06:20:39 EST (#)
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The times in life when you lose everything tend to shows you a lot about what you are capable of.
ither you're now going to live a wretched, pathetic existence built on wallowing in the miseries of life, or you'll come out of this stronger and smarter and better than before. Sure, maybe you would have preferred coasting along as you were, but that's not an option, is it?
Submitted by neegr0h <spam.at.die.negroh> at 2004-01-30 06:16:28 EST (#)
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The air force is a fag group of gay assfuckers. Seriously, you're not missing anything except shower-parties with a bunch of homos who keep dropping the soap over and over again. They fly around in their gay little planes, and suck dick. If they devised a joystick that was force-feedback from giving some guy head, maybe stupid ass poofter USAF pilots would stop bombing retarded cannadians. There's only one good Air Force soldier, and it's this guy.
http://www.ubersite.com/cgi-bin/message_get.cgi?message=105974160512818846
Submitted by esso_merda (user info) at 2004-01-30 06:12:54 EST (#)
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That's weird...I went through something VERY similar about seven years ago: my girl dumped me, my roommates asked me to move out (married couple starting a family), I broke my foot, got an MIP, got in a car accident, lost my job (due to car accident), and then lost my new apartment (due to no job). That was from April of '97 to July of '97. It forced me back into college.
Students Loans, woo!
Submitted by TheRef at 2004-01-30 05:41:45 EST (#)
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i disagree with your position on the air force. you rhave no idea what it is about. the physical you failed is a standard test given to all. the only difference is, you got alot further wiht the air force. Th air force allows more waivers than just about any branch. the marines, army and prolly the navy would have told you to fuck off without a second thought.
and don't listen to hidden. he has a bad outlook because he has been stuck in a cesspit since he joined. he has been stuck at lackland in san antonio for 3 years now. he keeps lubing his ass up but complains when someone puts something in.
don't worry dude. shit will get better. if it doesn't, you can always kill yourself.
happy hunting!!
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-01-30 05:24:25 EST (#)
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"""and even drove me to places to apply for a job within walking distance. """
Funny! (if you meant the irony of course which i am sure you did)
Well written without a scrap of self pity.
Submitted by OrEoBandiT <shitonastick.at.blowme.com> at 2004-01-22 10:19:42 EST (#)
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Hey man.. sounds like shit, but just to let you know, air force is the hardest service to get into. Try the army, they'll let you in no matter what. Ive known people with shittier shit than that and got in no prob
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2004-01-22 02:23:32 EST (#)
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I'm guessing my life is going to sound something like this within the next 2 months. Minus the whole Air Force thing...
But I don't have cool sideburns to get me through it.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2004-01-21 23:41:59 EST (#)
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weve all had shitty moments in life, im just about end my current wrap up with one.
Advice: get drunk/use drugs during these shitty times. And the happy ones
Submitted by SpikeGoddess (user info) at 2004-01-21 23:40:36 EST (#)
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Sideburns,
I know how you feel. I guess that's why I felt compelled to respond as I did. I was in a really similar position this past year, and I felt like everything had crumbled and I didn't know what I waanted or where I was going. I still have conflicting ideas, but I'm so glad that I went through what I did. So incredibly glad. I hope you'll look back on this with the same feelings, and I'm glad we were here for you to vent. You vent with style.
SpikeGoddess
Submitted by Sideburns (user info) at 2004-01-21 19:12:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by cuda (user info) at 2004-01-21 19:02:39 (#)
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I think you are a moron and are reaping what you sow. With that said, You could always try going the Marine Corps route, all you have to do is swear an oath there, even with a criminal background. You see the Marione corps are always looking for a few good canon fodder.
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Can you please repeat that? This time, put words in a sequence that forms a sentence. Make sure the sentences MEAN SOMETHING YOU STUPID FUCKER.
Submitted by cuda (user info) at 2004-01-21 19:02:39 EST (#)
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I think you are a moron and are reaping what you sow. With that said, You could always try going the Marine Corps route, all you have to do is swear an oath there, even with a criminal background. You see the Marione corps are always looking for a few good canon fodder.
Submitted by seanfogy (user info) at 2004-01-21 18:43:59 EST (#)
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Damn, they didnt even wait until you were in before they slipped you the good ol' cock in the ass. Thats unusual. Did it feel like sandpaper? They usually toss a handful of sand in there before I'm up for my bi-weekly ass fucking. As a matter of fact, I'm up for one tomorrow afternoon. JOY.
Are you sure you cant enlist in a few more weeks? I'm sure if you really *needed* to get in, you could
a) find another recruiter
b) wait until your pentigwhatever disappears and get another physical
c) maybe try another state (not sure how that would work though)
If you REALLY needed to get in as a last resort, you could try another branch or go guard/reserve whenever your cold goes away.
heres the sympathetic +2
Submitted by Sideburns (user info) at 2004-01-21 17:11:00 EST (#)
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Thanks for the uplifting advice, Spikey. You're right about doing what I want. The military wasn't what I envisioned myself doing, but it was a last resort. And my last resort was taken from me. Your advice does help, but I just don't know where to go. I'm not trying to ask for everyone's help with my problems, although I appreciate the advice greatly, I just needed to vent. Writing has been a passion of mine for years, so this was the only way I could think of to vent.
Submitted by Cassiopeia (user info) at 2004-01-21 17:01:03 EST (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:46:20 (#)
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oh, the Air Force fucks you in the ass when you're in it, too.
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HAHAHA... so true so true... i wish i could +2 replies...
Submitted by Velouria (user info) at 2004-01-21 16:37:31 EST (#)
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Wow. All I can say is, whoa and umm...geez, I feel ya? If I'm ever single again, and you do become a male whore, can I e-mail you for quotes?
Submitted by SpikeGoddess (user info) at 2004-01-21 16:32:42 EST (#)
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I've come to believe that when everything in your life gets dismantled all at once, it's happening for a reason. One of these things alone wouldn't have been enough to knock a stubborn, tough, detirmined guy like you on your ass. You'd have just kept going along doing exactly what you were doing, only minus a car. Or minus the G/F. Or the house. You know? The only way to get you to make a big change was for EVERYTHING to get leveled.
There's a card in Tarot called "The Tower". Depending on what deck you're looking at, it shows a tower falling, struck by lightening, people falling from it. Well, it's a dark card and a rough thing to go through, but it also serves to level the ground for something new and better to be built up.
Take stock of what *YOU* really want from life. Not what would make your Dad proud or a girlfriend happy. Not what you can do just to get by. What you really want. Dare I say it---your dream.
Then get off your ass and work to make it real. This is your chance, and it's come to you for a reason. You said "when your life's perfect, there's nowhere to go but down." The opposite is also true.
SpikeGoddess
Submitted by Sideburns (user info) at 2004-01-21 16:09:11 EST (#)
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Yes, Phinch. I should.
I was thinking about becoming a prostitute.
Nice pay, work nights, friendly coworkers.
Besides, I'd only be working 5 minutes a night.
If my client is ugly...
6 minutes.
Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2004-01-21 16:05:47 EST (#)
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you need to find yourself a sugar momma.
Submitted by Zod (user info) at 2004-01-21 15:59:34 EST (#)
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Shit dude, that sucks. But everyone has slumps in their lives. It'll get better, don't worry about it. I say go out, get drunk, and enjoy life for the moment. Pretty soon you're gonna have a new job, a new girlfriend, and a new car. You're gonna be so busy...I envy you man.
You know where to find me if you wanna talk.
Submitted by gascs (user info) at 2004-01-21 15:09:09 EST (#)
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That sucks, but the title is worth +2 alone.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-01-21 15:06:18 EST (#)
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Yes, what are you going to do with your life young man? Do you know what you want to do?
Oh and GO PANTHERS
I work in the corporate office for a department store. They brought a ton of those NFC Championship shirts out here to sell to us in the lobby. I think they were trying to keep the employees from buying them all at the mall. We get a discount so they would rather sell the ones in the malls to "real customers".
Hooray now SeaDog and I have matching shirts. We'll look like fags except that he's a man and all, but whatever.
Submitted by Mr-Boo (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:53:27 EST (#)
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SON OF A BITCH!!! Tough luck man, hope things turn around for you.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:46:20 EST (#)
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oh, the Air Force fucks you in the ass when you're in it, too.
Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:44:14 EST (#)
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sideburns- check out going to a junior college for a certificate program or something. you can get in with financial aid.
Submitted by Sideburns (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:42:13 EST (#)
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Submitted by amusediniraq (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:37:52 (#)
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Feel better? Dude, you are such a loser. Thanks for helping me feel better about my life. But then again I don't have everyone else to blame for my problems. Parents, friends and carlots can be such a let down to you hard working folks. Also, Great idea to drop the training- that will show 'em who's the boss and pays the bills! Yeah!
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Coming from a 5000+ user. Anyone surprised?
Submitted by amusediniraq (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:37:52 EST (#)
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Feel better? Dude, you are such a loser. Thanks for helping me feel better about my life. But then again I don't have everyone else to blame for my problems. Parents, friends and carlots can be such a let down to you hard working folks. Also, Great idea to drop the training- that will show 'em who's the boss and pays the bills! Yeah!
Submitted by Da_WooD (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:27:45 EST (#)
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I sympathize with you. But, trust me if you were thinking that the military would help you excape your problems, think again. The Air Force does nothing but create problems.
Submitted by KoolMang (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:23:29 EST (#)
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Shit, sounds like your life is in the shitter. But we all feel like that. Just so you can feel better, or at least that you have someone on your side, I'll tell you about my current situation.
To get my driver's license, I had to go through 4 different instructors, with different personalities and attitudes. As for my car, it's a piece of shit, a 1988 Nissan Sentra, but I love it, was given it as a Christmas parents by my grandparents, and it's my baby. I had to go through SO MUCH bullshit to get it, but I have it. The "estimate" was originally $312 (Canadian, also from my Young Drivers Of Canada training, I get like $500 off the car insurance monthly, or yearly, I'm not sure which). It shot up to $343, and I was like okay. Now my parents tell me that it has shot up to $680 a month, and there are 3 people on my mom's insurance plan, me, my sister, and my mom. Guess who takes it up the ass for the insurance rise? ME. Guess who's paying 4 times more than my sister and mom combined? Me, because guys are heavily discriminated against in car insurance rates. It went down to $555, after some legal battle. This is only for 3 months, but I feel as if I'm getting fucked in the ass. It MIGHT go down, but if it doesn't, it doesn't appear as if I can keep this car. I work at Tim Horton's, I'm trying to find a better job, but I only make like $1000 a month. So, because my mom pays the bills and everything, I can survive SO FAR. But I have to like save up for college and shit. Not to mention apply. I dont know what to do in life.
Anyway, back to the point. Men will get fucked in the ass, not women. That is all.
Submitted by Sideburns (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:23:12 EST (#)
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No reasons. Just told me that my approval was revoked and I was DQ'd. This time, it wasn't a temporary. A permanat DQ means I can't apply to join the military again.
At least the Panthers are going to the Superbowl.
woo.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-01-21 14:20:04 EST (#)
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Wow dude just wow. Did they say why? I'd say that considering the sheer number of people not reenlisting they would be a little more accommodating.