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Thinking of joining the army
Let me help you with a formula: do your job to the absolute best of your ability + have unimpeachable integrity + treat others with respect + be a good father and husband = self pride. You don't need the .mil for that.- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Thinking of joining the army
BTW, what is it that you feel you are "lacking"?- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Thinking of joining the army
1. Join the Coast Guard Reserve as an officer candidate with a career field that you think you will enjoy 2. Go to USCG Officer Candidate School 3. Get commission as an Ensign 4. Do your minimum obligated service 5. Re-evaluate- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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A different sort of query for you guys....
Being a heavily PC-literate machinist is a very good combination of skills to have.- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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A different sort of query for you guys....
One example is a diploma and transcript in machining/mfg technology from a community college. Something the employer can cross check to make sure what you say you know isn't bullshit. No guarantees, but better than blind faith.- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Detroit Police Chief Bucks the Trend
Chief Craig is a good guy. He used to be the police chief of Cincinnati a few years ago and impressed the department the necessity of respecting the rights of gun owners regardless of his or his officers' personal opinions on the matter. He has not always been so pro-gun, but I think his time...- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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A different sort of query for you guys....
I AM in the real world and will tell you straight up that we won't hire a guy who only knows manual machining to teach him to program/run CNC lathes/VMCs/HMC/s/grinders OTJ. You either need to already be capable or at least have some verifiable technical education (so we know you can do...- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Sidearms & Scatterguns Why you DON'T like Sig.
Bore way too high over grip Idiotic location of slide release, which always gets tripped by my high grip. I'm not going to learn a grip for SIGs and one that works on everything else. Trigger reach way too long Too expensive for what you get. I'd rather have a CZ 75, P-01, P-07, or P-09...- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Armory
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A different sort of query for you guys....
From someone who is in the mfg industry, we are always hurting for CNC machinists who know their shit. Go to trade school and learn how to CNC machine. Also, learn the theory of balancing rotating assemblies (fewer and fewer people know how to do that these days) and how to setup and run CNC...- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Break Free, WTF
Copper and steel have different galvanic potentials. Add some moisture and now you have a galvanic cell, which ends up eating away the metal that is higher on the galvanic series. In the case of steel and copper, steel is higher in the galvanic series so it will waste away due to galvanic...- proneshooter
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- Forum: Bolt Action Rifles
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Tactical Rifles.net
What's he doing to her back there?- proneshooter
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- Forum: Bolt Action Rifles
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Army To Replace The 9mm
Q: How many people did the German Army kill with 9x19 pistols during WWI and II? A: At least as many as we did with .45 ACP, if not more.- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Break Free, WTF
How about forgetting about Break Free and using something else? This is too minor an issue to get worked up about.- proneshooter
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- Forum: Bolt Action Rifles
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Jessie Ventura In court suing Chris Kyle's family
This. Classless as fuck.- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Boots, cowboy ones to be more specific.
I was going to say Dehner, but then I remembered that I wear very different footwear when I ride than yall western folks.- proneshooter
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
