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| Hey, When the time college comes I would like to go to it, but I would also like to be in active duty airborne. I saw the other posts but I dont really understand the terms. So is there anyway someone could explain how i could or couldn't be in active duty and go to college in terms my small brain can handle? Thanks Brandon-
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| Posted 7/13/2005 10:51 AM |
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If you're in a support unit like myself, you have your evenings free to do full time college. There is also the whole eArmyU thing, but you'll have to wait till you get through basic AIT, etc.
"He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart"
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| Posted 7/13/2005 11:45 AM |
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The situation could be very differant by the time you enter the Army, but right now most soldiers, particularly those in combat units, have very little time for college due to the constant deployments. So you need to start thinking about whether you want to go to college or enlist in the Army. If you want to enlist then make sure you are ready for the challenges you will face. If you want college same advice. Either way you need to be active in sports to get and keep you in shape and work hard in school. That way you will be prepared for whatever life throws at you.
Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American GI. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
"History teaches that when you become indifferent and lose the will to fight someone who has the will to fight will take over." COLONEL BULL SIMONS
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| Posted 7/13/2005 12:11 PM |
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If you want to be a Paratrooper, there will be no time for college!! There will be to much beer drinking and woman chasing  . But seriously, depending on the job you choose will depend on how much time you have for college. Yes you can do it on line or in the classroom. You can also get credit for doing Basic, AIT and some other schools.
"The sergeant is the Army." - General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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| Posted 7/13/2005 1:32 PM |
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| I'd rather stay clean (away from the beer) because I want to stay healthy. I would most likely wait until my career is over and then go to college (late twenties early thirties).
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| Posted 7/13/2005 5:40 PM |
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| I'd go with the beer and women.
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| Posted 7/13/2005 7:32 PM |
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I'd rather stay clean (away from the beer) because I want to stay healthy. I would most likely wait until my career is over and then go to college (late twenties early thirties). My First Sergeant was overweight, drank and smoked cigarettes but still led PT every day. Most guys here have gone on all night binges and got up the next morning to do a full day's work, starting with a 2+ mile run. Ah, the ignorance of youth.
Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American GI. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
"History teaches that when you become indifferent and lose the will to fight someone who has the will to fight will take over." COLONEL BULL SIMONS
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| Posted 7/13/2005 8:20 PM |
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509Trooper (7/13/2005)
I'd rather stay clean (away from the beer) because I want to stay healthy. I would most likely wait until my career is over and then go to college (late twenties early thirties). My First Sergeant was overweight, drank and smoked cigarettes but still led PT every day. Most guys here have gone on all night binges and got up the next morning to do a full day's work, starting with a 2+ mile run. Ah, the ignorance of youth. That reminds me of a friend I use to have back in middle school. It was the 7th grade and I was on the track team and so was he. He was the fatest person you ever see even fatter than the Pillberry dough boy. He ran distance events, so you would think he would be the slowest right? WRONG! He was sure damn fast. This very day I can't figure out why or how he could run so fast with all that lard on him.
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| Posted 7/13/2005 9:25 PM |
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Pounds (7/13/2005)
I'd rather stay clean (away from the beer) because I want to stay healthy. I would most likely wait until my career is over and then go to college (late twenties early thirties).Well, between your SMALL BRAIN comment and this one Id say you're destined for a career in the infantry and definately NOT paratrooper material. Paratroopers are a special breed who know a life of sacrifice and service and if you're not willing to balance you education time with the mass casualty brain cell genocide of copious alcohol then I dont know if your cut from the same cloth as the fine men and women of the airborne. We have a proud tradition of thinking outside the box, doing things others wont do (usually on a dare) and accepting lifes hardest assignments (like attempting to make it through morning PT with a hangover) If you dont feel you can live up to this mighty standard, then what you want to do is head off to college, join the ROTC there and practice saying into the mirror "LOW QUARTERS ARE COOL TOO!"  :praise:
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| Posted 7/13/2005 10:43 PM |
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