Recent content by mizzoukid19

I know how your loved ones feel about joining the military. I struggled with my decision to do so, and even lost quite a lot of friends when I finally decided to do it. There are good and bad things about the military, as with anything in life. But it's not for everyone. Luckily we live in a...

Thanks!

Good luck, Shae! How awesome that your program moves right into EMT-P - I'm hoping I can gain a military occupational specialty that does the same. Welcome to the board :-)

I greatly appreciate all the advice you've given, it's very helpful. I'm not married, but I've never been the type to lose my mind over women. I'm excited about a career in the helping professions and I don't want to do anything to screw it up :)

Ah, yes, you're definitely right ^_^

Yeah, but I'm kinda impatient and I won't see him again until next week probably. And I don't wanna keep bugging him with questions.

I think this was mentioned earlier, but I just want to clarify: what is the pay for AIT? Someone said the same as BCT, which is active duty pay if I'm not mistaken... And how long is the schooling? Some searching around online tells me somewhere between 15 and 17 weeks... I'm glad to here...

Oh wow, awesome, thanks! That helps quite a bit. I will definitely do so once I get there.

Emtpche: Thanks for the advice. I will definitely try my hardest to stay focused. Apagea99: Awesome, thanks so much for the clarifications. I really hope I don't get placed with a bunch of screw ups. I'm 24 - slightly older than most guys coming in, and I'm over my party phase. My military...

Good to hear it's a mostly fun place to be. I'm not the type to allow a good time to deter me from studies, fortunately. Unfortunately, I don't have any prior training, so I guess I won't be able to fast track. Hopefully reception isn't as bad as you say it could get. I've actually been to...

For all you Whiskeys in the Army... High and low points of Fort Sam Houston, TX? Please tell me it's not in the middle of nowhere... ~mizzoukid19

Hey everyone, I'm Kourtney, 24, black male, will hopefully finish up National Guard processing this week and be on track to ship to BCT in a month, maybe sooner. I'll be 68W unless something changes, which I don't think it will. I'm still pretty new to all this, so I don't know what kind of...

Afflixion: Will do. Good to know there are so many assistance programs out there for service memebers. I won't need much considering the two programs I mentioned are both around $6400 total each. -mizzoukid19

MMiz: Ah, makes sense. Will do, thanks. EMT11KDL: I don't have an exact ship date yet since I'm still processing with MEPS. But my recruiter believes I should be gone in about a month and a half or so. Afflixion: Thanks for your detailed response. It helps a lot. Looks like I'll be going...

Okay, so I did some searching around and found two (seemingly) good diploma programs in Georgia - Central Georgia Technical College and Lanier Technical College. They both also offer a full degree program. If anyone on the board happens to live and/or practice in Georgia and can speak to the...