HOrnbrod Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Daughter #1 was commissioned today as a US Army 2nd Lt. Took her a year longer than expected, but she finally squeaked through. She will remain in the active Guard until called up for active duty next year. Daughter #2 will be commissioned as a USAF 2nd Lt. this fall. She has been accepted for flight school training at Pensacola NAS and will be reporting in immediately after commissioning. She wants to fly cargo aircraft like the C5 and C141 in preparation as a commercial pilot after active duty. Just thought I'd share. The knuckleheads are doing okay, in spite of wanting nothing to do the the Navy. :cheers:
jimoshel Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Did you get a dollar for being the first one to salute them? Or is that another tradition down the drain.
mule13 Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Congratulations, sounds like you're winning. I can't get the AF recruiter to call my son back. he even scored 83 on the mechanical part of the ASVAB which is real high :( He's Talking about the Marines now,I did 4 in the Corps and 8 in the army tried like hell to get him into that AF
HOrnbrod Posted September 21, 2011 Author Posted September 21, 2011 Did you get a dollar for being the first one to salute them? Or is that another tradition down the drain. Nope. :D And they know better than to wait for that.
Akula69 Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Did you get a dollar for being the first one to salute them? Or is that another tradition down the drain. Nope. :D And they know better than to wait for that. LOL yeah, it would probably be a cold day in hell before a chief would salute an officer in a sister service! In any case, congratulations Don, you did good!
jpdriver1 Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 well wishes and a thank you to em for serving
HOrnbrod Posted September 21, 2011 Author Posted September 21, 2011 The pay's not bad nowadays either. A boot O-1 fresh out of school makes $33408/yr base pay, plus free lodging, food, medical, clothing, and paid continuing education. And all kinds of incentive pay for what you do and where you're at, like flight pay, COLA, etc. etc. Great job security too, and nowhere to go but up. In today's economy, that's not a bad way to start. ;)
Comanche County Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Congrats Don! What branch (of the Army) did she go into?
jimoshel Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Did you get a dollar for being the first one to salute them? Or is that another tradition down the drain. Nope. :D And they know better than to wait for that. LOL yeah, it would probably be a cold day in hell before a chief would salute an officer in a sister service! In any case, congratulations Don, you did good! Rank is rank and military courtesy calls for a salute, irregardless of branch, or relationship.
HOrnbrod Posted September 22, 2011 Author Posted September 22, 2011 Congrats Don! What branch (of the Army) did she go into? Medical Corps, Physician Assistant Jay. She went into Army ROTC under a Army Nursing scholarship but fell a little short. But that's okay, at least she made it through, got her degree, got commissioned and fulfilled the scholarship requirements. Once she gets on active duty, she plans to finish her nursing training and move into the Army Nurse Corps. They get promoted faster. :cheers:
Comanche County Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 That's great, a PA is nothin' to shake a stick at. Beats the heck outta Infantry, let me tell ya.
HOrnbrod Posted September 22, 2011 Author Posted September 22, 2011 Rank is rank and military courtesy calls for a salute, irregardless of branch, or relationship. Yep, right out of the manual Jim. But what's more useless in their first year of active duty than a just out of school O-1 Enswine? Or any other O-1 in the other services? Their major value at sea was serving as fresh meat on the fantail smokers (boxing matches). It was great for crew morale to see the Naval Academy middleweight champ Enswine getting cold-cocked by a mess cook from Brooklyn named Fazio or similar in the first round. But while ashore, of course we had to follow rank protocol.
jimoshel Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 [quote name=" Yep' date=' right out of the manual Jim. But what's more useless in their first year of active duty than a just out of school O-1 Enswine? Or any other O-1 in the other services? [/quote] Been pondering that question for half an hour. Can't think of a thing. :dunno: Actually I keep thinking of tits on a boar hog. But those are things. They don't count.
Comanche County Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 I lived being an O-1, I could get away with anything, as an O-4, you can't get away with even the square root of jack crap!
jimoshel Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 I lived being an O-1, I could get away with anything, as an O-4, you can't get away with even the square root of jack crap!
Akula69 Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Rank is rank and military courtesy calls for a salute, irregardless of branch, or relationship. Not what I was saying Jim, but you are correct in any case.
jimoshel Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 A oldie but maybe there's a young'un on that hasn't heard it. A grizzled Navy chief and a young Air Force 2nd Lt are in the john taking a leak. The Lt finishes, shakes it a couple times and heads for the door. Chief hollers at him "Hey son, in the Navy they teach us to wash our hands after going to the John." Lt replies, " In the Air Force they teach us not to pee on our fingers."
Akula69 Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 A oldie but maybe there's a young'un on that hasn't heard it. A grizzled Navy chief and a young Air Force 2nd Lt are in the john taking a leak. The Lt finishes, shakes it a couple times and heads for the door. Chief hollers at him "Hey son, in the Navy they teach us to wash our hands after going to the John." Lt replies, " In the Air Force they teach us not to pee on our fingers." :yes:
dakal Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 its great having your kids do well. best thing you could do with your life! dave
Drahcir495 Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Congratulation! Good job raising them right . . .
HOrnbrod Posted August 1, 2013 Author Posted August 1, 2013 Have to crow a little tonight, hope y'all don't mind too much. :yes: Daughter #2 graduated last week from her ten months of ABM (Air Battle Manager) training at Tyndall AFB, FL. First in the class, and she was the only female to make it through. She also got promoted to O2 (1st LT), got her wings, and started earning flight pay. She has a little time off now, then will report to Tinker AFB, OK in August to start flying for parts unknown as the ABM on an E-3 Sentry (AWACS) aircraft. Needless to say I'm quite proud of her.
johnj92131 Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 Don, Contrats to the new Lt. and her proud papa!
jimoshel Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 Congrats Don. It's always great when you have kids you can brag on and be proud of.
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