Attitude assessment
You are pissed at a Sr Chief because he won't do all the work for you?
Grow the fvck up and be proactive. You want to know what's on the ASTB, buy the frikk'n book. You wan't info on it, look on line. It isn't hard, and if you really want to be an officer, start being proactive.
Depending on what boards you are trying to go through, your recruiter is probably trying to gauge your aptitude before spending too much time on your app. Think about it. College is ending, and I'm sure there has been a flood of apps and right now they are probably scrambling their asses with people who are already pro-rec'd or final selected. Take a chill pill and do what your OR says.
Also, the GI bill is for people that have served already. What makes you think you are entitled to the same thing they are? People in ROTC have to give up a significant amount of their college life in return for their scholarships and BDCP people are: um.... well... they have a service commitment, same as ROTC people.
As a person who is paying out of his own pocket just (as you put it) to serve in the military, I am offended by that attitude. I pay out of my own pocket to go to college, to get a degree, to possibly have the privilege of being an officer in the United States Military. To think that the military owes you jack for getting a degree is bs. You better start think of something bigger than yourself, or you better hope your degree is worth something to put on a resume, I hear it's tough to get a job in the civi world these days.
Rethink your post, and try again later.
Be proactive, do what he tells you, and drop the entitlement everyone should hand everything to me attitude, and everything will work out.
/flame off.
WOW… SO you defiantly took some of what I said out of context!!! I am sorry that my frustration with the situation offended you!! Being in my shoes I have a lot of really good friends and family who are chiefs and SR chiefs and they are jumping down MY throat about how the OR should be helping more.
I have been proactive.. I have purchased 3 different books and printed every possible gouge from the internet… so its not that I am NOT being proactive or I just don’t care. Its is more so that I am being told 5 different things and I want straight answers.
THAT is why I posted on here… not to be belittled and criticized but to get input from people who are in or have been through the program!! I understand your point that the OR doesn’t want to spend too much time on someone who may be wasting their time where there are bigger and better things out there. I understand and respect that from a management standpoint. I guess I more so don’t understand why the OR up north was willing to sit down and talk to me about the program and go over everything with me while the OR here is not. I realize now (thanx to you) that the competition is greater in this area and again… he doesn’t want to waste his time.
As for your comment "..GI bill is for people that have served already. What makes you think you are entitled to the same thing they are? People in ROTC have to give up a significant amount of their college life in return for their scholarships and BDCP people are: um.... well... they have a service commitment, same as ROTC people." I don’t THINK I deserve anything… and I was curious as to why there are programs for enlisted people but not officers. I CHOSE to go to school… I CHOSE to take out loans… and I HAVE to pay them back no matter what… I know that and I am okay with that… my reason for asking was more geared to finding out if there ARE any other programs that maybe I just simply haven’t come across yet…
And as for your other comment "As a person who is paying out of his own pocket
just (as you put it) to serve in the military, I am offended by that attitude. I pay out of my own pocket to go to college, to get a degree, to
possibly have the
privilege of being an officer in the United States Military. To think that the military owes you jack for getting a degree is bs. You better start think of something bigger than yourself, or you better hope your degree is worth something to put on a resume, I hear it's tough to get a job in the civi world these days."
I never even went that route… YOU did!! I would never talk down about the military or anyone in it and that’s what you just accused me of doing. I don’t think that anyone or thing owes me S**t. I am just a simple person, going through college, working, and trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. I have always thought about the military but I did not join fresh out of highschool because I "Married the Military" and decided to persue and education instead. I am now divorced and finishing up college and weighing my options of going in (which was my original plan) or attempting to find a job in the "civi world" as you put it.
Serving our country IS a PRIVILEGE and it IS one that I would like to persue. I come to these boards seeking knowledge, experience and advise. If you are not willing or able to give me that (of have you head so far shoved up your ***) then do us both a favor and don’t post on my thread!!
