Tomorrow I hang up my cammies for the last time...

[JAG2955]

That's where we'll be! Bought my military cheap-o tickets today.

[Cybrludite]

Congrats, and as the others have said, thank you for serving!

[tcourtplayer]

Congrats again man. Let me know if your travels out to your next location bring you my way.

You're kind of on my way to Texas...

Well...yes, but let me know if your taking the I-10 route

[g-man]

Semper Fi, and thank you for your service. Enjoy Shades of Green, I keep meaning to get down there at some point...

[SoupOrMan]

... and we call folks sir not out of respect but because we can't be bothered to remember their names

OPSEC violation! OPSEC violation!

[Jericho941]

Were they satisfied with your ITP and resume?

[Rod]

If you have your schedule planned and are in El Paso after Sunday, Casa Linkous is always available. At least for a cup of coffee and a snack for a break if nothing else.

[JAG2955]

Were they satisfied with your ITP and resume?

They didn't like me that week for a few reasons:
1. I told the VA guy I thought that there was a death list-not through malice, but through incompetence.
2. They gave me a situation where they told me they'd pay me $80k/yr. I told them that I wouldn't work for that little.
3. They hit the word "deconflict" on my resume and told me it wasn't a word. I assured them that it was.
4. My 30-second "self-commercial", was so good, they asked me if I had done it before. Yes. Every day. I speak in front of people every day.

My ITP was full of smart-ass remarks to those retarded questions. The "Gap Analysis Worksheet" had "NOTHING" written in each gap. Each ITP note was "Get a job". Myself and one of my buddies, who is senior to me by two years were the oldest and most experienced Marines in the class. It makes NO DAMN SENSE to have us in the same TRS class as first enlistment Marines.

It did give me lots of time to work on my LinkedIn profile.

[toad]

Whoof, back in the beginning I thought you'd go for your 30, but now things have gotten so messed up in the services a lot of enlisted and officers are pulling the plug. From what I read about thing like the ROE in the current Iraq situation I don't blame them.. The only good news is that a fair number of ex servicemen are getting into politics.
Try to stay in shape in case the pooh hits the rotating air mover and you get activated.

[Aesop]

1) Congrats and best wishes. Sorry you had to make that choice, but I can't argue with the rationale or the realities, and neither could you.
2) Save your cammies and boots. Sadly, they're both liable to come in handy rather sooner than later. {cf. Ukraine}
3) Felicitations on your promotion Supreme Commander of yourself.
The only downside is you're also now responsible for all G-1 through G-5 activities and decisions regarding your future fate, and the CO is a bitch to work for.
But the retirement possibilities are hugely better if properly worked out.
4) Both Wall St. and Main St. continue to put stock in the hiring of service academy brats, to the preference of the Ivy League, by and large, thank Krom.
Particularly amongst the Fortune 100 companies. I would advise looking there, and avoiding opportunities to be some sort of contractor-for-hire teaching godless savages the military arts (the correct terminology for which is "future CNN hostage", by and large) unless you have a death wish.
5) That goes doubly so for "opportunities" with Christians In Action, No Such Agency, and Far Beyond Insanity. The Big Three all have ample opportunities, but offer the same relatively meager pay for far more questionable motivations, and minus any of the benefits of working amongst fellows with the same unmuddled commitment to the well-being of the republic your former employer nominally guaranteed.
6) Reveille goes Whenever The F*** You Want. Enjoy sleeping in. But of course, the historical "No work, no eat" rule applies.