Eric

I am confused because the rating I am interested in has an A-school which is about a year long. Would I get paid full time while I'm there even though it's just the Reserve? What about basic training?

I have a big meeting tomorrow where I plan to sign on (already medically-screened), and I would be grateful if someone can help me out so I don't have to ask what seems to be a very dumb question.

I have a section on my forums called "ethical hacking" and so 'hacking' is one of my meta keywords. Would that get me blocked anywhere?

I'm asking because I was trying to submit data on my site from websitelooker but it wouldn't add it to its database for one more of these reasons:

1. Site check is less than 50 unique visitors per day

2. Contains adult character words

3. Search site has no IP or not exist

4. Site contains content type warez, hacking, viruses

5. Policies violate websitelooker.com

I don't have enough traffic to meet criterion #1, but that part about "warez, hacking, viruses" made me wonder if my meta keyword could get me in trouble down the line.

CSS noob here. I'm working on my first site and I added a twitter button, but I can't figure out how I would align it to the right:

<a href="https://twitter.com/worldthought%22%3E <img src="redTwitterLogo.png" alt="Follow us on Twitter."></a>

Assuming that my preferred rating will be unavailable when I go to MEPS, my plan is to enter the Navy as undesignated. However, I'm not sure whether I want to put "airmen" or "engineering" first. Anyone have experience in either?

Disclaimer: I know a lot of people don't think it's a good idea to go undesignated, but please don't try to talk me out of doing it; I just want to know which would be more interesting (and yes I know I will probably just end up chipping paint). The reason I want to do this is because I'm expecting my desired rating (CTN) to be unavailable and so I want to strike for it. I was promised that, 100%, I will be able to strike for this rating and take a test for it in 6 months (the people with the highest scores on the test getting the job).

I only know what a couple of the abbreviations mean... but these were my Navy ASVAB composites if it's relevant to a recommendation: GT (133), EL (283), BEE (270), ENG (131), MEC (193), MEC2 (198), NUC (267), OPS (269), HM (207), ADM (137); AFQT = 99.

Problem: http://images.military.com/ASVAB/images/c20-p9-q13...

Both C and D look correct to me, but the answer is allegedly D. Note with these that mirror rotation is not allowed.

From: http://www.military.com/ASVAB/0,,ASVAB_MOS.html (Exam 3, question 13)

I checked the recent CREO posting (at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/career/caree... and it says that the rating I want, as of three months ago, is undermanned across the board (1 1 1).

I know being inflexible in the Navy doesn't work, but I'm pretty set on this job and I was just curious if there are any other factors besides being undermanned that would make it unavailable. Everyone is saying not to strike as an undesignated, but likewise it seems to follow that an undermanned job like that would be available for strike.

My recruiter promised that upon starting work as an undesignated striker, I will be given materials to study for an E4 exam in any rating that I want, even if it's not currently open (as long as I qualify for it on the ASVAB). After exactly 6 months, I will be given a test for this rating. Then, depending on the number of spots available, all of the people with the highest percentile on this test will go to A school for it. They promised that it wouldn't be completely closed and that there would be at least some openings for it, meaning that a first-place ranking on this exam will guarantee me the job. Also, if I do not get a high enough percentile, then I will be able to take a new exam in 6 months, either for this rating or another.

What I'm hoping to confirm is if, in fact, I really will be given a chance to test for this after 6 months. It sounds too good to be true if MEPS would declare it as closed or overmanned. His promise was that, even if it was overmanned, that I could pick ANY rating that I qualify for and will have a 100% shot at it in 6 months if my exam scores are relatively the highest.

Additional info: I have a BA so I would start as an E3 undesignated, and the rating I'm interested in is CTN. Also, he said that if I try and wait for the position to open that I will be flagged as inflexible and it will be bad for everyone, and that they will put a minimum 6 month hold on my ability to check if the job is open again. I believe that part, but I don't think any of these promises/guarantees will be in my contract so I'm worried that they will tell me to strike for something else (even though my recruiter promised that wouldn't happen).

I'm wondering if I qualify for a highly demanded rating/MOS, that there would be some kind of line that I could enter where I would wait until the job opens up.

My recruiters act like there is no line and that it remains entirely a matter of whether they (the recruiters) are quick enough after the job opens up, i.e., they grab it in the 45 seconds while it is available.

Something doesn't seem right about that. Wouldn't people who are qualified and have been waiting longer get some advantage when it comes to being matched up with openings? The reason I ask is because I would prefer not to enter as an undesignated and I wouldn't mind waiting, even over a year, for my preferred rating to open. In case it's relevant, I'm enlisting in the Navy and hoping for a CTN rating.

My goal is to earn a CTN rating. I am taking the ASVAB soon and am overprepared for it (have been studying for months and acing the practice tests) but my recruiter said my only real chance of getting this rating is to enter as undesignated and then strike for it. For what it's worth I have a BA so I would enter as an E3 undesignated.

Is that good advice? He said that after about 6 months of being undesignated that I could take a test for CTN, and upon passing it, could place into that rating. He said that he has had 100 recruits try and get that rating straight from the ASVAB and 0% have made it. I believe he really has seen that many recruits try since he's an E7 and has been doing this for 14 years.

Would I really be able to have a chance to test into it if I wait long enough? He mentioned something about a new provision that only allows enlistees to be undesignated for a year, so I don't know what would happen if I don't get a shot at my rating by then.

Also, I gather that there are different types of undesignated (e.g. engineering and aircraft support). If anyone could shed light on that I'd appreciate it because just about every forum I could find on the subject only mentions deck work. PS. I decided that I don't want to take the officer path (since I would rather have this specialized training/experience) so please don't recommend that.

First of all, I'm not trying to imply anything or insult anyone, I'm just curious.

For those who are not versed in the difference of the military branches, the Marine slogan is "The Few, The Proud". Also, they have good reason to distinguish themselves as they have the toughest physical requirements, their basic training is a month longer than any other branch (and fundamentally harder), and they are subject to the most physical danger. Where there seems to be a paradox however, is that a common poster on Marine recruiting offices is an image of a guy submerged in a swamp with just his eyes showing that says "Real heros don't brag." That's commendable because it encourages humility, but am I wrong to see some tension with this and the heavy sense of pride that Marines are trained to have?

The bible mentions pride 49 times, always with a negative connotation; it's also one of the seven deadly sins. And outside of a religious context, it still is intuitive that pride is dangerous since it's difficult to separate from arrogance and elitism—something that outrages and provokes others. It's also a near-opposite to humility, something that just about everyone agrees is a good thing.

Even for combat, humility has strong utility since it prevents the temptation to underestimate the enemy. Therefore, almost every school of martial arts endorses humility. In addition, nearly every moral parable or Greek tragedy usually contains some element of pride ('hubris' for the Greeks) that ultimately leads to the downfall of one or more characters; it's usually quite self-evident to the reader or audience how/why this downfall takes place, to the point where any displays of pride foreshadow doom in a rather obvious way.

But pride is certainly a core value of the Marines if not "the" core value. Why is it so important?

I've been seeing a disturbing trend here of fake/loaded questions that incriminate Obama. Also, anything political seems to get rapid fire responses here, and just about anyone who tries to respond to a political question with thoughtful feedback seems to get flooded with thumb-downs.

When I was in college (not too long ago) liberalism was popular while things like censorship and inequality were uncool. What made things do a 180?

Doesn't anyone remember that the economy had a fatal collapse right before Obama become President (e.g., the bailout being rejected by congress followed by record stock market crashes)? We were at the edge of a waterfall right when he became president and it seems a bit near-sighted to act like it was all his fault.

Also, when he took office he was the first in a long time to show genuine humility to foreign leaders, such as when he bowed to the Chinese emperor; something that outraged many who were nostalgic for our former redneck foreign policy. Isn't being redeemed in the eyes of the world what we need and probably the best real deterrence we have from terrorism?

Many of these recent right-wing extremist threads, judging by the maturity, appear to be written by people in high school or younger. Anyone have theories as to why kids have suddenly decided it's fashionable to pretend that liberal ideas "are stupid"?

I'm having trouble understanding internal resistance. From what I've read it is a way to describe battery (DC) power: "The opposition exhibited by a circuit element (cell or battery) to the flow of direct current".

I tried to reference the brief Wikipedia entry but it's hard to understand: "A practical electrical power source which is a linear electric circuit may, according to Thévenin's theorem, be represented as an ideal voltage source in series with an impedance."

What's the hardest to understand for me, which I'm especially curious about is how internal resistance can be said to have zero or infinite internal resistance. For example:

"An ideal voltage source has zero internal resistance so that changes in load resistance will not change the voltage supplied."

&

"An ideal current source has infinite internal resistance so that changes in load resistance will not change the current supplied".

After reviewing these principles I'm particularly confused about how this does or does not apply to AC power, such as from a wall socket. Could that be thought of as zero or infinite resistance depending on its context?

Thanks for any help.

I'm interested in the navy, but for all the possible jobs that I might possibly want, I would only need a good score in the special sections for electronics and general science.

I bought several ASVAB prep books and am able to ace most of the math/verbal practice tests, and can do ok on the electronics and science tests. However, I fail miserably at the other sections, particularly auto mechanics, shop, and mechanical comprehension.

My question is if there would be any arguable reason to work for high scores across the board in these categories that will qualify me for jobs that I know I don't want.

My reasoning is that it would be nice to know about these topics anyway but moreso that it might look nice down the road if panels read my profile and see high scores across the board (maybe for promotions I don't know). I gave myself about a week from today to cram for the ASVAB and so basically I was wondering if it was worth it to divide my attention (away from electronics and general science) at all onto the other subjects.

The recruiters I've talked to seem to think that it wouldn't help anything but I keep thinking that these scores are going to be stuck on my profile so it might be worth it to go the extra mile in the extra categories.

Additional info: I am enlisting with a college degree in philosophy and only a 3.2 gpa which is not adequate for going straight into OCS. But I am hoping that after a couple of years, and with high performance in my rating, that I could try for OCS. That's partly why I'm wondering about these peripheral scores.

Thoughts?

I am looking to join the Navy as an active duty enlistee and want to gain some solid tech experience that will help me to get a high-paying tech job in the private sector. ETs are electronics technicians and ITs are information systems technicians. Had anyone in the Navy heard about the job prospects of either?

Additional info: I have a BA in philosophy (with a general tech background) but want to be an enlistee so that I have more choice in my assigned rating. Regardless of what rating I end up with, I will be working on my programming skills so that I can earn some credentials/certificates like CompTIA A+. I am 27 so am too old for the air force. Also, I have a clean background so the TS clearance won't be a problem. As far as the ASVAB I'm well-prepared for it so scores won't be an issue.

I'm not trying to be greedy for a very high-paying job, I just want a decent one. I'm afraid if I take the electrical engineering route that I'll end just installing equipment for the cable company or something. I like to be challenged and don't want to be stuck with something easy or routine, and would appreciate any guidance on the IT/ET decision.

I officially decided to join the Air Force Reserves (unfortunately I'm 27 and a recruiter said I'm too old for the real Air Force.) I'm bummed that I can't be in the real Force but I want to make the best out of my career in the Reserves and narrowed down my interests to cyber surety apprentice (3d033) and cyber systems operations (3d032). I have a modest tech job right now to hold me over and am able to wait over a year for either to open up so that's not a factor.

My personal details: I have a BA in philosophy and a couple of associate degrees but am starting over to try and get a BS in software engineering applications or something similar and load up on credentials/certificates. I'm not concerned about being an officer, I would rather just get some solid experience (I may apply for OTS after I get my BS.)

What I want to know is which would give me a better chance at getting a solid career for a defense contractor like Boeing or Northrop Grumman? I'm interested in network security and the advanced types of programming/scripting involved and would rather focus on the software side rather than the electrical engineering side. I know both of these AF jobs require a TS clearance (that won't be a problem because I have a clean record.)

I like to challenge myself and want the job that is the most difficult and has the most rigor. But despite researching these jobs as much as possible, I can only find vague details on each and nothing comparing the two. Can anyone please compare these from experience?

Any info is much appreciated~

I want to join the Air Force Reserve but the contract is for 6 years. Are you able to transfer to another Reserve station after a year or so, for example, if you get a major job offer somewhere else?

I want to join the Air Reserve badly, partly to get a top secret clearance but also because I'm interested in the training for the two particular jobs: "cyber surety" or "cyber systems operations".

The problem is that it looks like I'm going to hired for a civilian job at an IT help desk and I would feel bad about needing to ditch them for 9 weeks of basic training and then 66 days of individual training. This company that wants to hire me only has one spot to fill and they went through a lot trouble in their screening process and already filtered out several applicants. I'm hoping that it will take a while (at least 6-9 months) before I'm shipped out so I can do something for this company if they hire me. That wait sounds about right for waiting to be shipped out for a high-demand air reserve job right?

Additional info: I have a Bachelor's but this cyber position isn't available for officers. Also, I'm 27 and was officially told I'm too old for the normal air force by their recruiters. As far as just asking a Reserve recruiter, I left a message on an air Reserve's guy's voicemail a week ago but he's on vacation and hasn't responded yet. I still haven't taken my ASVAB yet but know that the required 68th percentile in "G" won't be a problem.

I read that if you are in the top of your class at OCS that you might be able to pick your field if it's available, rather than have something randomly selected for you from your top 10 wish list. I'm aware that "the needs of the army come first" but if a field is not currently available then are you allowed to wait for it to open up?

For example, I have a Bachelor's but I was considering to enlist in an intelligence related MOS that has a 44-week long AIT and then apply to OCS after a few months of duty. That would influence the likelihood of me being selected for that field right? It seems like a waste to train in something for a year and then become an officer for something completely different.

Is there anything that can be done to guarantee an officer field? Perhaps contacting a CO in your desired field long-in-advance and establishing rapport?

The most logical solution seems to wait after OCS until a spot opens up but I can't find any info on whether that would be allowed. I'm aware that I can decline a commission (with no second chances after that) but of course I would rather not do that in case if I ever burn out of my dream MOS (it's unlikely but I can't rule out the possibility) and then want to become an officer in something fresh like combat engineering or finance etc.

Thanks in advance for any info!