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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

My parents didn't let me or my sister to go to school on the ASVAB test day. They didn't want recruiters contacting them constanty.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's probably for the best.

I spent 4 years in the USMC and have a very complicated relationship with my time enlisted. There is a lot I'm proud of, but there's also a lot that would be nice to forget.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Did you file with the VA? If not, you need to. Get all the benefits possible.

I filed three times after getting out, got a lot of “we lost it, file again! Haha!” I told myself since all my limbs are attached, didn’t deserve anything. Someone finally convinced me otherwise and now I get a little extra every month as well as being able to go to the VA for routine stuff.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait. Some school districts actually have everyone take this by default? Our public schools kept the recruiters in a dark corner of an unused hallway behind the library and you had to actually go out of your way to talk to one to make an appointment for ASVAB testing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This was a long time ago, and in a city with a military base.