================================================ Subject: Re: WAS Re: NCR: ABSOLUTELY STUNNED - NOW Pointless teasing From: "Lisa King" To: Date: Sun 2 Sep 2001 00:20:14 +0000 ================================================ That is why Steph wants to get her MD FIRST. She has no guarantee after joining that she will get what she wants and is told she will get. It would be foolish of the military, who needs MDs to begin with to take her and then assign her to something else and effectivly waste all the money spent on her. Lisa >From: "Keith P. Mears" >Reply-To: "Keith P. Mears" >To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM >Subject: Re: WAS Re: NCR: ABSOLUTELY STUNNED - NOW Pointless teasing >Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 16:58:17 -0500 > >That depends on your definition of "hooked up majorly". In all actuality, >high ASVAB scores don't really do much more than give you more options as >far as HOW Uncle Sam will screw you in the military. That sounds really >cynical, so let me clarify. The higher you score on the ASVAB battery, the >more of the "212 ways you can be an 'Army of One'" become available to you. > My own scores allowed me to have the pick of ANY job in the Army (or any >of the branches), but my color-blindness limited me to NON-combat and >NON-combat support jobs, which in the end led to some of my >disillusionment. > >And in my experience, military service is neither helped nor hindered by >race, sex, nationality, etc. I found the Army to be the most >non-discriminatory employer I've had, where positions and promotions truly >were filled based on merit alone. There are of course exceptions, but >generally I found this to be true. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Moonchild119@AOL.COM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 12:18 PM > Subject: Re: WAS Re: NCR: ABSOLUTELY STUNNED - NOW Pointless teasing > > > If you score high on the ASVAB test, they hook you up majorly, so I was > thinking about joining the services myself. But then a lot of people >say > that women who join the service usually end up getting either married or > pregnant within a year.. My dad said its because there are hardly any >women > in there to begin with, and if you've got looks, well then you've pretty >much > got the pick of the litter. > > > > In a message dated 8/31/01 11:14:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > wolfs_heart@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > > Sorry to hear that Keith. My daughters are both in NJROTC right now. >The > oldest Stephanie plansto go in as an officer after she completes her > schooling to be an MD > > Lisa > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp