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Bye Guys
well im off to basic training in two days and i just wanted to say "Keep Your Throttles Open, Your Turbos Spinning, and Your Smoke Belching"
Ill be back when i can
MOS- 89D - EOD- US Army
Ill be back when i can
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RE: Bye Guys
ORIGINAL: TheWizard
well im off to basic training in two days and i just wanted to say "Keep Your Throttles Open, Your Turbos Spinning, and Your Smoke Belching"
Ill be back when i can
MOS- 89D - EOD- US Army
well im off to basic training in two days and i just wanted to say "Keep Your Throttles Open, Your Turbos Spinning, and Your Smoke Belching"
Ill be back when i can
MOS- 89D - EOD- US Army
Just remember, it's all a head game and you'll be fine. As long as you don't expect anything, you won't be dissappointed. Take it one day, one event, one step at a time. Look too far down the road and it seems like it'll take forever.
RLTW!
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RE: Bye Guys
Just remember, it's all a head game and you'll be fine. As long as you don't expect anything, you won't be dissappointed. Take it one day, one event, one step at a time. Look too far down the road and it seems like it'll take forever.
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Good luck and Godspeed. I served in the active USAF for five years, and I've been in the AF Reserve for another six. I just returned in January from six months in Afghanistan. I have three pieces of advice for any young person who enters military service:
1. Do the GI Bill pay deduction ($100/month for 12 months). If you go tocollege or vocational traininglater they will pay you $1,075/month for three years!
2. Always do the right thing, even if nobody is watching.
3. Save at least 20% of your pay, before deductions. Open an account with a company like T. Rowe Price, Fidelity or Vanguard and have them automatically take an amount each pay period and put it in a growth mutual fund. (Something like T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation, PRWCX) If you do it automatically each month you'll never miss the money. Leave the money in no matter what happens to the stock market; ride out the market downturns..
I know a guy who retired as an E-8 a few years ago. He had invested 1/4 of his paycheck ever since basic training and never touched it. His account balance is well over a million bucks now, and he works part time in the tool dept at Home Depot just because he enjoys it. Twenty years from now you could be the "millionaire next door" who works at the Dodge parts counter and always has a smile on his face.
Take care!
1. Do the GI Bill pay deduction ($100/month for 12 months). If you go tocollege or vocational traininglater they will pay you $1,075/month for three years!
2. Always do the right thing, even if nobody is watching.
3. Save at least 20% of your pay, before deductions. Open an account with a company like T. Rowe Price, Fidelity or Vanguard and have them automatically take an amount each pay period and put it in a growth mutual fund. (Something like T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation, PRWCX) If you do it automatically each month you'll never miss the money. Leave the money in no matter what happens to the stock market; ride out the market downturns..
I know a guy who retired as an E-8 a few years ago. He had invested 1/4 of his paycheck ever since basic training and never touched it. His account balance is well over a million bucks now, and he works part time in the tool dept at Home Depot just because he enjoys it. Twenty years from now you could be the "millionaire next door" who works at the Dodge parts counter and always has a smile on his face.
Take care!
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RE: Bye Guys
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3. Save at least 20% of your pay, before deductions. Open an account with a company like T. Rowe Price, Fidelity or Vanguard and have them automatically take an amount each pay period and put it in a growth mutual fund. (Something like T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation, PRWCX) If you do it automatically each month you'll never miss the money. Leave the money in no matter what happens to the stock market; ride out the market downturns..
I know a guy who retired as an E-8 a few years ago. He had invested 1/4 of his paycheck ever since basic training and never touched it. His account balance is well over a million bucks now, and he works part time in the tool dept at Home Depot just because he enjoys it. Twenty years from now you could be the "millionaire next door" who works at the Dodge parts counter and always has a smile on his face.
Take care!
3. Save at least 20% of your pay, before deductions. Open an account with a company like T. Rowe Price, Fidelity or Vanguard and have them automatically take an amount each pay period and put it in a growth mutual fund. (Something like T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation, PRWCX) If you do it automatically each month you'll never miss the money. Leave the money in no matter what happens to the stock market; ride out the market downturns..
I know a guy who retired as an E-8 a few years ago. He had invested 1/4 of his paycheck ever since basic training and never touched it. His account balance is well over a million bucks now, and he works part time in the tool dept at Home Depot just because he enjoys it. Twenty years from now you could be the "millionaire next door" who works at the Dodge parts counter and always has a smile on his face.
Take care!
got 20% going into mine right now (that includes the 5% match)
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RE: Bye Guys
Wizard! Good luck! I'm 11B... Good luck at EOD school! Gotta give you credit, Infantry have *****, but EOD has some guts... I don't think EOD ever would have crossed my mind when I enlisted...
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Good luck man. Remember,, DONT VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING,, lol. Just do what ur told, pay attention, and always try ur hardest. I may be wearing green later on this year,,,, if the wife lets me [8D]. The GI bill is a very, very good idea, so are the investment deals too. The main one is that GI bill, make sure and opt for it, even if u dont go to college, u can sign it over to ur wife or kids.
