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View Poll Results: What is/was the primary determining factor in your home location?
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I was born or raised here so I just stayed
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I had a job offer/transfer
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I moved here, or stay primarily because of a good church
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I hate it here and have no real reason to stay!
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06-14-2007, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by Berkeley
Have they considered attending Westpoint?or the Coast Guard Academy?
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No. It takes a lot of effort to get into the military academies. My older son will only join if he can fly planes and the Navy wouldn't make any promises although he passed the testing with flying colors and he's only one class shy of a math degree.
My youngest son got into some trouble and would not qualify for an academy.
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06-14-2007, 09:07 PM
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My Family!
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Collierville, TN
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I couldn't vote either....it's where my husband felt led to come and pastor.
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You could vote your job transferred you......
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06-14-2007, 09:11 PM
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Saved & Shaved
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by mizpeh
No. It takes a lot of effort to get into the military academies. My older son will only join if he can fly planes and the Navy wouldn't make any promises although he passed the testing with flying colors and he's only one class shy of a math degree.
My youngest son got into some trouble and would not qualify for an academy.
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If a recruiter guarantees that you'll get to choose your MOS, he is lying. But, most I know who are in the service were able to select their MOS.
It's on a "need" basis, as in, if they need to fill spots somewhere, well, you get "volun-told" what you are going to do.
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06-14-2007, 09:11 PM
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uncharismatic conservative maverick
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Indiana
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Originally Posted by LadyCoonskinner
Why?
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Family.
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06-14-2007, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Berkeley
If a recruiter guarantees that you'll get to choose your MOS, he is lying. But, most I know who are in the service were able to select their MOS.
It's on a "need" basis, as in, if they need to fill spots somewhere, well, you get "volun-told" what you are going to do.
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My enlistment papers clearly stated my rate (MOS), bonuses, college fund and that I would make E-4 immediately on completion of my schooling... and it all happened.
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06-14-2007, 09:24 PM
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just lurking...
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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None of the above!
My MIL bribed my husband, and back then I was still attempting to be a submissive wife 
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06-14-2007, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheltiedad
My enlistment papers clearly stated my rate (MOS), bonuses, college fund and that I would make E-4 immediately on completion of my schooling... and it all happened.
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And there was a war when you enlisted???
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06-14-2007, 09:34 PM
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Shaking the dust off my shoes.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Nunya bidness
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Well, let's see. I moved here to come be part of a church that was trying to get off the ground. That basically fell apart, so now we are basically stuck here until some things happen and the Lord opens the door for us to leave. I promised my son we would not move while he was in high school so we have at least three more school years to go. My hope is to finish college and get my bachelors degree by the time he graduates (I start June 25th) and then put as many miles between me and this one horse town as the Lord will allow. My hope is to move South, maybe TN or GA even.
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06-14-2007, 09:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Ohio
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Originally Posted by Berkeley
Magie,
You said that you "stayed" there. But, you did move!! See the difference?
I moved out of state 3 times. Always to come back. It must be the water.
Anyway, after that I moved to the next town over, then back again a few
times.
Instability, yes. But, I'm almost still young. If I had a family, I would become
stationary.
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ok, Berk.. I see what yer sayin'. Before I married and had a family I lived in two different cities in Michigan for a total of 4 years and 1 year in Kentucky (not a good experience. Not that Ky. is bad. The experience was just awful).
So yes, I did live away. But like you, once I married, stability became a huge plus for me.
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06-14-2007, 10:03 PM
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We live in a small town close to the Lake of the Ozarks, MO. just a few miles from where I was raised. Nice, friendly people here - not a terrible place by any means, but if we could simply choose we would likely live in or close to a larger city. I have a good business established here allowing my wife (who is an RN) to stay home with the children. One thing that makes it easier for us to live here is our ability to travel some. We try to take an international trip every other year, and travel in the states in the off year. It is a great place to come back to and is where most of my family also calls home.
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