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Entries for October, 2008

Trick or Treat

Oh what a wonderful day it will be.  I get to run around the neighborhood hiding in bushes, jumping out and scaring kids.  I get to be a kid again because tonight is Halloween.
Halloween has always been one of my favorite days of the year no matter how old I am.  When I was a [...]

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Evicted

If you are a Marine that has been evicted due to no fault of your own you may be able to get the military to move you at no charge to yourself. If you were paying your landlord and are up to date on your rent but the landlord has failed to pay his mortgage [...]

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Emergency Leave

I went on Emergency Leave on Wed afternoon due to the not so unexpected phone call I recieved from my mother on Tuesday night.  My Grandfather passed away.
I am currently at my Granmother’s house with her and my mom.  My brother will be here next week as well as my dad.  The memorial service will [...]

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Contribute More to Your TSP

Losing Money
I am sure that in the recent weeks you have heard about all the troubles that the stock market has had.  It has indeed been painful to watch especially if you are watching the balance of your TSP or other retirement account.  I myself have lost over 6,000 dollars in my TSP in the [...]

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Why I use USAA

About a year and a half ago i transferred my banking from Navy Federal Credit Union to USAA Federal Credit Union and couldn’t be happier.  Many service members know the benefits of USAA for insurance but most that I know do not use USAA for their banking.  I think using USAA is the best financial [...]

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Meritorious Promotion Increases

Yesterday I wrote a post for LCpls and Cpls trying to figure out their composite scores.  While getting a composite score above the cutting score is the most common way for a Marine to get promoted there is another way to get promoted and that is meritoriously.  Meritorious promotions are much less common and are [...]

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Calculating Composite Score

As most of you know the way to get promoted to Sgt or Cpl in the Marine Corps is a fairly straight forward process.  You work your ass off to get a high composite score and when it is above the cutting score for the month you get promoted.  The thing is unfortunately many Marines [...]

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What Happened to the Sergeants

I joined this great mean green killing machine that is the Marine Corps 13 years ago.  When I came in Sergeants were GODS.  As a young Pvt or PFC you never went and talked to the Sergeant.  If you did you were asking for either a beat down or a shitty working party (I got [...]

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Start ‘em Young

This kid is either going to be the most motivated Marine ever or hate the Corps.  Either way I have a goal for my 7 month old.

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Half Way There

I am happy to report that the Dodgers were eliminated from the post season Wednesday night.  Now I am not a Phillies fan not by any means.  I am however a huge Dodger hater.  In fact pretty much any team from LA is not very high on my list of likable teams.  Give me teams [...]

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