Going for a long time.

[GeneralSnake]

I am going to take my physical for the USMC tomorrow, and then ship out pretty quickly after that. Obviously, I wont be around during boot, and I am not taking my computer with me, so I wont be around afterwards, wherever I end up. I want to get a camera so I can take some nice photos, hopefully of some other country, I will post whenever I can.

I am going to try and bear through the lag and play as much as possible in this next week or so. I just wanted to let you guys know how great you all are. I had massive amounts of fun playing with you all. And the forums are great, you are all very helpful and friendly, and were like a big family to me.

Cain, when I start getting a paycheck, I will start donating, I feel obliged, and bad that I couldn't for the time I was playing here. You run the best damn server and community ever.

I hope everyone has as much fun and feels as much love as I did during my stay here. I will post as much as I can after boot, but not having a computer will make that difficult. Have a great life everyone!

[thedeadlyassassin]

You'll be back...


Very touching post there general. It's sad to see you go, you and I had a lot of fun squading up together, and I assure you, you WILL be missed. You'll always have a home here with us all, and will always be welcome.

Try to make the best of your away from home. And our hearts are with you. We all appreciate you going to help serve our Country :usa1:


May the hearts of many be with you, young general :2thumbs:

[Trooper110]

My brother went through MC boot camp and said what kept him going was the letters from home/friends. Give me a PM and I'll send you my info if you want it so you can let me know where to send you letters at boot camp.

In any case, good luck with the MC and whatever you'll be doing for them.

Stay strong in boot camp and remember that there's a lot of us out there rooting for you and keeping our fingers crossed for you.

God bless the USA and our armed forces, and all members of them. Even if I don't support the war in Iraq :P

[Apache Warrior]

Anytime you have a chance to post and keep us informed, do so. We care and I hope everything works out as you have planned. Good luck in the MC family. :usa1:
Apache

[gti420]

Gonna miss ya man. Fo sho =\

[DennisM7]

Good luck general do you know what school you are going too after basic yet ?

[juneau]

Take care and good luck Snake. We'll be here for when you return. :2thumbs:

[baconoclock]

Later bro.

Dont do like my best friend did, during training (running) he tripped and fell on his weapon, face first. Managed to get 20+ stitches from that and some flack from everyone else. :D

[Storm_Shadow]

Best wishes to you as you go through the process. You'll be missed here, but know that we'll be here when you return. Check in when you can. :2thumbs:

[{CLR} ObiTroy]

Thank you for your service to my country, my friend. Semper Fi!

Be sure to keep in touch, post pictures and such.

[Slaughter]

Best of luck to you and thanks for your service!

[minfootball]

Stay in touch, we will be here when u get back probably even bigger :2thumbs:

[CheebaNinja]

GLHF in BC Snake. :2thumbs: U have a friend alredy in dont u? Ask him for some pointers on shooting so u can PWn the weapons training. :2thumbs: And try not to laugh at the D.I. :) Drop us a line whenever u can! Semper Fi.

[mapes]

Good luck dude. I hope you get what you want and don't forget to duck!

[BigTwinky]

Good luck!

[Rand{CLR}]

Best of luck. Try to use your time to get your new squad mates et. al. interested in the Lair. :twisted:

-Rand

[{CLR} Naillik]

Good luck, and good job! We'll be waiting for you when you get back, so go do what you need to do :2thumbs:

[Duke{CLR}]

Good luck and thanks for your service. Post whenever you can we will be here. :2thumbs:

[Minerva]

TAKE CARE and good luck to you. I hope to hear from you soon and I wish you the best. :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

[lady-MGS]

Take care, good luck and we are going to miss you. Please keep in touch with us as much as you can.

[Grisu]

Good Luck!

[Kenshin Himura]

Best of luck to you, Snake. Be sure to drop in when you can and let us know how everything is going. :2thumbs:

[Thrashdragon]

Have fun and keep your powder dry. :2thumbs:

[GeneralSnake]

Thanks everyone for you wonderful words of encouragement and kindness. I will try and stop by libraries and stuff like that to come and post, but I am fairly sure that during training, I wont be able to do so.

[Apache Warrior]

but I am fairly sure that during training, I wont be able to do so.
You are correct and you will be to tired to want to. :D
Apache

[Variable_az]

Good luck Snake! Do you know where you are going for bootcamp, Parris Island or San Diego? Keep in touch. Semper Fi!!!!!

:2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

[GeneralSnake]

I will be going to San Diego, I live on the western half of the US. The nearest shipping date is Oct. 9, that is when I will go to boot. So I have 20 days left to chill out and play games. Kind of nice, but I was hoping to go sooner so I can have a bed and some food every night, but the extra time to relax is good. I think I am going to be an aviation mechanic, and then go for pilot, which requires a 4 year degree.

[TheSilentAssassin]

Stay Safe

[baller4life2468]

Hope to see you back soon

[CheebaNinja]

I will be going to San Diego, I live on the western half of the US. The nearest shipping date is Oct. 9, that is when I will go to boot. So I have 20 days left to chill out and play games. Kind of nice, but I was hoping to go sooner so I can have a bed and some food every night, but the extra time to relax is good. I think I am going to be an aviation mechanic, and then go for pilot, which requires a 4 year degree. Nice field to be in! :2thumbs: I was an avionics tech for 8 yrs. :2thumbs: Good pay,benifits,retirment,plus your mil pension and your set. :2thumbs:

[Trooper110]

I'm friends with a guy who's training to be a pilot in the MC right now GeneralSnake, if you want to talk to him let me know and I'll check with him if it's all right if I give you his info.

[Todd98]

Good Luck and don't be a stranger :2thumbs: :)

[BenKenobi]

aw man snake ... we need to play one last time man 8)

[Tails_Kitsune]

Aviation mechanic and pilot both sound exciting. :2thumbs:

I'm going to miss seeing you on the forums and in-game. Drop by and let us know how you're doing when you get the chance. Stay safe and best wishes! :2thumbs:

[Todd98]

Going too mis you man :cry:

[linemanstud]

Good luck and stay in touch. It is people like you who are the heart and soul of this country. Thanks for serving :2thumbs:

[freak93]

see ya hope nothing bad happens

[Tuck]

Thank you so much for your service to this Great Nation. Godspeed and good luck.

[Henry06x]

good luck man. take er easy. or as easy as possible during the short time they give you to rest!

[GeneralSnake]

Everyone is so kind. I am FINALLY done with all of the crap, and am officially a Marine now. I was sworn in and processed and the San Jose MEP lab. And believe me, it was crap. I had to visit the lab twice because of waivers I needed.
So, you go to this hotel, the hotel was really nice, especially because I have been sleeping on a floor for months and not eating too well. They gave us a free dinner at the hotel, and it was pretty good. Also, the bed was so comfortable. You go to sleep, and get woken up at 4:00AM, and go eat some more good food, they even had alright coffee. Get on shuttle at 5, go to lab and WAIT. Both times I went, I was there from 5AM, till 5PM. And waiting 90% of the time.
But, I finally got accepted and sworn in today. I got the Aviation Mechanic job, and I ship on Oct. 22.

[BlackArrow]

Congrats Snake. I hope this takes you where you want to go in life. Make the most of it and make us all proud :2thumbs:

Eagle, Globe and Anchor. Semper Fi

[baconoclock]

Nice GS. I can refer you to some Marine friends(out of the core now, but once a Marine always a Marine) if you have questions.

[{CLR}geneSW]

Everyone is so kind. I am FINALLY done with all of the crap, and am officially a Marine now. I was sworn in and processed and the San Jose MEP lab. And believe me, it was crap. I had to visit the lab twice because of waivers I needed.
So, you go to this hotel, the hotel was really nice, especially because I have been sleeping on a floor for months and not eating too well. They gave us a free dinner at the hotel, and it was pretty good. Also, the bed was so comfortable. You go to sleep, and get woken up at 4:00AM, and go eat some more good food, they even had alright coffee. Get on shuttle at 5, go to lab and WAIT. Both times I went, I was there from 5AM, till 5PM. And waiting 90% of the time.
But, I finally got accepted and sworn in today. I got the Aviation Mechanic job, and I ship on Oct. 22.

So you went through MEPS eh? Congrats on getting in, now just make it through boot and you'll be allright. Trust me, you'll come out a changed man.

[mapes]

Dude are you still in San Jose? I work on North First street...would love to buy our newest marine lunch!

[freak93]

Congrats Snake. I hope this takes you where you want to go in life. Make the most of it and make us all proud :2thumbs:

Eagle, Globe and Anchor. Semper Fi

pretty much sums it up for me

[darth_nevus]

It was good knowing you my friend, and if you need an internet capable only pc, i might be able to help!

[Duke{CLR}]

Congrats on the Aviation Mechanics job and your swearing in! I am excited for you.

[mapes]

It was good knowing you my friend, and if you need an internet capable only pc, i might be able to help!


+1 I can help as well as I have a ton of stuff!

[juneau]

Congrats General Snake. We'll all be rooting for you, and please pop in from time to time when you get the chance to let us know how everything is going. :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

[Trooper110]

Hopefully he'll still remember us after 3 months at boot camp with no access to the outside world, heh. When my brother was in boot camp, not one person in his entire platoon got a phone call for the entire time they were there. We got sporadic letters as he had time to write them.

[Cain]

God Bless you my friend !!! I'm excited for you. Remember nothing worth having is easy to get, you will work hard and play hard...

Stay in touch with us !!

I sent you a PM...

-- Cain

[CarbonFire]

Thank you very much for your service Snake, you are a credit to our nation and Cain's Lair will miss you. Take care of yourself wherever you end up, and we hope to see you back here again soon enough :2thumbs:

[GeneralSnake]

9 days left. But I think I killed my computer so no more pc games. It was insanely fun playing with you all.

[BlackArrow]

Snake be well and good luck. We will be here when you need a break. :2thumbs:

[BenKenobi]

May the Force be with you Snake. We are all rootin' for u!

[GeneralSnake]

Well, some good news. I had my date pushed back to the 5th of November due to some family complications. It is only 2 more weeks, but that is 2 more weeks I have to get my muscles ready. I was bummed out when I first realized I would need a later date, but I think it would be great to have 2 more weeks to train. Make it easy as I can.
And some more good news, this extra time means maybe I can get some more game time in.

[Cain]

:2thumbs:

[Dead_And_Gone]

Woo Hooo. :2thumbs:

Remember, when you can get back online,
WE WILL BE HERE WAITING FOR YOU... :ak2: :ak5:

[Duke{CLR}]

Good news about the extra game time GS. :2thumbs:

[GeneralSnake]

The day approaches!! It was kind of lame that I didn't have the skills to fix my computer, but oh well. Someday I can get a better one.
I will be training even harder soon, and under the watchful eye of the D.I.
I hope you guys have a wonderful 3 months. And someone do me a favor and tell }Baked{Gemini512 I am in bootcamp if anyone sees him please.

[{CLR}geneSW]

good luck. Remember it's all only training.

[freak93]

have fun running beach dunes :D

[Annihil8tor]

Sorry for the late post. Thank you for serving our country. GL in bc. My prayers are with you and yours. Take care and K.I.T.

[Tails_Kitsune]

Best of luck, GeneralSnake! Stay safe, and God Bless!

I think it takes a lot to serve in the military. You've been training hard, and I think you'll do just fine in training. :2thumbs: Be sure to let us know how you're doing when you get a chance. It's been a blast chatting and gaming with you. Take care, Snake!

[ViTO]

I had my date pushed back to the 5th of November
November 5th is today. Stay Strong Snake and Make Us Proud !!

We are thinking of you bro !!

[GeneralSnake]

Well, I was there, and it was very fun. I tore a ligament in my left leg, so I was discharged and sent home. I am pretty disappointed but oh well. I can rejoin in 6 months. I have some funny stories that I will share in a bit, I am just trying to fix up this computer right now.

[Apache Warrior]

Sorry for your disappointment. I hope the 6 months fly by. :2thumbs:
Apache

[DennisM7]

sorry to hear that snake you should try the Air force basic is easy then you could come and work for me :D

[darth_nevus]

i'll be waiting the the storys, questions for help, and hope you make a speedy recovery.

oh, and do tell the stories!!! i had had a very dear friend of mine take off for boot camp.

[freak93]

Nice to see you back, but its too bad you are back because you are hurt :cry:

[{CLR}geneSW]

Well, I was there, and it was very fun. I tore a ligament in my left leg, so I was discharged and sent home. I am pretty disappointed but oh well. I can rejoin in 6 months. I have some funny stories that I will share in a bit, I am just trying to fix up this computer right now.

Sorry to hear that. Glad you are back though. Good luck in 6 months if you try it again.

[minfootball]

hey look at the bright side its only a torn ligament :2thumbs:
and that just means 6 more months here :2thumbs:

[GeneralSnake]

I was on vacation for christmas, visiting family in southern california, I am at john wayne airport right now waiting for the plane to get here.
Ok, here is one story:
So there was this kid named Hardie, I dont know his first name because no one uses first names there. But, I was a gearguard on the day this story took place, so I was just hanging in the squadbay cleaning and what not, when I see my kill hat bringing in a group of about 10 guys for some IT, I guess they screwed up drilling. So they get on the quarterdeck and start getting killed, and after about 5 minutes, hardie just stayed in the down position of a pushup and wasn't moving. The DI started screaming at him to push the hell up, and he is just laying there doing nothing. After about a minute of loud yelling and hardie laying quietly, he actually said "NO SIR!" to the DI when he was ordered to do the exercise. The DI freaked out and started yelling so loud and harshly, it was inaudible. He then told the other guys getting ITed that they wouldnt be done until hardie started doing what he was told.
So, they all start screaming at hardie while they are doing their exercises, and he is crying. He gets up, and just stands there crying for about 10 minutes, while the DI and the other guys were screaming at him.
After a while, the DI let the other guys go back to drilling with the platoon, but he stayed there with hardie. Hardie actually got back down on the ground and started doing his pushups and what not again, and then he started saying that he couldnt breathe. The DI says "Good hardie, I hope you die, because I wont help you!"
"DIE HARDIE, DIE!!!"
He continued with the DIE HARDIE, DIE for 30 seconds while hardie began crying again. The hardie got up and walked to a wall and sat down leaning against it, stating that he wanted to see our Senior Drill Instructor.
DI says, "He isnt here right now hardie, he cant help you!"
After hardie cried for another 5 minutes, him and the DI went back out to drill, and me and the other gearguard had an insanely good luagh.
You will hear a lot more about hardie, he was one interesting person.

[BenKenobi]

Wow... poor hardie

[juneau]

Wow... poor hardie

+1 :D

[freak93]

Wow... poor hardie

+1 :D

+1 :D

[Tails_Kitsune]

Wow... poor hardie

+1 :D

+1 :D

Agreed. Sounds like Hardie had a rough time...

Glad to see you back, Snake. Sorry about your torn ligament. May you have a speedy recovery. :2thumbs: Looking forward to seeing you around on the forums and in-game until you head back off!

[GeneralSnake]

This computer is my uncles, and I dont think he would appreciate me gaming on it, so no games for me. I have to go to the gym and the yoga studio for entertainment now. Or get the snow blower. lol
But, I will stop around the forums frequently, I love you guys too much not to. I will tell more tales as I remember them.