I feel dirty just typing that. Anyway, today I officially became a member of the National Guard. I've entered as an E-2(private with a rank) and I'm scheduled to go to OSUT(basic and AIT in one) for Cannon Crewmember this May. Good times.
Getting my medical stuff taken care of didn't suck as bad as I thought either. Hell, just the briefing was as long as the tests. I got my blood drawn first(I think my blood was unusually dark). For some reason I have always been freaked out by needles probably because of some bad childhood experience, but it's really not that bad. Then I had my hearing and vision tests. Now, everyone there had a "No bull****" attitude. But the guy who did the vision test and my first attempt at the pee test was just a plain prick. And yes my first attempt at the peeing in the cup thing didn't go over so well. Didn't have enough in me. So I went and took the physical before my second attempt and that whole grabbing the crotch thing really isn't as violating as you think, especially if you remember that it's probably 10x worse for the doctor since he's doing it all day. The worst thing about the physical was the squats. I can squat....but walking while squated is a *****.
After that and successfully peeing into a cup I finalized the medical records, turned them into the National Guard liason there I went and had a lunch, followed by some electronic paper signings and a fingerprinting. After that my recruiter drove me down to a base and that's where I signed the life insurance stuff and got sworn in and given my uniform, a National Guard t-shirt, and a single dog tag with the Warrior's Ethos on it. I also got an Oath of Enlistment on a piece of parchment and I think I'm going to get it framed.
Good times.
Getting my medical stuff taken care of didn't suck as bad as I thought either. Hell, just the briefing was as long as the tests. I got my blood drawn first(I think my blood was unusually dark). For some reason I have always been freaked out by needles probably because of some bad childhood experience, but it's really not that bad. Then I had my hearing and vision tests. Now, everyone there had a "No bull****" attitude. But the guy who did the vision test and my first attempt at the pee test was just a plain prick. And yes my first attempt at the peeing in the cup thing didn't go over so well. Didn't have enough in me. So I went and took the physical before my second attempt and that whole grabbing the crotch thing really isn't as violating as you think, especially if you remember that it's probably 10x worse for the doctor since he's doing it all day. The worst thing about the physical was the squats. I can squat....but walking while squated is a *****.
After that and successfully peeing into a cup I finalized the medical records, turned them into the National Guard liason there I went and had a lunch, followed by some electronic paper signings and a fingerprinting. After that my recruiter drove me down to a base and that's where I signed the life insurance stuff and got sworn in and given my uniform, a National Guard t-shirt, and a single dog tag with the Warrior's Ethos on it. I also got an Oath of Enlistment on a piece of parchment and I think I'm going to get it framed.
Good times.
Democracy: rule by the stupid
i was gonna be motor transportation operator in a reserve unit. I got to basic, everything was ok til the pt tests, my run declined because i got a baaaaaad upper respiratory infection and i think i was misdiagnosed so when i'd go to run my *** off, would end up losing all my breath (even tho i was breathing properly) hell i had to be given a damn inhaler. and i dont even smoke. -_- i failed weapons qual too...damn ****ing magazines every ****ing one of them jammed on my last chance on a FLAT range. I survived til week 9, then was in holdover status and on code as well as waiting for another company to move to so i could go back to week 3 and get my weapons qual in as well as get more PT so i could pass. i ended up being able to do the minimum amount of pushups, but while i was waiting i went to sick call and the doctor thought i had asthma so he put me on CODE for 10 days, and w007! i miss my ship date to the other company just to find out i don't have asthma.....and so i got anxious and sick of waiting and signed some papers to go home. This all happened in 2004....my basic was at ft leonardwood.