Maybe a video on the whole process. From the recruiter, to meps, to future soldier training, all of it. For a lot of people none of them know that whole process up front, I didn’t and I would’ve love to have known.
I know this is three years ago but when you did cq with your unit you have to work the next day ? Hell we got the day off after 24 hour staff duty or company cq I was in the 173rd in Italy in 2006 to 200&
Just went to the recruiter today. The bonus is up to 10k as soon as you finish training and AIT or OSUT. Then it’s divided up for the rest of your contract. For example if you had a $30k bonus for 5 year contract. When you finish training you’d get 10k up front, then 5k on the anniversary of that date for the remainder of your contract.
You were right to do this video, I have to say thank you . That’s a strong action of love to me to let us know the really hard things once inside .Your video saved me from going in blind . Even after considering it’s beneficial factors .
68W is challenging MOS. Requires keeping up your skills continuously as medical skills are perishable without constant practice and study. As a 68W you are required to maintain your National Registry Certification (NR-EMT) every two years and don't ever let it lapse because it's a potential career killer. Recertification at MSTCs and CMT sites on Army bases. 68C (LPN) is also a companion MOS many 68W hold as a secondary MOS so you can work on ADOS at Army hospitals around the world. Get a 4 year BSN eventually to commission. Or medical school.
I got as far as enlisting.. went to the hotel to swear in the next day.. it got canceled cause of snow.. I backed out now... I REALLY REGRET NOT GOING THRU IT now!!
WOW. I was in the Army from 78 to 82. That Army your talking about did not exist when I was in. I had a great time ...especially in Germany. And Ft Cambell. 11B.
I hear you brother, 83-87 11B with airborne, got put on levy after abn school because of an unassigned contract, went to Wiesbaden, Germany. PCS'd to Ft. Hood with Pathfinder sch enroute to 6th Cav as a pathfinder. Great unit, they pushed schools, jumpmaster, bnoc, air assault. Had a good time there with a great group of guys, mostly prior ranger and 82nd. Alot of experience there!!
Thanks for your info. Former infantry paratrooper combat vet here. Yeah the bonus info is well received. Duty stations, hah! According to the needs of the Army. Hey...the Army is a good place to be from.
lol as a 92G I often worked 9-12hrs a day 6 days a week including holidays... sometimes they would keep us at work just to sit there waiting for some sort of work out of the norm come up if we weren't in the dfac. If they are saying work in the army is 9-5 I would say that mostly isn't true and it definitely depends on your mos.
I enlisted back in 1971 during the Vietnam War. Back then one of the ways to get out of being drafted and sent to the Nam was to enlist in Army Reserve or National Guard. They did not deploy overseas. I don’t think that started until Desert Storm.
I'm laughing, everything you said is true, but you were in yourself. I laughed the whole video. I was green as hell when I signed up in November '84 after been expelled from college for destroying property at a Frat Party with my friends from high school. Don't go to college with your friends, so my Dad suggested that I go in the Army. I did 3 years (Nov 84- Dec 87), and I came back home to Ohio for 2 years , worked, then I moved to Atlanta, and attended Morehouse College and graduated in 1993.
1000% agree with the dont settle part I signed my contact three days ago for 17c and they kept on pushing me towards 25b but I said I only wanted 17c and they also made the phone calls lol and I got the job
Changing MOS is actually on a needs basis. I settled for 74d MOS.. which sucked. They needed additional medics for headquarters company, so i let my platoon Sgt. that i was interested. Took a few months but eventually I was off to MOS-T medic school at camp Mabry.. best times in the NG. That was in the guard tho.. guess it might be different in active duty?
Hey bro, awsome videos, just wondering if you got a 91 DELTA POWER-GENERATION EQUIPMENT REPAIRER mos, cant find lots of videos on that specific mos, probably you could help me on that idk.
It's a good thing that my application was always rejected I was having been sitting at a unemployment place and he soldiers came and send it here's able body I said man I couldn't go at the time I did not know the reason why I couldn't go.... If I knew that back then I think I would have said it all out loud....
@@bensanders7392You can make E8 in 16 years like I did... The only rank Congress has to approve is Sargeant Major of the Army. All Commissioned Officer Promotions are approved by Congress, not NCO,s. Whoever told you that BS** lied out the cracks of his azz.
If you are in reserves and have to deploy , is that considered active duty commands and would you get paid for that service as an active duty solider would?
If you already know now do rotc in high school....although rotc may not be accurate or relevant to how it's gonna be it can still be educational and start to prepare you. However if you do....do not brag about that in basic. Don't make it be known that you were a cadet or act like that brings you any special treatment or recognition whatsoever. Keep cadet life quiet under your hat if you can in basic.
What Mos does administration falls under? And what mos does a solider that delivers packages falls under? I’m interested in army national guard & and Air Guard
My Godson left for training in the Navy in November. I've seen a lot of your videos, question, is it similar as far as deployment? And is enlisting the same for a first term? Thanks Ben Allen! Love your videos🙌🏽
Never been in the service but I scored 75 on my ASVAB when I didn’t practice I been practicing a lil bit hopefully I can get a lil higher score does that give me more leverage with my recruiter ?
The sick thing is the pension!!!!! Can you handle doing 20 on active duty? You already have 1 or 2 or 3 and if you do 20 you get half your pay for life. Twenty years goes by quickly if you do it it will be like a tax free pay for life! But you gotta do 20! If you don't its like I kick myself that I didnt do it I could retire at 38 live on beach with 4k a month plus tri care health care ohhhhhhhh noooo!
I have been out of the Navy submarine force since 1980 but I heard something about pension in the Army reserve and I wonder if this is true and where to find the truth. I heard that NOW army reserve time is NOW equal to active duty in terms of pension. That if you do 20 years active duty and retire with half your pay. That it used to be Army reserve had to do more than 20 years but NOW 20 in reserves is same as active duty in terms of retirement? Is this true?
Ill be shipping January 4th 68w I'm stoked. Also I have a baby on the way and will most likely be born while I'm at FT Sam, wife and I are in conroe as of now and she will be here while I'm in AIT. Will I be able to leave AIT for the birth of the child?
People going to military and take out their problems on innocent people that never could never could go I still don't understand why my mama sent me around narcissist and I didn't understand that that was stupid...
Its an old video so im probably shootin in the dark, but if you just ship to your duty station after osut how do you go abouts getting your car and all of your belongings from home?
Living at civil and you hear it things that go on like the things that took place even when Frank Lucas dope dealing days what's going on and those soldiers were talking about it.. oh no they wouldn't talk about it in DC in New York they're talking about it in Fayetteville North Carolina.... The home of fort Bragg and the truth
I got a 20 thousand dollar signing bonus and it took me almost 4 years to get my money. Your first duty station will be where the next war is. Most enlistees where either sent to Afghanistan or Iraq in the 1990's era and beyond.
As long as you didn't sign a contract and swear in then no you can go to another recruiter and request to switch. I did that, went to meps for Marines and switched to the Army
How is due to telling me about this dude will order him books and he ordered a big box of books and then he said knows back another box of books show up then he was playing to you explaining to us about how the army treat you like s*** and you join one branch it's still teach you like s*** if you drove on me we teach you better...
Talk to a air guard recruiter and air reserves recruiter. Learn the differences from a recruiter. But yes you can live at home, go to drill twice a month but you can deploy at any time
But when you are in another county are you from another county the stuff that goes on in favor is like us hush you really kiss my ass..... Favor is on your rim by those government soldiers and they worry about what civilian people do if you not even from that City they want to make sure everything that goes on you can far away far far away it's the same thing that goes on in the city control....
Sorry I don't speak stupid. I would recommend writer more properly since no one really has a clue what you are trying to say. Prob gonna read this or not and cuss a shit ton or say y'all 15 times within the span of 4 seconds.
@@Michael-ku6dp It's not a good idea to join a gang, and that's only slightly worst than joining the military. Let the Jamie Dymons do their own fighting!
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Do you have the army greens yet? Or is it just people at fort sill? I've only heard of people at fort sill having them already.
@@adameins5622 not yet, but some basic Trainings are getting them
Crazy CQ stuff, FTX ( no showering)
Maybe a video on the whole process. From the recruiter, to meps, to future soldier training, all of it. For a lot of people none of them know that whole process up front, I didn’t and I would’ve love to have known.
Quick question. Do you know benefits for army veterans and benefits for active duty soldiers who join the army
I just off CQ, I got PT in 5 hours. Ima sleep with the video playing to show my support
Thank ya thank ya!
I know this is three years ago but when you did cq with your unit you have to work the next day ? Hell we got the day off after 24 hour staff duty or company cq I was in the 173rd in Italy in 2006 to 200&
@@justinplaysguitarin someone else's country?
Got three months CQ of three BOQ's as punishment for refusing a week of KP! Tought me not to smart off to assignment officer!
Just went to the recruiter today. The bonus is up to 10k as soon as you finish training and AIT or OSUT. Then it’s divided up for the rest of your contract. For example if you had a $30k bonus for 5 year contract. When you finish training you’d get 10k up front, then 5k on the anniversary of that date for the remainder of your contract.
My recruiter was really straight with me he told me pretty much everything in this video. So thank you 1st SGT Davis from Goodyear, AZ
That’s great!
Them Az recruiters be goats, mien got me a first base of choice and a 35k bonus
You were right to do this video, I have to say thank you . That’s a strong action of love to me to let us know the really hard things once inside .Your video saved me from going in blind . Even after considering it’s beneficial factors .
Best 68W channel I’ve found 👍🏻 I’m in the process of joining the Army Reserves now, 68W is my top choice!
Thank you!
68W is challenging MOS. Requires keeping up your skills continuously as medical skills are perishable without constant practice and study. As a 68W you are required to maintain your National Registry Certification (NR-EMT) every two years and don't ever let it lapse because it's a potential career killer. Recertification at MSTCs and CMT sites on Army bases. 68C (LPN) is also a companion MOS many 68W hold as a secondary MOS so you can work on ADOS at Army hospitals around the world. Get a 4 year BSN eventually to commission. Or medical school.
National Guard you get more benefits
I jst passed my asvab can I get a congrats ? Anyone
No.. ASVAB is basic .. get good grades
Congratulations man. I’m proud of you. 😊
Bro I'm so fuckin proud of you you don't understand hope you're doin good
Congratulations
@@swordracerthanks 😊
I got as far as enlisting.. went to the hotel to swear in the next day.. it got canceled cause of snow.. I backed out now... I REALLY REGRET NOT GOING THRU IT now!!
Hell yes we want part 2, if you make a 10 things they don't tell you video about the navy I would really appreciate that as well.
WOW. I was in the Army from 78 to 82. That Army your talking about did not exist when I was in. I had a great time ...especially in Germany. And Ft Cambell. 11B.
I hear you brother, 83-87 11B with airborne, got put on levy after abn school because of an unassigned contract, went to Wiesbaden, Germany. PCS'd to Ft. Hood with Pathfinder sch enroute to 6th Cav as a pathfinder. Great unit, they pushed schools, jumpmaster, bnoc, air assault. Had a good time there with a great group of
guys, mostly prior ranger and 82nd. Alot of experience there!!
Thanks for your info. Former infantry paratrooper combat vet here. Yeah the bonus info is well received. Duty stations, hah! According to the needs of the Army. Hey...the Army is a good place to be from.
Most definitely want part 2!
lol as a 92G I often worked 9-12hrs a day 6 days a week including holidays... sometimes they would keep us at work just to sit there waiting for some sort of work out of the norm come up if we weren't in the dfac. If they are saying work in the army is 9-5 I would say that mostly isn't true and it definitely depends on your mos.
I’m in the process of joining the army and the new recruiter I have is an awesome dude
Yup they gave me my bonus over 4 years
Great insight on Army life. Thanks!
Want the part 2!! Thank you for the vid !
Recruiter ended up lying to me and trying to force me into an MOS I didn't even want.
I enlisted back in 1971 during the Vietnam War. Back then one of the ways to get out of being drafted and sent to the Nam was to enlist in Army Reserve or National Guard. They did not deploy overseas. I don’t think that started until Desert Storm.
I'm laughing, everything you said is true, but you were in yourself. I laughed the whole video. I was green as hell when I signed up in November '84 after been expelled from college for destroying property at a Frat Party with my friends from high school. Don't go to college with your friends, so my Dad suggested that I go in the Army. I did 3 years (Nov 84- Dec 87), and I came back home to Ohio for 2 years , worked, then I moved to Atlanta, and attended Morehouse College and graduated in 1993.
My recruiter told me the treuth on everything ngl big respect for that guy
Good to hear that. I got 94 on picat… I will try my 106 for the MOS that I want, or I don’t go.😅
1000% agree with the dont settle part I signed my contact three days ago for 17c and they kept on pushing me towards 25b but I said I only wanted 17c and they also made the phone calls lol and I got the job
I’m trying to enlist as a 17c right now
@@AlexandriaBrusuelas you got the Asvab score to do so?
Changing MOS is actually on a needs basis. I settled for 74d MOS.. which sucked. They needed additional medics for headquarters company, so i let my platoon Sgt. that i was interested. Took a few months but eventually I was off to MOS-T medic school at camp Mabry.. best times in the NG. That was in the guard tho.. guess it might be different in active duty?
Can you do a video on how banking works when you arrive to basic?
Yes I can!
Question I've been wondering about too!
They don't tell you the secret on how to become a "chisel chest!"
A what?
This was so helpful! Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you super honest
There’s a special contract for first duty station
My grandson got halfway through BCT and started having depression and anxiety attacks...they are sending him home on medical leave..
That’s sad …
I thought paychecks were not taxed..?
Uncle Sam always wants his cut
I can make 20 per hour at McDonalds, they give billions to other countries. . . why not give military a pay raise. . . old veteran
Hey bro, awsome videos, just wondering if you got a 91 DELTA POWER-GENERATION EQUIPMENT REPAIRER mos, cant find lots of videos on that specific mos, probably you could help me on that idk.
It's a good thing that my application was always rejected I was having been sitting at a unemployment place and he soldiers came and send it here's able body I said man I couldn't go at the time I did not know the reason why I couldn't go.... If I knew that back then I think I would have said it all out loud....
I been study for a intel job in the army or comms job and my recruiter trying to push me to combat roles or 25B.😭😭
Just enlisted as a 19D I ship June 28th LFG
How are you liking it? I’m also a 19D I ship out the 26th of September.
@@Anthony-od5vz nobody who ever joins ever responds….kind of ominous
You guys get all the cool toys to play with.
Green to Gold is why I joined. They dragged their feet on me and I stopped the process and settled for E8.
Have to be in like 18 to 20 years to be a Master Sergeant. E7 and above has to appointed by congress.
@@bensanders7392You can make E8 in 16 years like I did... The only rank Congress has to approve is Sargeant Major of the Army. All Commissioned Officer Promotions are approved by Congress, not NCO,s. Whoever told you that BS** lied out the cracks of his azz.
19 k bonus airborne infantry in 2006. You get 10 k when you get to your unit which is like 7 after tax’s then I got 3 k every year on that date
Doing it in segments would save you some tax pain. First duty station is going to almost always be battalion.
If you are in reserves and have to deploy , is that considered active duty commands and would you get paid for that service as an active duty solider would?
Yes
I’m 14 and want to join the army when I get older if anyone has any tips for me I would appreciate it!
If you already know now do rotc in high school....although rotc may not be accurate or relevant to how it's gonna be it can still be educational and start to prepare you. However if you do....do not brag about that in basic. Don't make it be known that you were a cadet or act like that brings you any special treatment or recognition whatsoever. Keep cadet life quiet under your hat if you can in basic.
@@bensanders7392there is no rotc at my school
What Mos does administration falls under? And what mos does a solider that delivers packages falls under? I’m interested in army national guard & and Air Guard
71lima or 42 lima. Hospital/ medical administrative clerk is 68Golf.
My Godson left for training in the Navy in November. I've seen a lot of your videos, question, is it similar as far as deployment? And is enlisting the same for a first term?
Thanks Ben Allen! Love your videos🙌🏽
I’m not too versed on Navy topics
Like the new hair style 👌👌
Thanks!
Hi. Oh yes I'm waiting on part 2.
Never been in the service but I scored 75 on my ASVAB when I didn’t practice I been practicing a lil bit hopefully I can get a lil higher score does that give me more leverage with my recruiter ?
Bro i wanna join the army but im scared of the ASVAB
Don’t be, just study. I’ve had friends take it 3 times and I’ve had people get the score they want on the first try. Just study and you’ll do great.
look up asvab for dummys. dont be scared, if the math part gets you look up math guy on youtube
I didn't study and I got a 67 first try
@@blakewest1068 same 72
The sick thing is the pension!!!!! Can you handle doing 20 on active duty? You already have 1 or 2 or 3 and if you do 20 you get half your pay for life. Twenty years goes by quickly if you do it it will be like a tax free pay for life! But you gotta do 20! If you don't its like I kick myself that I didnt do it I could retire at 38 live on beach with 4k a month plus tri care health care ohhhhhhhh noooo!
If you reenlist in a tax free zone it’s tax free bonus
I have been out of the Navy submarine force since 1980 but I heard something about pension in the Army reserve and I wonder if this is true and where to find the truth. I heard that NOW army reserve time is NOW equal to active duty in terms of pension. That if you do 20 years active duty and retire with half your pay. That it used to be Army reserve had to do more than 20 years but NOW 20 in reserves is same as active duty in terms of retirement? Is this true?
A single e5 to get off base that nutz
Is infantry a good option?
How much is contract length of signing 68D?
When you say deploy do you mean combat I’m trying to go into a support role what are the odds of seeing combat
So for a guy like myself with wife and kids, I'm thinking of joining the national guard when at BCT and AIT they take out BAS?
Ill be shipping January 4th 68w I'm stoked. Also I have a baby on the way and will most likely be born while I'm at FT Sam, wife and I are in conroe as of now and she will be here while I'm in AIT. Will I be able to leave AIT for the birth of the child?
Possibly
@@TheBenAllen. how possible are we talking?
People going to military and take out their problems on innocent people that never could never could go I still don't understand why my mama sent me around narcissist and I didn't understand that that was stupid...
Its an old video so im probably shootin in the dark, but if you just ship to your duty station after osut how do you go abouts getting your car and all of your belongings from home?
Are there two contracts in the US Army, full or part time?
I'm 16 looking forward to joining the army when I graduate from highschool. Does anyone have any advice?
take asvab practice test
Do they make civilians job recruits deploy ???????
What do I have to score to on asvab become a medic?
Living at civil and you hear it things that go on like the things that took place even when Frank Lucas dope dealing days what's going on and those soldiers were talking about it.. oh no they wouldn't talk about it in DC in New York they're talking about it in Fayetteville North Carolina.... The home of fort Bragg and the truth
When is part 2??
I got a 20 thousand dollar signing bonus and it took me almost 4 years to get my money. Your first duty station will be where the next war is. Most enlistees where either sent to Afghanistan or Iraq in the 1990's era and beyond.
Anyone who has been able to join any branch is lucky.
Any tankers out there with advice before i sign?
hey if I do a mep for marine do I have to join that branch or will I still have the option to change branches?
As long as you didn't sign a contract and swear in then no you can go to another recruiter and request to switch. I did that, went to meps for Marines and switched to the Army
How is it okay for these recruiters to lie like that though??
Head out to basic in 2weeks woohoo
Just join the Air Force. This guy is talking about the Army.
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What's your job outside of the reserves?
UA-cam
How is due to telling me about this dude will order him books and he ordered a big box of books and then he said knows back another box of books show up then he was playing to you explaining to us about how the army treat you like s*** and you join one branch it's still teach you like s*** if you drove on me we teach you better...
Can I stay where I live and work if I join airforce reserve 🤔???
Talk to a air guard recruiter and air reserves recruiter. Learn the differences from a recruiter. But yes you can live at home, go to drill twice a month but you can deploy at any time
A lot of incorrect information.
Like what?
Like what?
When is the day they going to the list people in the military because they get certificate of completion... stupid
All the fucking roads are closed
But when you are in another county are you from another county the stuff that goes on in favor is like us hush you really kiss my ass..... Favor is on your rim by those government soldiers and they worry about what civilian people do if you not even from that City they want to make sure everything that goes on you can far away far far away it's the same thing that goes on in the city control....
Sorry I don't speak stupid. I would recommend writer more properly since no one really has a clue what you are trying to say. Prob gonna read this or not and cuss a shit ton or say y'all 15 times within the span of 4 seconds.
housing
Maybe the military is NOT a good idea?
Compared to joining a gang ?????
@@Michael-ku6dp It's not a good idea to join a gang, and that's only slightly worst than joining the military. Let the Jamie Dymons do their own fighting!
GI Bill. VA home loans, VA health care
Ben your gorgeous. Would love to just chat man. Pete in palm Beach
bro did you get stung on the nose?
We want to hit 25k by Xmas .. cool … I look and ur almost 500k .. 🫡