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Subject: Sorry Took So Long


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Terry
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Date Posted: 23:13:34 09/25/00 Mon
In reply to: Tommy 's message, "Many questions for Terry" on 19:01:45 09/23/00 Sat
 Ok... Comments through out to tackle this one...

> I am glad you got there safley . How were the clouds?
> Do they at least fly you first class since they didn't
> give you any notice? While you are there where do you
> live? Do they set you up with a furnished apartment
> with a microwave and fridge and stuff and if not where
> and how do you eat? Do they give you money for
> groceries or do you eat out mostly? Because your an
> officer ....do you just have to tell people what to
> do? I don't have any idea what an officer or seargant
> does on a training deployment.

^The clouds were ok. There wernt many darnit. Oh well. Mabey on the way home. As for the others... Nope, we fly either a C-9 Navy jet or a chartered Civilian jet, either way it is cramped and uncomfortable. Right now I live in a condemened run down 4 man room. No TV, No fridge, nothing. All I have is a bed with 2 sheets and a blanket and a very flat pillow. There is one light in the room but it isnt bright enough to read under. No phone lines no nothing. I have to use the pay phones to call my wife which means I stand in a 2 hour long line. I have to wait an hour to use an internet computer in the library which is really slow and crappy. Thats why I havent posted in a while! :> I am not an officer, I am enlisted and a Corporal. I am what you call a non-commisioned officer. Yes, I do tell all the Marines under me what to do and am in a command position. I am basically the liason between the Staff Sergeants and the Other Marines. I get $22 a day which barley pays for my food. They havent paid me anything yet becasue it was so short notice so I am paying out of my own pocket for everything... meaning that my wife can barely pay the bills right now.

> :
> How did your wife take it? Doesn't she get lonley
> while you are gone? How do you guys communicate during
> your stay? Can you talk on the phone every day and if
> so for how long? Do you get weekends off so that you
> can go shopping and go see a movie and stuff? During
> the week when you are working there what are your
> hours and how much of your own free time do you have ?
> When do you have to get up for work and when do you
> get off while your there? I assume your paychecks
> still go to your wife while you have to be there so do
> they give you your own seperate paycheck or a bonus
> while you are there for spending money?.
> Do they supply you with a car or rental car so you can
> go do things in your free time?

My wife get lonely as do I. She goes home with her family whenever I deploy so she isnt all alone. I just suck it up and deal with it. Im used to it. I have to buy phone cards to call home, and I work 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. I work from 6am to 6pm. We are not aloud to drive or rent cars. We can go off base but we have to pay for a cab. If I have time I can go to the base theater and watch a movie or go to the 7 day store and buy drinks and stuff. I mainly go to the E-Club on my off time and do a little drinking to relax and take the edge off. I dont go getting drunk or anything. Mainly just drink and play pool. No pay bonus or anything... all part of the job.

> :
> By the way I have always respected you but now that I
> found out the way that you and your family have to be
> seperated for long period of times like this with no
> notice and at the drop of a hat I appreciate and
> respect what you do and the rest of the armed forces
> do for me and everybody else so much more. I don't
> know . I know you said it's part of the deal and it's
> voluntary and all but it still makes me mad. In my
> eyes for anybody to do that for us means a great deal
> to me but you and your family should be totally
> compensated for that kind of sacrifice and that means
> making at least 60 grand a year to start out. I think
> officers pay should go up from there to reward those
> who wish to stay and move up the ranks like you have
> and someone like you should maybe be making about
> 75-80 grand a year. Without you guys we wouldn't have
> anything so you should be compensated well for the
> critical sacrifice and work you do for the rest of the
> country.
> Tommy

I would like 60 grand a year but it is so impracticle. How could you justify paying a 22 year old with a high school degree 60 grand starting? Everyone would join the service and no one would work in civilian jobs. I appreciate your respect but do not be angry. Only do two things. Whenever you see an American flag, look at it and think of all the people that died for our freedom and offer them a silent prayer of thanks. 2> Write your congressman and tell him your feelings on our situation and under funding. Thats the only way anything will ever get fixed.

Well my time on the computer ran out so I have to go. I will try to post more tommarrow.
Terry
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Re: Sorry Took So LongTommy02:15:10 09/26/00 Tue
Where the heck are you? Gilligan's Island?James10:45:25 09/26/00 Tue

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