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by Ivory Gates
December 21st, 2004, 1:19 pm
Forum: Letters from School
Topic: On Exodus
Replies: 5
Views: 2151

On Exodus

I'm currently released from RIP hold and enjoying my Christmas vacation. I graduated from Delta company at Airborne and was in RIP hold for about a week and a half before exodus and I will have at least another week of hold when I return, I've heard my RIP class will start somewhere between the 10th...
by Ivory Gates
November 19th, 2004, 1:39 pm
Forum: Letters from School
Topic: Ivory Gates update 2
Replies: 4
Views: 2320

Ivory Gates update 2

I graduated the 5th of November from C 2/58 and I just finished up ground week here at Airborne. Aside from getting pneumonia near the end of OSUT which fucked me up pretty good for a while, everything is going well. Airborne is pretty cool, there is still bullshit but much less than at Sand Hill, b...
by Ivory Gates
October 10th, 2004, 3:30 am
Forum: Letters from School
Topic: Ivory Gates update
Replies: 6
Views: 3297

Ivory Gates update

I'm in my 11th week of OSUT here at Ft. Benning and on my 36 hour pass, so I figured I'd stop in here for a sitrep. Everything is going well and I really enjoy the training we do, even though the waiting we have to do in between sucks. My pt is pretty good, I got a 286 on the test, and we finally go...
by Ivory Gates
July 20th, 2004, 10:33 pm
Forum: The Mosh Pit
Topic: Taking Off
Replies: 15
Views: 4533

Taking Off

I will be leaving this evening for my final MEPs trip and hotel stay followed by my flight down to Fort Benning the following morning. I would like to thank all of the Rangers and Veterans on this site for all of the information and guidance that you have provided me with, it will definitly help me ...
by Ivory Gates
July 11th, 2004, 11:15 pm
Forum: The Mosh Pit
Topic: Thanx To Everyone
Replies: 16
Views: 5494

Good luck, we're all pulling for you.
by Ivory Gates
July 10th, 2004, 10:27 pm
Forum: The Mosh Pit
Topic: Last Movies you Saw in the Cinema?
Replies: 50
Views: 15213

Last few I saw were Dodgeball, The Punisher, and Chronicles of Riddick.
by Ivory Gates
July 10th, 2004, 12:54 am
Forum: The Mosh Pit
Topic: Uhh, Dad
Replies: 21
Views: 5450

This winter a 16 year old from my town who was snowmobiling through a field hit a strand of barbed wire at full speed and was decapitated.
by Ivory Gates
July 6th, 2004, 12:48 pm
Forum: Recruitment Process
Topic: Ranger contract secured
Replies: 11
Views: 4445

Veteran AngryPistols, I will be leaving on the 22nd of this month, the same date that I had before.
by Ivory Gates
July 6th, 2004, 12:23 pm
Forum: Recruitment Process
Topic: Ranger contract secured
Replies: 11
Views: 4445

Ranger contract secured

I went back to MEPS today and finally was able to successfully renegotiate for an option 40 contract. I've been looking for this since November and it is great to finally have gotten it. I know I have a long road ahead but at least I got the first step down.
by Ivory Gates
June 28th, 2004, 11:02 pm
Forum: The Mosh Pit
Topic: The response of most civilians on my decision to join
Replies: 53
Views: 15679

I joined because I love our country with all my heart, and the thought that there are people out there that would harm our nation and its citizens, and happily tear apart the ideals of freedom and justice that this country stands for enrages me, and I will do my best to preserve our nation and way o...
by Ivory Gates
June 28th, 2004, 7:50 pm
Forum: The Mosh Pit
Topic: Have you read Starship Troopers?
Replies: 15
Views: 5640

Thanks bberkley, it was no problem.

That was an interesting link, I had no idea Heinlein went to the naval academy, it does explain how he came up with some of his ideas.
by Ivory Gates
June 28th, 2004, 6:03 pm
Forum: The Mosh Pit
Topic: Have you read Starship Troopers?
Replies: 15
Views: 5640

Gates, I feel that this is one of the key points about Citizen status: Only those people who actually care about their fellow man, as demonstrated by a willingness to die for them, have adequately demonstrated that they are fit to serve society. bberkley, I agree with this, and I touched on this in...
by Ivory Gates
June 28th, 2004, 4:12 pm
Forum: The Mosh Pit
Topic: Have you read Starship Troopers?
Replies: 15
Views: 5640

Paratrooper bberkley, I thought that Starship Troopers was an excellent book, both in its general storyline and in the author's opinions on the meaning and value of citizenship. While I would not totally agree with the citizenship requirements that the government of the novel placed on its inhabitan...
by Ivory Gates
June 14th, 2004, 12:41 pm
Forum: The Mosh Pit
Topic: I'm Out
Replies: 18
Views: 5576

Good luck.
by Ivory Gates
June 9th, 2004, 4:40 pm
Forum: Introduction Archive
Topic: New to site.
Replies: 19
Views: 5529

Welcome.

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