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I had a "herniated" disc while I was still in ROTC and missed FT that year. Was bed ridden for almost a month, shitty ROM and couldn't stand or sit. Got an MRI and did PT for a while, acupuncture and eventually it healed up fine. When I went to IFC a few years later, I found out that what I had could be disqualifying, until they still passed me. They DQ'd another guy I knew with the same problem. I found out later that my official diagnosis in my initial plethora of paperwork that was submitted was this "radiculopathy" that deaddebate mentioned. Guess the doc at the time didn't want to bother defining it to me so just called it a herniated disc. Try to do less invasive solutions first, and get it healed up. You're going keep your back beyond your years in the mil. Good luck.

Have a good attitude, enjoy college life, chase tail, don't be an ass, and you'll be fine.

Throat punching would be too conservative, it probably won't phase them, especially if you are stuck in the middle. Ever been on a Chinese domestic flight (or any flight where the large number of pax are Chinese)? It happens all the time. Their bags are for the most part worth more than anything else, including their own lives. You would have passengers unstrapping during taxi or even while in descent, and drove of families fighting their way to the front before taxi clear. If this was on a Chinese local carrier, everyone would be dead (if it is any surprise).

Internet in regards to housing or UOQs? CableOne in the dorms was terrible and more expensive. The plan I had also did a 50GB cap (which I went over). Had nice peak speeds, but was inconsistant after 1630 when everyones on quittin' time. Switched to ATT, with the 12mbps plan and it has been consistant throughout any time of the week for less than $30/mo, supposably a 250GB, but I haven't checked it if I went over.

CBM announced no more blues on Wednesday

Yep, CR-1 and with the approximate 10 month processing time, it will be halfway though UPT. Seems like the wildcard is the security clearance. Diplomatic terms/relationships between us and China are not as nice as Japan unfortunately. Been browsing visajourney today, good stuff. I'll admit the first time I saw it during a google search I completely ignored it as the URL looked like another immigration services ad site.

Chida That info is gold, thank you for sharing, I appreciate it! For China, what I've seen (online research and one personal account in-country) is that the marriage visa seems to be a faster process than the fiance visa. Perhaps it varies between countries? I'll be getting ahold of the NCOIC and I'll update this thread with any new info. I fully understand the documentation of foreign contacts. I basically printed out the SF-86 as a hard copy and have updated with a pen new names and contact info as well as travel dates. Never thought about recording every single call made though.

Has anyone ever been in a position whereas their spouse started out as a foreign national (such as without a green card or US naturalization)? What do I need to do first if we are to get hitched? I'm a newly commissioned LT about to EAD in two months. I punched this question off to my Det NCOIC but he needed to research a bit and ask some questions off to others as well. I basically have no idea where to start and would like to look for some additional experiences. The marriage paperwork I understand is straight forward, but everything else, such as the security clearance (I have a current TS) and the fact that she is not a US citizen, is unknown territory for me. My fiance is from China (which may complicate things further). I have reported my foreign contacts to the assigned security officer at my det a few times before. The last few inquiries they said I don't need to do any physical changes until after 5 years of my initial TS issue (kind of weird to wait that long). I have reported foreign contacts before during my TS clearance since 80% of my family/relatives are foreign contacts. I want to do this right and not cause any issues before I start UPT. Any insight or suggested POCs would be appreciated. Thank you!

Oh the ironing. First the Army picks the ACU over MultiCam, and now it has buyer's remorse. Something to do with crossover SOF items for everyone (changing to the black berets)?

We have a 25 year old AS250 now at M6 and got along fine with everyone from the freshmen to the seniors. Good guy. Basically, it is all on you on how well you will get along with everyone. You'll see the tools when you start this year, hopefully there won't be a tank full of them for your sake ;) .

Hello, another question. Do they use the term "citizenship" technically? I have a permanent resident status in HKSAR, but I am not defined as a citizen (no rights to vote, hold office positions, military conscription, etc.). Can it pose an issue with security clearances?