[Second2None]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies i appreciate them more than you know. About the E3-E4 rank thing, i'm just telling you what I was told by my recruiter. I was told i should get promoted to a E2 for sure, and an E3 within no time, and if i worked my ass off, E4 was within reach quickly.

The whole military/shipping off thing sort of jumped out at me, some of you may know what i'm talking about, most likely the enlisted guys. One minute youre worried about finals in high school, after school you mess around, just playing around, then before you know it you sit down and think 'I'm shipping off in a month'.

I'm not the sort to spend my money on junk, i doubt any of you will believe that though. Grew up in a small poor family that when you got some money, you saved it for something you seriously wanted. Plus i'm a hard worker, worked after school making 5.85 an hour for who knows how long, to buy a 1800 camaro that didin't run, then dropped 600 into it to get it running.

I agree that I should wait till after AIT and i get settled in at where ever i may be before i sit down with a dealer. That should be around next March or April, hopefully by then the prices may have dropped some. I'm good at saving up my money but i know i'll buy little things like food and gas and movie tickets and other crap that you never really NEED but you WANT haha.

Getting deployed to the 'sandbox' is alright with me. I didn't join the Army for the money, i wanted to be able to learn something that few people get to, and experience something different than the po-dunk town i live in, not to mention do my duty for this beautiful country. ;-)

I planned on living in the barrack, eating in the barrack when i could (though of course escaping on occasion for better food/ a change of food). I don't drink, i never have, i don't smoke, never have. so losing money because of an addiction won't happen. Saving as much as i can the whole time. 30 days vacation a year would be spent with my girlfriend during the summer (hopefully) in the home town, but for this i need a vehicle which hopefully by the time i get my vacation days, i will have. After the purchase of the 2010 i was going to save on for mods and have a small fund to help my brother build a high school car (most likely my 1984 Camaro Z).

But like i said i'm going to wait till a couple of months after AIT and see where i'm at before i make any big decisions, i wouldn't mind dropping a large (15-20k) down payment on the 2010 so my payments are smaller.

Just saw my first 2010 Camaro today btw. Yellow was all i could tell, we were in line at arby's and couldn't go chase it down without giving up our food. it didn't have the RS package that was for sure, or the 21" wheels. Might have been the V6

I'm ganna crash for tonight, thanks again for the replies! I'll check this in the morning and reply again then.

Again Thanks :-)

My names Casey by the way...




P.S. How much extra do you get from deployment pay? curious...

Good Nyte

Don't plan on getting her pregnant