Jump to content

Big news for me

sincityZ71

By sincityZ71
in The Off-Topic Bar

Recommended Posts

sincityZ71 Senior Enthusiast

sincityZ71

Posted
Posted

Well, I finally am going through with what I have always wanted to do my entire life...serve my country.  Friday I will be signing my papers to contract with the US Army and enter into the two-year ROTC program.  So my last two years (4 semesters) of college starting this fall I will be in the program.  I will be going to a camp for a couple weeks this summer and to advanced camp next summer.  When I graduate I will be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant.  I am going to try for aviation if possible, if not infantry/airborne.   :devil:

HillHound Senior Enthusiast

HillHound

Posted
Posted

Congrats on your decision Sin.  In my opinion, you couldn't have picked a better time.  The nation needs good soldiers now more than ever and with the big military spending increases over the next several years there should be great advancement oportunities for young officers over the next few decades.

 

:devil:

sincityZ71 Senior Enthusiast

sincityZ71

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Yep the advancement opportunities are pretty good.  I will basically be guaranteed promotion to Capt. in three years.  And with the pay increases that Bush is putting into action the pay will be better.  But heck I am not in it for pay, I would do it for milk and cookies, I am doing it for myself and my country (and maybe to kick a little terrorist ass too   :devil: )

 

:D

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

General Lee 01

Posted
Posted

:devil:

 

I may join either the Army or the Navy, or not even go that way at all, i'm still weighing-in my options.

 

If I do, I'll try for aviation or Tanksmanship (Whatever position they call the guys who drives the tank).

 

I may choose helicopter just so I can have Lieutenant Da-an (Friz) screaming cuss words in my ear. :D

Yont283 Enthusiast

Yont283

Posted
Posted

Congrats and best of luck to you SinCity! :D

 

I am still weighing-in my options like the General. What I would love to do is become a Navy SEAL.

:devil:

Likarok Senior Enthusiast

Likarok

Posted
Posted

Good Job Sin....as someone from another country, I am proud of you to. God help the earth if if the US was not around to be the world cop. So you know most people in Canada feel this way to. The US takes some lumps somtimes for your positions on world events but no one else seems to want to stand up for the normal persons point of view. Go kick Bin Ladins ass for me to. Congrats and good luck.....keep in touch with us and keep us updated.

sincityZ71 Senior Enthusiast

sincityZ71

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thanks guys  :D

 

Don't worry, I will still be around for awhile, I gotta finish my degree first and do the ROTC stuff here at school.  But I will get to disappear from time to time to go play war in the Nevada desert and mountains every so often  :devil: .

 

Thanks Likarok for the kind words.  I have always had great respect for Canadians, you all are some of the kindest people I have ever met.  It is nice to know that y'all up there support us  :D

Guest Friz

Guest Friz

Posted
Posted

Congratulations, sincity! I can't think of a better choice for any of America's young men and women.

Take it from an old Enlisted Fart, listen to those Enlisted guys and treat them right. If they back you, there is no limit to how far you can go. Even if you don't do it forever (like I have), you will learn more, see more, and do more than you ever thought possible.

Congratulations again (although I have to admit I would have preferred that you go Navy :devil: )!!!

 

General, by the time you get into the Navy, I will have been long ago retired (I hope)!

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • Coastie05
      Sugar Bears 2015 GMC Terrain SLE-2 2.4 AWD

      By Coastie05 · Posted

      Very interesting thread. Definitely didn’t expect to see this kind of mileage out of that engine. 
    • Grumpy Bear
      J&L OIL SEPARATOR CO

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      Just did an injector/HPFP replacement on Pepper at 192,400 miles; close enough to 200K, RIGHT? (If 200K is considered life end and to me it isn't). But hey, to each his own.    Have never run a catch can on this vehicle. Back side of every valve looked like a new valve spray painted semigloss black. Port walls looked 'neat' (all a normal result of passive EGR via VVT) Zero build up even in AFM cylinders. Just color. It uses no measurable oil and never has.    At 155,000 I put her on E-85 and a borescope of the cylinders at plug change showed very clean pistons and valve faces. The replaced injector tips looked new. (It was the pump piston seal that was leaking). Oh well, have six good backups.    Still gets 28 mpg on gas (highway average) and over 20 (highway) on alky. UOA's look good and runs as good now as it did when I bought it. Better in fact.    What improvement would a Catch Can provide this motor?     And given all this I expect that IF I installed one I'd see some water/gas/oil vapor accumulation. Byproducts of normal combustion.   Having said that, IF my motor used an appreciable amount of oil I'd consider it a useful 'crutch' until I had the situation corrected OR if bore polished, until I junked it or rebuilt it to stave off repeated plug fouling.    I'm not telling you what I THINK. But what its DONE.          
    • Grumpy Bear
      Starting a new thread regarding mounting my 2014 OEM wheels to my 2026

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      Love the look. I'm a SCSB lover myself.    Two items. 1.) A spacer changes scrub radius but this also changes when we use wheels of different offsets. A little isn't a big deal. 2.) Steel wheels, alloy wheels all have different thickness. Same effect on the stud and lug nut as a spacer. When hub centric the wheel isn't supported by the stud. It's supported by the hub. The stud just keeps it all together.  
    • JAI3
      2016 Sierra 5.3L L83 new injectors now runs rich.

      By JAI3 · Posted

      I had a evap sol go bad a couple weeks ago. . I replaced it.  While watching live data at the time I saw I had some cylinder 1 misfires. No MIL but on live data I could see ~50 at startup and about 70 more after an hour a drive all on cyl 1.  I also noticed that the LTFT were -5% to -15% always.  And that bank 2 is always -3% richer than bank 1. Even across all driving modes, city, highway, etc it’s always 3% richer than bank 1. So I start with the misfire. Swapped coil, plug, and plug wires from 1 to 3. No follow. I got an Injector reseal kit, pulled the D/s injector rail, swapped #1 and #3 injectors, resealed them, reinstalled and retested.  The misfire followed to 3. So I ordered and replaced all 8 injectors, spark plugs, and plug wires. Also replaced the 1 time use fuel pipes under the intake manifold.  Injectors that were in the truck since new were  Part # 12668390.  I replaced them with # 12742701 Got from RockAuto. Pretty certain they’re genuine and the correct ones. I called a friend at a parts store who told me “the 12742701 were the correct superseded part # for the originals I was replacing”. So started truck after replacing all that and it’s running -15 - -30 LTFTs. I reset the fuel trims with GDS2 and drove it for a 60 miles trip each way. There have been no changes in the LTFTs.  I checked if the HPFP was leaking into the crankcase. I removed the pvc and watched the trims. No difference.  I checked the alcohol content and it was at 10%  I’m out of ideas here. Truck seems to run great. Just always rich on the fuel trims.  Anyone with any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.  I ran an injector balance test just for the heck of it and it came back this. I’m confused.  I have gds2 and some other diag tools if anyone knows of anything I should test next.
    • Coastie05
      Will not stay in Reverse

      By Coastie05 · Posted

      Definitely needs to go back to the dealer. 

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...