Where is Enforcer Talen?

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Where is Enforcer Talen?

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I just realized that Enforcer Talen seems to have disappeared for at least a month, probably more.

Where is he? I miss him.
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Boot camp.
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HemlockGrey wrote:Boot camp.
Oh. Ouch.

I hope he gets out soon (his last post was October 5th!)
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I miss him too. :P
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Well, if he actually went to boot camp around the time of his last post, we might see him some time in January. So, never fear.
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I'd noticed that the amount of cleaning up in SLAM I had to do had decreased recently. This must be why.
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Durandal wrote:I'd noticed that the amount of cleaning up in SLAM I had to do had decreased recently. This must be why.
LMFAO!!!!

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Talen's at marine boot camp, he should be returning shortly.

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Yeah, he left October 6th, comes back December 30th. Man, i miss him...can't wait till he gets back.
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ET is currently at the Parris Island Marine Corp Recruit Depot in South Carolina. Boot camp for Marines last 12 weeks so he is expected to graduate sometime in early January. However, it is entirely possible that we will not hear from him until much later because of personal constraints due to whatever more advanced specialized training he will be in following graduation. If he does make posts again, they will probably be of less frequency that before.
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Didn't Evil Sadistic Bastard leave for similar reasons around this time last year?

I can't wait until he returns as well.
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Wicked Pilot wrote:ET is currently at the Parris Island Marine Corp Recruit Depot in South Carolina. Boot camp for Marines last 12 weeks so he is expected to graduate sometime in early January. However, it is entirely possible that we will not hear from him until much later because of personal constraints due to whatever more advanced specialized training he will be in following graduation. If he does make posts again, they will probably be of less frequency that before.
he will get ten days leave between boot and MOS schools. Unless he requests otherwise, but that is very rare. IIRC from my own experience he should be finishing up with the rifle range and moving to third phase.... but they did restructure bootcamp since I went back in '96 but either way it is about that time they would be coming back from rifle qualification, possibly the crucible.
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Durandal wrote:I'd noticed that the amount of cleaning up in SLAM I had to do had decreased recently. This must be why.
*sigh* And once again, I find myself contemplating picking up the slack for someone else's mess quota.
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Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:LMFAO!!!!

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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Didn't Evil Sadistic Bastard leave for similar reasons around this time last year?

I can't wait until he returns as well.
Yeah, he's been gone a LONG time. And Bean has only recently begun to post again.

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Death from the Sea wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:ET is currently at the Parris Island Marine Corp Recruit Depot in South Carolina. Boot camp for Marines last 12 weeks so he is expected to graduate sometime in early January. However, it is entirely possible that we will not hear from him until much later because of personal constraints due to whatever more advanced specialized training he will be in following graduation. If he does make posts again, they will probably be of less frequency that before.
he will get ten days leave between boot and MOS schools. Unless he requests otherwise, but that is very rare. IIRC from my own experience he should be finishing up with the rifle range and moving to third phase.... but they did restructure bootcamp since I went back in '96 but either way it is about that time they would be coming back from rifle qualification, possibly the crucible.
Should be a seven day mess or workweek in there too. I spent mine gardening in the Generals yard, but most do KP duty. All in all it should be 13 weeks. Plus, when he does graduate, his first urge will probably be more sexual than SDnet.

Well, he might PM Zaia first but as for the rest of us.....we're probably down the priority list a bit. :P
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But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
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I'd been wondering wher he'd gotten to.

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Knife wrote:Should be a seven day mess or workweek in there too. I spent mine gardening in the Generals yard, but most do KP duty. All in all it should be 13 weeks. Plus, when he does graduate, his first urge will probably be more sexual than SDnet.
For the seven days of mess or work detail do you mean before he graduates from boot or when he goes to MOS school? There is one in boot, but it is included in the 12 weeks. Females go for 13 weeks because they don't go to MCT with the rest of the pogues. As for the mess or work detail before MCT or SOI, I was lucky enough to avoid that by getting there on the day the next class picked up 8)
Well, he might PM Zaia first but as for the rest of us.....we're probably down the priority list a bit. :P
I can definitely understand that, who wants to waste precious time with a bunch of guys online when there are women to be had :twisted:
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Captain_Cyran wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Didn't Evil Sadistic Bastard leave for similar reasons around this time last year?

I can't wait until he returns as well.
Yeah, he's been gone a LONG time. And Bean has only recently begun to post again.

ESD, Talen, we need you guys back. So get your military asses in gear and move it!
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Durandal wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:LMFAO!!!!

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I'm not having cyber-sex with you. And yes, I have an open-source IM client.
:evil: WAGH!!! *Points Railgun at Durandal's head* That's NOT why I asked, sillyboi! :P :lol:
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Ein, you mean you missed thissomehow?
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Kuja wrote:Ein, you mean you missed thissomehow?
WAGH! I forgot about that! *picks up random LART (I have several stashed here in my desk) and taps self in head with it*

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Death from the Sea wrote:For the seven days of mess or work detail do you mean before he graduates from boot or when he goes to MOS school? There is one in boot, but it is included in the 12 weeks. Females go for 13 weeks because they don't go to MCT with the rest of the pogues. As for the mess or work detail before MCT or SOI, I was lucky enough to avoid that by getting there on the day the next class picked up 8)
Hmm. Must have changed it since 91. Go figure. :P Used to be 13 weeks, 12 boot and 1 mess week which was between 2nd and 3rd phase.

We used to have another mess week after MCT but before your A school. As I understand it, infantry doesn't have to go to MCT anymore but I bet they still have a mess week.
They say, "the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots." I suppose it never occurred to them that they are the tyrants, not the patriots. Those weapons are not being used to fight some kind of tyranny; they are bringing them to an event where people are getting together to talk. -Mike Wong

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Knife wrote:Hmm. Must have changed it since 91. Go figure. :P Used to be 13 weeks, 12 boot and 1 mess week which was between 2nd and 3rd phase.
I guess they did change it, the mess week was the week before we graduated when I went through in '96. Then it was at the end of 3rd phase. They retooled boot again in '97 when they added the 'Crucible' and from what I heard they no longer had three phases, it was made into two phases somehow.
We used to have another mess week after MCT but before your A school. As I understand it, infantry doesn't have to go to MCT anymore but I bet they still have a mess week.
Infantry just goes to the School Of Infantry (SOI)now and only people that are not 03's go to MCT. IIRC MCT was 3 or 4 weeks while SOI is more like 8 or 9 weeks.
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