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The Myth of Post-Military Employment

Posted by Jeff Barnett on April 27th, 2007

Over the past two years a situation has repeated itself numerous times.  I’ll be talking with another company grade officer and the subject of future plans will come up.  I’ll ask them about what duty stations they would like to see or programs they would like to apply to in the future.  Then the conversation will shift […]

The Myth of Military Pay

Posted by Jeff Barnett on April 24th, 2007

There are two nasty rumors floating around the military:
1. We’re grossly underpaid.
2. There’s a world of high-paying opportunities for ex-military personnel in the civilian world.
I can assure you that neither is true.  In this blog I’ll deal with the first myth, with the second myth later to come.
Disproving the first myth is easy.  When most […]

Ten Google Search Strings That Bring People Here

Posted by Jeff Barnett on April 22nd, 2007

1. free panties
2. armstrong pullup doesn’t work
3. my firewall won’t let me host games on x box
4. are wag bags one use only
5. my name (Why are you searching for me?!?)
6. perfume palace
7. navy ocs service committment
8. nagant m38
9. halo 2 tournament in chattanooga
10.  restoring a mauser stock

VAJoe.com Interview

Posted by Jeff Barnett on April 3rd, 2007

I was recently approached by Lane of www.vajoe.com to answer some questions for a brief interview about my participation in milblogging.  Check it out here.