What now for us washed up dogs...

[roninsthao85]

Gents,

So I'm washed up. I can't get back into the military due to business rules, tats, time & grade (exceeds their need) & so on. Should I just look for the next best thing & be a lawman? Throw some ideas at me gents & please, no silly sh*t from you jokers.

- Edge

 

[Polar Bear]

Gay Porn?

 

[CDG]

Chippendales dancer?

 

[AWP]

Should I just look for the next best thing & be a lawman?

Well, that's a bit of a slap in the face to anyone wearing a badge. Nicely done.

Your question is as vague as it is open-ended and not likely to elicit a serious response. What do you want to do? Do you have the finances/ GI Bill to retrain or go to school? Time? Physically qualified? You're an adult and former Marine but your question comes across like some of the 16 YO's on the board. "Hey guys, I want to jon the military. What should I do?"

 

[Diamondback 2/2]

Join the TSA, you can be gay and wear a badge...telling people at the local shooting range that you are a federal agent and whatnot.

 

[racing_kitty]

Gents,

So I'm washed up. I can't get back into the military due to business rules, tats, time & grade (exceeds their need) & so on. Should I just look for the next best thing & be a lawman? Throw some ideas at me gents & please, no silly sh*t for you jokers.

- Edge

There's no "next best thing" in becoming an LEO. That's the kind of attitude that lands your mug on the lead banner for anti-cop organizations like Cop Watch because you've beaten the fuck out of some deaf, diabetic kid for the fourth time this year. The same jack booted thugs that make policemen look bad are the ones who haul a metric fuck ton of butt-hurt from not being allowed to enlist as combat arms.

While you may not have meant it that way, a slip like that would give me pause about letting you even have a go as a "hobby cop" (police auxiliary). There's a whole different mindset that goes into being an LEO. There are parallels to being in the infantry, from what I see, but the LEO's have less leeway in the "kill first" department.

You've got a wealth of retraining resources at your disposal. Learn a skilled trade. Welders in ND are calling the shots, salary-wise. But unless and until I see more of your mind set, leave the badge alone.

 

[DA SWO]

How did you manage a RE3 code?

 

[roninsthao85]

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[AKkeith]

Not sure if troll... Or incredibly dumb.

Either way, hurting the reputation of Marines on this board, and in general.

 

[roninsthao85]

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[AWP]

Banned until the 29th. Poor SA and attitude. I'm not sitting around and allowing some FNG to run their suck to our members.

 

[Brian C]

I'll post as an LEO, and can say from your posts thus far on this board, I wouldn't want to work with you as a LEO. I've worked with plenty of people that are just there for "the next best thing" or however they wanted to justify it. If your heart isn't in it and it's what you want to do, then don't. Plenty of people doing stupid things that give the public bad images of cops. I work with some now that are there because it's either a pay check or the next best thing in their book. They don't put their heart and complete focus in it, and because of that they screw up a lot of things. Stupid mistakes that shouldn't be made at this level. Those stupid mistakes lead to sketchy arrests, bad/altered reports, and people not staying in jail that need to.

All of that aside, I like working with guys that understand their job. Not someone that needs to ask about it years later.

 

[DA SWO]

Wounded got him a RE3, have to call BULLSHIT on that.

 

[Diamondback 2/2]

Wounded got him a RE3, have to call BULLSHIT on that.

IDK what the USMC uses for RE codes, but in the Army if he was medically unfit and subsequently discharged he would have an RE: 4, if medically retired (TDRL) he would have an RE: 4R.

ETA: I will say that his whole story seems odd to me, I sent him a PM and his response to that and posting on the board, has me really thinking he is suffering from some sort of mental issue.

 

[Muppet]

For fucks sake that gave me a headache. To the original poster: shut the fuck up already. Christ! You come up in here all like you've been year for years. Not like a U.S Marine / adult. What you see us doing here bro...its from years if trust. That's all I got.

F.M.

 

[medicchick]

IDK what the USMC uses for RE codes, but in the Army if he was medically unfit and subsequently discharged he would have an RE: 4

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Nope, you can be medically discharged with a code of RE-3. I even double checked RP's original DD214 and it is RE-3 for medical separation/discharge. The DD215 is changed to have RE-4 when he was upgraded to medically retired. RE-3 is used for one who is injured/medical issues but has a possibility to be fixed and get back in. RE-4 is when you aren't going to get better and will be unfit for service in their eyes so they just retire you.

if medically retired (TDRL) he would have an RE: 4R.

Only if a person has served 15+ years otherwise they are just RE-4

Table 3–1
U.S. Army reentry eligibility codes
Code Definition

RE–3 Applies to: Person who is not considered fully qualified for reentry or continuous Service at time of separation, but disqualification is waivable.
Eligibility: Ineligible unless a waiver is granted.
RE–4 Applies to: Person separated from last period of Service with a nonwaivable disqualification. This includes anyone with a Department of the Army imposed bar to reenlistment in effect at time of separation, or separated for any reason (except length of Service retirement) with 18 or more years AFS.
Eligibility: Ineligible for enlistment.
RE–4R Applies to: A person who retired for length of Service with 15 or more years AFS.
Eligibility: Ineligible for enlistment.

http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r601_210.pdf Page 29

 

[Ooh-Rah]

My god. Thank you.

 

[goon175]

Off topic: Each branch has their own RE codes, if you want to see what each branch has, you can check AR 601-210 for reference.

 

[Diamondback 2/2]

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Nope, you can be medically discharged with a code of RE-3. I even double checked RP's original DD214 and it is RE-3 for medical separation/discharge. The DD215 is changed to have RE-4 when he was upgraded to medically retired. RE-3 is used for one who is injured/medical issues but has a possibility to be fixed and get back in. RE-4 is when you aren't going to get better and will be unfit for service in their eyes so they just retire you.



Only if a person has served 15+ years otherwise they are just RE-4



http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r601_210.pdf Page 29

That's odd, my RE code is an RE 4R with 10 years 9 months. And when I raised shit about it (thinking I had a bad RE code) it was explained as in my above post.

It was explained to me that an RE 3 code was reserved for bad conduct, in other words, you were a shit bag and were not able to re-enlist based on that. The 4 or 4R was for medically unfit/medically retired. But either way, each service uses different corral and, I haven't seen regulation on any of them.

 

[Ranger Psych]

Well, perhaps you should learn to read regulations rather than relying on a barracks lawyer?

After all, anyone in separations is specifically tasked with getting you out and will feed you a line of shit as long as it furthers the process... like how I was medically discharged rather then retired out the gate when DOD regs state the exact opposite. That's ok, I got my pound of flesh back from the DOD through a class action suit.