i got a question...
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Topic: i got a question...
Posted By: puffs
Subject: i got a question...
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 7:46pm
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alright; i am joining the marines and they cut your hair right above your shoulders if you got short hair or you can tie it back if you got long hair. i have close to short hair and i dont want my hair cut that short cause it doesnt look good at all and my hair doesnt grow that fast, so i was wondering if maybe hair extensions would be a get way to have long hair to tie back. there is alot of phyiscal activitiy and i dont know if it would a good idea or not to get some. what do you guys think?
sorry about any spelling, i am not a good speller
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Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 7:58pm
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You aren't going to be able to maintain extensions while in boot camp, how long is it 2 months? You're going to be exhausted and you aren't going to want to waste your time doing your hair. Will they let you wear cornrows? You want something very low maintenance. ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: puffs
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 8:00pm
| well bootcamp is 3 months long. i dont kno if they would let me have cornrrows but that looks kinda painful to have |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 8:13pm
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Is your hair long enough for French braids? ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 8:17pm
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do you have pics of your hair? ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: puffs
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 8:30pm
| no i dont have any picture of my hair but it is about 3-4 inches below my shoulders if that helps |
Posted By: puffs
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 8:33pm
| well i dont think the marines would allow french braids, i just want to be able to throw my hair up in a bun while in bootcamp and after bootcamp i can have my hair down or whatever but if my hair get cut that short i am suck with that hair stlye for like 4 years i think and i dont want that |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 9:10pm
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my husband says that you don't have to cut it as long as it can be put in a ponytail even a teeny weeny one
he was a Marine Corps recruiter  ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: puffs
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 11:28pm
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well that is good to know but i dont think i can put it up in that bun thing they have going. that is cool he was a marine recuiter
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Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 11:32pm
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I hated it. He would leave before dawn and wouldn't get home until after 9pm I told him he had to set some ground rules with them because we were missing church which was the last straw. I got so mad at him that I didn't speak to him for over a month, I am not lying, not a single word!!!
Why are you joining now??? ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: puffs
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 11:37pm
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wow i didnt know they had to work that long.
i am joining cause i am going to be a senior this year and i need to start my life soon and college seems kinda scarey and expensive also i want to travel the world and experience new and exciting things
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Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 11:45pm
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don't do it. get a scholarship. Or go to community college. It's to dangerous and the benefits aren't all that. You'll make more money in the civilian world. Save up your money and take vacations from work. I don't want to seem unpatriotic I love my country but... please find another way. The send the new recruits out to this Iraqi Occupation, not war, first. I MADE my husband retire. ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: puffs
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 11:47pm
| well they dont send girls to combat and i already signed up and i eave for bootcamp june 16 also i am not that smart to get scholarships |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 11:55pm
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they sent a girlfriend of mine to Iraq (Air Force) after she was in a year I think. She said it smelled so bad that she threw up everyday. She was 21. So yes, the do send girls, maybe not to the front line but they still have to watch for snipers and suicide bombers at the camp.
You don't need a scholarship you can get financial aid and community college is dirt cheap and you can still get out of it, it's not too late. But I'm not your mama so I'll mind my business. ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: puffs
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 12:02am
| well for the job i am going for which is legal aid i dont think they would send me to iraq and i dnt mind that you care enough to try to change my mind. |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 12:08am
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you should be okay then but don't believe ANYTHING the recruiter says very few of them are completely honest. There was a BIG scandal a few years back because they were lying to the kids to get them to join and some other cruddy stuff too. Some were making the kids lie and cheat on their tests and they got busted at bootcamp. Watch your back. ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: puffs
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 12:12am
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yeah i heard that some recuiter do lie to make kids sign up but i think my recuiter is pretty honest but i am not so sure. so far what he has told me was true and he talked me ut of become a military police cause he didnt want me to get hurt and stuff. thanks for the advice |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 12:13am
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you're welcome. ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: krimsa
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 3:38pm
| I agree with MsHoney on this. It just won’t be practical during basic to have any kind of hair extension. It might actually interfere. I would just let it go for now and chances are they wont cut it so short you have to wait all that long and then get the extensions when its better timing like after graduation. |
Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 4:06pm
My stepson is a Marine and works in the supply room. He is on his SECOND tour in Iraq as we speak.. He was sent to Iraq almost straight out of bootcamp even though he was told that he probably would not be sent to Iraq until he had a year in the Marines.. Well SIX MONTHS after being assigned to his 1st base (in North Carolina) after bootcamp, he was sent off for a 12 month tour in Iraq. When he returned, he was told that IF he had to go back that it wouldn't be any EARLIER than 18 months after his previous tour.. Well guess what?? We're month 9 into his SECOND tour in Iraq. He was BARELY back a year when they shipped him BACK to Iraq.. AND he is not working in the supply room.. The Marines have him working as an MP for this tour.. That's right an MP! They put him through a quickie training when he got there.. So I know you want to believe your recuiter, but the fact of the matter is that this is a war time situation, and what the Marines tell you pales in comparison to where they decide they need you.. They will tell you (as they switch reels on you) that you signed up to serve your country not for a specific job title. I wish you luck, but MsHoney is right, your recuiter isn't NOT gonna tell you everything.. Mostly because they can't KNOW everything.. and yes they do send women to the hot spots.. My best friend ran an Army Patriot missle squad in the FIRST Gulf war.. Another friend of mine is a fighter pilot in the Air Force.. She most DEFINTELY will tell you that they do send women to the hot spots.. Good luck.. Boorah! ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
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