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River rat is right, use all of the benefits we have earned. If you haven't gotten rated start the process. It will take a long time to get thru the system but it will pay off later not only with a few extra bucks monthly but the VA healthcare system is pretty good and free! I am 70% from multiple deployments to Iraq as well as Afghanistan hence my screen name Brokedik, it's what we called all the old broken down soldiers who couldn't jump anymore (now I'm that guy). Lol

That being said I will get back to your question. First if you haven't already used your GI Bill use it. If you don't have a preference look into University of Phoenix. They have many locations and you only go to campus one night a week for 4 hours. That will get you 2k a month for three years and you can still search and work a day job. You will also look more enticing to future employers.

Second search USAJOBS daily. It has all of the government and state jobs listed every day. I own ,y own company and make a good living but if I had to do it all over that is what I would do. A federal job is the best. Funding almost never gets cut just reassigned, you will have the best benefit package around(it will become important later) and most of all it's usually easy work with good pay. The key to being successful with federal jobs is having a clean record and don't stop with the education until you have a masters degree. Having military experience is a huge plus and will get your foot in the door. Just don't give up, stay in school and milk the GI BILL for all you can.

I know it sounds crazy reading it saying get a masters but trust me its not that hard at Phoenix. I have earned my bachelors and now working on my masters all while raising a family and owning business with 10+ employees. The key is dedication and persistence just doing it one day at a time. Use the skills you have learned in the military to nail your interview. Think of it as a promotion board and you need to explain how you know not only how to give orders but take them as well.

Don't settle now as a civilian cause real life only gets harder. Push yourself to get a career that has good future. If you settle for a job that pays $17/hr as a machinist, in ten years you will be a $17/hr machinist with 3 kids to feed (no offense if anybody out there is a $17/hr machinist ;-/ ).

Anyway that's my .02. I have given this same advise to all of my soldiers and I have already been to 3 graduations with a BA and 2 who got there MBA. All of them (myself included) came from nothing and had nothing when we started. We also all got thru it with no student loans to repay which puts us a leg up on everyone else. The military got their use out of us, now it's our turn to get our use out of them!!!


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If you live in SoCal the best place by far is downtown LA. There is literally one whole street with both sides lined with stereo shops. Most of the items are last years stuff but great deals!! I picked up my Alpine head unit with Bluetooth, JL audio 6 channel amp and 3 pairs of infinity 3 way 6x9's and all the wire, antenna ect... For $400. The 6x9's at bestbuy were more than $400 for 3 pair. I will post the address if anyone is interested so you can map it.
It's down by the fashion district and its kinda like little TJ but the stuff is cheap and it works good. I can clearly hear my radio while at WOT and I still have money for gas. 


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Thank You. The carb looks great!!!!

Here is a front shot of the added 3rd sponson to house the driveline.

I ran by my shop to take a few. I will pull off the cover tomorrow if you guys wanna see the driveline.

I know but if you saw the money I have in this pontoon boat you would prob understand. Has a custom built 3rd sponson holding a small block with a velvet drive then out to a arneson surface drive. I just got done putting a new deck, carpet and all new interior. Now it's time to take the trailer to the paint shop and I want to put nice fenders over the new wheels. I will prob just widen the ones I have and get them chromed if new ones are over 750. It has been a fun project and I will post some pics if desired.

Lol, a buddy of mine Nick told me about this site and now I can't stop shopping. I have found everything I need and some things that I didn't even know I needed haha. I think I will need to put some more hours in at work or stop logging in!

I am interested at 1500.00. I know it's not what you want but it is what I got