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No. 10
from jenhasredhair
Old Oct 10, 2009, 08:45 PM

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I just called about the USAA loan. It's called the Career Starter Loan. It's a personal, unsecured loan up to $25,000, so you can use it for anything you want. You have to establish a checking account with them and I think have your paycheck direct deposited. You have a 5 year payoff period and repayment doesn't start until 3 months after commission. The phone number I called was 800-531-USAA. I'm still waiting to commission, but they went ahead and gave me a member number and said to call back after I commission to apply.
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No. 11
from carolinapooh
Old Oct 10, 2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by carolinapooh View Post
The commitment for the loan plus repay has always been six years. The amounts are set by Congress and the Pentagon, and since the budget has yet to be published it may be a week or two before it's finalized.
I'm an idiot - I meant the BONUS plus loan repay....sorry.....
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No. 12
from adammRN
Old Oct 11, 2009, 12:09 AM

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I didn't even notice, I saw exactly what you meant when I read it lol
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No. 13
from hopeful_army_NP
Old Oct 12, 2009, 02:41 PM

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The American Heart Association has an online provider BLS, when you pass the test you go to an pproved center to pass the hands on portion. I signed up today as my BLS has experied as well, I figured I should get it done priot to going to OBLC. The cost was $17.50.

Here is the link http://www.onlineaha.org/index.cfm?f....courseCatalog
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No. 14
from adammRN
Old Oct 12, 2009, 09:44 PM

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Thanks for that link!

Is it true that officer uniforms cost 2 grand?

http://www.au.af.mil/au/holmcenter/O...nalinfo.asp#a2

No wonder the signing bonuses are so big... and the majority of it goes back to the people handing it out!!!
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No. 15
from wtbcrna
Old Oct 13, 2009, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by adammRN View Post
Thanks for that link!

Is it true that officer uniforms cost 2 grand?

http://www.au.af.mil/au/holmcenter/O...nalinfo.asp#a2

No wonder the signing bonuses are so big... and the majority of it goes back to the people handing it out!!!
Yep, officer uniforms will cost you about 2K for the basic issue. After COT you will find that you spend even more because you will probably want more sets of ABUs or Blues depending on where you work, amount of deployment exercises you have (it comes in real handy to have a pre made exercise bag with uniforms already in there) etc.

Yeah, my sign on bonus 8yrs ago was 5K about 3K after taxes within 6mo after that bonuses went up to 10k and have been on the rise ever since.
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No. 16
from carolinapooh
Old Oct 13, 2009, 05:19 PM

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I bought six sets of ABUs, extra blues (I just realized the other day I have a stupid number of blues shirts!), the mess dress, PT gear, both kinds of shoes, the service dress coat, I have everything sewn on - the only thing I'm missing is the lightweight blues jacket and a few odds and ends (I want an extra rack of ribbons, I need two more function badges, and I need three more sets of bars - for some stupid reason I only bought ONE), and I've spent about $2200. It's completely hideous.

OH - and I just had to put tires on my car (another $500 - and that was the cheapest!!). I owe American Express and Visa my LIFE...
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No. 17
from adammRN
Old Oct 13, 2009, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by carolinapooh View Post
I bought six sets of ABUs, extra blues (I just realized the other day I have a stupid number of blues shirts!), the mess dress, PT gear, both kinds of shoes, the service dress coat, I have everything sewn on - the only thing I'm missing is the lightweight blues jacket and a few odds and ends (I want an extra rack of ribbons, I need two more function badges, and I need three more sets of bars - for some stupid reason I only bought ONE), and I've spent about $2200. It's completely hideous.

OH - and I just had to put tires on my car (another $500 - and that was the cheapest!!). I owe American Express and Visa my LIFE...
I am confused, you got all that for 2.2k? It's so vague on that COT website, this 'uniform' better be made of gold silk!

Just hope I don't discover something later that makes the "bonus" more of a debt than anything else... guess the AF is still better than my plan B though. Enough of my gripes.
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No. 18
from carolinapooh
Old Oct 13, 2009, 07:25 PM

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It might be more like $2500. The most expensive thing has been the mess dress, which is about $450 with all the accoutrements on it.

The tires have just been the straw that's broken the camel's back - and I just realized I haven't bought the school supply-type stuff I need for COT - or printer ink!! AARRGGH - I just keep thinking that when I stop for the night in Atlanta that part will finally be over....
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No. 19
from wtbcrna
Old Oct 13, 2009, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by carolinapooh View Post
It might be more like $2500. The most expensive thing has been the mess dress, which is about $450 with all the accoutrements on it.

The tires have just been the straw that's broken the camel's back - and I just realized I haven't bought the school supply-type stuff I need for COT - or printer ink!! AARRGGH - I just keep thinking that when I stop for the night in Atlanta that part will finally be over....
Unless things have changed we were able to get advanced pay once we got to COT. By the way there are places that rent the Mess Dress.....one of my classmates rented their mess dress while at COT. I don't know where though. It was somewhere around Maxwell AFB.

I have now officially worn my mess dress twice in 8yrs of being in the AF. Here is uniform site that some of you might not have seen. I got my last mess dress jacket on here for $50.00 http://www.militaryuniformexchange.c...t.asp?id=10004

Good Luck at COT!
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