Enlisted E-3... $10,000 bonus, E-4 after A-school after 6 month point in...

 

good call to wait. I just joined the AF myself and you really shouldn't do it for the money. Btw Texas is hot as ***** during the summer. Lucky for you it'll be september before you leave.

 

Yeah...around the fall. I wish my job gave me a bonus...looks nice.

 

Damn e-3 don't make no 1700 a month man. I joined the army back in 2002 as an 18 year old came in as an e-3 bought my Z in 2003 just a week after my 19th birthday brand new my payments were 556 a month and i made 660 every 2 weeks as an e-3 stationed in germany. Hurtin like hell on money because insurance was 220 dollars for me too and cell phone bill. Now i'm an e-6 army recruiter making a lot more and only got a little over a year to finish paying off my Z man. in the airforce your not gonna rank at all dude, the higher and higher my rank went the easier my car payments became. I put my little sister in the army and she's an E-3 stationed in hawaii and her paychecks are only about 600 every two weeks. E-3 base pay is only about 1528 plus u gotta take away taxes, but the way the a.f. works you won't get that e-3 till you complete tech school. I pinned on e-5 in 2 yrs 4months in the army and e-6 in 4 years 8 months in the army. Only 22 years old with a Z and a brand new Kawasaki Zx636r. The thing that helped me when i first bought my z was 7 months after i bought i went to iraq and made about 700 dollars extra a week. But i tell all my kids that i recruit who wanna buy brand new cars when they first come in is too wait man, wait till atleast you make e-4 so you know what your looking at exactly and how your lifestyle is going to be how much your gonna spend a month on regular sh*t. Than when you get about a 2 years in buy u that brand new car. I know i was struggling with mine when i first bought it. good luck dude

 

Where do you recruit out of?

 

Pensacola, FL

 

USAREC got you by the ***** huh? I was a recruiter in Orlando and Tampa. I'm a Station Commander now up in CT but I'm going WOFT. Hope you dont have a lot of time left in USAREC. I'm going on 7 1/2 years. TIME TO GO.

 

I'm going to wait, but thanks for the heads up.

 

USAA and Navy Federal ftw!!!!!


oh and 99 before I decided it wasn't a good idea to enlist

 

Finance counselor...also known as your supervisor, in most cases.lol

 

Yep usarec did get my *** D.A. selection, well I already have 1 year and 9 months out here, and got 1 year 3 months left till i get back on m1a1 as a tank commander. I already got my ring, and currently working on my medallion should have it by october. I want another iraq deployment to finish my Z hahahaha....

 

what's funny is i'm in the army but have my 350z financed through Navy Federal.

 

What are the rates like when you deal thru the milit?

 

I have been in the AF for 17 years now and have always wanted a Z (since 1989). I enlisted as an E-3 straight out of basic and still could not afford one until I decided to get myself a promotion present...17 years later as I put on MSgt.
As I read, you have put your plans on hold, which I think is a good choice. But don't give your hopes up. Once you complete basic, you will not be an A1C just yet. You have to complete your 3-lvl school and then once you graduate, you will be able to sew on E-3. Good thing about being a boomer (inflight refueling) is that you will have your chance to reenlist while flying over a tax exempt zone so your SRB will be tax free. Use that SRB bonus as a hefty downpayment on your Z. This way, you will have a bargaining chip at the dealer and get what you want...not what you can afford. Also, a good thing about being a boomer, KC-x are mainly based in the US. Would suck to buy a new Z and get based in Korea where E-6 and below are not able to drive nor ship a car. As they always say...if you want to PCS, buy a car or a house and you will get orders.

 

98% of the idiots i work with are broke as hell, me and about 3 others in my shop are the few that dont live paycheck to paycheck. One of them is my OIC .

 

+1 on the life options issue. I was in the Navy. In the military, as a single guy, it's ez to live cheaply. Many creditors prey on new military guys. Away from home for the first time, regular check, low payments, etc etc.

I remember this one guy, he had what I thought was a really gool car, Rabbit GTI but he was desperate to get rid of it because he got orders to Italy.

I didn't get a car until I knew I was going to be in one place for awhile. I was an E4 and it was new little mitsu turbo. If I could do it over again? 4 or 5 year old Honda or Toyota for low insurance and low maintenance costs. My money would have gone to savings for a house and my time would have gone to studying either for my Navy job or college degree or both.

 

The last three posts have been the most helpful. Thanks guys. I think this should be bumped in case any other new enlistees are thinking about a Z.

 

Army here, 19k Abrams Tanker. I got a 2003 Z touring for 350$ a month and for 17800$. Got a good deal, but yea anyone here in Fort hood, 4th ID?

 

I'm a treadhead too, but at the Corps. I'm reserve though. Dont hate!

hey logic, forgitaboutit. Wait until you hit e-5, or just save it till you get out.

 

I just got back from Iraq and all I could think about was that new Z and I got it, but at what cost I was wounded in Iraq and will never be the same. If your going to enlist dont do it for a car but for your country.