[Brutus Fidus]

I joined this forum in 2011, but I see that my earlier posts are no longer here; I just want to make a quick update so that you can know a little about whom you are talking to.
I know that my bio states that I was planning to enter the 18x program; I spoke too hastily. By the time the dust settled, I signed and swore-in for 35P (Cryptologic Linguist); this was the culmination of nearly 12 months’ work with my recruiter. 5 days prior to my ship-off date for basic, I received a call from the recruiting office telling me that the student loan repayment I had been promised in my contract “fell through” and that I needed to come in for a “contract renegotiation” with no student loan repayment. Needless to say, I was disappointed and I have my suspicions that the loan repayment was never something that they were in a position to give me, but merely dangled until the zero-hour. Anyhow, because they broke the contract, I was released and told I could sign without the student loan repayment or I could walk away- which I opted to do. Se la vie.
I now work as the Director of Clinical Operations for a pharmaceutical research company based out of Ohio. I still have close ties to Hawaii, the Pacific NorthWest and Colorado; I visit these places often. I continue to visit this forum and I am extraordinarily appreciative of the information that these professionals have offered.