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psydude posted:I used to and still have a few buddies that are there. Totally interested in hearing this gossip.  One of my buddies ex-husband is a Chief in command of a det apparently he missed a court date and is going to be in contempt of the court, she wanted to let them know because he is definitely not going to let his command know. She wanted me to get contact info for the BDE Cdr so she could inform him.
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White Chocolate posted:
I assume you then banged her
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What the everloving gently caress is going on with our outgoing commander's letters? gently caress it I"m just not going to drill.  This is the MPAD I was attached to. I don't even know, what is this I can't even is that a "gun" made out of camera parts why is the microphone on one end and the lens on the other so you can either see them or hear them EVERY SOLDIER IS A SENSOR HOORAGGGHHHHPTHBBBBT
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He didn't even spell Leeroy Jenkins right, UGH! That's pretty goofy, though.
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Geirskogul posted:What the everloving gently caress is going on with our outgoing commander's letters? Yes. Yes it is a gun. Your MPAD is the worst. I thought mine was with my NCOIC mandating all these "this is how the real Army works" bullshit. Like a formation for 5 people. However, that camera gun is horrible. Things I've learned in the Army that won't affect me when I get out: Highly Encouraged = Mandatory
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Has anybody been to JRTC recently? I got tagged to be an OC/T and I'm fully expecting it to suck.
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Soulex posted:Yes. Yes it is a gun. Your MPAD is the worst. I thought mine was with my NCOIC mandating all these "this is how the real Army works" bullshit. Like a formation for 5 people. However, that camera gun is horrible. one of the best parts about being out is that i legit don't have to do anything i don't want to, even if it is highly encouraged or mandatory. i don't walk on the grass at school out of some weird army-hangover thing even though i see people doing it all the time. it still feels weird when i force myself to do it. when i go outside and it's cold, i have to remind myself that i am allowed to bundle up and be comfortable because the idea that "overusing polypro will make it less effective" means absolute dick out here.
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Triggs posted:Has anybody been to JRTC recently? I got tagged to be an OC/T and I'm fully expecting it to suck. What's that? Deployments have evaporated faster than a specialist's ability to give a gently caress? Let's go sit on a loving hill fellating each other while doing some High Speed Real World Training™! Have fun sitting around in a place that is remarkably similar to your mother's rear end in a top hat after the weekly party with Dirty Mike and the boys; a sauna that smells like piss, poo poo, and a corpse left out for a week in July in the Everglades. Plus mosquitoes.
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Cole posted:one of the best parts about being out is that i legit don't have to do anything i don't want to, even if it is highly encouraged or mandatory. I instinctively try to touch my head going in buildings to take off non-existent hats.
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Anyone know a good GPS to use for military purposes? Our cadre told us a GPS is a good investment since with the current Army budget we probably won't be getting any good ones, if we even get issued one at all. I was looking into some Garmin wrist GPSs.
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Mustang posted:Anyone know a good GPS to use for military purposes? Our cadre told us a GPS is a good investment since with the current Army budget we probably won't be getting any good ones, if we even get issued one at all. I was looking into some Garmin wrist GPSs. I had a handheld Garmin GPS/two way radio that didn't cost that much. You could convert it to MGRS but it was slightly time consuming to input coordinates with just an up/down/left/right input. Honestly, there's probably a smartphone app that costs less and works just as well. Stick your phone in a Lifeproof case and use that.
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use your phone. their used to be apps in the play store that would give you the military topo maps with grids and poo poo. I assume they are still there
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not caring here posted:use your phone. their used to be apps in the play store that would give you the military topo maps with grids and poo poo. I assume they are still there Just do a search for MGRS on your app store; there are some good things out there.
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Cole posted:one of the best parts about being out is that i legit don't have to do anything i don't want to, even if it is highly encouraged or mandatory. I can't wait for this. Also umbrellas.
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Mustang posted:Anyone know a good GPS to use for military purposes? Our cadre told us a GPS is a good investment since with the current Army budget we probably won't be getting any good ones, if we even get issued one at all. I was looking into some Garmin wrist GPSs. I have a cheap garmin etrex 10 that I totally don't use for land nav. It lets you do MGRS but, like mentioned, it's a bit annoying to enter in coordinates but it works
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Mustang posted:Anyone know a good GPS to use for military purposes? Our cadre told us a GPS is a good investment since with the current Army budget we probably won't be getting any good ones, if we even get issued one at all. I was looking into some Garmin wrist GPSs. http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Foretrex-401-GPS/dp/B00C1JIDTS Good battery life, fairly rugged, waterproof. It is expensive, but depending on your job it may be worth it. At lot of FOs, FSOs, and PLs have them.
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e: ^^^^ MilGPS is a good phone app. For physical devices, the Garmin Foretrex 401 is a solid choice. You can wear it and it's pretty durable.
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Naked Bear posted:e: ^^^^ Apps got me through land nav a time or two.
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The Fortrex 401 is pretty much the default choice, it's like a digital watch in that you can just loop it through the webbing of your FLC/armor and not worry about it
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Don't worry about GPS's no one with half a brain lets the LT navigate.
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Mike-o posted:I wasn't medboarded but I had the same exact bullshit happen to me when I told them I'm not re-upping. It went from "good soldier who does his work well and isn't an idiot so he doesn't get DUIs and other dumb poo poo" to "gently caress YOU WE ALL HOPE YOU DIE AND WE'RE GONNA gently caress WITH YOU EVERY SECOND UNTIL YOU GET OUT". This is why you never play that card until the absolute last second. Tell them you want to re-enlist for some weird-rear end MOS you have no chance of getting, and then if it does look like they're going to arrange it, change your mind.
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I had no choice, I had orders for Germany (that no one ever loving gave me or alerted me about, thanks battalion) with 9 months left in my enlistment. I wanted to stay at Lewis and get out there because I'm from Washington and already had an apartment that I was living in, and family to help me out if I needed it. Battalion CSM and my 1SG tried to pressure me into re-enlisting so they could send me to Germany, since I was supposed to be there a month before this bullshit. It was either re-up for 3 more years and buy into their bullshit about doing my duty (by signing my life away again) or signing a dec statement. I almost caved, but then I grew some loving balls and told them nope, not re-upping. After that is when I became the shitbag of the company overnight. Then my squad leader made a fake NCOER about calling me a piece of poo poo and other untrue bullshit, 1SG and CO taped it on 1SG's door for the whole company to see. Then I got in a fistfight with my piece of poo poo squad leader when he punched me because I told him I'm getting out because of loving idiots like him. That was my last day in the army. Good times.
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DONT WALK ON THE GRASS spends 2 hours everyday doing pt on the same grass. stupid loving rule. Is it "unprofessional" to walk in grass? Lmao. I never understood that rule, but at the same time I usually walked on the sidewalk because they're always some E9 whose sole existence is to enforce grass walking. Army needs to go on a ten year skeleton crew, like 10k people or whatever it was after WWI
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Thanks guys, i was actually looking at the Garmin 401 but I'll go ahead and try out the MGRS app and save some money. ABOLC must be some kind of collection of dudes that just dont give a gently caress because you got people with their hands in their pockets, walking on grass, etc. I'm convinced the brigade commander next door hates us though.
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Just wait until you're a real soldier oh boy
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he'll be ok he's a noble edit: and why buy a GPS? plgrs work great
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:he'll be ok he's a noble I saw a PLGR once. Thing's the size of an ASIP. Also, are we talking about GPS for FTXs and such, or for cheating on land nav? Because if you need a GPS to find points on a land nav course...
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Haha, nah, for FTXs and such, cadre said they would useful for reports, call for fire and whatnot. I've never had any problem with land nav, being able to terrain associate makes it easy. I actually think land nav is pretty fun if it's not the middle of summer on a course full of giant rear end hills.
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Chewbacca Defense posted:I saw a PLGR once. Thing's the size of an ASIP. PLGRs are awesome and I used one as recently as 2011 because lol CM
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Mustang posted:Anyone know a good GPS to use for military purposes? Our cadre told us a GPS is a good investment since with the current Army budget we probably won't be getting any good ones, if we even get issued one at all. I was looking into some Garmin wrist GPSs. The old Garmin 60 and 62 series. The CSX is strongly preferred. The interface is manageable, but a bit annoying. They are, however, built like Nokias, the battery life is absurd, and it's a small enough form factor to tuck in the lower leg pocket on your uniform. I got mine for camping before I joined and still use it whenever I want to avoid orienteering fuckery.
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real talk the plgr is probably the least stupid and convoluted electronic equipment i've used in teh army other than SINGCARs
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:real talk the plgr is probably the least stupid and convoluted electronic equipment i've used in teh army other than SINGCARs 117G is pottery dope and will do like 90% of the comms y'all will ever need. I love that thing.
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Kiryen posted:This is why you never play that card until the absolute last second. Tell them you want to re-enlist for some weird-rear end MOS you have no chance of getting, and then if it does look like they're going to arrange it, change your mind. That was what a former NCO of mine was doing. "Oh, I haven't decided." "I'll talk to retention." etc etc. Then orders for Drill Sergeant school came down. Bam, dec statement.
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Wasabi the J posted:117G is pottery dope and will do like 90% of the comms y'all will ever need. I love that thing. 150 for when you want to bounce grainy jpegs of your crotch to some relay station 200 miles away off the atmosphere, maaaaan
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Well, turns out you can't get RCP separation pay and do a dec statement. Guess I'm going to Korea again. gently caress. E: With a follow-on to Fort Stewart. For 5 months before I ETS. gently caress gently caress gently caress. Suntan Boy fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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The green weenie strikes again.
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Justin Tyme posted:150 for when you want to bounce grainy jpegs of your crotch to some relay station 200 miles away off the atmosphere, maaaaan it does this too.
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Stewart's not a bad place to spend your last five months. Savannah's a party town and you've got J'ville and Hilton ahead and Charleston just down the road.
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:
Never got this. They send E8/E9s to a year-long school to be CSMs, then all they do is check police call and tell people to keep off the grass/get a haircut.
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