|
Vasudus posted:Castle was up the road from Casey and was home to just 2EN (which fell under 2-72), there was also a place called "Castle North" about a mile further up which was this hosed up logistics outpost that was half shared with the ROKA. No idea what unit was assigned there. I think I went to Castle North then because it was basically a warehouse with a parking lot with cinder block walls with concertina wire on top
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:15
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 6, 2024 20:01 |
|
|
not caring here posted:cold weather gear doesn't keep the cold out. Those sleeping bags are a joke in a Korean winter. I dunno what gear you had but as a dude stationed in Alaska, the cold weather gear was just about the only thing the army got right. Except those awful 10 man tents.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:16
|
|
|
Vasudus posted:got a bsm despite being e5 for my tour award When I was in Desert Storm, everybody E5 and above got at least a BSM.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:17
|
|
Cat Army
|
MightyJoe36 posted:When I was in Desert Storm, everybody E5 and above got at least a BSM. got bumped up to E7ish in Iraq II so as to not cheapen the award
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:18
|
|
|
spacetoaster posted:My father told me this. He told me how, in Vietnam, he slept in a ditch and ate cold garbage. And how, right across the street, the Air Force dudes where snug and comfortable. THIS.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:19
|
|
|
The army's response to sub par living conditions and stories about why they shouldn't enlist: Army: "Hey kids! here's a video game we made that lets you be a sniper" *thousands of kids enlist, mainly as truck drivers*
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:22
|
|
|
MurderBot posted:The army's response to sub par living conditions and stories about why they shouldn't enlist: most kids walk in and want to be SNIPERS or DELTA FORCE or GREEN BERET or RANGER because they're too good for a desk imagine sitting at a desk and some 17 year old autistic fat kid tells you he is too good for sitting at a desk
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:33
|
|
|
How often did you want to be honest with kids and tell them that the best that they could hope for in a military career was fixing washing machines/sewing and possibly an honorable discharge if they don't get a DUI before they are 23
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:52
|
|
|
my recruiters primary selling point was the amount of pussy i was gonna slay
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:53
|
|
|
I was at carroll...its the worst
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 01:57
|
|
|
Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:my recruiters primary selling point was the amount of pussy i was gonna slay same He proceeded to tell me how my mos was full of chicks and Id get laid all the time, he failed to disclose that army chicks are usually uhhhhh homely and the ones that are attractive either get married really quickly, get divorced and re married more than most soldiers change their oil, or have a laundry list of STDs. Ace of Baes fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Jun 26, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 02:01
|
|
|
Obstacle2 posted:I dunno what gear you had but as a dude stationed in Alaska, the cold weather gear was just about the only thing the army got right. Except those awful 10 man tents. I hated pulling those drat tents around on the akios (sp?). You're right about the cold gear stuff though, poo poo was on point.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 02:01
|
|
|
Ace of Baes posted:same he vastly oversold that number tbqh
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 02:02
|
|
|
Recruiter: Chicks love soldiers man, youre ggonna get so much action you wont know what to do. *proceeds to get stationed in the middle of nowhere where soldiers make up 50+% of the local population*
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 02:07
|
|
|
by the time you get to your duty station, all the other retards before you have already hosed up your chances
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 02:08
|
|
|
Huuuuuah Of course, I can only assume that the new army uniform can't in any way be designed for some level of competent rolling that the marine cammies are.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 02:59
|
|
|
MurderBot posted:Huuuuuah if you actually care about how good your rolls are then die
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 03:13
|
|
|
We ran a warfighter this year where those drat Dirty Atropians were threatening to blow some chemical facilities in the AO, and the BN Commander was super excited because one of our myriad excess butterbars was NBC. It turns out the answer to almost any sort of chemical attack is "don't bother with mopp gear, if you guys don't run away your insides will melt." Who knew?
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 03:21
|
|
|
Can we talk about how the VA's e-benefits website has hours of availability as if it were an actual physical location? Want to look at my remaining GI Bill benefits after 6pm EST? Sorry come back tomorrow to this website on the god drat internet.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 04:26
|
|
|
The army is going to start rolling sleeves again?
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 04:43
|
|
|
Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:if you actually care about how good your rolls are then die Rumor was that MAG-13 gave every single possible gently caress about it
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 05:37
|
|
|
Obstacle2 posted:Can we talk about how the VA's e-benefits website has hours of availability as if it were an actual physical location? Are you loving kidding?
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 05:58
|
|
|
EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:The army is going to start rolling sleeves again? Looks likely, they just ran a "pilot" testing it out at FT Hood. Looks like it's between the old school Army way of camo out or the marine way with Camo in.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 06:01
|
|
|
It should be camo out, because it wasn't that hard and i always thought it looked cool. We were still rolling sleeves when I left Bragg. poo poo, I remember when it was a huge deal we had to get flags sewn on.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 06:05
|
|
|
I agree, camo in looks kind of lovely. Doubt I'll ever get to roll my sleeves here at Lewis anyway, been high in the 60's almost the entire time I've been here.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 06:09
|
|
|
cravius posted:Are you loving kidding? Nope. Also new thread titel.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 06:17
|
|
|
Carteret posted:It should be camo out, because it wasn't that hard and i always thought it looked cool. We were still rolling sleeves when I left Bragg. poo poo, I remember when it was a huge deal we had to get flags sewn on. Camo in because the arm hole can be bigger. And its easier. And you can bullshit the other folds easier instead of having your made by the blind cuff being a built in ruler.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 06:35
|
|
|
you gotta sculpt the guns so you dont have to put a fold in the roll to keep them tight
|
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 06:40
|
|
|
MassivelyBuckNegro posted:you gotta sculpt the guns so you dont have to put a fold in the roll to keep them tight The real reason Marines do pull ups.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 07:07
|
|
|
Icon Of Sin posted:You're right about the cold gear stuff though, poo poo was on point.* Some exclusions apply. Void where prohibited. Subject to change without notice. At participating locations only. Because if you're doing something and you think you're cold well gently caress you the guy in the head shed is warm and he says that's the uniform of the day.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 07:26
|
|
|
Carteret posted:The worst part of not caring here posted:That whole thing of "oh we're gonna do x to give you confidence in your equipment" only ever showed me not to ever trust anything the army has or gives you. spacetoaster posted:My father told me this. He told me how, in Vietnam, he slept in a ditch and ate cold garbage. And how, right across the street, the Air Force dudes where snug and comfortable. Mustang posted:Looks likely, they just ran a "pilot" testing it out at FT Hood. Looks like it's between the old school Army way of camo out or the marine way with Camo in. psydude posted:The real reason Marines do pull ups.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 09:31
|
|
|
Now that I have a week left I can say the absolute worst loving thing I ever had to do was a loddie doddie everybody tent maintenance and inventory on all of the poo poo we had, those new tents that have genies apart of the kit. Anyways everybody meant "I have a meeting" so it was lower enlisted and a few senior NCOs that were cool because they knew how bad it was going to suck and didn't want to leave their soldiers behind. Also because other NCOs were hovering like Hawks trying to snatch up a loose private on some AR 670-1 crap and make them help his section so he could gently caress off and do better guest issue was the area they wanted everything in was a huge loving parks lot right outside the new HRC building. You think they would be smart and not make us pound stakes into the black top in 103 degree weather in goddamn Fort Knox Kentucky and having to do all that poo poo without de blousing or whatever? You know how this story ends... What's worse is that after we set up a lot of the tents, we had to move them in different formations, which meant repounding stakes. We changed formations 4 loving times. Worst loving week outside of NTC in my whole career. Edit and disassembling half the loving tent to replace one goddamn support arm. gently caress
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 09:37
|
|
|
Soulex posted:Now that I have a week left I can say the absolute worst loving thing I ever had to do was a loddie doddie everybody tent maintenance and inventory on all of the poo poo we had, those new tents that have genies apart of the kit. are you just really bad at shamming or something
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 09:58
|
|
|
No, it was an HHC unit so it was top heavy as hell and lower enlisted where pretty much micromanaged to poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 10:28
|
|
|
i would have just said i have to go to legal and drived away
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 11:08
|
|
|
"AND LAHDEE DAHDEE *EVERYBODY* IS GONNA BE THERE!!!" wails the HHC 1SG/CO, who is a goddamn Ranger-tabbed combat arms leader, goddammit. These POGs are gonna learn today!! 25 people show up. More wailing. Yes.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 11:34
|
|
|
Lahdie dahdie is definitely one of those expressions that doesn't exist outside of the military.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 12:24
|
|
|
cravius posted:Are you with the 45th or one of the weird counter drug units 45th its ok, but we like to dip and smoke a lot which is gross but in character for a OK guard unit also nobody can pass a pt test. BLC is like 30 minutes from our unit this year and we can't send any of the like 25 E5s that need to go because they're all fat as poo poo but dont worry, I was still pestered about 3 or 4 times for 5 dollars for the Family Day food costs, despite probably being one of the 30% of soldiers who had already donated. That initial money had evaporated. Their response to 'I've already given the unit what they asked for based on my rank' ? "Well just toss another 5bux in" I went out of my way to spend that 5 bucks on FRG burritos and then told them I didnt have the 5 any more at final. its curtains for Kevin fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Jun 26, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 14:41
|
|
|
All you rear end in a top hat civilians who still post in this thread: how long did it take to stop accidentally saying random army poo poo in conversations? Please don't say never.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 15:10
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 6, 2024 20:01 |
|
|
Aranan posted:All you rear end in a top hat civilians who still post in this thread: how long did it take to stop accidentally saying random army poo poo in conversations? Please don't say never. Been out since '98. It still happens.
|
|
#
?
Jun 26, 2016 15:15
|
|
