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spacetoaster posted:I slapped the phone out of her hand. You did the right thing.
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TBeats posted:I thought air assault school was pretty fun. It's not hard to go by a packing list and dress right dress your stuff. The obstacle course is pretty easy. Fast roping out of a UH was fun. I even learned a thing or two. I have literally never heard anyone call air assault fun. I would describe it as a waste of time, many others would describe it as loving stupid. Although compared to airborne maybe a step up.
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Kick-Puncher posted:I have literally never heard anyone call air assault fun. I would describe it as a waste of time, many others would describe it as loving stupid. Although compared to airborne maybe a step up. My unit made any time away from my unit fun.
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TBeats posted:My unit made any time away from my unit fun. Same 
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Kick-Puncher posted:I have literally never heard anyone call air assault fun. I would describe it as a waste of time, many others would describe it as loving stupid. Although compared to airborne maybe a step up. I loving loved air assault and pre-(insert random "cool guy" school here, Ranger/Lightfighter/RASP/SFAS/etc), that poo poo gave me so much time away from dumb gay poo poo to just sit in the back of my FLA and read while occasionally handing out meds or IVs.
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The only guy I know who described air assault as fun scored sub 50 on his asvaab and is in the guard. He's surprisingly a fun kid to work around. Like a human Labrador retriever.
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Air Assault at least teaches you something
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cravius posted:Air Assault at least teaches you something We did air assault missions in afghanistan* *no we didn't. They called them air assault missions but we really just got on a chinook and then got out of a chinook and called it an air assault mission. The pathfinder stuff was interesting though.
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One time we drove gators out the back, but that's about the only cool part of having to hump it. Having a bitchin' truck is where it's at.
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Pathfinder is one of the few tabs worth something
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Mustang posted:OCS. It just changed then because I definitely had a direct commision company in class while I was going through. I mean maybe they call it OBC or something but it's part of 3-11 IN, the OCS BN and housed in the same barracks. You're confusing the Direct Commission Officers Course with OCS. Also nobody over the grade of O1 cares about your commissioning source outside of polite conversation.
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all that matters is that you and your wife be willing to put your car keys in the bowl
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psydude posted:You're confusing the Direct Commission Officers Course with OCS. So you've never met a west pointer?
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psydude posted:You're confusing the Direct Commission Officers Course with OCS. No, I'm not. Its literally in the same barracks as OCS and under 3-11 IN. It's Echo company, I'm not imagining nurses and lawyers with LT and CPT rank running around. I never said they were officer candidates but they are definitely under OCS for the month or however long they're there for.
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cravius posted:So you've never met a west pointer? also lol true *raps ring on desk
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:also lol true I had a PL who liked to start a lot of his pep talks with "when I was at the academy" and immediately everyone would check out mentally until he was finished.
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TBeats posted:I had a PL who liked to start a lot of his pep talks with "when I was at the academy" and immediately everyone would check out mentally until he was finished. we had one like that but it was VMI lol
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TBeats posted:I had a PL who liked to start a lot of his pep talks with "when I was at the academy" and immediately everyone would check out mentally until he was finished. oh god that sounds worst than "back in basic..."
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West Pointers also have a much better social network and safety net than their ROTC and OCS peers. I have some good friends that are West Pointers and they're good officers but the West Point Protective Association definitely exists.
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cravius posted:So you've never met a west pointer? Rule still applies. Nobody cares if you went to West Point, except other West Pointers. And half of them will hate you for it because they know how lovely their fellow alumni are. The best officer I ever worked with was a direct commissioned officer; the worst officer I ever worked went through OCS. He was closely followed by a West Pointer and a ROTC grad. All commissioning programs produce good and bad officers. In the end, the only thing that matters is that we were all dumb enough to join the Army.
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psydude posted:Rule still applies. Nobody cares if you went to West Point, except other West Pointers. And half of them will hate you for it because they know how lovely their fellow alumni are. false. there are no good officers
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:false. there are no good officers Relative to the median.
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I remember being 16 and one of my dad's cohorts at the staff college at ft. Leavenworth heard that I wanted to join the army. He was some colonel who went to West point and I believe was infantry. He told me to go to college and get a degree that matters instead of joining the army. Hindsight that was really weird to hear from someone like him..
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:false. there are no good officers
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I dunno, a hanged noble is a pretty good noble.
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bird food bathtub posted:I dunno, a hanged noble is a pretty good noble. idk they were still a noble
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psydude posted:Rule still applies. Nobody cares if you went to West Point, except other West Pointers. And half of them will hate you for it because they know how lovely their fellow alumni are. Lol I can also make up oddly specific anecdotes that support whatever point I'm trying to make.
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My ARNG discharge orders (ETS is a handful of days away) just hit my iPerms and say "You are discharged from the Army National Guard and as a reserve of the Army." and Current Organization Identification Code: "NONE OR NO MILITARY STATUS (W)" Does this mean I'm not being transferred to the IRR? It seems to read that way.
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Sure looks like it!
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That seems rather weird (and possibly a mistake) since I'm still under 8 years of service. I sort of want my tax free booze ID.
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Pretty sure you don't get an ID card for IRR anyhow. If you're referring to class 6 privileges, commissary and aafes poo poo you only get that if you are retired.
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IRR gets a green (DD Form 2) ID and AFAIK has full exchange/commissary privileges, correct me if I'm wrong.
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I could very well be wrong, when I was put into the IRR like 10 years ago they just said check your mail for orders basically and that was that.
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I'll gladly pay the taxes for never having to loving see a military base in my life.
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Wasabi the J posted:I'll gladly pay the taxes for never having to loving see a military base in my life. Yeah I can have a retired ID card and I haven't bothered. I still have my expired AD cac card that I use for lowes discounts which is the only place I've ever even bothered to associate with the military iRL. 10% of a new appliance is worth the shame and awkward "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE"
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Not sure about exchange/class 6 but you do have commissary privilege in the irr.
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Wasabi the J posted:I'll gladly pay the taxes for never having to loving see a military base in my life. yea no poo poo. the tax is your will to live as your drive past the gate guard to get slightly cheaper booze to help drink yourself to death
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I've got a coast guard exchange 10 min from my door. Nowhere near a big post.
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Do contractor CACs get PX privileges? I've never bothered trying since whenever I'm on a military base I make a point to leave as soon as possible.
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