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BACK IN MY DAYS WE NEVER DEADLINED VEHICLES ADAPT AND OVERCOME HOOAH!? *humvee breaks down on I-70 from Manhattan Kansas to Ft. Riley* this is a true story, Kansas Guard hooooaaaahhhhh
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Apr 3, 2017 15:44
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Just because a vehicle was deadlined doesn't mean we stopped using it.
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Apr 3, 2017 15:50
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Circle-x and keep going.
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Apr 3, 2017 15:51
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The Rat posted:You'd think again if you saw some of the IED hits Strykers took in my old unit. No way I'd have wanted to be in a humvee for those.
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Apr 3, 2017 16:04
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Riding in the back of a Bradley is a miserable experience. Felt like my teeth were getting rattled out of my jaw.
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Apr 3, 2017 16:32
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Naked Bear posted:However, I think that (in a cav context, at least) they're a happy middle ground between light and heavy So... medium?
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Apr 3, 2017 16:36
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Zeris posted:Have a cool answer ready for when a printout of this ends up on your desk. "Army Public Affairs policy allows for the existence of blogs, webjournals and other social media accounts as long as they adhere to OPSEC. No names or units were harmed in the making of this post." Eh. I've been through worse. Besides, if I get green weenie'd for posting here I'll post pics of the DD214 on the way out the door. I'd see that as a badge of honor. Means I'm important enough to be noticed and followed.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:39
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In an urban environment or anywhere I'd have to worry about IEDs I'd definitely want a Stryker. Right now SBCTs, or at least mine anyway, are training to fight Russian equipped armor units. BTR80s have twice the max effective range of either a mk19 or a M2. The double V hulls also weigh a lot more than the old flat bottom versions so they sink into the ground at Yakima just about everywhere. Scouts are now using the infantry variant because there is no recon variant of the double v hull strykers. This means we use RWSs now instead of having a gunner in a turret with an LRAS3. The LRAS3 mount is now in the back and used from the air guard hatch which means you need to move the Stryker because of the limited field of view and it's no longer on a turret. With an RWS we're more accurate with our weapon systems but the gunner now has a much reduced situational awareness.
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Apr 3, 2017 18:58
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The Rat posted:You'd think again if you saw some of the IED hits Strykers took in my old unit. No way I'd have wanted to be in a humvee for those. Don't worry, we're all old now dude. Except mustang. EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Riding in the back of a Bradley is a miserable experience. Felt like my teeth were getting rattled out of my jaw. I got to experience that for 3 years. They rattled hard under like 25km/h and and kind of smoothed out at 30 but it still sucked.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:06
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Well, young in Army years but I'm pretty old for a LT. I'm the same age as my squad leaders and only a couple years younger than my PSG.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:09
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Army doesn't define your age by birth but how jaded you are.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:16
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McNally posted:So... medium? This is stupid. The RWS is garbage (lol Storm) and should never have been kept in production when better systems like CROWS already exist. Even then, a gunner out the turret with an LRAS is far more important. They should have just stuck with the old flat-bottom RV (for this purpose).
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Apr 3, 2017 19:23
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Yeah RWSs are pieces of poo poo, things break down way to easy all on their own. I wish we could use the RVs still but we turned all of those in for the ICVs we're currently using.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:29
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Any of you guys working in intel see the Susan Rice thing? Any one of us would probably be facing prison for that (releasing of intel gathered on U.S. persons + their names). Sheesh.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:45
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spacetoaster posted:Any of you guys working in intel see the Susan Rice thing? Any one of us would probably be facing prison for that (releasing of intel gathered on U.S. persons + their names). She didn't release anything, she asked if some names could be unmasked and there's no indication that the requests were approved. Big difference.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:55
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redneck nazgul posted:She didn't release anything, she asked if some names could be unmasked and there's no indication that the requests were approved. Big difference. Was it approved? Or ignored completely? This came up in a discussion today at work. Whoever let out Flynn's name is screwed, right?
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Apr 3, 2017 20:17
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spacetoaster posted:Was it approved? Or ignored completely? This came up in a discussion today at work. We wouldn't know if it was approved/ignored/whatever. All that's been stated is that a request was made and that's about as far as it will get. quote:Whoever let out Flynn's name is screwed, right? Yes, but you'd have a better chance of finding the phantom shitter in an Army brigade.
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Apr 3, 2017 20:22
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spacetoaster posted:Was it approved? Or ignored completely? This came up in a discussion today at work. The reporting so far is that she asked, it was approved. Wanting names unmasked to understand intel isn't a problem and is easily justified. The issue is what the gently caress were they talking about that 1 - required their names to be unmasked for the loving NSC and 2 - gave enough reasonable justification to allow the names to be unmasked. Hint: They were talking about poo poo they shouldn't have been. Trump, his campaign and his entire entourage are Russian stooges and belong in prison.
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Apr 3, 2017 21:54
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A Bad Poster posted:About those drinks I mentioned... I'm down to meet up with any of PNW dudes sometime. It's great being back in Civilization. Fortunately there's still 2 more trips to Yakima in the next 3 months...
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Apr 4, 2017 03:50
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TBeats posted:Just about every army vehicle will deadline if you fart in the wrong direction, just FYI. Don't worry, we'll circle X that poo poo. XO, get in here and sign this.
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Apr 4, 2017 03:52
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I'm so glad we took the state's 1088s out here. The TPE 915s are derelict
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Apr 4, 2017 10:46
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Fairly peak Army: my officer separation survey link I was sent from transition does not work, and the email they sent it from has a full mailbox. It's like a zen proverb.
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Apr 4, 2017 17:08
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Just remember. It took only one YTC rotation.
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Apr 4, 2017 17:14
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Guess who gets to go back out to Yakima to be an OC for some other units training
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Apr 5, 2017 02:26
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lmao
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Apr 5, 2017 02:27
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IT BEGINS!
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Apr 5, 2017 02:39
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Mustang posted:Guess who gets to go back out to Yakima to be an OC for some other units training Whats the matter Mustang? One
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Apr 5, 2017 02:46
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it's ok I'm sure if he goes to his totally cool and bad rear end CoC they'll swap him out for someone fresh oooooooorr they'll tell him "just this once we need you baby, you're the only guy who can do it, you're so bad rear end mustang you'll get a medal maybe" edit: also no one tell him that they send the people they don't like to those kind of details (because you're not in the CO's cool guy club) 
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Apr 5, 2017 02:47
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I bet he gets there and it turns out he wasn't actually needed Happens 100% of the time with OC slotting
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Apr 5, 2017 02:53
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Mustang posted:Guess who gets to go back out to Yakima to be an OC for some other units training they saw something special in you man. this is a big opportunity.
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Apr 5, 2017 02:54
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My commander didn't just pull this task out of his rear end, everyone PSG and above is going, plus a squad leader from each platoon. There also aren't any "fresh" LT's to take the spot anyway, none stayed back. It's my third YTC rotation in less than a year and I'm about to head out for a 4th rotation almost immediately after this OC thing. And then a 5th time in June. This past month was just the first time I had been there for a month straight. Somehow 4 weeks feels 1000 time worse than 3 weeks. It was also the first time I had been there while the rest of the BDE was as well. I also don't think I'm some badass or the best PL the Army has ever seen, I'm just trying to be good at my job and try to make things not suck as much for the guys in my platoon. I also don't give a single gently caress about getting any medals.
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Apr 5, 2017 03:00
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:edit: also no one tell him that they send the people they don't like to those kind of details (because you're not in the CO's cool guy club) Every line CO command team and PL/PSG is going
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Apr 5, 2017 03:01
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Mustang posted:Every line CO command team and PL/PSG is going god drat thats actually pretty funny man
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Apr 5, 2017 03:02
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mustang I'm sorry I'm probably coming across as extra mean or assholish and I apologize, all I have to say is gently caress the peacetime army, four rotations already. How long are they generally? I thought you were singled out and voluntold so my bad edit: oh 3-4 weeks. That sucks. When I was at polk we spent like 1-3 weeks of every month in the field and that poo poo got old as gently caress real quick. Just prep, field, recovery, prep recovery field for like 3 years straight it felt like. I'm sure the driving aspect makes it like a billion times worse too. anyhow gently caress garrison gently caress the army CHICKEN SHOES fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Apr 5, 2017 |
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Apr 5, 2017 03:03
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Mustang posted:I don't understand the point of strykers. You can fart in the wrong direction in these things and they'll be deadlined. lavs built in the 80s run forever so its weird that strykers built in the 00s are crap. is there not a mechanic in the platoon?
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Apr 5, 2017 03:09
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friendly reminder that the stryker was originally proposed to replace M1A1s, M2s, M3s, HUMMWVs, Avengers, TOWs, like literally everything, and be like super versatile like the M113 but then it couldn't even do the basic airlift capability because of basic rear end IEDs and RPGs in Iraq requiring a cage
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Apr 5, 2017 03:12
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Mustang posted:I also don't give a single gently caress about getting any medals. 
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Apr 5, 2017 03:15
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also mustang I suggest you learn the attenuation factor of your Stryker and learn how to operate a AN/VDR-2 for your adventures in NK edit: oh and do MOPP drills for your dudes edit2: see if you BN CBRNE guy will give training, the company guy is just a 2 week tasking and all they know is how to inventory
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Apr 5, 2017 03:25
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Man the Army sounds terrible.
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No mechanics in the platoon, there's a support company. Strykers run just fine and don't break down often when you keep them on roads but as soon as you start taking them offroad they start having all sorts of issues, the T case and generators being the most common problems. Because of the contract with GD mechanics are really only just now learning how to work on strykers so there isn't any institutional knowledge for how to maintain them. Most of the mechanics don't even know how to operate the vehicles they're working on. For some reason they think SBCT's need to train to fight armored forces but I'm pretty sure we would get hosed up if that was ever the case. Hillary Clintons Thong posted:god drat thats actually pretty funny man It really sucks for the CO command teams because as soon as they're done with the next YTC rotation they get to go to NTC for like 2 weeks and then 3 weeks later get to go out to YTC #5. Pretty much everyone MAJ and below is really butt hurt about the BDEs training schedule
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