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Zeris posted:I know a lot of west pointers are idiot jackass entitled babies, but also a lot of west pointers are poor kids doing it for the free college and guaranteed job afterwards so idk dammit
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May 9, 2017 05:58
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That doesn't mean they don't deserve to be hazed Just like, I don't know, wait til they gently caress up on active duty before earmarking them for the zyklon shower
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May 9, 2017 06:15
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they signed on the dotted line, they already hosed up
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May 9, 2017 06:38
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kill him! 
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May 9, 2017 07:44
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:kill him!
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May 9, 2017 09:09
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:kill him! this but unironically
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May 9, 2017 10:45
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just borrow money from him and never pay it back
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May 9, 2017 10:57
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The Columbia River isn't too far off. Just saying.
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May 9, 2017 12:01
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Back when I briefly thought about applying to West Point, I was asked two questions by a retired COL that quickly changed my mind. 1. Can you fathom happiness in life if you don't go? 2. Do you plan to keep loving girls without risking your college future?
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May 9, 2017 13:16
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mlmp08 posted:Back when I briefly thought about applying to West Point, I was asked two questions by a retired COL that quickly changed my mind. I just asked if the commission from there gave you more money or something than the commission I could get elsewhere. The answer was no.
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May 9, 2017 13:36
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Sorry for the absence, been busy getting up to speed in my new job. So, in case anyone didn't know, Kandahar is kinda depressing. Since the drawdown a lot of the businesses have up and left, their trailers and shacks taken down, so walking anywhere will most likely lead to you crossing big swathes of concrete pads where stores and poo poo used to be. The Boardwalk, if anyone remembers, only has about four or five businesses left. It's like a weird, still-lived-in version of one of those 'reclaimed by nature' docs. Also, there's a picture of a Terminator-Bear near the airfield that I'll take a snapshot of when I get the chance. All in all, it's...well, it's not bad. I've been to a lot worse.
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May 9, 2017 16:43
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spacetoaster posted:I just asked if the commission from there gave you more money or something than the commission I could get elsewhere. The answer was no.
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May 9, 2017 16:56
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J.A.B.C. posted:Sorry for the absence, been busy getting up to speed in my new job. Can you still taste the air when you breathe?
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May 9, 2017 19:22
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All I know is that every since I went over there my nose is running constantly.
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May 9, 2017 19:55
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Today I got to watch while a cute doc stuffed an endoscope up my nose. Pretty cool even though it's a little uncomfortable and the stuff they use to relax those tissues tastes like poo poo (gag-inducing nasty). e: I type gud Naked Bear fucked around with this message at 21:50 on May 9, 2017 |
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May 9, 2017 20:36
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Zeris posted:I know a lot of west pointers are idiot jackass entitled babies, but also a lot of west pointers are poor kids doing it for the free college and guaranteed job afterwards so idk I'm not saying get him before he gets you but if his ego is writing checks his rear end can't cash now do us all a favor before he decides a medal or letter of commendation is more important than the men. Academy guys are weirdly fratricidal, even unintentionally.
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May 9, 2017 22:40
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:kill him!
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May 9, 2017 22:42
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the ones that play sports are usually ok it's like if you have a dog and you don't socialize it with other dogs gotta get them outta the house and have someone smell their buttholes is what i'm saying
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May 9, 2017 23:31
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Don't most of them play sports? It gets them out of pt for a while I think
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May 9, 2017 23:33
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:kill him!
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May 10, 2017 00:07
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Kick-Puncher posted:Don't most of them play sports? It gets them out of pt for a while I think Not most by any means. And last I talked to a West Pointer for a while, they don't really have organized PT unless your score is low. It does, however, get you out of a bunch of mandatory cadet bullshit for training time and gets you to be able to go touring about and possibly (definitely) getting more chances to have some sex or drink some booze or just generally see some normalcy.
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May 10, 2017 01:25
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oh also make sure to let him know that everyone that didn't go to the academy thinks that poo poo is retarded as gently caress like really hammer it home please alternatively Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:kill him!
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May 10, 2017 01:52
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CHICKEN SHOES posted:oh also make sure to let him know that everyone that didn't go to the academy thinks that poo poo is retarded as gently caress
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May 10, 2017 02:05
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Wrong thread. Oops.
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May 10, 2017 02:11
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CHICKEN SHOES posted:oh also make sure to let him know that everyone that didn't go to the academy thinks that poo poo is retarded as gently caress Yep. I'm glad I got to have fun in civilian college and get the exact same commission he suffered for. And he's probably so brokebrained he can't even understand how much better ROTC/OCS is.
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May 10, 2017 02:25
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some variation of "uhmm actuially West Point has a lot of Pride/Honor/Tradition" etc
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May 10, 2017 02:33
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My old commander (Captain Morgan) was an ROTC guy and he said he did the enlisted thing, didn't feel like getting treated like poo poo so he went to ROTC because he likes to drink and gently caress. He still gets treated like poo poo "but at least I got to drink and gently caress and now I get paid more." I also hit on his wife at a ball before he became our CO.
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May 10, 2017 03:06
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ROTC used to give you the most bang for your buck, because there wasn't a cap on scholarship amounts (unlike SLRP); it was 100% tuition. I think they may have capped it more recently, but I managed to get the Army to spend about $170,000 on tuition for the price of two bulged disks and a couple of years of my mid 20s. This doesn't include the money the VA is paying me now to get a master's. I mean the military is still pretty dumb, and I wouldn't do it again, but it was the least dumb way to commission I think. Unless you can also get them to pay for med school, then it's even less not a good idea. psydude fucked around with this message at 04:54 on May 10, 2017 |
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May 10, 2017 04:51
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Icon Of Sin posted:Can you still taste the air when you breathe? Not as bad as Iraq was, but yes. psydude posted:All I know is that every since I went over there my nose is running constantly. For the past couple of days it feels like someone punched me in the face, and the fist never left. Holy gently caress I hate allergies if these are allergies, now I know why my wife was so cranky.
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May 10, 2017 17:07
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Still working on my can't breathe VA rating. Also in national guard news, my unit's first integrated drill with our rear D was an APFT. Our combined unit pass rear is less than 35%. This includes profiles who didn't test. We're now going to active duty PT standards and re diagnosing failures every month, and recording every 6th. The optimists of my unit are like, "We need positive reinforcement and off duty PT sessions and NCOs to inspire a culture of fitness." Someone looked dead at my permanently profiled SNCOs and said, "It's pretty obvious nothing happens to failures for years, so why would they loving try?" COMPLETELY UNRELATED: No one understands why retention is so awful.
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May 10, 2017 22:08
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Wasabi the J posted:Still working on my can't breathe VA rating. Why would a commander include people who didn't even take an APFT in his rollup? That's a noob move. 
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May 10, 2017 22:22
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hey folks hows the army
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May 10, 2017 22:23
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TBeats posted:hey folks hows the army Lookin smaller in my rearview errday
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May 10, 2017 22:35
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All the senior leadership in the BDE is at NTC for a week and a half and it's amazing I'd really appreciate it if they just stay there forever, and never come back
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May 10, 2017 22:40
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Accepted a job offer and it feels pretty sweet. The list of bonuses also has a hidden section including things like NEVER TAKE AN APFT AGAIN and LAUGH WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE STANDING IN FORMATION BECAUSE YOU NEVER WILL.
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May 10, 2017 23:15
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Mustang posted:All the senior leadership in the BDE is at NTC for a week and a half and it's amazing You really hosed your life up lmao
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May 11, 2017 01:32
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spacetoaster posted:Why would a commander include people who didn't even take an APFT in his rollup? That's a noob move. Because if he didn't it would be an even LOWER number of "Pass". Everyone got post-deployment fat, and that's fine, whatever, but the rear-D was already having a APFT fail issue. Oh yeah, and my command just realized that even if they "toughened up" on the regs for getting slows and fats out, they'd STILL have to wait for 18 months before the first soldier would be chaptered, since it takes three record fails. Again, why would the failing kids even loving try if they have to do additional PT anyway every month, especially if they don't have that much time on their contract? Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 02:22 on May 11, 2017 |
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May 11, 2017 02:18
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milk milk lemonade posted:You really hosed your life up lmao Other than cramming 2 years of training into 9 months, life is going pretty good. Army sent me to a great area where junior officers have pretty good job opportunities when they get out. If this op tempo keeps up the Army only owns me until next summer, if I really wanted to I could already be acaping
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Mustang posted:Other than cramming 2 years of training into 9 months, life is going pretty good. Army sent me to a great area where junior officers have pretty good job opportunities when they get out. If this op tempo keeps up the Army only owns me until next summer, if I really wanted to I could already be acaping You're gonna be giving speeches to young LTs about how you thought you'd get out but never did.
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If I lived anywhere but Washington you'd probably be right
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