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Icon Of Sin posted:I look forward to stories from when you become the S4 I'm already well on my way. There's a bunch of poo poo that needs to be done and I don't know what I'm doing but I'm uh.....well I'm doing something... It's like somebody ordered something complicated and then built it without using the instructions, took it apart, tore out every other page of the instructions and then handed it to me and told me to put it back together.
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There’s two places north of El Paso that they send units to. I did a training out there way back in the day at Camp McGregor right on the Texas/ New Mexico Border. It was about 20 minutes south of white sands and 40 north of El Paso. The only thing near by is a small prison. The information I have on the camp is super dated because it was 2006 when I was there, but it was a small camp with a little shoppette and one of those single screen Army movie theatres. They had some billeting in small buildings, but they also had a huge overflow tent full of Soldiers. The scenery was desolate, high desert, with nothing but sand dunes for miles in each direction. El Paso itself isn’t awful, but it definitely is a border town with all the problems that go along with it. I was only out there for 3 weeks so I can’t speak to a full multiple month mobilization.
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Oxygenpoisoning posted:There’s two places north of El Paso that they send units to. I did a training out there way back in the day at Camp McGregor right on the Texas/ New Mexico Border. It was about 20 minutes south of white sands and 40 north of El Paso. The only thing near by is a small prison. The information I have on the camp is super dated because it was 2006 when I was there, but it was a small camp with a little shoppette and one of those single screen Army movie theatres. They had some billeting in small buildings, but they also had a huge overflow tent full of Soldiers. The scenery was desolate, high desert, with nothing but sand dunes for miles in each direction. How much it sucks seems to be unit/mission dependent. El Paso is a border city with some of the lowest violent crime rates in the nation for a city of that size. My main issues with the city were a high drunk driving rate, it's hard to find quality work or have businesses actually call you back in a timely fashion, and I barely speak any Spanish. Who knew a city originally run by Spain and Mexico before becoming part of Free Texas and then the CSA/USA would have a lot of Spanish speakers?
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I’m sitting in the coffee shop on campus studying (sort of) and I just felt like reminding everybody that the army sucks and I am glad I’m not in it anymore  Have a great career Mustang.
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Feb 27, 2018 17:55
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boop the snoot posted:I’m sitting in the coffee shop on campus studying (sort of) and I just felt like reminding everybody that the army sucks and I am glad I’m not in it anymore This plus the fact that it’s my day off Tuesday and Thursday every week thanks to my schedule.
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Feb 27, 2018 19:10
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I'm still job hunting (it sucks), but my volunteer gig at our aquarium is going pretty loving well right now. I'm going to be a safety diver for the Weeki Wachee Mermaids when they visit this weekend
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Icon Of Sin posted:I'm still job hunting (it sucks), but my volunteer gig at our aquarium is going pretty loving well right now. I'm going to be a safety diver for the Weeki Wachee Mermaids when they visit this weekend That’s insanely cool. I love volunteering for my University and they started printing my photos in their newspaper. Congrats! Hope money follows you
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Feb 27, 2018 20:26
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Why couldn't it be the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on top and the woman part on the bottom?!
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Feb 27, 2018 20:38
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The Rat posted:Why couldn't it be the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on top and the woman part on the bottom?! 
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Feb 27, 2018 20:41
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The Rat posted:Why couldn't it be the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on top and the woman part on the bottom?! A mermaid... so, half person, half fish?  No, no. Top and bottom halves, not left and right.  No, human on top, fish on bottom. 
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Feb 27, 2018 20:46
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The Rat posted:Why couldn't it be the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on top and the woman part on the bottom?! / https://i.imgur.com/wzFay2C.gifv
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Feb 27, 2018 20:47
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They say Troy McClure is into...unnatural things.
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Feb 27, 2018 22:01
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mlmp08 posted:How much it sucks seems to be unit/mission dependent. Are you referring to the statistics that you hear over the intercoms in the El Paso Airport? Something like "El Paso has been ranked one of the safest cities in the nation blah blah blah.." but they base that off the statistics that they have the highest police ratio per capita, and they include all border patrol members into the statistic which is essentially like saying they have two full fledged police forces. Not to split hairs, I will say that I felt pretty safe driving around El Paso/Las Cruces with little fear of someone stealing my car or my butthole virginity. Nice and hot piss fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Feb 27, 2018 |
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Feb 27, 2018 23:37
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No, it's based on murder rate. Property crime is fairly average, last I checked. E: actually, based on Wikipedia it's pretty far below average crime rate in just about all the property and violent crimes. Middle of the pack for rape.
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Feb 27, 2018 23:40
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 what could cause the high incidence of rapes in El Paso
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Feb 28, 2018 00:56
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mods change my name posted:
not are troops!!!!!!!!
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Feb 28, 2018 00:57
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There's an inspection coming up and there are 33 loving references I have to read to make sure we're in compliance with all of them
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Feb 28, 2018 02:11
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Mustang posted:There's an inspection coming up and there are 33 loving references I have to read to make sure we're in compliance with all of them lol
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Feb 28, 2018 02:45
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Mustang posted:We had a command climate survey for my company recently and the worst thing anyone had to say was that its hosed up we don't have our own printer and have to use BNs. The civilian dude that put together the results said that he usually only see's that in the SOF units on post. Not that we're super high speed or anything just that morale is pretty high.
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Feb 28, 2018 02:52
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oh god there it is
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Feb 28, 2018 02:54
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The COL and the BDEs LTC's had a change of command at the same time and everything went downhill from there
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Feb 28, 2018 02:56
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Mustang posted:The COL and the BDEs LTC's had a change of command at the same time and everything went downhill from there That was the day you finally joined the army.
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Feb 28, 2018 02:59
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yeah because the one or two officers at the top leaving is the reason why the army got so army all of a sudden
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Feb 28, 2018 03:01
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o7 o7 o7 tyfys lol
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Feb 28, 2018 03:02
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It wasn't one or two, it was a huge crop of field grades. The BDE and every BN had a change of command almost at the same time. It was pretty much like night and day.,
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Feb 28, 2018 03:04
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i repeat myself that's how the army works
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Feb 28, 2018 03:05
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Mustang posted:It wasn't one or two, it was a huge crop of field grades. The BDE and every BN had a change of command almost at the same time. It was pretty much like night and day., yeah multiple levels of leadership leaving at the same time is pretty standard. kind of like how everyone seems to PCS around the same time.
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Feb 28, 2018 03:07
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there's a high probability that if everything is working as well as you think it is, and it's not because you're still new and don't realize it, it's by accident and will correct itself quickly i am 100% serious
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Feb 28, 2018 03:08
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think about how army the army is. we had so many brigade and battalion level change of commands in 2011 after my brigade got back from afghanistan that they stopped making anyone e6 and below go because the first few (where everybody in the unit had to go) took so loving long that they wouldn't be able to do all of the CoCs in time to for the O's to their next assignment.
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Feb 28, 2018 03:10
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Mustang how many times did you have to present flowers to a spouse like anyone fukken cares about them
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Feb 28, 2018 03:12
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it's the natural lifecycle of a GiP member that just goes in THIS IS GREAT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE THE HEART MY UNIT IS AWESOME THINGS ARE OK MOST OF THE TIME CRAZY poo poo MAN gently caress THIS I'M OUT WHEEEEED
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Feb 28, 2018 03:16
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Vasudus posted:that's how the army works
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Feb 28, 2018 03:17
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Bruce Hornsby & The Range's "The Way it is" but its about the Army
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Feb 28, 2018 03:18
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sorry mustang i can't hear you over my stereo and i can't read your misery through these clouds of weed smoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZXc39hT8t4
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It was either Mustang or Vakhayla, I thought I warned you that your happy fun times were only a single change of command away from ending permanently. Now it's happened, and every. single. one of us warned you that it was coming. How's that resignation packet coming along? e: can't find it, at least that I posted within this thread. Still, let it be a warning to anyone who thinks they have a good unit.
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Feb 28, 2018 04:28
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJVpihgwE18
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Mustang posted:The COL and the BDEs LTC's had a change of command at the same time and everything went downhill from there 
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Feb 28, 2018 04:49
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if someone is having a good time i'm not one to tell them that their life is going to suck in the future. let them enjoy the good times. poo poo. however, mustang is already miserable so i'm going to pile on.
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Dude don't sign for a loving thing
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