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I never saw any warrants when I was in combat arms except when I was traveling to or from Afghanistan.
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They're all over the place in the Engineers.
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Jun 16, 2018 00:43
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A pair of CW5s bought me lunch in Korea and I saw another chief one out near a heli pad with no hat on and a cup of coffee, held out his palm for a few specs of rain, and said "nope, not flying today" and gave me a thumbs up. In summary, chiefs seem to be pretty cool dudes.
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Jun 16, 2018 01:21
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I had a chief yell at me once for being on my phone in the maintenance bay because there were no mechanics around to do the service in my truck. So like, gently caress that one I think, because the other ones seem to be okay.
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Jun 16, 2018 01:36
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If I'm not mistaken, Up-Or-Out goes away once you hit CW3, so that's about where you see the number of fucks given start to asymptotically approach zero. When we were in Bagram, there was a CW4 who spent most of his time lifting weights, hanging out with us, coming to our shows, and flirting with our commander. Dude didn't give a poo poo, it was great.
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Jun 16, 2018 02:02
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A chief was the only reason I got on a flight home from KAF because they kept pushing us to a different chalk and he finally had enough and we were on a flight that evening.
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Jun 16, 2018 02:12
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I realized my chief was cool when he was.hitting me up for porn in Iraq. The other one was the coolest dude I ever served with. Never saw him mad once.
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Jun 16, 2018 03:09
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Logistics is full of warrant officers and those dudes work their balls off, they've made my life exponentially easier though being an S4 is still loving awful
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Jun 16, 2018 03:23
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Wasabi the J posted:I have a few months left. Sorry it's not cool to care but I really do. Sorry for making a joke, but people move on with their lives and the guard just isn't always conducive to what people want so wish them well. After getting out a decade ago I stay in touch with 2 guys I was I the guard with YMMV  Also obligatory LOL if you are still in.
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Jun 16, 2018 03:34
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Just wanted to say its been years of being on here and getting help and knowledge and other accounts that were banned from 2004 where I was here eve longer and whatnot but finding this subforum made a big difference in not feeling alone..the SAS was great, I need to get witrh you guys who game soon, do we have a steam or disciord? Anyways thanks and one love. Ups and downs are a bitch and i just felt like sayin thanks I hope it all works out for you in life. I have rods in my back and my knees are shot but physical pain doesnt come close to the tribal feeling I miss of being important. Sorry for the ramble just felt like sharing. all apologies fucked around with this message at 14:06 on Jun 16, 2018 |
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Jun 16, 2018 14:03
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We sent my dummies out the door today. We had some admin poo poo and briefs to wrap up, so we had a civvie workday. I already had them written off, but I was glad they came because they had actual poo poo to finish up (why is DTS always saying you owe money??). When the final formation ended, we shared a few hugs and sent them out the door, cheering.  We're staying in touch, especially since I work with one of them civilian side, so thanks for the help.
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Jun 16, 2018 23:47
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Wasabi the J posted:We sent my dummies out the door today. We had some admin poo poo and briefs to wrap up, so we had a civvie workday. Did they get their awards?
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Jun 16, 2018 23:53
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Honestly I've heard nothing from leadership since I ETSed. My perception is that other than personal friendships you make the military doesn't really care about you as an individual. Never really expected anything else. Also my IRR time is up this month. 
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DoktorLoken posted:Honestly I've heard nothing from leadership since I ETSed. My perception is that other than personal friendships you make the military doesn't really care about you as an individual. Never really expected anything else. Shocking if true.
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Jun 16, 2018 23:54
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Honestly I kinda hope I don’t get Christmas cards from the army when I leave. Just money.
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Jun 16, 2018 23:57
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Just in case you guys aren't aware of this. You can put people in for state awards in whatever state you are working in, or have worked in. And many of them can be done for civilians too (civilians go nuts when they get a medal of any kind and will love you forever). Here's an example of the requirements for one: quote:Governed by the Texas Government Code, Chapter 437 (Texas Military), Subchapter H. (Awards), the Texas Outstanding Service Medal is awarded to a service member of the military forces of this state, another state, or the United States who has performed service in a superior and clearly outstanding manner. And, depending on the state, it can be a simple as writing an email to whoever the secretary is at whatever state department has the medals in a drawer. So, if your soldiers are getting out and are flagged, you can still get them a loving medal for their service. Also, it's a nice addition to their collection if you do something, like disaster relief, in another state. *edit* to find whatever medals in a state you can get, and who to send the email requesting it to, just google the state name and medals. spacetoaster fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Jun 17, 2018 |
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Jun 17, 2018 00:04
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spacetoaster posted:Just in case you guys aren't aware of this. Thanks for this. I got hosed and itll make me feel better to do this. They literally said I was too fat for an ETS award after being medboarded with 9 years
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Jun 17, 2018 02:53
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On second thought, I dont have the effort and honesty I dont think they'll give me anything anyways. Who the gently caress cares right?
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Jun 17, 2018 03:01
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DoktorLoken posted:My perception is that other than personal friendships you make the military doesn't really care about you as an individual. Almost as if it’s designed that way... 
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Soulex posted:On second thought, I dont have the effort and honesty I dont think they'll give me anything anyways. I care, what state did you grow up in?
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Jun 17, 2018 03:12
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I sent you my info. Thanks. I'm also definitely going to do this for my dad.
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Jun 17, 2018 03:39
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We had a CW4(?-I think. I can't recall now) who was in charge of our mechanics. Personal interactions, and professional- provided you didn't actually need his mechanics- was great. Anything you need done? "That's 10 level." He was a huge fan of no matter the job, it was operator level, provided you had a mechanic to oversee you. gently caress you Chief. Changing out an entire radiator on a loving Humvee is not 10 level, you stupid gently caress. Most of our mechanics we're awesome, hard working, decent dudes. A few weren't, but all we're encouraged to sham off and leave a driver with stupid poo poo. He did get one of his guys a Purple Heart the night that Uday and Qusay died. BN HQ had stand to as the deaths we're made public, and too many hadn't got to fire their weapons, so they shot random poo poo around the BN Camp. rear end in a top hat forgot about that whole Height Over Bore, shot a structural girder, and sent a peace of jacket into one of his guy's face. Wrote it up as returned fire, got the kid a Purple Heart. Same kid did get a legit one later, after he took a bit of shrapnel leaving the shitter.
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Jun 17, 2018 03:40
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Soulex posted:I sent you my info. Thanks. I wrote my dad up for (state) commendation medal for organizing his town's relief response for hurricane katrina. Most states have a medal, or two, that can be given to civilians.
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Jun 17, 2018 03:46
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Got my discharge certificate thingie in the mail. Gonna go get a frame for it.
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spacetoaster posted:Did they get their awards? Yeah I write typically 4 awards a year for soldiers I like or think did something cool. Definitely had those ETS Awards done in January just to ensure they happened.
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The medals I wish everyone had a better chance to get are those host nation medals. I ended up with 3, and it was loving awesome to have people go "what the gently caress?" I went through WLC with the Dutch Pistol Marksmanship badge and nobody had seen it before. Some dudes had these Romanian jump wings, one Aussie jump wings, Austrian Marksmanship...poo poo was really cool.
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Foreign awards are easier at certain locations than others. At Bragg getting foreign jump wings is trivial. Most people I know have two or three without trying to chase them. I know a lot of training centers (Benning, Leonardwood, Polk etc.)have foreign liaison officers, and if you work at a base with a COCOM you basically have to purposefully avoid getting dragged into the annual trainings. The opposite is true at Mech and Stryker BCTs because it’s expensive to get other mech guys from other counties there to train. I was at Stewart as an O and E, never heard of any opportunities but then again I never really paid attention.
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I was super mad that I left JBER without any foreign wings. I'd always get bumped for some E7 or higher from another battalion who wasn't even part of the jump to begin with. Then there was the one guy I knew who was an E4 for brigade S6 who was the Colonel's RTO, so he was on everyone jump the boss was on. He ended up with 5 different sets of wings, some of them twice over. I just wanted a set of Canadian wings to lord over my buddy in the RCAF with.
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Jun 18, 2018 01:24
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Well I would have done airborne or air assault but gently caress all that running. Plus I'm being told my back is hosed up so that could have made things worse. Would have loved to jump out of a plane or whatever. As bullshit as the process was
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Soulex posted:Well I would have done airborne or air assault but gently caress all that running. Plus I'm being told my back is hosed up so that could have made things worse. Would have loved to jump out of a plane or whatever. As bullshit as the process was Just go skydiving if all you want is to jump out of a plane. It's way loving better
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I would have done special forces but heh, do work? lol
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Jun 18, 2018 02:47
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holy poo poo jber is so much nicer than wainwright I’m fuckin pissed
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:Just go skydiving if all you want is to jump out of a plane. It's way loving better That's also what kept me. Everyone was like "you'll basically hate it. The Army sucks the fun out of it," and I believe it. Also not wanting to run everywhere shouting airborne =/= wanting to work.
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Thump! posted:holy poo poo jber is so much nicer than wainwright I’m fuckin pissed Hahaha. Even on the worst days, everyone there says "well, at least we're not at Wainwright." The only Imax theater in the state is right outside of base, and going out through the west gate on the air force side leads you right into downtown.
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A Bad Poster posted:Hahaha. Even on the worst days, everyone there says "well, at least we're not at Wainwright." The only Imax theater in the state is right outside of base, and going out through the west gate on the air force side leads you right into downtown. I can see why they say that. Wainwright is a goddamned cigarette butt compared to this place
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Jun 18, 2018 05:57
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Plus Wainwright has strykers. Those things suck rear end to work on when the weather isn't -40°, so I can only imagine the hell that it is there.
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A Bad Poster posted:Plus Wainwright has strykers. Those things suck rear end to work on when the weather isn't -40°, so I can only imagine the hell that it is there. The PESH doesn’t work. It’s never worked.
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The one in my Stryker worked flawlessly. I'd say you have to treat it right but I'm pretty sure it was just blind luck. It did leak a poo poo ton of coolant during a winter rotation at Yakima but I kept it running anyway because it was below freezing and we were in a loving metal box. Sleeping in a Stryker with the heater running during winter was some of the best sleep I've ever had. Sucks that I'm stuck with a MATV now.
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Our FL4s had working Diesel heaters but the batteries lasted like 3 hours tops.
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Soulex posted:That's also what kept me. Everyone was like "you'll basically hate it. The Army sucks the fun out of it," and I believe it. Airborne school was army dumb but the running speed was barely more than a walk (the airborne shuffle) The only time jumping is cool is if you're ramp blasting a water jump(without some dipshit cam sapping all the fun out of it). Everything about a regular jump, from the hours before you even load to finally landing and running your chute to the busses, sucks. Is the guy in front of me gonna drop his static line early so I end up tangled and get my bicep ripped down to my elbow? Maybe my chute doesn't pop and I get slapped against the side of this c17 say the end of a static line. Maybe I collide midair and we both burn in. Or maybe I make it to the ground and break an ankle, plf onto a pointy stick etc. Meanwhile regular skydiving doesn't have safety issues until you get into base jumping and wing suit stuff. Just do that instead.
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