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Flikken posted:My uncle used to be a spec 5, worked in a shop that was run by a corporal until the Army eliminated that rank and made all of the spec 5s Sergeants and suddenly that corporal was out ranked by everyone that used to work for him. He apparently didn't take it well. My dad knew a guy in a similar situation. Except the corporal was in charge of an office full of SPC6s and SPC7s. Also the corporal liked to pull rank all the goddamned time, so revenge was sweet. That poo poo probably happened all over the Army.
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For some reason the phrase "false motivation" just popped into my head and I want to find the guy who came up with it and punch him in the throat.
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Jul 13, 2018 19:57
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Hoooaaahhhhhh! PT!! *shams out of PT to eat dunkin doughnuts*
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Nice and hot piss posted:Hoooaaahhhhhh! PT!! *CSM wants everybody to meet at some weird location for a run* "Gee CSM, the instructions weren't that clear and we got lost trying to find the place." *shams out of PT to eat dunkin doughnuts*
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spacetoaster posted:*CSM wants everybody to meet at some weird location for a run* That would get you doing PT with the CSM for a week at Campbell.
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boop the snoot posted:That would get you doing PT with the CSM for a week at Campbell. I'm honestly surprised more of them don't get fragged or shivved in peacetime. With their obsession with non combat oriented poo poo like distance running and ground fighting(dry humping combatives) you know they don't know what to do when someone tries to stab them.
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It's interesting how everything in the Army somehow becomes an apocalyptic world ending event. There's no nuance to anything. A line gets drawn in the sand and that's it. As an S4 I work through all these people throughout the BDE and occasionally division with a very narrow, specific piece of the pie. Movement, purchasing, whatever. And it's always "this is a priority for the BDE/Division commander!!!!". Is there anything that isn't a priority?
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Mustang posted:It's interesting how everything in the Army somehow becomes an apocalyptic world ending event. You aren’t a priority.
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boop the snoot posted:You aren’t a priority.
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Lmao
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Rack them
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Man get your LORs and check out. Or don't get LORs, because in a lot of the adult world you don't need them if you can sell yourself well in interviews
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Have you considered loving the colonel's daughter and going career?
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Have you considered stealing an M113?
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Have you considered enlisting in the Green Berets to be like your pa?
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Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?
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psydude posted:Listen up everyone, there's been some changes to this week's training schedule. First and foremost, the brigade commander's intent for JAN17 is to get green on all of our compliance training. For this reason, we're going to bump all scheduled field problems and section training to the right. Keeping our Soldiers ready is our number one priority, and we can't focus on things like individual and collective tasks until we've got Soldiering basics down. SHARP, EO, and SERE101 are priorities. I know we only have four working laptops for the entire company, so as leaders I expect you to serve your country to your fullest by hotspotting your phone and running up charges on your data plan. - Captain Mustang 2019
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boop the snoot posted:That would get you doing PT with the CSM for a week at Campbell. I'd smoke the poo poo outta that CSM.
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Viva Miriya posted:- Captain Mustang 2019 irrationally angry reading this again
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If being out of the Army were a viscous liquid, I'd put a plastic sheet over the bed, spray it all over and then just roll around in it because it feels so good
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The Rat posted:If being out of the Army were a viscous liquid, I'd put a plastic sheet over the bed, spray it all over and then just roll around in it because it feels so good 
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The Rat posted:If being out of the Army were a viscous liquid, I'd put a plastic sheet over the bed, spray it all over and then just roll around in it because it feels so good Obscene, but accurate.
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Mustang posted:It's interesting how everything in the Army somehow becomes an apocalyptic world ending event. i wonder how many troops missed out on their kids being born because of some stupid inspection
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Were going to be sitting on a range for couple of weeks it seems even If its not our turn to shoot, theres literally entire unit of apaches, company of tanks and some bradleys in line before us but our CO still insists that since we have (few) tanks that have LFASTed and out of them fewer can fire we are staying here to see if we can somehow cram our table VI between other units firing hotbedding all crews on the few ready tanks. You know, Because a tank range works like a public rifle range- If theres a lane you shoot. Because Priorities.
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A friend of mine who pins O-5 soon and just got to a new post had the fun realization that he'd be doing organized PT 5 times a week, doing the full PRT thing, with the CSM or OPS SGM personally leading PT a significant portion of the time. He's even one of those special staff types who is usually immune to this kind of thing. Somehow between warmup, cooldown, and the CSM just talking, a 3 mile run took about 90 minutes.
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mlmp08 posted:A friend of mine who pins O-5 soon and just got to a new post had the fun realization that he'd be doing organized PT 5 times a week, doing the full PRT thing, with the CSM or OPS SGM personally leading PT a significant portion of the time. He's even one of those special staff types who is usually immune to this kind of thing. Somehow between warmup, cooldown, and the CSM just talking, a 3 mile run took about 90 minutes. Then run's just for fun, the real cardio is building heart by losing sleep and being away from home.
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Valtonen posted:Were going to be sitting on a range for couple of weeks it seems even If its not our turn to shoot, theres literally entire unit of apaches, company of tanks and some bradleys in line before us but our CO still insists that since we have (few) tanks that have LFASTed and out of them fewer can fire we are staying here to see if we can somehow cram our table VI between other units firing hotbedding all crews on the few ready tanks. You know, Because a tank range works like a public rifle range- If theres a lane you shoot. Because Priorities. Your CO is nuts. Enjoy your heat casualties.
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So it's the next day and a few beers later after finishing this loving National Guard CPX that has wasted my weekend. Complete poo poo show. The "maps" they gave us were just power points with a map pasted in using the snipping tool so none of the grid lines or northings and eastings were discernible. Their orders would reference phase lines, check points and objectives that aren't in any of their published graphics. Orders were published without any of their attachments. The MTOE for the simulator was also really weird. One recon variant and 4 infantry variants per stryker scout platoon? What? All around complete waste of time and high quality Army experience.
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Did you get your letter of recommendation sir?
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Did you remember to write yourself an AAM for the exercise?
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Mustang posted:So it's the next day and a few beers later after finishing this loving National Guard CPX that has wasted my weekend. I've had photo copy maps before and it's really cool when they try to make you do good grid coordinates when your scale is approximately "who loving knows for sure" because they were smart and blew it up 
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The commander of the infamous 507th Maintenance CO (Jessica Lynch) convoy that got "ambushed" had the following maps: 1. Essentially the whole of Iraq on an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper 2. A CD ROM with maps that wouldn't work in his thoroughly bricked-via-dust government issued computer. I say "ambushed" because the 507th drove through Iraqi checkpoints/areas without the Iraqis even realizing they were the enemy until the US convoy realized their error, turned around, and fled back through the previously driven road, finally under fire from the Iraqis who'd wised up to the situation. Helpfully, Marines at the road crossing checkpoint where the 507th Maintenance CO took a wrong turn thought it odd that a bunch of thin-skinned Army maintainer vehicles were driving into the area the Marines were planning to seize in force with LAVs and poo poo, but hey, none of my business, you do you, Army.
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Mustang posted:So it's the next day and a few beers later after finishing this loving National Guard CPX that has wasted my weekend. gently caress you LT.
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mlmp08 posted:The commander of the infamous 507th Maintenance CO (Jessica Lynch) convoy that got "ambushed" had the following maps:
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 I came back to my folks house to grab my stuff to clear CIF for my branch transfer to the reserve band. This is sandy. He’s very old and a Good Boy. I’m glad that he is my friend and I think that due to his poor health I may not get to greet him next time I stop by. He’s been nothing but loving and gentle with me and I am unafraid to see him in his last few years knowing that we got the opportunity to love him. Just a general reminder to pet your dogs and enjoy your family while you have it.  Good dog. Thanks for a decade of companionship, old man.
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Hi, Dandy! 
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mlmp08 posted:The commander of the infamous 507th Maintenance CO (Jessica Lynch) convoy that got "ambushed" had the following maps: Here's the kicker. They had an MP escort on the way to take them (and some other people) up into Iraq. Their CO said "gently caress it, I ain't waiting.". I was the MP escort.
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spacetoaster posted:Here's the kicker. They had an MP escort on the way to take them (and some other people) up into Iraq. Their CO said "gently caress it, I ain't waiting.". Yeah. He called up higher to ask if he could wait and was told failure to wait was missing movement. It was mega-hosed and there is/was a pretty good virtual staff ride about it.
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mods changed my name posted:I've had photo copy maps before and it's really cool when they try to make you do good grid coordinates when your scale is approximately "who loving knows for sure" because they were smart and blew it up Just measure a blown-up grid and do some cross multiplication to figure out the ratio, show some initiativaghulaguhuahhguuhahgllaughuahgh
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mlmp08 posted:Yeah. He called up higher to ask if he could wait and was told failure to wait was missing movement. It was mega-hosed and there is/was a pretty good virtual staff ride about it. Did you see the lifetime jessica lynch movie about it? It came out while I was still in Iraq and I haven't been able to ever find it since.
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