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LingcodKilla posted:Im still not sure what Mattis sees as long term goal in all this. Damage Control
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Elendil004 posted:Damage Control Basically this. Mattis is a smart dude and he clearly knows how to work around Trump.
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LingcodKilla posted:Im still not sure what Mattis sees as long term goal in all this. Preservation of the US and NATO.
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I'm just picturing Mattis getting a Nobel Peace Prize, although I can also imagine it leading to Trump declaring war on Switzerland as retaliation for the slight.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I'm just picturing Mattis getting a Nobel Peace Prize, although I can also imagine it leading to Trump declaring war on FTFY But, yeah, Mattis is pretty much there to keep things on the rails of not having a near-peer war and just keeping our many many actual and proxy wars at a simmer.
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Aug 18, 2018 16:52
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Not surprisingly the chuds I work with think we are this close to Mattis finally getting permission to go gently caress up some poo poo
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The Valley Stared posted:Clearly not. You should have two Bugattis that you can't pay for, one divorced spouse, one current spouse, 4 children with one on the way, and the dregs of your soul crusted to the bottom of your shoes. Well poo poo, they didn't cover that at OCS at all, man I've been getting some bad training. First there was the Top Gun volleyball in Pensacola, now this?!? Man maybe I shoudln't hide a squeaky toy in my rear end at SERE like that one guy recommended.
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Aug 18, 2018 17:42
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We played beach volleyball for pt last week and I was amused at making people eat sand.
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Aug 18, 2018 17:49
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That was the joke.
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LingcodKilla posted:We played beach volleyball for pt last week and I was amused at making people eat sand. 
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Jimmy4400nav posted:maybe I shoudln't hide a squeaky toy in my rear end at SERE like that one guy recommended. Honestly sneaking a squeaky toy into SERE sounds like a good prank. Maybe not do the rear end part though.
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M_Gargantua posted:Honestly sneaking a squeaky toy into SERE sounds like a good prank. Maybe not do the rear end part though. One of my buddies knew a guy who did the Air Force SERE and snuck a roll a pennies up his rear end so when he got a cavity search he spilled change like a broken piggy bank.
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orange juche posted:Dear loving lord yes, and the idiots who worship him would line up to spit on said retiree for daring to anger the president. It’s sad how real this is Jimmy4400nav posted:One of my buddies knew a guy who did the Air Force SERE and snuck a roll a pennies up his rear end so when he got a cavity search he spilled change like a broken piggy bank. This absolutely happened Nostalgia4Dogges fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Aug 18, 2018 |
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Aug 18, 2018 19:10
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My SEAL buddy, when they went to capture him, killed all the aggressors then broke in to the POW camp and freed all the other students. Definitely happened
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maffew buildings posted:My SEAL buddy, when they went to capture him, killed all the aggressors then broke in to the POW camp and freed all the other students. Definitely happened ...and then they reset the scenario anyways and dumped him in a buried 55 gallon oil drum half filled with piss for three days
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Jimmy4400nav posted:One of my buddies knew a guy who did the Air Force SERE and snuck a roll a pennies up his rear end so when he got a cavity search he spilled change like a broken piggy bank. A cavity search is the kind of thing AF guys would assume happens at Navy SERE. Or any time you go through an ECP. Or report in to a superior. Or walk in the door. Or out the door. Or say hi to someone. Etc.
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EBB posted:...and then they reset the scenario anyways and dumped him in a buried 55 gallon oil drum half filled with piss for three days Oh poo poo were you in his class? He said it was piss and cum, though.
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Godholio posted:A cavity search is the kind of thing AF guys would assume happens at Navy SERE. Or any time you go through an ECP. Or report in to a superior. Or walk in the door. Or out the door. Or say hi to someone. Etc. This didn't happen to you in the navy? 
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During MEPS I was all prepared for the doc to go knuckle deep but all did was a cursory rim check. Things have changed maaaaan.
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orange juche posted:This didn't happen to you in the navy? Not in my contract.
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EBB posted:...and then they reset the scenario anyways and dumped him in a buried 55 gallon oil drum half filled with piss for three days And that SEALS name? Albert Einstein!
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Except the hazing by throwing a dude in a barrel of piss. That probably happened.
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https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1031017185697849344?s=19 Good drunk history thread by an Army guy
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:RE-ENLISTMENT SELFIE Good job. That's the initial pre-tax, with the other 50% being paid out for the rest of your life, right? 'Cuz you can get that as like, a raise, once you're out.
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:RE-ENLISTMENT SELFIE drat. Space that out over 4 years, and its 5 dollars an hour, if it's a 40 hour week. orange juche fucked around with this message at 10:57 on Aug 22, 2018 |
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Aug 22, 2018 10:49
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Has there ever been a documented case of someone sticking around for the bonus, who wasn't going to stay anyway? Everyone I've ever known that took the money was already planning to stay in.
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Plus any job that offers good bonus still don’t compare for what a competent civilian equivalent would make in those 4 years.
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These are lifers, they aren't fit for high level civiliam employment
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maffew buildings posted:These are lifers, they aren't fit for high level civiliam employment I hear stuff like this from guys who got out all the time. But here you guys are hanging around a thread about the US Navy. For guys who did four years or so and supposedly moved onto much better things, you sure don't ever shut the gently caress up about your time in. My second re enlistment was in the middle of my tour as a usmc recruiter. I hated it so much that I absolutely would have walked away had they not thrown forty some odd grand at me. I used that money to buy a house so it wasn't totally wasted.
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I'm not out and probably a lifer so I am qualified to report on the topic of being an idiot who is in. Thanks for assuming I'm out, that was nice of you. And congrats on the house. Recruiting sounds like a nightmare
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I just got an email about going active for two years as a recruiter. Considering how awesome my time in the reserves has been so far I’m considering it so I can be bitter like some of you guys. I just really want to fit in.
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I’m active duty and I think I speak for everyone when I say nobody really gives a gently caress if you think anyone hasn’t been in long enough to just talk and bitch about it sometimes.
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If I re-enlist can I still bitch 🤔
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:If I re-enlist can I still bitch 🤔 drat that’s how they get you
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SpaceSDoorGunner posted:I’m active duty and I think I speak for everyone when I say nobody really gives a gently caress if you think anyone hasn’t been in long enough to just talk and bitch about it sometimes. You seem really tense. Wanna talk about it?
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LingcodKilla posted:You seem really tense. Wanna talk about it? But that’s what I’m doing
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And to be fair to him as much as gatekeeping gives me an aneurysm the original comment about lifers was pretty dumb.
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Y'all should probably invest in some britasquote:A 2013 investigative report produced by the Navy inspector general, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, reveals "shortfalls in the oversight and management of drinking water for Navy personnel stationed overseas—even in wealthy, developed countries." The report concludes that "not a single Navy overseas drinking water system meets U.S. compliance standards" or the Navy's own governing standards," according to POGO. https://psmag.com/environment/what-happened-at-camp-lejeune
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Well just add that to the long list of environmental hazards I've been exposed to during my time in.
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