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Say what you will about Strykers, but they are great for sleeping in. Four people can comfortably stretch out inside and those heaters can absolutely cook.
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Wasabi the J posted:
Is the second Marine from the left taking a piss?
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Tank driver's seat best army bed. Reclined, head rest, you've got control of the heater and can even divert fuel to the heater fuel tank from the main so you'll never go cold. Just wake up every 3 or 4 hours to charge the batteries back up, which nagging nancy will conveniently remind you of. And your tank broes sleep on the back deck, above the gas turbine so if they get cold you can just crank it up for them and get them warm again.
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Naked Bear posted:Say what you will about Strykers, but they are great for sleeping in. Four people can comfortably stretch out inside and those heaters can absolutely cook. Truth. It was even better when you ripped the back seat out of some local cars you had to search and strapped it to the bench seats for extra padding.
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Sep 28, 2018 17:07
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I still prefer the back deck to the driver's hole. Driver's hole I would make kind of an insulated dealie with my woobie and keep the hatch open. Back deck we could squeeze three of us in bags like logs together and nobody got cramped legs or cold.
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Wasabi the J posted:
Gross. That gives me Trojan flashbacks.
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DoktorLoken posted:Gross. That gives me Trojan flashbacks. Ah, the Trojan 
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Out in Estonia the tankers gave us some interesting advice: yeah, sure, the turret is warm. But set up a little tent on the back of the tank, right above the engines, and you're set. And there's enough room for more than one person. We also learned camo techniques from those guys. They could make a BMP practically disappear into the woodline, it was like some sort of nature magic and it freaked out our scouts to no end.
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Sep 28, 2018 17:51
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My king sized bed is great for sleeping in.
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Some of the best sleep I've ever had is at Yakima in winter in the hell hole of my Stryker with the heater running all night. Sucks for the infantry trying to fit 11 dudes in a Stryker, just 6 for scouts in the same ICVV variant with some reconnaissance modifications.
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Sep 28, 2018 19:01
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Most of your sleep has been at Yakima lol GOTEM
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J.A.B.C. posted:Out in Estonia the tankers gave us some interesting advice: yeah, sure, the turret is warm. But set up a little tent on the back of the tank, right above the engines, and you're set. And there's enough room for more than one person. Camoing IFVs and MBTs and other equipment was like the most bog standard grunt skill taught everywhere in the Finnish Army, but seems like some long lost arcane art in the US Army. It's weird seeing woodlines full of humvees and LMTVs with half of a net thrown over the hood or something, observable for miles. And it's not that it is hard, or demanding, or anything. It just feels like there isn't organizational will to do it, at least from my narrow observation. It just doesn't seem like anyone particularly cares about camouflaging the convoy or anything like that in the box. Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Sep 29, 2018 |
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Vahakyla posted:Camoing IFVs and MBTs and other equipment was like the most bog standard grunt skill taught everywhere in the Finnish Army, but seems like some long lost arcane art in the US Army. It's weird seeing woodlines full of humvees and LMTVs with half of a net thrown over the hood or something, observable for miles. And it's not that it is hard, or demanding, or anything. It just feels like there isn't organizational will to do it, at least from my narrow observation. It just doesn't seem like anyone particularly cares about camouflaging the convoy or anything like that in the box. Sounds to me like you've got a class or two you can teach
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Mustang posted:Some of the best sleep I've ever had is at Yakima in winter in the hell hole of my Stryker with the heater running all night. literally the only thing I like about Strykers. I had a nice hammock in mine.
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:Sounds to me like you've got a class or two you can teach
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Headed up to Fort Hunter Liggett tomorrow, we have one week to destroy our vehicles and or discover UXO
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Sustainable readiness model is garbage. It was designed by generals who grew up in the 80s and 90s army where you weren't expected to deploy between 9-12 months every few year or so. We get to return from Afghanistan and go pretty much back into training because readiness.
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Ashmole posted:Sustainable readiness model is garbage. It was designed by generals who grew up in the 80s and 90s army where you weren't expected to deploy between 9-12 months every few year or so. We get to return from Afghanistan and go pretty much back into training because readiness. Same with us, except Kuwait.
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Ashmole posted:Sustainable readiness model is garbage. It was designed by generals who grew up in the 80s and 90s army where you weren't expected to deploy between 9-12 months every few year or so. We get to return from Afghanistan and go pretty much back into training because readiness. But Objective-T!!!!
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Triggs posted:But Objective-T!!!! Objective Tea.
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If you’re a DTS clerk and insist on cancelling all the travel authorizations because the next FY’s lines of accounting aren’t turned on yet instead of just leaving the travel plans for October/November/December alone and then fixing the LOA later, just gently caress right off. Also TDY event planners who slate things to start 1 October and run them over top of federal holidays can gently caress off too.
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Of all the secrets I held from people in the army, I'm proud that nobody at my last duty station learned that I was DTS qualified. gently caress that poo poo.
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Sep 30, 2018 18:23
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When I became a team leader I went and typed up a counseling at my normal speed. I ended up becoming the platoon secretary.
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Sep 30, 2018 18:27
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A Bad Poster posted:Of all the secrets I held from people in the army, I'm proud that nobody at my last duty station learned that I was DTS qualified. gently caress that poo poo. Secret bus driver license holder here.
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Sep 30, 2018 19:17
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Unit Movement Officer and Army Air Load Planning System got dropped from my record first chance I got
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Sep 30, 2018 20:34
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If I had stayed in I probably would have been the one guy with every certification. Because I was stupid then.
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spacetoaster posted:Secret bus driver license holder here. I’m one of four people in my BN qualified to pick up ammunition, because no one has a license and no one has Ammo-67, and we only have one vehicle that can pick up Ammo from Dix. So many ways that this could fail! Every year my section holds drivers training and every year the Soldiers that show up that have avoided it forever are told that their section has overlapping more important training at the same time and that they can’t learn to drive to standard. Or they live in NYC and don’t have a license.
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mlmp08 posted:Unit Movement Officer and Army Air Load Planning System got dropped from my record first chance I got Not being trained in either of those certainly hasn't had much of an impact on preventing me from doing it.... I actually can't think of a single thing I do as an S4 that I've actually had any kind of training for.
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I'm yet to in my military career, when there are expectations (except being PFT babysitter) and evaluation, done a job I am trained for Train how you fight, I guess?
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maffew buildings posted:
Thought we couldn't do that because people don't like it when we haze recruits to death, dehydrate them to death, or demoralize our own to the point of suicide. Honestly I hate that phrase because its always used to justify stupid, illegal or immoral poo poo.
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I hate that about as much as "If it ain't rainin' we ain't trainin'" which I get the moto meaning of but it seems like a pretty good justification to not do poo poo on a sunny day
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Oct 1, 2018 17:13
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If it ain't snowin, I ain't goin.
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Retardog posted:I hate that about as much as "If it ain't rainin' we ain't trainin'" which I get the moto meaning of but it seems like a pretty good justification to not do poo poo on a sunny day I never thought that was a moto saying as much as a "hey it sucks out--what else is new" kind of thing.
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spacetoaster posted:If it ain't snowin, I ain't goin. Which is all very well until there's a blind on the grenade range
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As the last to leave it's my first day off in over 30 days and the companies won't stop calling me for poo poo. Some of them still don't understand after me not answering 6+ phone calls. The company XOs were some fickle, moody bitches out in the field. I'm content to let them fail due to not planning ahead. I'll care when the BN XO calls me.
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Oct 1, 2018 21:40
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What about bailing and not caring if he calls too? For your health
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hey guys mustang is still in the army
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Oct 1, 2018 22:30
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“hey sorry i was out camping with no service”
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Oct 1, 2018 22:42
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Just spent like a month in JMRC and liked it, wassup. Like a big LARP. Home tomorrow, maybe.
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Pull the battery out of your phone on your day off. If its really important they'll send a runner or search party.
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