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Murgos posted:I kept the ring off one CS grenade I threw and still have it and use it as a key ring. One of the college E-4s in our basic training platoon got caught keeping a pin from grenade training day and got busted to E-1.
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A.o.D. posted:Weren't those anti-tank mines that didn't have their fuses installed? No idea, where I come from, Enemy Mines are giant lizard men
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GD_American posted:One of the college E-4s in our basic training platoon got caught keeping a pin from grenade training day and got busted to E-1. Oh poo poo! My old CO is knocking on my door, says he’s “going to NJP me back into the Corps!” Dude’s gotta be like 80 though, so I think I can just wait till he forgets why he’s here.
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Murgos posted:Oh poo poo! My old CO is knocking on my door, says he’s “going to NJP me back into the Corps!” Ink all melting off your DD-214 like it looked at the ark of the covenant
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Apr 5, 2023 03:36
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Every now and then for ten years or so after I ETS'd I have the "oh poo poo I'm back in the Army" dream, and tell my wife in the morning and how much they sucked. I mean, I still have them, but after about a decade I realized she thought I was dreaming about blood and guts and horror, but I realized I needed to tell her I actually was dreaming about being in arbitrary uniforms that were always wrong and being hassled by stupid people that outranked me over inconsequential, nonsensical poo poo I got recommended for one A15 for telling my platoon sergeant he was a grimy me-first motherfucker with the mustache of a repressed homosexual (it was 2004, I actually used less PC language). If you're going to get it, earn it, don't lose rank over something stupid. I didn't lose rank. Because he was a grimy me-first motherfucker with a dumb mustache and 1SG knew it. And now he's dead of pancreatic cancer, so gently caress you Tyrone Caldwell GD_American fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Apr 5, 2023 |
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Apr 5, 2023 04:14
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I've been out since 1996 and still wake up in a cold sweat over missing a formation dream.
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Apr 5, 2023 04:23
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Been out 20+ years and still get weird dreams that I've re-enlisted but will be adsepped any day now....
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I’ve never been in but I totally get it. I sometimes dream about pop quizzes or missing out classes I was enrolled in So glad I don’t need to be able to bounce a quarter off my bed
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Apr 5, 2023 07:35
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My "oh God I'm back in the army" nightmares usually involve a BUB that I hadn't prepared for, followed by a PT test. It's not that I was bad at PT, but drat it if those things didn't always give me anxiety.
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Apr 5, 2023 09:13
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GD_American posted:One of the college E-4s in our basic training platoon got caught keeping a pin from grenade training day and got busted to E-1. Why would anyone care what people do with the leftover pin, if it is from a live grenade that was thrown as an exercise? Murgos posted:I kept the ring off one CS grenade I threw and still have it and use it as a key ring. I also kept mine from the one time in basic training we were allowed to throw a real one, still part of the keychain.
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Apr 5, 2023 10:25
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Der Kyhe posted:Why would anyone care what people do with the leftover pin, if it is from a live grenade that was thrown as an exercise? Probably-true answer: those need turned in for however you do accountability to range control/whoever actually does it, iirc More likely to be true answer: there was a chance to gently caress with a trainee or subordinate, and they couldn’t pass it up 
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Apr 5, 2023 10:31
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Der Kyhe posted:Why would anyone care what people do with the leftover pin, if it is from a live grenade that was thrown as an exercise? It's an accounting thing to make sure ammunition doesn't go missing. Dumb? Yes. But federal employees don't excel at reasoning.
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GD_American posted:Every now and then for ten years or so after I ETS'd I have the "oh poo poo I'm back in the Army" dream, and tell my wife in the morning and how much they sucked. God, I had those exact same dreams. Not so much anymore. They were the loving worst.
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Is anyone here interested in this kind of stuff? I've been posting these translations in the GBS thread, but if this thread would be interested as well I can post them here too. --- Is anyone in the mood for some cope and some seething impotent frustration? Because Russia's got you covered! The translation is again mine, and I didn't bother translating the Russian names into their anglic forms. Source: https://yle.fi/a/74-20025957 Journalist: Simo Ortamo Yle.fi posted:
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:Is anyone here interested in this kind of stuff? I've been posting these translations in the GBS thread, but if this thread would be interested as well I can post them here too. I'd always be interested in reading translated articles that might otherwise not hit the major English-language news outlets, assuming they're interesting, factual and/or funny.
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Apr 5, 2023 11:25
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psydude posted:It's an accounting thing to make sure ammunition doesn't go missing. Dumb? Yes. But federal employees don't excel at reasoning. Because after using an HE grenade, the only thing that's left intact is the pin? Which wouldn't be the case for a CS grenade in Murgo's case (it's me, I'm the one who thinks like a federal accounting bureaucrat)
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Apr 5, 2023 11:40
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Fragrag posted:Because after using an HE grenade, the only thing that's left intact is the pin? Which wouldn't be the case for a CS grenade in Murgo's case Bingo. Or he just didn't get caught. e: Reduction in rank from E4 to E1 is a field grade article 15, which seems severe for a trainee. Dude should have opted for a court martial instead, but I doubt someone who's in basic would have known that it likely would have had a better outcome. Probably just thought that court martial = something bad from the movies. e: Upon further reading, it looks like that carries risks as well (e.g. criminal record in the civilian world if convicted). Admittedly, my only experience with this was watching an E6 opt for a trial by court martial for mailing home tools that had already been removed from the property book. Dude got off scott free. psydude fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Apr 5, 2023 |
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Syrian Lannister posted:I've been out since 1996 and still wake up in a cold sweat over missing a formation dream. Been out since 2001 and I still have similar dreams. It's usually about not having the right uniform for an upcoming event. Like I have BDU pants and a Dress Blue jacket and where the gently caress is my shirt?
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Itchy_Grundle posted:Been out since 2001 and I still have similar dreams. It's usually about not having the right uniform for an upcoming event. Like I have BDU pants and a Dress Blue jacket and where the gently caress is my shirt? Similarly been out since 2001 and sometime still get dreams where I have re-enlisted (which isn't even possible for just reservists in FDF) as a training officer. And its always at night in wintertime, and I am trying to get a headcount of conscripts in the building, or trying to find missing parts of my uniform.
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Apr 5, 2023 14:47
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I don't get those dreams but almost 10 years later I still get that panicky feeling that I left my rifle somewhere. Wearing a seatbelt does this to me all the time, I guess because it feels like a sling, so as soon as I get out of the car and close the door it feels like I'm forgetting something, like there's something horribly wrong with the fact that I don't constantly have an M4 slung over my shoulder.
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bees everywhere posted:I don't get those dreams but almost 10 years later I still get that panicky feeling that I left my rifle somewhere Lol this one is the worst
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bees everywhere posted:I still get that panicky feeling that I left my rifle somewhere. Lol same
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Bros, you did it wrong, you just needed to bang your head so hard you forget all about that poo poo. Peaceful night's sleep everynight, suckas. and never ending migraines
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bees everywhere posted:I don't get those dreams but almost 10 years later I still get that panicky feeling that I left my rifle somewhere. I don't get that surprisingly, considering I spread my rifle's parts on a snow covered clear cut and afterwards had to search for them in the darkness.
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Apr 5, 2023 16:23
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Like...as a hobby?
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bees everywhere posted:I still get that panicky feeling that I left my rifle somewhere. I'm glad that the closest thing I get to bad dreams are of the "endless purgatory" variety where I'm manning a busy cash register or teaching English to class after class.
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Been out since 2013. Still get army dreams. Only they feature current (fat) me failing a PT test or worse feature current (stoned) me having to take a wiz quiz. Those alternate with the dream about having an exam in a class I forgot I was taking and never went. Anxiety sucks.
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SerthVarnee posted:Like...as a hobby? Nah, accidentally. The company was marching through the clearing when I stumbled crossing a mound. Later I noticed my rifle was now one of those fancy lightened models, and as expected it didn't shoot as well anymore.
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Not sure I dream too often, but it's not unusual for the morning brain boot sequence to involve "OH gently caress IS THERE A FORMATION TODAY, AM I LATE?" if I don't wake up to an alarm.
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Saukkis posted:Nah, accidentally. The company was marching through the clearing when I stumbled crossing a mound. Later I noticed my rifle was now one of those fancy lightened models, and as expected it didn't shoot as well anymore. I would like to know more details. What kind of weapon? Any idea how it happened? I'm pretty familiar with various weapons from around the world, and can't picture this. My mental picture is you carrying your poo poo like an armful of falling limes.
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My mind is boggling at the thought that a rifle just spontaneously fell apart because it got jostled by a stumble Seems like the shock of pulling the trigger might be dangerous if its that rickety
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My section was lurking in a ditch ready to get going on an op, and the entire optic and mounting rail fell off the rifle of the guy next to me into the water. #justL85things
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bulletsponge13 posted:I would like to know more details. What kind of weapon? Any idea how it happened? I'm pretty familiar with various weapons from around the world, and can't picture this. My mental picture is you carrying your poo poo like an armful of falling limes. RK-62. I was the company radioman carrying the AN/PRC-77 in the horrifically unergonomic finnish setup. I was holding my rifle in front in the normal manner. I fell forward and something pushed the rear latch. The rifle field stripped itself right on the spot, dust cover, spring and bolt carrier were all left under the snow.
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Cugel the Clever posted:Wait... didn't you? Fortunately I only made that mistake one time as an E-2. I slept with my rifle leaning against a log about 5 feet away from my sleeping bag. When I woke up I immediately noticed it was gone and felt that sinking feeling, started looking for it before noticing a group of NCOs had been watching me the whole time. "Something wrong, private?"
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knox_harrington posted:My section was lurking in a ditch ready to get going on an op, and the entire optic and mounting rail fell off the rifle of the guy next to me into the water. The weather in Northern Ireland can even make the weapons depressed.  I can see why the design had to be redone.
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Oh god, I had memory-holed the fear of losing a sensitive item. 
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Just Another Lurker posted:The weather in Northern Ireland can even make the weapons depressed. Non-zero chance some wag named their L85, "Marvin, the Depressed Rifle". "Here I am, optic the size of a planet, and they ask me to shoot plastic bullets at paper silhouettes. Shame, if ask me."
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My back in the military dreams were usually just some variation of me in a utility uniform wondering why the gently caress was I here? Didn’t I get out already? That or getting ready for a CGs inspection and not having like 90% of the stuff.
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madeintaipei posted:Non-zero chance some wag named their L85, "Marvin, the Depressed Rifle". Somewhat worse, this was a real operation with real bullets in both directions in Afghanistan.
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Saukkis posted:RK-62. I was the company radioman carrying the AN/PRC-77 in the horrifically unergonomic finnish setup. I was holding my rifle in front in the normal manner. One of the few times my father had to leave the track on exercises, they dismounted the MG3. They got situated with their gun, ammo, barrel set, and glove, then let a whole belt rip. Pop the catch, swing out the barrel, pull it out... and it rolls off into the hard packed snow to the right of the gun. The red hot barrel sizzles it's way to ground and rolls off down the hill under the snow. "loving find it! Dig!" Queue an hour of scooping snow with e-tools, to find the thing nestled in tree roots 10m down the way. Lesson learned.
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