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jai Mundi posted:I'm not above sending him something completely silly, but I don't know if I can get a real one there. It might have to be foam. Get him some Nerf guns or cheapo water guns. On my last pump we liked to gently caress with the Afghan National Army by running by their posts and spraying them with water guns (from inside the FOB obviously).
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If you have the money to send half a dozen 5-8 dollar cigars that's awesome too. Even in the shittiest conditions, sitting back smoking a fat cigar can somehow make things seem normal. Just make sure to include the moisture producing humidor things in the package so the cigars don't dry out on the way over.
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Nov 17, 2012 07:11
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Oxford Comma posted:You'd think the scorn would be reserved for the second person caught loving it. A little hand sanitizer will clean it up as good as new. Alternatively, you could leave the orifices filled with the stuff. Bet you'd only have one person try to gently caress it.
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Nov 21, 2012 04:25
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You mean embedding lovely low quality video into excel documents doesn't hide the porn?
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Nov 22, 2012 19:53
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Farecoal posted:Not in the military, so I'm probably going to sound dumb, but I've always wondered what the protocol was for officers of the same rank. If there are two officers of the same rank in a combat situation, and they're the highest ranking ones in a unit, who takes command? Time in Grade is technically the determining factor. In practice, it would be whoever is more capable/tells the other guy he is taking charge. Also, if one officer held a higher billet than the other, it would make him the guy in charge even if the other guy has been in grade or service longer.
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Jan 25, 2013 00:37
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iceslice posted:I'm moving across the country doing a PPM (formerly DITY) and plugged all my poo poo into the site. Its telling me I'm going to get about a dollar a pound. I don't have a ton of stuff, and I'm not going to sham (buying like 4000 lbs in sand), whats the deal here? Do I get paid for mileage and gas, or has that changed? At the end of your move, you will settle everything up with the TMO (or whatever they are called in your branch) guys. The receipts for truck rentals, gas, packing materials, etc... don't actually change the rate you are paid at. That itself is a fixed rate based on distance between stations, the amount of weight you moved, and your paygrade. However, receipts will reduce your tax burden. The difference between what you are paid and the amount it costs you to move is taxed at a higher rate than normal.
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Jan 26, 2013 19:10
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IDR posted:That's really loving cool, coming from an infantry guy anyway. It's just to bad our LAV's are made of loving paper compared to a Bradley but hey, at least it's not a Stryker hahaha. You could be an amtracker and roll around in floating bathtubs, in the desert.
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Jan 31, 2013 00:02
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Spongebob Tampax posted:Holy poo poo those are filthy. A platoon's worth of MOPP suits will burn for 3 days straight. We got rid of our stuff in OIF 1 on the way back down to Kuwait. You know, right after the "Mission Accomplished" press releases.
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Feb 1, 2013 06:14
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DRONES CURE HAJI posted:did a MOPP gear run. don't loving ask me why. Me too. We did a Battalion MOPP gear run one time back in late 02 in preparation for going to OIF. Half the Battalion fell out before we were two blocks down the road. Our 1.5 mile run turned into a .5 mile run/walk/run and none of our leadership ever spoke of the event again.
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DoktorLoken posted:Do they make you remove your mask in the gas chamber outside of basic? I mean it's funny in retrospect but that poo poo sucks. In the Marine Corps, we used to have to remove the mask and hold it in front of us at arms length. It's changed in the last 5-10 years to where we now have to put two fingers through each side and touch the lenses in order to break the seal and demonstrate we know to clear the mask. It seems there used to be too much leeway for our NBC Marines to haze the poo poo out of anyone they didn't like. Since you obviously have to close your eyes when removing the mask, you cannot tell when everyone has theirs off. Old chambers I used to go through, I could never hold my breath long enough to make it through the clear part. Turns out the NBC guys would just wait until everyone was breathing CS before allowing us to don and clear our masks. I know they tried charging some of our NBC guys for hazing because of the way they ran chambers but I was too junior to have any idea whether or not they wound up getting punished.
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iceslice posted:My travel time will exceed the allotted time (I've got leave time in there too), and mileage is going to be over so I'm just expecting to get what the rate is. Where I'm confused is the per diem. There is a breakdown in JTFR saying $77 of the $123 is the lodging cost, and they do require you to keep a receipt of all lodging, but I haven't read enough of it to understand if you do or don't get that money regardless of where you stay. Keep receipts for gas, truck rental, packing supplies, etc. You will get paid the same rate based on weight moved regardless of how many receipts you show. However, the more receipts you have showing costs associated with the move, the less tax burden you will have. The profit you make on a DITY move is taxed at a higher than normal rate (I forget the exact rate but it's in the 20 some odd percent range). Your Per Diem is paid regardless of receipts. It makes no difference if you sleep in your car or in the Hilton, you get paid the same rate based on the number of travel days allocated.
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Feb 3, 2013 22:45
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Christoff posted:Is your chain of command allowed to ask for donations or monthly "dues" as they call it? They say it's MWR. Pretty much it's for making paddles for people who PCS/EAS. It's not officially authorized but the collection of plaque funds, from SNCOs and Officers at least, is widespread throughout the Corps. I haven't ran into any instances of junior Marines and Sailors being required to put in money though.
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Mar 20, 2013 02:49
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about_face posted:I met a corpsman once who told me that he was authorized to wear the Marine dress uniform, I think he was full of poo poo though. I know Corpsman can wear the Marine Corps service uniforms if they go by both Marine Corps grooming standards and their physical fitness tests. I've only ever seen one do it though because the Navy has enough loving uniforms already. Who the hell would want to have to keep more uniforms serviceable? I don't think Corpsman can wear the Marine Corps dress blues though.
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Mar 23, 2013 07:37
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IDR posted:When did the term "war fighter" become a thing? Since the first version of Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1 was published.
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Mar 28, 2013 03:30
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baw posted:So the "cans" are goddamn barracks buildings with six bunks to a room. All six bottoms are taken, so I'll have to get a top bunk. So no jack shack, but if everyone else has a jack shack I guess I don't really need one. Why not just work out a "I am going to jerk off now" code with your bunk mate so he can leave for a bit while you take care of business? Alternatively, do what most of us have done and stop caring if other people can see you rub one out.
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Apr 19, 2013 15:05
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:You could survive off of MREs for 6 months, you would just be pooping on a negative scale and hate life. I ate nothing but MREs for 4 months during the initial invasion of Iraq. Well that and some gazelle that we killed in Tikrit and grilled by burning furniture we pulled out of random houses. It was a pretty miserable existence overall but I don't think there were long term health problems or anything from it. I was so paranoid about being dehydrated that I drank water pretty much all day and night.
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Dilkington posted:Marine rifle platoons haven't had LMGs for a few years now. Did anyone notice or care? Did Are SAWs not LMGs now? I mean I know there was a push to get IARs out to everyone but that's not corps wide.
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Stultus Maximus posted:There have been combat drops more recently than the Marines have done opposed amphibious landings, but both are pretty irrelevant in today's battlefield. Opposed amphibious landings are completely irrelevant. Amphibious landings are still a pretty effective way to put boots on the ground somewhere though. It's a gently caress ton cheaper than trying to fly in heavy stuff when you can just pull it off the ship you were on.
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I don't know anything about the pacific northwest but I agree with Godholio. If you went down to the southwest there are enough survival nuts and other poo poo that you could probably make some decent money training civilians in combat lifesaving type stuff. -edit- I just saw how old these posts were. I am in and out of internet service so haven't been able to check SA all that much.
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