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Secret Spoon posted:God bless us, everyone. You get that stuff homey?
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Hekk posted:What are you talking about? This is the best part of spending time with your troops. Especially once you get old and boring (read: married with kids) and aren't making any new stories of your own. You listen to their tales, call the "one upers" out on their bullshit, tell a few stories of your own, and teach the young guys how not to get caught doing stupid stuff. hi hekk R>C>P 
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Shimazu posted:hi hekk I am an idiot. I was reading from my phone and somehow missed a word. Please make fun of me.
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Dec 20, 2012 04:19
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The UK Border Agency are collectively dumbshits; http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-yh-22312.htmquote:The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has been censured over safety failings that could have caused an explosion at Robin Hood airport in Finningley, South Yorkshire. I can only assume the air crew ran to the other side of the airfield once that bunch of pebbledicks started poking around unwrapping things.
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Dec 20, 2012 14:24
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On the bright side it sounds like they're fully qualified to become Iraqi EOD.
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Dec 20, 2012 17:16
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I'll give them a deal on dowsing rods.
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Dec 20, 2012 17:38
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Signaleer posted:On the bright side it sounds like they're fully qualified to become Iraqi EOD. Or Afghan. I've seen their RCP procedures... it consists of three guys in front of the convoy: one that points at the ground and two that run over to the places pointed out and kick at the ground.
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Dec 20, 2012 19:41
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HATE CURES TRANNYS posted:You get that stuff homey? I sure did, thankyou brother. Im going to SEND LIKE 100000 PM's and what not.
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Dec 21, 2012 00:34
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We don't have a smartest dude in the army thread so I'm posting here instead. A private in my platoon uses old cigarette butts from the ground, ash trays, and trash cans to roll 'new' cigarettes. He says he can never get a job, it is impossible in thiis economy. Meanwhile, two fresh faced 18 year olds show up to the unit and manage to have jobs by their next drill. His roommate is a former Ranger who can knows the Ft. Irwin installation CO and can totally hook our us up with range time. He told LT this in front of everyone. His fiance can't even really be classified as a homo sapien. She is a sentient meatsack. He medidated in the field...during his guard shift. Did you know you don't have to respond to radio checks when you're meditating? It's in the AR about religion dudes. He is writing a book that's a cross between LOTR, Harry Potter, twilight, and whatever else is popular right now (he is giving me a copy when he's done). Oh, he even doesn't have to pay rent because his parenrs are gracious enough to pay his share when he's visiting
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Dec 21, 2012 03:50
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old dog child posted:We don't have a smartest dude in the army thread so I'm posting here instead. We have a guy like that in my guard unit. Three months in a row he failed an APFT, different event each time lol. For pushups his hand was on a rock, indoors, for situps he had a rash, and when he failed the run the track was too uphill. It was perfectly loving flat.
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Dec 21, 2012 05:43
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Pesticide20 posted:Or Afghan. I've seen their RCP procedures... it consists of three guys in front of the convoy: one that points at the ground and two that run over to the places pointed out and kick at the ground. yo, plz censor this opsec information thx
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psydude posted:yo, plz censor this opsec information thx That's only one TTP though. Our dudes were trained by our co-located ODA and would at least drive dirtbikes over the suspected spot, or drag a rake next to the bike. It actually worked surprisingly really well.
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Dec 21, 2012 20:21
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old dog child posted:We don't have a smartest dude in the army thread so I'm posting here instead. You're going to post this book when you get it, right?
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Let's talk about 1LT Fred. The LT graduated first in his class out of OCS, so they made him 1LT. This genius was put in charge of a platoon for our deployment. No big deal. During workups, LT manages to drop a DAGR under a 7-ton and forget about it, all the way until said 7-ton runs it over. DAGR is now destroyed. LT owns up to it, and is relieved of his command of 3rd platoon and put under 1LT O. Fast forward to the deployment. Fred finds out about a convoy that he wants in on. Convo as follows: Fred: I want to go on this convoy. O: gently caress no. Fred: I'm going to go over your head then. O: Fine, but the CO will tell you the same thing. LT then calls us, at the COC, to get in touch with our CO. Sgt: *Standard greeting* Fred: Hey Sgt, is the CO around? Sgt: No, he's out at chow. Fred: Oh ok, well, tell him that I'm going on a convoy and I'll be back tomorrow. Sgt: Roger that, sir. On his way out the door Fred tells 1LT O that he got the O.K. from the CO. The platoon was in the middle of a fire mission or something, so O couldn't call us back right away. When he did, poo poo broke wide open. Our CO got so mad he couldn't speak and our 1stSgt drat near had an stroke when they found out. They managed to get on a flight from Leatherneck to Payne same day, and were there waiting for Fred when he came back from the convoy. Two weeks after this Fred was transferred to a different unit in country, at a different FOB. Completely taken off of our roster. I mean, I wanted to go on convoys too, (Leatherneck fobbit checking it) but I at least listened when I was told no. We also had this genius LCpl Fuckhead get bored one day and decide to stab one of two tough books we have for our launchers with a Gerber. Completely ruined the tough book. He at least became PFC Fuckhead and had reduced pay until he paid for a new one. This also happened while we were in country.
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HATE CURES TRANNYS posted:You're the dude in Kuwait right? Hey if you're there when the PA guard retards show up look for a tall, skinny, awkward female E7 named Lars. Tell her Leanne says hi and he has eyes everywhere. Then run away. Just read this and would like to say I am one of the PA guard retards currently sitting in Kuwait. I loving hate this place.
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Demonlord posted:Just read this and would like to say I am one of the PA guard retards currently sitting in Kuwait. I loving hate this place. Haha poor guy. Is this your first deployment?
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Dec 24, 2012 02:27
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Demonlord posted:Just read this and would like to say I am one of the PA guard retards currently sitting in Kuwait. I loving hate this place. Have you seen a little baby-faced 13F private from California around? My buddy hopped onto a PA Guard deployment to Kuwait  He has a Napoleon complex and possibly hooah-induced ADD if that narrows it down at all. Mad Dragon posted:You're going to post this book when you get it, right? I'm trying to convince him to publish on Amazon. 
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Dec 24, 2012 03:30
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JakeB posted:Let's talk about 1LT Fred. The LT graduated first in his class out of OCS, so they made him 1LT. This genius was put in charge of a platoon for our deployment. No big deal. During workups, LT manages to drop a DAGR under a 7-ton and forget about it, all the way until said 7-ton runs it over. DAGR is now destroyed. LT owns up to it, and is relieved of his command of 3rd platoon and put under 1LT O. Why is dropping a GPS and breaking it something worthy of losing your command over? I get it's just a platoon and all but that seems like a big smack in the face. What am I missing?
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quote:LT manages to drop a DAGR under a 7-ton and forget about it It's a sensitive item. You don't lose stuff like that.
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DoktorLoken posted:It's a sensitive item. You don't lose stuff like that. Not as bad as losing a crypto box for the radio. I've heard that just zeroing it will get an O-6 involved.
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Snowdens Secret posted:Why is dropping a GPS and breaking it something worthy of losing your command over? I get it's just a platoon and all but that seems like a big smack in the face. What am I missing? A DAGR isn't like losing a Garmin, theoretically you could use it to reverse-engineer the hardware that decodes the encrypted GPS signal. I mean in this case I assume they found the mangled remains of it, but still, dumb-rear end move.
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Its not so much that you could reverse-engineer the GPS decoding signal. Its that a DAGR has a ton of waypoint data built into it that could be exploited by a reasonably intelligence shithead.
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DoktorLoken posted:It's a sensitive item. You don't lose stuff like that. He didn't lose it. It just got smashed. It only becomes a 'big deal' when its loaded with crypto. Until then, its just like losing any other piece of green gear as far as I know. edit: Which isn't to say that it isn't a big deal, just to observe that its not a comsec violation. I mean a DAGR is essentially a civilian GPS with a few extra features that nobody has ever had to use in real life. AB posted:Not as bad as losing a crypto box for the radio. I've heard that just zeroing it will get an O-6 involved. What is the 'crypto box' for the radio? You dont use 119s or 148s or 152s in tanks? Deathy McDeath posted:Its not so much that you could reverse-engineer the GPS decoding signal. Its that a DAGR has a ton of waypoint data built into it that could be exploited by a reasonably intelligence shithead. Programming waypoints is such a bitch, who bothers doing that? vains fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Dec 24, 2012 |
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Veins McGee posted:What is the 'crypto box' for the radio? You dont use 119s or 148s or 152s in tanks? I called it that because I can't remember the acronym for it. It's whatever that little black box is that we use to fill radios. E: Short idiot story. Last time I ran training missions with crypto on the radios, I could never get it to work because of timing. Turns out the retard contractor who was with us based the timing off his watch. I was pissed at him for not checking DAGR time and myself for not figuring out why we were off time. EBB fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Dec 24, 2012 |
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AB posted:I called it that because I can't remember the acronym for it. It's whatever that little black box is that we use to fill radios. ANCD. Or that newer touchscreen one that I forget the name of.
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AB posted:I called it that because I can't remember the acronym for it. It's whatever that little black box is that we use to fill radios. Oh okay, I know what you mean now. Older radios used to have a device that you attach to the radio to transmit encrypted so I was kind of confused.
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LEGIT WAR CRIMINAL posted:ANCD. Or that newer touchscreen one that I forget the name of. SKL.
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You don't get an O-6 involved if you zero a KYK or ANCD or SKL. That's ridiculous.
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Oops, someone made a mistake with a piece of equipment! Quick, call the Colonel! He'll know what to do! Also I could definitely understand relieving an officer for destroying a piece of equipment. Once you're a company commander the only thing that you can really gently caress up is your property book, so he failed at the most important aspect of command. He'd probably be a pretty sweet staff officer though.
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If he left sensitive equipment under the truck and left it there, he obviously lost custody of it. The fact that it was recovered doesn't remove his lapse.
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HATE CURES TRANNYS posted:Haha poor guy. Is this your first deployment? old dog child posted:Have you seen a little baby-faced 13F private from California around? My buddy hopped onto a PA Guard deployment to Kuwait If you PM me his name I'll be sure to lookout for him and call him a POG.
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Demonlord posted:Unfortunately yes, fortunately, our sister PA guard brigade is deploying somewhere more dangerous next year so I might hop on that one.
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Our Gay Apparel posted:You don't get an O-6 involved if you zero a KYK or ANCD or SKL. That's ridiculous. yeah, for good christ that's two minutes to fix. I can see some repercussions for letting a sensitive item get ran over, and a statement of charges for sure, but relieved? There had to have been something else going on there.
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sounds like they asked him where it was he diddnt know and when they found it, it was crushed. I have zeroized more ancds than I can count when I was a private all they will do isncall you a dumbass and refill it with another one. hell I zeroized a hclos one morning because they thought 25f and 25q fresh out of ait was the same thing.
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My take (like several others here) is he lost possession of it and it was only found after it was destroyed.
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GD_American posted:yeah, for good christ that's two minutes to fix. Officers generally don't get second chances when they gently caress up like that.
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vacation in kabul posted:Oh yes they do. *Applies only to O5 and below.
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Our Gay Apparel posted:You don't get an O-6 involved if you zero a KYK or ANCD or SKL. That's ridiculous. Yeah I'm really scratching my head here on this one. I mean hell, SKL's accidently zero themselves all the drat time thanks to the batteries. What sort of hosed up unit/command is this occurring in?
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psydude posted:Officers generally don't get second chances when they gently caress up like that. lol what maybe not in your pretend army
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