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iceslice posted:You're best bet is to find a unit that is going, and then make up a reason to join them. wait i thought you were a snake eater not some hr scrub
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iceslice posted:Gonna break the trend. gently caress you.
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Master Bateman posted:gently caress you.
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nescience posted:I understand that this might be a dumb thing to ask, but if we want to volunteer to deploy, who do we talk to? Our career counselor? So um... everyone on KAF right now has to march in formation everywhere. It's been going on for well over a month. Rethink what you want.
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loving what. Why!?
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Painsaw posted:loving what. Why!? "Garrison standards are being brought back up to professional military standards, there's no reason we should not follow this standard in theater." \ 
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Who the gently caress marches everywhere in formation in garrison? I think I saw a platoon do that once, cuz they hosed up.
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On Benning we used to see the marines stationed there always going places in formation. And this is why we can't win wars. Not concerned about putting bullets in domes, more concerned about how people look when they walk somewhere.
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Jesus. Even BAF wasn't that gay before I left.
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Just picture that strip from terminal lance where he's fat and laughing at Marines (soldiers) outside the PX or whatever. That's me right now, lmbo.
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:wait i thought you were a snake eater not some hr scrub Yah.. its why acting like an HR scrub is hilarious. People have no clue whats going on, so you just pillage and plunder their coffee, bagels and women and then walk away.
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Painsaw posted:loving what. Why!? Because the sergeant major says so
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Nimmy posted:So um... everyone on KAF right now has to march in formation everywhere. It's been going on for well over a month. Rethink what you want. taliban psyops, allahu ackbar
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:where the hell would you deploy Talking to people who are still being sent over to Iraq, which at first I found hilarious because we "ended combat operations" over there, like 4 times already. nescience fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Jan 5, 2015 |
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Yeah, congratulations on being the next edition of the exposure to burn pits list.
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psydude posted:how's everyone's peacetime army experience goin? From HHC XO to Rear-D XO  I don't have enough alcohol for this
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Triggs posted:From HHC XO to Rear-D XO
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Triggs posted:From HHC XO to Rear-D XO Which general's daughter did you get caught loving to get stuck with being an XO two assignments in a row?
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Got a text during lunch. "1SG and PSG said you have to go to promotion board in two weeks." Lowly SPC here and this will be my first board. I'll google for study guides or whatever, but anyone have some basic pointers so I don't look like a complete idiot (just a half-idiot is my goal).
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Even if you don't know the real answer, sound confident in whatever answer you spit out. This applies to many things in life.
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Aranan posted:Got a text during lunch. "1SG and PSG said you have to go to promotion board in two weeks." Unless things have changed wildly in the 35T environment it means gently caress-all for you anyway. Listen to whatever more-retarded-than-usual dumb bullshit your first line tells you about knocking loudly exactly three times to prove you are a powerful and dynamic individual, sitting at the position of attention because you are a soldier at all times, maintaining eye contact because it's the only thing dogs and SNCOs understand of human body language and then skate the gently caress out of there secure in the knowledge that every moment of that experience was completely wasted and 35T never gets promoted anyway.
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SumYungGui posted:Unless things have changed wildly in the 35T environment it means gently caress-all for you anyway. Listen to whatever more-retarded-than-usual dumb bullshit your first line tells you about knocking loudly exactly three times to prove you are a powerful and dynamic individual, sitting at the position of attention because you are a soldier at all times, maintaining eye contact because it's the only thing dogs and SNCOs understand of human body language and then skate the gently caress out of there secure in the knowledge that every moment of that experience was completely wasted and 35T never gets promoted anyway. Ha, no. It's still the same from what I can tell. Even if I blow them away, it means gently caress all because promotion points. I'll just stare everyone down and yell loudly. Seems to be how everything else in the Army works, anyway. 
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God, I forgot what an insane ritual the board is.
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Bring the heads of thirteen slain enemies to the board. Refuse to leave until promoted.
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Full Battle Rattle posted:God, I forgot what an insane ritual the board is. I give it a year before you can't count awards gotten during OIF/OEF for promotions.
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Vasudus posted:I give it a year before you can't count awards gotten during OIF/OEF for promotions. As if the BS COAs some junior enlisted got screwed with instead of awards counted in the first place.
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:As if the BS COAs some junior enlisted got screwed with instead of awards counted in the first place. I don't think COAs counted anyway. I was talking about real awards though. Dudes got hella jelly in the 90s and wouldn't let real awards given in wartime situations count because it was an "unfair advantage".
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Aranan posted:Got a text during lunch. "1SG and PSG said you have to go to promotion board in two weeks."
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Just sound confident. I sat in on a board and one of the few questions that were infantry related was the max effective range of a 203. It's something like 400m. Dude said 800m. are you sure it's 800m? I'M POSITIVE SARNTThere were a few moments where he was blatantly wrong but they liked his confidence and he passed. Study, but don't put as much pressure on yourself as everyone else because it's really, really loving easy.
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Aranan posted:Got a text during lunch. "1SG and PSG said you have to go to promotion board in two weeks." They should put out a..... forget what it is called exactly, but it's a list of everyone who is going to the board and a list of all members of the board and the topics they will be covering. Now I feel like an idiot for not remembering what it is called. Get that, and study all topics listed. Also remember like the morning of the board to check the news and find a good 2-3 important world events- people like to overlook this but SGM always likes asking about current events after you give your bio. Also unit history- definitely know the unit crest and what all the symbols mean, and a basic timeline going back to the unit's inception. Medal of honor winners from the unit, too, if you have any. This was for infantry boards, but I imagine any Army board is going to start with you giving a bio about yourself, some unit history, and current events. Also make sure you knock on the door like a man, for some reason in this stupid mickey mouse ritual that is important. There is a book that they sell at the PX that's called like "Passing the Board" or something, and it is full of commonly-asked questions. Worth picking up, or ask around your unit because someone is bound to have one. Justin Tyme fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Jan 6, 2015 |
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Your thinking of the Memorandum of Instruction(MOI) for his unit board. He should be able to pick it up from his company training room or S1, it will list what hot army topics will be covered by each board member, poo poo like unit history, CLS, Sharp and EO regs!
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TPSDude posted:Your thinking of the Memorandum of Instruction(MOI) for his unit board. He should be able to pick it up from his company training room or S1, it will list what hot army topics will be covered by each board member, poo poo like unit history, CLS, Sharp and EO regs! I got mine like two days before the board because my training room was such a joke. Go straight to s1.
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You guys are thinking way too hard about this. http://www.armystudyguide.com/
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not clicking that link on principle. never going back to that lovely site.
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:not clicking that link on principle. never going back to that lovely site.  i hovered over the link for a second and then i was like "gently caress that, don't even want to see anything even tangentially related to the army"
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Mike-o posted:
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Spicy Guacamole posted:If you're going to the board, you've really already been selected for promotion What magical world do you live in where this is true? It sure as gently caress isn't one 35T's inhabit.
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Infantry you were either golden long before you walked through the door or sent there as a joke and / or warning to others. I think I only ever saw one person not get promoted and that was because we has the 12 mile EIB march the same morning as the board and his feet got hosed up so he just didn't show up instead of having to hobble around in dress boots that didn't fit right.
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