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ACAP was terrible because I already had a job but still had to sit through their lovely lectures and fill out their lovely workbook.
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Cole posted:you can actually sign a waiver to not do acap Not when you're a demobilizing reservist.
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That brings up a good point. It would save the Army a lot of time and money if they cut out everything except how to become a cop, a security guard who wishes they were a cop, or work for your uncle's construction company.
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Mar 5, 2015 04:44
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I was contacted for a position at AMU's NOC a few months back. It would have been the pinnacle of officerness - screwing over enlisteds both in and out of the service.
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Mar 5, 2015 15:50
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Can't wait for a MASCAL to occur when a rocket hits a bunch of people marching in formation and, instead of removing that retarded policy, the post requires everyone to be in full kit while marching in formation.
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Mar 6, 2015 17:25
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Suntan Boy posted:If I ever accidentally nail some Are you talking like emergency management, or safety compliance management for industry and manufacturing? In the compliance field, getting your ISO 9001 certification matters more than anything else.
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Mar 6, 2015 23:21
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Reservists/guardsmen: how many former Marines do you guys have in your unit that still refer to themselves as Marines.
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Mar 8, 2015 04:55
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It's been about 50/50 for me with former Marines. Half have been loving great, the other half have been loving terrible.
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Mar 8, 2015 05:12
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Retardog posted:From a buddy's FB: "HRC is an odd place I never want to figure out. You know you're gonna have a bad day when you roll up and a LTC is outside on a detail picking up cigarette butts in the parking lot." It may be the WTU. I had an NCO that got sent there from Afghanistan and said that they used the WTU members as the labor force on the post. He was sweeping hallways and cutting grass 10 hours a day, 6 days a week with an O4 who had finally had enough after being strung along for 2 months and left. Let that sink in for a second: the Ft. Knox WTU takes people who were injured badly enough to warrant being sent to a special unit for treatment (my NCO had hosed up his back) and makes them to do manual labor. psydude fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Mar 12, 2015 |
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Mar 12, 2015 21:59
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The only fun I've ever had at a range was at Ghazni, where the range was basically just a big pit that you could roll up to whenever and do whatever the hell you wanted.
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Mar 13, 2015 16:54
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Something about the area around Allentown. I went to college with a dude who got sent to prison for statutory rape of a 15 year old and providing alcohol to minors. . . in Allentown.
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Mar 17, 2015 00:52
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Engineer units are pretty bad because they can't make up their mind between trying to be combat arms and trying to actually be professional construction/engineering organizations. The end result achieves neither goal. e: Does CID only employ 19 year olds? Every time I dealt with them in Afghanistan it was like talking to college sophomores working on an interview for the school newspaper. psydude fucked around with this message at 14:06 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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Mar 17, 2015 14:04
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Imagine being an intel/signal TL/SL/PSG/PL and knowing that 3/4 of your Joes are bronies. lol
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Mar 20, 2015 03:27
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But is racial Tuesday still okay?
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Mar 20, 2015 19:18
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Drill as non-primary staff at a reserve brigade headquarters is the most shamtastic thing. "Well, we have nothing planned staff-wise for this morning. So uh, everyone go do what you need to do and meet back here after lunch."
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Mar 22, 2015 12:43
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Cole posted:Isn't there some kind of regulation that says you get 24 months in garrison before you deploy again? He can't stay on the rear det?
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Mar 22, 2015 21:08
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USMC503 posted:I'm not sure. I know on the reserve side, we're only supposed to deploy once every 5 years, and if we go more often, they give you a bunch of extra leave. I would imagine it'd be the same on active duty. This applies to the Army reserve as well. There's also a mandatory 24 month dwell time that can be waived by the soldier.
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Mar 22, 2015 21:49
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SumYungGui posted:If anyone is being serious about saying a regulation about dwell time will get you out of something the commander wants I'm rather impressed at your optimism. Anything like that has a skazillion and a half loopholes because gently caress you and the only thing that really matters is how bad someone up the food chain wants you to go. If they want it bad enough they'll find the paper work to cram that green weenie so far up your rear end you'll brush your teeth with it. This may have been the case back when the Army was busy taking care of the Bush Administration's back to back fuckups, but they're pretty good about honoring dwell time these days because there's a billion people chomping at the bit for some sweet stripper wife and Camaro deployment cash. Like it's to the point where it's almost impossible to get sent to Afghanistan with a 3 in MEDPROS.
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stevenolson88 posted:One of 12 senior 1LTs/junior CPTs in the battalion 3 shop right now. I come in and do PT. Check my e-mail. Nothing to do. Go to lunch. Go to the gym. Go home by 1500 every day. This is me. Show up to drill, stand in formation, do work for civilian job/master's program for 8 hours, stand in formation, go home. The NCOs have started to get mad at how informal I am. I've taken this to mean I'm behaving appropriately.
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Mar 27, 2015 23:29
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NTT posted:This will be the first year where I've got my name on a rent lease; should I be calling someone in my unit about updating my BAH? I suspect that even for 2 weeks of AT that there's to be some semblance of compensation to be had. I'm single, if that's a 'you get nothing' detail. Sub-30 day orders award type II BAH, which is based upon a flat rate. If you're ordered to active duty over 30 days (which entitles you to full active duty benefits), you'll fill out a new BAH form with your address and everything.
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White Chocolate posted:Also we are (lol) scheduled for a 33 day JRTC rotation, the second one of two back to back rotations. I don't think that they will keep the days with NYC BAH for most of my Soldiers, but I could be wrong. What are the chances of them cutting it down to 21 days? Likely? Unlikely? This is after the first change in dates to support the mission. They should be putting them on actual active duty orders, but the process for it is somewhat complex so I doubt it's going to happen. It's more likely that they're going to throw them on back to back 29 day orders.
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Mar 28, 2015 21:46
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NTT posted:Do I still need to tell someone in my unit I have a name on a lease for type 2 or is that automated and everyone gets it without much fuss? Ask your admin people, but it should still be automatic.
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Mar 28, 2015 21:47
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We had a Westpointer in my EBOLC class who was super proud of his 6 cylinder, automatic Camaro that he bought for MSRP.
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Mar 29, 2015 20:17
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Engineer BOLC was super gay and couldn't decide if it wanted to be a gentleman's course teaching civil engineering, construction project management, route clearance, obstacle integration, and mobility/countermobility/survivability planning (you know, the things that engineers actually do while deployed), or a gay as gently caress combat arms course with hooah poo poo like rucking the sapper course that's basically useless in the real world. e: Oh wait, the post OEF/OIF world is stupid poo poo like going on ruck marches so I guess my post is invalid in TYOOL 2015. psydude fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Mar 30, 2015 |
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Mar 30, 2015 02:15
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Kiryen posted:Well no, but mainly because there isn't enough money to make drill into 6 UTAs a month average instead of 4 - by which, I mean enough money to replace the 75% of the reserves that would loving quit. It's a matter of there not being enough time to fix it no matter how much money there is. My non-drill workload has plummeted since I've moved out of a line unit to become non-primary staff at the brigade level. Any day spent in drilling status is better than being on active duty, but with that being said, it's to the point where my time is worth far more than the money I make on drill weekend. I see very little value in continuing my reserve career after my service obligation provided my civilian company finds a long-term project to hold my SCI.
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Aranan posted:Isn't the army all about creating extra work for no reason which only adds to the clutter and makes it harder to keep track of things? This satisfies the other Army requirement: to have antiquated poo poo on your property book long after it's ceased to be useful or maintained.
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I think I have a PT test next weekend or something. But maybe not since I have to travel for work next week. I haven't taken one in over a year and a half due to deploying. Nor do I care.
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I made a point of never shaving before flights or convoys.
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Southern Vulcan posted:So I dunno if there is a better place to post this. Are you an army medical officer who is doing an internship, or are you a civilian who is being forced to wear ACUs?
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Southern Vulcan posted:I'm in the Army. I did HPSP which is like ROTC for medical school. I'm graduating in May so I'm starting my 7 year payback. Rockys will probably be just fine. If you ever get deployed, they'll fall apart within 15 minutes of setting feet in theater, but they're comfortable and sturdy enough for office wear and tear. And even though you're a doctor, take some time to sit down and figure out all of the gay military poo poo so you aren't that O3 running around the FST with their IOTV falling apart during an attack.
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I'm super lame and have only ever worn Bellevilles. But they seem to be indestructible: I had a pair that I wore all through ROTC, BOLC, FTXs, and 3/4 of the way through Afghanistan until they literally fell off of my feet because the sole cracked.
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Apr 15, 2015 03:47
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Southern Vulcan posted:Bellevilles from clothing and sales are what wrecked my feet. For the longest time, I didn't know you could choose your boot and I thought I was stuck with those shits for forever. You may also be buying boots that are too big. I wear a size 13 shoe, but I wear a size 11 and a half boot.
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Apr 15, 2015 12:56
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Joe bad financial decision stories are never not funny.
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Apr 16, 2015 17:57
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I was pretty adamant about refusing to get involved in people's poo poo at my level unless it was affecting their performance, was illegal/against regs, or they specifically came to me. My CO and BC would bitch about it until I pointed out that Joe maintenance was an NCO job, specifically a PSG and 1SG job.
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Apr 16, 2015 22:09
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If I ever deploy again, I'm going to set up a smuggling ring to bring American cigarettes and dip into country, because I swear to God some of my Joes would pay $10-20 per pack/tin for that poo poo every time someone got a care package.
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Apr 17, 2015 00:38
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Holy gently caress that made my morning. Every piece of it it is just so Army, including them changing the definition of "optimism" after the fact.
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Apr 17, 2015 16:32
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On a lighter note, I re watched Three Kings for the first time in like 10 years and holy drat is that a good movie.
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Apr 18, 2015 03:22
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SF units make their support people wear maroon berets? That sucks.
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Apr 18, 2015 15:47
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would much rather joes smoke than dip smoking is cool (lol who are we kidding, nobody in the army is cool); dipping is gross
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I mean smoking is pretty retarded in normal society but the rest of the stupid poo poo in the military makes it look like a reasonable passtime.
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