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Justin Tyme posted:It Came From Facebook: Retired in 1998. They still do this huh?
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Kiryen posted:So far as I can tell this is what TPUs do in every Brigade HQ in the reserves. Or go to the PX. Whenever I go there on the weekend, I can tell when it's a drill weekend by the number of people in ACUs I see in the PX/Commissary/Food Court.
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May 1, 2015 13:40
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RichieHimself posted:Before I left for basic my Grandpa, who was in the army during the 50s, told me to never be first and never be last in anything. He didn't explain why, but I quickly realized how valuable that advice is in a culture where the best and the worst get buttfucked regularly while those in the middle can avoid the worst of it. My drill sergeant yelled at me around week 6 or 7 because he didn't know who the gently caress I was and thought I wandered into the wrong platoon. Ppop was proud. Before I left for basic, my Dad, who was in the army during the Korean War, told me that, as well as "never volunteer for anything." Worked pretty well for me.
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May 21, 2015 16:53
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Geirskogul posted:After four years the army finally did some dental work, totalling 7 root canals in one visit in January. But no crowns, because the Army doesn't do crowns apparently, then they sent me on deployment and three of my teeth have exploded. You just need to get the right dentist. True story from the Black Boot Army days. Was PCSing from Germany and was clearing the Dental Clinic and they said I needed to have a tooth filled. Three months later at Meade, the filling falls out. I go on Dental sick call and get the filling replaced. Three months later, the same filling falls out. Back to Dental sick call. This time, I get a civilian dentist who is a Reservist doing his 2 weeks AT. He informs me that what fell out wasn't the filling, but the half of my tooth that had rotted away. Evidently, when the filling fell out the first time, the Army dentist just filled it again without cleaning it out or anything. He proceeds to repair what's left of my tooth with a gold crown. Gotta love that free dental.
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May 28, 2015 18:20
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quote:"While we are all proud of our individual accomplishments, when training in the field, we're building a team and do not need to focus, or be distracted, by our own or others' individual accomplishments," said Maj. Kevin Boyd, spokesman for the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Sounds like somebody read a new management book or something. 
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Jun 19, 2015 14:05
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SumYungGui posted:Hey now, there's a spectrum of this retardation. Joined, re-upped, went lifer. Some people don't go full retard on this military thing. Went lifer here. Guess that's why I'm "US Army, Retarded."
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Aug 7, 2015 13:36
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Ace of Baes posted:The first one That's how I did it.
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Aug 25, 2015 17:03
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Obstacle2 posted:There was no rationale. There was nothing to do and we weren't allowed to leave the company area. This would not have happened when I was a 1SG. Or if it did, the person responsible would have physically had their rear end(es) kicked.
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Sep 9, 2015 22:31
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Kiryen posted:Pretty much anything you deal with at Ft. Hood is really like dealing with the worst aspects of the DMV and the military rolled together. God this was so true even in the early to mid '80s.
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Sep 10, 2015 22:31
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Aranan posted:My only hope is that sometime in the next year or so, someone will post asking about the 35T MOS and I can laugh at them when they join. This could probably go for any MOS in the MI field.
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Sep 16, 2015 12:19
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Sad King Billy posted:As someone who isn't even American, let alone in the military, I find myself curious about the various brigades and divisions in the army. There's a reason the 101st Airborne Division is called the "one-oh-worst."
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Sep 30, 2015 12:16
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:
Never got this. They send E8/E9s to a year-long school to be CSMs, then all they do is check police call and tell people to keep off the grass/get a haircut.
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Oct 3, 2015 17:55
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SumYungGui posted:Seriously the best thing you can ever do to get back at every rear end in a top hat you ever meet in the military is to get out. Just get out, and every time you even get close to getting mad just think of them still being in. Or retire early, get a sweet job with a contractor, and then laugh at them while they bag your groceries at the Commissary.
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Oct 30, 2015 12:56
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Delizin posted:Try getting a conviction for littering in the mean time. See if that still works. Don't forget creating a public nuisance.
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Nov 28, 2015 04:15
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spacetoaster posted:I don't know how old you guys are, but I joined back in the last century before everyone had a cell phone. Unless you were unfortunate enough to be issued a pager. I retired in 1998 and it took me until 2004 to finally break down and get a cell phone because of this "being on call" bullshit.
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Mar 1, 2016 00:50
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SumYungGui posted:Now I'm out and I exercise on my own and yet somehow I manage to not injure myself on a regular basis all while not wearing a reflective belt. Amazing how that works.
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Mar 18, 2016 12:29
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Ace of Baes posted:How does it feel to know you wasted 20 years of your life and ruined your brain in exchange for a pittance and benefits that most other countries offer to their citizens for free? Well, since I live here, at least I have the pittance and the benefits.
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Mar 29, 2016 17:00
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:The best part of being in the army is being retired from the army.
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Apr 14, 2016 12:09
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:daily reminder that the army can forever suck my balls And my pension. 
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Apr 24, 2016 23:02
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Icon Of Sin posted:while reaching up and stroking my sweet freedom beard No beard, but I have a very, very non-reg mustache. Probably Article 15-worthy.
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May 3, 2016 12:19
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Yep. That's about all CSMs did when I was in. That and check police call.
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May 3, 2016 16:54
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Mike-o posted:Did they also get arrested for child molestation? No, but I once had to escort an E6 from my unit to the brig who did.
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May 3, 2016 21:04
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Soulex posted:593rd ESC? 902d MI Group.
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May 4, 2016 11:56
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Ace of Baes posted:I also started quoting 670-1 word for word anytime someone said something and they usually walked away after the first paragraph. I did this whenever someone tried to give me poo poo about my mustache.
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Jun 7, 2016 21:48
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Drink water and walk it off pussy Take two salt tablets and drive the gently caress on.
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Jun 16, 2016 01:43
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bulletsponge13 posted:After dealing with the Med Retirement system for 5 years, I finally found out what my Army Retirement will be. At least it's tax-free.
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Jun 16, 2016 21:32
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Vasudus posted:got a bsm despite being e5 for my tour award When I was in Desert Storm, everybody E5 and above got at least a BSM.
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Jun 26, 2016 01:17
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spacetoaster posted:My father told me this. He told me how, in Vietnam, he slept in a ditch and ate cold garbage. And how, right across the street, the Air Force dudes where snug and comfortable. THIS.
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Jun 26, 2016 01:19
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I think the next time I get laid off I'm just going to move near an army base and start my own business making CIF rubber stamps.
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Jun 27, 2016 22:52
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When I was on Embassy Duty, me and the Gunny from MSG were the last ones to leave a reception at the Ambassador's residence. We basically drank all the beer we could in two hours.
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Aug 7, 2016 00:27
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Fudge posted:I think this is part of their job. Along with organizing groups of soldiers to police up mulch and rocks, ensuring no one is parking in the Reserved for [blank] spots that shouldn't be there, making sure no one walks on the grass, and saying insufferably stupid poo poo for 30+ minutes every Friday about battle buddies and then getting legit mad when everyone in the battalion wasn't literally holding hands all weekend to ensure no one got a DUI/beat their wife/died in a motorcycle accident. It takes a year of school to learn that?
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Aug 12, 2016 01:10
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CommieGIR posted:We still get calls from car loan and creditors at our unit in our office. Ah yes. Memories from Hood, "This the Provost Marshal's office. You need to bring PFC Shitforbrains over here. The Sheriff is here with a warrant for his arrest for delinquent loans/bad checks/unpaid tickets."
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Aug 12, 2016 01:18
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Retardog posted:I still have the ones I got when I got to my first unit. They say my religion is Pirate. Retired in '98. Still have the ones I was issued in Basic Training in a drawer somewhere.
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Aug 13, 2016 21:50
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Whipped Buttcheeks posted:Europe Army = the only way to Army. We need to make the Cold War great again. Best 3 tours I did out of my whole 20 years.
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Aug 18, 2016 03:09
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Two advantages to learning how to drive a manual: 1. You can drive anything. 2. If you own a car with a manual, you have less chance of it being stolen because so few people know how to drive one. When I was in, most of the vehicles (jeeps, Deuce and 1/2s, etc.) were manual. We all had to learn because pretty much everybody E-4 and below was a driver when we went to the field.
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Aug 18, 2016 12:22
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Zeris posted:Remember how after the industrial revolution they exclaimed we'd all have 5 hour work weeks because every bit of necessary labor was so easily accomplished through automation? Remember how were going to be "paperless" by the end of the 1990s?
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Aug 23, 2016 21:47
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Syrian Lannister posted:Hell when I was in bag-phones were just starting to hit the market, and pagers were in their infancy. My last assignment before retirement, I had to carry a pager 24/7. This is probably why I was one of the last people on earth to get a cell phone when they became ubiquitous.
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Aug 26, 2016 11:59
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:All loving
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Sep 26, 2016 02:23
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:never once was in an Airborne unit; sang C130 about 20,000 times. BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE GET A' UGLY WIFE AND A MESSED UP LIFE IN THE ARRRMY.
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J.A.B.C. posted:Fort Drum or Fort Stewart? I'm a civilian contractor on an AF base who doesn't have Columbus Day off as one of our holidays. We have the day after Thanksgiving instead. Since the base is closed on Monday, I get to bring home my laptop and "work from home" on Monday. gently caress you if you're still in.
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