2019-2023 Marine Thread: Maybe the 2017 Army thread with a new coat of paint

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CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Phuzzy posted:

Crossposted from the YOSPOS sec thread because LOL

Joe's gonna have his ruck rooted and his rifle's firmware 0wn3d

Exploding lithium ion batteries for every device!

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CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Mike-o posted:

it's gonna be weird getting porn malware on your augmented reality oakleys while you're in a firefight

"I think Dave's been shot?! He's just standing there!"

"Nah man, that schoolgirl porn popped up again, he's not shot. He's aroused."

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 20:23

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

mlmp08 posted:

"Power will return to your combat systems when you complete your cyber awareness training."

"Please re-insert your CAC card to begin using your combat system"

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Jan 19, 2017

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 21:02

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Wasabi the J posted:

Counterpoint: Navy Chiefs are unrepentant douches.

loving Christ I'm so mad thinking about the Chiefs I had to work with. And their stupid goddamn tradition, and book.

Like most senior NCOs are douches, but chiefs take that poo poo to a new level. I say this as someone who loved militaria, traditions, and had other goofy ideals about the military growing up.

Air Force Chiefs are hit and miss. Some genuinely are very good and awesome leaders.

.....others are just douchebags racing to get the maximum amount of retirement pay possible at the expense of every and all airman they can find, drat the consequences.

Mr. Nice! posted:

gotta remember, we're talking about SNCO chiefs, not warrant officer chiefs. Navy warrants are pretty solid.

So was I. We don't have WO anymore :smith:

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Jul 12, 2018

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CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

pkells posted:

Trying to help out a coworker who�s in the Marine Reserves who�s unit seems to really suck.

She�s going on 6 month CONUS orders later this year, and is worried that her E-4 base pay will be a big pay cut, especially with a mortgage (it will be, she�s an engineer). I know with the Air Force, she�d obviously get base pay, BAS, and BAH on top of lodging and M&IE rates for the locality automatically. Is this a standard DOD thing, or is it branch specific?

She thought she heard that she wouldn�t get BAH because she�d be getting paid for lodging in her TDY spot, which sounds absurd, but her chain isn�t really answering her questions. BAH is an entitlement, right?

Just trying to make sure she�s not getting hosed over here.

I�m also trying to get her to commission into the Air Guard, because if you�re going to be doing one weekend a month in uniform, it�s way better to be an O in the Air Guard than a junior enlisted in the USMCR

ex-USAF here, but should be fairly universal: They should be paying her BAH, TDY doesn't mean you don't get BAH or I would've been hosed anytime I went TDY. Something is up and she needs to escalate. She is entitled to BAH, BAS, etc especially if she is going on orders.

Her TDY billeting should always be a different thing from BAH, if its off base you pay for it with your Military Card, if its on base billeting then its covered, but it doesn't count against your BAH.

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Jan 26, 2021

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CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

But, there�s poo poo in the reserves/guard that are kind of like active duty but don�t count. I�m not spun up on all of them.. Reservists should be.

I think the rule of thumb was if the orders are less than a certain amount of time you don't get BAH, but 6 month orders should totally fall outside that window. When I was ANG I think it was you don't get BAH if you are only on orders for 2 weeks or less.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2021 17:11

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Carteret posted:

Or, and hear me out, her unit may be as scummy as mine was and cut 29 day orders with a day or two in between for 4 months in a row!

Yes I knew this was hosed, but I was just ready to GTFO

How the hell is that allowed? That's something I'd bring up to the Defense Services or something.

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CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Eason the Fifth posted:

Terminal Lance: Insider Threat?

Terminal Lance is Jesus from that Chick Tract "And they hated him because he told the truth"

# ¿ Aug 19, 2022 21:42

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