August Army Thread: 270 is the Battalion Standard

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Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

Anansi The Spider posted:

SHARP, the army equivalent of calling 911 as a 6 year old because your brother yelled at you.

Except now you're marked as a sex offender and can't be near your children anymore.

http://www.armytimes.com/article/20120425/NEWS/204250314/Criminal-hazing-Raped-by-his-fellow-soldiers

# ¿ Aug 1, 2014 18:34

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 01:43

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

Color me loving shocked; the Army did something smart.

http://soldiersystems.net/2014/08/02/us-army-photos-scorpion-w2-operational-camouflage-pattern-variant-army-combat-uniform/#more-83981

# ¿ Aug 2, 2014 15:19

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

They zip open on the side now, apparently.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2014 16:00

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

They're useful for tossing keys, small notebooks, ID badges, etc. in. :shrug:

Basically anything flat/lightweight that you don't want to lose.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2014 21:16

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/world/asia/afghanistan-attack.html?_r=0 :stare:

Apparently a 2 star just ate it in Afghanistan.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2014 16:19

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

I've gotten a few letters where someone lost a NIPR laptop with my entire state's personal info residing on it. Morons.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2014 00:43

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

Sometimes the Army is fun. :911:

Flying_Crab fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Aug 21, 2014

# ¿ Aug 21, 2014 02:56

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

Cole posted:

"We got 30k 5.56, 15k 7.62 and 100 .50 cal. Everyone gets to shoot 3 rounds of .50 cal"*

*semi true story. We only had 250 .50 cal for the entire company. No one above e-5 shot it, and only half of everyone e-5 and below got to shoot it.

We had 40,000 rounds of .50 alone. :smug: