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Kaliber posted:I didn't write his. His old platoon leadership did it. The e7 who loved him to death gave him an AAM or something. Hell, I don't even think it was me that handed him his award. But I know he got one because he never asked for a memo of lateness when he was clearing. Apparently you can't even PCS/ETS without an award or a memo stating why you didn't get one. What the gently caress? This dude gets one and I get a letter stating I was too fat to get one? MODS!?
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I thought ETS awards were optional. (I did leave active in 93)
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I never got one, or even put in for one as far as I knew. The only award I wanted at that point was my DD-214.
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Pretty much all my awards are impact awards. I got 1 for PCS.
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At the very least it was the rule at Benning a few years back. There was some fuckery with it though, I don't think I officially had it because battalion or troop or whatever it was takes forever and I got my "get the gently caress out broke dick" orders with 4 weeks before I was supposed to start terminal leave. But there was something something something and it ended up on my DD214.
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Sep 8, 2017 03:50
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I told them to mail me my ets award and I gave them the wrong address to mail it to.
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Like I said before, it doesn't matter now and I'm sure I could write my congressman blah blah blah. I wasn't even offered it, and that kinda disrespect was stupid. Especially because I had 3 impact awards (2 AAM and 1 ARCOM) for kicking rear end but as soon as I couldn't do PT I was a piece of poo poo. More importantly I was a piece of poo poo who couldn't do crossfit and said it was going to hurt someone. It's easy to zero the worth of something if you have it. Won't happen if you don't. That goddamn carrot.
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I didn't get poo poo when I got med retired, except a pension.
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bulletsponge13 posted:I didn't get poo poo when I got med retired, except a pension. This is my silver lining. This is why I shut up. Not to you.
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Mustang JRTC is going to be exceptionally worse
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I'm surprised the Army doesn't have a brigade-sized mountain training center to complete the trifecta of terrible terrain.
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PTA is pretty lovely. On a mountain/volcano. Not exactly mountaineering though.
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In fact I and everyone I know would rather do a month or more at NTC than do the two weeks at PTA.
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psydude posted:I'm surprised the Army doesn't have a brigade-sized mountain training center to complete the trifecta of terrible terrain. When are we going go get ourselves into a land war involving mountainous terrain?
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Sep 14, 2017 00:38
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Next week, when we invade Italy.
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16 years ago next month.
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psydude posted:16 years ago next month. Holy gently caress how has it been that long?
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Speaking of NTC, no fatalities yet, but they have flipped over three strykers so far. Also, this 
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Recruiters looking for volunteers to station at JRTC and NTC are Emailing. Did you know NTC is right by Vegas and JRTC is basically in New Orleans?
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Only 3 short hours from Vegas!
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mlmp08 posted:Recruiters looking for volunteers to station at JRTC and NTC are Emailing. Did you know NTC is right by Vegas and JRTC is basically in New Orleans? YOU CAN HELP TRAIN THE GREATEST FIGHTING FORCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE THAT IS SO NOBLE HOOAH????
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I like offending the people who work at Fort Irwin by talking about how much it sucks. "At least you don't have to live here!"
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redneck nazgul posted:When are we going go get ourselves into a land war involving mountainous terrain? 
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I got offered 25D with a direct promotion to six if I stay. Nope.
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Battlefield commission or bust.
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Vahakyla posted:Battlefield commission or bust. Overrated.
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Wasabi the J posted:I got offered 25D with a direct promotion to six if I stay. How long of a commitment did they want? E6 is the lowest slot available so it's a given. My unit has been trying to sell 25D as the promised land to help retention but at 14 weeks I really can't imagine the training being that useful. Also "go to 25S school/BLC(when funding permits), wait for a slot to open, wait two years as E5, do ALC (and funding) then apply for 25D" is a laughable plan.
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Cyks posted:How long of a commitment did they want? E6 is the lowest slot available so it's a given. I'm already a 25S and I want my legal weed. gently caress the army.
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I thought 35q was the cool kids club anyway.
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25D seems to be offering fat stacks for NCOs too, if they aren't allergic to three more years. (Leik me)
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Pretty much the whole of 14, 25, and 35 series are on the front page of goarmy.com and offering both enlistment and reclass bonuses.
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mlmp08 posted:Pretty much the whole of 14, 25, and 35 series are on the front page of goarmy.com and offering both enlistment and reclass bonuses. Not over twelve years in service they're not. And they hosed me on my reenlistment bonus anyway, so nah.
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Wasabi the J posted:I'm already a 25S and I want my legal weed. gently caress the army. Was also a 25S. Are they still doing that crazy test to get into 25D? We had guys scoring like 50 out of 800 and were told it was a good score....
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That Bragg thing was a SF demo class. 4 dead so far.
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Syrian Lannister posted:That Bragg thing was a SF demo class. 4 dead so far. gently caress. Wasabi the J posted:Not over twelve years in service they're not. And they hosed me on my reenlistment bonus anyway, so nah. Yeah, YMMV. But I watched a couple different schoolhouses suddenly fill to the brim with transition NCOs/E-4s when infantry slots dried up but comms/cyber, air defense, and some intel/FA slots stayed the same or expanded.
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psydude posted:I'm surprised the Army doesn't have a brigade-sized mountain training center to complete the trifecta of terrible terrain. My BN spent two weeks at Dahlonega before going to AFG. It worked for company level stuff, and was plenty miserable. Could probably be expanded.
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I was opfor for a little over a year there. Pretty scenery, but I wouldn't want to go back and visit. Very much the epitome of a one Walmart town.
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should've stayed in for summa dat e6 pay
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Cyber Network Defender is a dumb MOS title. Why not Network Security Specialist or something.
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mlmp08 posted:gently caress. Current events thread has an article posted about it. Looked like a homemade explosives class
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