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spacetoaster posted:Pretty sure it was the Republicans on the anti-slavery side during the civil war. Let me guess, the civil war was over state's rights too? edit: Welp, caught a ban in the time it took to post.
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bird food bathtub posted:Let me guess, the civil war was over state's rights too? Got banned for defending a self admitted serial sex criminal in qcs, loving owned.
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https://twitter.com/JimLaPorta/status/1164351649047031808?s=19
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No more deluded by reaction On tyrants only we’ll make war The soldiers too will take strike action They’ll break ranks and fight no more And if those cannibals keep trying To sacrifice us to their pride They soon shall hear the bullets flying We’ll shoot the generals on our own side.
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What is with MAJs being obsessed with creating meetings and then demanding tons of people be present for them despite not actually having any interest or purpose at being said meeting. "What if we have a question for you?" isn't a good reason. I'm sure it's not just MAJs though, I'm expecting plenty of dumb meetings on the civilian side too. It's just irritating that nearly every meeting I've ever been to has been a complete waste of my time.
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Meetings are a way to occupy the day and fool people into thinking that you're far busier than you really are.
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99% of my time in the army was spent making people of much higher rank than me feel important.
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Gas the Army.
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45 ACP CURES NAZIS posted:No more deluded by reaction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibVpDhW6kDQ
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colachute posted:I was more talking about the invasion of mexicans but ok bud I do know very little about that.
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Flying_Crab posted:Do they make an NDSM one? Ohio does.
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Woooooo, can't wait to travel from Alaska's balmy 60 degrees to 120 degree highs in Mosul soon. Whose bright idea was it to deploy this shitfuck brigade to Iraq anyways?
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Thump! posted:Woooooo, can't wait to travel from Alaska's balmy 60 degrees to 120 degree highs in Mosul soon. our battalion hq deployed from fort drum in the winter to iraq
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Thump! posted:Woooooo, can't wait to travel from Alaska's balmy 60 degrees to 120 degree highs in Mosul soon. Literal deja vu from me 14 years ago back in 2005. gently caress.
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The Rat posted:Literal deja vu from me 14 years ago back in 2005. Same, but from 2011. Thump! posted:Woooooo, can't wait to travel from Alaska's balmy 60 degrees to 120 degree highs in Mosul soon. Richardson or Wainwright? If Wainwright, is 1-5 still a toxic dumpster fire?
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Icon Of Sin posted:Same, but from 2011. I don’t wanna say there’s a such thing as a dumb question but I feel like this one is pretty obvious, and I’m oblivious to 1-5.
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That whole brigade was a shithole (Danny Chen’s suicide in Afghanistan put a spotlight on it) but 1-5 managed to stand out even among that crowd of cockwomblers. Still, you’re probably right, and it was dumb/naive to think anything up there could change for the better 
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Icon Of Sin posted:Still, you’re probably right, and it was dumb/naive to think anything up there could change for the better The point is that YOU are now in a place where you think things can change for the better, which means you finally put the horrific bullshit of 1-5 behind you.  But yeah you're still dumb as hell to think anything in the Army will ever improve.
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I've come to understand that an organization whose existence depends upon convincing young people to sacrifice their bodies and their minds is never going to be a great place to work.
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Which unit was it that put enlisted in literal cages when they had nothing to do?
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Carteret posted:Which unit was it that put enlisted in literal cages when they had nothing to do? 172nd out of Germany had the video, but it was mostly Joe loving around out of boredom. We would do similar poo poo in the 173d.
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The Rat posted:Literal deja vu from me 14 years ago back in 2005.
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Icon Of Sin posted:Same, but from 2011. Wainwright, and 1-5 is actually slightly better than the other battalions these days. 1-24 is the current shithead infantry batt, and 5-1 Cav is the absolute pit of idiotic insanity.
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Thump! posted:Wainwright, and 1-5 is actually slightly better than the other battalions these days. 1-24 is the current shithead infantry batt, and 5-1 Cav is the absolute pit of idiotic insanity. Checks out
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Thump! posted:5-1 Cav is the absolute pit of idiotic insanity. MAKE STUPID HAPPEN 
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Icon Of Sin posted:MAKE STUPID HAPPEN Where can I buy this shirt?
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We’re gonna make 5uic1de Squadron shirts I think
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I think the worst part about being out of the Army so far is just realizing that 95% of it was just bullshit. I also got my first VA disability check on Friday. Hahaha, they are really going to send me money the rest of my life. Crazy.
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faddypaddy posted:I think the worst part about being out of the Army so far is just realizing that 95% of it was just bullshit. Truth. But now you don't have to do it ever again.
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faddypaddy posted:I think the worst part about being out of the Army so far is just realizing that 95% of it was just bullshit. I also got my first VA disability check on Friday. Hahaha, they are really going to send me money the rest of my life. Crazy. At a minimum about every 3-5 years you’ll be re-examined to see if your rating needs to change. If your rating doesn’t change for 20 years, you are locked in for life. I’m rated 100% and have had one re-exam in 6 years. That re-exam took one of my ratings from 50% to 100%, and everything else stayed the same. So I kept my 100%. If your 100% you can petition to be declared Permanently and Totally disabled which stops the re-exams and locks you in. There’s a few bennies for Permanent and Total too. I haven’t done this yet, but it’s in the plans if it’s indeed appropriate. I want to finish up schooling and have access to VR&E first, they’re already real lovely about what they’ll let me pursue due to my ratings. Permanent and total would probably be all they need to shoot down every idea I have.
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Caveat: They’re not gonna re-examine you if you’ve got a low rating or if your disabilities can’t improve.
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Yea my back issues aren’t expected to ever resolve. Discs can’t just grow back...
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I was rated permanent and total, which I think means it can never be reduced from the current rate. edit: 100% permanent and total is what the letter said.
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I was about to say, I've been 30% for 13 years and have never been re-examined
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Carteret posted:I was about to say, I've been 30% for 13 years and have never been re-examined 40% for 10 years and no re-examinations yet.
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A really good friend of mine is heading to Jackson tomorrow for basic, then OCS, then combat engineer officer BOLC (or whatever it’s called) at 34 years old for a reserve slot. I found some air guard officer slots, but he didn’t qualify for them. Thank gently caress he listened to me and didn’t enlist in the MA army guard with the promise of “hopefully making connections and finding an officer slot” like the recruiter tried to sell him. I’ve already got some good ideas to gently caress with him during basic, but what exactly are they allowed to receive in the mail in basic? I know we couldn’t get packages in Air Force BMT, so I’m guessing it’s the same for the army?
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pkells posted:A really good friend of mine is heading to Jackson tomorrow for basic, then OCS, then combat engineer officer BOLC (or whatever it’s called) at 34 years old for a reserve slot. I found some air guard officer slots, but he didn’t qualify for them. Thank gently caress he listened to me and didn’t enlist in the MA army guard with the promise of “hopefully making connections and finding an officer slot” like the recruiter tried to sell him. Sending packages is exactly the right way to gently caress with him. But yeah, he won’t be able to keep the contents until graduation. But he’ll have to open them in front of drill sergeants.
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Richard Bong posted:40% for 10 years and no re-examinations yet. 10% for 22 years and no re-examinations yet.
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I had a reexamination last year, around the 5 year mark of getting my first check. While they don’t expect my back to get any better (worth 20%), they wanted to see if my dysthymia had. it hadn’t
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