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Army officers dont just use subordinates' bullets and add "led" or "directed" or similar to the beginning?
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Jan 24, 2015 02:54
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Nostalgia4Ass posted:Opposed amphibious landings are completely irrelevant. Amphibious landings are still a pretty effective way to put boots on the ground somewhere though. It's a gently caress ton cheaper than trying to fly in heavy stuff when you can just pull it off the ship you were on. Yeah opposed landings are irrelevant and planning for them is retarded...but retaining amphibious capability in general is a pretty cheap way to make sure the next time you need to go evacuate an embassy or ruin some terrorist camp you can just park a MEU offshore instead of having to go set up a base in the nearest friendly country. Godholio posted:Army officers dont just use subordinates' bullets and add "led" or "directed" or similar to the beginning? An Army XO (think AF exec) doesn't lead or direct anyone or anything. Other than paperwork.
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Jan 24, 2015 03:26
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Cole posted:"Commander never needed a blowjob because he had me." Sounds about right. I've spent about half of my XO time doing commander stuff anyway.
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Jan 24, 2015 04:34
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iyaayas01 posted:An Army XO (think AF exec) doesn't lead or direct anyone or anything. Other than paperwork. poo poo, even as a casual 2Lt I had a tsgt I could crib from.
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Jan 24, 2015 06:10
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I haven't been an XO for a few years so I'll probably forget some stuff. Did you have any kind of CIP on maintenance, supply room, or arms room? If you increased the numbers at all that's an easy comment. Did your training training room send up requests to land and ammo, easy facilitated training comment. If it was a range/gunnery/ect, easy to crib number of expert. I'm gonna assume that you put together the info to give to the chemo for USR, if your company upped any part of your statistics or METL then figure out a way to say you were instrumental in it. Generally the is some headquarters function listed that's an easy fit. I think I bullshitted something about being the company UMO to play it into readiness increases. Basically, get creative. If your company as a whole did anything worthwhile, you can arguably take credit if you have any ability to bullshit.
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Jan 24, 2015 23:34
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I'm balls-out stupid when it comes to travel vouchers / what to expect back money-wise and so on. Finance ain't helping much either. I'm straight-up Reservist who only saw "active," time when deployed (poo poo seemed easier then). Doing a 4 month TDY stint now to retrain has left me all a-fluster and unable to tell the Mrs. anything about anything other than that, "I turned the paperwork in." Anyone got a good, simple (stress that word) rundown on things? I'm AF Reserve and now know that there is an rear end-long wait when it comes to voucher payments, so I've got that going for me too.
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Jan 29, 2015 01:39
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Are you the only one waiting or is it a bunch of you? Out entire squadron had our vouchers shoved aside for several months before some O-6 level coordination got that poo poo sorted. Also how long has it been? Who did you give it to? DTS or something else?
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Jan 29, 2015 02:53
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From my understanding, I'm not the only one in the boat; Chief I've been in contact with has said that complaints have been made up to General level (not just for us, but for the squadron as well) so... 1st voucher got paid on a month and change past submittal - rocket-like speed from the looks of things - and my second one has been sitting in someone's in-box since late December. I'm honestly stretching my last voucher to cover my trip back home first of next week just so I can limit the amount of paperwork in the pipeline (though which may be a bad idea as yes, I'm one of those horrible shitbags when it comes to paperwork in general). Vouchers submitted via efinance to the finance people in my squadron who then kicked it on up the line when it passed their muster as far as I'm aware.
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Jan 29, 2015 03:27
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Hey, what form am I looking for to lodge my PCS/ETS travel money? I heard there was online thing available now, anybody know anything about it?
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Jan 29, 2015 21:23
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not caring here posted:Hey, what form am I looking for to lodge my PCS/ETS travel money? Voucher or request for advance?
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Jan 31, 2015 17:17
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Oh, sorry, I ended up finding it on my own. For further reference, it's DD Form 1351-2. The online thing is called SmartVoucher and is available on DFAS here: http://www.dfas.mil/militarymembers/travelpay/smartvoucher.html I'm yet to see if it works, but it seems to be more functional than most dfas poo poo so that's a good start.
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Jan 31, 2015 20:18
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I have ~2 years left in. Should I bother starting to contribute to the TSP or just open and contribute to a Roth IRA? As far as I've read you can't contribute to TSP once you're out, so I guess if I went that route I'd have to try to stuff as much as possible in before I get out. I'm just not sure if it's worth it. And yea, probably should have been doing this earlier.
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Feb 2, 2015 03:01
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Gooble Gobble posted:I have ~2 years left in. Should I bother starting to contribute to the TSP or just open and contribute to a Roth IRA? As far as I've read you can't contribute to TSP once you're out, so I guess if I went that route I'd have to try to stuff as much as possible in before I get out. I'm just not sure if it's worth it. And yea, probably should have been doing this earlier. Max a Roth IRA. If you can exceed that then start contributing to a Roth TSP with whatever else you are willing to contribute towards retirement. Returns will almost certainly be better with the IRA (provided you pick a decent fund(s) to invest in) but you're capped at $5500 a year. If you can invest beyond that you should contribute to Roth TSP because you get the same tax benefits as the Roth IRA but the capped limit is much higher (something like $17,500 a year IIRC). e: And that all assumes you are like the vast majority of Americans whose tax situation is such that they will be better off investing in a Roth-style after-tax/tax-free growth fund as opposed to a traditional tax-deferred fund. e2: And if you do have money to toss in the TSP, look at their lifecycle funds. iyaayas01 fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Feb 2, 2015 |
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Feb 2, 2015 04:08
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iyaayas01 posted:e2: And if you do have money to toss in the TSP, look at their lifecycle funds. Lifescycle funds are too conservative and get more conservative as you age. I'm 100% all in the S fund but you might want to diversify to a 40 40 20 S C I split.
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Feb 2, 2015 23:48
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Crazy Mike posted:Lifescycle funds are too conservative and get more conservative as you age. I'm 100% all in the S fund but you might want to diversify to a 40 40 20 S C I split.    Absolutely nobody in uniform should waste their time and money "diversifying" between the various TSP ponzi's. If Uncle Sam won't match, you should keep your money in a Roth IRA and just buy into the major indices tracking funds. This advice will beat 100% of any other financial advice you will ever receive in the military unless you no poo poo get a fiduciary to look after your poo poo. USAA and Navy Federal financial advisors aren't looking out for you in the least. The retards briefing you for TSP are even less interested in seeing your financial future succeed. Trust me.
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Feb 3, 2015 04:26
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OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH posted:
Unless you're already maxing a Roth IRA every year. In which case the tax benefits are likely in your favor to throw any additional retirement savings into a Roth TSP as opposed to just straight up tossing it in a non-retirement investment vehicle, with all the taxes that entails. I dunno, maybe I'm the crazy one for making it a point to max a Roth IRA every year, but since it's only $5500 annually it really doesn't seem like that much unless you're an E-2 with 5 kids or have blue squares's level of student debt/English degree combo or something. e: But yes, you should absolutely 110% be maxing a non-TSP Roth IRA before you send any money to the TSP.
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Feb 3, 2015 05:03
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Should I have gotten a separate Travel/Misc W-2 for my separation move payment? I have my regular W-2 but it looks like it only covers my last pay period and the leave I cashed in at discharge. Either that or my math is hosed up.
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Feb 3, 2015 06:42
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iyaayas01 posted:Unless you're already maxing a Roth IRA every year. In which case the tax benefits are likely in your favor to throw any additional retirement savings into a Roth TSP as opposed to just straight up tossing it in a non-retirement investment vehicle, with all the taxes that entails. EVEN IF YOUR rear end IS RETARDED (AND THEREFORE IN A UNIFORM, NOT A SUIT AND TIE WORKING FOR UNCLE SAM WITH MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS) YOU SHOULD NEVER PUT ANY MONEY INTO ONE OF THE TSP PONZI FUNDS. EVEN WITH MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS TSP PONZI FUNDS ARE LESS VIABLE RETIREMENT SCHEMES THAN A BUG OUT BAG AND A FLESHLIGHT. NOT A TYPO. Dude if you really are Roth TSP'ing it up can I get you to talk to uncle Dov? He's a fiduciary, and a stand up guy- I bet he can find you something better than a 20/20/40/20 TSP fund "diversifying" ( ) plan.
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Feb 3, 2015 07:10
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OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH posted:EVEN IF YOUR rear end IS RETARDED (AND THEREFORE IN A UNIFORM, NOT A SUIT AND TIE WORKING FOR UNCLE SAM WITH MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS) YOU SHOULD NEVER PUT ANY MONEY INTO ONE OF THE TSP PONZI FUNDS. EVEN WITH MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS TSP PONZI FUNDS ARE LESS VIABLE RETIREMENT SCHEMES THAN A BUG OUT BAG AND A FLESHLIGHT. NOT A TYPO. The Chief that spoke to us at Boot camp the moment we were being told about the TSP straight up said "You should all put 99% of your income into it, even if you get out, it'll be waiting for you as thousands when you get old enough to touch it!" Going to look into all these investment options that have nothing to do with the Navy though. Apparently my boss has like 5 different certificates with 2 banks and he just keeps plowing whatever money he makes on them into new ones. Getting paid stupid amounts of BAH and that sweet overseas cash pretty much has him set.
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Feb 3, 2015 19:33
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Pardon me if this is the wrong place to ask this! One of my good buddies has a brother who was recently deployed to Iraq. I have a mailing address for him so I was thinking of sending along a care package or two, but outside of slim jims and gummy worms (his favorite snacks) I don't really know what else to include! Can you guys come up with any good ideas? I've never been in the military myself so I have no idea what is fun/useful to have while on deployment. Thanks!
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Apr 16, 2015 18:37
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:Pardon me if this is the wrong place to ask this! Really depends on what he's doing and what his standard of living is like. If he's got his own computer, access to the internet, showers, laundry, and some kind of PX, just send whatever you would send if they were living on the other side of the country. If he's out trying to murder people every day and taking baths with 20oz bottles of water, then a box of nicotine and reading materials wrapped in 20 pairs of clean socks would be ideal.
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Apr 16, 2015 18:45
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Nm, loving thread necromancy.
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OZYMANDICKASS posted:Really depends on what he's doing and what his standard of living is like. Baby wipes(the flexible 24 resealable pack), smokes/dip, and socks. Green socks were required( corps ) but after a while it became " How low can you blouse your boots " Send a few packs of gummy bears or worms, they'll turn into gummy bricks and its the best thing in the world. Don't send anything covered in chocolate, it becomes a giant mess of licking wrappers and temptation to get it on every surface. Or do if thats his thing. I sent one of our goon brothers like 200$ in beef jerky from Big Johns who is also goon associated in the coupons subforum. Im pretty sure I got that dude gang raped by his unit because that jerky is pretty awesome.
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MaxPowers posted:Green socks were required( corps ) but after a while it became " How low can you blouse your boots " We had the biggest drill-field knob of a former-drill-instructor platoon sergeant who stressed "PRIDE IN THIS UNIFORM" even when we were washing our poo poo by hand in buckets.. but even he looked the other way on white socks. "Sorry Gram-gram, white socks disgrace this uniform and this Marine" Yeah right.
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Apr 17, 2015 00:13
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If he's in a fairly comfortable place, send him a USB drive with a bunch of current shows and movies (and porn)
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Apr 17, 2015 01:45
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MancXVI posted:If he's in a fairly comfortable place, send him a USB drive with a bunch of current shows and movies (and porn) if you do this then toss the VLC installer on there too, just in case.
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Apr 17, 2015 01:56
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Hmmm thank you for the ideas, I appreciate them! Are there any brands or cuts of socks that you guys enjoyed in particular, or should I just go with Hanes whatever? Do baked goods or things like Oreos generally make the trip over in one piece? I am not sure if he is in the business of actively killing brown people or not (he is a paratrooper) but I see him posting on Facebook now and again, so I know he at least has occasional internet access. Also I am sure I know the answer to this before I even ask, but does the government give free or discounted shipping if you are sending something to a soldier? I haven't used the post office for anything in years, but the thought just occurred to me that that is a possibility!
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Apr 17, 2015 02:17
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There's a special flat rate box for APO/FPO addresses. Follow this link and they'll send you some: https://store.usps.com/store/browse/uspsProductDetailMultiSkuDropDown.jsp?productId=P_MILI_FRB
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Apr 17, 2015 02:29
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You're also only paying to ship to NY, at that point the USPS hands it off to the military. West coast is I guess San Diego? I never cared enough to check. Trying to ship to a normal overseas address would be a lot more.
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Apr 17, 2015 03:26
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Supposedly they've consolidated it all through Chicago for some reason now. My stuff used to come through Cali but now it routes through Chicago to PACAF. I have only Postal troop rumors to account for this though and haven't read anything official.
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Apr 17, 2015 11:43
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That seems completely counterintuitive. I'm sure it's so they could slash those employees, but it can't be saving a dollar.
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Apr 18, 2015 03:01
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:Hmmm thank you for the ideas, I appreciate them! Are there any brands or cuts of socks that you guys enjoyed in particular, or should I just go with Hanes whatever? Do baked goods or things like Oreos generally make the trip over in one piece? I am not sure if he is in the business of actively killing brown people or not (he is a paratrooper) but I see him posting on Facebook now and again, so I know he at least has occasional internet access. Baked goods and oreos generally make the trip with some minor crumbling as long as you're smart with what kind of baked goods you're sending. I mail chocolate-chip-oreo cookies over to Kandahar all the time and they seem to make the trip relatively well. MancXVI posted:There's a special flat rate box for APO/FPO addresses. Follow this link and they'll send you some: https://store.usps.com/store/browse/uspsProductDetailMultiSkuDropDown.jsp?productId=P_MILI_FRB I'm pretty sure you can use normal flat rate boxes and the shipping is the same price since it's based on the fact that it has an APO/FPO address, not what kind of box it is. Either way yeah OP just make sure you ship it flat rate via USPS and you'll pay relatively normal shipping prices (since as has been mentioned with APO/FPO you're just paying to ship it to somewhere in the CONUS, at which point it gets handed off to the military). iyaayas01 fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Apr 19, 2015 |
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I was wondering if someone could help me identify these medals? They belong to my grandfather, and I'm having a hard time figuring out what the middle one and the one on the right are supposed to be. As far as I'm aware, he served at the tail end of Korea, if it matters.
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Apr 29, 2015 04:40
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JohnSherman posted:I was wondering if someone could help me identify these medals? They belong to my grandfather, and I'm having a hard time figuring out what the middle one and the one on the right are supposed to be. As far as I'm aware, he served at the tail end of Korea, if it matters. The middle one is for serving during time of war: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Service_Medal No idea about the one on the right. When did he serve and what branch was he in?
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Apr 29, 2015 05:02
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OZYMANDICKASS posted:The middle one is for serving during time of war: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Service_Medal Thanks for the help. He served in the Army in (as far as I know) the mid-fifties.
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Apr 29, 2015 05:11
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The middle one is the National Defense Service medal. It's basically a freebie if you serve during time of war or major conflict. The one on the right looks like it might be a Cold War Victory Commemorative Military Medal which isn't an official medal, but is apparently fairly popular. I can't find anything else that looks like it, but maybe a better picture would help.
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Apr 29, 2015 05:12
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Godholio posted:The middle one is the National Defense Service medal. It's basically a freebie if you serve during time of war or major conflict. The one on the right looks like it might be a Cold War Victory Commemorative Military Medal which isn't an official medal, but is apparently fairly popular. I can't find anything else that looks like it, but maybe a better picture would help. I could try and get a better picture, but it definitely looks like you're right. Thank you.
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Apr 29, 2015 05:20
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OZYMANDICKASS posted:When did he serve and what branch was he in? Godholio posted:a Cold War Victory Commemorative Military Medal which isn't an official medal, but is apparently fairly popular. Dead Reckoning fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Apr 29, 2015 05:22
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Anyone know what the branch pin on the right is? I'm not up on Army uniforms.
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Dead Reckoning posted:Anyone know what the branch pin on the right is? I'm not up on Army uniforms. Left pin is Armor, right pin is US for the good old USA
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