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TBeats posted:I was suicidal and told my section leader that I was getting more and more angry and depressed every single day and his response was "it's Korea, we are all angry and depressed." He was right though. 
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Pesticide20 posted:And a rich history of slaughtering native Americans We get it. You like the Cav. Quit being so obvious.
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Vahakyla posted:So, I haven't been assigned a unit yet when I checked my AKO and we got a dumb brief on how we select preferences in AKO if we haven't gotten an assignment yet. It doesn't matter. I'm in charge of putting people places and can assure you that we bring in one of those party ticket machines, with names in it, up to the 4 star's office and full bird colonels grab whatever they can for their brigades. This is a representation of what it looks like: 
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Kaliber posted:Demoted back down to LTC after 3 months for forging his APFT's for almost 3 years. gently caress that fat gently caress who had to get goddamn liposuction because all his NCO and a few of his officers filed IG complaint after IG complaint about him being an overweight piece of poo poo who never ever took an APFT. He must have been a huge rear end in a top hat.
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cravius posted:Looks like I'm going to ranger school, gently caress me I guess Good for you. Just remember: the cadre do not feel any compunction about letting you march 10 miles in the wrong direction so check your coords/asmuth and have your buddy check them too.
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TheAlphaChaser posted:Dudes. I dropped my UQR today after getting into a few top 15 grad schools. Got a mixture of "nothing but unemployment for miles" and "take me with you." This was the first day I've been truely happy about the future in awhile. Six month countdown starts now. God bless you. I'm at 9 months and counting.
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Aranan posted:Wish me luck, I'm about to have an army surgeon give me a new face. I'm sure nothing will go wrong, right? 
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:can't wait for Mustang to be made the scapegoat for his soldier's dying in Iran because of some *insert ARBITRARY BULLSHIT LIKE WEARING KNEEPADS* Seriously. Every casualty report must include the status of all the PPE the Soldier was wearing/not wearing.
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psydude posted:Well if you were in between 1991 and 1998 it apparently entitles you to talk about how pussified our military has gotten over the last 16 years and how Donald Trump is going to make it great again. So that's something. Uh, I joined then. Stress cards were the thing back then.
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Carteret posted:Stress cards have been the poo poo the cycle after yours got since probably the civil war, it seems. Things were pretty easy in the 90's army I thought. Although it was funny to see all the poo poo talkers suddenly develop surprise illnesses when 9/11 happened and the war(s) kicked off.
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Naked Bear posted:Worst nightmare. Low-intensity conflict and insurgency I can handle, but being soaked in a chemical environment? gently caress. No. Anything at all goes wrong and you're dying a horrible death. I take it you saw the videos with the rabbits and goats?
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Mustang posted:Direct commision folks go through OCS in their own special company but live in the same barracks. While the candidates more or less live in an almost basic training environment the direct commision folks are already officers, wear civies after 1700 or whenever their day ends and hang out outside on their cell phones and get to eat at the DFAC like normal people. Are you talking about OCS, or OBC? Because direct commissions don't go through OCS. I just direct commissioned an E-7 (it took a stupid 8 months to get the dumb paperwork done) and all he's got to do is go to OBC and get back to the unit to start doing officer "work".
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Mustang posted:OCS. It just changed then because I definitely had a direct commision company in class while I was going through. I mean maybe they call it OBC or something but it's part of 3-11 IN, the OCS BN and housed in the same barracks. Why are they going to Officer Candidate School if they've already commissioned? If they're going to send them, why even direct commission? The E-7 I direct commissioned already had a degree and met all the requirements so it was just a paper signing (that took 8 months) to get him his gold bar. Now he's just got to go to OBC (Officer Basic Course, I think the term is BOLC now) and that's just for DMOSQ.
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Mustang posted:It's to teach the direct commision people the basics of being in the Army without sending them through BCT. The E-7 you're talking about obviously doesn't need to go because he's been in the Army for a while. Oh, so they're like nurses and stuff? My wife got offered CPT by a medical recruiter a couple months ago. I slapped the phone out of her hand.
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I would think that the IRR, like the National Guard, is completely different from what it was pre-9/11. I've actually been in schools, and deployments, with several IRR guys. So I'd assume they'd have I.D.'s and access just like everyone else.
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Carteret posted:I got my tax return all year round. Everything considered, I owe like 70 bucks to the fed. This is very good. It means you didn't give them a free loan.
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80s James Hetfield posted:I want to re-enlist just to actively post in this thread. Active Army 2000-2004, 95B hell yeah. There are no 95B's anymore. It's been "updated" to 31 series now. 
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DoktorLoken posted:I mean the exchanges can have some legit good deals. I bought a 15" Macbook Pro at the Navy Exchange this Christmas and saved over $500 off the normal price and got another $80 in rewards for the purchase. Although the online stores for the exchanges are going to be open to veterans now, so tax free electronics at good prices. Your HR officer could fix that "no IRR" thing in a jiffy if you want.
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DoktorLoken posted:Hmm, how so? By amending your discharge to transfer you to the IRR. You'll probably need to do a letter requesting it. I don't know what you're rank is, or what level of command you are at, but it isn't terribly difficult. First step is talking to your HR person about it. *edit* And then get smart on the IRR retirement. You can still get a 20 year retirement from the IRR. spacetoaster fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Feb 18, 2017 |
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DoktorLoken posted:I was told an IRR transfer isn't possible because I have no time remaining on my contract; this came from my state's G1. I'm mid level M-Day enlisted in the ARNG, so it's not like I can just walk 100 miles to S1 and have them figure it out and even then, I have doubts about people taking the effort to actually do anything to assist at this point. That was sort of my idea if I did the IRR route, finding the easiest way possible to get a good year. You don't really have to walk 100 miles anymore. Computers and phones are everywhere these days. If you're mid-lvl surely you have some fulltimer friends with a 42 series job? I'm not being facetious, I was a BDE S-1 many years ago and helped process these things often. You might also try talking to your closest reserve component unit as they'll know a lot more about it. Getting good years in the IRR is fairly simple as you'll be assigned to a reserve unit of some type and you can call them whenever you've got some time off and see what types of duty they have available for you. My buddy got assigned to some training regiment and he'll call them up twice a year and get sent off to help run some kind of training site for a few weeks at a time.
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Justin Tyme posted:What happens when you retire in the IRR? Pensions? It's similar to the other reserve retirements. You need 50 points for a good year. You get 15 points automatically just for being in, then 1 point for every day of duty, 2 points for official drill days. Once you obtain 20 good years you can retire, get the retired I.D. card, Tricare retired, etc. But you don't draw your pension until 60 (minus any deployed time, for every 90 days deployed they take 90 days off of 60 post 2008). If you've got active duty years those count towards the retirement and you get 365 points for each of those years. There is a multiplier for your points (as in a $$ multiplier) so you when you retire you just multiply your points by the $$ multiplier to know how much your pension will be. (the $$ multiplier is based on rank, an E-9 will get a better multiplier than an E-7) There is a retired reserve that I recommend reserve folks who've retired get into. If you do you get cost of living increases whenever they get approved and when you do reach 60 your check will be higher. If you choose not to enter the retired reserve your check will be exactly what it was 20 years ago when you retired. spacetoaster fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Feb 19, 2017 |
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Zeris posted:Friendly reminder! I don't know why this is. (institutes a zero defect policy) 
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TheAlphaChaser posted:100% agree. And while the blame lies somewhere in the middle it won't stop being a problem until echelon's at DIV and higher start removing requirements rather than adding. And that will probably happen around the same time we have a PT program that makes sense. Objective T will fix that. (not really, but it's a start)
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Steezo posted:I have met, in the army, people who were terrified of having to fire their weapon because of the loving overcomplex ROE and leadership later in the war meant they're hosed no matter what. I deployed to Iraq in 2003 and again in 2010. The difference made me 
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Mustang posted:I wonder what it was like in the Army before cell phones. While they're a great tool it's really loving irritating how it easily enables higher to micromanage everyone below them. I was in then. Hell, I was in before email was a thing (and am still in because I'm dumb). When you got off work and left you disappeared. Literally. Everyone had a home phone, but you could just ignore it and the person calling would have to assume you were not at home and out doing whatever. If you were a real important big dog you might tell the CQ ,or whatever, that you'd be at a certain bar and they could try and call there to get you.
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Mike-o posted:I never used it for work somehow. When we all started getting those first cell phones nobody had really changed over to asking for people's home AND cell phone. There was always just one place for a number and everyone just put in their home number. Also reception was terrible back then so you wanted the home number anyway.
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DoktorLoken posted:Check if your AIT has some sort of agreement with a local educational institution. This. It's how I got my first master's degree cheap and easy.
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benem posted:CSMs and PLs actually have pretty similar roles - they are both entirely unnecessary to their organization's mission, but are told by both themselves and the army that they are REAL IMPORTANT motherfuckers. Thus, they typically spin their wheels and kick up pointless poo poo everywhere in an attempt to justify their presence. Well, PL's are there to get experience so that they can make it as commanders later in military life.
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MurderBot posted:Im going to join the army and make a difference guys. Anybody ever gotten a positive counseling? I hear commander's say that they're possible, but I ain't never seen one.
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Woof Blitzer posted:Think of the benefits, like: and such as
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Soulex posted:Tell me about your dead friend when we are swapping fun stories and I won't hang out with you anymore. 4 realz. Go drink alone like a normal person.
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Kaliber posted:My soldier's grandmother/adoptive mother just got out of surgery today and was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I told my PSG about this on Sunday to be ready for a Red Cross message and a leave form. He didn't respond to my voicemail or txt message. Reminded him about the surgery today and just got a "So?" Just pass the word to the Soldier/family to call their congressman RIGHT NOW. This will do a few good things. Everyone from the Division Commander on down will be made aware of the situation. And when they find out about what this PS/PL did they will fire a sabot into their chests. And the Soldier will be on leave to go see his grandmother very quickly and nobody will give him trouble. *edit* I don't "normally" recommend this option. I would normally say you should use the CO's open door policy, but you're on a short fuse here. Holy cow it will make stuff happen IMMEDIATELY. **edit** Also, this goes without saying, but keep your mouth shut about you being the one to tell them to call the congressperson. spacetoaster fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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Kaliber posted:I already told him to take off and I'm signed him out as soon as I released the guys for the day. But I'll give him a heads up about the congressman route as soon as he calms down a bit. Or I'll have him call my LT's mom who's a congresswoman..... At this point it would be best if someone (a really hardass aunt or something) just made a complaint about the situation to their congressman. An investigation will be initiated and the failures will get hung. It will also remind everyone in the CoC that this stuff is very important and you might just save a future Soldier some hassle.
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Zeris posted:What's his pt score Good question. Pesticide20 posted:I'm fairly It's really best if it's a family member who can do it. Upset constituents have the most power.
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right now and if Kaliber can PM the name of the dude's congressman and some unit info I wouldn't mind calling and complaining.
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A Bad Poster posted:My last unit had people fill out loco parentis statements or something like that, so they could prove who raised someone if they got a Red Cross message. I'm wondering how this is even a thing platoon leadership could cover up. Any death of a blood relative (or adopted, whatever) was battalion commander wakeup criteria when I was at that level. And it was all handled at the BN level too. Company commander can get f'ed if they didn't like it. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Suntan Boy posted:asking your branch manager super nicely for a specific assignment This is good advice. If you don't know who your branch manager is, find out. And start talking to them. Some of them want to help those who show the initiative. Kaliber posted:I already talked to my Soldier's wife about calling her congressman Nice. Make sure she understands to NEVER MENTION THAT YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. As a civilian spouse nobody will dare to mess with her. If the congressional investigation starts you act just as dumbfounded as everyone else.
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Have you guys had your transgender policy training yet? There's an vignette on what to do when a male Soldier gets pregnant. It's pretty cool.
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A Bad Poster posted:Saw a Mercedes SUV with big decals on the back window of a CIB, HALO badge, Bronze Star, and SF crest. Muh valer!
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A Bad Poster posted:Looking forward to seeing the stories about how the Staff Sergeant got a Bronze Star, but the Specialist got an AAM with a C for the same thing, and the argument that will ensue. Also waiting for the first person to have an award with "VCR" on it having to explain that to someone. That just comes down to whoever did the write up of the award (or the unit). I got an award for a thing (with no V), but dudes from a different unit at the same thing got a V. At the time nobody really knew anything about how to write up a V and we'd had bad experiences with them getting constantly getting kicked back, so it was easier to just put in a normal 638 with nothing additional.
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