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Hahaha. Enjoy thisnfucking cold snap in the desert suck my dick army fuckman
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High as balls playing video games. Hate my coworkers and even my current job a little, but I'm so happy that I'm not in!
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Mustang posted:I'm at NTC too, but for LTP. Complete waste of time having me here since I only have a couple months left in position.   Soulex posted:Hahaha. Enjoy thisnfucking cold snap in the desert suck my dick army fuckman Currently freezing my rear end off in the back of a Stryker trying to keep my LT from wandering off into the wastes It’s me, I’m the idiot who re-enlisted because I thought being a sergeant was fun 
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Feb 22, 2019 14:49
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No, being a sergeant sucks, it's being a STAFF sergeant that's really fun. You just need to stay in until you pick up 6 and then everything will be great.
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Feb 22, 2019 15:20
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Loden Taylor posted:No, being a sergeant sucks, it's being a STAFF sergeant that's really fun. You just need to stay in until you pick up 6 and then everything will be great. Well I am going to ALC this summer, so I guess I’ve got that going for me
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Feb 22, 2019 15:24
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Loden Taylor posted:No, being a sergeant sucks, it's being a STAFF sergeant that's really fun. You just need to stay in until you pick up 6 and then everything will be great. Hey it’s the same lie I got as an 2LT, when they told me about being a captain and why I should stay in!
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Feb 22, 2019 15:24
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I have blc this summer and am already in a 5 slot as a cpl, you guys (and everyone else ever) are helping a lot to push me towards a warrant packet
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Feb 22, 2019 15:36
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rifles posted:I have blc this summer and am already in a 5 slot as a cpl, you guys (and everyone else ever) are helping a lot to push me towards a warrant packet Do it, from every warrant I’ve worked with and spoken with it’s the promised land
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Feb 22, 2019 15:41
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Unless you're the BDE property book officer
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Feb 22, 2019 16:40
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Mustang posted:Unless you're the BDE property book officer I'm NG and would be going for 170A with 255A as a backup. At this point I just need to grab some certs (sec+ is the big guy, I've never gotten around to taking the exam) and keep up my college grades. I'm seriously thinking about it next year as an option for me. My old NCOIC's wife is the state warrant recruiter and I definitely have the option there and meet all the guard requirements once I do BLC.
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Feb 22, 2019 19:04
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Loden Taylor posted:No, being a sergeant sucks, it's being a STAFF sergeant that's really fun. You just need to stay in until you pick up 6 and then everything will be great.
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Feb 22, 2019 19:22
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Once you hit 6, you refuse to give a poo poo Checks out.
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Feb 22, 2019 19:24
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not caring here posted:Once you hit 6, you refuse to give a poo poo
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rifles posted:I'm NG and would be going for 170A with 255A as a backup. At this point I just need to grab some certs (sec+ is the big guy, I've never gotten around to taking the exam) and keep up my college grades. I'm seriously thinking about it next year as an option for me. My old NCOIC's wife is the state warrant recruiter and I definitely have the option there and meet all the guard requirements once I do BLC. In my state there's 3 170A slots and they were all taken/being filled by existing warrants. They have like 10 255A slots open though. They still refused to wave the 3 NCOERS requirement and no way was I going to sign up for a 6 just for the opportunity to submit a packet. Being denied was probably the best thing that happened to me. You should probably talk to somebody who is actually in the know now because I don't think you are as close to being a warrant as you think. Cyks fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Feb 24, 2019 |
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Cyks posted:In my state there's 3 170A slots and they were all taken/being filled by existing warrants. They have like 10 255A slots open though. I've talked to three CW3 255As, but you're probably right. If they won't waive the NCOERs then I'll just get out and be happy making money and pursuing a masters with no guard bullshit to deal with. At this point I'm going to wait until after BLC to even reach out to my contacts and get started. Thanks for letting me know your experience; it's good to hear from people that have tried, especially with the echo-chamber every drill of "oh yeah I was gonna drop a packet but blah blah blah  " being the most of what I hear. Even talking to the chiefs I work with usually all I get is "do it you'll be good at it" and that's about the extent of their advice.
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rifles posted:I've talked to three CW3 255As, but you're probably right. If they won't waive the NCOERs then I'll just get out and be happy making money and pursuing a masters with no guard bullshit to deal with. If anyone is in SC and wants to send a PM, I went to a two day recruiting event for a program that I thought was really interesting. Basically you do your monthly drills and AT at the school house for about half a year in lieu of WOCS. Even felt like hot poo poo when the CW5 pulled me aside and said he heard good things about me and name dropped a few chiefs that weren't even there. All I had to do was stay in and get some NCOERS! (Got out as an E4 since I didn't care enough to go back to school for a new MOS and fight another list).
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Feb 25, 2019 20:42
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Cyks posted:If anyone is in SC and wants to send a PM, I went to a two day recruiting event for a program that I thought was really interesting. Basically you do your monthly drills and AT at the school house for about half a year in lieu of WOCS. Even felt like hot poo poo when the CW5 pulled me aside and said he heard good things about me and name dropped a few chiefs that weren't even there. All I had to do was stay in and get some NCOERS! (Got out as an E4 since I didn't care enough to go back to school for a new MOS and fight another list). Is this guard stuff? That's how the natty guard does their OCS program. It's 2-3 days on a weekend every month, AT for 2 weeks or w/e and in 18 months you commission as a 2LT in the guard. That or accelerated OCS which is 8 weeks.
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Deathy McDeath posted:Is there a firing range on Camp Arifjan? I don't think there is. Also, enjoy Kuwait. I have less than a month left here and never want to come back.
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Mr_Ruckus posted:I don't think there is. My favorite part of Kuwait is how it still looks exactly like it did in footage from the Gulf War 28 years ago. Flat desert, beige buildings, and everything.
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Holy poo poo, soldiers that snore should have that poo poo identified on their medical records and placed in their own barracks bays full of nothing but other snorers. Waking these mother fuckers up with their defective respiratory systems doesn't even stop them, they just go right back to being pieces of poo poo that keep other people from sleeping.
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Mustang posted:Holy poo poo, soldiers that snore should have that poo poo identified on their medical records and placed in their own barracks bays full of nothing but other snorers. Hahahahah you're either in the officer tent and just unlucky, or in the enlisted tent and dumb.
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It's a mix of officers, NCOs and junior enlisted. Neither group has a monopoly on snoring here. I've been awake since 3 am due to literally everyone around me snoring obnoxiously loud from 3 am to 6 am.
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Wasabi the J posted:Hahahahah you're either in the officer tent and just unlucky, or in the enlisted tent and dumb. Plenty of dad bod O4s and O5s with sleep apnea. It's doubly bad in the reserve/guard where there's plenty of officers who smoke.
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Feb 27, 2019 15:11
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High quality ear plugs are like $5 for fifty.
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Feb 27, 2019 15:11
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Ear plugs are worth it. My old army roommate used to basically scream snore.
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Deathy McDeath posted:Is there a firing range on Camp Arifjan? Yes. I distinctly remember getting hit in the face with hot sand in September in Kuwait shooting downrange as visibility lowered and we could barely see the targets.
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Feb 27, 2019 19:35
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My sleep apnea got identified because I was keeping everyone up during a field problem.
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Feb 27, 2019 19:36
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Betting earpro is part of Mustang's command's dumb uniform regs and he doesn't carry them
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Feb 27, 2019 20:08
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Buying your own box of Hearos for sleeping purposes is so worth it.
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A Bad Poster posted:My sleep apnea got identified because I was keeping everyone up during a field problem. I never got this diagnosed but apparently I grind my teeth real bad
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Soulex posted:I never got this diagnosed but apparently I grind my teeth real bad You may want to get a night guard. I thought it was silly until I saw the size of the gouges I was leaving in mine. Beats the hell out of having that wear on my teeth at least.
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The Rat posted:You may want to get a night guard. I thought it was silly until I saw the size of the gouges I was leaving in mine. Beats the hell out of having that wear on my teeth at least. Most of it stopped when I got off percocets. I still tense my jaw a lot but mostly awake.
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Night guards are a great idea, teeth grinding can lead to increased cavity susceptibility, according to my last civilian dentist
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everytime you put them in u can yell "nightguards......POST" and have a sensible chuckle at your E8 type joke
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Mustang posted:It's a mix of officers, NCOs and junior enlisted. Neither group has a monopoly on snoring here. I got through OTS by downloading the white noise app for Android. I know you probably don't have any power outlets at NTC though
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Knives Amilli posted:I got through OTS by downloading the white noise app for Android. I know you probably don't have any power outlets at NTC though The RUBA is a spiderweb of power cords and surge protectors, at least in my tent. And yet first sergeant had someone cut down the paracord I had my towel hanging on because it was a ‘fire hazard’ 
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Feb 28, 2019 08:21
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A Bad Poster posted:That was 100% just them flexing on something that wouldn't affect them at all. Oh yeah When the revolution comes, stars and diamonds will dangle alongside the nobles they enable
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Oh good, someone brought UXO back to the RUBA barracks and we just got cleared out so they can take care of it
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