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Same way we push through kids at schools- "I'm done with this poo poo, he can be someone else's problem now."
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When they started the Medboard process, but hadn't let me go inactive Guard, they assigned me to watch a phone at a desk in HQ. There was no phone at the desk. There wasn't a phone line into that little office. When I said that there was no phone to watch, they said to sit there anyway. I got paid drill pay for months to sit at a desk and read books. Anytime they bitches at what I was doing doing, I'd ask if they hear a phone ringing.
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Aug 6, 2019 00:56
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Dick Burglar posted:"Anytime they bitched [about] what I was doing," Yeah, that's what I meant. They kept bitching that I was always reading books. I was the only one in the section without a real job or tasking, and was literally sitting at an empty desk all day.
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Aug 6, 2019 03:29
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redreader posted:I read "armor" because of this thread or the previous one. I was on my kindle so I kept track of the good and bad bits. Armor bits starring felix: from 0%-22% of the book. Then Jack Crow from 22%-70% of the way through. Then Felix for about 4%, then Jack Crow again until the last 2 pages. It's like 2 books, a great one and a really poo poo one. The poo poo one is most of the book. Boo this man.
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Aug 6, 2019 18:44
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I'm sure he didn't tell the Legion what he had done.
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Aug 8, 2019 20:53
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He'll In A Small Place is amazing, horrific, and sad. The story of the Legion counter attacking a numerically superior force, under direct and indirect fire, with sandbags hung over their chests so they could move in faster after the threw grenade after grenade, running through the poo poo. Or the story of the Vietminh commander. After capturing a group of French troopers, he was marching them out when he ordered the prisoners to walk over a man crying out for help, his internals spread about. A French officer offered to help the man. (Pretty sure this is fairly close to a direct quote) "Walk on him. He did his part for the struggle."
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Aug 8, 2019 21:26
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Spoiler-The toughest part for me was when he was stealing power from the woman dying in her armor.
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Aug 9, 2019 07:40
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Smiling Jack posted:It's always a children's war. War is always sending your children to kill other children. WW1 there is the story of the Kinderslaughter, where a unit of German volunteers, almost all from the same school district went against the BEF for the first time. A BEF machine gunner said he wept as he displaced his gun to fire over the piles of bodies. The boys had started across the field, singing school songs, happy to take part.
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Aug 9, 2019 13:43
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Also note that they make high end airsoft guns from aluminium. Not saying they were/are the ones used, but that they do in fact exist. I'd also imagine that having a 416 is more of a status thing, or only has to shoot a mag or two type thing.
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Aug 16, 2019 03:52
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*buys BMW straight out of OCS at 23% APR*
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Thump! posted:Unless you’re farming pine nuts Still safer than going to a wedding.
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My readiness NCO told me I was referred for the Med Board Process (I was never clear on the terms for the stages of the process, so I'm sure I'm loving up terms. The terms and process also changed midway through my poo poo). I was told they decided to separate me in '10. My date of retirement is Aug '15. Another dude I knew around the same time took 90 days. Army is weird, yo.
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Nov 9, 2019 02:49
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Deathy McDeath posted:SHUT THE gently caress UP No, you.
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Nov 18, 2019 02:58
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I used to tell people I did 'Diplomatic Liason' work as a contractor for the State Department. Sounds real, sounds boring, and is a funnier description of what I did as Infantry. No one ever had more questions.
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Guys, so long as the dude carrying it is wearing a backwards American flag, it's less a "war crime" and more a "war faux paux".
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In Kuwait during the buildup, we got hit with a massive sandstorm (we were told it was the worst Haboob seen in like ten years, but that was probably bullshit). Some poor kid was in a portapot when it first started gusting. It tipped. He looked like a lovely smurf.
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Viva Miriya posted:Yeah but only one had Tricia Helfer. Weird name for a robot.
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Casimir Radon posted:It's from the VetTV idiots. They're a bunch of Black Rifle Coffee wannabes, and that's nothing to aspire to. I found them to be more humorous and contemptuous of the military in a fun goofy way. But I haven't watched all their poo poo, so im not going to pretend. Just in the interviews and stuff the head of VetTV doesn't seem like an utter douche like some of the others. Cue 14 youtube clips proving me wrong.
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Jan 4, 2020 03:54
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Knew it would happen.
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I thought I'd be a good Dad. Then I joined the military and learned how deeply hosed up I was. Then I came out hosed up differently, with the terrible coping skills I learned to deal with hosed Up Mk1, and I'm a terrible father and husband. I try, and Lord knows they love me and guide me and help me, but sometimes, it's hard to hear your kids saying things like, "Can you not be a douche bag tonight?" My goal is to teach them to be the best people I can, and not pass on my baggage for them to carry.
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I love that my kids love me enough to deal. I try. It's tough- to me, rules and structure are signs of love; something I didn't have. Everyone works at it in the family. :-)
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Ken Bone Comeback posted:Kids can be a real handful tho Lock them in the bathroom with a bottle of bleach and a bottle of bourbon. They'll figure it out.
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Feb 8, 2020 22:16
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I, too, loved Tail Spin.
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Midjack posted:Was that R6, ended with the jungle hideout destroyed after the pandemic plot was foiled? No, that ending had them leave all the rich ecoterrorists naked on the jungle runway after they blew up(?) The facility in Brazil.
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Milo and POTUS posted:And the woman was glad to ditch her clothes? God he was a bugeyed weirdo That sounds right. Clancy is famous for failing English at Loyola. I had three or four teachers who attended, and they all said that it's basically taught in the English department that he is a stain on the institution.
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I tried explaining Rainbow 6 to my son, who loves the game, and asked if I had read the book. He looked at me like I was huffing glue and trying to make a time machine.
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Feb 14, 2020 05:39
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The "best" Clancy novel is the one with the Barometric chamber interrogation, where he kept giving the guy the Bends to get answers. Without Remorse? I think.
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Feb 14, 2020 20:22
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Khizan posted:That's the only half decent one, because it is a straight up revenge story right out of an 80s action movie. Drug dealers kill a Navy seal's girlfriend and he goes on a ludicrous murder spree in retaliation. Prostitute GF. His magic dick got her away from the life, IIRC. I do recall a major plot point being her former occupation.
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McNally posted:I thought they met after she ran away but this is something I'd be willing to be wrong about because it means it's no longer taking up space in my head. She ran away from the bad guys, he rescued her, they boned, and she immediately fell in love with him before being shot in the head(?) at a red light.
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Casimir Radon posted:Muslims can touch and even consume pork products under duress. Always funny when Christians act like someone else's religion is stupid. I pointed this out to a dumb grunt back in 03 who was trying to save all the pork MREs for our detainees. He seemed really disappointed that he couldn't send one to hell with a Jamaican Pork Chop. E- I have no clue if it still this way, but back about 8-10 years ago, the Army required everyone to physical credit cards to keep on hand for travel on orders and what not. My unit told everyone to expect one in the mail, read the documents enclosed blah blah blah. This was followed by a brief that said it was ok to use it for whatever you want, just be sure to pay it off within 30 days. I immediately shredded mine, but didn't hear any good tales. But that "go ahead and use it for whatever!" Had to have led to something fun that I missed out on. bulletsponge13 fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Feb 15, 2020 |
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Midjack posted:Clark got shot at the red light. The gangsters subsequently kidnapped Pam, I think shot her full of heroin, gang raped her repeatedly, strangled her, and left her corpse in a fountain. I'm only slightly ashamed to admit that I've read Rainbow 6 more than once- I liked it as a kid. Without Remorse, once like 8 years ago. I can't believe I recalled as much as I did.
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I mean, if you are the type to think torture alone produces reliable information- and that torture has to be painful, it's not a bad call. But he was a SEAL, so I'm going with "Sadist".
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I was on my way out, and figured it'd be easier to say I never got it (I never even activated it) or to come up with some other excuse to get a new one if I needed it. I knew the 1SG was full of poo poo, and that some idiot manchildren shouldn't be given access to credit cards at all.
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Internet Wizard posted:Oh he didn’t go straight in with the Kratman/Ringo collab featuring rejuvenated SS defending the weak modern Germany from ravenous aliens? And also a group of Jewish SS somehow This sounds hysterically terrible. I hope it's on Audible.
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Feb 19, 2020 01:33
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No MRE that I've had has been worse than Country Captain Chicken.
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I hate curry.
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Feb 20, 2020 17:07
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Spaghetti is a Pro move. So is Ravioli. The old cheeseburger one was good, but I still miss some of the old ones from when I first came in- Jamaican Pork Chop wasn't great, but it was a nice change of pace. Beef Stew, Beef Frankfurters were good.
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I like the 4 fingers of death. The only bad thing was it came with lovely Mexican Style Rice. Chicken Teriyaki was decent.
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Jambalaya was ok every once in awhile, like Pasta with veggies.
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A PAO at Bragg around 04/05 wrote an article about how his roommate had a porn addiction. Like a hard core one, like what you said. Always on.
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