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PeterCat posted:So, I was reading the manual for the ACFT. If it has to be taken on grass or artificial turf, are they just never going to take one in CENTCOM? Can confirm so we won't be able to take one in Africom either.
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I finally completed Captains Career course, it only took like 6 years to get into all the required 4 parts. Next: ILE in 4 years when I get that oakleaf.
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Mustang posted:The only "political" thing I did in the Army is poo poo on the confederacy every single time I heard someone bring it up. Can confirm that this was a large portion of my job as S4. “That’s illegal. Here’s why...”
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brains posted:it's this. especially when "dwell" consists of 3 or 4 month-long TDYs per year in support of CTC rotations, a month-long career development school, regionally-aligned missions, firefighting support, DSCA missions, and so on. followed by deployment and repeat. when your officers are averaging 10 out of 12 months away from home over the course of a decade, don't be surprised if the crumbs scraped off the DOD budget table aren't enough to keep them retained in service. I’m so glad I could get two years of dwell time if I needed it in between my deployments. I’m sure they’re going to ask me to go again shortly due to critical shortages of CA qualified officers but hey. At least I could opt out.
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Aug 22, 2020 23:38
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Anyone else enjoying the new pace of virtual battle assemblies?
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Aug 30, 2020 16:25
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I’m thinking that when I’m a commander, I’m going to mandate one BA a year to be a virtual one going forward. Because gently caress February drill in the northeast. And we already skip January and August.(We do Muta 8-10s twice a year.
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Aug 30, 2020 23:48
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It would definitely save my unit money on hotels and food. And me on gas.
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Aug 31, 2020 01:41
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They needed to get rid of the photos. One of the officers from my deployment tried to get at her expense the official background for her promotion board to CPT(national guard) shipped to Africa. Of course she didn’t get it there because they found a way to not ship it, but it serves nobody having DA photos and just wastes money and time.
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Sooooo anyone gone to airborne school recently? It may or may not be in my future because of the unit I'm transferring to. Just wanted to get a feel for what to expect. Also I've been in for a long time so I'm not in OCS shape anymore so I've got to work on that, which I intend to. Thoughts about the non-physical aspect of the schoolhouse? All I remember from benning is seeing the huge airborne towers when we marched to class, and being all jelly.
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Sep 20, 2020 17:30
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Well there goes all my super hooah
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Sep 20, 2020 21:52
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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/21/nypd-cop-charged-with-acting-as-china-agent.html gently caress. This guy is in my BDE(or was). Fuuuuck
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Sep 22, 2020 00:22
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We’re too hooah for our own good. I just wanted to be a Soldier/Diplomat I didn’t care if I had to jump out or planes to do it. Honestly the year I stopped caring about getting deployed they finally sent me on one. And thanks for that throwback video.
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Sep 30, 2020 00:29
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Crazy Mike posted:I think I said this before but graduating Airborne school is what turned me from a slightly below average Soldier to a slightly above average Soldier. I went from the best LT in my first BN to kinda middle of the road in my second one. Going to this next one where I kicked rear end at CCC right beforehand, I’m not sure where I’ll be, but at least I’ll be a team chief instead of the S4.
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No kidding. When I first tried to join this unit I asked to be their S4. They said for Civil Affairs they wanted you to come in (A) CCC for Civil Affairs qualified(takes 2 years) Can’t get that without being in a CA unit or slot and still had to pass the airborne physical (B) Airborne qualified before joining the unit as if that was at all possible to get a spot in the reserves (C) as a CPT and I was a 1LT at the time I asked if they could dual slot me with the S4. They said the spot was already triple slotted. Like wth.
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I was just in north fort hood for demob and I feel your pain. However I do know that you can get okay for texas standards food delivered so you maybe have that. We had our CSM talk to the cadre directly. I’m sure you can get a bored CSM or SGM to speak with them. Also yes when we arrive for quarantine they said that we would be tested for symptoms once a day by their medical team. I saw zero medical personnel the entire time I was there. They didn’t even check our temps when we got off the bus from Africa. They also dropped a random SPC into our female barracks two nights in. I thought that would reset our quarantine... I was hella pissed. But it didn’t change anything. So yeah get your CSM on board or get on USAWTF asap.
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