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Icon Of Sin posted:Yea, “best before time’s up”. At least you got out of it I at least had some sense of low risk/high reward going with it. "Ranger? *sucks air through teeth* that's a no for me, dog. Can you send me on a deployment nobody has heard of that hands out service medals at little personal risk to myself?" 
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I’m the type who doesn’t really give effort if I’m going to be treated like the lowest common denominator regardless. This doesn’t vibe with trying to advance or succeed in the military.
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boop the snoot posted:I’m the type who doesn’t really give effort if I’m going to be treated like the lowest common denominator regardless. This doesn’t vibe with trying to advance or succeed in the military. Sorry you're classified as *checks notes* human. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dd_qiuWxPs
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sean10mm posted:I at least had some sense of low risk/high reward going with it. My UN deployment was good for that. I got a blue medal, a blue hat, and a neat multicolored enameled challenge coin out of it. Best 6 months of my time in the Army.
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Aug 12, 2021 23:11
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The Army operates on the Team Fortress 2 model. It's all about getting stupid new hats.
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Aug 14, 2021 22:21
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iKon posted:The Army operates on the Team Fortress 2 model. It's all about getting stupid new hats. And then never allowing anyone to wear them
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iKon posted:The Army operates on the Team Fortress 2 model. It's all about getting stupid new hats. I wore three hats this weekend and probably need to get two more.
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Aug 14, 2021 22:50
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Holy poo poo, my real problem was I fuckin hate wearing hats! I actually have never worn one since leaving the Army lol
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There was no stupider time in my entire Army experience than standing around a trash can outside of a shower room with a pile of other guys all holding berets we had just wetted and shoved on our heads a few minutes ago and were now shaving the fuzz off of with disposable razors. It was just. So. Stupid. I looked around and said, "This is so stupid. All of this. And I've got four more years."
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Aug 15, 2021 05:32
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Picked up E5 on terminal leave, wooooo. I guess I'll enjoy my ~1 month of extra pay until I ETS?
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Oh, sorry, policy just changed. You’ve now incurred a *rolls die* 4 year service obligation.
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Retrowave Joe posted:Oh, sorry, policy just changed. You’ve now incurred a *rolls die* 4 year service obligation. I have no idea how I got away with quitting the Army in 2001 without getting reactivated after 9/11. Maybe my last name was too late in the alphabet for the Pentagon's algorithm to get around to it? 
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Submitting an award that’s already been submitted and swapping in your name as the recommender, simply because you’re the section chief and “anyone can recommend someone for an award,” while technically true…is that a dick move?
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Retrowave Joe posted:Submitting an award that’s already been submitted and swapping in your name as the recommender, simply because you’re the section chief and “anyone can recommend someone for an award,” while technically true…is that a dick move? OK this is just confusing me. Somebody duplicated an award submission and changed who is listed as the recommender... but not who is getting the award or what the award is?
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How are you able to swap it out if it's already submitted? And why? Messing with paperwork that's already being processed will definitely annoy the clerks that have to deal with it.
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Mustang posted:How are you able to swap it out if it's already submitted? And why? Messing with paperwork that's already being processed will definitely annoy the clerks that have to deal with it. Yeah I feel like I'm missing something because it just seems like doing more paperwork that benefits nobody?
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Retrowave Joe posted:Submitting an award that’s already been submitted and swapping in your name as the recommender, simply because you’re the section chief and “anyone can recommend someone for an award,” while technically true…is that a dick move? So you recommended a soldier for an award and the chief removed your name and put his on there. Honestly, it's his section, he is the one who should be recommending people for awards. Be nice if he wrote the loving thing, but there is a million other things to get upset about.
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Retrowave Joe posted:Submitting an award that’s already been submitted and swapping in your name as the recommender, simply because you’re the section chief and “anyone can recommend someone for an award,” while technically true…is that a dick move? I never cared who was listed as "submitted by". Did my guys get their award? Yes? No issues. Why would this even matter (other than possibly delaying processing, resulting in missing points for promotion)?
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All of these responses are pretty accurate. Situation was, I supervised a guy for three years, he did a great job, I put him in for an MSM. First time writing an MSM, so i sent it to my new section chief for feedback. He sat on it for three months. I followed up a few times, and finally said screw it, reworked the verbiage a bit, then sent it for processing. The 1 shop sends it back because I forgot to sign the front, and they cced the chief. No prob, I signed and sent it back. Literally two minutes later, he sends them the same recommendation with a few of his tweaks and with his name as the recommender. Again, technically not against the regs, but I felt like it was a total dick move. And I suppose something that IPPS-A will prevent, once it ever comes online. Edit: I guess it mattered to me because of the way it was handled. I’m glad it got approved and my joe is getting the award he deserved. I’m not happy with the chief sitting on it for months and then only stepping in after I’d already submitted it. Retrowave Joe fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Sep 21, 2021 |
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Sep 21, 2021 18:11
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All else being equal, the higher up the chain an award is initiated, the more likely it is to actually be approved.
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sean10mm posted:All else being equal, the higher up the chain an award is initiated, the more likely it is to actually be approved. I was about to say this.
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sean10mm posted:All else being equal, the higher up the chain an award is initiated, the more likely it is to actually be approved. I was once in a small unit that fell directly under III Corps. We could get MSMs awarded for anything. Up to the DCG and back down signed. SSG staying on the same installation, but going to a new unit? MSM.
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I'm strangely proud of doing 6 in 6 in the guard and having no awards aside from freebies and one NCOPD. Not a single AAM. The joke is forever on me though, because I enlisted.
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Nimmy posted:I was once in a small unit that fell directly under III Corps. We could get MSMs awarded for anything. Up to the DCG and back down signed. SSG staying on the same installation, but going to a new unit? MSM. That's wild, when I was in generally they were only handed out at the O-4/E-7 level IIRC.
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sean10mm posted:That's wild, when I was in generally they were only handed out at the O-4/E-7 level IIRC. Yeah, there's a reg that even says what it should be given for.
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I’m going around in circles trying to find someone to tell me about the Army reserve current direct commissioning program and none of the recruiting people have a clue. And then I find out that one of the MOSes I need(38G) now commissioning directly but you need a masters degree. Oh boy. Recuiting school! Teach your people! Or career counselors!
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Well, General Odierno died. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/10/09/gen-ray-odierno-former-army-chief-and-iraq-commander-dies-67.html
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Mustang posted:As an O3 in WA you're in the highest income category and get $790 a week, not factoring in an extra $300 going on for Covid19 right now. For WA it's doing 3 job search related activities a week. And if you're doing school you apply for "training benefits" and you don't even have to do the job hunt!
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PeterCat posted:Well, General Odierno died. More senior leaders from the GWOT should follow his example
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:More senior leaders from the GWOT should follow his example Careful, you might cut yourself being this edgy. 
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:More senior leaders from the GWOT should follow his example Sir did you kill Colon Towell
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Androies posted:Sir did you kill Colon Towell If I had that power Kissinger would've been long dead
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:If I had that power Kissinger would've been long dead What is dead may never die
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Wait, he's still alive? What is he 100?
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MightyJoe36 posted:Wait, he's still alive? What is he 100? His current form is 98.
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Well, this it. Next week is my equipment turn in and I start leave in January. Over two decades and I've got 4 dufflebags, 3 rucksacks, 2 waterproof bags, and 1 laundry bag (and then a ton of loose poo poo) full of army poo poo from vietnam up to today. WTF would they even do if I didn't turn in an OD LBE H harness? The 22 year old supply sergeant will have never even seen poo poo like this. Anyway, I graduate college this summer and will be teaching elementary school next year (probably a 2nd grade it looks like). I did end up writing my own retirement award, lol.
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Nice, man! Hope you enjoy your freedom.
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spacetoaster posted:Well, this it. Next week is my equipment turn in and I start leave in January. Congrats! I swear the turn in process makes no sense. Hell, CIF even told me to just leave with some of the stuff. Apparently some of my old poo poo would have created extra paperwork for them somehow? I guess it depends on where you are.
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Thanks! Whatever I'm missing will just be a rubber stamped FLIPL anyway.
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