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Mustang posted:I've been seeing JBLM people wearing patches like this I think a lot of garrison commands are starting to do it locally. Big Red One has been doing it forever.
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Oh a female Fister. Haven't seen many of them, especially Airborne. That's a real shame.
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It really is amazing how efficient certain people can be about things like that. A lot of times you really just have to know who to call. And if you don't know who to call... you might have to redeploy to go get a day zero drop because everyone else is so stupid.
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I get the bar being E4 in some combat jobs. Infantry needs team leaders, tanks need tank commanders, and there's no real point in paying a rifleman an E7 salary when you have thousands of new recruits every year. But there's no reason someone in the S1 or the Finance office needs to ever be a leader all the way up to E-9.
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Jun 23, 2021 18:50
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bulletsponge13 posted:I disagree with combat arms exceptions. I knew plenty of dudes who were incredible troopers, but weren't cut out for leadership. Their institutional knowledge and experience can be utilized and is valuable. I guess I don't necessarily have a problem with a 16 year SPC rifleman, but it does seem weird.
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Jun 24, 2021 13:26
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spacetoaster posted:This would be hilarious. gently caress that, go huge. Legion of Merit.
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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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Sep 21, 2021 17:58
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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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Sep 23, 2021 17:52
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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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Not sure anyone else is even in at this point, but I just find it funny that the Army is now making NCOs go indef at 10 years instead of 12 years, but they've slowed the hell down out of promotions with 4 years TIG required for all senior enlisted promotions. Also, no one can make E-9 before 16 years, but realistically it's going to be more like 18+ if you include waiting for your OML, not getting slotted immediately for NCOES, maybe not getting a super high OML every single time you're evaluated, etc. So if you want that E-9 high 3 retirement pay, you're staying in after your 20 years.
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