Milfag feels general? Post what's on your mind. Everyone

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>>31482205

>>31482205

What base? Did you apply for overseas?

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>>31482205
>tfw stationed in the worst marine corps base

>>31482255
29 palms?

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>>31482255
29 palms?

>>31482227
The coast guard did nothing wrong.

>>31482292
Duh, that's why the other branches are jealous.

>>31482305
It's like a hybrid of police and navy with a slice of paramedics and DEA.

>>31482274
>>31482285
Yeah

>>31482305
>Implying the coast guard is a "branch"

>>31482320
Technically I would say it's big enough and has enough firepower to be a branch, If not then a paramilitary force.

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I have decided to join the Air Force, but have a misdemeanor on my record from 2010 when I was 17.

Should I try to get it expunged, or just tell my recruiter? This was in Illinois btw.

>>31482244
Wanted Ramstein, got Lost in the Woods. It's such a shithole the air force is gonna pay me additional money to live there

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>tfw missed Iraq
>tfw missed afganistan

I WAS DENIED MY WAR FUCK WHY DIDN'T MY PARENTS FUCK JUST A LITTLE LATER?

>>31482205
I'm enjoying my retirement from the army, 21 years was plenty. Also got that sweet sweet 10% disability, so nice parking everywhere. Also, no stupid classes for getting my CC permit (ky). I do miss some things, but many others I do not.

I miss training in different countries and meeting different armies. I don't miss training state side in the "field" freezing or burning up and eating mres for weeks on end and not showering for an equal amount of time, don't miss sleeping in a fox hole either.

>>31482339
>has enough firepower

No. For an organization called a coast guard, they would be useless in a defensive operation. No warships, no ASMs, no warplanes, no frigates.

>>31482352
Don't tell them shit.

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>>31482205
Not in US military, but in Swiss Army ask me anything

>>31482369
It's purpose nowadays is to guard against small threats. I hardly believe it has enough firepower to repel an invasion, But it's still there to float around with the quiet authority of a 20MM deck gun.

>>31482352
Hope you have a degree. I'm not an expert on recruiting criminal oldfag isn't very desirable compared to some of the people they fish out of high school.

>>31482399
How much shit has your military sold off to pay for plane tickets to give to Somalians?

>>31482320
>>31482369
was thinking of going in for rescue swimmer (i think its noble) what do you think

>>31482414
>single 20mm gun

That's nothing when the navy has ships waiting to be scraped that they could hand off to them.

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>>31482417
Too much, friendo

>>31482399
Kys neutralfag nobody cares about your term of compulsory service.

>>31482427
Do what you want in life but do your research and never procrastinate.

>>31482445
That's not a question tho

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>>31482433
I'm aware of that. I'm all for that, But sometimes THOSE ships should be scrapped.

>>31482427
Nothing beats the comfiness of waking up at 3 in the morning because some drunk numbskull decided to shoot flares at the lighthouses and ended up shoaling his 44 foot Cape Islander and calling 911

>>31482352
They will never, ever, EVER find out about something like that unless you give them a reason to. Tell them nothing at MEPS and stick with it for the rest of your life.

>>31482361

Got out right before it happened?

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>>31482415
Yeah. I've only just managed to claw my way out of debt and don't want to have to take out more loans to get my master's degree.

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>>31482568
Wasn't of age when it was.

How's the Canadian Coast Guard like?

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I've got six months left until I EAS. Which is awesome, but I've got mixed feelings on it at the same time.

I'm obviously not going to stay in. I don't want to deal with political lifers fucking us over to stack up their SRBs anymore, I don't want to have people inspect my room for cleanliness as an adult, wait around for four hours to receive two minutes of word, etc.

But I feel like as soon as I get out, some other big conflict is going to pop off. I already missed my chance by hitting the fleet right after our unit had sent their last OEF pump. Also, we'd once had a warning order for Iraq only to have it drawn out and then the mission go to another unit. I don't know what you guys have to say about this one, because it's one of those "it is what it is" situations if that's how it goes down. Staying in the military on the gamble that a conflict or "war" may happen, and that I may be in a position to participate is just asinine, so that's not an option. It just kind of sucks, spending all of the time that we did training for combat and then never actually going. I'm rambling here.

The main thing I'm worried about is how much I'm going to miss the guys in my platoon. I've gotten close as hell with them since I've been in. Shitty field ops, shitty duties, on and off ships, partying in different ports, training in miserable countries, stupid shit at the barracks, general shenanigans, just a really tight bond and chances are I probably won't ever be that close of friends with anybody else. They're what I'm going to miss about the military. Not the "esprit de corps", shooting neato weapons, 96s, or anything like that.

Anybody have experience with anything like this? Also just the transition, checking out, getting used to civilian life again, anything would be helpful to hear from vets ITT.

Here's a picture of baby bulldogs being cute.

>>31482361
Well guess what, there's a high chance we're going back in soon thanks to the ANC being incompetent fucks against the Taliban while the Chinese train em. How about you join Green Berets and get deployed to Syria or Minadao

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>got my pt test next month
>I'm a fat piece of shit with no stamina

What's the easiest way to get on profile in a hurry lads?

Question to you armyfags, plebin ignorant civvie here. Can one transfer their rank and services to another branch or something similar like it?

>>31482775
Insanity, thanks Shaun T when you're overseas

>>31482552
Unless he gets a job with a clearance. 2010 is even within the period you have to disclose everything on the form for TS.

Heading back to Fort Benning in a couple of weeks to go to Ranger school. I don't know what to feel

>>31482775
Suicide; don't have to PT test if you're dead.

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Got dropped from Pre-RASP last week for stupid shit. I'm going to a random Airborne unit with a chance for Polk. Hold me, /k/...

>>31482937
>Polk
not even once. Fuck the JRTC and fuck everything in that goddamned hellhole

>>31482937

Sorry to hear that. I don't know anything about army bases. What's so bad about Polk?

>at least you'll get the jump bonus?

>>31482983
I'm scared, brah. On the upside, some people are getting Italy and shit. Some upper brass are trying to shut down the unit in Anchorage, so they're funneling people up there too.

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Now that US troops aren't using a godawful camouflage, will they start scrimming and wearing cam cream as well?

I can understand having a dirty face isn't going to help much wearing bright grey but the commitment to cam & concealment is pretty poor against other nations.

>>31482999
For one, It's in Louisiana, so there's that. Secondly, it's a non-deployable unit, so all you do for the duration of your stay is play OpFor in the swamps for 18 day intervals.

>>31483038
Woops, wrong thread.

>>31482574
What masters do you even need loans for? Thats what TA/RA positions are for

>>31483043
Sounds like my time at Benning. Fuck 29th inf reg. 2 years of OpFor and motor pool. At least Atlanta was nearby

>>31483096
29th still has a regular component? Damn, that must've sucked...

>>31483043

>paratroopers
>non-deployable unit

That doesn't make much sense. I'm in the Marines, and I think our only non-deployable units are the ones that are super POG and are basically around to support bases.

I'm sorry, anon. Playing provisional bang-bang in the bayou sounds incredibly shitty.

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>>31483043
>>31483096

>Non-Deployable unit

That sounds fucking horrible. At least in the Marines guys go on MEUs when not deploying.

>>31482937
What did you get dropped for

>>31483096
The only solace I currently cling to is that I will soon be leaving Fort Benning.

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>>31482255
>>31482319
Im stuck down there too. What unit you with?

>>31482205
>Waiting for Amedd Bolc
>Know I'm gonna have to go to the field for three weeks in an airconditioned tent
>Still a little bitch about it
Halp me /k/, I just wanted to be an Army nurse banging all the other hot 20 something year olds at the hospitals

>>31483145
I'm off active duty but I was in an entire Brigade that was non deployable. 2/1 AD for 4 years.

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>>31482255

Have you ever thought about killing a desert tortoise? Like getting away with it, but then telling someone in your chain of command that somebody had killed a desert tortoise? Or telling range control? But ensuring that you got away with it?

I've thought about doing this so many times, just because I feel like it would cause a huge shitshow. But I only run into scorpions and don't tread on me serpents out there.

Sorry you're in the stumps, brah. Pendleton is probably one of the best duty stations in the military.

>>31483038
The Marines at least still teach it in boot camp and their follow on combat training, but it's not really something focussed on or used much due to how the US has been doing mainly COIN for the past decade and a half. COIN doesn't really require soldiers or marines to be concealed and tactical to the extent of needing camo paint on their face, and when patrolling in a city having camo paint can actually go against the mission by looking alien and weird to the natives.

Any ausfags here? I'll be deploying to darwin in 6 months. Want to know what it's like over there.

>>31483225
I'd rather not say. It was totally fuckin' dumb.

>>31483276
Pendleton is sweet. Was stationed there for 4 years. Not him, another muhreen (former).

I heard those 29 palms guys have to halt range activity for hours because those damn things and they're endangered.

>>31483327
You're anonymous. Say.

>>31483323

I'm not a 'strayan, but one of my buddies went on a UDP there with 1/4. He said it was pretty expensive to drink out there. That's all I remember.

>>31483335
I fell asleep near the back during one of the commander's briefs. Didn't realize it until the care were swarming me.

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>>31483344
>expensive to drink
That was like, the only thing I was planning to do there since I'm trying to save money. Fuck.

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>>31483335

Word. If Southern California wasn't so expensive and had good gun laws, I'd definitely consider staying.

Those little fuckers will halt up mortar ranges if they're in the impact zone. That's why it'd be top kek to see range control/the chain of command react to a dead one, everyone's buttholes would pucker up.

>>31483351
*cadre*

>>31482205
The air force has become a cesspool of political correctness. Im tired of having my wages threatened on a daily basis. Im tired of "we need this done but have less than half the people required". Basically everything that a military shouldn't be is happening faster than you can say post-op non binary, non conforming transgender, and boy do I pray for something more terrible than 9/11 to happen to us to get these liberal political fucktards to realize what kind of world we really live in.

>>31483351
ayyyyy
I got an article 15 for doing that shit once, it happens bro

>>31482937
>polk
ahahahahahhahaha R.I.P.

>>31483369
When I lived there Cali's gun laws were only half retarded. That was back in 2011. I wouldn't of liked to stay, but it's perfect for going off base.

>>31483351
That sucks. In SOI guys just got smacked in the head for falling asleep. Can't get recycled, or whatever it's called?

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Super POG reporting

>>31483458
Only if you're in actual RASP. But it's whatever, I just get to fuck around in a unit until I can drop another packet to come back.

>>31483486
Is Kansas as boring as I imagine it to be?

>>31483327
Lemme guess. You were either dipping in formation or had contraband in your locker. Saw a lot of dudes get dropped for that shit while I was there

Missing being on deployment.
I had forgotten how shitty it was stateside, now i just want to go back out but they wont let me for a while.

>>31483536
There ain't shit in kansas man has great gun laws that's about it CC without a permit and such

>>31483351

That's so dumb. That's right up there with this one:

>got acquainted with a comm guy on ship
>was a BRC drop
>got kicked out in 2nd phase
>dipping during land nav

Apparently dip is contraband there. The guy was in ridiculous shape, too. He looked like a Gears of War character. But since he packed a lip during land nav, he fixes radios instead of being on a Recon team.

That's shitty dude, I'm sorry.

>>31483458

San Diego, Huntington Beach, Carlsbad, Laguna, Irvine, San Diego, all less than an hour away. So good. With Big Bear, LA, etc. the possibilities are endless for weekends.

I don't know how I would've gotten through my contract if I was at a real desolate military base.

>>31482205
Can I ask a serious question? And I swear I mean no disrespect to any active or former members of the military.

Why are there so many...how should I put this...total fuck ups in the military? Of all the people I know who enlisted I'd say half are pretty regular people and the other half might be legally retarded. Why is this? Why do these gravitate to the armed forces? Is because they know they'll take anyone?

Again, no disrespect intended.

>>31483557
Already stated my reason above.

>>31483642
>muh nothing better to do

In my case, i was homeless, couldnt keep a job because i had a trade with too many people in it, and didnt have the grades or the money for college, but i needed a roof and a meal ASAP. I was a slacker in school but im actually kinda smart so it worked out well for me.

>>31483642

None taken, dude. The amount of window lickers I've met since I've been in is insane. I think it's a mix of:

>you don't necessarily have to be smart to get in

The requirements for a lot of jobs are a complete joke.

>the military doesn't require you to think for yourself as much

Which, some people love and others (like myself) absolutely cannot stand.

My final theory, and the one I believe the most:

>it's harder to get rid of you

Your staff and officers would have to go through a long, tedious process of paperwork being documented/routed up higher through the command until a decision is made. Usually you've got to do something pretty major, drugs, or get in trouble a lot for them to kick you out.

As a civilian, they just fire you.

That's about all I can come up with for an answer for you.

>>31483692
Wow that makes perfect sense. Especially the part about not having to do any thinking for yourself. There's three guys from my hometown currently serving who fit that mold to a T.

>>31482205
Girlfriend left me for Jody Unable to get revenge. Can't drink. I have no idea what to do

>>31483642
I've met some of the smartest men I know in the military. I've also met some real dip shits. Even a few psychopaths. As in a guy told me he buried cats in the mud with their heads sticking out, and ran their heads over with a lawn mower.

Ive met some real fucking dunces in civilian life also. You don't see them as much because they are in their mothers basement talking to me on 4chan.

>>31483740
Cocaine and strippers. Prove that you don't need her.

>>31483724

There's plenty of dumb people in the military who make life a lot more difficult for those around them. Whether they're peers, somebody's junior, or in charge of somebody else.

I get the feeling that you understand that not all service members are like this. Just in case, there's what I hope is a silent majority and if not that, a large portion of the US military who are anywhere from competent to brilliant that can't stand how a lot of people in the military act, think, speak, etc. Some people automatically assume that's everyone, especially residents of communities near bases.

>>31483244
POG mother, go to ocs then ABolc and get a life

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>>31483740

She's not worth it. By trying to get back at her (or him) is keeping cancerous people in your life, and it makes you just as vindictive as them. That's the last thing you need, on top of everything else that you've (probably) got going on. You do you, but my suggestion is never speak to her again.

Also: fuck that bitch and the fuccboi she's with

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Tab check!

Tab master race report in.

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>>31483838

If you don't got a tab, hit the slab batt boy.

>>31482274
>>31482285
>>31482319
>>31483236
>tfw PCSing there in 2 months

>>31482937

How far were you into pre-RASP before you got dropped? Was is a smoke fest?

>>31483864
I was there until about a week before class in up. It was the exact opposite of a smoke fest. The PT was a joke and you got off around 14/1500 every day.

>>31483910

I heard a lot of guys drop out from their option 40 during airborne school before they even get to pre-RASP. Why don't they even give themselves a chance at pre-RASP?

>>31483950
A lot of the VW's that get to pre-RASP are the guys that were never 100% convinced that being a ranger was what they wanted to be. They see how the RASP class across the courtyard is suckin' and some just jump ship there. Others hear that there's a bunch of slots open for X Airborne unit, and take the easy way out.

>>31482937
Hahahahahahaha, no you're not. I was in RIP (if any old-timers remember that shit) when I got dropped and I was hoping for 82nd or 101st because I was a motivated little hooah. So, naturally, I went to 1/25 because fuck motivation. The Army spent fuck knows how much money to make me Airborne and I've jumped exactly five times. Fuck needs of the Army.

>>31483276
I know one guy killed one and got away with it. Didn't want the range guys to halt the range so he stomped it in.

>>31483067
Underrated post

>>31482205
I almost consider the Coast Guard closer to police rather than military desu.

>>31482361
I know that feel anon, I know that feel

>>31482756
Ex Army here
I know that feel
ETS'd in June. Been living with Mom and Dad for a while.

I really needed some time to decompress. Leave did really do anything. Starting to look for work now, but worried I won't find a job.

Had an option 40 contract went to did basic, AIT, then failed out of airborne school. Stuck at my current duty station now. Is there any way I can get back into RASP?

>>31484191
*leave didn't really do anything
Sorry about the typo

>>31484199

>failing airborne

u wot m8

>>31484205
If you don't need time to mentally decompress, get into a job ASAP

I needed a lot of time to wind down, and now I'm looking for work.

Spend some time catching up with your civilian friends and family, if they are there for you.

>>31484199
How did you fail Airborne? Didn't make the run?

I'm in army flight school. was former enlisted

>>31483335
>>31484052
Why not just strap LVL IV ceramic plate onto the desert tortoise?

>>31484285

Got 41 clubbed during the AFPT by this dickhead.

>>31483276

Why is killing a desert tortoise such a big deal?

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>>31484191

I'm kind of worried about that, too. Finding a new job, readjusting/decompressing.

I got accepted into some decent schools as a senior in high school. I did that to basically appease my folks, though. I'd known I'd wanted to join the Marines for quite some time at that point, so I went through with it. I know, I know, not the smartest route. But I'm glad I committed, followed through, and have gained the experiences I have.

Having said that, I'm a bit concerned about getting used to school when I use my GI Bill.

How's the job hunt going, Anon?

>>31484377

They're an endangered species, so they're heavily protected in the 29 Palms area. Which applies to military training. So whether it's a rifle range or artillery, training cease-fires get called over one of those little shits.

Its going okay. Just started last week. Been reviewing my resume and looking for opening around town.

My goal is to have at least a couple applications submitted by the end of the week.

Those TAP classes were the shit. Learned a lot going through them, and got a bunch of cool websites to help me out.

Been thinking about filing for unemployment for a while, haven't carried through with it yet.

Where were you stationed in the Marines?

I was with 25th ID in Hawaii. Hated every minute of it.

>>31484377
They are an endangered species. And Mothers of America got their twats in a bunch and complained Marines were mercing tortoise. Eco system shit.

Blah blah blah regulations make them stop live fire if they spot one. Heard of guys missing leave due to delays. Thanks, Obama!

>>31484450
Whoops, meant as a reply to
>>31484395

I'm dropping my airborne packet next week but I'm still shit at running. what's the longest and fastest you had to run at airborne school?

>>31482255
Man I just spent two weeks there and I couldn't stand it. I'm sorry bro
>>31482399
Do you get to keep you assault rifle at home once your done? What do they issue you bro? God I miss Switzerland, most beautiful place ever

>>31483642
Because they need a lot of retarded meatbags to do retarded meatbag jobs but because of the educational requirements of officers the average level of education of military personnel is higher than the average citizen.

>>31483753
>As in a guy told me he buried cats in the mud with their heads sticking out, and ran their heads over with a lawn mower.

Sounds like my best friend of 20 years

>Get off work, drive over to house of parents in law
>They have like 50 stray cats they feed all the time in their front yard
>Shit all over the place etc.
>Go home, soak whole chicken in a bucket of anti freeze
>Drive by next morning around 4am to go to work
>Throw it in the parents in law yard
>Get phone call around noon ex wife (current at the time) "OH MY GAWD THERE'S SO MANY DEAD CATS IN THE YARD OH MY GAWD THERE'S LIKE THIRTY DEAD CATS"
>Barely keeps composure

We had a hearty giggle when he told me about it the next afternoon.

>>31484466
5 miles in under 40 minutes is part of their APFT

My old team leader was airborne

>>31483857
To who? Your quality of life can really be dependent on what unit you go to

>>31484450
>>31484464

That's at the Schofield Barracks, right?

I saw it from a distance a couple of times when we ported in Hawaii.

I'm still in, just on post-float leave. But, Pendleton. It's really a nice spot to be stationed. Tons of things to do within short/relatively short drives away from the base. Our op tempo is unforgiving, though.

The transition classes really did help. They sent me in a time-frame where I couldn't go to any of the education/employment workshops, which is what I wanted to utilize the most from them. But, still, a lot of good information.

Best of luck when it comes to interviews on those applications.

>>31484551
Yeah, Schofield Barracks.

Best of luck to you in your endeavors as well.

>>31482678
>WHY DIDN'T MY PARENTS FUCK JUST A LITTLE LATER?

So by "later" do you mean earlier?

Va screwed me and i owe them 16k. Been living off 1100 a month disability past 2 years hitch hiking the US and using gi bill for online school. I dont have a legit address so i never got the letter saying i owe money and they have deducted my 1100 to 800. I need to find a job now

>>31484584
>So by "later" do you mean earlier?
Early is late considering the alternative is never.

>>31484589
>and i owe them 16k
How is that exactly?


>>31484511
Oh yeah, forgot this one

>Us in high school
>His uncle and grandfather live together and get SS
>Have shit ton of outside cats they've let come in the house and shit and piss everywhere
>We go over there to play video games all the time because his uncle always spends his NEET bux on the newest games and consoles, if he can't just shop lift them
>About every other month we snatch a cat up when no one is looking and drive it miles away to another neighborhood
>Grab a cat, drive it miles away to another neighborhood and throw it out of the car
>Looks confused
>Next week drive by, dead cat that looks identical in the same spot

>>31484450
3bde bronco friendo

>>31484656
2BDE

Not going to disclose the unit I was with.

>>31482756
>just become that fat fuck retired military who still works for the military as a civilian making way too much money just to ruin soldier's training

>>31482775
Literally kill yourself.

>>31483486
Being stuck in 2abct makes me hate my life.
These deployment schedules to Bullshit not combat, no benefit countries is absolute dog shit.

>>31484549
7CLB

>>31484859

>7th CLB
>any CLB

Kek

Prepare yourself for wooks, POGery, and MEU baby status.

>I'm a MEU baby too
>sssssshhhhh

>>31484496
>yet officer common sense is at an all time low in my unit

So I got a specialty platoon in another company after my first pl time. Holy fuck is this new company stupid as fuck. It's all about the Micky mouse trash and not about accomplishing the mission or tasks to standard,but by God we'll write a four page aar to upload into dtms to never look at again about how we can train better next time, instead of focusing on the next actual training event.

>I know,let's have closeout formation at 1900, even though everyone was done at 1600.

I swear,I'm going to change this company into something great,even if it means butting heads with my rater, 1sg, and peers. A new psg showed up before me and is totally on board to just start doing our own thing and just being not pants on head retarded.

>what do you mean you didn't write a 5 paragraph opord and present it to the platoon for pt? We have to do that every day.

The shit they come up with.

>>31484908
yeah just kill me now

>>31482205
I don't want to Army any more. I'm tired of my CO being a fucking retard, I'm tired of civilian SJWs mandating how the Army is run, I'm tired of being expected to be some politically-minded brown-nosing cocksucker so I can get the E6 I don't even want. I want to be left the fuck alone on my goddamned Stryker and allowed to do my job with an actual vehicle crew that's competent, rather than getting the misfits and fuckups cycled through every other fucking month. Then when we have no qualified fucking Stryker drivers and they look at me like its my fault they stuck me with non-driving mouth-breathers, I'm stuck holding the goddamn bag. I'm tired of this shit.

>>31484859
MOS? I work with maintenance in an infantry battalion and I fucking hate clb for all their bullshit. They singlehandedly have fucked my units readiness so hard. Their CO even got relieved recently due to their bullshit.

>>31484952

It's pretty atrocious. Especially when you've got a BLT, CE, and a CLB on a ship together.

As I'm sure you'd assumed, the BLT is a sausage-fest, CE has onesies and twosies at most, but they're so small and obscure that it's hardly noticable. But, CLB, given the MOSes within the unit, is full of wooks.

Needless to say, this is NOT a good formula for a group of Marines underway on a ship for months at a time between ports.

Our ship had wooks getting into orgies with Recon, Weapons Company, all sorts of horror stories.

Not trying to bring you down, but this may in fact be the type of shit you have to deal with. No matter if they're your boots, or if they're in charge of you (I've got no clue where you fall on the rank structure).

Speaking of which, don't get me wrong, I'm just a MEU-baby Corporal, but a lot of the NCOs within our CLB were nothing but glorified boots.

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>>31482205
And that is why every A2 grip should be melted.

>>31485046
well fuck.

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Enlist AF
>Book kickass Aircrew AFSC, hope to fly on 130s
>Just before shipping, recruiterror calls, bad news
>MEPS suddenlyrics decides I'm an inch too tall for the job, decide to go in for remeasure
>Literally do anything I can to get shorter, go on hikes and walk around with rocks in a backpack
>Go in, measure 1/4in below the max they told us
>Before I leave get called into liason office, they now say I'm instead 3/4in over
>Weenie goes in dry, they come up with a completely new requirement
>Stuck in DEP limbof, end up booking Crew Chief, heavy Aircraft
Literally cucked into working on the same Aircraft I could have flown on
>Now stuck in Sheppard for the last 5 months waiting to finally do something
>Cuck-130
The game was rigged from the start

>>31485275

>an inch too tall

what the fuck? arent c130s fucking ginormous? i dont get it. explain.

>>31482205
all those stripes on her sleeve, she's a what, E3?

>>31486296
E5, what the USAF calls a Staff Sgt.

>>31485275
If you don't mind me asking...
How tall are you?

I only ask because I'm in Marine Corps DEP waiting to request an MOS and I was hoping for aircrew.
When I enlisted in the Navy (discharged because I dropped out of high school) I got aircrew no problem. I'm 6'1" so I don't think it should be a problem but it would be nice to have some input.

>>31483244
Wanna party bro? Stationed at Ft.Sam rn.

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Fucking OPORDs. I thought Armor BOLC was going to be fun playing on tanks and being a fat tanker. Now people are telling me I need to go ranger school and I'm staying up all night drawing fucking phase sketches

>>31486163
They are. It's not an issue with the plane, it was a "standards" issue, or that's the way it was rationalized to me. I've heard since that it was a load of bullshit, but it really doesn't matter anymore

>>31486678
6' 5 3/4" First I went when I initially swore in they had me at 6 6, and they said that at that height I couldn't do it, if I was under that I could, then they turned around and said if I was overy 6'5" that I couldn't, after I took the 3 hours shuttle to fucking get there and remeasuredo and got cleared

>>31482399
Do you just call them army knives?

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>>31484472
Yes, and once you are really over with the military, you can keep it but only in semi auto
But until you're like 30, you have a free Full auto SIG550 at home

>>31487498
We call it "Swiss knives"

>>31482723
>civies

any uk dudes here on an overseas exercise rn?

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>>31485275
Dude same, I was stuck in limbo at Keesler for half a year due to incompetent leadership fucking up the training pipeline. Finally got out, but morale was dipping to absurdly low levels

>mfw literally everyone casually talked about suicide and the best ways to do it

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>tfw missed iraq and afghanistan by like a year
>tfw i will be to old by the next major deployment
Wars seems to skip over my family line. Dad and grandpa were both in between wars

>>31488848
you're both lucky and unlucky.

>>31482352
what everyone else said, don't say shit
the only reason why people get dq'd is because they spill everything to their life

>>31483038
That's because when the shooting starts, you'll know exactly where US troops are whether they have camo or not.

M4's are loud as hell. 240b's are even louder.

More often than not infantry are on the move and not waiting with dense camo for the enemy. Less shit they have to fuck with the better.

>>31483145
We have some units, like admin, and shit,but also details, lile HMX or WHMO, or things like that.
As marines we are pretty focused on deployment and killing shit though, so there's that

>>31487498
"Swiss Army Knives" are not Swiss, Victorinox is a Norwegian company.

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>>31489406

>m4s are loud as hell

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>tfw when was stuck in San Angelo (the sheep herding and bobcat fucking capital of the world) for 8 months with so little to do I ended up with a kid

>>31488821
Oh fucking Christ do I hear that, this place is literally a morale hole, we live to get to the weekend. Tryna get the fuck outta here fast as I can.
>mfw talking about offing ourselves is honestly the best way to spend our time

>>31483096
could have been worse, you could have been range cadre. did you at least get to hit some dumb butter bar who was there for jump school?

>>31482775
run you fatbody

>>31482756
That part of growning up though, the loosing super tight friendships, Wasnt in the military but used to have a group of friends that jumped trains, lived rough and basicly fucked up all over the lower 48. "It was the best of times it was the worst of times" makes the best friends. Were fucking old now , i cant live for another dude over my wife and kid, you get new things you care about. They are better, but youll miss tge friendships and comradery . But you wont be pulling dave out of a ditch every drunken night, you wont be in legal issuses (or fuck by your co in your case) becuase you have to shit up and not point out ted for being a fucktard.
Its diffrent, youll miss it. Grow the fuck up and move on.

>>31482255
4 yrs in 29 was awesome.
Sleeves down yr round
Spent most of the time in the field training
Won't get yelled at for having a low reg haircut and wearing the boonie cover.
Id rather be in 29 than any other marine base.

>>31482255
>tfw Pendleton

Literally paradise

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Will they know my medical stuff when I'm getting an SSBI

>>31484450
I was at schofield too. 2-35 IN. Got out over 3 years ago and I'm still stoked about it.

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>>31482983
AHAHAHAHA NIGGER

>>31491789
It's funny how civs always give me a silly look and tell me I'm crazy for hating Hawaii. They'll never know...

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>>31482937
This man has the worst of all the bads.
>ask me how I know

>>31492091
H...How do you know?

>>31482775
Get out you fat fuck, no one needs shit like you in their unit.