Ask a Staff Sergeant Anything.
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Topic: Ask a Staff Sergeant Anything.
Posted By: DBibeau855
Subject: Ask a Staff Sergeant Anything.
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:36am
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Any questions you have about being deployed, go ahead and ask away.
-edit- Yeah, im bord and on duty. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors"> 
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Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:39am
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Why are you trying to recruit over the interwebz?
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:39am
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Do you ask or tell? is there anything about your jobs you cant tell us |
Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:41am
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Wait, you are already a Staff Sergeant? I thought you completed basic no more than a few years ago?
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:41am
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Not trying to recruit, but i can point you in the right direction if you would like to join.
And, Ive only had one soldier tell me that he was homosexual. I kinda new already, it was pretty obvious, he was a good soldier, but he wanted out so i took him to our first sergeant and commander. Decent guy, just its very very difficult to be a homosexual in the armed forces. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:43am
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what's it like to be on duty? ------------- 
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:44am
Yep, made specialist, got deployed, the colonel i was under made me a sergeant in kuwait a month in country. After running a 5 man team of HUMINT collectors, i was promoted. I made E6 in Afganistan. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Snipa69 wrote:Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:45am
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Why do I not remember any of this? What branch?
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:45am
Boring, its a thursday night. No drunkards and everyone is asleep, rather be home in bed. What branch of the military? Army, but within the army, im Military Inteligance. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:48am
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When were you deployed? Were you ever stationed in Kandahar?
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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:49am
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How does it smell there compared to home?
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:50am
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I cant tell you where in afganistan i was, but in Iraq, i was in Ramadi for a while.
___ Arabs smell awful, it really depends on where you are as far as the smell goes. Lots of open sewers and that sort of thing, but markets tend to smell good. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:51am
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How hard is it to get booze. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:52am
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Depending on where you were, I wonder if I ever saw you. I never directly delt with the Intel guys, which is to say I never spoke with them face to face. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:52am
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When did you develop your addiction to lieing on the internet? ------------- 
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:54am
Two words. Incentive locker. I gave out Johnny Walker Red very regularly. That and socker balls. But if you have a humvee thats down, or need a team to provide security or do a block party so you can talk to someone, the insentives locker is a great thing. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:57am
I was one of the ones with ACU pants and a polo shirt. Hadnt shaved in like six weeks, just caried my pistol with me, RARELY carried the M4. My callsign was Gabriel-six. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:59am
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I dunno if you ever did comm link with the Marines then. At least I don't remember a call sign like that.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:03am
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The intel marines i hung out with were a GREAT bunch of guys. The gave me a lot of **edited** because i was army, the whole rivalry thing, all in good fun though.
There was one week, we had just gotten showers on the FOB i was at, and we had been getting mortared pretty regularly, well, one of the mortars completely took out our brand new showers, that really ticked off the commander, marines went out and took out like 200 of the suckers. So, they killed our shower trailer, we killed 200 of them. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:05am
What a great way to look at it. -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:08am
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We were upset, you can mortar us, fine whatever, we get over that pretty quick, but they killed out shower trailer.. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:09am
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I see. The journalist in me cannot help but wonder if all 200 killed in retaliation were enemy combatants, or if the target simply turned to brown people.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:12am
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No, they were enemy combatants. The larger pocket of people killed were later confirmed as members of an indirect fire cell we had been hearing about that had recently moved into the area. The descriptions matched the reports as well, so we felt pretty good about it all.
The rest of the people were part of a different set of combatants all together, the "Abdullah Brigade"(their name, not ours) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:17am
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Ah, I understand. Its just that hearing "retaliatory" kinda makes that little 'something might be wrong here' gland itch. So anyway, I actually do have a legit (non-internet-poking) question. Did you know/see/interact with any journalists while out and about? While my number one goal in life is to learn to follow and cover elections in America, my second goal would be to do overseas correspondence work, specifically war-zone coverage. -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:22am
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Interesting you mention that. While i was working in Kuwait, i had a really great friend that worked for Kuwaiti intelligence, one of his sources was a reporter. Great guy named "Ahmed" got his kid out of a jam for him. He still E mails me from time to time. Really proffesional guy, he always had a smile no matter how bad a day he was having. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:23am
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It'd be hard for intell or anyone in the spec ops/task line of work to actually interact with journalists. My unit and I were under strict orders to not converse under any circumstances with anyone outside of the military. My job and Dbib's job were quite different though. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:26am
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Me and my guys were always interacting with the populace, we werent ever "MI" we were always "Force Protection" or "Civil Affairs"
Someone has info on someone, they get sent to "Force Protection" ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:28am
I am not one to say with certainty nor fact, but just from talking with people who have gone over to Iraq for certain news wire companies (UPI to be specific), they say it is surprising the amount of stuff people are willing to say if they don't give you a proper name or any identification. I think it is some sort of odd human nature to want to tell people stuff. Obviously if you are trained to not talk, then you won't. -------------
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:33am
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I agree. People always want to talk about the exciting things that happen in their lives. It's a fascinating aspect of human nature. The Corps, as you might expect, is filled with people who hold up the Corps' values. Anyone who treds against these values will more than likely be witnessed doing so by at least two people who will get on their high horse and ride strait to the CO or closest possible officer who can actually do something about it. If you are an average ground pounder, you can talk to whomever you'd like as long as you never gave specifics. i.e. you were on patrol near a village outside of location x. Roughly x ammount of men were on said patrol and blah blah blah. Vaeguness is key. But yes, I did hear about lots of people talking to the AP about things they probably shouldn't have. But at the same time, the news has to come from someone at some point! ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:35am
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I wouldnt say that, everyone has breaking point.
We had a guy in Ramadi. Old Iraqi Special forces, freakin hard core guy, he coulda have gotten up, killed me, the two guards and been done by the time an MP had even touched the door of the interogation room. But i hammered this guy for 72 hours. You know what got him? A snickers bar. I lost all composure, sat back in my chair, fished around in my cargo pocket and took out a snickers bar, i took a bite and he looked at me and said, "Hey... whats that?" i told him its a snickers bar, he wanted a bite.. So i figured why not, this guys not going to talk, he eats the entire thing and asks.. "Do you have any more?" I looked at him dead in the face and ask, "What were you doing at the time of your arrest?" He told me everything, and he got more snickers bars. You would be suprised what these guys will give info for, from snickers bars, socker balls, O'douls Beer(they believe they get drunk) to John Wayne and Jenna Jamisson. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:39am
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So if you have a journalist with you guys. And they get killed, can there be any blame on your guys part. Or do they sign their life away when the enter? Because being in a war zone armed with a camera does not sound fun to me. I don't even know why they even wear a bullet proof vest that is a differen't color and says press on it. Is it for the american viewers or are they hoping it will lessen the chance of getting shot by the enemy.
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:44am
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:45am
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Yeah, reporters do get shot, the one imbedded reporter i saw carried a pistol and wore a vest with balistic plates. I didnt know him at all though, no way a reporter is going to run around with an MI team, they put those loons with the infantry guys. You couldnt pay me to get shot at with nothing but a camera.
_________ - Sporx- In all fairness when i joined up, i wasnt at all prepared to do the things i did while i was in combat, but somehow i did them, and i came out OK. Do i like being in the Army? Yes, its about the guy next to me, i like being in formation, and knowing that no matter what, the guy next to me is going to take care of me, and i him, i like knowing that, when im at the mall, or on town with friends, that im in good good hands. I went to combat with these guys, and some of them are closer to me than my own family, i ate, slept and bled with these guys. Its that bond that i love so much. Ile miss it when i leave the military, i already know that. So yes, i do enjoy being in the Army. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:49am
Hehe, the great and mighty AP. AP is, by and large, the most professional of all the guys you will have the chance to talk to. AP holds its reporters to very, very high standards, and has a strict set of guidelines on how to handle military sources. They know what they are doing when they have military people talking to them, for the most part. -------------
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:52am
Heh, I will take the term "loon" with pride, seeing as going into a potential war zone with a camera and a laptop is something I would love to do one day, if given the chance. -------------
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:55am
Pretty much the way it works. The vests are for, from what I hear, quick identification in a crowd, as well as letting anyone involved that they are not soldiers for either side. -------------
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 5:02am
Agreed. I think that if there was ever a reporter that could hide his/her personal bias, he/she would belong to the AP. Very stand-up individuals I must say. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: karll
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 5:29am
Ind't that one of them oxymorons?  ------------- PlentifulBalls "It's cool, I'll be dead before I'm not pretty." Gatyr "Stupid things exist." 
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 7:30am
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How did I know that old joke was coming? |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 8:29am
| it always is... |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 9:23am
how many years have you been in? |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 9:33am
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DO YOU THINK I'M CUTE? DO YOU THINK I'M FUNNY!? </R Lee Ermey> ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 10:02am
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all someone has to do to get out is tell their CO they are gay...
i had a navy officer tell me if you want out hit on your CO and you will have an honorable discharge and be home in 3 days. is this true? and will you have to pay back any sign on bonuses? ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 10:28am
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Is there a chance that I could enlist right now and be gauranteed a place in OPFOR? Or would it be one of those things where the recruiter will say "Oh, uhhh maybe" ------------- 
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Posted By: Susan Storm
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 10:33am
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DID YOU ORDER THE CODE RED!? ------------- "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 12:18pm
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Do you still regret not going joining Mother Green Killing Machines (USMC)?
and yeah have you ordered any code reds? ------------- 
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 12:24pm
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Why did you say you had a deaf girlfriend who lived with you, chatted on IRC, and wasn't allowed in certain rooms of your apartment?
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Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 3:40pm
| i still want to know how long youve been in the army for |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:07pm
You want to be the OPposing FORce during exercises? Edited: Bold type added for clarity. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:09pm
I'm guessing the answer is "NO" regardless of what comes after this. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:14pm
Something I should have put in my earlier post: Recruiters lie. You can tell when they're lying because their lips are moving and sound is coming out.* *This does not make the military bad, I enjoyed my time in. It just means that you should be ready for the unexpected once you are in. -------------
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Posted By: cadet_sergeant
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:29pm
his AKO account, but i'd need his name, beyond that i dont believe him. making E-6 during your first contract is impossable, either that or his unit is really hurting for NCO's. |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 4:45pm
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About the only thing recruiters can Guarantee now days is a Deployment to the Sandbox. -------------
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 6:26pm
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Why is it that a Marine Lance Corporal has more duties and responsibilities and more Marines under his command than an Army SSG does?
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 6:33pm
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I wanna be a marine sniper... and have since I was like... 8. advice? desperate attempts to change my mind? etc.? ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 6:34pm
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Because an Army SSG has NO Marines under his command? ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 6:47pm
Because DBib is in a completely different MOC? Not everyone can be a rifleman. Not that I'd want any other trade myself, of course. Being an NCO is fun. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 6:48pm
Ok, got me on a technicality. Lets try this again. Why is it that a Marine Lance Corporal has more duties and responsibilities and more Marines under his command than an Army SSG with the same job has soldiers? -------------
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 6:52pm
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I try. :) ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 7:17pm
Crazy lawyer speak.... ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 7:21pm
when was this? |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 8:51pm
Because Marine Salty Lance Coolio > Army Staff Sarge Duh. A better question is is Kritofer the only Marine who is enlisted now who hasnt seen any real world action? -------------
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 12:14pm
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 2:07pm
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Are you talking about the big training facility with really high speed OPFOR in quantico? Or the team in California??
Dude, just join, there are going to be plenty of oportunity to be OPFOR during training exersizes. The people that are ALWAYS opfor though.. They are instructors at training facilities. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 2:34pm
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How many dudes would consider you the Sergeant of the Staff.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 2:36pm
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Hm..
To me i think, "The Staff" i think the "General Staff" and the closest thing to that i would think would be "Sergeant Major Preston" The sergeant major of the army. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 4:05pm
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You still didn't answer my question.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 4:19pm
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Well ile answer you if you tell me what it is you think i do. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 4:21pm
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 4:22pm
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Well hes saying an E4 in the marines has more duties than i do, but he doesnt know what i do. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: 636andy636.
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 4:23pm
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Ever kill anyone? And why is there cheese on my keyboard ------------- [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/anthonymartinez/402cdjo-1.gif"> |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 4:24pm
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Thats personal.
And, your a sloppy eater? Or its Margles. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: 636andy636.
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:01pm
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I have not been home all weekend so its not me. Care to be a PI and gather up suspects? Ever regret enlisting? ------------- [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/anthonymartinez/402cdjo-1.gif"> |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:09pm
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Have i ever regreted enlisting.
Yes, everyone has. But like i said before, being in the military is different than being a civilian. In the civilian world, you say do this, it might get done, it might done. In the military, you say, hey private, i need you to run this file down to batallion, it gets done, and you know it gets done. You ask someone to do something, they come back and they tell you, it got done, they dont go away just yet, they will stand there because you didnt look at them and say, "Thank you, thats all" In the civilian world, they might come back and say, "Hey i ran that file for you, they werent there so i left it on someone desk" and then just walk off. I like the order and discipline of it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:27pm
| Who is more kick ass, the SMA, or the SgtMajMC? |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:28pm
Actually I was talking in general terms. I as a LCPL in the Marine Corps have 15-30 Marines under my chrage until they are ready to begin training. Once the Marines are in training, the Marine Instructors at this school house normally have 12-24 Marines under them at any given time, however the Army instructors (who we work directly with) have to comply with a strict 6 to 1 student to instructor ratio. So my question is, why does the Army not trust its NCO's and staff NCO's as much as the Corps trusts an E-3? -------------
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:30pm
SgtMajMC FTW! -------------
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:30pm
Because we've been to MCRD. 
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:35pm
You have been talking up that your some kinda SpecOps Intel Bubba. From what we gather you are still in your first enlistment and somehow have managed to climb to E-6. Unless you found Osama BinLadden it's hard to see how anyone specially now days woudl climb ranks so fast. I have seen First enlistment term Sargents. But never a Staff Sargent neither has my father who retired a First Sargent with 30 plus years in the US Army. that's why your vague story has that whole overtone of shens. Besides arent you Intel Bubbas are all about OPSEC? -------------
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:36pm
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I know that in the USMC, rank is gained pretty fast in a combat zone.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:36pm
Well what job are they training for? I knew an E2 that had more than 70 soldiers that she was in charge of. At the school house i attended for my MOS, class sizes varried between 24-2 depending on the lesson being taught. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:38pm
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Nothing would surprise me with the Army at this point.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:44pm
Right now because of the Iraq war and people like the CIA and NSA, besicaly any OGA wanting this MOS to come work for them, they are offering big money and benifits to the older guys, so the skillers and warrent officers are leaving the army and the NCO corps for my MOS in droves, it made the promotion points drop to 350 for E5 and 450 for E6. So what happened was people got promoted fast. What happened to me was i made speicialist while i was still in school, i went over and was put in an E5s slot, i was put into an OMT cell, made corporal, made E6 because of the sergeant major and colonel i was working under at the time. During my AIT phase of training, one of my drills was an E6, still in his first enlistment. Im just intelligence, but my MOS does get stuck with the special ops guys a lot. I wasnt with any of those guys though. OPSEC? Thats why im being relatively vauge. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:46pm
Well group classes were kept at around 24. Classes on running approaches against and unwilling source and classes on elicitation, those were kept to 2 or three soldiers per instructor. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Gunchicken
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:56pm
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whats a staff sergeant do? |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:57pm
.... .... Depends on the MOS. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:58pm
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The job they are training for is Heavy Equipment Operators, or Mechanics.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 6:01pm
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I would venture to say that they trust marines that way because if a bunch of marines get killed during a training accident, its no big deal, not as big a deal as if a bunch of soldiers get killed.
The marines have always had this sort of mentality. This is a joke by the way. Its really up to the school house how they want to put together their classes, that warrent officer 5 or whoever is running it will decide class size and student to instructor ratios. Army falls under TRADOC, training and doctrorine command, so its the same army wide reguardless of MOS. Ive been told the Corpse doesnt have this sort of aparatus. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 8:41pm
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 9:21pm
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Yeah thats not like, a battalion. Thats cadre at a training facility, thats not an entry level job, and its not an MOS, so you cant guarantee a job being OPFOR. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 22 July 2007 at 11:44am
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I thought it was an MOS. They have their own insignia and everything.. -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 22 July 2007 at 12:18pm
Yeah, MOS doesnt have an insignia, your unit and corpse does. For instance, the MI corpse insignia is..
But my units insignia is.. 
That OPFOR group your refering to is a unit. Being OPFOR isnt a job you can sign up in the army. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 23 July 2007 at 12:06pm
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Evil Elvis, as for me being the only Marine who hasnt been deployed yet, on this forum most defiantly. In the reserves most defiantly not, and many active duty Marines havnet either. But I will be going over in December unless something happens with that deployment. They are supposed to ask for volunteers in September for that deployment.
Also Linus, Marines in a warzone dont get promoted that fast, it speeds the promotion up, especially in a combat related field because of their experience. I've met Many a Marine who has been to Iraq twice who is still and E-4, E-5, and E-6. The E-6 has also been in for 12 years and almost has a masters degree. But that was a year ago so his status coule be different now. Our Doc (Corpsman) who is retiring in June from the Navy has been in for twenty years, almost twenty, when he retires it will be twenty, but regardless he is E-5. So. Back to my question which has YET to be answered and I had drill allll weekend, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE ARMY? Thats the easiest question to answer and doesnt have anything to do with OPSEC. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 23 July 2007 at 5:54pm
He may be referring to 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment at Fort Irwin. They're the OPFOR for the National Training Centre. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 23 July 2007 at 6:12pm
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Kris, I haven't deployed either. But only because I am medically non-deployable at a non-deployable unit, and looking at a possible discharge. -------------
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 23 July 2007 at 8:59pm
| If driving at the speed of light, and you turn your lights on, would they work? |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 24 July 2007 at 6:10am
| i'm still waiting on length of enlistment question... how long have you been in? |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 24 July 2007 at 7:26am
I think he was found out, and had to crawl back in the hole he came from. -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 24 July 2007 at 12:46pm
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No there are some questions im not answering. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 24 July 2007 at 1:24pm
What would REALLY blow your mind would be that approaching the speed of light would cause a doppler effect on allelectromagnetic energy- at the right speeds you could see infrared and UV, or even x rays, gamma rays, radio, microwaves, etc. Doppler shift is wicked awesome. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |