Military Round-Up Thread
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Topic: Military Round-Up Thread
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Subject: Military Round-Up Thread
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 10:14am
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Attention to Muster!
Military members from all countries and branches of service, stand by to sound off! Active Duty, Reservist, Retired, or Prior Service are all welcome! Brihard mentioned last week that we needed another one of these threads, and I got tired of waiting around for someone else to make it. Post your service photo (Bonus points if wearing BCG's), details of service, best/worst memories, duty stations, deployments, decorations, whatever! I'll start it off... 
Rank: E-5 (Petty Officer Second Class) Rate/NEC/MOS: Yeoman/0000 Years of Service: August 2006 to Present Duty Stations Assigned: Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL (Aug 06-Dec 06) Naval Technical Training Center, Meridian, MS (Dec 06-Feb 07) AEGIS Training and Readiness Center, Dahlgren, VA (Mar 07-Present) USS ESSEX (LHD-2) (Apr 09-May 11) Brief Description of Duties: Providing customer service to military personnel regarding pay, allowances, leave, and correspondence. Upkeep or personnel service records and command instruction program. Best Memory: Putting on the Navy ballcap. I'm not usually a sap for these kinds of things, but replacing my Recruit ballcap with the Navy one was one of the greatest moments in my life, I'll never forget it. Worst Memory: There's a lot, but none that I couldn't take something positive away from. If I had to pick, probably when I had to stand and 8 hour roving security watch in A-School, because the person who was supposed to relieve me didn't show up, and neither did the person who was supposed to relieve him. Walking around outside in 30 degree weather from 0000 to 0800 is not fun. |
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 10:35am
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USMC 1987-1992 Corporal Crew chief of an AAVP7A1 Alpha Co. 1st platoon 2nd Aslt Amp Bn, 2nd Mar Dive FMF Best memory, Meritorious promotion from E2 to E3, I had E2 for 20 hours. Worst memory...Liberia. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 10:40am
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Can ex-military join this game as well?
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Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 10:44am
| Of course! Pictures are heavily encouraged as well. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 10:56am
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Well, I don't do pictures. Always hated them in general and have not liked the idea of my photo on the net since I found it on an ex-girlfriends web site. (There were also pictures of my house and car taken from a distance.) I did a little over 23 years in the USAF and spent the entire time in Security Forces. Outside of a tour in the UK I spent my career stateside. (Not by choice until the last few years.) Worst memory would be breaking through the ice of a frozen lake during a winter exercise. There are too many good memories to select from; but, in general, the best ones are related to watching trouble troops that I helped turn around become NCOs and leaders in their own right. -------------
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 11:03am
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Service: Canadian Forces Army Reserve
Rank: Corporal (equivalent to American E4); qualified for promotion to Master Corporal MOS: Infantry 00010 Service: February 2004 - Present Full time taskings: Soldier Qualification, Basic Infantry Qualification summer 2004 Ceremonial Guard Summer 2005, Summer 2006 Primary Infantry Qualification (Infantry) Summer 2007 Operation Athena Roto 6 workup training, Sept 2007-Sept 2008 Operation Athena Roto 6, Kandahar Afghanistan, Sept 2008 - Present Description of duties: Currently a rifleman in a platoon tasked with force protection- convoy escorts, gate guard, vehicle and personnel searches, etc. Best memory: Graduating my primary leadership qualification Worst memory: The couple minutes between hearing the IED go off and confirming we had no casualties. Once I get home in the spring I should get promoted to Master Corporal (E-5 equivalent), and then will probably spend the next few summers teaching basic training courses, while hopefully commanding an infantry section at my regiment during the year. 
Taking a break at one of our camps during a convoy run. 
Checking the road verges leading up to a drainage culvert for possible IEDs. ------------- "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: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 12:48pm
| Does Starfleet count? |
Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 12:51pm
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Hey bri, would your convoy truck tires fit on my truck you think ?
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Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 1:55pm
If you want it to count, you have to convince me it will. |
Brian Fellows wrote:Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 2:02pm
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Is he a red shirt? ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: IMPULS3.
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 2:31pm
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I guess this would be a good place to ask this. How did you guys study for your ASVAB? ------------- 
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 2:37pm
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www.military.com/ASVAB ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 3:02pm
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USMC 2000-2008 E6 Staff Sergeant Sniper/Scoutsman 1st Bn. 1st Marine Div. 2000-2002 Operation Enduring Freedom
Best Memory: Making it out alive. Aside from that, joining. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 3:31pm
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Cadet Corporal stuck in ROTC land (reserve officer training corp) duty stations-sept 2007-present- Hofstra U. (doesn't sound bad til you see the std rate) a lot of people don't consider me in, but if i do something stupid or fail something semi-badly, i get shipped to an actual base, and i'm out of cadet land...i have signed my contract saying i understand that. best memory-as of now, getting to be OPFOR in the last FTX we did a few weeks ago...wasted full squads of future LT's because they were idiots. edit-good memory because the guys i 'killed' bragged about how good they were. go figure. also, i'm set to commission in may 2011 |
Posted By: AK Andrew
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 5:28pm
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Planing to join the canadian armed forces as soon as done schooling .
I know it dont count but still. ------------- wHY ARE YOU READING THIS! |
Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 5:38pm
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Yeah, also considering OCS after college. I'd like the regular college experience. I'll be the first officer in my family. Brother, mother, father, uncles, and grandfathers were all enlisted. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 5:45pm
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ocs=enlisted, then decides to become an officer rotc=college+military at the same time and=end of ocs anyway when you graduate. being a 2LT |
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 5:45pm
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They'll hate you. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 5:50pm
welcome to my life. same problem. just have to be an officer at family gatherings until they get over it. "well sarge, i just don't give a  . so pass the corn and deal with it" |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 6:18pm
My understanding is that once you accept tuition money for your second year of ROTC and attend your first day of class they pretty much own you. (I.e. if you don't make it through ROTC then you get enlisted.)
OCS also = went to college on your own and then decided to join the military; at least for the USAF (which calls it OTS, but it is the same thing.)
They won't hate you. My son is an naval officer despite the fact that both I and my ex-father-in-law were enlisted AF. We are all very proud. (I do give him a hard time about the Navy part though.) -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 6:19pm
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Rank: Officer Cadet
Rate/NEC/MOS: None yet but number one choice right now is infantry officer followed by pilot then armored officer. Will find out later this year. Years of Service: July 2008 to Present Duty Stations Assigned: Royal Military College of St Jean - August 2008-May/June 2009 Royal Military College of Canada - September 2009-May/June 2012 Brief Description of Duties: Student recieving military training also. Best Memory: Team Obstacle course at the end of our orientation period/initiation. Worst Memory: Nothing yet really Goals: Get to Afghanistan before it's over. Since I don't like posting pictures, this repost is the best I will do:  ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 6:58pm
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Mother Green's Killing Machines;
Corporal 1995-1999 Active 1999-2001 Reserve MOS 0331(machine gunner)/0311(rifleman) Operation Joint Guard, Bosnia (IFOR/SFOR) Operation Silver Wake, Albania Operation Guardian Retrieval, Congo Zaire Best Memory, The Hippo Incident/ Albania Heershey Punch Out League Worst Memory, the suck ex. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 7:10pm
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EE you have some of the best war stories I have ever heard. Post some of them up here (the forum appropriate ones of course...)
------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 7:58pm
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Branch: Active US Army MOS: 15S - Aviation Crew Chief Rank - Specialist (E-4) Duty Stations: Basic Training - Fort Jackson, SC AIT- Fort Eustis, VA Current Duty Station - Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Job Description - Keep my helicopter in the air. Best Memory : Probably my latest promotion Worst Memory : 30 Days straight of 12 hour shifts at NTC in barstow California where it gets consistently up to over 110 degrees. http://imageshack.us">  ^Right when I got out of basic with one of buddies, back when I was a E-2. Yeah yeah, I know about the headgear GI joes son, you can't drop me yet :) ------------- |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 8:33pm
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United States Navy
civilian welder (apprentice). aug 2008-(contract is until aug 2013) Navsea - NNSY - Portsmouth VA. hoping to go TDY anywhere but VA... ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 26 November 2008 at 11:33pm
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I love EE's war stories. ------------- 
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 1:03am
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US Army ROTC MSII set to commission in May 2011. I consider anyone who has signed the contract an taken the oath to be in. Except for Linus. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 1:35am
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Do want. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 2:06am
They're not for the faint of heart. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 2:13am
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 7:16am
Ok, you can't mention something referred to as "The Hippo Incident" without going into detail, that has to be good. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 9:50am
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Active Duty USMC June 06-Present Rank: LCpl MOS: 8900 Basic Marine Billet MOS: 2821 Computer Repair Tech. Duty Stations: June 06-September 06: Recruit Training Parris Island, SC Sept 06-Oct 06: Marine Combat Training Camp Gieger, NC Oct 06-Present: Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. Best Memory: Boot Camp was good times. Worst Memory: Everyday I walk into my office. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 10:12am
Unless it involved a large woman and beer goggles. -------------
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 11:23am
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mack-its probably easier and cheaper to do rotc instead of ocs only because you can get college paid for without having to go through the GI bill, which a few guys i know are having some problems with recieving on time for some reason. and yeah, you were dead on. when i set foot into classes this year they officially owned me. heres to you- honestly, i don't care  . i'm not a stickler on stuff like that, but my buddy is. if you sneeze in formation you get dropped. (not literally, but it doesn't take a lot at all)and i thought it was general sop that aviation units don't wear soft caps on the flight deck and such because they can get blown away too easily? i know you were in a parking lot, but i always thought thats how it was |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 11:49am
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EE- I want a story! ------------- "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: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 11:59am
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I've asked him to tell it on the boards before, to no avail. ------------- ? |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 1:55pm
Come by chat sometime, we've got some really good ones out of him before. I def understand why you wouldn't post here though. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 2:22pm
OTS, at least in the Air Force, was usually the route in for people who'd already gone through college on their own, then decided a few years afterwards that they wanted to try the military. -------------
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 7:08pm
Heh, that may be me if my financial situation doesn't make some progress in the near future. I'm about to graduate but I can't even get a stupid job at a bookstore and all the employers in my field (IT/software engineering) are looking for people with years of experience and a huge skill set which a fresh graduate just can't have. If I practically have to beg for a job at a grocery store to get by, I'm joining the military. I'd rather get shot/blown up fighting for my country than die a poor miserable waste at home. Besides, there may be a place for me in the armed forces related to my major which would be just dandy. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 7:10pm
Not really, all the IT positions have gone civilian these days. You are better off going to India. -------------
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 7:16pm
have you been watching the news lately? |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 7:19pm
Why don't you read snake's description of himself again and then question what he says about military IT. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 7:52pm
We don't wear headgear on the flightline, but this picture was taken in my hometown in NC. ------------- |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 8:22pm
I think he was referring to the terrorist incident in India, not the IT thing. -------------
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 8:52pm
thank god you dont plan on going intelligence. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 27 November 2008 at 11:26pm
My bad. Though I have a feeling that intelligence is a significantly overrated job. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Ken Majors
Date Posted: 28 November 2008 at 12:35am
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U.S.Army
MOS: 91B32Y1VP All that garbage means is that I was a medic, school trained as an NCO medical specialist (NREMT-P)instructor, Ranger qualified, and a paratrooper. Years of Service: 1984-1990 active 1990- 1993 reserve Spent my first 20 months in service in the 1st/75th Ranger Infantry Battalion. When I wasn't in school which was more than half of that time. The rest of my time was at Ft. Bragg in 2nd/325th Airborne Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division. I was a grunt medic. Deployments: Multinational Force and Observers -Egypt Operation Golden Pheasant - Honduras 1988 Operation Just Cause - Panama 1989-90 Most Memorable: Panama Graduating Ranger School was quite an accomplishment. As far as I know they don't even let medics go to Ranger school anymore. The training I received in the military is what motivated me to do what I do today. Flight Nurse and paramedic with a very busy Lifeflight program. RLTW 
That was me....circa 1987 or so. Still trying to get healthy after Ranger school....I lost sooo much weight it was scary. Excuse the Hitler mustache....I had a real ass of a first sargeant. ------------- RLTW |
Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 28 November 2008 at 1:45am
Heh, I guess I'm screwed no matter what.  ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 01 December 2008 at 10:46am
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Every one of us who served or is presently serving has a "war story". Some are funny, down right hysterical. some are not and still bother us today. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 01 December 2008 at 11:35pm
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USMC 2006-2012 Current Rank - E-3 Lance Corporal MOS - 1171 Water Purification Working on getting my HMMWV liscence. Best memory - Marine Corps ball Worst memory- Dont really have one, I love it. |