Originally posted by: brandonbull
Sometimes I still say "going to the head" instead of "going to the bathroom".
Originally posted by: theblackbox
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: datalink7
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: theblackbox
specialists, uh oh. i remember a few of those, a travesty to the rank of e4. corporals are the backbone of the army regardless of what any nco says. at least the fighting army...
Nawh, it's the squad leader now. It seems like 90% of the missions in Iraq are squad sized with a squad leader running them. I ran missions as an E5 for about 3 weeks while my squad leader was on leave, but the E6 runs the show these days.
Depends where you are at. Every one of my missions were platoon sized. Sometimes we would split sections, but typically I would take one section and my platoon sergeant would take the other in those instances.
Even when we ran platoon sized or larger missions, the squad leaders were the mission leaders. Hell, on one of the missions that I ran my first sergeant, commander, and 2 LTC's were all in trucks. Granted, it wasn't an amazing mission...
We were always used to a three man team.
We'd have an buck or staff sergeant , and either 2 e4s or another buck and an e4. Most of the time though, our e4s were corporals. very rare to see a spec. on one of the teams. most of the e4 specialists were either on print teams or broadcast teams, and not on a loudspeaker team.
On a side note, i would like to add my dismay to seeing the army move to a change in uniform that allows the beret as standard issue.
I took pride being able to wear my beret and flash, and tucking my damn dress greens into my shiny as glass boots, and what my tab and wings meant.
the time i spent cutting out that stupid lining, then shaving it with a razor, shaping it, and making it into a statement of my service, now to see everyone with one. breaks my heart. i'm thankful i didn't make a career out of the service, as i don't think i would have gotten over that change.
Originally posted by: Flammable
i learned this from generation kill...
"sweet sweet november juliet"
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: Bulk Beef
Originally posted by: TallBill
Nope! I'll have to brush up if my plan of joining ROTC next fall comes to fruition.
Going to the Dark Side?
Hehe yeah, gotta make the moneys.. That was my original intent anyways. Got a brief IRR scare tonight. I got orders to muster to a unit, but not deploy.
Although I really wouldn't mind taking a year break and going back to Iraq right now
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Originally posted by: theblackbox
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: datalink7
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: theblackbox
specialists, uh oh. i remember a few of those, a travesty to the rank of e4. corporals are the backbone of the army regardless of what any nco says. at least the fighting army...
Nawh, it's the squad leader now. It seems like 90% of the missions in Iraq are squad sized with a squad leader running them. I ran missions as an E5 for about 3 weeks while my squad leader was on leave, but the E6 runs the show these days.
Depends where you are at. Every one of my missions were platoon sized. Sometimes we would split sections, but typically I would take one section and my platoon sergeant would take the other in those instances.
Even when we ran platoon sized or larger missions, the squad leaders were the mission leaders. Hell, on one of the missions that I ran my first sergeant, commander, and 2 LTC's were all in trucks. Granted, it wasn't an amazing mission...
We were always used to a three man team.
We'd have an buck or staff sergeant , and either 2 e4s or another buck and an e4. Most of the time though, our e4s were corporals. very rare to see a spec. on one of the teams. most of the e4 specialists were either on print teams or broadcast teams, and not on a loudspeaker team.
On a side note, i would like to add my dismay to seeing the army move to a change in uniform that allows the beret as standard issue.
I took pride being able to wear my beret and flash, and tucking my damn dress greens into my shiny as glass boots, and what my tab and wings meant.
the time i spent cutting out that stupid lining, then shaving it with a razor, shaping it, and making it into a statement of my service, now to see everyone with one. breaks my heart. i'm thankful i didn't make a career out of the service, as i don't think i would have gotten over that change.
The Navy is also changing their work uniform, losing the retarded bell-bottom dungarees for actual decent looking bluish cammo uniforms.
Originally posted by: brunell8
Originally posted by: dainthomas
The Navy is also changing their work uniform, losing the retarded bell-bottom dungarees for actual decent looking bluish cammo uniforms.
Those "retarded bell-bottom dungarees" can be used a flotation device to save your life should you ever be on a sinking ship, asshat.
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Originally posted by: brunell8
Originally posted by: dainthomas
The Navy is also changing their work uniform, losing the retarded bell-bottom dungarees for actual decent looking bluish cammo uniforms.
Those "retarded bell-bottom dungarees" can be used a flotation device to save your life should you ever be on a sinking ship, asshat.
Thank for the enlightenment, professor. However when I was at sea we wore the overalls 90% of the time anyway. I'm sure those, along with the new pants, can equally be used as a flotation device. And the bell bottom dungarees did look retarded.
Asshat.