It has a more textured look and I do a smoother face for the stuff I sell.

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I’ll be back in an hour and message whoever the top person is to send it to them.

Thanks for playing, mods I hope this was ok.

30 days and a reprimand seems light and absurd for this situation. His lawyer saying he's taken responsibility and the family wants privacy is extra ridiculous considering the OpEd where they appealed to Trump/Pete and claimed he was being targeted by the SHARP system.

He plead guilty to assault charges, one of which is for non-consensually kissing a cadet. It's crazy that a lot of the other 'on campus' stuff that got his title ix complaint started didn't make it to court martial, but dude abused his position as a PMS to creep on the female cadets.

Guy got off light.

Please someone give me a good duty station I am at fort hood with HORRIBLE NCOs more E-5s then 6 or 7s but still you have SLs falling out of runs people doing drugs selling drugs, nothing happens you just sit there everyday I thought as a 11B I’d be so highspeed doing highspeed shit unlike the “pogs” and now I think they do more highspeed stuff then us. I wanna be in the army I love it but this is not what I expected I don’t want this first base to determine the whole army it’s self, can anyone please direct me to a better duty station before I just decide to leave

Fck **

What has happened to the NCO CORP? Over the last 7 years I've watched:

A training NCO admit he doesn't know why he was put into the position, then proceeded to teach outdated training despite being shown a new material was released.

A senior NCO flat out refuse a deployment, cheat on a the pre deployment testing and then lie his way through SRP.

A second Senior NCO throw a full faced production, Including tears at a junior soldiers funeral, then turn around and call the soldier a piece of shit and laugh at how the soldier died

A career NCO (5forlife) refuse to help out a junior soldier when his ride fell through, then recommended NJP while laughing.

Lastly, another NCO refusing to speak to the 1sg on a soldiers defense over an SOP, IN WHICH THE SOLDIER WAS CORRECT IN FOLLOWING.

What happened to us being the :outstanding leadership: and not using grade or position for pleasure profit or personal safety? Have we become a joke?

Insert the 'are we the bad guys' meme here.

I'll take a double baconator, I'm giving up, might as well be happy.

What happens to soldiers who just suck at there jobs. I’m not even talking about being shitbags and lazy, what if they do most things right, on time, never really in trouble but they just suck at their job? I imagine it’s annoying when you’re stateside, like I’ve seen a lot of 91Bs who tell me yeah I’ve never touched a wrench outside the army this is my first time seeing any of this. Like it’s okay when you have time to learn but what if that unit is on deployment/ going on deployment soon and that kid who’s never touched a tool bag in his life, straight out of 91B school just sucks. Are they patient with him? Does he get a lot of counseling’s because he can’t complete his mission and putting his team in danger? What if he chose a MOS where there’s only of him and he just plainly sucks at his mos. Does the army plan for this or what?

Almost 20 years ago I went to Basic Combat Training (BCT) at Fort Jackson. Most of my drill sergeants were mediocre and the lead drill sergeant liked to punch me in the chest during no brass no ammo checks. He also like to stomp my helmet into the ground during the low crawl. My Company Commander was absent most of the time. I don't remember his name, I just remember he didn't seem to care at all and he had an 18th MP patch. However, during one of our last 12 mile ruck marches, the Battalion Commander rucked with me almost the whole way. I'm a big, tall dude so I carried the 240, the whole way. I was just a Soldier but he gave me the time to ruck with me and talk to me. We talked about family, goals, career, and everything else. I was struggling with the soldierization process, the abuse, and family troubles, like so many young soldiers at Basic Training. He treated me like a human and it was nice.

Today he was at the top of an email chain that invited me to a meeting to sit at the table and I saw he was working in the Headquarters I worked in last year, just a block from my Battalion Headquarters. I called him and though we had spoken before at the HQ he and I worked at, I didn't realize who he was or that I had met him. That little act of kindness 20 years ago had helped me so much. I called him from my office and told him how much that meant to me.

He retired over 10 years ago and didn't remember me, but I just wanted to share how much those little acts of kindness mean to young Soldiers who are struggling. Now that I am a Battalion Commander, I will work hard to pay that forward to my teammates and make sure that I am kind and compassionate to the people on my team because I may never know what it means to them, but remembering that moment reminds me how much impact small acts of kindness have when they come from leaders.

I'll take a Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty and a Frescata Sandwich.

Hello everyone, as the title suggests, I believe my CO made a dumb decision which indirectly lead to the death of my parent and I’m not sure what course of action, if any, I can take. I’m honestly not sure if I’m so overcome by grief and anger that I’m not thinking straight or if I genuinely have an edge to stand on here. I would really appreciate anyone taking the time to read this and provide their feedback. I apologize in advance for the long post.

In late 2024, I got a phone call from my mom’s caretaker (family friend) that she started eloping, meaning that she was leaving a safe environment undetected and wandering off, getting lost, running of of gas, and being found by paramedics in the early hours of the morning, an entire state away. He informed me that she had done it several times, and this was my first red flag that something was wrong with my mom. My mom and I live in different states.

In early 2025, whilst at NTC (preparing for a 2025 EUCOM rotation), I got another call, this time from my brother and SIL (who live a few blocks away from my mom and caretaker), that the caretaker had left my mom alone, and that somehow she fell down the stairs and broke her arm. They reported (and I saw pictures) that she ended up with two black eyes as well. Accusations were being thrown around that my mom was being physically abused by the caretaker. I was getting conflicting accounts by all parties as to what happened, and at the same time, my mom’s phone somehow got broken. The only person able to tell me what really happened was suffering with cognition issues and I was unable to get any real answers. With no way to contact her directly, and with opposing views on what really happened that day, I called the local police department to do a welfare check, and also filed a case for potential elderly abuse.

I reported all of this to my 1SG. My SIL tried to put a Red Cross message, but that was obviously denied because it wasn’t an emergency.

Well, in late 2025, I got another call, this time from my mom. She didn’t sound right. She was talking in incomplete sentences, talking about people that didn’t exist, laughing in a strange and unwarranted manner. I asked my caretaker what was going on with her and he said he didn’t know but that he had set an appointment a few months out with a neurologist to evaluate her. Well the appointment happened, and I was told by the caretaker that the doctor evaluating her said that she had the cognitive function of about a 6 year-old.

The problem is that the caretaker was financially in shambles. He was struggling to pay for their insurance and her insurance only covered so much because they had just moved states to be closer with my brother and SIL, and her insurance was in the process of transferring over.

I sat down with my 1SG and CO and explained the situation to them and pleaded with them that I felt like my mom wasn’t receiving the care that she needed, and that if I could have her come live with me, and pay for her monthly expenses, I could claim her as a dependent and put her under tricare so that I could guarantee that she get the care she needs. Additionally, I told them that every time I spoke with her on the phone, she sounded a little less coherent and that I could tell she was getting worse. She had a variety of other illnesses like diabetes and hypertension and the caretaker confided in me that there were several times that she could not take her medications because he could not afford to pay the copays until he got paid.

My mom, as cognitively impaired as she was, would insist that her caretaker hit her. I have her on a recorded line saying this. The caretaker and my brother and SIL do NOT get along with each other. The caretaker filed a power of attorney and my mom signed unknowingly because she had dementia for goodness sake, and my sibling filed several police reports for abuse, and elderly neglect. They were warring with each other and my mom was caught in the crossfire. I needed to get her out of there. All of this was explained to my command team.

I told them in very plain English that I was very worried that my mom would not make it through my deployment with her current care, and pleaded with them to let me sit this one out to sort out my family affairs. My CO looked me dead in my eyes and told me that the mission needed me more and that I absolutely had to go on this deployment. I asked for leave so that I could go see her for myself and check on her, and he denied me and said we were too close to the deployment date for that. He told me I’d need a medical emergency in order to get any leave approved. My brother and SIL tried to put in another Red Cross message, but was once again denied because it wasn’t a true emergency.

So on deployment I went. I listened over the phone as my mom got worse and worse, and there was nothing I could do. I kept promising that upon my arrival back stateside, I would take custody of her and finally monitor her care closely to make sure she was getting her medical needs looked after.

Well, in May of this year, only 2 months before the end of my deployment, she sadly she passed away. It was very sudden. I was on a convoy on my way to port when I got the call. I had to be turned around and sent back to FOS to await the next main body flight out so that I could sort out her funeral. That went well enough, but after months of grieving, I have started to feel very angry at my CO for not taking me seriously. I told him she wouldn’t make it because of her circumstances with her insurance and a financially unstable caretaker that was potentially abusive. And I was right. I told him everything that I am putting in this post, and still he decided to send me on this deployment, and now my mom is dead, may she rest in peace.

I don’t even know what to do. I don’t know if this is grounds to be taken somewhere, where that somewhere even is, or if I’m even justified in my righteous anger on behalf of my late mom. Please, if anyone can provide some insight, tell me I’m crazy, or tell me if there’s a chance I can get justice for my mom by having this man face the consequences of his (in my opinion) stupid decision, I would love to hear it.

If you read this far, thank you and just put the fries in the bag.

I'm struggling to understand how anyone thought this was a good idea.

By Artur Szyk

Got a call from an Army recruiter out of the blue and asked if any communications/PA positions were open. That's my college major, so I saw it as a potential opportunity to serve while building my résumé in a field related to my degree. He said absolutely and invited me to the office to discuss it.

When I arrived, he had me take a practice ASVAB. He liked all my scores except math, which he thought was decent but could use some improvement. He was confident I'd score in the excellent range with some studying.

When we started discussing jobs, he tried steering me away from communications and toward other MOS, including demolitions, armorer and intelligence.

He argued that communications would be boring because I'd essentially be learning what I already studied in college, and I'd have more fun learning a new skill. When I continued insisting on communications, he brought in two other recruiters to share stories about how honorable it is to serve in any capacity and claimed I could enlist in an available MOS and switch to the one I wanted later, emphasizing that serving was the reward regardless of the job.

When I refused to commit without knowing I'd get the MOS I wanted, the recruiter finally admitted there were zero openings in communications. He still encouraged me to enlist, promising he'd make sure I get the MOS i want as soon as a spot opened up.

When he realized I wasn't budging after i'd been there well.over an hour, he said he'd monitor openings and call me when one became available. I have yet to hear back.

Is this a normal experience at an Army recruiting office?

I’ve been seeing BH, been checked out the psych ward a while back; but last BH I had some mental health issues I still feel the need to address and seek treatment for. I went back to my troop office and 1SG tells my PSG i am kicked out of BH. No explanation no follow up -> so I bring it up to patient advocate. I go to a group BH class the next morning and a Major saw my email to patient advocate. He brings me in to his office to discuss the details. He calls my provider, asking her if she said anything to the effect that I can no longer see BH. She says no. Major asks if I want him to call 1SG, I tell him no because I’m uncomfortable with that plus my 1SG and CO are leaving in two weeks. Major schedules me for a different provider to do an evaluation. Today, my PSG calls me into his office asking why I have BH appointments and I told him my original provider was asked about it and she never said anything about being kicked out of BH. I told him it was a Major that scheduled my eval.

Can anyone decipher what my old man did in the Army? This is all I have of him, a photo back in 1997 or so. Haven't seen him since.

It’s been many years since I was a 91H doing recovery for a Stryker Brigade. Since getting out my eyes have been opened to the very sketchy things I did with cranes that didn’t seem sketchy at the time. I’m now a traveling crane and rigging instructor on the civilian side.

I often reflect on how much safer I could’ve been if I knew then what I know now. My unit never sent me to H8 despite my pleading.

I was wondering if any of you mechanics feel like you could benefit from some on-site training? My mobile crane class is 3 days, overhead crane class is one day and the rigging class is one day.

Not sure if this is allowed. Sorry mods if it isn’t. I just wanted to put out there to anyone else like me that’s living in the dark regarding safe crane knowledge that I’d love to come help.

PM me if you’re interested in training for your crew.

I think it is adorable and hilarious.

I shoot expert on the M4 qual every time (and the m17 for that matter) so have started to help with PMI for my unit. I want to take a small group of soldiers to a local gun range off post to help them practice some rifle marksmanship… I don’t believe in “pay to train” generally but it’s a small group all willing to spend some money on ammo to help learn marksmanship skills, so I’m cool with letting them run rounds through my rifle. We are in a high promotion point cutoff MOS so everyone is okay spending money to try and get these points.

Because the local ranges max out at 100 yards, and more realistically we’d be firing at a 25 yard indoor range, I was wondering if there would be a point in practicing with the old paper qualification targets. Trigger time will help with fundamentals but in terms of actually improving at the qualification range I’m not sure if the paper targets are a valid way to seek improvement. Just asking thoughts, or trying to see if there are other methods I’m not seeing to help improve range qual scores.

Currently a 1LT and I have made my mind up that I’ll be getting out of the Army after my initial contract which puts me at getting out in January of 2028, submitting my packet January 2027. I’ve done some research about the process(thanks to that CPT who broke down the entire process) and I feel well prepared, but looking for additional insight from those who have done it. The Army has been fun for the most part, just not something I’m interested in anymore.

• What would you do differently?
• Anything you did/didn’t do that you wish you had/hadn’t done?
• Any resources you’re willing to share are much appreciated.

I’m mostly just trying to see if this is even a thing? My understanding was once a commander initiates separation that you become non deployable.

I started separation back in may and was told up until very recently I would not be going. I was now informed that despite me still being flagged for separation (I just checked prior to making this post) my paternity leave would be cut short and I’d still go despite not sending any of my stuff there and having 6 different things that make me non deployable. I am also phase phase 1 complete and phase 2 medical complete

I already did one rotation and loved it, that’s not the issue. My son is 6 weeks old and me and my wife agreed it would be better for me to just get out so that I don’t miss the first year of his life.

Am I mistaken and they really are able to just send me? Or should I try contacting ig?

Doing a map recon it seems like the Okinawa "ville" is more spread out and bases in Korea have restaurants, bars, and other businesses in a condensed walkable area right outside the gate. Is this the case, maybe there is a strip/walking street I am not finding? In Korea taxis line up on each side of the the gate to drive you to work or your apartment in town. For everything else you have easy access to a bus or train station so there is no need for a car. Any up-to-date information on Okinawa is helpful. I am trying to help someone make a decision. I've also hear and read some restaurants won't allow foreigners in and there can be a bad attitude towards Americans. Obviously right now would be a good example.

So I ETS in a couple weeks and I changed my home of record from CA to TN. I am currently stationed in Alaska but I am trying to move to TN I have an apartment and job lined up but transitions and transportation said my home of record doesn’t actually change so I have to pay the cost difference to have my car, HHG, and ticket shipped to TN instead of CA. Does anyone know if that’s right or what I need to do? I’m not trying to spend thousands of dollars because I don’t have a home or family or life in CA anymore.

I’ve been training up for 7 weeks now and I have 11 days until my NFM. I did 11 miles 30 lbs wet in 2:33:41

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