2.

and hey, aren't you military folks supposed to get clearance from your command every time you post something on the internet now?

5/19/2007 8:49:59 PM

^ good question

5/19/2007 8:53:18 PM

nope, and why?? I'm not posting deployment schedules or anything even remotly classified.

Quote :

"I can promise you I would have no problem being in combat or covering someone in combat"

That's a bold statement from someone calling other people ignorant.

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 1:32 PM. Reason : .]

5/20/2007 1:26:41 PM

i would guess you are thinking about the army order that applies to those that are OCONUS.

5/20/2007 1:29:48 PM

^ I'm in the Navy so.... I wouldn't have seen and army order, and I'm IN conus, so that's strike two. So maybe it's out there, wouldn't surprize me if they did that for guys that're deployed.

5/20/2007 1:33:23 PM

Yeah there is an order covering outside communication but only if you are deployed. Similiar to the censuring of letters during WWII.

5/20/2007 4:16:14 PM

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"^ Maybe that is the case....maybe not. I know an organization as large as the military cannot cater to the few exceptions. Qualified people are turned away but many of the regulations were put in place for a reason. People with slight asthma and a history of ADD/ADHD are frequently turned down."

well i didnt have asthma or ADHD. i was fully qualified in every way. good grades, first class physical fitness tests......but they all fucked me on a dumb technicality. one that would have never happened if, lets say my daddy was a colonel.....like some people i know who had strings pulled for them.

but my brother graduated from state too and is now an ensign in flight school, so at least it worked out for him. he posts on here on rare occasions

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 6:20 PM. Reason : .]

5/20/2007 6:18:27 PM

I was in arotc 03-05. Got out because it was gay. Currently I'm an E-4, previously in the q course, now a shooter at Ft. Polk.

And if I see any former comrades of mine who are 2LTs, I'll still tell 'em what to do.

5/20/2007 8:03:42 PM

yeah, and im sure they listen to your spec-4 ass who rocked out of rotc and got stuck with the pogues.

5/20/2007 11:40:44 PM

I'm not with pogues, son. Why do I see you in every military thread talking shit? Little jealousy?

5/21/2007 8:10:29 AM

i already did my time during Gulf I.

I just pity you fools now.

btw, way to totally play off the fact that you fucked up your commission, wasted the governments money and now you're locked into being a grunt.

oh right.... you "got out because it was gay"

yeah sure it was.



admit it. they threw you out cause you couldnt hack it.






[Edited on May 21, 2007 at 12:32 PM. Reason : ]

5/21/2007 12:31:23 PM

Republican what was the technicality?

5/21/2007 4:14:00 PM

I'd like to know this as well. I've never known a qualified applicant that was turned down due to a "technicality". You are either qualified or you aren't, there isn't any gray area.

5/21/2007 6:04:17 PM

oh there is a gray area, trust me. i fell into the gray area. i met and exceeded ALL standards but got fucked by a technicality and red tape. to be honest i dont really feel like typing out my whole situation nor do i feel like explaining or justifying myself to anyone. just know that i served my country, spent 2 years enlisted infantry and got fucked out of every officer program at state for 4 years.....because of a technicality. it does happen, there are gray areas, and no i wasnt fat, flatfooted, retarded, bad grades, weak, sickly, bad eyesight, ADHD, mental issues or any other reason yall must be assuming. the reason i got fucked is so damn retarded, that it would have been laughed at during lets say WWII or Nam and my ass would have been in. but todays retarded military cant read between the lines.

[Edited on May 21, 2007 at 7:04 PM. Reason : .]

5/21/2007 7:02:49 PM

I like being a grunt. Difference between being a door-kicker and a pencil pusher.

5/21/2007 7:30:49 PM

^

dude, are you really even in the army? or do you just watch war movies on TV?






[Edited on May 21, 2007 at 7:44 PM. Reason : ]

5/21/2007 7:43:52 PM

I'm proudly serving, abn school grad, previously in the q, currently with 10th Motown about to go to Ranger School and deployment this year. I know who I am and what I've done, and you ain't never gonna pull my card with your little snide comments.

5/21/2007 7:49:25 PM

okay, fine. well said, and good on you, mate.

but tell me, why'd you get kicked out of rotc? were you not gay enough for them?

5/21/2007 8:06:48 PM

I quit because I didn't like the kiddies who thought they were all hard and couldn't pt. I didn't like the nonsense they passed off as "training" and I damn sure didn't like the OML, since I was not a notable scholar. I had no obligation to the U.S. military but enlisted 2 weeks after I got my degree.

5/21/2007 8:09:31 PM

ok. i can buy that. props to you. now just don't go and get blown up, ok?

it pains me every time some young guy gets killed in Bush's personal war of choice.

oh, and...

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"Why do I see you in every military thread talking shit? Little jealousy?"

maybe. no, not quite. more like nostalgia perhaps. in a sad way though.






[Edited on May 21, 2007 at 8:19 PM. Reason : ]

5/21/2007 8:14:13 PM

^^ I'd be really interested to hear about your time in the q if youd like to share it with us

5/21/2007 8:17:26 PM

^^ eh my bad dude, I don't usually get wound up on the wolf web, but when it comes to the old job...anyway you seem like good people

^Ski I've signed a non-disclosure agreement about that but I would highly recommend 'Chosen Soldier' by Dick Couch it talks all about SFAS and the Q.

Either way I'm only in exile from bragg for a year.

5/21/2007 8:27:48 PM

thats kinda what i figured, ill have to check out that book when i get back to the states.

5/21/2007 8:29:53 PM

Fantastic book, makes you feel just like you're riding along with the sandman.

5/21/2007 8:36:32 PM

^^^ no, my bad.

i'm not really an asshole, i just play one on the internets.

no, wait...

i am an asshole

5/21/2007 8:46:14 PM

Does Army ROTC still have a large wood-frame marker board in the class/conference room?

My enduring legacy.

5/22/2007 12:20:47 PM

^I believe so yes

5/22/2007 12:47:11 PM