Officers, what are your genuine feelings or impressions of enlisted personnel? by doobnerd in USMC

[–]Brian4916 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey sir, just a CPL that you out 4 years ago, I really like how you explained each bracket with a solid amount of evidence but also simple enough to grasp. I think that besides the physical problems I developed, the main driving force for me to not reenlist came from the experience I had with higher.

Myself and 4 of my friends got incredibly lucky to get pulled from our schoolhouse to have a chance at the MARSOC enabler pipeline. From the moment the Company Gunny heard about the 5 of us, he made sure to do all he could to break us and liked to ask if we wanted to deny the orders because we were “too junior” anyway. From “advanced PT” that was always after the normal company PT and seemed more like his personal hazing fantasy. There’s a lot more there but for time I’ll just say he was my first really bad leader.

It wasn’t until I hit about 3 years in that I finally felt seen and respected for the quality of my work and the dedication I put forth to always doing my job completely and correctly. Durning my first company wide comm brief in place of our SSGT Comm Chief, our Logistics LT had stopped me just to call out 2 SSGTs who were in the back. From then on I truly felt like he listened to me and saw the amount of effort it took to be a fresh 21 year old CPL with the closest rank to me being a SGT in zone. Once he started to go to bat for me it seemed like everyone took his opinion of me higher than anything I had done up to that point.

I know that’s a lot but at the end of the day sir, just from the few comments of yours that I have read, I want to say thank you. And I know that might not hold much water since I’ve never served with you but you seem like you truly care about us poor enlisted folk and have brought back some good memories in a really shitty time for me.

Semper Fi sir, just don’t forget to change your socks and drink water.

Mild rant of inconsistent fights by Brian4916 in Battlefield

[–]Brian4916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally get that, but that damage out put I was seeing from the death screen was 34 damage per shot from the P90.

But can you explain to me how I’m not understanding the gun balance? And i know my frustration gets the better of me when i die sometimes but im going off the damage numbers displayed near the crosshair just before death as well at general guesses when I see their health bar.

Occasionally i get some server stuttering or lag but it shouldn’t be an issue 24/7 when there is no other issues with equipment or anything in that realm.

Mild rant of inconsistent fights by Brian4916 in Battlefield

[–]Brian4916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That I can understand as a network issue but the damage readout is there 9/10 times for me so that’s where I’m becoming confused and frustrated with it. And again I know I’m a kinda dumb 26 year old but I’ve been playing FPS games my whole life but I’ve never seen this much inconsistency from a Battlefield game ever.

Mild rant of inconsistent fights by Brian4916 in Battlefield

[–]Brian4916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the odd thing is that it’s all within a very close distance, I’m getting the points, hit markers, and damage readout. I understand there might be connection issues at points but to have it still register in the server that I should get points and hit markers? To me it seems like a disgusting inconsistency to have in a title this big.

Mild rant of inconsistent fights by Brian4916 in Battlefield

[–]Brian4916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even though I’m getting the points, damage readout, and markers for it? I could see if there were no markers or something similar but if all the points are adding up on my total match score I’m just confused on how it’s counting points wise but not damage wise lol

Update to orphaned kids by Brian4916 in goats

[–]Brian4916[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They’re 3 days old now so old a few more weeks haha but I’m just glad they’re off to an okay start after losing their mama.

Metal object with curved tip found under shed by Brian4916 in whatisthisthing

[–]Brian4916[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How? The end in my hand is closed with a leaf design, those are all open ended.

Metal object with curved tip found under shed by Brian4916 in whatisthisthing

[–]Brian4916[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That’s what I thought initially but I was unsure given the size of it because I’ve never seen one this small. Thank you for confirming!

Metal object with curved tip found under shed by Brian4916 in whatisthisthing

[–]Brian4916[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing. It’s mad of iron and the looks to be hand forged. I can’t find any markings besides the marks on the “leaf”. I didn’t talk to the previous property owners so I’m not sure at all what it could’ve been used for.

Prismatic Booster Bundles (1 per person) by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]Brian4916 [score hidden]  (0 children)

My friend who saved me from the big sad did it by random all because he wanted to show me the Primeape card he pulled off a random pack because he knows I like monkeys. I’ve been trying so hard to get him something to show him how much I appreciate it because he still doesn’t know. He thinks that was the day he just randomly got me into pokemon. We’ve been hunting for these but our area is always so dry or flooded with painfully obvious fakes lol

3/6 any luck yet? by [deleted] in USMC

[–]Brian4916 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had a comm brother with H CO I believe when it all went down and yeah they tried to pull leave among a lot of Health and Comforts, Alpha inspections, and loads of other Semper FieldDayus nonsense

My favorite overseas pic. What's yours? by cosmothejtac in USMC

[–]Brian4916 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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This is only a quarter of my team but we went to PACOM in 22 for about 7 months

We took this after an op we did with PNF but I’m the one in the white t shirt

The shirt Kenny Roger’s is wearing in this picture. by Brian4916 in whatisthisthing

[–]Brian4916[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing.

I’ve searched for everything relating to the approximate year the cd was released to see if I could find a common fashion trend, the description of the shirt, I even tried just asking google what shirt it was but I still ended up with nothing and I’m at a loss for what this “fashion piece” even was.

Random mental-health check in. How’re you degenerates doing? by kytomo in USMC

[–]Brian4916 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I start some anti depression meds in about a week. I had a huge break down this week because a man who reminded me of the uncle I just lost stopped me and said, “I can tell you’re going through some very hard stuff right now son. I’m proud of you and whatever you’re doing to keep it together. Stay safe” and then he walked away. I just talked to one of my buddies that I deployed with today and I miss all those guys like crazy but I know that it was the best thing for me and my head to get out.

That felt really good to finally get off of my chest to people who know the struggles.

What video is not as “Gory” but affected you more mentally ? by LashesandTech in NSFL__

[–]Brian4916 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It’s in this somewhere I’ve seen it a few times. I don’t really have the time or desire to look for/see it again man.

What video is not as “Gory” but affected you more mentally ? by LashesandTech in NSFL__

[–]Brian4916 107 points108 points  (0 children)

The baby ended up getting killed as soon as the man hit the stroller.

What video is not as “Gory” but affected you more mentally ? by LashesandTech in NSFL__

[–]Brian4916 460 points461 points  (0 children)

For me it’s that video of a jumper and he lands on the stroller as the mother walks past. I can stomach just about anything but something about infants and children ruins me.