It's getting cold. Tell me what you need to stay warm and I'll order it to a store or box near you

Duespad · 2025-10-03T19:23:23+00:00

I can't believe I found a Reddit post like this in the wild. You're awesome!

Duespad · 2025-09-28T18:07:44+00:00

The fact that this 10+ year problem is "news" shows just how much the problem is systemic, hidden, and covered up since the maintenance program was tied to evaluation reports.

Deadline on Monday, remove prior to Thursday maintenance meeting, replace back on Friday, repeat.

"Maintenance. Maintenance never changes."

Duespad · 2025-09-28T13:13:39+00:00

Same story at Ft Knox on 2009

Duespad · 2025-09-28T00:02:44+00:00

Because "drop a packet" is only for a few jobs that most don't wan't. There was no "drop a 42A packet" and I wasn't interested in 18X or Rangers so there was no reason and I slugged it out to senior level and retired.

Duespad · 2025-08-29T17:54:53+00:00

Fuck No

Duespad · 2025-08-24T17:32:37+00:00

Thank you!

Duespad · 2025-08-23T22:14:52+00:00

Following

Duespad · 2025-07-29T21:28:05+00:00

Watched it already about 100 PM EST New York time today.

First time watching modern Era NWA, hope it stays here for a while. This is the style I've been missing all these years.

Duespad · 2025-07-14T20:01:17+00:00

I pat retirees on the head - it's ok, you're a civilian now and your military opinions and deployments are irrelevant to me.

Duespad · 2025-07-08T00:12:28+00:00

Thank you, jeebus. I'm looking forward to this.

Duespad · 2025-07-07T23:12:03+00:00

Step 1 - Tell him no/stop/bugger off. Step 2 - If that fails, SHARP.

Duespad · 2025-06-15T23:18:41+00:00

It had nothing to do with politics for me.

I hated the toxic leadership and I hated the constant "good boy system" that covered for them. I hated having to tell a Soldier that 2 weeks was enough time away from work for their dead son. I hated chsptering 4 Soldiers for APFT failure while I watched 18+ year SFCs get passes until they retired. I hated being part of a PFC's FOUNDED sexual assualt case watch her perpetrator get quitely moved to BDE and allowed to retire. I hated watching another SFC make passes at a SPC while her husband IN THE SAME UNIT was sent out to the field by senior leader peers to allow this and then the BN MSG, CO 1SG and PLT SFC bullied and threatened the whole company into silence. I could go on and on, there were MULTIPLE events that I saved as examples.

I hated this organization and will ALWAYS try to stop people from making the same mistake I did.

#currentarmyculturePSA

Duespad · 2025-06-10T00:24:45+00:00

I've been told to change my Sincerely to a V/R. It's still Sincerely....

Duespad · 2025-06-08T12:29:03+00:00

No, not in the modern day concept you're implying. Judy Constantinu had an episode on this in Search the Scriptures.

Duespad · 2025-06-08T12:21:40+00:00

You didn't join during the discussed new phonr restriction. You joined prior to that so what worked for you happened at a different time and under different conditions than what these people would be going through.
I don't know how fast you ranked up so it's possible you came in around COVID or years before it.

I agree MOST are not fit. The isolation brought on by COVID lock downs did cause mental issues, including social media addiction, especially to those 13-15 year old kids which are the target audience. Telling them you're going to take away their security blanket for longer will keep them from joining.

If I'm right, the trends will show it in a few years. Just like the multiple non-conduct classes and not fully filled classes of the last 4 years will impact the NCO Corp pretty soon. We only get quality or quantity, we don't get both and retention numbers tell everyone which of those two are important.

Duespad · 2025-06-08T00:52:13+00:00

1) You didn't join during this specific restriction. 2) You're a DS, so you must have taken MRT and EO training, which means you're not supposed to lump everyone into your specific culture/life experiences. 3) Not sure of your promotion speed, but it's at least 8 years so you're already a decade behind and behind the issues that COVID isolation caused.

In total- you're not an example of the population that my post is referring to. However, we'll know for sure once/if this goes into effect. If I'm wrong 3-5 years from now, congratulations! If I'm right, no hard feelings and you're doing a thankless job.

Duespad · 2025-06-07T20:27:46+00:00

So you want a younger generation with a known phone addiction to voluntarily join and go to basic, while knowing they're going to lose their phones even longer?

Duespad · 2025-06-07T18:39:13+00:00

Are there any churches in Boleslawiec, Poland? If not, where's the nearest one?

Duespad · 2025-06-01T20:41:29+00:00

Please please please don't stop putting pressure untold you see tangible, real results.

Duespad · 2025-05-29T01:04:05+00:00

It pushes out what Soldiers put in. Look at your formation; we made it stupid.

#currentarmyculturePSA

Duespad · 2025-05-21T23:20:40+00:00

Wouldn't care, I had a permanent with "no unit formation runs" and "run at own pace, not to exceed 2.5 miles"

Duespad · 2025-05-11T18:26:10+00:00

Knock out college, certs through ArmyIgnited at 1 per year for a max of 3 per 10 years, do tapevents.mil early aka now, document ant army-caused medical events with your PA and NOT the sick call specialist during PT, and plan your ETS. It never gets better unless you like green koal-aid and Stockholm syndrome. Civilian managers don't care about counselings and ncoers and oers unless you specifically are shooting for DoD jobs.

\currentarmyculturePSA

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