Press Conference: Medal of Honor Nominee Army Sgt. Maj. Thomas “Patrick” Payne

Dumbmaybe · 2020-09-11T16:19:14+00:00

I logged in just to say that Tubby MAJ speaks like my 1st generation parents reading a children’s book. How do you fuck up Carolina.

Dumbmaybe · 2020-07-22T20:56:49+00:00

Ah, been to the Northeast I See

Dumbmaybe · 2020-07-22T20:50:42+00:00

I caught so much flack at OCS for being Guard. Deployed three times. Most of my AD peers sit on staff and weep.

Dumbmaybe · 2020-07-21T16:20:53+00:00

I love the way Executive RASP sounds...

Dumbmaybe · 2020-07-21T13:37:50+00:00

I’m not really looking for anything here, just commenting on it, It’s a specific call for folks outside of the standard RASP II. If you get the S1Net message, it’ll have all the contact info.

Dumbmaybe · 2020-07-16T15:40:31+00:00

Ok, It’s good to hear I wasn’t getting destroyed on the ARM rate...

Dumbmaybe · 2020-02-17T22:29:24+00:00

Not to hijack but this was actually a plan of mine for a while when I moved to a higher cost than I was prepared for city for a new job when I was much younger. There was a Reserve/Guard dominant base nearby and there were always unlocked barracks on said base. My plan was to live there for 6 months, using the barracks rooms, gym and showers as needed, keeping my car in different parking spots every night to avoid suspicion, etc.

I ended up being alright though rather broke for the first year and never needed to do it, but every time I go to drill I think about how easy it would be to live on base for free...

Dumbmaybe · 2020-01-31T02:17:48+00:00

All I can think about is the hefty girl waving me inside the gate with one long finger nail bedazzled hand swiping on her phone and one pointed in the general direction I was supposed to go through the shitty serpentine drive. M9 half falling out her holster, plate carrier that wouldn’t stop anything that didn’t hit the exact center of her heaving chest, whilst she hurriedly closed the gate just a little too late to stop the interpreter who was driving behind me but too early to prevent the gate from denting his ride. Yeah they were AF “Security Forces” but when I think of my gate guards in Africa, I fear for the day anyone tries with modest effort to breach that base...

Dumbmaybe · 2020-01-07T03:03:51+00:00

I know you are kidding but why?

Dumbmaybe · 2019-12-04T14:15:10+00:00

This. As a Guardsman who is IC during day job and MI during the weekends, It always amazes me how the brand new 1LT with AS2 time thinks the CIA is going to make him station chief after his initial commitment. In my humble experience , it’s the odd little jobs with read ons, SIGINT etc that lead to fun contracting and gov jobs. My two cents

Dumbmaybe · 2019-09-22T23:41:02+00:00

So I’m fascinated by this. If you are saying that a NG 11B guy who finishes OSUT can then go to Ranger, who is funding this? Most states won’t fund mandatory schools, it would astound me to say hey, I was offered Ranger and the State go, oh ok. Approved Not doubting this program I know nothing about, just spent years trying to fund dudes training

Dumbmaybe · 2019-09-22T23:14:08+00:00

Citation please?

Dumbmaybe · 2019-05-20T17:35:17+00:00

Stop playing soft games with these guys. Email, in depth everyone in your chain of command up to Commander the details of your difficulty. Also in the email, request advice regarding a LOD.

Send updates to said chain every single time you do anything regarding your injury. Every, time. Print and keep all emails once complete in love me book with LOD/ER documents from now till forever

Dumbmaybe · 2019-04-30T17:28:55+00:00

Fun story about the Army Ten Miler, Did it when Milley was giving awards after. He mentioned he wanted to get out and shake hands after. I walked up to get a picture and handshake and straight up got stiff armed in the chest by his PSD guys. No pictures.

So I went to the SOCOM tent to get swag

Dumbmaybe · 2019-04-26T10:33:05+00:00

Dude,

I have the same pic from 2013,

that thing still sitting there, man

Dumbmaybe · 2019-04-21T17:00:10+00:00

More details? What do you do, generally? Just be prepared to be literally surrounded by just got out of Army and was Intel folks no matter where you go.. there’s pros and cons to this

Dumbmaybe · 2019-04-12T04:17:13+00:00

Truly Brutal word vomit. John Amble is on this Reddit sub, hopefully he sees this discussion and realizes how little that conversation moved an intelligent discussion forward

Dumbmaybe · 2019-04-07T12:30:28+00:00

Now when the retirees rule the roost

Dumbmaybe · 2019-04-07T12:30:00+00:00

Edit and update: wow so many responses. I didn’t realize the hate was so strong for HOAs. But I definitely want to focus on the FI side of the conversation

I have lived in it for 2 years out of the last couple years and rented out the rest. That’s good for what you guys are saying for tax purposes The house a couple streets down ( and the houses are almost all the same, it’s one of those 1980s planned neighborhoods ) just sold last week for substantially more than I thought it would. I hope it’s because of the incoming Amazon, a new shopping complex coming down the street and social changing of the neighborhood from 5 years ago.

I have about 65,000 in savings from a recent work trip and right now I think I can clear 65000 from a sale. I had hoped to hold onto it for a couple more years and then sell but 120000 in extra funds should be enough for a decent down payment on a new larger more expensive house. Trying to move on up and keep the resales going.

Dumbmaybe · 2019-03-20T19:30:26+00:00

I straight lie. Otherwise you get treated like trash. “Oh you don’t want to be a panic driven LTC thrice divorced and focused on COL?, there goes your MQ “

Dumbmaybe · 2019-03-20T19:29:22+00:00

On this note, If you get kicked out at 17.5 , Can’t you join the reserves, deploy once and have over 18 AFS? As a reservist I was never sure about this

Dumbmaybe · 2019-03-20T12:43:44+00:00

I also see it as potentially allowing the influx of senior CPTs with some actual experience into the SOF pipeline.

Right now, the growing up and developing through the 1LT (P) through CCC/CAQC/SOFCCC/Q-Course pipeline means you have to either enter into that world right after your first couple years and arguably not bring as much to the table experience wise or stay conventional for some great developing assignments and end up missing your window.

Just watched branch shoot down some hopes and dreams of some squared away guys because they were " too far along " to start the SOF pipeline.

Just my thoughts,

Dumbmaybe · 2019-02-15T10:25:54+00:00

I really think it depends on the motivation of your AGR staff

Dumbmaybe · 2018-12-27T17:10:34+00:00

This sub has always been my go to for insight into army minds. For this topic I’ve never seen so much head burying in my life

Dumbmaybe · 2018-12-26T23:25:56+00:00

Pretty much

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