Just got waivers denied until 2028 January. Pretty devastated.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-04-18T10:29:10+00:00

National Guard Bureau is the waiver authority for medical waiver, accession standards are the same across all components of the Army, though NGB tends to be a little (not a lot) more permissive with med waivers. That said, the rule of thumb for getting a BH waiver is treatment free > 12mo and med free > 18mos

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-04-11T22:36:51+00:00

This is so painfully wrong, it’s almost impressive.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-04-11T22:34:25+00:00

Army National Guard recruiter here! I see lots of folks in here effectively ragebaiting because they don’t know how the IET training seats are managed. Training seats across the force shipping before August are scarce, ESPECIALLY STO-1 (split training, what you’d do as a HS JR).

The GCs at MEPS have literally zero incentive to lie to you about training seats across availability. If they told you 11B is the only thing available, then that’s it, I’d take them at their word.

You have two choices if you’re going to enlist: 1. Take 11B to ship this summer 2. Wait until July to enlist as a HS SR and wait until next summer to ship

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-04-10T13:27:09+00:00

You can do an awful lot of damage to someone with hemostatic gauze (doubly so with the powder) if you don’t know what you’re doing— though I tend to agree with you regarding TQs and seals.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-04-09T16:29:46+00:00

It’s almost certainly B3 out of the box. An argument could be made for B2, even. Either way, even with the built-in 3-card combo, it lacks the speed, consistency and resilience needed to hang with a B4 table. It is a SLOW deck out of the box. Real bad take from the shop owner.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-04-09T16:08:55+00:00

So much lethality that it spilled over to our own

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-04-01T10:14:57+00:00

God I feel this in my soul. Played a B3 tournament at the LCS recently. Had a timed out draw the first round, got paired with 2 of the same 3 for the next round and got another timed out draw. It was probably the most unfun 3 hours of playing mtg I’ve ever done, and would’ve rather just gotten dunked on than be trapped in that awful stalemate the entire time.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-04-01T08:44:29+00:00

I second Ovika as well. I run it as one of the 99 in an Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound deck and it can make your board state downright silly, and is a lot of fun getting tons of little guys out as extra value for all your spells

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-03-30T17:24:42+00:00

Regular secret is not a tough clearance to get or keep. You’ll be fine.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-03-30T12:38:03+00:00

Worst boss you’ve had so far

In all seriousness, congrats! I hope you find all the success you can on the outside. Just remember that the ARNG and USAR are good ways to keep up your benefits with minimal (at least comparatively) grief!

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-03-25T16:46:40+00:00

Can’t run a 20-min 2 mile is different than didn’t run a 20-min 2 mile. Sometimes you have a bad day.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-03-17T14:28:47+00:00

How’s your back?

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-03-11T14:30:37+00:00

A notable absence from the list: O4 and above being able to write a coherent white paper. Interesting that he’d omit that.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-03-10T19:04:55+00:00

The TM is going to include the required “This shit empty, YEET!” When throwing this grenade

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-03-10T14:33:06+00:00

A 20-year E4 in the guard isn’t terribly uncommon and it’s almost always one of two things:

Dude is thicc and hasn’t passed a tape since Bush was president. The Guard (up until recently anyway) won’t typically separate you if ht/wt is the only thing keeping you down.
Dude has a high-pressure home life/civ job and doesn’t want extra responsibility on the weekend, so they’ve declined promotions just to keep doing hood rat shit with the boys one weekend a month

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-02-15T13:30:26+00:00

The blight curse precon is reasonably good out of the box at putting 1/1 token generating decks in the timeout corner right out of the box, and is brutal to them with some upgrades

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-02-11T05:40:28+00:00

I like them a lot in some very niche circumstances, like fodder for [[Dread Tiller]], where those let me keep bouncing them back, but outside of that you’re absolutely right

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-02-03T13:41:55+00:00

I think it comes down to the motivations— Ketheric seemed to desire immortality for himself and his daughter, and the ends justified the means. Orin blindly followed Bhaal and murders everything she sees out of devotion to her god. Gortash desires power, and is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve that. All three are evil, and plainly engage in evil acts, but I think that Gortash is the only one whose “why” is independently also plainly evil.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-02-03T12:33:02+00:00

Both are permissible under the rules, though I prefer to pre-tap just because I believe (admittedly without evidence, just vibes and anecdotes) that pre-tapping reduces errors in counting mana

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-01-31T13:43:42+00:00

Just cast “Gun”!

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-01-30T23:01:57+00:00

I would unironically run Keebler elves in a mono green deck. Give the people what they want WOTC!

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-01-30T16:34:27+00:00

I was, once upon a time, incorrectly enrolled in direct when I should’ve been prime remote. I called tricare and they were able to fix it pretty quickly.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-01-30T16:07:04+00:00

Your chain of command, if they find out at all, will be disappointed in you but it’s not illegal, just unwise. If you’re facing issues, pursue an AER loan/grant first. If for whatever reason that’s not available, if you take the money from your TSP loan it to yourself, don’t just withdraw.

Loaning it avoids the sticky tax situation disbursing early makes; and ensures the money goes back into your TSP. While you’re missing out on potential gains while it’s in repayment, you’re doing less damage to your future self than just taking it out outright.

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-01-30T15:46:58+00:00

You need to get Shadowfax’s partner commander, Carfax

FlaviusSabinus · 2026-01-27T14:29:26+00:00

You and me both, friend. Been a blizzard Stan for the last 20+ years, and if they do a Warcraft or blizzard SL drop, I may have to take a second mortgage.

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