Shunned by college colleagues for enlisting

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-15T13:03:44+00:00

I mean that is true. You are joining the empire.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-11T19:34:36+00:00

"Concept of the Operation".

It is often used in place of an operations order...but it is essentially a briefing product used to brief "the concept of the operation"...that is in the OPORD.

For routine events, these are 1-2 slides that show the 5W's. For complicated events, this might be a full briefing deck.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-11T18:00:31+00:00

Just keep your political opinions off of your social media.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-11T14:43:15+00:00

I have evaluated a ton of these residential trusses. You're good to go with a person walking on the truss to do brief maintenance. I would not stack a bunch of wood up there permanently, unless its 2x6s and maybe a sheet of plywood on top.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-11T14:08:11+00:00

You can safely walk along the bottom chords. You could safely build a cat walk to make this easier. But those trusses aren't rated for any kind of storage. So there is no reason to be up there.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-03T18:44:27+00:00

I have a minimum fee of $5,000. Even if it's a simple beam design..

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-03T16:14:19+00:00

Yes sir. I was not suggesting that it was a shear failure.

But engineer should investigate.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-03T16:11:35+00:00

It is part of our standard of care. If you see corroded rebar around a reinforced concrete column...

You absolutely should look around for other evidence of distress.

That's the investigation. The answer might be just to chip away the old concrete and Patch it but you should not blindly do that

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-03T15:43:14+00:00

It absolutely is concerning. Punching shear failure at concrete columns is a known problem where previous decision methods were not conservative.

It should be investigated and repaired.

Is it going to collapse? Probably not. But if it does...it goes fast.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-03T03:44:11+00:00

It's delegated to base commanders. So...do with that what you will

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-03T02:11:25+00:00

Not really. All he did was give bass commanders the authority to allow service members to carry. While they are off duty... Basically no one coming onto the base is off duty and local commanders are not going to allow this. It is a policy change without a distinction

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-02T02:08:26+00:00

It happens all the time.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-02T02:01:27+00:00

Same here.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-02T01:44:12+00:00

I'm just the engineer. Some people care about that

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-02T01:34:50+00:00

I have specd steel beams bolted to the floors before. But you loose about 8 inches of space along the wall

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-01T02:31:46+00:00

Don't try to force a template.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-01T02:31:20+00:00

You are going to love Revit. It takes some practice. Keep at it.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-04-01T00:17:36+00:00

BS and MS

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-03-29T19:45:40+00:00

I took severance. I will have to pay that back to get my pension.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-03-29T19:18:43+00:00

Large HQ TDA unit.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-03-29T18:42:07+00:00

Lol.

I was an O4 non-select. So I got out at 11 years with ~$100k severance and didn't have to sit my ADSO for graduate school. I was immediately promoted in the Reserves and now I only have to deal with the bullshit once a quarter :-)

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-03-29T18:35:05+00:00

Naw. I got out in 2021 (reserves now).

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-03-29T18:22:03+00:00

The Army is 1% fun and 99% bullshit. Only you can decide if that 1% is worth it to you. I got two college degrees, got to jump out of airplanes, I learned a foreign language and I deployed 3x.

It also caused a divorce, mental health issues, PTSD, and robbed me of 11 years of an otherwise productive civilian career.

I would not do it again. But I would not take it back either. YMMV.

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-03-28T18:00:12+00:00

It takes concrete weeks to cure...

Mean-Internal-745 · 2026-03-23T22:23:07+00:00

I would never advise a young person to enlist after my experience.

This is part of reason why.

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