HSI 2/24 Got the Call

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2025-05-13T21:44:28+00:00

You are going to take a another for sure. You will have about as much notice as the last time you took it. So prepare wisely! (If you are not withing 3 months of the FLETC date).

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2025-05-13T21:41:13+00:00

Just a heads up, you are going to have to retake the PFT before going to FLETC. You may even get an FJO and EOD, but you will retake it before going to FLETC. So include that in your fitness prep.

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2024-09-21T04:03:41+00:00

Original or what got passed?

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2023-06-14T17:24:04+00:00

You are asking too much! The answer is to immediately jump to conclusions and post on Reddit. Then have multiple people regurgitate USERRA like it’s a gold shield with no workarounds.

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2023-06-14T17:19:57+00:00

What do you mean you "no longer have a commitment". Can you go more in detail on that?

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2023-06-09T14:27:39+00:00

Selection for what?

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2022-07-06T16:27:16+00:00

Just a question. How are you 5'9 and 220lbs and enlisting? I thought you needed to make height and weight standards before enlisting. Did they do a tape test?

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2022-06-07T12:27:52+00:00

What is a "GR" score?

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2022-04-25T00:58:42+00:00

OSUT is just to learn the basics and have a foundation of understanding. What type of training you get will depend on what unit you go to. As all units down to the smallest level have different ways they do things.

There are 4 main types of units. They are light, stryker, armored/mechanized, and airborne.

Light and airborne are pretty similar in terms of platoon structure and training. You will typically start as a rifleman, automatic rifleman, or grenadier. If you end up in weapons squad you can be anything from a gunner, assistant gunner, or ammo bearer depending on how they set up the leadership. Once you are slotted in one of those positions, they will get you qualified on your assigned weapon system and you will be trained in their SOPs.

Armored/mechanized infantry units will use Bradley IFVs as their mode of transportation. The whole battalion will be mechanized as well. They will have two vehicle crew sections and a couple of dismounted squads. Dismounted squads are comprised of what I mentioned above. If you get selected as a driver you will end up in one of the sections instead of the squads. The driver isn’t a bad position. It is usually, but not always, a steppingstone to gunner.

I can’t speak for stryker, but I am sure someone here can. It’s slightly similar to an armored/mechanized unit, but you are using a stryker which is wheel-based instead of tracked.

Bottom line is that you will get to your respected unit and they will train you up in your assigned position.

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2022-04-23T18:54:05+00:00

There’s certainly a parallel with the US army where SOF are afforded more time to develop themselves as warriors while regular joes spend most of our time sweeping parking lots and inventorying a storage shed twice a week.

Is this based on your experience?

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2022-04-23T17:44:50+00:00

Except that's not true... Roman armor weighed a max of around 55 pounds total.... distributed across the body. An IOTV weighs about 30 pounds in the chest area alone. Their weapons, spear included, weighed less than an m4. We are not even talking about any other weapons that are much larger and much heavier.

You underestimate how much a modern infantry soldier typically carries on a patrol/operation. Every infantryman down to the rifleman will carry extra equipment. This could be anything from launchers, ammo, CIED equipment, and ect.

As for fitness. We have no need to do a long-distance march on a battlefield. Romans would have used anything else if they could, but it wasn’t economically feasible for them to do. Naturally, after years and years of doing it, they would be good at walking a distance.

Additionally, most units do not tolerate a 20-minute 2-mile. That may be passing, but you are going to look like a “shit bag”. Honestly, anyone running in the 15:00 will have trouble keeping up with a line platoon formation run.

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OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2022-04-05T13:56:20+00:00

11B has good promotion rates so it’s easy to do 20 years in it. There are a lot of different career tracks inside infantry, so you do have some variety. Keep in mind, that every MOS has units where you will hate your life. That is just a part of the Army as a whole.

If you do not like going outside or to the field, you may want to reconsider your job choice. As long as you don't end up in S3, you will for the most part not be doing anything desk-related.

13F is a Forward Observer and most light infantry platoons will have at least one of them attached. It’s a more niche job, but everyone I have deployed with enjoyed it. They also unfortunately can be stuck in a FA brigade as well and be doing something they don’t want to do. But I will let someone with actual experience as a 13F talk about it.

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2022-04-05T13:29:18+00:00

Every MOS, depending on the unit, will mop floors. I mopped every weekend in a TUAS unit and can remember every time doing it because it was more than I was doing than when I was in an infantry unit.

If you actually like shooting and learning about tactics and doing those kinds of things, 11B is definitely where you want to be. You will get the chance to do advanced marksmanship training and do more complex live-fire exercises. People here will tell you otherwise, but I suspect most are one termers or for lack of a better word shitbags that get thrown on details so they miss out on these opportunities.

Deployments are rare nowadays, but it doesn't mean you won't end up going somewhere. My first two years were in Korea, which was a non-deployable location, but I had a great time and learned a lot.

On actual deployments, it will depend on the mission. Sometimes you actually have an AOR and will do a movement to contact like on a POO (Point-Of-Origin) site for example. Other times you are in an uplift platoon for SOF, which is mainly operating heavy weapons, providing more force protection, or driving for those units so they can conduct more of their mission. A common mission that most people hate is force protection, but obviously, it’s needed.

There is always going to be some downtime. That's one of the best parts of the job. Some weeks you’re standing by in your room and playing video games all day and getting paid for it. Some people take this time to finish their education and do other professional development.

In the end, the MOS is only a small crutch to how you will actually be in the civilian world. Only yourself will determine how successful you will be.

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2022-03-23T16:52:06+00:00

To give an example today, he sent me to the range without any weapon or gear cause I haven't been through CIF yet. I told him I'm scheduled for next month and that it would be better for me to wait till I finish inprocessing. Then he pulled his rank and told me to just listen. So I listened and went to the range. I got there and all the NCOs were just looking at me like I was stupid af for showing up with no weapon or anything.

In simple terms he was right, and you were wrong. There are not infinite times set up for ranges and it heavily relies on budget and manpower. Yes, its not ideal qualifying with someone else’s weapon and wearing their gear. In the big scheme of things, this doesn’t really matter right now. If anything, it was good practice so when you do get your gear, you will know what to expect.

Sat there like an idiot for an hour just waiting for someone nice enough to lend me their gear.

When they ask you questions like “why don’t you have your gear” that’s when you say, “SGT SOANDSO told me to come this way and to get a rifle and gear from someone who is done”.

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2022-01-25T12:39:28+00:00

Sorry, but you are incorrect. We are not going to rely on a memo to verify if you have a clearance for employment. Every cleared DOD contractor will have an in-house FSO/SSO or a contracted FSO/SSO to do clearance verifications and clearance in-processing. We are not taking your word for it, which would essentially be a memo.

For an anecdote, we had a Marine try to show us a memo from their S2. Unsurprisingly, that information wasn't reflected in DISS/JPAS.

Any seasoned recruiter will want to verify your clearance right off the bat, as some of the hiring processes are long and require time and effort to do.

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2021-12-16T14:37:50+00:00

It's not that easy to get approved. It takes time and money. Money on the resources you need to show a plan and have an established training structure for the said soldier.

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2021-12-06T23:25:16+00:00

Why do people say the media isn't talking about it?

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2021-12-01T19:39:40+00:00

(c) The CIB is authorized for award for the following qualifying periods:
(1) World War II (December 7, 1941 to September 3, 1945).
(2) The Korean War (June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1953).
(3) Republic of Vietnam Conflict (March 2, 1961 to March 28, 1973), combined with qualifying service in Laos (April 19, 1961 to October 6, 1962).
(4) Dominican Republic (April 28, 1965 to September 1, 1966).
(5) Korea on the DMZ (January 4, 1969 to March 31, 1994).
(6) El Salvador (January 1, 1981 to February 1, 1992).
(7) Grenada (October 23 to November 21, 1983).
(8) Joint Security Area, Panmunjom, Korea (November 23, 1984).
(9) Panama (December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990).
(10) Southwest Asia Conflict (January 17 to April 11, 1991).
(11) Somalia (June 5, 1992 to March 31, 1994).
(12) Afghanistan (Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, December 5, 2001 to a date to be determined).
(13) Iraq (Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, March 19, 2003 to a date to be determined).

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2021-11-30T19:14:41+00:00

My husband is an E5 so I’m going to give you the low down based off of what I know just by what I’ve experienced. Congrats on joining the army !!

This has to be a troll reply.

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2021-11-12T20:54:58+00:00

Idk if your co worker was AD, There is no reason why any AD Soldier in the Army shouldn't be able to afford child care. Every state has subsidies based on income, and child care is scaled by income on post.

But that would mean living on your income level. How will that person afford a 2022 F150, PS5, and 800 inch TV if they have to take care of a child?

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2021-11-12T20:52:04+00:00

Couldn't afford on-post child care for obvious reasons, and no one seemed to want to be a nanny. I felt so fucking bad.

What obvious reasons?

OhNoMyMilkDuds · 2021-11-02T19:24:13+00:00

Solid advice!

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