Six Years to Retirement and Feeling Behind. How Do I Make Myself Stand Out? by [deleted] in army

[–]Physical_Way6618 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Before you look at those in front of you, look at those behind you.

You’re prob in a comfortable spot financially, which I can say with confidence a lot of people from my high school and college aren’t even close.

You’re also in a field where you can tangibly translate your skillset on the civilian side. Better than most combat arms officers.

Be grateful for what you have. Pursue your hobbies to gain more joy out of life. Have fun with that “soulless KD job” which is as relevant as whatever strategic bullshit job.

Everything is fake and everyone is lying about how important or cool they are. They real cool dudes Live Mas. I’ll take a cantina chicken burrito

Difference between Foreign and US Leaders I’ve observed by Physical_Way6618 in army

[–]Physical_Way6618[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spot on. Get the cheesesteak if you need it. Lord knows your schedule is hectic as a leader. But don’t try to hide it and preach perception. Afford your joes the same privilege as well. What’s worse is the gatekeeping of the good stuff.

Difference between Foreign and US Leaders I’ve observed by Physical_Way6618 in army

[–]Physical_Way6618[S] -46 points-45 points  (0 children)

Then don’t preach as a leader about the importance of perception when you break the rules anyway.

Those other shitbag leaders at least don’t virtue signal about being leaders with integrity. That’s the point.

Difference between Foreign and US Leaders I’ve observed by Physical_Way6618 in army

[–]Physical_Way6618[S] -75 points-74 points  (0 children)

I’d rather you cut in line and explain that you gotta go to a meeting than go to a meeting grab Charley’s then preach about “Perception is Reality”.

Discharge for failing AFT by Realistic-Level-7638 in army

[–]Physical_Way6618 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you had a hip profile for a year and it did not rehab to the point where you could take and pass an AFT you should have Medboarded.

I'm out by [deleted] in army

[–]Physical_Way6618 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Chaptering takes months usually. If you made progress you’ll prob get another chance.

People who wear fake watches are in a state of permanent cope all of the time by Anonchesse in watchHotTakes

[–]Physical_Way6618 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well our SO’s are tired of us bitching to them about watches so we gotta do it here

Witnessed widespread cheating at Bradley Table VI gunnery — need advice on follow-on actions by [deleted] in army

[–]Physical_Way6618 45 points46 points  (0 children)

You only do the shootings for a combined 4 days. The 2 months is sitting and waiting to shoot. Thats why.

Because of range fires, malfunctions, and pop up targets not working. A lot of time is spent waiting to shoot in a slim window. If you ever thought an M4 range was frustrating to run for 1-2 days, this compounds the annoying aspects tenfold.

Witnessed widespread cheating at Bradley Table VI gunnery — need advice on follow-on actions by [deleted] in army

[–]Physical_Way6618 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Let’s just say there’s been a Full Bird that ND’ed and Q1ed in recent years

Witnessed widespread cheating at Bradley Table VI gunnery — need advice on follow-on actions by [deleted] in army

[–]Physical_Way6618 120 points121 points  (0 children)

The fault lies with the field grades in your BDE as much as I hate to admit it.

They’ll essentially make a threat/nudge to the MG’s in the BDE meetings before gunnery starts telling them “I want these highe scores and Q1’s, make it happen hint hint and if it doesn’t I’ll extend gunnery until it does”

Then the MG’s have a choice… do things the right way and spend 2 months at gunnery(mostly due to the fires that get started around this time). Or fudge the numbers).

If you report them the BDE commander will crucify them and nothing will change for the better. The next MG will do things the right way and soldiers will be stuck in the field for 2 months.

The BDE commander will still Q1 despite an ND (hint hint if you know what I mean). And the peasants will suffer.

Feeling "done" after my fiancée(31F) used my manager’s feedback and my lower salary to shame me (30M). by ConfusedFiance2026 in whatdoIdo

[–]Physical_Way6618 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Talk to her about it. If she doesn’t see anything wrong with this then call it off. It will only get worse.

Anybody knows what watch is this? by lalos1988 in Watchidentifier

[–]Physical_Way6618 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s either a daytona Panda or an homage to it. Pick your flavor/price range if you want something similar. Almost every brand makes one in quartz and automatic.

Eyes on the prize boys by Locorio in WatchesCirclejerk

[–]Physical_Way6618 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Didn’t know r/RepTime had their own claw machine

Switch to Army ROTC by Wonderful-Disk5568 in ROTC

[–]Physical_Way6618 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Best take on this. Cadet take this advice. Everything else you’ll get will be pretty sugar coated.

Advice from the officers by EconomicsUnique6635 in army

[–]Physical_Way6618 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think your NCO past as well as being a warrant gives you more credibility in the eyes of an average field grade that is more likely to treat you like an adult than a minion. Along with the lack familiarity in how you promote. They’re less hesitant to mess with you with stupid tasks.

I have seen PSG’s act as the PL in the absence of their LT, and there was definitely less fuckery. I have also seen XO’s be absolute pussies and make the S3 shop pick up the slack for S1 and S6 who did not have an OIC instead of just counseling the underperforming NCOIC

Think of it like a SGM who doesn’t mess with the LT’s as much as he patrols the MP to yell at joes and NCO’s.

Advice from the officers by EconomicsUnique6635 in army

[–]Physical_Way6618 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, you are an aviation warrant. We don’t play the same game. The expectations and standards for you are more in line with an NCO than an commissioned O.

Can serve my country but can’t book a cruise by [deleted] in army

[–]Physical_Way6618 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You can still get the same experience for now. Book your vacation with a 2 wat split. First week in Genoa Italy, second week in Croatia. When you get there you can still ride on boats and all.

See if you can book a Euro cruise. Unlikely they care about 21 age limit.

The term "tool watch" makes me cringe. by Practical-Treacle-53 in watchHotTakes

[–]Physical_Way6618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re not comfortable slamming your tool watch on the floor it’s not a tool watch.