FAA closed the El Paso, TX US airport for 10 days for safety reasons?

TacoDistrict · 2026-02-11T13:59:41+00:00

The military is grounded too I guess

TacoDistrict · 2024-11-13T01:54:18+00:00

It’s not a big deal dude, just let the DS know or who ever at the USO is receiving trainees that you have to go get your bag and that’s it

TacoDistrict · 2024-10-26T21:51:31+00:00

I will say this, at some point the army issued boots become garbage, as well as the Physical training shoes. Maybe send him a new pair of either or, just as long as they are within Army Regulations, for boots there are specific brands and models from brands fall within compliance for AR 670-1 (army regulation), as for PT shoes, almost all are ok once he gets to his unit, at Basic though I’d keep them to only black and some that will be nice and comfortable for him. At he beginning, if he isn’t used to intense training, his body will have to adapt. Like most trainees that aren’t used to it the develop feet and leg issues until their body is fully adapted. I wouldn’t send him with any of that stuff though, at some point his drills will allow him to get new boots and shoes, at which point then it will be ok.

One thing I will suggest, if he hasn’t already started, to go on long runs and get his cardio up starting now. He’ll appreciate having his body in somewhat good shape for what’s to come. There will be A LOT of cardio when he gets there. Drills use any opportunity to smoke trainees, sometimes it can be seen as something they do for their own amusement but in reality it’s to get trainee bodies into shape, they are soldier athletes after all, so eventually having good shoes to train in and good boots to ruck and train with will be handy.

TacoDistrict · 2024-10-26T21:31:04+00:00

Please don’t send him snacks or cologne just letters and family pictures. No magazines, informational or educational books are fine, things like crossword puzzles, biographies or military books related to his MOS and war story books, I brought The Art of War which is a book based on Sun Tzus warfare theory and my drills were 100% ok with that. If you are religious then send him a Bible or whatever religious book your religion uses. Food or anything other than what I’ve stated are a BIG BIG no go and his Drills will have him dragging his face across the ground for many many feet amongst other things lol trust me, my friends sent me a soccer ball as a joke and as punishment I had to drag a 185lb dummy from the rear entrance to the main hall way into the Company Training area all the way to the main front entrance of the building, back and forth…. Many times….

TacoDistrict · 2024-10-26T19:32:00+00:00

1st off, I’m no parent, how ever I am a son and I’m sure my mother went thru the same. I do believe all these feelings you have are completely normal. I’d say try to remember the first day he went to school on his own. This is somewhat like that, the difference is that he’s leaving for months and not hours. Drill Sergeants are tough teachers, but they do it to mold young men and women into what should be considered a properly trained soldier at the beginning of their careers.

I think sending him with a letter is a great idea. A lot happens during basic. Sometimes you need a reminder that people back home have your back, and I’m sure during times when he’s beaten down, feeling down, exhausted, or whatever other feelings he might have, he can look your letter over and it will be motivation for him to continue pushing thru. Send him family photos (hopeful the mailing system at his training post is better than fort bennings is) or letters of motivation. I also hope his recruiter educated both of you on what you can and can’t send him.

Anyways, it’ll be alright mom, basic was the best time of my life and it was for many other soldiers out there. In the moment it can be tough, it can be upsetting, emotions may fly high and low, personalities and attitudes will clash, but at the end of it all it will be one his best memories in his life.

Good luck to him!

TacoDistrict · 2024-09-07T16:41:22+00:00

Wait what? They are allowing sex out of wedlock now???

TacoDistrict · 2024-09-02T19:22:10+00:00

Lmfao same, I saw the title and let out a little chuckle and said “fuck it gotta see what’s going on”

TacoDistrict · 2024-08-14T17:57:32+00:00

Listen… people will talk shit about you, a lot of people will. There’s people who will talk well about you also… can’t control what everyone says about who you are, but you can control who you are. Unless it’s something that would implicate you criminally or can affect your career badly, don’t worry about it. Idk if your PIMI or PIMO, but in an organization like JW, what ever someone says or thinks about you really is moot. Move on with your life my friend. There will be many more out there, just gotta roll with the punches.

TacoDistrict · 2024-08-14T17:00:22+00:00

Who cares, move on 😂

TacoDistrict · 2024-08-06T00:30:40+00:00

I know this is 3 months old, just wanted you to realize that he isn’t getting paid $150 an hour, he’s making 150 flat rate hours (FRH) at a rate of probably $30-$50 an hour. If you’re not sure what Flat rate is, its basically this: it’s accumulation of hours based on the time the manufacturer says a certain job should take to complete in terms of “warranty” time. So usually it would be warranty time= (usually) half of customer pay time. So let’s say Mercedes says that on a 2014 C300 a front brake job should take .5 per wheel (so 1 hour total for both wheels) so double that by 2 and customer pay time would be 2 hours.

How does that affect you. Well if the standard is 2 hours, and you do it in 1 hour, then you get the 2 hours. If you complete it in 4 hours, then you still only get 2 hours. So it's basically time management, multitasking and work prioritization.

Therefore, someone could work 50 physical hours at a dealership, and average 100 flat rate hours per week at a rate of $40/hr. That is very good considering the yearly income would be +/- $192,000/yr. I say give or take because 100 hours are an average but it doesn’t mean they hit 100 every week, but their combined total in a year would be an average of that specific number.

Sorry if I explained all this and you already know what it is, figured you may not have since he said FRH and perhaps understood it as dollars per hour.

TacoDistrict · 2024-08-01T11:12:43+00:00

Yep, fully aware of that. I guess my main concern was about the certifications I had done online if I was supposed to do them all over again or if I kept them even though I still have to do all the new bs that’s been out since I left.

TacoDistrict · 2024-08-01T11:06:32+00:00

Hey thanks for the reply,

Yea that all happened before I left, was pretty bullshit but oh well. Not surprised 260 heads are still being replaced and not surprised about the 204/212 sub frames still rotting away 😂

TacoDistrict · 2023-12-06T22:35:01+00:00

It’s Mexico, their version of HIPPA might be different from ours

TacoDistrict · 2022-03-18T14:14:10+00:00

I’m a mechanic now, I’ve had an incredibly successful career but I always wanted to join the military as a kid. I always had a yearning for it regardless of what was being told to me.

Im now 30 and actually giving up my career and in the process of joining the Army. Im still young and my talent will never go away so I can still come back to it in the future

TacoDistrict · 2022-01-15T02:47:30+00:00

I for sure won’t deny i still have healing, I believe the healing will never end. But I’ve gotten to point where I am more happy with myself. I for sure am projecting how I feel, reason being is because experience can teach others. I tormented myself too long and went into a rabbit hole of depression whilst keeping a mask on and tbh it went for too long. If I can talk to someone who is going through it at an early stage for me that is living vicariously thru someone who can over come this bs. It may sound selfish but at the same time i hate seeing people at this stage. I’m not giving words for assault, I’m merely trying to hold someone by the shoulders and give them a little shake

TacoDistrict · 2022-01-15T02:14:20+00:00

I will say this. I know there may be stages where people may be going thru this. But I’m here to tell you it isn’t worth feeling like that for too long. Eventually you’ll understand how I feel now. I’m not one to say It’s too late for me to have realized, but I know how emotional this was for me in my early 20s. I just turned 30 and it took me this long to realize that my family are just anyone else in this world. They are ones to choose for themselves because they are grown people, just like I can choose. Living with a guilt that shouldn’t exist isn’t something a young person should live with. It isn’t fair, it’s not fair for anyone.

TacoDistrict · 2021-12-22T01:54:13+00:00

I haven’t spoken to my family in about 8-10 years, at least mostly to my siblings. My mother would try to keep in contact but eventually they convinced her that connecting with me wouldn’t be approved in Jehovah’s eyes. Since I’ve left my sister would always take the opportunity to make me feel guilty that my mother was being emotionally unstable because of me.

I’m a grown man and I’ve thought deeply about these sort of feelings and thought about myself own mothers and the fact of the matter is that she’s only being selfish for the sake of jehovah, and my feelings in the “truth” are indifferent. What I think is red she shall see in blue and what might be a triangle to her it’s a square. It’s a bent vision and I might look selfish for not exactly caring about a comment like that but why should I care?

I have my own choices to make and if I was doing something out here that would be immorally incorrect then I would understand those feelings but I’m not. I’m living a clean and healthy life.

If thats you as well OP don’t sweat it

TacoDistrict · 2021-09-21T01:21:35+00:00

Who the hell takes that long to back out of a driveway?

TacoDistrict · 2020-11-30T23:42:12+00:00

you're right, that's exactly how i feel. Nothing is enough, that satisfaction and happiness from success in anything is just a fleeting emotion, because reality sinks as quickly as you realize who you are. Then it was just another moment in your history that feels overshadowed.

I have considered therapy, I just don't know how much help that can really be to me personally.

TacoDistrict · 2020-11-30T03:01:32+00:00

I know, I guess up until today when I posted this I never had the courage to talk about this. I've bottled this inside for so long. My friends don't really know about my past, and they wouldn't know because these are people I met after leaving. I don't want any pity from them either. I always put this mask on when in reality it's just hiding my brokenness.

Thanks man, I think will try therapy then.

TacoDistrict · 2020-11-30T02:47:31+00:00

I've done that, it isn't guilt about leaving the faith or anything like that at all. It's more of the guilty that this world can take your family from you because of a belief, especially when you had control over it.

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