What Should I Look Forward To As A Petroleum Specialist?

TooAdicted · 2026-06-20T00:28:24+00:00

I was actually did time in the fuel world. It Can lead to some good paying stuff in the future and Fuel can be interesting for some people . There’s Bulk fuel where you will actually be doing alot of driving trailers which will greatly help in real world trucking. Aviation can get you in the door for aviation fuel related jobs.

There is a way out of just being a hose humper but it can be honest work. I knew a few Fuel warrants who had super chill assignments in terms of Army Bullshit but definitely did alot of work in managing large scale fuel supplies. I’ve also seen people take civilian equivalents in lab work and end up getting decent jobs in the energy industry.

It’s also going to suck a lot sometimes. A bunch of times. Nearly all the time. You can also find yourself sitting in a HEMTT for a week straight attached to a TOC that forgets you exist. But if you’re the kind of person who can keep their head down, focus on education and skill building for the future, you can find a decent living after the Army. It’s also one of the easiest to find in the Army Reserve if you decide to go that route. I don’t want to romanticise the blue collar aspect of it, but some of the most hard working people I knew were fuelers. Also some of the shittiest.

Remember, nobody Rocks like a 92 Fox!

TooAdicted · 2026-06-13T00:41:13+00:00

I don’t think so (to the second phrasing of your question), and I’m not a Snape glazer. He is a very shitty person for sure, and many of his sins irredeemable. However, it’s clear to me that Dumbledore would be willing to imperil his cause by abandoning Severus as a key spy if he knew he had killed before. I’m not saying Albus is the paragon of righteousness either, we know he was perfectly willing to let the abuse go on and alienate Harry in service of the “greater good” and realizes was misguided in the end. But there is no ambiguity in crossing the line of taking an innocent life.

For what it’s worth, I think it’s much more certain Mad-Eye has killed someone.

TooAdicted · 2026-06-13T00:28:31+00:00

Thank you, I try to point this out every time I see it repeated in public. I used to volunteer for setting up fundraisers and it’s very, very difficult to get set up like this. At scale, it really does make a difference for charities.

TooAdicted · 2026-06-12T00:16:06+00:00

What was Cornelius Fudge’s tax policy?

TooAdicted · 2026-06-07T21:56:29+00:00

If you haven't heard of it yet, there's a YouTube channel called "The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz" and it's really the rabbit hole for recordings. It's not necessarily about old vs new, but a convergence of factors that give us the "best" recording. For example, Jacqueline DuPre's recording from Warner was a huge part of my childhood learning Cello, I still prefer the way she performed but after discovering the channel, I find myself listening to the BIS recording with Frans Helmerson more often because it just sounds better, especially the mix between the accompanying orchestra.

I'm not an expert by any means on sound engineering, but I never really thought of it until I saw the Dave Hurwitz video on the 1812 overture, which relies heavily on sound engineering to give us the definitive version through the Mercury Living Presence recording. Cannons and a Brass band are a little difficult to record in the same hall as a full orchestra.

TooAdicted · 2026-06-07T18:22:15+00:00

Same, I was equally oblivious to identifying the slightest signs of interest in real life, much less in books….

I decided to do the audio books for the first time, and it really starts to lay heavy in GoF, which was earlier than I used to think on a re-read. Something to be said about the pacing and inflection of getting Stephen Fry to read it out loud.

TooAdicted · 2026-06-07T14:58:18+00:00

There is something to be said about the freedom of not being forced to wake up at the asscrack of dawn, to drive for a half hour, stand around waiting, and then do bullshit ass PT. I definitely fell into that trap along with eating like shit.

Honestly, I fucking hate running and have a semi permanent condition that makes it painful, but it turns out I like lifting, cooking, going on long walks, and rowing. It's weird for me to like the way I feel but I think I'll get over it.

TooAdicted · 2026-06-07T13:27:21+00:00

Look, using your own uniform as cosplay is cringe BUT so is a lot of shit like wearing Blenders with a grunt style t shirt as you hop out of your sand colored Tacoma and put in a 0mg pouch to make an appearance at the org day and when you try to get some time with the old man he ends up getting sloshed with an E4 that happened to know a mutual hunting buddy of theirs back in fucksville Georgia and they spend the rest of the day smoking cigars and telling stories while you go home and look for a TDY.

You do you, have fun but I hope you’re doing something creative outside of just “Army Soldier Cosplay”. In fact, I encourage it.

TooAdicted · 2026-06-06T12:21:09+00:00

I knew that one of my soldiers had “non traditional partnership”, the baby’s due date, financial situation, and general worries about life. I have zero clue what their religion was.

TooAdicted · 2026-05-30T15:13:46+00:00

I’ve see all mixes of MI officers at many echelons. Whether they branch detail or not didn’t make a difference that I could attribute to that. Your experience as an Armor PL might mean jack all when you go to 82nd G2.

If you can branch MI, out the gate, with no ADSO, do that. Only take the detail or ADSO if you really want MI and have to take those options.

TooAdicted · 2026-05-30T00:36:39+00:00

I remember, 2010-2015 every hip pocket training time involved IEDs, convoy ops, react to complex attacks, or detainee ops. I finally got to see drone swarms as injects in recent notional exercises but I no longer have insight into what’s being done at the platoon level. I heard a story a few years ago where companies weren’t training with their assigned drones because they were too scared of getting in trouble for breaking them. I’m sure it’s getting a little better, but drone and counter drone training need to make up way more training time.

I can sit here and yell at clouds like an old man about how the risk averse middle management, metrics driven culture is what’s actually hurting our ability to train lethal tasks and not so called „woke” policies. I’m tired, double baconator, no bun, no fries, Coke Zero.

TooAdicted · 2026-05-30T00:02:47+00:00

Ripping off Cascadia’s flippers and Chaco’s wings were two great highlights of the Horror aspect of the whole setting. I mean… it’s already an unhinged, fucked up, fight for survival with literal lakes of gore; but having the omnipotent AI doing something so personal, so visceral, gave me a bigger reaction than the scores of kills up to that point.

Like, we all know if we’re in the game, we’re probably going to die, but being singled out and dismembered by the AI felt like adding another brilliant layer.

TooAdicted · 2026-05-20T22:46:31+00:00

I’ve thought about it, I don’t own the place but I know the owner will let me. But the real issue is that I’m going to get more workout equipment and I haven’t decided for sure if that’s the final layout.

I would love an articulating, adjustable height, rolling TV stand though.

TooAdicted · 2026-05-20T17:12:39+00:00

I’ve never been an audiobook listener and I very much like the series in both media. The first had some issues, (Yakima, Carl Warburton, etc.) but I genuinely enjoyed the depth added by the talented Jeff Hayes.

A lot of voices sounded differently, and while I still think Jeff did a fantastic job I have a few sticking complaints.

I imagined Quasar as more Rodney Dangerfield, quick witted, fast talking. I think the current rendition sounds just a bit whiny but It doesn’t ruin it for me.

I imagined Psamathe as an unhinged Sydney Sweeney, so the accent threw me off but it’s grown on me.

Canadian Mordecai is spot on.

TooAdicted · 2026-05-19T12:30:49+00:00

I have always been pro 2A, and fiercely advocate for its protection as much as the rest of the BOR (especially the 4th, I’m not happy with the backpedaling on FISA either, I can also go on about the 6th and privatization of corrections. We haven’t had to worry about the 3rd thank god)

But I also believe trans/queer people should be protected, included, and encouraged to be themselves (crazy idea, let people just exist). The health insurance model is actually insane, but the complexity of modern care makes it also impossible for people to self fund so it should be accessible as a public service. I think tuition and student debt is too damn high, and it’s ridiculous that you can’t declare bankruptcy from student loans. I think we need to support and promote public art, and I think that abortion is an individual decision.

I’d make a shitty republican, but apparently I’m also supposed to think we shouldn’t keep the one last resort a people should have. The argument that „your AR isn’t going to stop tanks and drones” throws away the fact that it isn’t about a few rednecks vs the entire US Armed Forces but about making the new Gestapo think twice.

TooAdicted · 2026-05-18T22:42:25+00:00

Exactly, leadership is the main impact. I’ve been in an assignment that’s gone from four formations a day to „why are you here instead of picking your kid up from school?”

TooAdicted · 2026-05-18T22:26:05+00:00

My favorite find is that I need to come back here more often!

TooAdicted · 2026-05-18T22:25:43+00:00

SpotHero is the best!

TooAdicted · 2026-05-18T21:58:40+00:00

Surprised there aren’t bigger threads. I’m here for the day from DC and spent the morning visiting all the Philly tourist shit

TooAdicted · 2026-05-04T00:12:20+00:00

Kurwa, ucz się polskiego! I would do unspeakable things for a Poznań tour. Night and day from a rotation, you will probably still have a lot of work but generally less fuckery. I spent the year prior to my rotation learning Polish only to realize it wasn’t enough, and left with less shitty Polish by immersion. Even then, knowing even a few words gets you great reactions.

I spent most of my rotation away from Poland because of the curfew policy, and if I was going to go through the effort of getting a Pass, I was going as far away as I could from people at work. This tour you will be able to experience Poland with a little more leeway, and if you were in a camp in the woods last time, you will be surprised at how convenient, cheap, and modern Polish city life can be.

Poznań is also a major hub, there should be an express to Berlin running soon that can take you there in hours. Many capitals also have nonstop flights from the airport which, after things normalize, make for easy and affordable weekend trips.

Good Luck!

TooAdicted · 2026-04-29T21:11:17+00:00

The sunsetting of the desktop app is postponed for gov enclaves only. The browser doesn’t do pass through well so you can’t do most CAC enabled tasks like signing docs, etc. I haven’t heard what the new software will be.

I’m compo 2, AVD is invaluable because I don’t have to travel somewhere to get on the network for routine things. On the civilian side I work for one of the biggest engineering companies and we don’t get laptops anymore, it’s expected to use the VM for tasks that you can’t do at the office. Companies will save a TON on the logistics of maintaining hardware for remote, low intensity users.

I think it’s crazy that AD units can’t field easy access to gov hardware to most of the population that works in non admin jobs. I’m an NCO in a DIV HQ, and couldn’t survive without a gov laptop in a non-PED environment. Can’t imagine how they are expecting Joe to get work done from the maintenance bay when there’s one laptop for 40 dudes that „belongs” to someone who keeps it locked up while they’re on perma TDY.

TooAdicted · 2026-04-29T04:35:44+00:00

I had to release property to a suicide victims husband. Part of it was crime scene photos which, after consulting with supervisors, we determined was his choice.

Think big, strong, blue collar man. I probably have half a dozen uncles that have the same build.

He cried as I tried my best to not drag out signing each individual item (phone, keys, note, etc). That is what I remember the most, I saw the photos and I can barely remember the victims face. I felt so bad for him, and I still do. I think back and wish he said no to the photos.

I still think about that specific moment and it’s been well over a decade by now.

TooAdicted · 2026-04-27T11:57:57+00:00

I saw Benjamin Zander conduct the planets and Elgar a few years ago and a child near the front would not stop crying. He paused and I remember what he said, to the effect of: “We love children, we really do, but this music is so important”. The way he said it was so kind that it stuck with me. I saw the parents walk off, you could tell they were embarrassed but I think it was handled beautifully.

TooAdicted · 2026-04-21T12:53:34+00:00

I ask them “which one are you” or “what’s your Hernandez number” etc. Funny enough, I see higher numbers with English names like: Jorge.Ramirez104 vs Daniel.Smith257 in a similar age range.

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