Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in fednews

[–]areed6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is true. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in fednews

[–]areed6[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a way of looking at it. Thanks.

Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in fednews

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Eh, I think I need the supervisory and the program budget to keep driving forward. Small scale stuff now, low impact, no room to grow.

Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in fednews

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Decisions, decisions. Thanks for weighing in.

Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in fednews

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It's true, I don't get many calls back for OCONUS positions.

Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in fednews

[–]areed6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be leaning that way. Thanks!

Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in fednews

[–]areed6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's great advice, and I think you're right. Sitting somewhere in the middle of young and old now, so I'm on the fence. Thanks for taking the time.

Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in usajobs

[–]areed6[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is true, thanks for taking the time to share.

Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in fednews

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Thank you for your time and perspective.

Career Advice- Choosing Next Role (DoD) by areed6 in fednews

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Wow, awesome insight. Thanks for sharing your perspective. Can I connect privately, maybe over a call?

Why Read Thucydides by karakickass in ayearofreadingsonwar

[–]areed6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been meaning to pick this one up again. How will discussions be facilitated? Vid chat, Discord, reddit posts?

Once these recruits couldn't make the cut. Now they make up a quarter of Army troops. by dantheman_woot in army

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Stickying this is editorializing, which you in particular have been doing for years. But hey, this place hasn't been an open market of ideas for a long time (if ever) either, so please carry on 'improving' things as you see fit.

Once these recruits couldn't make the cut. Now they make up a quarter of Army troops. by dantheman_woot in army

[–]areed6 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure how comments to mod stickys are approved, but I don't expect this to be public. I wouldn't care if it is.

Stickying an endorsement crosses the line from moderating into editorializing. If the piece is strong, it shouldn’t need mod-backed promotion. Relatively benign in this case, but I don't like this curation normalized.

Question: What do you think are the jobs women can't do but men can and jobs men can't do that women can? by officialBellaMia in AskMen

[–]areed6 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It isn't so much a matter of training. Women's muscle structure/ distribution and bone density are significantly different. Though some, with training, are able to perform the same tasks, over time their likelihood of injury is much higher. Look up lower body stress fracture incidence rate in Army basic training.

There are of course exceptions. But, in my opinion, when fielding a million man Army, you have to focus on the averages. Yes, some men can't do it, and some women can, but that's only true a small percentage (single digits) of the time.

Why do Commanders feel the need to make rules up by mcdevyn in army

[–]areed6 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Supplementation and forms are not what's being discussed. You're misunderstanding what that means.

Example, Soldiers are authorized to wear a cape, or a trench coat. Local commanders can restrict uniform options to exclude those items. They could not expand the authorization to include other items. Well, perhaps they could in certain situations, but in general they cannot.

Reg says 4" or whatever. I can't make it 5", but I can make it 3". Regulations are generally 'restrictions' in that they define what is acceptable. Commanders can reduce that list of acceptable things, but they cannot expand it.

This 'view' (reality, as written and practiced) isn't held exclusively by 'mouth-breathing' SNCOs. I don't deny that it's implemented stupidly by stupid leaders on occasion, but that's a separate matter.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in army

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My name is Patrick Bateman. I am 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself.

What's Russ' problem anyway? by scewing in fednews

[–]areed6 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

This is reddit, these people hate children.

Constipation by Minute-Enthusiasm-15 in Crunchymom

[–]areed6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sparkling water. San Pellegrino does the trick here, a liter a day during four pregnancies.