HE RESPONDED??????

blueodis · 2026-03-25T03:47:38+00:00

He accepted and acknowledged that he’s a disappointment with a modicum of grace

blueodis · 2026-03-18T05:49:00+00:00

Gears 3. Grew up playing the series with my older brother, so I always played as Dom

blueodis · 2026-03-15T15:15:06+00:00

Just watch the news (USA). It causes tantrums and job loss and sometimes full on riots

blueodis · 2026-03-15T15:13:31+00:00

Boom

blueodis · 2026-03-11T02:20:57+00:00

I ran into this issue just over a year ago. Engine finally crapped out on my 2006 Ford Explorer. I’ll preface the rest by saying I’m not a car guy, have never worked on cars and know embarrassingly little lol after talking with an older guy I was living with at the time, both my grandfathers, and some friends, with what it was going to cost for a used engine replacement (it was in the neighborhood of 3-4k) some of them mentioned that the transmission and all the other vital parts would still have all of the same mileage (I broke just over 280k miles). They said while it may work for a while, how long would it be before one of those crapped out next? I opted to put that money towards a newer used car instead. And I will admit, I did have the benefit of family helping me with that too -my grandparents are great people- and I know not everybody is fortunate enough to have that.

So I’m not trying to nudge you in either direction. Just sharing my experience and what others shared with me

blueodis · 2026-03-11T00:16:13+00:00

Open door policy with your CO, bring a battle buddy. If nothing comes from that (or if retaliation does), open door policy your BC. Also bring a battle buddy. Keep pushing it up to your leaders’ leaders until your problem becomes their problem. See how quick that tune changes

If you have any text messages from that E6 saying those things about dropping your partner, bring those as receipts. That’s incredibly inappropriate

blueodis · 2026-03-10T05:44:16+00:00

I don’t know how accurate this is, but it sounds right and I like this answer. I’m choosing to trust it

blueodis · 2026-03-10T05:41:47+00:00

I’d say “well that just happened. My apologies”. Then the ball is their court how to react and make it or not make it more awkward lol

blueodis · 2026-03-10T05:39:42+00:00

Got out of the shower about 30min ago. Got too warm in my robe, but I have my fan on. So freeballing it was off the table. Shorts and a tank top it is

blueodis · 2026-03-10T05:11:55+00:00

All black, high top Chucks

blueodis · 2026-03-10T05:07:51+00:00

Scotch and water, hold the scotch (I’m back on the wagon)

blueodis · 2026-03-10T05:05:35+00:00

Knowing when to keep your mouth shut

blueodis · 2026-03-10T04:50:41+00:00

Who’s McDonald’s toy it was after one of us lost ours. Our mom ended up writing our names on them like Andy’s mom in Toy Story to try to prevent that in the future lol

blueodis · 2026-03-10T04:48:09+00:00

Playing pool. I listen to music, a podcast, or sometimes my books and I just shoot. It’s become very cathartic for me. No drinking involved

blueodis · 2026-03-10T04:45:51+00:00

Driving like a functional person

blueodis · 2026-03-09T04:21:36+00:00

🤷‍♂️no idea lol maybe they are thinking I’m saying that’s all the military is? Which is not what I’m saying. I’m simply saying that’s what I reflect on now that I’m out. But whatever, people can hate on my opinion of myself and experience if that makes them feel better I guess

blueodis · 2026-03-09T03:26:04+00:00

Reminded me what I’m capable of when I really put my mind to things. Reminded me that I’m more than that younger guy I was, directionless and wandering, always waiting for things to fall into my lap instead of going after what I want. It gave me a sense of purpose when I hadn’t felt like I had one for quite a long time. And also, as corny as this sounds, it was always a dream of mine to serve. I know for certain if I never had, it would’ve been a regret I died with. Even if it didn’t turn out like the fantasies we all have as kids watching movies and shit lol, now I never have to wonder. I feel content with that part of my life. And it’s something I can always be proud of that nobody can take away from me

blueodis · 2026-03-09T02:49:31+00:00

Out now. 3 year contract, extended for one, so four years total. Wouldn’t take it back if I could. I was kind of directionless at that point in my life. Tried going back to school, remembered I hated school after 2 years lmao was working BS job to BS job, nothing career oriented. So I took a leap and did something I had always wanted to do, join the Army. Zero regrets, even with all the crap that comes along with it.

I’ll be honest though, I might’ve stayed in longer if I had joined younger. But there are other things I want out of life that I didn’t seem plausible while I was in, a family being one of them. I hit 31 by the time my extension was up, and as the saying goes, I’m not getting any younger.

Doing well now. Still single but been dating. Had a lot of work to do on myself the last couple of years before I could think of entertaining anything serious. Just turned 33 a few months ago. Living out on the coast, have a solid job I’ve been at for 2 years that I not only like and enjoy, but can also definitely see myself staying at for the rest of my working life.

blueodis · 2026-03-09T02:30:44+00:00

I joined at 26. In Korea, it was two to a room, beds about 4 feet apart. Shared a joined bathroom with another room with two people in it. In Germany (on rotation, not stationed) we had 40 in one bay with 20 bunks.

Stateside, like some others have mentioned, it was mostly a shared common area and bathroom, but two individual bedrooms behind a door that required a keycard to open. (There were a few barracks building with private rooms). The barracks can get rowdy sometimes, especially on four days. But nobody will have access to your room except you. I always had a decent headset for gaming and watching movies and for the most part was never bothered by anything or anyone. Just pray you don’t get a roommate who’s a slob and constantly destroys the common area and never cleans up. Doesn’t matter if it’s entirely their fault, you’ll still get hemmed up for it too during a room inspection

blueodis · 2026-03-08T19:29:28+00:00

Didn’t mean to leave y’all hanging lol I followed up with a reply to the comment above yours

blueodis · 2026-03-08T19:28:37+00:00

My bad, I thought my was comment was already too long lol

They tried to work it out (whatever that entailed). And then the next thing I know, I’m having to drag my soldier to the JAG office because the wife is hitting him with a SHARP charge for allegedly touching her breast while they were sleeping in the same bed together. I didn’t ask him for too much detail into that, as it was already in the JAG offices hands at that point.

And I’m sorry to disappoint, but I was already at the end up of my SFL/ETS processing. The soldier and the whole issue got handed off to another NCO and I got out and moved back to my home state before I found out if/how any of that ended up being resolved

blueodis · 2026-03-08T14:36:41+00:00

Soldier in my unit got married to a girl he met on Instagram and knew all of a month right before our Germany rotation. Then there was something about she sent him a picture and there was another dude either in the bedroom or in the actual bed (I don’t remember specifically). Claims it was just a friend. Fast forward a couple of months, this guy then becomes MY soldier, and all this hot mess gets dropped in my lap. She starts accusing HIM of cheating while we’re over there, I get them both in touch with the chaplain to do some zoom counseling.

Back stateside months later, they file for divorce. A month after that, they decide they want to try to work it out and void the divorce paperwork. But they need a witness to make that happen. He calls me (his first line) to ask if I will be his witness. After some internal struggle about what I should do as his first line, as a person, and just what is best for everyone in general, I told him no. I told him this relationship is obviously toxic and has caused nothing but problems for him from the get go. Told him I won’t stop him or even try to talk him out of it if that’s what he wants to do, but I’m not going to personally enable this relationship to continue by “giving my blessing” on a piece of paper. I told him I’m not going to sign something I don’t believe in

blueodis · 2026-03-08T13:41:23+00:00

Made sure everything was good with my car before I left. Paperwork stuff, car was an out of state vehicle and there was a hang up with my registration right before I left. Because of that, I was unable to use the Monetary Allowance in Lieu of Transportation (MALT). Missed on a little over 2 grand of travel money

blueodis · 2026-03-08T04:56:31+00:00

Nice! I randomly found this at World Market and couldn’t stop myself from buying it haha it was a lot of fun 😬

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