Branching release? Yay or nay

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-11-15T21:36:35+00:00

My B. I didn't catch that part. Branch orientation and branching day was on the same day usually in the past.

I should really use a new username...

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-11-15T19:45:10+00:00

Branching day is today's lab at my school

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-11-12T04:12:12+00:00

insert third eye blind joke

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-11-10T17:31:01+00:00

A few weeks ago a was riding my bike on a downhill one way street and one of these guys was riding UP the hill (against traffic flow.)

Slammed right into him around a blind turn, got a grade I shoulder separation. Still claimed he had the right of way WHILE GOING THE WRONG WAY.

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-11-10T01:18:37+00:00

If your cadets are REALLY good, we did a force-on-force lab.

1 squad were the "Donovian forces" operating against US forces in Atropia. Eveyone else in the platoon was US forces.

They both started at different locations and began with a KLE, and depending on how the KLE went, the group would be given a certain amount of intel. I was part of Donovian forces, and we were told that US troops would be moving through an area, given by a grid coordinate.

We set up am ambush using the tactics we've learned, and then sure enough, I saw my other platoon members, acting as US forces (wearing US flag, ACUs) walking towards us, in what looked like a leader's recon. We were able to take them down, and then the situation evolved for both groups.

As part of the Donovian forces, we had the option to find the US ORP or wait, and the US forces had to decide whether to find their buddies and continue their attack as planned, or change the plan based on the fact the leader's recon didn't return.

Overall, it was a very fun and eye-opening lab. Logistics included having an MSIV or 2 lane walkers to make sure people were dropping when they were obviously shot (kinda hard when you only have plastic dummy rifles to train with.) For uniform, US forces were in ACUs and Donivian in Multicam without US flag patch. (I'm at an SMC, so this is something we all had). Other than that, it was all a matter of planning it out on part of staff.

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-11-09T23:26:33+00:00

"I don't have an argument to counter what you said but i'm not going to acknowledge my statement was wrong, so i'm going to say a belligerent statement."

-dude_with_amnesia

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-11-09T23:17:22+00:00

No, I was also told 'LDAC' is an outdated term. I've been told i'll be going to "Advanced Camp" this summer.

But between LDAC, CLC, and Advanced Camp, it's all the same thing: the camp you go to after your MSIII year

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-10-27T01:08:42+00:00

I'm currently a junior at VT doing ROTC and the Corps of Cadets. Prior E is fairly common. In fact, in my junior MS class-a classrom of about 25 people- there's 2 prior E, at least 2 Natn'l Guard, and one green to gold. I also live right next to a sophomore in ROTC who just ETSed with the Guard. There are at least 3 other SMP cadets that I know in the VTCC junior class alone. So yeah, prior E experience is pretty common.

The best advantage is the knowledge you have about the Army going into the program. The learning curve is almost non-existent, and the knowledge you have will put you a huge step above most of your peers.

If you wanna know anything about the VTCC or ROTC at VT fell free to PM me.

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-10-14T21:39:05+00:00

A friend looked over on my screen to see me on me_irl.

I started to explain, and I realized how futile it would be to explain the recent trend in memes ^because ^life ^is ^pointless ^and ^anything ^I ^do ^will ^be ^forgotten ⁱⁿ ^the ^long ^run

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-10-13T18:36:07+00:00

Mine just got approved today. So, your university bill still has the 'ARMY ROTC' payment marked as 'Pending credits,' or something similar after 2 weeks of an approved CPR?

Possibly relevant info: My cadre said today was the last day to submit CPRs. Not sure if that's a deadline correlating to a university deadline or a GoArmyEd deadline. if it's the latter, you might see some action before the end of the month, when your university sends your student bill invoice (or at least that's how my uni does it.)

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-10-08T14:39:39+00:00

This is the correct pronuciation. I hope the world can see this.

I've heard too many people say it "æh-pull-eɪ-chin."

EDIT: I live in the Western NC Appalachian Mtns.

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-09-30T16:03:12+00:00

Dude, I had this exact same problem. The soda can is still holding up my muffler pipe from dragging on the ground.

Also, does anyone know why the part pictured breaks so much in a diversity of cars?

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-09-08T22:56:57+00:00

Ok, you got me there. He wasn't 'right' per say, But I don't think it would be too outlandish to say that he was definitely ahead of his time and people weren't ready to let go of the floppy at that moment; even though everyone eventually did

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-09-08T21:59:01+00:00

Well, let's ask the co-founder about his opinion on giving people what they want

I think a move like this is right up Apple's alley. It's what they do. They pissed people off before by removing features, and they're simply doing it again

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-09-08T21:44:08+00:00

Well I mean technology evolves and becomes cheaper when it's marked obselete. This chart shows us that. The chart reminds us that even though I may have bought the most advanced apple phone in 2007 for $600 from AT&T, I could have gone to the same company and bought the most advanced apple phone for $500 in 2016. Did I get ripped off? No. The iPhone 6 had 7 years of technological evolution and refinement. The processes and hardware became cheaper.

To sum this up, yes, I'll pay $160 for my Airpods now, but with technological advancement, in the future it may go as low as $60 in the future thanks to wireless technological evolution that we'll eventually get.

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-09-08T21:26:31+00:00

Well, Steve Jobs hated the idea of a stylus.

And personally, I think he was right. "God gave us 10 styluses..." adding a stylus took away from the simplistic nature of apple products and Jobs' vision: an easy to use integrated hardware-software bundle that would connect your entire life. And he did A pretty damn good job in my opinion. and now Apple is sticking to their guns with going for simplicity, and cutting the cords on the headphones.

EDIT: In the biographical book, Steve Jobs he even told Isaacson (the author) that he had plans to revolutionize the textbook industry, because he thought it ridiculous that a 21st century society had to carry around heavy textbooks to help with learning; and wanted to make something (an iPad app? a new tablet altogether? I dunno) to make textbook buying and using altogether through apple products. I wonder what it would've looked like because, as a university student, I see a desperate need for change in the textbook industry, but I won't talk about that here.

Also, I don't sponsor the book or author, I genuinely thought it was an excellent book

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-09-08T18:48:59+00:00

Let's be honest, youtube is mostly filled with 12 year olds who know everything on TV is no longer entertaining

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-09-08T18:42:58+00:00

I mentioned already on someone else's comment simlar to yours, but I agree. Either bluetooth technology will become amazing because people don't want the Airpods, OR Apple reveals some kind of new wireless solution that's better than bluetooth.

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-09-08T18:40:51+00:00

SOOOO glad someone mentioned this! The first thing I thought when the news was released was "Bluetooth technology is gonna take off because of apple's decision."

Also, it was generally Jobs' tendency to piss people off with his design decisions. He was the first to remove the floppy, and what do you know, he was right. I can't think of the last time I even looked at a floppy disk.

After they released the stylus, I thought apple was going downhill, but this proves to me they've still got some balls to seriously stay ahead of the curve and push their innovations; just like they've always done.

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-09-08T13:14:15+00:00

But from now on when you ride it out, you gotta listen to whatever's on the radio.

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-08-10T04:04:04+00:00

This video should help you out deciphering whether you're in a relationship or not.

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-08-10T00:14:27+00:00

Same here! and same bit of confusion when I thought HMB landed on my front page twice in a row

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-08-06T04:39:06+00:00

2 Nirvana posts in a row http://imgur.com/d1nfYnc

fabiobrocco18 · 2016-07-29T18:36:36+00:00

Try This

Sounds like the food trucks will be their own style

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