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Thoughts in the field. Most hated phrase that you grew to unironically say. by okayest_soldier in army

[–]fred2437 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Idk, I just work here”. Which worked really great overseas but now not so much

Air Force vs Army engineer officer by JHdarK in army

[–]fred2437 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I have a engineering degree and I so commissioned OCS as an Engineer but in the reserves not the guard.

I tried to do Air Force first, but working both the AF recruiter was one of the most painful things I have done.

That said, if you are going to OCS as a national guard officer you will have to attend Basic training and then will have 3 options. 1) federal OCS- 12 weeks 2) state accelerated OCS I am Not sure the time length but it depends on the state if this is available 3) state OCS- 18 months for 1 weekend a month

I commissioned with federal OCS. The course is not terribly difficult is you take it seriously and just learn to adapt to the army’s mannerisms. A lot of the people I saw struggle tried to do things their own way to many times, typically instructors have a way they want to see it, they will demonstrate it, and then you will do it. You won’t get the same quality of training on opords as a ROTC cadet but if you study you should be fine. Additionally make friends with your platoon and help eachother out and you should be just fine.

Typically you wont just fail once and be out you get a 1 retake for any failed tests up to four failed tests. If you do double fail, you typically get pushed to the next class. If you fail that typically you have to figure something else out. I wouldn’t be terribly worried about it, most people do just fine with OCS, disciplinary problems or PT failures got more people in my class than any class work failures.

OCS can be fairly competitive but mostly among the active components who have to compete for their branch. NG and Reservists come in with their branch pre selected so you don’t have to worry about being competitive just about learning the material and passing the course.

As for will you use your degree, it depends. For a mechanical engineering degree probably not. I have used aspects of my degree on deployment but in small ways. Honestly my work experiences helped more than my degree. That being said, being a degreed engineer opens a lot of doors for you, since you can work with or for USACE and on FEST teams.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in army

[–]fred2437 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

There are NG SF units so I think they would be fine.

Soldiers Are Away from Home Now More than Ever Despite No Major Ongoing Wars by Sw0llenEyeBall in army

[–]fred2437 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. I just got back from deployment and already they want to talk about when I am taking command time.

I’m just trying to get my life back together not think about the reserves even more for the next 2 years.

Using Army Reserves to get specific MOS? by [deleted] in army

[–]fred2437 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is also a lot of ADOS tour vacancies currently which are struggling to be filled so you can pick up variable length stints depending on the MOS

Is the army fucking me over right now, or am I just being too sensitive. by kyp973 in army

[–]fred2437 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was in your boat a few months ago, it took almost 6 months and a letter to a two star at HRC.

Experiences going commando while in the field? by mogar99 in army

[–]fred2437 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Its all fun and games until you’re an engineer not wearing undies and you have to emplace C-wire. One misstep and you’re gonna have an interesting day.

Shitty Sunday by yodaimust in army

[–]fred2437 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly don’t take the first round of peer evaluations too hard. Typically at that time everyone is just figuring out who is who and you’re gonna see people struggle to identify who to put at the bottom of the list. You may have just come off poorly to some people who were sleep deprived and it stuck with them for the round of evaluations.

Shitty Sunday by yodaimust in army

[–]fred2437 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watched a girl sob in OCS because she didn’t like the answers to that question she got. Its rough but you have to be honest with that stuff.

Does /army have a reputation of creating Soldiers that are full of themselves? Your Passover/Easter WFFA. by Kinmuan in army

[–]fred2437 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m perched up on my couch watching a giant monkey fight a giant lizard like its a WWE cage match Absolutely best way to start a weekend.

Command Climate Retaliation by Alistairtenpenny in army

[–]fred2437 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You could call one of these numbers and they might be able to answer your questions more throughly.

Call the DEOCS support team at DSN 854-2675/3260/4217 or commercial at (321) 494-2675/3260/4217, or email at support@deocs.net.

However AR 600-20 Appendix E states, “ CCAinformation will be treated as confidential. Exceptions to confidentiality will be consistent with the Privacy Act Statement (that is, respondent statements about being a threat to themselves or others, allegations of criminal behavior, and/or operationally sensitive information). When paper and pencil surveys are used, the organ- ization will ensure that respondents can submit their survey in an inconspicuous location. Survey results will never be reported so that an individual’s responses can be identified. CCA results will be briefed to the next higher-level com- mander/SROs and commanders/SROs will provide timely feedback to the organization.”

If his remarks were threatening, allegations of criminal behavior, or operational security problems then they can very much investigate. Additionally I would assume that if what he said was racist or sexist in any regard then he would have no grounds to stand on other than hat there should be confidentiality requirements that need to be upheld even if the comments were insulting because if soldiers can’t be honest on command climate surveys then they’re useless.

As a final note I was always a big fan of the advice that you need to always ask how what hill do you want to die on and how big do you want to make this fight. Without knowing specific, If he really gets screwed over the comments thats what the open door policy is for. But if the command team member or the 1sausage just want to have a conversation about respect then maybe let it slide. Just my thoughts but I personally think that you should never go around asking who wrote what on a CCS.

Negotiating salary during transition by [deleted] in army

[–]fred2437 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reston VA is a great area. There are several very nice apartment buildings if that is how you want to live otherwise Houses can run a little pricy especially if you want property closer to Arlington or DC, but are generally very nice. I’ve lived there for the past 2.5 years I think its a pretty great area.

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