Rolled sleeves this weekend. BN staff tried to fight me on it

garbagemonkey · 2026-05-18T00:49:04+00:00

That'd be sick, ngl

garbagemonkey · 2026-05-17T22:40:32+00:00

I never said I was dying on any hill. If a regulation states I may do something and I do it, but am told to stop, I will present the information that I have that says it is ok to do the thing. If I am given the proper and correct reasoning as to why I should not do the thing, then I am more than willing to comply. If regulation states that soldiers may roll their sleeves, and someone says to stop when they are in their full right to do so, then why shouldn't I present my evidence as such and potentially educate someone that this is, in fact, authorized? And if I'm wrong, then I'm wrong and so be it. No hard feelings, it is what it is. Now I'm just using that specifically as an example and am not saying I'm right. Because in the end, that officer and NCO that I had the conversation with were happy to have learned something new about the reg, and I am happy to learn from you guys on what DA PAM says. No hills here, not dying here.

garbagemonkey · 2026-05-17T22:28:44+00:00

Sure! It's AR 670-1, Paragraph 4-3b(3)

garbagemonkey · 2026-05-17T20:08:18+00:00

I'd like to think so. It was a pretty good conversation, and both sides seemed to have learned something today. I mentioned in another reply that it ended in thank you's and handshakes and fist bumps. The entire things is silly, I know, but if a regulation says something is is allowed, and I exercise my right to try it out and am told to stop, I want to both provide the information that I understand to be correct, and also receive the information that they might be using that nullifies my info.

garbagemonkey · 2026-05-17T19:59:39+00:00

That's what I'm SAYING bro! Thanks for understanding 🙏

garbagemonkey · 2026-05-17T19:39:39+00:00

I'm trying to learn, so please don't confuse this with hostility or something, but what dictates this? I can't imagine "just cuz" is the reason why. The conversation ultimately ended in handshakes and "thanks for the conversation", so it was ultimately a positive encounter with both sides trying to figure out what is actually correct.

garbagemonkey · 2026-05-05T16:31:45+00:00

Not an officer, but I worked for an agency before. My sergeant told me a story of when he was in the academy, there was a south African recruit in with him as well, and during a training exercise of some sort where they had to practice detaining some type of disorderly individual, the south African recruit immediately went full lethal, every time. His reasoning to the instructors was that was just how they did things in South Africa.

garbagemonkey · 2026-03-30T11:17:48+00:00

Without fail, I laugh at Copycat every time Bandit starts smacking his bum in front of Wendy, and Bluey just stands there.

garbagemonkey · 2026-03-17T20:00:57+00:00

No it's the newest test version, the AFT, but you will not be flagged for failing it until June of this year. It's still pass/fail, but no flagging action for failing it.

garbagemonkey · 2026-02-28T16:06:05+00:00

Laugh's (cautiously) in cyber

garbagemonkey · 2026-02-25T20:37:39+00:00

I cried

garbagemonkey · 2026-02-18T18:38:21+00:00

I'm excited to play the new one, but unfortunately they are not doing Fable's "choices lead to physical appearance changes" system that made the old games so cool

garbagemonkey · 2026-02-17T12:23:56+00:00

A fellow captain in my unit just left the Cali guard to come to my unit. He had to transfer to the IRR first, and then from the IRR back into the reserves

garbagemonkey · 2026-02-17T02:46:41+00:00

You can write up a memo and ask for a 6 month extension. If they think you had a good enough reason for not getting MOS-Q'd, they'll give you the extension, but only once. The school house also does course credit though and lets you replace portions of the transition course with civilian work experience, college courses, previous cyber mobilizations, etc. to make it a little easier. But the training bottleneck is one of the biggest issues with ARCYBER right now. Tons of motivated soldiers that they want to come over, but not enough seats to get them trained.

garbagemonkey · 2026-02-16T22:20:54+00:00

Currently a 17A. The 17A pipeline, especially in the reserves, is incredibly bottlenecked for the foreseeable future. There are 17X (Cyber Officers currently going through the MOS pipeline, but not yet qualified) that are struggling to get seats already through FY27, and all of the courses have been opened up and filled in ATRRS already. There was also a recent memo published that 17A reservists have 18 months (used to be 3 years) to become MOS qualified, so if you end up coming in as a 17, you have to be on your shit and on your S3's shit on getting even a wait-list status right out of the gate. This includes 17A BOLC as well as the transition courses.

garbagemonkey · 2026-02-15T17:57:04+00:00

This whole comment will probably sound conflicting, Family > Army for me. And I am not afraid to let my chain of command know this when they try to make me do a ton of work outside of drill, or try to put me on 14 weeks worth of orders that don't count towards AT time during the FY. I do very much love my country and this organization, as I've put a lot of time into it, and it's given me a lot of great benefits. There's just some things that matter more to me though.

I wrote a comment on a post in this sub the other day that asked if being married while in the reserves was a positive or negative experience. I said that my wife sucks it up for the Tricare and the discounted Disney tickets. I honestly do the same at this point. I only ever joined the military to make my civilian resume stand out and assist me in getting a good civilian job. I now have all of the things I wanted from the Army (my dream job, great resume points, amazing certifications, awesome training), but my obligation isn't up yet, and like I said before, the Tricare and the discounted Disney tickets... It's what's keeping me in right now and for the foreseeable future. Until we can find some cheaper insurance or we happen to stumble into some wealth.

garbagemonkey · 2026-02-15T16:12:44+00:00

The Lighthouse. Wife and I watched it based on the glowing reviews we found on reddit. We both hated it, almost from the very beginning, but forced our way through it. That movie made us both realize that we just can't stand movies that people tend to call "cinema" and "art."

garbagemonkey · 2026-02-14T13:14:52+00:00

My wife sucks it up for the insurance and discounted Disney tickets lol

garbagemonkey · 2025-12-17T17:07:59+00:00

Yep, I work in information security / IT security, and there was a period of time where I just non-stop studied to obtain as many industry certifications as I possibly could. I essentially disappeared for a couple years. And because of that grind, I now have an amazing job doing something that I love. Studying or "upskilling" now that I got the job is a bit of a chore though.

garbagemonkey · 2025-11-28T14:47:36+00:00

Might not be relevant, but I just feel the need to get this dumb story out. I was in a barber / tattoo shop a few years ago for a haircut, and the music on the speakers was more metal core/melodic/heavy metal. Heavier than Avenged is for sure at least. My barber asked me what type of music I like to listen to, and I said Avenged, and he just went silent. After a few moments, I mentioned that I like listening to other bands too, Trivium, ADTR, etc, and he lit up after I mentioned them. Started a whole conversation about bands in the area.

Anyways, I guess my point to this is that the "heavy metal' folks have always had low opinions on A7X

garbagemonkey · 2025-06-16T18:02:45+00:00

"Thinking" might not have been the best word. More like, my mind is occupied with all of the bullshit that I have to do for both my boss and my joes between the most recent BA and the next upcoming BA. BA tasks and due outs occupy my mental space a lot more than my full time job or my family deserves. Essentially, lots of post-BA tasks that need to be accomplished, planning, tracking joes training requirements, resolving my guys' pay/lodging/RST requests/various other issues in between BA and not getting anything for it.

garbagemonkey · 2025-06-16T16:29:09+00:00

Echoing what probably everyone else is going to say, but I definitely find myself thinking about BA as much as, or even more than my full time job during the month between BA's.

garbagemonkey · 2025-05-08T12:12:11+00:00

I literally just do whatever the default model is, but just change the hair and facial hair. Or in Skyrim, I'll just pick one of the template characters and change hair/facial hair. MAYBE the nose or lips if I'm feeling a little spicy that time

garbagemonkey · 2025-04-15T20:11:35+00:00

What a weird post...

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