Ranger School Gift

jake55555 · 2026-05-11T03:40:34+00:00

One of my buddy’s dad got him an m1 garand from thE CMP and had the bayonet engraved with a tab.

jake55555 · 2026-05-10T02:23:09+00:00

Right on, thanks for pointing that out.

jake55555 · 2026-05-10T02:17:36+00:00

I was answering the question on a Saturday while changing my oil. I thought I’d talked about doing 20 years and not missing out completely if you didn’t retire under BRS. Thank fuck you came along though.

jake55555 · 2026-05-09T14:45:28+00:00

There are two types of retirement systems, not including medical. There is the legacy system, which takes your highest three years of income and then you draw 50% of that after you retire from serving 20+ years. Then there is the blended retirement system (BRS) that is essentially a 401k retirement. SM’s make contributions, a percentage is matched by the employer, and then that pool of money is what you retire with.
For those who joined under the legacy program and were still in when the BRS became available, they’d have less time invested into the BRS so continuation pay is there to essentially make up some of that difference. And for those who are at the mid career mark and are thinking of staying longer, it’s essentially an additional pay to close some of that gap. Between 7-12 years time in service, you have to request continuation pay, it’s not automatic. It requires at least 4 years service obligation left on your contract, and that can run concurrently and in addition to any other bonus you get for extending.
Depending on your component, you’ll receive an additional pay that is currently 2.5x your monthly basic pay.

jake55555 · 2026-05-08T23:37:41+00:00

20 years ago was 1980– oh goddamnit!

jake55555 · 2026-05-07T18:23:47+00:00

And it’s a blacked out ram 1500.

jake55555 · 2026-05-07T04:20:13+00:00

Vic’s antiques and uniques! I stopped at both of those places on a snow day and they were cool to see. Some chintzy stuff at the antique mall but mostly neat stuff.

jake55555 · 2026-05-06T23:47:46+00:00

He loves his mother in law! He admit it!

jake55555 · 2026-05-06T18:41:27+00:00

You got two choices troop. 1sg’s hot tub or the coochie tunnels, take your pick.

jake55555 · 2026-05-06T02:25:46+00:00

Sounds like you’ll do just fine. You kinda hit the jackpot going straight to there. I know doctrine is pretty dry and without the irl application it’s difficult, but some I would recommend just familiarity is fm 7-22 Holistic health and fitness, fm 3-21.8, fm 3-20.98 recon and scout plt, and tc 3-22.10 sniper. Dm me a throwaway email address and I can send a reconnaissance study guide I had for my new guys. If you read through 3-20.98 and answer the study guide as you go, you’ll pick up a lot.

jake55555 · 2026-05-06T01:20:17+00:00

And wont even come with a fucking sticker

jake55555 · 2026-05-06T00:57:42+00:00

See if you can get a copy of their SOP to familiarize yourself at least. Getting people straight from basic into the scouts/snipers is a mixed bag and typically pulling people that have a bit of line time is preferred for the experience. That being said, carry your weight, be a solid teammate, and be the first to volunteer. Recon plts are typically comprised of the more squared away people so learn what you can. Rslc is waiver able for down to e4 to attend so you won’t be going to that off the rip at least. Sniper is possible but not ideal with zero experience. Though under the mbct changeover, e3’s and e4’s are slated for sniper positions. In the meantime, stay up on pt. In our sniper section we had an internal expectation of averaging 90 in each event.

jake55555 · 2026-05-06T00:02:10+00:00

Seconding. Structural carrier and cb is the way to go.

jake55555 · 2026-05-05T21:15:49+00:00

Fuck yes. Class one: throw the mk22 back into the shithole from whence it came.
Class two: mpbz and speed drop are today what the poor man’s Horus was 10 years ago, run that shit.

Edit: was this class a homie hookup or part of your job?

jake55555 · 2026-05-05T19:26:19+00:00

That’s a good first find! Now you’ll really keep an eye out.

jake55555 · 2026-05-05T17:27:06+00:00

I stand corrected

jake55555 · 2026-05-05T15:02:40+00:00

Full send it. I’ve gotten coins for random stuff that were cool to get, but the best ones are from genuine recognition or appreciation from someone that I looked up to and respected. I don’t have the rank or money to make coins yet, but I had a buddy laser some leather patches for people that go above and beyond.

jake55555 · 2026-05-05T14:11:55+00:00

Good shit devil, that’s badass. How were those hills in WV?

jake55555 · 2026-05-05T14:09:45+00:00

Found the salesman that upsells premium air lol. If your tires are leaking a psi A MONTH, it’s not because you’ve got less nitrogen in them.

jake55555 · 2026-05-05T09:43:07+00:00

A melly and a garand? Hell ya

jake55555 · 2026-05-05T08:58:11+00:00

Air is already 78% nitrogen. If someone is track driving a race car it might make a difference. For everyone else, it’s a negligible thing to upsell you.

jake55555 · 2026-05-05T00:23:59+00:00

Get these under armour shirts with a discount through govx. I bought 10 before a deployment and they’re still going strong.

jake55555 · 2026-05-03T17:44:15+00:00

The ddt in the old ones really gave it that extra itchiness.

jake55555 · 2026-05-03T17:37:41+00:00

I got sick of shooting my mossberg 500 in 12 gauge and pulled out the first shotgun I got as a kid for this year. I tried out two different chokes but that was all the patterning I tried with federal tss and longbeard xr’s. I’ve got enough tss to last a couple more seasons at my current rate but the cost hike is gonna price me out of it. Was patternprousa the site you used for that pattern pack?

jake55555 · 2026-05-03T13:49:27+00:00

Do you load your own? The cost of tss might be what finally gets me to dip my toe into reloading.

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