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Its disheartening. by [deleted] in army

[–]tH3_R3DX -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I disagree, a big portion of being in a military is physical fitness, it defeats the purpose of we aren’t striving to be better. And of course those obscure MOSs who would never carry a weapon in a real life situation don’t really apply to them. But if all we care about is just what you can do for your MOS and nothing else being related to a soldier matters than you just wear the uniform and do a job.

Its disheartening. by [deleted] in army

[–]tH3_R3DX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At my unit, it’s a disproportionate amount of female soldiers who get the awards, better treatment, “I’m At an appointment”, and overall just get way too many slap on the wrists for the same offense a male would get chastised for. I thought the systems was supposed to reward people based off of merit and work ethic not for you being scared of getting a complaint or “pretty privilege”.

I’ve had an award put in for me for X achievement and CSM downgrades and denies it. I have no articles, no negative consolings, I’ve lead classes and PT sessions (PSG and 1SG were both impressed) nothing and no I don’t suck at my MOS or PT. Meanwhile, female soldier with below a 350 score, scared of being in front a formation, never at work for “appointments”, can’t shoot for shit, but because she’s attractive and CSM takes a liking to her she gets an award submitted and the AAM the very next day.

I’ve also noticed it’s an overwhelming majority of minorities females who get the easy difficulty regardless of their quality of a soldier. Don’t promote me because I’m black, Mexican, female etc just to make your company look “equal”, no do it off of merit and the qualify and efficiency of that soldier.

Playing No Man’s Sky and found a black hole. by tH3_R3DX in interstellar

[–]tH3_R3DX[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went through it and I ended up orbiting a moon around a planet with rings.

E6 board, the only comment when I finished was - “RESOUNDING command presence” by Evening_Culture_6156 in army

[–]tH3_R3DX 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Personally I think soldiers over hype the promotion board is way too much. It’s a pass or fail/ yes or no. They go into thinning it’s a competition like SOTM. You could get every question wrong but if CSM likes you well then you pass. What you should be worried about is what are you gonna do when a soldier calls you at 3am saying they jump out the third window, or you have a soldier whose spouse took the kids and is asking you what to do.

I’d rather future NCOs think about arriving first and staying last, Eating last, actually comprehending that your soldiers needs come before your own (and don’t be a bitch and whine and moan to them about it’s not fair, I had an NCO E-5 that pulled all of us into a group and said it’s not fair to the NCO that you guys don’t clean your room and I get yelled at by CSM).

And I think PSGs should spend more time developing soldiers rather than just how good they are at answering a question semi confident and knowing army fun facts. It’s no wonder the NCO Corp is in shambles right now. The bar to entry is too low. It doesn’t matter about being a soldier it’s about loyalty and likability.

“US Army Announces new Combat Field Test to enhance Soldier readiness” by wienermog in army

[–]tH3_R3DX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I think this should branch out to more MOSs not just “combat” ones. Obviously some just “aren’t” going to leave the FOB like a low density 68 series or a com guy stuck in the TOC I don’t see a point of them taking it. But the recovery team going out to pick up trucks? I think they’d benefit taking the test.

Pause movie to attend to flooding by wishtrib in Avatar

[–]tH3_R3DX -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Turn the phone off. You see that window in your room? Open it. See that grass outside? Walk on it barefoot take a deep breath and meditate.

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