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Bobo_XIII
United States429 Posts
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HackBenjamin
Canada1094 Posts
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
On March 04 2011 15:50 Nitrogen wrote: im jealous of the air force sometimes. they do pt like twice a week and have accountability formation like once a week at 0700. the army has pt every day at 0515 and accountability every day. however, they have to wear a pt belt with whatever they are wearing (even civilian clothes) and it makes them look retarded, haha. actually you know what I don't EVER have formation. Only time I had formations was in Technical School (AIT for Army). Both my mom and dad were in the Army... my dad retired after 24 years and he told me to not join the Army and join the Air Force instead. Oh yeah and you're right we only have PT 2 times a week hahahaha. The best part is I don't even have to do PT with my unit because I score high on my annual PT tests. I've actually missed some PT sessions because of my recklessness, but I get lucky and nobody noticed I wasn't there. ROFL Uhh we don't have to wear reflective belts with civilian clothes... is that Army? Only time Air Force has to wear reflective belts is on their backpack and uniform. YOU NEED a reflective belt in Korea... omg those taxi drivers on post/base are crazy drivers, especially at hours of darkness. | ||
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Hellhammer
Canada144 Posts
On March 04 2011 19:01 HackBenjamin wrote: Why mandarin? The Chinese are taking over. Next war will be between USA vs China. Duh.. /sarcasm /jk.. /maybe... /hopefully | ||
micronesia
United States24756 Posts
Did this come directly after crawling as THOUGH there were live rounds over your head with drill sergeants everywhere yelling at you? If so, were you relieved when there were live rounds over your head because they kept the drill sergeants away? Thanks for the update by the way... I enjoyed hearing a little about what you have been up to. | ||
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Sm3agol
United States2055 Posts
On March 04 2011 16:04 nA.Inky wrote: In the OP, titled "My Army Experience... So Far," the bulk of the message seems to concern weapons used and subjected to. IT reminds me of all the action movies which glorify fancy technology, weapons, and big explosions, with no thought to what it means to be a soldier, or the consequences that stem from the large scale use of violence. This is a criticism, but not intended to be a mean-spirited one towards the author; perhaps you'd expand (well, even just comment) on the intellectual and spiritual impact your experiences have had on you, and your general outlook, beyond what weapons you've had the pleasure (presumably) of using. My personal feeling is that the US is the biggest terrorist state in the history of all humanity, and it could not be so without its armed forces. I boycott all of this by purposely living under the taxable income, which is roughly 9500 USD for a single adult. Sooooo, how's that working out for, with you "sticking it to the man" and such. I'll guarantee you that you aren't making more than $9500 because you CAN'T. Or if more, then very little more. But to each his own, I don't give a crap what you do with your life really, but it doesn't mean I can't think you're more than a little delusional and out of touch with reality. | ||
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Headlines
United States482 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32130 Posts
cryptologic linguist sounds really interesting though. It's essentially message decoding in madarin?? so how'd you end up in that program? are you chinese, request it or something? | ||
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silentreality
Korea (South)222 Posts
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
On March 04 2011 15:56 Disregard wrote: Do you have any background in the Chinese language? Or you were assigned that? Nope, its just what they assigned to me lol. On March 04 2011 16:04 nA.Inky wrote: In the OP, titled "My Army Experience... So Far," the bulk of the message seems to concern weapons used and subjected to. IT reminds me of all the action movies which glorify fancy technology, weapons, and big explosions, with no thought to what it means to be a soldier, or the consequences that stem from the large scale use of violence. This is a criticism, but not intended to be a mean-spirited one towards the author; perhaps you'd expand (well, even just comment) on the intellectual and spiritual impact your experiences have had on you, and your general outlook, beyond what weapons you've had the pleasure (presumably) of using. My personal feeling is that the US is the biggest terrorist state in the history of all humanity, and it could not be so without its armed forces. I boycott all of this by purposely living under the taxable income, which is roughly 9500 USD for a single adult. ... aight bro. On March 04 2011 18:29 Bobo_XIII wrote: Are you on a RASP contract? You have easily the most interesting set of skills and capabilities in our unit if you were to get in. Ha I wish I was. On March 04 2011 19:35 Silentness wrote: actually you know what I don't EVER have formation. Only time I had formations was in Technical School (AIT for Army). Both my mom and dad were in the Army... my dad retired after 24 years and he told me to not join the Army and join the Air Force instead. Oh yeah and you're right we only have PT 2 times a week hahahaha. The best part is I don't even have to do PT with my unit because I score high on my annual PT tests. I've actually missed some PT sessions because of my recklessness, but I get lucky and nobody noticed I wasn't there. ROFL Uhh we don't have to wear reflective belts with civilian clothes... is that Army? Only time Air Force has to wear reflective belts is on their backpack and uniform. YOU NEED a reflective belt in Korea... omg those taxi drivers on post/base are crazy drivers, especially at hours of darkness. It's just a dli sop thing for af wearing pt belts at all times, its funny. On March 04 2011 19:41 micronesia wrote: "I've also crawled under live m240b rounds being shot over my head" Did this come directly after crawling as THOUGH there were live rounds over your head with drill sergeants everywhere yelling at you? If so, were you relieved when there were live rounds over your head because they kept the drill sergeants away? Thanks for the update by the way... I enjoyed hearing a little about what you have been up to. Well this training really sucked. U basically low crawl a few hundred meters under barbed wire in wet sand. The drill sergeants come with you though, haha. On March 04 2011 23:52 Headlines wrote: What's the difference between the m249 SAW and the m240b machine gun? I noticed that the m240b had a larger barrel, so is accuracy one of the differences? The saw shoots a 5.56 mm round whereas the 240b shoots a 7.62. The 240b is a little bit more accurate, but not by much. It's max range at a fire team size target is only 100 meters more than.the saw. On March 04 2011 23:56 Hawk wrote: did you get a video of you getting gassed??? i saw my cousin's. That shit looks like it SUCKS. I'd imagine the flashes must blow too... cryptologic linguist sounds really interesting though. It's essentially message decoding in madarin?? so how'd you end up in that program? are you chinese, request it or something? I have a video of us getting gassed, but not with me. I can get it in like a week thou so ill prolly upload it. They ask you to lift up your mask, put it down and clear it before u take ur mask off completely. Some dude cleared it wrong and threw up inside his mask. Also, some girl literally shit herself. I got this job by scoring well enough on the dlab (defense language aptitude battery) before I joined. | ||
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DoubleZee
Canada556 Posts
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piroko139
United States261 Posts
On March 04 2011 23:52 Headlines wrote: What's the difference between the m249 SAW and the m240b machine gun? I noticed that the m240b had a larger barrel, so is accuracy one of the differences? The biggest difference is portability. The 249 is designed more as a personally carried weapon to be operated by one person, as a result of it being more lightweight. The 240 is designed more to be stationary and mounted. Sometimes it might require someone to help you aim it due to higher recoil and heavier weight. | ||
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polgas
Canada1765 Posts
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Entropic
Canada2837 Posts
On March 05 2011 05:26 polgas wrote: I also haven't heard about m240b. They should've added this on FPS games or something... I thought they only use m249 variants. Interestingly m240 uses the bigger bullet. For some reason FPS games I've seen (I don't play any really), they like putting the m60 in the game but never the m240 (and its variants... FN Mag, c6, m240b, etc). Also I never understood why people always bring up being gassed as a highlight of basic. I didn't think it was too bad  Also, OP, how's your rifle marksmanship? I realized I just suck my first time on the range. I also realized that having to clean the section weapons (the light and medium machine guns) are a pain in the ass. | ||
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stork4ever
United States1036 Posts
[B] My personal feeling is that the US is the biggest terrorist state in the history of all humanity, and it could not be so without its armed forces. I boycott all of this by purposely living under the taxable income, which is roughly 9500 USD for a single adult. lol you are poor!! OP, thanks for your service and good luck on your endeavors, stay safe, and know people you don't know pray for your safety everyday. There will always be those that disagree with your choices but there are those that appreciate the sacrifice you make. | ||
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
On March 05 2011 04:37 DoubleZee wrote: Oh man, now I REALLY want to see the gas video. you can find some videos of it on youtube, but they aren't very good. ill try to get my dvd of it when i get a chance. On March 05 2011 04:49 piroko139 wrote: The biggest difference is portability. The 249 is designed more as a personally carried weapon to be operated by one person, as a result of it being more lightweight. The 240 is designed more to be stationary and mounted. Sometimes it might require someone to help you aim it due to higher recoil and heavier weight. well the saw is definitely more of a personally carried weapon (hence the name squad automatic weapon), it's still a crew served weapon, so you'd have a gunner and an assistant gunner. ur definitely right about the 240 being a mounted weapon thou, it's what humvees usually have. (i think its actually a 240c on humvees? not sure) On March 05 2011 08:19 Entropic wrote: For some reason FPS games I've seen (I don't play any really), they like putting the m60 in the game but never the m240 (and its variants... FN Mag, c6, m240b, etc). Also I never understood why people always bring up being gassed as a highlight of basic. I didn't think it was too bad Also, OP, how's your rifle marksmanship? I realized I just suck my first time on the range. I also realized that having to clean the section weapons (the light and medium machine guns) are a pain in the ass. being gassed is the worst thing for some people cuz they freak the fuck out. honestly, i was freaking out at first but i managed to calm myself about halfway through and it wasnt as bad after that. i actually good open my eyes in the chamber and it didn't burn my eyes at all (no idea), but the rest wasn't so fun. for anyone curious what it feels like, it just feels like you can't breath and everything on your face burns. my marksmanship is okay, i shot sharpshooter during our brm qual with a 32. i was wayyy better at arm than brm though, i like reflexive fire way better (plus nods, ir laser and red dot scope help ) | ||
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DoubleZee
Canada556 Posts
On March 05 2011 11:20 Nitrogen wrote: you can find some videos of it on youtube, but they aren't very good. ill try to get my dvd of it when i get a chance. Yea I've seen gas videos before, but the anicdote about the chick shitting her pants makes me hard (so to speak). | ||
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Bobo_XIII
United States429 Posts
Nitrogen wrote: Ha I wish I was. Get a RASP contract. Getting in isn't even hard; most people psych themselves the fuck out before anything ever happens. It's a shame that we're short on people with your MOS, because the skillsets, schools, and environments that you work in are beyond awesome. The nature of your job in our unit is one of the best kept secrets in the army. I can personally PM you some general information on the process of getting in if you show even a degree of interest. Just ask me questions. You don't want to working in a mediocre environment for the rest of you army career, however long it may be. | ||
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GenesisX
Canada4267 Posts
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Kukaracha
France1954 Posts
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