Everything went smoothly.. e-tool repainted, check. Gear laundered, check. But they didn't take the Gortex, even though I had laundered it. "The cuffs dirty, I can't issue dirty like this!" Spray + Wash, sit, scrub with a washcloth... I can't get it any cleaner. Going back for round 3... can't outprocess the unit until after CIF. May not be done until Monday now. Other news: I have a moving van reserved. SPC Whitebread is going to help me out tomorrow and Saturday getting the b...
They only kicked back 1/2 of what I tried to turn in: Gortex Wet Weather Pants Canteen Cover Canteen Canteen Cup First Aid Pouch Kevlar Cover Kevlar (So, I need to replace the webbing?) some other things And I forgot some things: Sweater Field Jacket Liner Pile Cap Coveralls (I have to turn these in?!? There's paint all over them now!) maybe something else And I felt too guilty to show them my Wet Weather Top. I think there's soda all over it, probably a Coke.
Our unit has been trying for awhile to laterally promote several Specialists to Corporal (an advancement which doesn't grant any extra pay, but makes them a junior Noncommissioned Officer). While this isn't supported by our TOE, our commander was able to justify it to higher command. After months of wrangling, it was finally approved for this month. As we sat in a POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harrasment) class in the conference room, one of the soldiers slated for recognition approached me...
Recently, the company command decided to conduct a 100% urinalysis during regular PT time. I was called in for what would be an (unfortunately) memorable experience; I was tasked to be an "observer." Now, I think this is the first time in my brief career as an NCO that I had received this assignment. I second guess myself now, because I may have indeed performed this duty in the past, and simply COMPLETELY BLOCKED IT OUT OF MY MIND to protect my sanity. For now, as I cannot block out th...
I feel for my brothers back in Texas. Especially SPC Nobody Special and other non-JUsers, who got out of the Army at roughly the same time that I did and have found little to no success in post-Army life. In fact, X-SPC is still looking for work beyond shade-tree mechanic and pizza delivery... oh wait, the pizza is his wife, LadyCleve . He recently has been posting that he's going back to the Army . Poor sod. Meanwhile, I'm doing well. I've got a great job with the US Departme...
I'm going to reenlist, possibly this week, maybe early January. It may depend on what the bonuses look like. It will depend on when the re-up NCO is available. Four years should max my bonus at $15k. GAFB, AIT instructor, which should nearly guarantee me SFC (E-7) within three years (as long as I get my records update, but I think Geezer can help me with that procedure). Things look very good for me professionally, and I'm excited about that. SFC Spadde will be ecstatic, but I'm goi...
I worked so hard for a company in Cardiff the name which I don't like to spell at all "Burger King", made some impressive records handling more than 600 customers in an hour, handled Kitchen ,cashing and cleaning single handily. During some of the match days were the sales exceeded £36000 I was one of the key member handling the pressure still giving the performance. When higher authorities needed to train some new guys they always turned at me, but I was used as a ladder for all the guys ...
Ms. CandyWrapper not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the request made to God for a good conscience.. yes, the key to the prefect nites sleep Ever look at a saturday and see it's emptiness...? Today, is friday, and it's a tired type of day; waiting for saturday Do you plan your days in advance? Of, course Ms. Candy Wrapper sometimes has appointments.... Have you ever heard the song that has the words "it's a still life water color of a hour late, afternoo...
This is, what, my seventh? In nearly eight years? Initial ETS date. Stop-lossed. Un-stop-lossed. Reenlisted. Extended. Stop-lossed. Un-stop-lossed. Extended (today, to meet the SRR for SSG). That's eight different dates for when I would have gotten out of the Army. I'm already past three of them. I made promotion points for SSG for November 1st. I extended today to meet the Service Remaining Requirement (SRR) for the rank; I have to be in for a full year after I pin on, so ...
Y'know, the Department of Defense is so crazy about keeping things under wraps. They don't even want me to tell anyone who I work for. But I will go out on a limb and let you know exactly who it is I work for. I'll probably get in trouble for this, but... My job! Hope this sheds some light on my "clandestine" job.
Go for what you know is what: Certain unalienable rights... right to live, eat, sleep, judge oppression and speak ( see the end of the matter-?) right to excercise rights of other humans?lol ... just because you can't be separted from your fundamental rights is no reason... to tell me off? Let's read today's radical entry...(lol) I wrote humble thought some days ago..many things have happen (like I have joined a few groups and attend some meetings)..and I have lost my h...
I had girded my mind for action, and had prepared myself to extend my time left in the Army so that I would meet the one year service remaining requirement for Staff Sergeant, as long as I was promoted in the next two months. I feel I will get the promotion 1DEC05, so I would add three months to my commitment to the Army. But I talked to the 1SG yesterday, and she suggested that they may not let me extend during an open reenlistment window. I may have to reenlist (minimum three years com...
Work went extremely well Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. In case you don't know, I am a therapist for an autistic child. He's eight years old, and he has a comparatively high-functioning form of autism. He can speak, read, write, do math, etc. He has trouble with speach though, and often he has to be prompted to talk. His social skills are also extremely lacking. Most of the time, he's a great kid. Sometimes, however, he throws tantrums where he hits, kicks, screams, bites, throws, or wha...
In my quest to add my Army Achievement Medal to my file to count for promotion points for November, I dealt with personnel both on the Battalion and Company levels. I'm talking about our clerks, here. At the Battalion, the "clerk" is the same rank as me, and has been here long enough that I recall (perhaps incorrectly) that he was a SPC when I was a SPC. (Could be more False Memory Syndrome, though.) Being a clerk is his primary MOS (job) in the Army. He should know his stuff. At th...
Related to: Link From an online conversation with a soldier who works for me. Context is that I chewed him and others out for mistakes they made today, but later told them that it wasn't nearly as serious as I had made it out, and that we were doing fine with the amount of experience we have. pseudosoldier says: You know I don't really hate you guys, that I've just been having a string of bad days with little sleep, and I'm heavy on the "tough love" during training... right? Hal...