tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post4225976092059036150..comments2023-05-26T10:44:37.150-04:00Comments on The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake: Back In Army-LandBi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486453438350039642noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-79656146141655673662008-01-08T20:06:00.000-05:002008-01-08T20:06:00.000-05:00Haha, yeah, I've managed to do decently so far. I...Haha, yeah, I've managed to do decently so far. I still get the sort of mystified questionings, though: "So, this your first duty station?" "No, not technically, but my last one was still just training." "So, you came in as a specialist?" "Yeah, but I'd have it by now anyway. Been in for almost 2 1/2 years." "But you haven't been deployed?" "No. Been training for two years." "What's you're MOS again??"<BR/><BR/>And on and on in circles. I do really appreciate how the Army welcomes you to your unit with a cadre of the biggest dirtbags around. I mean, it's great and all that you used to outrank me. Let's focus on the "used to", shall we? Then there's the one PFC in the replacement cadre who's wearing it for the first time; gotta wonder who he crossed to get that billet.<BR/><BR/>I wish I had contact with my cadre at my unit; thing is, I don't even know what brigade they're sendingme to yet. Stupid limbo.Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486453438350039642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-45577061254708316452008-01-06T20:53:00.000-05:002008-01-06T20:53:00.000-05:00Congrats on arriving. Well look on the bright side...Congrats on arriving. Well look on the bright side - you don't have to live out of your car when it's -5 degrees out and your truck won't start because the battery was designed for Texas's climate (and yes, battery chemistry is different for warm and cold regions), like I did at my replacement company.<BR/><BR/>I just hope you aren't getting yelled at by other Specialists like you're in Basic again. I gave those guys about as much respect as staff-sergeants-turned-specialists-after-a-DUI deserve, and we didn't get along. But I got out to my unit quickly enough, and my platoon sergeant was able to shield me from a lot of the BS over at replacement by coming over and picking me up whenever I called him with "we're not doing anything important can I do paperwork there?" whenever I was tasked to clean the bathrooms or something. And of course, the standard sham shield tactic of "delegating" to privates and PFCs. A BDU field jacket and an assertive tone of voice is very useful for doing this.Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023519482024334644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-77473840749365800552008-01-06T19:39:00.000-05:002008-01-06T19:39:00.000-05:00That sign... is unbelievable.That sign... is unbelievable.Elephantschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610471467736150461noreply@blogger.com