Recent content by Full Metal Bulldog

Lots of folks in the circles I'm a part of got MP. Most seem very happy, and it's interesting because since I've been involved in ROTC, MP hasn't been a very highly assigned branch.

No. That isn't the purpose of USMA.

I have seen the exact same problems affect the military high schools and MJC's I have learned about and, to a lesser extent, SMC's as well.

Mods, please delete extra BCT post.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainment_Brigades_in_the_United_States_Army

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade_combat_team

Here you go....I feel like if more parents read this (it's 95% accurate) they would know WAY more of what their son/daughter is actually doing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade_combat_team

I commissioned in 2016 and to be honest I don't even remember putting choices of duty station. I do know that it is much more likely to get your first choice of branch than post, I have never met someone that got post choice where it wasn't an explicit adso. Just has to do with the fact that...

The uniform looks good, but I like wearing my ACU's to work. They're comfortable and obviously are far better for when I leave my office to work in the Motor Pool or with any training that's field/tactical-ish. I have read that this uniform will replace ACU's/OCP's as the duty uniform for...

It was considered unethical/unprofessional to be politically active as an officer until the Reagan era. Many of the retired officers I've known have never voted. The only politics that I've ever really seen discussed are local and state politics, only out of sheer practicality since I'm...

Not meaning to hijack the thread, but there's nothing wrong with being a SWO. You're still a Naval Officer with all of the corresponding Duties and Responsibilities.

Trucks, guns, beer, contemplating how long I can get away with a Mullet

1. Don't be a jerk. Ever. 2. If you don't know, ask. For some reason everyone forgets this. Your Platoon Sergeant is there to help you learn the technical and tactical things to, not just enforce your plan. 3. As a LT, if your Commander is a jerk, and your Platoon Sergeant doesn't know the...

Yeah I wasn't tracking the comments he made. It still doesn't surprise me much. Lots of people in the Army who are pretty out-of-left-field in their politics. And Officers do plenty of junior-high level dumb stuff, ask anyone who's ever been on Staff Duty or CQ or been at any formal or...

This is interesting because I went to CLC, the "softer" training. CLC had both BRM and a gunnery range for firing the M249 and M240, though that was not a full blown qualification range. Videos of LDAC from around 2013-2014 show CWST training, and for us we had to "qualify" during a...