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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...

Am I the only one who thinks the communism references are referring to the "authoritarian" nature of West Point and this all him putting a big middle finger to it now that he's graduated and done, OR just him being obnoxious and doing all of this for the ironic humor and not actually being a...

As I've alluded to previously, the Army hasn't changed much from 1956 in terms of tobacco use. It would be fruitless to ban it at the academy for it to just happen anyway once commissioned. We yell at people for smoking in the office.

I would like to see more emphasis on branch education, not just on evaluation. We're getting new LT's in our support unit that are shocked when they see that we still move and communicate tactically, still go to ranges to qualify with everything from M9's to MK19's to Claymores, still make...

I wonder if he was from that area. Some folks, not uncommon after serving far from home, develop or seemingly discover a very strong sense of loyalty or desire to serve their hometown area. Drives many to become a town/municipal police officer. I also know, quite personally, people who...

Any branch is good for Special Forces. There are things you learn in branches and units that aren't Infantry in regards to how to win a war that are important in in SF's mission.