Want to annoy a Sergeant? Tell them that it is their soldiers who hold most of the power and the majority will lose their freaking minds… Here is why. The army has mounds of information and advice regarding leadership and the application of leadership theory. A great deal of this is badly written, overwrought, or simply outdated but there are a few keepers amidst the hogwash. One of the things that always stuck with was ...
The LTC isn't feeling very loved lately so he has taken to coming into the the TOC and demanding that we watch whatever he likes on TV. The man has his own room with his own TV in it. You want to watch a Hajji copy of "The Pacifier"? Fine, watch that shit in YOUR OWN GODDAMN ROOM! It isn't our fault you have no friends. Arrgh... the man is pathetic...
If Scott or Charlie happen to revisit the site..... send me an email you assclowns! : ) sgt.greywar@gmail.com
An overwhelming majority of commenters on this thread agree that families have it tougher when a soldier deploys. I have to agree. I remember my first tour in Korea and it was a bloody cake walk. Essentially guys on deployment away from their families simply revert to being little boys. We just sort of carouse and pass the time aimlessly without much conscious thought. EvilPidge (updates are a good thing you tubby bitch!) and I spent most of a year playing Doom and X...
Xtine's commentary in this recent article has led me to consider the real effects of soldier deployment on familiies. Since I am personally only capable of elocuting the results of deployment on a soldier I thought I would put the question to the JU comuunity at large: Is it harder on the the family left behind or for the soldier who is deployed? Responses can take any form you like and I will even leave this one open to SPM's crowd in case they feel like adding some...
My first wedding ring was gold. It now resides on my keychain as a reminder of things gone bad and weakness of character on my part. My new ring is black titanium steel. I love to look down at it when things are hard and the world wants me to take the easy road. Titanium steel. Not flexible. Not willing to take the path of least resistance. Not willing to toss away morality for the rush of the moment. It reminds me ...
Discussing the VP debates during the UT OU game ThaiAPDGuy : "I don't know why Cheney didn't just Force Choke Edwards to death!"
In my day I have had a fair amount of interaction with the gay community (for a straight guy in the military anyway) and I have several observations. Before I make them however you should know that I do not base these observations from any sort of moral judgment. What you do behind closed doors with another adult is your own damn business as far as I am concerned. Additionally it has been suggested that I turn in my membe...
(No apologies for the delay this time, you will just have to take my word for it that I had other things to do.) Following my odd bonding session with SSG Calngelo over a hot cup of urine and topped off with a heaping helipn of stress and sleep deprivation , I attempted to throw myself into the yoke as company training NCO. I too over from SGT Moroni who had left the place in a shambles. My office looked as though it had been subject to a Russian treasure search in...
Apology : Ok so it has been 20 articles since I worked on Deadly Charisma. Sue me. I find that it takes me around 4 times as long to write these pieces as it does to do an "op-ed" or "news" piece so I will likely only have time for them on the weekends. Maybe I will get some done when I am in Maryland and Estrogen Lass is working. With that said… The Answer Man Following the incident with SGT Moroni and The Fall , 1SG Gregarious had appar...
Happy Mom's day:) Without you I wouldn't be able to even think of doing any of the things I am doing.... Love you mom.
Today was a cascade failure of epic proportions. For those who pine for a bit of clarification, a cascade failure is when a seemingly unimportant task goes undone and results in a catastrophic failure farther down the timeline. This is the origin of the old "for want of a nail the kindom was lost" saw. It is very difficult to determine the exact beginning of any real life cascade failure due the inextricably linked causal chains that infl...
Disclaimer : Long post about largely military specific things ahead. You have been warned. Over the years I have made an informal study of the way different Military Intelligence units form a unique gestalt personality. Oh sure there are some commonalities shared between different M.I. Units across the globe but each has a different flavor much like the UNIX ’s do. Most of the units I have been in will slowly evolve their personalit...
SGT Pyramid led the pain session again today and showed that he can actually be personable SGT Pyramid led the pain session again today and showed that he can actually be personable. The reason his mask slipped today was because he had been chewed out for something fairly minor and seemed to want a bit of commiseration with his fellow soldiers. Frankly, I am all for it. The PT session we had today was the ...
Waking the Dead Waking the Dead After a few days stay in the hospital following The Fall Doctor Feelgood decided I was able to go back home. Since my clothes had been cut off of me by the paramedics SSG C very thoughtfully brought in a set a NY Jets sweats from his home. The thing is SSG C is about 5’10 and 175 lbs. I am not. In short I looked like a spandex clad pickle preparing for high water conditions. Fortunately I was still drugged to the gills and di...