Back from Basic Combat Training, and I feel like a badass
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Sorry if this was mentioned elsewhere in the thread, but what is your MOS? Looks like mostly signals and intelligence units at Fort Gordon?
Good question, what is your MOS?
[QUOTE=iusehax;23855324]I highly doubt you could save me or anyone here with something like a needle as well as the fact I suspect you don't have the guts to kill another human being.[/QUOTE]
you so edgy an cool
Who the fuck would [I]want[/I] to save a dick like you anyway?
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;23852305]Yes useful skills like how to fashion yourself a makeshift hockey stick and slavage materials from exotic plants to create a substance similar to maple syrup eh[/QUOTE]
Yeah, because us Canadians are totally about stereotypes.
Our average diet consists of wood chips mixed with maple syrup, because we canadians are part-beaver eh.
We also always say 'aboot' and 'eh'.
On-Topic: Congratulations. To be honest: You could learn a large majority of that stuff through the civilian world but for what it's worth: The Military is pretty decent and it's good that you learned something new.
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[QUOTE=Xionasis;23853023]He IS doing the country a service by joining the military.
He is offering up his time, and possibly his life (Hopefully it doesn't come to that). I'd say that is "Doing a great service for your county".
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That is a terrible generalization.
I never meant any disrespect by what I said (I hope he realizes this), I was just saying that you don't know what it is to be a soldier until you have been through actual duty.[/QUOTE]
This. My friend's cousin nearly died because some idiot spilled toxic chemicals when he was over in the Gulf. Also, being shot at by an enemy is a bit different than the military simulations.
I also saw this awesome video somewhere where these guys challenged the US. Navy Seals to a paintball simulation of what urban warfare is like (Buildings, Streets, etc) and the Navy Seals got owned! (Surprising, because the Navy Seals had really good training, but the 'Terrorists' were just phenomenal.)
[QUOTE=Theo213;23857847]Sorry if this was mentioned elsewhere in the thread, but what is your MOS? Looks like mostly signals and intelligence units at Fort Gordon?[/QUOTE]
My MOS is [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVD_IWSJbhA]25Q, Multichannel Transmission Systems Operator/Maintainer.[/url] Basically, I operate and maintain communications equipment in the field. I'm kind of looking forward to it, it'll get me out to a combat zone and in the field. The only thing I kind of don't like about it is the fact that that it's hard to get past E5 Sergeant in this particular field.
[QUOTE=Xionasis;23855172]No, it is optional. Even if it weren't, that wouldn't make it any less significant.[/QUOTE]
what the fuck are you talking about
basic training is a requirement
I was under the impression it wasn't. I thought it sounded weird.
[QUOTE=Xionasis;23858645]I was under the impression it wasn't. I thought it sounded weird.[/QUOTE]
it's a universal requirement
for all five branches
Now, that makes more sense.
Why do military threads always turn into a shitstorm? If the guy posted about firefighter training or something nobody would complain.
Ask him questions, learn about his career, whatever. But what singles this topic out for excess bitching? He went to do a job, he did a job, now he feels good about the skills he learned at the job. Okay. Great.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;23858624]My MOS is [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVD_IWSJbhA"]25Q, Multichannel Transmission Systems Operator/Maintainer.[/URL] Basically, I operate and maintain communications equipment in the field. I'm kind of looking forward to it, it'll get me out to a combat zone and in the field. The only thing I kind of don't like about it is the fact that that it's hard to get past E5 Sergeant in this particular field.[/QUOTE]
You'd be assigned to an infantry outfit right? If that's the case wouldn't you essentially just become an 11B/Z after E5?
You Americans and your many MOS's. It's so much simpler up here (we are a gentle and simple people obviously).
You got to aim down your sights to aim down your sights
Our first night at the FOB, our lead drill sergeant got us all in horseshoe formation and told us to sit down. He spent the next fifteen minutes telling us all to be very careful, and to never leave our battle buddies' sides, because there was a [i]sasquatch[/i] in the woods. We all thought he was telling one of his rare jokes, and nobody put two-and-two together. Our lead drill sergeant was a scout sniper, and he brought his gilly suit.
About two hours after we went to bed, one of the guys on fire guard ran into the tent and started waking up. He and his battle buddy had been circling the tent. The fire guard told us that his battle buddy had disappeared without a trace, so we all got suited up and went out to look for him in groups.
Our lead drill sergeant was [i]insane![/i]
People kept disappearing from groups, one at a time. He'd pop up somewhere, safety kill two or three soldiers; show up somewhere else, grab one of the other soldiers.
We spent almost three hours hunting this guy through the woods and the FOB. The other drill sergeants were attacking us too, but we killed a few of them without suffering too many losses in return. Finally, there was a big, dramatic conclusion. We heard him coming, but a little too late--he grabbed our rear soldier and held him hostage. He dragged him, using him as a shield, and as soon as he thought he could make a safe break for it, drill sergeant "killed" the soldier and bolted around the corner of the tent in a dead sprint. And a private clotheslined him.
We caught our scout sniper DS alive (at the cost of a dozen people, but still).
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"War" stories. What was your coolest moment in BCT?
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;23856706]Easy.
Try holding Count One of the Squat Bender for thirty minutes with an M16A2 Rifle held out directly in front of you. Fun shit. One of my drill sergeants had a fun game with that; last person in Count One to drop his rifle last got a frozen Popsicle. Fun times. :v:
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I had a drill sergeant who would look for anyone who left their rifles unsecured. If he found one, he would take it away, disassemble it, then have other soldiers lock up the parts in their lockers. He would then call the unfortunate soldier up to the front, tell him that he had left his rifle unsecured and had two minutes to find the parts and have it reassembled at his feet. Of course he wouldn't be able to, so after two minutes the poor guy would get the crap smoked out of him, and given another two minutes.
This made for an entertaining afternoon for the rest of us.
BTW, 3/13 eh? I was D 1/13, just down the street.
So... you're an eagle scout?
watch out for IEDs
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;23861137]
Our lead drill sergeant was [i]insane![/i]
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He actually sounds like the last drill sergeant in the world with a sense of humour.
[QUOTE=BnevolntElefant;23852141]I'm going Canadian Forces, our BCT is longer, tougher, and more in-depth than the cannon-fodder that yours prepares you to be.[/QUOTE]
When has Canada ever gone to war ever
seriously
Nice man. Guys, you act like that the basic training is like winning a race against a paralyzed tortoise. And also, it's really not what he has done, but what he will do.
The stuff in the OP sounhds like fun I want to do it is it easy I bet it is
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[QUOTE=Tacosheller;23861654]When has Canada ever gone to war ever
seriously[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.peacekeeper.ca/[/url]
Fort Jackson eh? My buddy went there for basic.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;23855262]Basic training is optional...?
Eh.. I'll still probably do it when I sign up next year.[/QUOTE]
if i were you i would ditch the whole furry thing before you head to basic
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[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;23858713]Why do military threads always turn into a shitstorm? If the guy posted about firefighter training or something nobody would complain.
Ask him questions, learn about his career, whatever. But what singles this topic out for excess bitching? He went to do a job, he did a job, now he feels good about the skills he learned at the job. Okay. Great.[/QUOTE]
because fp is full of angsty super liberals
[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;23861416]He actually sounds like the last drill sergeant in the world with a sense of humour.[/QUOTE]
Drill sergeants have a sense of humor, it's usually just twisted and mean.
Though I meant [i]insanely skilled[/i], not [i]certifiable.[/i]
Just sayin, 4 miles without being tired isn't much :v:
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[QUOTE=Sickle;23852715]Then he should write it better. Because 'doing' assumes he is currently serving america.[/QUOTE]
That's an incredibly poor argument to make and you know it, you don't have to be an idiot to figure out that going to basic training is something he's satisfied about and we should be proud of him for being willing to serve his country at all, even excepting the fact that he's serving America and will be in danger if he goes to Afghanistan
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;23861137]Our first night at the FOB, our lead drill sergeant got us all in horseshoe formation and told us to sit down. He spent the next fifteen minutes telling us all to be very careful, and to never leave our battle buddies' sides, because there was a [I]sasquatch[/I] in the woods. We all thought he was telling one of his rare jokes, and nobody put two-and-two together. Our lead drill sergeant was a scout sniper, and he brought his gilly suit.
About two hours after we went to bed, one of the guys on fire guard ran into the tent and started waking up. He and his battle buddy had been circling the tent. The fire guard told us that his battle buddy had disappeared without a trace, so we all got suited up and went out to look for him in groups.
Our lead drill sergeant was [I]insane![/I]
People kept disappearing from groups, one at a time. He'd pop up somewhere, safety kill two or three soldiers; show up somewhere else, grab one of the other soldiers.
We spent almost three hours hunting this guy through the woods and the FOB. The other drill sergeants were attacking us too, but we killed a few of them without suffering too many losses in return. Finally, there was a big, dramatic conclusion. We heard him coming, but a little too late--he grabbed our rear soldier and held him hostage. He dragged him, using him as a shield, and as soon as he thought he could make a safe break for it, drill sergeant "killed" the soldier and bolted around the corner of the tent in a dead sprint. And a private clotheslined him.
We caught our scout sniper DS alive (at the cost of a dozen people, but still).
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"War" stories. What was your coolest moment in BCT?[/QUOTE]
wow
that actually sounds fun lol
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