September 14, 20223 yr On 9/12/2022 at 1:02 AM, FartingMonk said: Ummmm, housing inspections are not a thing. It's in fact illegal. But I know what you mean. We had a guy moving to another house in base housing so my chief got us to go help him move. We damn near puked when we walked in. Cat shit everywhere, slime on the couch. We kinda looked around and said fuck this. We can't do it. Nope, they can inspect with notice. From the new Housing Bill of Rights from last year. The right to have reasonable, advance notice of any entrance by a landlord, installation housing staff or members of the chain of command into the housing unit, except in the case of an emergency or abandonment of the housing unit Back when I was squad leader in the 101st I had to go to a PFC's housing offbase. He was late all the time and had lots of issues. His trailer was nasty and so was his wife. Gross. Ended up having him move into barracks and his wife went back home with kid.
September 14, 20223 yr 9 minutes ago, TexasGrunt said: Nope, they can inspect with notice. From the new Housing Bill of Rights from last year. The right to have reasonable, advance notice of any entrance by a landlord, installation housing staff or members of the chain of command into the housing unit, except in the case of an emergency or abandonment of the housing unit Back when I was squad leader in the 101st I had to go to a PFC's housing offbase. He was late all the time and had lots of issues. His trailer was nasty and so was his wife. Gross. Ended up having him move into barracks and his wife went back home with kid. That makes more sense. That's more of a welfare check. If you're saying that commands are doing housing inspections like they do barracks inspections and getting someone EMI for not locking their closet door or waxing the tile. That would be a bit ridiculous
September 15, 20223 yr https://www.yahoo.com/news/taiwanese-nursing-home-apologizes-hiring-225947717.html apologies in advance, didn’t know where I should put this one.
September 18, 20223 yr On 9/14/2022 at 7:58 PM, tomahawk dunk said: https://www.yahoo.com/news/taiwanese-nursing-home-apologizes-hiring-225947717.html
September 18, 20223 yr Father-in-law, an Uncle (F105 crew chief in Vietnam), a cousin, and myself all served in the world’s greatest Air Force. Happy Birthday USAF [emoji631]. Let the sister service jabs begin…[emoji16]Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
September 26, 20223 yr The boy graduates BCT on Thursday. They've checked all the boxes, so now all they are doing is cleaning. They did the 4 day culminating field exercise (Anvil, I think) last week. The only streamers that his platoon won were for physical stuff (obstacle course, stuff like that). I guess they are stupid but strong. Nothing wrong with that, I guess. They have family day on Wednesday, so we will be driving out to Fort Leonard Wood both Wednesday and Thursday. He's already planning what he wants to eat on Wednesday. I hope he doesn't join the shart thread on Thursday at graduation.
October 3, 20223 yr Good news, no new shart thread entry. Family day last Wednesday and then graduation on Thursday went great. He's definitely matured quite a bit. On Friday he moved to AIT, still at Leonard Wood. We were all under the impression that he would start today, but they don't have enough students so it's now supposed to begin next Monday. That also pushed graduation by a week, but that's okay. It was great to spend a couple of days with him.
October 4, 20223 yr Congrats y’all, following your service members adventures.My 1st LT did a good job in Korea and so now he is getting a slot that should have gone to a major. He is obviously beset with questions about imposter syndrome and not burning bridges with people may be leapfrogging. I sent him the latest stats about woefully short army recruiting results.The other day he commented that “the most dangerous place is a peacetime army” because of the sheer dumbassery on display. Like “let’s build morale by assembling a whole division, make them stand in the sun for hours, and make them watch other soldiers compete in the army PT test.”For the first time, he is thinking about getting out after his initial hitch.
October 4, 20223 yr On 9/19/2022 at 3:59 AM, slorch said: Says here on the googletron that the PGA is 93 years old, not 75. Long before it was JBLM and was just Ft Lewis and McChord AFB, the retirees and MWR staff that ran the golf course (really nice) on McChord would limit (even if times were available) the number of Army personnel that could play the course on any particular day....You know, to keep the neighborhood respectable. 😛
November 12, 20223 yr At Bragg with 1st LT son, playing golf on base Sunday. Later today I get the grand tour.
November 12, 20223 yr 10 hours ago, BearSchlong said: At Bragg with 1st LT son, playing golf on base Sunday. Later today I get the grand tour. Make sure to check out the Sgt. Mike Statue on Smoke Bomb Hill.
November 12, 20223 yr My boy graduates AIT on the 23rd. After that he will be home until moving into the college dorms on 12/28. He will be working his ass off to get into wrestling shape. He is about 180 right now and needs to get to 165 by early January. He can do it, but I am just really surprised that he didn't lose any weight in BCT or AIT. In fact, he gained about 5 pounds.
November 23, 20223 yr Got an email on Thursday from a guy in my Dad’s unit in ‘Nam saying he hadn’t heard from him in a while and the guys were worried.That was a tough phone call to make, as dad passed in March.Heard some good stories about fire base Gator and I may have some new to me YouTube uploaded super 8 footage of dad headed my way.In ‘68 these guys were 18 and my dad was 22, not only the E5 but the de facto older brother to those guys.
November 23, 20223 yr Got 2 tuff boxes of unwashed gear from my son. Should be home from deployment soon.
November 24, 20223 yr Son got promoted to 1st Lieutenant in the Air Force in Aug. We flew up to Dayton OH for the promotion ceremony at Wright-Patterson AFB in Oct. He graduated from Tech with a bachelor’s in Economics in May 2020. Pandemic canceled the graduation ceremony. That really hurt my wife so the promotion ceremony was really important to attend. It was very modest; it held in a conference room with a Captain, Lt Colonel, several civilian co-workers, and one other service member being promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Money well spent on the trip. Nephew joined the OK National Guard when he graduated high school. He spent the fall of 2019 in GA going through basic. He began attending OU in the spring of 2020 on his bachelor’s in Economics. In Jan of 2021, he was deployed to stand guard at Biden’s inauguration to ensure the peaceful transition of power. During his stay, he slept on the floor of the library of congress. He’s a Junior and is going to be deployed internationally this spring for 17 months. He will put his education on hold during this time. He’s ridiculously smart and plans on attending law school when he graduates. He wants to get into politics after that. Both of his parents committed suicide when he was 16 so we try to make sure he has everything he needs to be successful. He is remarkably mature and responsible so it’s not a challenge. He joined the national guard of his own volition knowing that it would supplement his income. In Jan, we’re taking him to the northeast for a week to tour a couple of law schools just so he can see opportunities outside of OK. He will have one more year of school when he returns after his 17 months of service. He will be taking the LSAT and applying to law schools during that time. tldr- son and nephew make me really f’ing proud.
November 25, 20223 yr A few of the things He traded for and were in his tuff boxes Edited November 25, 20223 yr by mbtex
December 4, 20223 yr On 11/23/2022 at 7:51 AM, BearSchlong said: Got an email on Thursday from a guy in my Dad’s unit in ‘Nam saying he hadn’t heard from him in a while and the guys were worried. That was a tough phone call to make, as dad passed in March. Heard some good stories about fire base Gator and I may have some new to me YouTube uploaded super 8 footage of dad headed my way. In ‘68 these guys were 18 and my dad was 22, not only the E5 but the de facto older brother to those guys. Seems like every week I have a call with my dad about a buddy of his who has passed. Hard talks for sure. I just listen and let him tell me why so and so was fun or a bad ass. Dad spent 5+ years in Vietnam over the course of the war and had a lot of friends. BTW- Congrats to all whose kids are serving. Thank them for us all.
December 17, 20223 yr I wanted to get my Mom out to see Dad yesterday before the weather turned colder today & later this week. Plus I knew she would enjoy seeing the headstones with the wreaths placed. She liked that and was also happy that the zoysia finally had filled in around his plot and those newly placed around him. Somber but beautiful drive and day in the Texas hill country. [emoji631]🫡
January 25, 20232 yr Just got a text from my Dads Vietnam friend, there is dad, at LZ Gator acting silly at the 5:50 mark.
January 25, 20232 yr <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=350&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUSArmyEURAF%2Fvideos%2F1128663878037049%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=0" width="560" height="350" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe> Edited January 25, 20232 yr by mbtex
January 25, 20232 yr There was a military flyover/missing man formation over the Texas State Cemetery/Capitol today. Anybody know who it was for?
January 25, 20232 yr Son doing work https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1128663878037049 Edited January 25, 20232 yr by mbtex
March 8, 20232 yr Mine lost one of his soldiers earlier this week by his own hand. When my son left the cav to join aviation during the holidays, they got drunk and wrestled in the woods. That’s his last memory of him. Thankfully he didn’t leave a widow or kids, but it’s just so sad.
March 9, 20232 yr Author 19 hours ago, BearSchlong said: Mine lost one of his soldiers earlier this week by his own hand. When my son left the cav to join aviation during the holidays, they got drunk and wrestled in the woods. That’s his last memory of him. Thankfully he didn’t leave a widow or kids, but it’s just so sad. That's so shitty, and it happens all too often.
March 17, 20232 yr On 3/7/2023 at 11:38 PM, BearSchlong said: Mine lost one of his soldiers earlier this week by his own hand. When my son left the cav to join aviation during the holidays, they got drunk and wrestled in the woods. That’s his last memory of him. Thankfully he didn’t leave a widow or kids, but it’s just so sad. That's very sad, but unfortunately it's common. I've lost 3 friends that are veterans (2 that I served with in the Corps, one that I worked with as a contractor and he was a retired Army Sergeant Major) the same way.
April 2, 20232 yr Author You probably heard about the two blackhawks getting together last week in night drills. 9 dead. One of them went to flight school with my kid. Horrific for the family, right? It gets worse. Spoiler His child died of cancer a few weeks back. That poor woman...holy shit.
April 7, 20232 yr Popular Post https://medcoe.army.mil/efmbMore satisfying since he washed out twice and nailed it on the 3rd try.Gil he’s MEDO for a Combat Aviation Brigade too.
April 29, 20232 yr Author Two Apaches got together last night in Alaska. 3 dead, 1 injured. Today, the Army grounded the entire "non-essential" aviation folks. My kid is currently "in the field". I hope him flying home is "essential". Edited April 29, 20232 yr by Gil Bang
April 29, 20232 yr Author Turns out, after flying all day, his unit was ordered to immediately return to base. So they all flew back, tired, at night.
May 26, 20232 yr 49 minutes ago, BearSchlong said: Meanwhile, today at Ft. Bragg A couple robo dogs graduated from basic training? We’re done for.
May 26, 20232 yr I was gonna ask- drug dogs or EOD? My son's job was in Engineers/ route clearance. They had some cool shit as far as the robotics and IED detection/ removal vehicles and equipment.. No pet robots though...
May 26, 20232 yr Just spent a half hour on the phone with him, no answer on the robots, right now I think they have a few to carry light rucks and are just playing with them. But this shit pisses me off. He's supposed to be a Captain by now. And it's really beginning to fuck up the chain of command in the military. My apologies in advance for the CR vent but that dumb motherfucker shouldn't be in the Senate. And it's not high-level, it affects all officers. At the Pentagon, high-level officer nominations continue to stack up as first-term Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) continues his lonely hold, halting all high-level military promotions over concerns that military policies ensuring service members' access to reproductive care may potentially facilitate abortions Edited May 26, 20232 yr by BearSchlong
May 27, 20232 yr That is bullshit. One has fucking nothing to do with the other. I wish ole Tommy would crawl out the bathroom window of life.
May 27, 20232 yr Just want to wish everyone a blessed Memorial Day. Most of us have lost someone who served or knows someone serving. In their honor going to cheers them all with a cold one, or two, and wish them god speed. To those with kids in Service, please tell them thanks and be safe.
May 27, 20232 yr I was on a flight yesterday with quite a few of the Vietnam POWs who were reunited for the 50th anniversary of their final liberation. Was moving. One guy had a suit jacket with the American flag sewn into the lining and the POWs emblem.
May 28, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, BearSchlong said: I was on a flight yesterday with quite a few of the Vietnam POWs who were reunited for the 50th anniversary of their final liberation. Was moving. One guy had a suit jacket with the American flag sewn into the lining and the POWs emblem. That's ^^^ pretty cool (SAT right?). When I lived in Wa St, I was able to meet Leo Thorsness (USAF F105) when he was running for office. He was awarded the MOH for a flight and then 2 weeks later shot down and spent almost 6 yrs as a POW. He passed in 2017. Another POW I have met and talked with is Ret. Col. James (Jim) Lamar (another Thud pilot). He was a guest at the Hanoi Hilton for almost 7 years. He plays poker almost daily here in Austin at TCH where I've been lucky to have conversations with him while playing cards. He has 201 total combat missions from Korea and Vietnam, with awards that include 2 Silver Stars, 4 Bronze Stars with V, and 2 Purple Hearts. But you have to look those up yourself as he is humble about his service. Great guy as could be expected.
June 20, 20232 yr This could be in the pics that make you LOL, but I saw this little clickbait ad. The Combat Action Badge really ties the whole uniform together.
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