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Aspiring Rapper
Join Date: Nov 2008
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I give Squids a bad name
Join Date: Mar 2008
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I think a lot of it is just old timer "back when I was... we had to carry rabid elephants on our backs while getting kicked in the balls by kangaroos". I'm sure if you take a civil war soldier and show them a WW2 soldier they'd just think they are pussies. I've read reports and stories where the military find that games help make more affective soldiers because they are use to killing in games and when killing in the battlefield they adapt easier. I think one problem the military had was where soldiers would freeze up when faced with the decision of wether to kill another human being. An example is the military switching from circle targets to silloute targets in I think WW1. It made it more realistic. Physical fitness can be fixed. From what I understand basic does a great job of that.
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Sham WOW
Join Date: Mar 2008
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![]() But the kudos of being a PT stud probably would go a long way. ![]()
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
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You do realize that as a warrent you will have to through the OES system right? A CW3 in my unit jut graduated CGSC
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Ride Naked.
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Some CW must have gotten on the bad side of a full bird or something and they are changing it from warrants having their own schools to instead go to the regular officer courses. Complete and utter bullshit. Warrants have a completely different role in the Army. |
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token jewboy
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Come on the last few years aren't indicative of the entire military history of the U.S. Remember all those reservists who wanted to quit instead of go to Iraq? There are those that joined in the decades between Vietnam and Iraq that NEVER planned to even fire a round in anger. Trust me, I was one of them at first! ![]() |
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Chaotic Neutral
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Ride Naked.
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Those courses, up until now, (at least for maintenance) have been Warrant specific. I agree that NCO's in schools probably get treated better than regular officers. I am talking about the day to day activities. Warrant officers do not fall under any direct chain of command. They do what they want, when they want, for the most part. They get paid far better than the enlisted, don't have to put up with (as much) of the stupidity of the enlisted, and get away from some of the political BS associated with commissioned officers. For example, we have 2 warrants with us in my BN. A CW3 that is the BMO, and a WO1 that is the S-6 OIC. They both report to the BC (0-5) and most of the time he forgets that they exist. Maybe warrants in your area are different, or maybe it's just the maintenance aspect of it that changes things. Just going off the Chiefs that I know, and my experiences with them. |
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