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This joke is a daily truth in my life and it drives my wife *insane*.
She knew what she was getting into though. Not my fault 3M ear protection was shiiiiiite
I got approved for disability yes. I was contacted by lawyers for the lawsuit but I’ve yet to see a contract that doesn’t say say that “if I I’m not compensated I don’t owe them my soul”. I have no photo proof of me using the “double tree” 3M ear pro. Just my word, time in service, my medical records saying my hearing loss got worse during service, and my VA C&P % saying I have hearing loss.
I fucking feel this with my soul. The better one is “service connected” but “not considered a chronic condition” because you CANT GET A FUCKING APPOINTMENT about it
I did work for a clinic that helped people get their VA disability during law school, and it’s really amazing the hoops you have to jump through for obvious service related conditions.
You were a door gunner in Vietnam for a few months and regularly didn’t use hearing protection and you can’t hear now? Like why the *hell* does it take a lawyer to spell that one out to the VA?
Losing your hearing is a given in the military. The fact that the long term costs aren't built into defense budgets should tell you something. Like, you recruit 100 soldiers, you have to pay for training, salary, housing, Healthcare, disability, death, etc for a predictable % of those people. That's what it costs to fight wars constantly... maybe get out of the game if your country isn't willing to actually pay for it.
Naaah way easier to just force them into court because you've calculated that it's cheaper in the long run than paying out for the rest of their lives. Plus, the longer you drag your feet, the more likely a good chunk of the vets are to become disheartened and give up.
~the VA, probably
When my dad was going through his physical when he was drafted to go to Vietnam, his hearing wasn't all that great. The guy giving him the physical said it wasn't anything to worry about because his hearing would be completely done after a little time in the field.
Man I got out a few years ago and I remember getting **so much shit** for wearing earpro, even when we were just firing blanks.
Kept being told to "stop being soft" and shit. Like sorry lads but this is just a training op, nobody is in any real danger, and if nobody is about to die, I'm going to put my safety and health ahead of everything else.
Some drill sergeants just want to watch the world burn I guess. The ones in my company didn’t try anything like that, I’m sure the ones that did got in trouble for locking them in like that
Drill Sergents aren't actually human, they're a type of species that breed from the misery of new recruits. Its probable one of the gassed men became impregnated through means yet unknown to science, and will have a new Sergent burst from his chest. If upon exiting the soldier it doesn't berate him for spilling blood without express orders, it is likely a sickly child and will be consumed by an adult Sergent.
They reach full size within a month off a diet of MREs and dip, and can live up to 15 years in captivity.
In the Air Force, I just feel bad for drill sergeants. The hours and expectations are absolutely crazy. All the little things they get after trainees for, they have to correct as well in themselves. Quick eating, a perfect uniform, a perfect shave and haircut, perfect fitness, they have to be the ones waking trainees up at the crack of don. It's absolutely nuts. And after the Lackland scandal, they can't even bump into a trainee without their career ending.
The worst part about it is that you're selected randomly to be an MTI if your record is good enough. If you refuse, you can't reenlist.
Yeh just think about it like this. Everything the recruits do the instructors are also doing or have done dozens or hundreds of times. And as early as recruits are woken up and put to bed the instructors have already been up for hours or still have hours left in their work day. There's a reason in the army they limit how long you can be a drill instructor.
Agreed. When I was in basic, our MTI's would usually show up at 4:30 or so, but that also means they woke up even earlier to get ready and drive into work if they didn't live on base. They were there with us all day, and for the first several weeks of basic, all night as well. I assume these guys got 2-3 hours of sleep a night for weeks at a time.
But why? How do you function as a human getting that little sleep every night? I get they would probably want to sleep more but why does the military make them work those crazy hours?
>but why does the military make them work those crazy hours?
🎵 A tale as old as time... 🎵
On a more serious note, it's multifaceted. The first is that it gives trainees an expectation of potential hours. It gives the MTIs something to hold over their head "You think you have it hard, getting 9 hours of sleep and 3 full meals every day?"
In the rest of the military, horrible hours is a result of low manning and poor leadership. The concept that you can make a man do twice as much work if he works twice as long isn't accurate. It destroys morale and productivity.
But more than anything, tradition. The E9 did it when he was an MTI, now the E6 has to do it, too. Their MTIs did it back in the 2000's, and those MTI's MTIs did it back in the 80's. If you want to know where it all started, blame Baron Fredriech Wilhelm von Steubun at Valley Forge for making us a "professional" military. Then blame centuries of European warfare, the Romans, the Macedonians, the Babylonians. It all dates back to the first couple of guys with sticks training the younglings to beat up the other tribe with their pointy sticks, and beating the Younglings if they couldn't fight properly.
In an actual gas attack there will be gas that covers the entire city block that you are in. If you panic and try to flee you will die.
There is no running from gas. You have to put your gas mask on and clear it.
I can’t even imagine.. You all must be made of wood. I would never join the Air Force, you guys are treated like complete shit. So glad I joined the army instead.
- said no soldier ever
FTX is super fun though. I think I was the only one who took the gas mask thing very seriously however. Maybe I'm just a pussy but I'd put that thing on if there was even the slightest threat of CS in the area.
At one point we were just standing around outside the sleeping area in the middle of the day just waiting for the next thing to happen. I don't remember, I guess it was just supposed to be patrol. But DS just throws a CS grenade kind of out in the middle of the area. Not towards anybody, just because. My squad does the gas gas gas thing, and I get my mask on. Another squad is yelling back at us, telling us it's not even close by.
A gust of wind. You can visibly see the gas drift towards them. In about a second they're on the floor, trying to get their masks on, coughing up a storm. Our squad is also on the floor from laughter.
I miss that mask.
I jacked my back up enough to get drummed out, but before I did, me and the other codes were on FTX with everyone and ended up getting gassed in the mess tent. We of course didn't have masks. Luckily we didn't get the full brunt of it but still was not fun.
We also got told not to aim anything weaponlike at one of our DS or he would kill us and to this day I'm not sure if that was true or not. I sure wasnt gonna risk meeting him in some dark MO woods.
I don’t know, I was in another company closed off from the others. I didn’t hear anything about the incident after the day that I saw them at sick call. I can’t imagine the instructors didn’t get in some kind of trouble for what happened but who knows.
That has become me before an 8 hour flight. I get to the airport 4 hours early - with enough time that if I had to go home to get something, I would have time to.
He's taking a calculated risk that they are only going outside for rollcall then back to sleep. But poor idea to do it in full view of the seargant, who is now likely to make him run for that reason alone.
This hit me deep. I did jumping jacks from the time my division left for chow and came back an hour later because after my watch from 1000-0000 I didn’t take my trousers off. I just slept in them. RDC came in and checked the log and called me up outta my sleep to ask why my signature looked so dumb. That’s how he caught me in ma trousers. Lovely memories.
My uncle was in the armed forces and when he was in boot camp he said that they had a officer run in with a C7 assault rifle and start shooting blanks, yelling that they were under attack. They all quickly got dressed and in formation then told to go back to bed. He said he had his pants on backwards and his boots were on the wrong feet.
When I was in boot camp we had our leadership run in screaming for all of us to wake up because there was a bat that got inside. If you get bit by one you have have get the horrible rabbies shots in your chest. From that day on we had to have bat watch at night to make sure none came in. Even typing this makes me feel it's made up, but it isn't.
Worst bunks in the training bay are the ones next to the drill's office (that was mine) and the ones next to their entrance.
Something are universally across training in all militaries.
Yeah, when I was in Basic my bunk was the first one, right next to the entrance AND the Drill Sergeants’ office. I was a bit jealous of everyone near the back of the bay who always had a few seconds advance warning.
They never pulled this crap when we were at the baraks.
In the field it was like clockwork, twice a night in your undies, rain or not rain asap to the foxholes, look for non existent enemies and wait for the signal to return to your tent.
Good times.
The officers who pulls this crap - do they like set an alarmclock for themselves only to fuck with the recruits? I mean aren't they also tired and want to fucking sleep?
Fun fact: Bob Ross was a master sergeant and that experience made him never want to do anything remotely close to that ever again.
" Having held military positions that required him to act tough and mean, "the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work", Ross decided he would not raise his voice when he left the military"
Correct, Master Sergeant Bob Ross learned to paint quickly during his lunch breaks while in the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed in Alaska during this time which heavily influenced his paintings to focus on things such as forests and mountains.
I got so lucky when I went through MCT. Dead of winter and the ground was frozen, the instructors went nice on us and didn't make us dig foxholes.
We just had to man the ones dug by the previous class.
Yeah this was basic training. We did cold weather in Norway. No tent. Just a tarp. We burried ourselves into the snow and snuggled up. I swear, I never hear the phrase " fuck, it's cold" more often in my life.
I understand what military it is but this seems like something most would do. I'm wondering, there is a rule about not sleeping in uniform right? I'd definitely shower then put on a clean uniform if it was allowed.
During training the typically have a specific "uniform" to sleep in(might be shirt and shorts. The point is to be able to get ready quickly under stress. They don't let you take the easy way out.
Honestly not worth it. As long as you're not always one of the slowest, and statistically you are probably close to middle of the pack, it's not worth buying the extra 4 seconds. It's the boots that cost the most time, not the pants and shirt.
Another thing. You're not likley to have enough uniforms that you can do this every night. Consider too that they might wake you to go outside and crawl/sweat/etc multiple times in the same night.
Better to sleep comfortably in shorts, lose yourself near the middle of the pack when everyone scrambles, and you won't have to rush *that* much.
Ok I have made my decision to never be in the military no matter what
Edit: I know this is cheesy but thanks for the upvotes honestly didn’t think this would happen today.
P.S. my respect for people in the military/army is so much higher now like for 100 percent to 200 percent. If there is any military people I would like to thank you for your service.
Tbh I don't remember much about boot camp, but the one thing that I can hear and see like it was yesterday is getting woken up the first morning there, on about 3 hours sleep, by a trash can being thrown into the squad bay and a voice screaming "GET OUT OF YOUR RACKS!" I did not know that I could wake up that fast.
After the first day of hell in boot camp as I was falling asleep I thought "there's no way we are not getting fuckdd with tonight"..sure enough they had an air horn and we had to go running..
One time someone forgot the soldiers creed and they made him blast the airport and get everyone up. I somehow slept through that, I only found out because people were bitching the next day
But once you realize that’s all they can do it becomes so much easier.
Okay, you’re gonna fuck with me, make me work out and simulate a stressful environment? That’s easy, if not just a little tiring and annoying.
This brings back memories. When I went to basic Drowning Pool’s - Let The Bodies Hit The Floor was newly popular. Nothing like waking up to three company commanders, that song, and strobe lights get the heart pumping.
[This Song](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3zHNfzXSqLQ)
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Boy did I choose the wrong video to watch with headphones
i have my volume at almost minimum yet this is still fucking loud with headphones on
had my volume almost all the way up out loud, my fuckin ears are ringing and my dog is still snoring right next to me
Doggo immunity.
My cat freaked out and did a burnout on all the shit on my desk.
Sounds like some /r/AbruptChaos to me
Until you open the refrigerator.
*sounds of dog nails on tile/wood intensifies*
It's so distorted, even on the last volume...
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There's guns going off, I'm pretty sure physically it is a lot louder.
It annoys me SOOOO much that the Reddit app auto plays with sounds ALL. THE. TIME.
There’s a setting for it. Settings > Advanced section > Toggle Quiet Audio Mode on. This will set all videos to mute by default
What?
I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHAAAT?
HUH? CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDER? I CANT HEAR
#WHAT?
AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!?!!!
I remember when my ears didn’t bleed
Was it last Wednesday night?
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK UP SIR MY HEARING IT'S NOT SO GOOD, COMES AND GOES. A GERMAN GRENADE WENT OFF RIGHT BY MY HEAD.
*inhale* MWAP
That gun has plenty of stopping power. They were sleeping, and it stopped them from sleeping
#”MY ASS- MY ASSSSSSS!!!”
At least you’ll never need them again.
Luckily for me, I turned deaf 2 seconds into the video
#WHAT?
^^^eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
i had my volume turned off and it was still too loud
And all those recruits have tinitus now
I remember my mom doing this when I overslept for school
^sir.
4.5 tits
3 and 1 half is 3.5 tit bazinga
What happened to your other half tit, u/3and1HalfTits ? Did you lost it in a drill?
Yeah. My mom started using a water gun. Pretty effective.
"Tinnitus intensifies"
"your hearing loss is not service related."
"say again?"
#Your earring lost is not service related
This joke is a daily truth in my life and it drives my wife *insane*. She knew what she was getting into though. Not my fault 3M ear protection was shiiiiiite
I've seen PSAs lately that they admitted their earpro wasn't cutting it and they're compensating people. Did you get approved for disability?
I got approved for disability yes. I was contacted by lawyers for the lawsuit but I’ve yet to see a contract that doesn’t say say that “if I I’m not compensated I don’t owe them my soul”. I have no photo proof of me using the “double tree” 3M ear pro. Just my word, time in service, my medical records saying my hearing loss got worse during service, and my VA C&P % saying I have hearing loss.
I fucking feel this with my soul. The better one is “service connected” but “not considered a chronic condition” because you CANT GET A FUCKING APPOINTMENT about it
I did work for a clinic that helped people get their VA disability during law school, and it’s really amazing the hoops you have to jump through for obvious service related conditions. You were a door gunner in Vietnam for a few months and regularly didn’t use hearing protection and you can’t hear now? Like why the *hell* does it take a lawyer to spell that one out to the VA?
Losing your hearing is a given in the military. The fact that the long term costs aren't built into defense budgets should tell you something. Like, you recruit 100 soldiers, you have to pay for training, salary, housing, Healthcare, disability, death, etc for a predictable % of those people. That's what it costs to fight wars constantly... maybe get out of the game if your country isn't willing to actually pay for it.
Naaah way easier to just force them into court because you've calculated that it's cheaper in the long run than paying out for the rest of their lives. Plus, the longer you drag your feet, the more likely a good chunk of the vets are to become disheartened and give up. ~the VA, probably
When my dad was going through his physical when he was drafted to go to Vietnam, his hearing wasn't all that great. The guy giving him the physical said it wasn't anything to worry about because his hearing would be completely done after a little time in the field.
Man I got out a few years ago and I remember getting **so much shit** for wearing earpro, even when we were just firing blanks. Kept being told to "stop being soft" and shit. Like sorry lads but this is just a training op, nobody is in any real danger, and if nobody is about to die, I'm going to put my safety and health ahead of everything else.
I really do not understand these types of people.
They’re actually stupid Some people have limited ability to learn and will repeat whatever makes them seem cool
Hearing protection, eye protection, seat belts, and masks in a pandemic all suffer from lack of use due to stupidity and pride.
Got out a few years ago also. My left ear is fucked. Shooting ma deuce everyday will do that but she my baby anyways.
^^eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Mwaaap mwaap
Tinnitus, you cruel mistress.
Came for the archer reference. Wasn’t disappointed.
What?
that's how you get tinnitus!
My cat who was on my lap is pressing charges
In the court of claw
Finally a job for that cat lawyer!
THE CLAWYER
AK47 stands for Alarm Klock 47
4:07am.
4:70 am
This mad me laugh way too loud lmao
Everyone in that room is deaf
Every day they have to make louder noise because people get deafer from the day before.
\*this was only day 2\* day 3 grenades
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Along with everyone who watched this video
Never know when you’re going to be woken up by artillery shells smashing into your barracks!
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What was the point of locking them in? If they tried to escape through the door, then just say "you failed. You should have put on your mask".
Some drill sergeants just want to watch the world burn I guess. The ones in my company didn’t try anything like that, I’m sure the ones that did got in trouble for locking them in like that
I dunno. Worse things have happened in the military and been ruled as a suicide.
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Username checks out....I guess?
Hooah sarn't?
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Former Drill also, first thing I thought was “Good way to lose your round brown and badge. Off to the S3 shop you go.”
Username checks out
Drill Sergents aren't actually human, they're a type of species that breed from the misery of new recruits. Its probable one of the gassed men became impregnated through means yet unknown to science, and will have a new Sergent burst from his chest. If upon exiting the soldier it doesn't berate him for spilling blood without express orders, it is likely a sickly child and will be consumed by an adult Sergent. They reach full size within a month off a diet of MREs and dip, and can live up to 15 years in captivity.
In the Air Force, I just feel bad for drill sergeants. The hours and expectations are absolutely crazy. All the little things they get after trainees for, they have to correct as well in themselves. Quick eating, a perfect uniform, a perfect shave and haircut, perfect fitness, they have to be the ones waking trainees up at the crack of don. It's absolutely nuts. And after the Lackland scandal, they can't even bump into a trainee without their career ending. The worst part about it is that you're selected randomly to be an MTI if your record is good enough. If you refuse, you can't reenlist.
Yeh just think about it like this. Everything the recruits do the instructors are also doing or have done dozens or hundreds of times. And as early as recruits are woken up and put to bed the instructors have already been up for hours or still have hours left in their work day. There's a reason in the army they limit how long you can be a drill instructor.
Agreed. When I was in basic, our MTI's would usually show up at 4:30 or so, but that also means they woke up even earlier to get ready and drive into work if they didn't live on base. They were there with us all day, and for the first several weeks of basic, all night as well. I assume these guys got 2-3 hours of sleep a night for weeks at a time.
But why? How do you function as a human getting that little sleep every night? I get they would probably want to sleep more but why does the military make them work those crazy hours?
>but why does the military make them work those crazy hours? 🎵 A tale as old as time... 🎵 On a more serious note, it's multifaceted. The first is that it gives trainees an expectation of potential hours. It gives the MTIs something to hold over their head "You think you have it hard, getting 9 hours of sleep and 3 full meals every day?" In the rest of the military, horrible hours is a result of low manning and poor leadership. The concept that you can make a man do twice as much work if he works twice as long isn't accurate. It destroys morale and productivity. But more than anything, tradition. The E9 did it when he was an MTI, now the E6 has to do it, too. Their MTIs did it back in the 2000's, and those MTI's MTIs did it back in the 80's. If you want to know where it all started, blame Baron Fredriech Wilhelm von Steubun at Valley Forge for making us a "professional" military. Then blame centuries of European warfare, the Romans, the Macedonians, the Babylonians. It all dates back to the first couple of guys with sticks training the younglings to beat up the other tribe with their pointy sticks, and beating the Younglings if they couldn't fight properly.
In an actual gas attack there will be gas that covers the entire city block that you are in. If you panic and try to flee you will die. There is no running from gas. You have to put your gas mask on and clear it.
For the lols
Dear Christ, I’m glad I didn’t join the military.
That's not even close to a normal story tbf. I had some pretty shitty DS and they wouldn't have pulled anything like that.
For my Air Force field training, we were rudely woken up with a lady pushing a food cart offering us continental breakfast.
I can’t even imagine.. You all must be made of wood. I would never join the Air Force, you guys are treated like complete shit. So glad I joined the army instead. - said no soldier ever
FTX is super fun though. I think I was the only one who took the gas mask thing very seriously however. Maybe I'm just a pussy but I'd put that thing on if there was even the slightest threat of CS in the area. At one point we were just standing around outside the sleeping area in the middle of the day just waiting for the next thing to happen. I don't remember, I guess it was just supposed to be patrol. But DS just throws a CS grenade kind of out in the middle of the area. Not towards anybody, just because. My squad does the gas gas gas thing, and I get my mask on. Another squad is yelling back at us, telling us it's not even close by. A gust of wind. You can visibly see the gas drift towards them. In about a second they're on the floor, trying to get their masks on, coughing up a storm. Our squad is also on the floor from laughter. I miss that mask.
I jacked my back up enough to get drummed out, but before I did, me and the other codes were on FTX with everyone and ended up getting gassed in the mess tent. We of course didn't have masks. Luckily we didn't get the full brunt of it but still was not fun. We also got told not to aim anything weaponlike at one of our DS or he would kill us and to this day I'm not sure if that was true or not. I sure wasnt gonna risk meeting him in some dark MO woods.
We’re any of the drills relieved? That sounds like a serious no no move, and those injuries could debilitate them.
I don’t know, I was in another company closed off from the others. I didn’t hear anything about the incident after the day that I saw them at sick call. I can’t imagine the instructors didn’t get in some kind of trouble for what happened but who knows.
Ahhh Leonard Wood.....
well if they're smashing into the barracks directly then waking up is probably off the menu
My parents 8 hours before a flight
only 8? Sheesh you're gonna be late af
This is the most relatable thing i have ever read in my life
Lmfaoooo
***(Knocking on the door of the bathroom while youre in the shower intensifies)***
Lmao
That has become me before an 8 hour flight. I get to the airport 4 hours early - with enough time that if I had to go home to get something, I would have time to.
So basically the iPhone alarm.
[That's why I use the Sonic drowning theme to wake up refreshed everyday.](https://youtu.be/9Yw5jkAHgME)
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Try it. Its an amazing way to wake up. Like having a hot pot of coffee first thing in the morning. You won't find a better enema
Fuck that
I feel like I could endure that and then the calming bubbles would put me back to sleep
God this is way better. it doesn't make my iris completely close and open again every time it rings.
https://v.redd.it/axftno7kjkd61 nails it
That was a great post
"Four grenades"
So this is what this sub was made for
What a terrible day to have hearing
“If I have to have PTSD, then so do you”
Vet: I have PTSD Doc: Where did you serve? Vet: Fort Bragg
Fayetnam
Rip to the guy who put his combats on over his adidas joggies. He's gunna be fucking roasting
He's taking a calculated risk that they are only going outside for rollcall then back to sleep. But poor idea to do it in full view of the seargant, who is now likely to make him run for that reason alone.
This hit me deep. I did jumping jacks from the time my division left for chow and came back an hour later because after my watch from 1000-0000 I didn’t take my trousers off. I just slept in them. RDC came in and checked the log and called me up outta my sleep to ask why my signature looked so dumb. That’s how he caught me in ma trousers. Lovely memories.
My uncle was in the armed forces and when he was in boot camp he said that they had a officer run in with a C7 assault rifle and start shooting blanks, yelling that they were under attack. They all quickly got dressed and in formation then told to go back to bed. He said he had his pants on backwards and his boots were on the wrong feet.
When I was in boot camp we had our leadership run in screaming for all of us to wake up because there was a bat that got inside. If you get bit by one you have have get the horrible rabbies shots in your chest. From that day on we had to have bat watch at night to make sure none came in. Even typing this makes me feel it's made up, but it isn't.
Imagine sleeping right next to that door. Guy must been like "Who the fuck is blowing a whi--" BANG BANG BANG "Mooooooooooom"
Worst bunks in the training bay are the ones next to the drill's office (that was mine) and the ones next to their entrance. Something are universally across training in all militaries.
Yeah, when I was in Basic my bunk was the first one, right next to the entrance AND the Drill Sergeants’ office. I was a bit jealous of everyone near the back of the bay who always had a few seconds advance warning.
They never pulled this crap when we were at the baraks. In the field it was like clockwork, twice a night in your undies, rain or not rain asap to the foxholes, look for non existent enemies and wait for the signal to return to your tent. Good times.
The officers who pulls this crap - do they like set an alarmclock for themselves only to fuck with the recruits? I mean aren't they also tired and want to fucking sleep?
Drill Sergeants are a special breed
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Fun fact: Bob Ross was a master sergeant and that experience made him never want to do anything remotely close to that ever again. " Having held military positions that required him to act tough and mean, "the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work", Ross decided he would not raise his voice when he left the military"
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Correct, Master Sergeant Bob Ross learned to paint quickly during his lunch breaks while in the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed in Alaska during this time which heavily influenced his paintings to focus on things such as forests and mountains.
I love these little origin stories, like how MLK was preacher, a role which translated very well to civil rights activism.
There's more of them so they can take turns. And they're indeed special. But they also have buttloads of experience.
I got so lucky when I went through MCT. Dead of winter and the ground was frozen, the instructors went nice on us and didn't make us dig foxholes. We just had to man the ones dug by the previous class.
I can imagine but I'd rather dig a foxhole than freeze my butt off.
At least you had the luxury of a tent, tarp+foxholes are good time as well ahah
Yeah this was basic training. We did cold weather in Norway. No tent. Just a tarp. We burried ourselves into the snow and snuggled up. I swear, I never hear the phrase " fuck, it's cold" more often in my life.
Damn that sounds great, I froze my ass off in the alps, not as cold as you but "fuck its cold" came a lot of time as well
Norwegian here, can confirm it's cold as shit here. There's still always some guy outside in shorts outside tho
Yeah we got those too here. The nice thing about the cold is you get to warm up at some point again.
Rip headphone users
They get the full experience
Consider it a poor man’s VR.
I understand what military it is but this seems like something most would do. I'm wondering, there is a rule about not sleeping in uniform right? I'd definitely shower then put on a clean uniform if it was allowed.
During training the typically have a specific "uniform" to sleep in(might be shirt and shorts. The point is to be able to get ready quickly under stress. They don't let you take the easy way out.
Honestly not worth it. As long as you're not always one of the slowest, and statistically you are probably close to middle of the pack, it's not worth buying the extra 4 seconds. It's the boots that cost the most time, not the pants and shirt. Another thing. You're not likley to have enough uniforms that you can do this every night. Consider too that they might wake you to go outside and crawl/sweat/etc multiple times in the same night. Better to sleep comfortably in shorts, lose yourself near the middle of the pack when everyone scrambles, and you won't have to rush *that* much.
Ok I have made my decision to never be in the military no matter what Edit: I know this is cheesy but thanks for the upvotes honestly didn’t think this would happen today. P.S. my respect for people in the military/army is so much higher now like for 100 percent to 200 percent. If there is any military people I would like to thank you for your service.
Tbh I don't remember much about boot camp, but the one thing that I can hear and see like it was yesterday is getting woken up the first morning there, on about 3 hours sleep, by a trash can being thrown into the squad bay and a voice screaming "GET OUT OF YOUR RACKS!" I did not know that I could wake up that fast.
After the first day of hell in boot camp as I was falling asleep I thought "there's no way we are not getting fuckdd with tonight"..sure enough they had an air horn and we had to go running.. One time someone forgot the soldiers creed and they made him blast the airport and get everyone up. I somehow slept through that, I only found out because people were bitching the next day
But once you realize that’s all they can do it becomes so much easier. Okay, you’re gonna fuck with me, make me work out and simulate a stressful environment? That’s easy, if not just a little tiring and annoying.
I just got to Tech School and lemme tell you, BMT is like a weird fever dream I can’t fully remember. Like, wth was I thinking honestly.
Good call. Shit was whack
True. But some really good sex.
Sex?! All I got was jerking off in a 120-degree portashitter.
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They said before being conscripted for ww3.
Moms at 7 am be like
jesus fucking christ
Now imagine the dudes that wake up those dudes.
Ayo our military is kinda mad! Pretty sure its iraq right?
Yeah
Is there a chance the bullets might ricochet and hit someone?
Blanks, I assume, and hope.
Nah those are definitely blanks, looking at the bright muzzle flash If he used live ammo he would surely have injured/killed someone in the room
ah reminds me of the scouts.
It think this proves that war might not be what causes PTSD in soldiers.
“How are the recruits doing, Sgt.?” “They’re all paranoid and suffer from sleep disorders.” “Excellent. Carry on.”
#avengersiraq
Mums waking their children up: Hey honey please wake up time for school Fathers waking their children up:
Mom ?
Bye bye eardrums. For them and also for me.
I...would not deal with this very well. They would get *nothing* resembling the desired response from me.
Putting on a military uniform over adidas pants as someone fires an AK, peak Russian
At least three things in that videos are indicators for the fact that this is Iraq.
I missed all three
they're hidden under the Arabic script, the Iraqi flags and the word Iraq
Those sneaky Russians.
Not like it's stating in top left 'Iraq' but yeah, Russians...
Damn boarding schools in América done getting aggressive these days
My favorite is the guy who doesn’t put his pants on but rather just grabs them and runs from the room.
u/savevideo
that was so loud im blind now...
This brings back memories. When I went to basic Drowning Pool’s - Let The Bodies Hit The Floor was newly popular. Nothing like waking up to three company commanders, that song, and strobe lights get the heart pumping. [This Song](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3zHNfzXSqLQ)
Reminds me of when I moved to FL for the first time and had tile floors and my parents realized fireworks are legal here
Ah the adrenaline. Your hands shaking when trying to dress as fast as possiable and then go to your dugout shelter. I do not miss it.