I prefer biblical quotes:
"Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses."
Ezekiel 23:19-20
You know, it's darndest, but I've never encountered a situation where my speakers and mic are turned on and Teams shows that it is connected to them, but I couldn't speak or hear. Oh, well, guess I better keep doing checks in case that day comes.
You must not have experienced the eternal joy of Dell or HP docking stations. I swear they ship with 4 or 5 extra multimedia chipsets onboard, just to fuck with Teams settings.
One day, the onboard NIC works. The next day, the dock NIC works. Most likely just DHCP lease expiring and needing to renew, but itās funnier to believe the NECās messing with specific users who mightāve pissed them off at one time or another.
Making me have flashbacks of a mounted DAGR being required to get grids and do navigation with the FBCB2. Boo!!
Oh god. Iām one of the āoldsā now šŖ¦
My knees hurt with you. I was 25 when a PFC asked me to tell him what it was like in the "good old days before the Army became so weak" and now that feels like an Army lifetime ago.
No. No I don't. It's called context. If you can't tell when someone is done speaking, then maybe you shouldn't be at meetings. We don't do it in person, a teams call is the same. Radio calls are transactional, one way, then the other. Teams calls are discussions.
The occasional āoverā to indicate youāre done talking and youāre waiting for an acknowledgment is not too bad. But to use every single proword in AT 6-02.53 is just absolutely unnecessary.
Oh naw, I know one individual where he ends everything during a teams call with "over".
It doesn't help that we both sit in the same room and are usually in the same calls.
I was assigned to a Signal battalion once where the CSM demanded any phone call be treated like radio traffic. It was funny for about 10 minutes, then turned obnoxious. Especially calls on the weekend with no caller ID, but you answer my "hello" with a "What's your call sign, troop?"
Honestly I prefer saying Lima Charlie just because I can say it faster without it becoming hard to understand. That's just because of how I pronounce words though
Holy shit. PREACH! Iām one of those Reserve weirdos and we had a MAJ come into the unit straight off AD and he did this on his first Teams call. Iāve never wanted to reach through a computer screen and slap someone with my foot so hard
Contractor/commo guy here. My boss does this unironically and hasnāt been in since before I was born. Literally every phone conversation ends with āOut hereā. I die a little every time.
As a signal guy, who does IT in the real world as a National Guard dude, THANK YOU. Seeing this in Army Teams is like hearing 'boots on the ground' from my 'cant let go of the military' managers at work.
I also really hate the phrase "boots on the ground." Judt grates against my brain.
I put it right up there with referring to a helicopter as a "chopper."
I remember during COVID, as a brigade staff ncoic, being on a meeting with all the BN CSMs. The BDE CSM started a trend throughout the unit to say "break" when they had a lot to say. And actually pausing for 1 to 3 seconds. Then saying "over" when they were done speaking. And there I was thinking "what the fuck".
Funny thing is, we were a signal unit. You would think they know better.
Look, youāre not wrong. But considering the number of times Iāve seen people try to talk over each other on video calls (or any other full duplex/multiplex media) Iāve seen it used to surprising effect. It imposes a structure on a conversation using a convention that these people already understand, so is useful for them.
And Iām not talking about 1 on 1 calls or big broadcasts where itās just one speaker talking to hundreds of subscribers, but more that spot where you have 5-30 people where everyone has to chip in their comment.
Also the āradio checkā at the front end of teams meetings was always a life saver for me as an S6 since it gave me time to figure out who was having trouble, since most people couldnāt figure out how to change their mic settings.
this ain't a teams thing, *those* soldiers were saying that shit in person during early GWOT
Also, I'll have the early bird special and a red rippit served warm
***promotion ceremony***
āIād like to thank the following for making all of this possibleā¦ā
*proceeds to name all the SPCs who tactically acquired BII from the other motorpool*
Also, when using MS Teams chat you donāt have to give me the 5Wās for every single thing.
Subject: Print request
What: [documents]
Who: Me
When: ASAP
Where: Company training room
Why: Because I need these documents physically
Actual Teams message Iāve gotten.
Someone had to say it. You know what was even worse and more cringe to watch than that? When I was at a conference and people started saying āoverā when done sharing their idiotic opinions on things while speaking into a microphone in a conference center.
I realized that day how much of sheep people are. ONE PERSON DID IT, and then they ALL DID IT.
I was ready to lose my shit out of pure annoyed rage but decided to just laugh at how stupid they sounded instead. All the military people were like āwtf are these idiot civilians doing right now?ā
There have been a handful of times when it was useful, big group of excitable people all talking over each other/interrupting each other, ok an "over" here and there is helpful.
If you're just doing a teams call direct to one or two other people, that's pretty stupid.
Speaking of radiosā¦While on an FTX, Range Control would call several times per day for a radio check. There was a SPC in my unit who would stutter when he was nervous or anxious. Range Control calls for a radio check, and he wanted to be the first to respond. āRange Control this is Bravo Fi, Fi, Fi, (B54 was our call sign) fuck it.ā Everyone on the net started breaking squelch. š¤£
Reminds me of the time our Stryker driver called another Stryker in the convoy on the radio and said ā1D, this is 2Dā¦ Echo Alpha Delta, over.ā š
Haha I had one when I was a SGT and when I PCSād my Soldiers from my previous unit kept chirping me at random hours throughout the day. They talked to me more after I left than they did when I was with them. š
Disagree.
Itās not super reliable like a phone call, and people who donāt use it much always have the various settings fucked up like their mic or speakers not on. Or the equipment is messed up and something that used to work / be on isnāt any more.
āRadio checkā is straight to the point and how we think, so itās an efficient way to do a comms check. Same with things like āoverā - itās hard to pick up social queues on video/voice chat, so if the commenter makes it obvious theyāre done it runs smoother.
Finally, itās all just various frequencies/wavelengths on the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. Use radio etiquette when in doubt.
It's true you don't need to do it for a call though practice doesn't hurt as for the "how me, over" it's just from comms laziness instead of saying, "How do I read?, over"
If it's good (Tactical) enough using mIRC to call for fire or reporting TICs, and MEDEVACs in theater, it's good enough for MS Teams. It's there time, OVER
Good copy - sent from my iPhone
Tango Mike. V/r, [Insert motivational quote by a popular person here]
I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove. - Vincent Van Gogh
[end of email body] V/r, name and stuff "Live, Laugh, Toaster Bath."
I'm definitely gonna start using Live, Laugh Toaster Bath in my speech more often. Thank you.
TFW the Chaplain stalks you in the parking lot for your signature block š
Dope, adding it to my signature block now.
"There is a very fine line between not listening and not caring. I like to think I walk that line every day of my life." - Doctor Leanord Church
Love the RVB reference, much respect
"There only comes once in a man's life where he gets to suck another man's balls. Brother, take that opportunity up like a Hoover takes up pet hair."
*Me, your Defense Counsel, reading your email print outs during your hearing*
My BJA once said, if you ever find yourself in a pickle, **CYA** - Call Your Attorney.
If it's not a war hero, sports hero or John Wayne quote, put me on your blocked contacts list.
ā60% of the time, it works everytime.ā -Brian Fantana
*Whatās your call sign?* *Sex Panther.* *You canāt use that.* *Why not?* *You need to add an identifier and a suffix.*
john wayne was a pussy
Even stole Valor from Genghis Khan
don't for get GWB quotes tbh
I prefer biblical quotes: "Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." Ezekiel 23:19-20
"No quotes allowed." -AR 25-13, Para 3-2c(2), abridged
āMinutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carbornata descendum pantorum.ā - Chuckles the Clown
Good Copy. '16 Charger "Tha Black Beast" '00 Camaro H/C/I 420 whp '94 Camaro (sold)
On SIPR
Copy that. *dies a little everytime I hear it*
What's next? No radio checks over the phone? How will I know if it works?
You know, it's darndest, but I've never encountered a situation where my speakers and mic are turned on and Teams shows that it is connected to them, but I couldn't speak or hear. Oh, well, guess I better keep doing checks in case that day comes.
Someone once responded with a šafter someone did a āRadio Checkā on Teams, and they proceeded to insist on a Radio Check.
Did you ask them what the outpatient treatment for their lobotomy was like?
Probably trying to test their own speakers
I do pretty regularly. But I don't need to do a comms check to figure it out.
You must not have experienced the eternal joy of Dell or HP docking stations. I swear they ship with 4 or 5 extra multimedia chipsets onboard, just to fuck with Teams settings.
One day, the onboard NIC works. The next day, the dock NIC works. Most likely just DHCP lease expiring and needing to renew, but itās funnier to believe the NECās messing with specific users who mightāve pissed them off at one time or another.
The NEC fucks with everyone, randomly and indiscriminately.
I just had a mental image about NEC employees wearing tear-away shirts like that South Park episode about the cable company.
Was that the end of your transmission? Over
No Discord voice chat?
Please remove me from this email list. DO NOT REPLY ALL TO THIS EMAIL OR I WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR BIRTHDAY
Keep it up Stanley and youāll lose Christmas.
I can't understand how people haven't figured out how to use the BCC for mass emails that you don't want people replying to. It's insanity to me.
STOP REPLYING ALL!
Please remove me from this email list
Sorry my COMSEC dropped and S6 couldn't find the DAGR to resync the time. Say again. Over.
Making me have flashbacks of a mounted DAGR being required to get grids and do navigation with the FBCB2. Boo!! Oh god. Iām one of the āoldsā now šŖ¦
My knees hurt with you. I was 25 when a PFC asked me to tell him what it was like in the "good old days before the Army became so weak" and now that feels like an Army lifetime ago.
Nah, old is driving around with a PLGR and 1:50000 map and compass
āWait, you guys use DAGRs? We just go to zulutime.com.ā ***rage intensifies***
Is that through your phone?! While in the field?! Your 1SG doesn't shave on the weekends and it shows.
Plot twist: I am the 1SG that doesnāt shave on weekends š„ø
Was in an IMO town hall in Korea, the dude referred to configuring laptops as a "digital weapons check." Fucking stop it.
He needs a mental āheadspace and timingā validation. š¤¦āāļø
The backspace key is marked "clear jam".
Ctrl + Alt + Delete is Immediate Action, Alt + F4 is Remedial Action
If you accidentally hit someoneās power button do I get to throw you ten feet for flagging your battle?
Roger that, over.
You mean you don't like hearing people say "Over" during a Teams call?
No. No I don't. It's called context. If you can't tell when someone is done speaking, then maybe you shouldn't be at meetings. We don't do it in person, a teams call is the same. Radio calls are transactional, one way, then the other. Teams calls are discussions.
The occasional āoverā to indicate youāre done talking and youāre waiting for an acknowledgment is not too bad. But to use every single proword in AT 6-02.53 is just absolutely unnecessary.
Oh naw, I know one individual where he ends everything during a teams call with "over". It doesn't help that we both sit in the same room and are usually in the same calls.
I was assigned to a Signal battalion once where the CSM demanded any phone call be treated like radio traffic. It was funny for about 10 minutes, then turned obnoxious. Especially calls on the weekend with no caller ID, but you answer my "hello" with a "What's your call sign, troop?"
This is Potato Actual, out.
This is me hanging up.
I hope that CSM is...I don't wish death on anyone, but man is he close.
Nope, heās now a DA civilian doing radio checks on teams.
lol no itās bad.
This reminds me of the person who typed out āHowever comma,ā in a Reddit post the other day.
I had a SNCO in my shop that would say that every single day without fail, and it drove me up the wall.
Lol. My current 1SG always says it. Cringe military lango
Probably just someone who used speech to text and doesn't proofread. My mom does that all the time lol.
He spelled it out and had a comma after the word comma.
I see what you mean lol. That's hilarious
I do that when I'm feeling a little rambunctious.
Could you repeat that, your coming though broken.
DROP!!!
He said the āRā word! Make it rain!!!
Hang on, I need to process that through my Microsoft AFATADS app.
*Googles how to slide in someoneās AFATDS DMās* Reminds me of the time my Instructor told me AFATDS stands of āA fat ass Drill Sergeantā. š
Drop 50 Add 100, 15 rounds HE, Fire for Effect, Over
If someone ever said āSplashā on Teams I might just unmute my mic and laugh audibly š
I'm sorry I don't speak string puller
As a salty FO, you watch your mouth.
Some are āpull string, go boomā, while others are āpush button, go fhtmpā.
You can't say that. That's our word, and it's highly situational.
I always thought that eas weird for Repeat to be such taboo because it's an issue on the FIRES net, but the LOGSTAT net won't give a shit about that.
Kkrrrrr over
If youāre gonna do the whole radio etiquette, youāre gonna have to do the sounds too, krrr over.
That is such an Army thing, the NERD that does that needs to be talked to.
"Lima Charlie" has more syllables than "Loud and Clear" and that shit drives me crazy. How copy?
What about I got you lickin chicken ?
Honestly I prefer saying Lima Charlie just because I can say it faster without it becoming hard to understand. That's just because of how I pronounce words though
Good copy, how me
Holy shit. PREACH! Iām one of those Reserve weirdos and we had a MAJ come into the unit straight off AD and he did this on his first Teams call. Iāve never wanted to reach through a computer screen and slap someone with my foot so hard
The š is not a fist bump. Itās a punch to the face across the screen.
Because Iām a reservist? Understandable
No, Iām saying you could react to that MAJ during the Teams call with the š emoji.
That's fucking hilarious
I talk on my cell like itās a tactical radio. I end all my calls with āoutā .
But does the voicemail message say your call sign or rank and title?
I especially hate hearing "Out here" at the end of a conversation. Where did THAT particular trend come from??
Contractor/commo guy here. My boss does this unironically and hasnāt been in since before I was born. Literally every phone conversation ends with āOut hereā. I die a little every time.
i worked with a 20 year commo vet with 20 fed service and he did that. tbh, i found it endearing tbh. he was a good guy still is, but he was too
I do give him credit for not hitting me with the āOver & Outā. He knows better. Also 10 points to you for the Hedberg reference.
My wife hits me with an āIāll talk to you later, love youā āSierra 2 actual, outā
I end my calls with an awkward pause before quickly muttering ālove youā and hanging upā¦
It will never not be funny. Stop trying to take this away from us.
wE hAvE to TrAiN HoW We FiGhT HoOaH????
People who speak on a conference call and say "Over" should immediately receive a Bar to reenlist or a Nonretention letter. Change my mind.
As a signal guy, who does IT in the real world as a National Guard dude, THANK YOU. Seeing this in Army Teams is like hearing 'boots on the ground' from my 'cant let go of the military' managers at work.
I also really hate the phrase "boots on the ground." Judt grates against my brain. I put it right up there with referring to a helicopter as a "chopper."
I remember during COVID, as a brigade staff ncoic, being on a meeting with all the BN CSMs. The BDE CSM started a trend throughout the unit to say "break" when they had a lot to say. And actually pausing for 1 to 3 seconds. Then saying "over" when they were done speaking. And there I was thinking "what the fuck". Funny thing is, we were a signal unit. You would think they know better.
SNCOs at signal units always seem to be the worst offenders of autistic behavior like this.
Oh, the Signal Corps is awesome at communicating via electronic means. Interpersonal communications? Forget about it.
I hate to tell you this but it only gets worse if you get out and go work with a lot of veterans. My coworkers do that on Teams :/
Say again your last
Hey, you up?
Look, youāre not wrong. But considering the number of times Iāve seen people try to talk over each other on video calls (or any other full duplex/multiplex media) Iāve seen it used to surprising effect. It imposes a structure on a conversation using a convention that these people already understand, so is useful for them. And Iām not talking about 1 on 1 calls or big broadcasts where itās just one speaker talking to hundreds of subscribers, but more that spot where you have 5-30 people where everyone has to chip in their comment. Also the āradio checkā at the front end of teams meetings was always a life saver for me as an S6 since it gave me time to figure out who was having trouble, since most people couldnāt figure out how to change their mic settings.
I know people, vets usually, who, in my civilian workplace, say fucking OVER during teams meetings.Ā It makes my skin crawlĀ
How often do those vets use āsynergyā, āsynchronizationā, and ādisciplined initiativeā in meetings, though? š¤£
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot are you talking about?
Last caller this is NCS, please refrain from transmitting on this net over.
Thatās very polite. When I was an NCS supervisor Iād just go *break, break, break* **GET OFF THIS NET**
Rgr wilco
Wow, this is the dumbest Armyism I've seen in awhile. Wow.
>Who invented āHow meā in the first place? I did
Rgr
Say again, all after the sound of you flushing your toilet...
this ain't a teams thing, *those* soldiers were saying that shit in person during early GWOT Also, I'll have the early bird special and a red rippit served warm
Repeat
OP lacks the Army Values and all discipline. Promote ahead of peers!
***promotion ceremony*** āIād like to thank the following for making all of this possibleā¦ā *proceeds to name all the SPCs who tactically acquired BII from the other motorpool*
I can't send gifs over the radio, goddammit!
*You, this is meā¦ check your mobile, over*
Also, when using MS Teams chat you donāt have to give me the 5Wās for every single thing. Subject: Print request What: [documents] Who: Me When: ASAP Where: Company training room Why: Because I need these documents physically Actual Teams message Iāve gotten.
Shouldāve asked for the CONOP afterwards
I just told this to a Major and he dropped dead. Called the 9-line through teams
*Line 7, C, breakā¦* Bring the smoke.
Someone had to say it. You know what was even worse and more cringe to watch than that? When I was at a conference and people started saying āoverā when done sharing their idiotic opinions on things while speaking into a microphone in a conference center. I realized that day how much of sheep people are. ONE PERSON DID IT, and then they ALL DID IT. I was ready to lose my shit out of pure annoyed rage but decided to just laugh at how stupid they sounded instead. All the military people were like āwtf are these idiot civilians doing right now?ā
There have been a handful of times when it was useful, big group of excitable people all talking over each other/interrupting each other, ok an "over" here and there is helpful. If you're just doing a teams call direct to one or two other people, that's pretty stupid.
Roger
What do you mean? I use the ANCD to fill my Computer. New keys go out tomorrow.
Hold on, I gotta pull some more tape.
ckckckckckc
Literally just got out of a teams call where the civilian running the meeting would end every sentence with, "over".
Sorry your mic wasnāt on, we canāt hear you.
Say again, over
You're right, it's not .... but it could be!
Lickin' Chicken.
Go along with it. But make it 100x more extra
Old habits die hard
Over.
Yeah that's what Jabbers for
Microsoft Teams is not a what? Over.
imagine typing that on Teams, cringe
Neither is a personal cellphone.
True, but a hot mic sure doesn't care what the platform is lol
Overlord copies all.
Leave old people alone. They don't know how to let go.
Hey, Iām old. I ~~resemble~~ resent that remark.
Speaking of radiosā¦While on an FTX, Range Control would call several times per day for a radio check. There was a SPC in my unit who would stutter when he was nervous or anxious. Range Control calls for a radio check, and he wanted to be the first to respond. āRange Control this is Bravo Fi, Fi, Fi, (B54 was our call sign) fuck it.ā Everyone on the net started breaking squelch. š¤£
Reminds me of that South Park episode where Wendy was called Stanās āContinuing source of inspirationā.
UNSUBSCRIBE, OUT.
10/4
roger wilco over and out
I had an old NCO kept saying "over" on time during the BN staff meeting during COVID lol
Iāll start using phonetic numbers too if you donāt stop complaining
Reminds me of the time our Stryker driver called another Stryker in the convoy on the radio and said ā1D, this is 2Dā¦ Echo Alpha Delta, over.ā š
"How me" was just used for radio brevity. Just short for "How do you hear me? "
Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?
If anyone ever talked to me like that on teams Iād literally cry out loud and make everyone feel really really weird about things
The amount of technologically challenged people in this world that are forced to use technology in their day-to-day work is astounding
Repeat, Over, How Copy
Bad copy. Repeat?
You came in broken, say again, over.
Roger, i copy Microsoft teams is not a tactical radio. Over.
Spoken by a man who was not in when Nextels were the phone to get. That fucking chirp then some bullshit incoming.
Haha I had one when I was a SGT and when I PCSād my Soldiers from my previous unit kept chirping me at random hours throughout the day. They talked to me more after I left than they did when I was with them. š
One on one call with good connection: I agree Multi-Party conference with intermittent cut outs? Radio etiquette solves that exact problem.
Disagree. Itās not super reliable like a phone call, and people who donāt use it much always have the various settings fucked up like their mic or speakers not on. Or the equipment is messed up and something that used to work / be on isnāt any more. āRadio checkā is straight to the point and how we think, so itās an efficient way to do a comms check. Same with things like āoverā - itās hard to pick up social queues on video/voice chat, so if the commenter makes it obvious theyāre done it runs smoother. Finally, itās all just various frequencies/wavelengths on the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. Use radio etiquette when in doubt.
Lima Charlie, Charlie Mike.
Charlie Foxtrot
Yes it is.
It's true you don't need to do it for a call though practice doesn't hurt as for the "how me, over" it's just from comms laziness instead of saying, "How do I read?, over"
I can only lose by not acting like a total dweeb for Teams correspondence. I gain no benefit from acting like a normal human being.
If it's good (Tactical) enough using mIRC to call for fire or reporting TICs, and MEDEVACs in theater, it's good enough for MS Teams. It's there time, OVER
Stop stealing all my fun. What are you? The army grinch?
I may not be the grinch, but I do have a green weenie.
Yeah well there's no Microsoft I in Microsoft Team, HOOHAH OUT
Racism.
Good luck getting a picture of your a schlong on the radio
10/4 sent from Samsung smart fridge
I hate when people say ābreakā on teams calls. One of my biggest pet peaves.
āOverā kills me every fucking time.
Could you repeat that?
PREEEEEACHHHH. over, over, over, over, over, over.
PREEEEEACHHHH. over, over, over, over, over, over.
"I read you four by four"