Working Out Is Not Pointless (If your in the military) (775 hits)
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Submitted by RydinJ Deployed To Iraq (View user info) at 2005-10-07 22:27:55 EDT
Well I read the post regarding ones idea on how working out is pointless, and I disagree.
I am in the Army, and deployed to Iraq. And I shall give you one scenario how being fit will make your life easier in the military.
We have a special team that gets picked and its basically some high speed NCO's and then some shitbag soldiers and or lowest ranking. Now I THE newest soldier in my Company, along with one other soldier. We both arrived at our unit less than a month before getting deployed to Iraq, me and him are now PFC's and we only outrank one other soldier and thats because he fucked up and just now got his PFC again.
He is in a position that would not enable him to be on this "Team"
Now what this team will be doing seriously sucks, the only advantage is they leave "Iraq" a week earlier than everyone else. They have to take EVERY Hmmmv in out unit, and drive it from nothern kuwait to a port and load them onto the ships to send the equipment back to Germany, which is where we are stationed.
Now to me thats not horrible, kuwait is not only a force protection required country, no IED's and all that shit like up north here in Iraq. BUT the kicker is these teams are responsible for Washing EVERY Hmmmv and getting it past customs before it can leave country. Now sure washing your car isnt that bad, sometimes enjoyable. BUT when u have say.. 80 people for the WHOLE unit, and close to 1000 different trucks and then theres generators, trailer, ect...
So that right there sucks, but it isnt a simple powerwash and drive deal, they have to pass the most horrible Customs guidelines ever, like if they find one tiny SPEC of dust say inside the engine compartment out of access, the whole truck goes again, and they get 24 hours at a time to get one truck. This sounds CRAZY but you have no idea.. they are that big of dicks and dont let shit pass by.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO onto why working out can help u dearly.
The list was sent to all teams and whatnot and I of all people was on it... Of course.. becuase i was newest and only second highest ranking in my company. I wasnt happy, because if I was on the team I wouldnt be back to Germany for christmas and new years. Which blows, because its the wildest time of your life over there. SOOO I talked to my NCO which I say is one of the best NCO's I know, he actually cares about his soldiers well being instead of his NCOER, which means hes not afraid to lose his rank to protect us or get us the best treatment possible from higher ups.
My team has been the Arms Room for our Unit for soldiers going on R&R and 4 day passes. We would have over a hundred or more weapons that we were responsible for at anytime. On top of that we also were the Equipment turn in reps for our Unit, we turned in EVERYTHING to get fixed and or calibrated. And we were a taxi service for the unit's soliders going on R&R and 4 day pass.
So we have had alot of things to handle besides our Signal Mission. And there are only 4 of us on the team, pulling 20 hour days usually.
And when I joined the army, I was a fatbody lazy unfit sack of shit, I won't lie, its true. And I had a very low PT score, passing but low.
Our unit are PT nazi's when it comes to scoring and I was like 50 points away from there lovely PT wants and needs, so somehow I was a dirtbag just for that? Anyway.. Over the course of the deployment I work out twice a day, morning is Cardio, evening is weight training and upperbody. On top of that we avoided a PT test until last month so I had MONTHS to get into better shape and all the BS. Plus it does make me feel better. So PT test came and I did a personal record, and beat over 3/4 of my Company's score. All of a sudden I am a shining soldier, WOOPY... anyway, I did great and all was good.
Than I saw my name on that list, and like I said was pissed. So my NCO calls our Section Sarge and bitches and bitches blahzyblah.. along the lines of this..... Why doesnt my team get 4 day passes, why they get dicked with this shitty kuwait detail, why should he get fucked when we worked so hard to make you happy with a great PT score.. blah blah blah.
Today they released the final list, no changes after this. Who was missing??? MEEEEE It was a great day.. great day indeed. They took my bitching and my NCO's and decided to add soldier who fucked up and got AR 15's and became overweight during the deployment. Now I get to go back to Germany and see my family and and my Girl that much soon, and plus I get another Christmas/New Years in the land of Booze.. GERMANY
Mission Accomplished... Lowest Ranking, Newest Soldier in the whole UNIT, gets off a whole deployment without a single detail, no tower guard, no nothing. Ahhhh the life of being smarter than higher ranking people...
That being said, if your in the military.... working out can change make your life Cake, or make your life hell. No matter what rank you are.
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That being said, my victory stance!
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-10-10 18:02:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Draqus (user info) at 2005-10-08 10:23:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I refuse to read this, after that damned title.
SORT YOUR FUCKING GRAMMAR OUT, SOLDIER!
Or is that the reason you joined the army, you thick shit?
Submitted by a_reader (user info) at 2005-10-08 07:35:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
I hate to do it, man, but I've got to - you because of the title. "If YOUR in the military?"
I think we found out the reason that YOU are.
Submitted by GodLovesALittleLovin (user info) at 2005-10-08 03:54:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
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Submitted by Avals (user info) at 2005-10-08 03:49:01 EDT (#)
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Shit man, I could've done this post in two sentences. Look here:
Why working out is not pointless (if you're in the Army):
- Helps you NOT get your head blown off by a sand nigger.
Submitted by RydinJ (user info) at 2005-10-08 03:37:31 EDT (#)
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ya we actually just fucking had to throw away 5 brand new camo sets and the poles and everything, we use those new solar shade's over here now.. fuckin the army bought all sorts of new shit and now we toss it.. BUT whats worse is our unit is getting shut down after we leave and there still ordering shit we dont need, fucking army
Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2005-10-08 03:13:59 EDT (#)
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I hope you get your head shot off, it would be such poetic justice
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2005-10-08 01:50:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
the so's were killing me... I kept picturing a sorority girl blabbering this story at the speed of light, only catching her breath at those points.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2005-10-07 23:50:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
And this dude is right about the equipment being spotless... The army will waste tons of taxpayer money digging a nice hole to put all the camo netting/poles, tents, and cots into before leaving as well.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2005-10-07 23:49:01 EDT (#)
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Except you take the screw ups and put them in charge of something that needs to be done good? That's a nice combo that is sure to go over well.
My experience in the military shows the more high speed you are, the more work that is dumped on you. Of course, I was in a shitty unit. It is nice to see people who are screwed up get stuck doing the shitty jobs... It happened, but not enough.
Being in the army was shitty. They (people around soldiers) treat you like shit.
After I got out, I remember going back to visit a friend in Clarksville when my hair was long... I went on base and HOLY SHIT. I was treated WAY BETTER. So much better that I noticed it wherever I went. It is quite sad, though. I never thought I was being treated differently, so it was suprising to me because I never really noticed it was that bad. Other people have told me Clarksville was full of assholes and it was always like that... I guess I just ignored them.
Fucking rednecks.
Submitted by RydinJ (user info) at 2005-10-07 23:03:09 EDT (#)
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ya but we come out of system... the trucks get line hauled to Kuwait, and the inspectors watch as it all gets done, and once u start u cant stop until all trucks are done, i mean if EVERYONE went it wouldnt be as bad, but I heard at the end of OIF I, it took them 72 hours per truck before they were accepted.. its insane, and i am glad i dont gotta do it
Submitted by Dante_Alighieri (user info) at 2005-10-07 23:01:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This is getting kinda old, but still: +2 for you.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-10-07 22:54:31 EDT (#)
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I dropped 20 in basic on the fat boy program.
We used to use OD and Black spray paint as our final once over after coming back from the field...we were smart too.
Submitted by RydinJ (user info) at 2005-10-07 22:47:40 EDT (#)
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ya and its that serious, the air force is in charge of customs at this time, and u seriously cannot have dust, like u basically make the Hmmmv brand fucking new before it can leave this place, then they seal it in an airtight crate for every one. and u cant open until back in ur motorpool, then it gets reinspected and if they find something then, ur unit gets fined.. fuckin fags..
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2005-10-07 22:44:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Don't rush home. Jody has got your girl.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2005-10-07 22:37:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
They make you wash that shit now?!
Damn, when I was in SE Asia, they were happy if they got anything Back!