Posted on Apr 24, 2015
11 things First Sergeants say that make troops lose their minds. What have you heard?
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I found this humorous but a lot of truth in it as well. The list does not stop at 11, what is some of the funniest things you've heard?
http://www.businessinsider.com/11-things-first-sergeants-say-that-make-troops-lose-their-minds-2015-4?IR=T
http://www.businessinsider.com/11-things-first-sergeants-say-that-make-troops-lose-their-minds-2015-4?IR=T
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"Hey there, high speed! You need to go unf**k yourself!" never said to me, but the Marines seemed pretty fond of those two!
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COB formation TOP would walk out and look at the formation as if we were crazy. then say 1630 ain't no God Damn magic number. Get back to work!
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"That's not what the supernut is for!"
- No one is really sure what the supernumerary on the Duty list is for, but apparently the 1stSgt has a master list of what he isn't for.
- No one is really sure what the supernumerary on the Duty list is for, but apparently the 1stSgt has a master list of what he isn't for.
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I could say a few things but I don't want to start a war between the O's and the E's.
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1LT William Clardy
So when are you going to post "Should a First Sergeant return a 2LT's salute when the 2LT arrives at his unit?", CPT (Join to see)?
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CPT (Join to see)
I would but I don't want to be seen at a troll. But that would be a "Fire for effect" type of fight. 1LT William Clardy
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1LT William Clardy
Somebody accusing the (in)famous CPT (Join to see) of trolling? That would be like accusing me of stirring the pot!
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Here's another one you can add to the list. The one prominent thing I remember to this day that came from my very first First Sergeant's mouth was, "Horse collar, you eye balling me?" That was in Fort Ord, CA November 1975. For the remainder of my tour from Private to Specialist my name was "Horse Collar!"
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1)"Hooah!“ *silence *"I SAID HOOAH!!"
2) "Y'all better be here 15 minutes 'til 15 minutes prior."
3) "Hey...somebody get on the horn with..."
4) "Platoon Sergeants, where's all your bodies?"
2) "Y'all better be here 15 minutes 'til 15 minutes prior."
3) "Hey...somebody get on the horn with..."
4) "Platoon Sergeants, where's all your bodies?"
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NCO's and junior enlisted shouldn't be hanging out together because of fraternization (which is actually between enlisted and officers)!
Junior enlisted member gets DUI and NCO's get chewed out and told they should have been there to make sure that it didn't happen.
So confusing???
I mean, do I fraternize and risk a butt chewing but keep my juniors out of trouble, or not fraternize and get a butt chewing anyway because my junior enlisted got into trouble because I wasn't there? Which one First Sgt?
Junior enlisted member gets DUI and NCO's get chewed out and told they should have been there to make sure that it didn't happen.
So confusing???
I mean, do I fraternize and risk a butt chewing but keep my juniors out of trouble, or not fraternize and get a butt chewing anyway because my junior enlisted got into trouble because I wasn't there? Which one First Sgt?
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CW3 Michael Bodnar
Sgt Adam Jennings Hardcharger....when I was promoted to Cpl back in the early 90's, my SSgt told me that I no longer had "friends" below my rank. He took me to the chowhall and I sat with the NCO's which was segregated from the rest of the chowhall. He explained to me that there will come a time when I have to issue an order to one of my "friends" that could lead to their deaths. I was also living in a squad bay for a short period of time and that made things so much easier to manage my Marines. Right after I picked up Cpl, we moved into the barracks and I all of the sudden lost touch with my fire team. I totally agree with keeping the ranks separate but I do think an NCO getting yelled at because one of their subordinates was out drinking is BS. There needs to be some individual accountability.
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We used to have a 1SG that would say just before a detail begins...If it grows cut it, if it doesn't move paint it, if it does move, salute it, pick it up, or park it somewhere else. 1. 2. 3. and Go.
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SFC Charles S.
Oh, Same 1SG... His change to our unit included the Unit MOTTO... "Feel the Pain". We would end a formation with a Loud Exclamation of "FEEL THE PAIN!!!"
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Wasn't me "correcting" the 1SG, but it was one of the few conversations that has had a lasting impact on me. Was able to learn about the "lozenge" and "trucks." Admittedly, I didn't exactly understand it when I heard it at first.
1SG: Do you see these diamonds on my collars?!
SPC: That's a lozenge first sergeant...
1SG: Bullshit! It's only a god damned lozenge when some knucklehead says there are hundreds of trucks on post!
1SG: Do you see these diamonds on my collars?!
SPC: That's a lozenge first sergeant...
1SG: Bullshit! It's only a god damned lozenge when some knucklehead says there are hundreds of trucks on post!
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SFC Charles S.
SGT (Join to see) WOW... that takes me back a ways... when I was first in back in 1982 our old vietnam 1SG used to say that about trucks and the lozenge.
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