Posted on Sep 8, 2015
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We all know what it's like to get a new LT...

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SGT Patrick Reno
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2nd LT's and maps. Had one tell me "This has to be a short cut, all the contour lines are right next to each other" Straight out of West Point and just graduated Ranger School.
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SSG John Bacon
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Yeah it's a short cut alright... Fast one too.
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
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They can't read a map or use a compass for shit! But they sure as hell know how to give out orders that usually turn into a cluster f-ck!lol
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LCpl Norberto G Bernabe Jr
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Sounds like a certain 2nd Lt from LSB. Mr. Land Nav himself got our platoon lost for 4 hours in Camp Lejeune.
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MCPO Couch Potato
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A thousand years ago at Fort Polk, I had to drive for our new XO - somehow a cherry butter-bar got the slot ahead of experienced 2LT's that were Platoon Leaders. We were in the field and were driving on roads that went either North-South or East-West. It's 0600 and we are driving - the sun is BLASTING us in the eyes.

He _DEMANDED_ that I get out of the HMMWV and shoot an azimuth to determine our direction of travel. "Uhhh, Sir? It's six in the morning and we are driving into the sun - we're heading due East - 090 degrees." "DAMMIT SERGEANT, GET OUT THERE AND USE YOUR COMPASS!"

Boy was he upset when I told him we were heading at 090...

By the way - this was an Infantry company, and he had a BA in Music Performance. He managed to get to the unit without benefit of Airborne, Air Assault, OR Ranger schools...
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It was 1982... it FEELS like a thousand years ago.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
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I'm going to shake the tree, SGT! Tell me if you see it moving on the map.
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SGT Christopher Churilla
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Sir, I'm wondering if you don't know my Uncle...

He told this story. They got the LT out of the truck and convinced him to shake a tree to see if they could find their location on the map. This was Desert Storm era.
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