"Stupid Sh*t that 2nd LT's say"

2015-09-08T13:12:28-04:00

Published by "Grunt Style"

We all know what it's like to get a new LT...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoUkh1wpxxg

Stupid shit that 2nd LT's say

We all know what it's like to get a new LT... http://gruntstyle.com/

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Sep 8 at 2015 1:13 PM

2015-09-08T13:13:08-04:00

Too funny

Response by Capt Mark Strobl made Sep 8 at 2015 1:28 PM

2015-09-08T13:28:47-04:00

Ah Lt's... Training is continuous.

Response by SSG Warren Swan made Sep 8 at 2015 1:37 PM

2015-09-08T13:37:11-04:00

"Trust me men...I know where we are".....two oxymoron's together.
"1SG when the CDR is away, I'm in Charge"
"CSM you need to be at attention talking to me"

Response by SGT Michael Glenn made Sep 8 at 2015 1:37 PM

2015-09-08T13:37:47-04:00

What do you mean Tanks dont have soft spots???? You mean to tell me there is no such thing as a can of squelch!!!! Why that little..... !!!! SGT GLENN !!!!!!!!!!

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Sep 8 at 2015 2:22 PM

2015-09-08T14:22:36-04:00

I'm going to shake the tree, SGT! Tell me if you see it moving on the map.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Sep 8 at 2015 2:28 PM

2015-09-08T14:28:58-04:00

"I envision..." - have to be O-5 or above to envision
"Based on my experience..." - Bwa, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!
"SGT, THIS, is how we're going to do things from now on..."
"NCO business my ass..."
"'Front Towards Enemy', I don't get it??"
"Box of grid squares... next to the can of squelch and the chem light batteries... hmm..."

Response by SGT Christopher Churilla made Sep 8 at 2015 2:39 PM

2015-09-08T14:39:59-04:00

So there I was, no shit, at combatives training with a battle buddy when a 2LT comes up on us and began talking with us. When I told him my MOS, his eyes got all wide and he said, "Wow, you're like a paladin!"

Keeping a straight face was the biggest challenge to maintain my bearing in the entirety of my career.

Response by SGT Patrick Reno made Sep 8 at 2015 6:08 PM

2015-09-08T18:08:37-04:00

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.

Response by MCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 8 at 2015 6:46 PM

2015-09-08T18:46:27-04:00

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...

Response by SSG Michael Hartsfield made Sep 8 at 2015 8:43 PM

2015-09-08T20:43:53-04:00

Priceless!!!

Response by SrA Matthew Knight made Sep 8 at 2015 9:07 PM

2015-09-08T21:07:28-04:00

LT Dick is awesome, wish he'd be in more videos.

I think the best part is the fact that even here in the AF I have known Lts like that. Sure you do occasionally get some that actually know their place and try to learn but I think almost every unit, at least moderate sized or larger has an LT like Dick there.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 9 at 2015 8:46 AM

2015-09-09T08:46:51-04:00

About six months after I put on O-2, I was coming off watch one night to find a newly minted (unfortunately male) Marine Corps 2LT in my stateroom. He shot up to attention and nearly fell over shouting, "Good evening Sir!". I turned around half expecting the CNO to be behind me. Took me about five minutes to get him to go to parade rest, another five to figure out the XO had stuck him in with me while the Advance Team was aboard (having discovered my little secret of having greased the SUPPO to put me in an O-4 stateroom)...and yet another five minutes to explain that around "here", the only difference between he and I was that I could find the Wardroom ;)

Response by CW3 Eric W. S. made Sep 9 at 2015 9:25 AM

2015-09-09T09:25:54-04:00

I had a 2LT tell me (when I was a Squad Leader) "I was a squad leader in West Point, so I know everything that an NCO should do". To this day, I still get pissed and I still laugh.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 9 at 2015 9:31 AM

2015-09-09T09:31:30-04:00

How about.. "Let me show you something Sergeant!". Hahahahaha

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made Sep 9 at 2015 10:38 AM

2015-09-09T10:38:58-04:00

Is that a 2LT with a compass?

Response by PO1 John Miller made Sep 10 at 2015 6:14 AM

2015-09-10T06:14:34-04:00

"Sergeant, don't confuse your experience with my rank!"

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Sep 10 at 2015 1:34 PM

2015-09-10T13:34:12-04:00

Calling artillery on his own platoon.

Response by SSgt Khanh Pham made Sep 10 at 2015 4:24 PM

2015-09-10T16:24:23-04:00

A little demeaning, but guess itr will be fine for public internet forum. It's a slippery mental slope when we start condescending on a group.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Sep 12 at 2015 12:27 PM

2015-09-12T12:27:48-04:00

A soldiers wife called the Platoon Leaders wife asking for a ride to the hospital due to labor. She said she was not a taxi service and hung up. That sealed his deal for a couple years.

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Sep 13 at 2015 4:03 PM

2015-09-13T16:03:22-04:00

too funny!

Response by 1st Lt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 14 at 2015 12:08 AM

2015-09-14T00:08:55-04:00

" this is a perfect mentorship oportunity" from my enlisted days.

Response by 1st Lt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 14 at 2015 3:16 PM

2015-09-14T15:16:09-04:00

I had a Chief in the Air Force chew me up one side and down the other because I uttered the words “based on my experience”. Lt’s don’t have any real experience admittedly; however I am prior enlisted and am now a nurse with a commission. After he got done and left the clinic he might have gotten scheduled for a prostate exam every couple of months for the next year. Just saying crap may roll downhill but I see it float to the top a lot.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 15 at 2015 7:42 PM

2015-09-15T19:42:16-04:00

"Hey Lt, can we can we get some ice cream?" "I don't know can you?" What college does for so many people!

Response by CPT Steve Curley made Sep 17 at 2015 2:07 PM

2015-09-17T14:07:05-04:00

As an O-1 (maybe a JR O-2) fresh out of flight school I tried to explain to a CW-3 with 3 tours as a chopper pilot in Vietnam that since I outranked him I would be logging my flight hours with him as the Aircraft Commander. 46 years later he still busts my chops about it. By the way he saved my life twice due to his flying skills. I think I still am picking pieces of jungle boot out of my butt.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 27 at 2018 5:31 PM

2018-07-27T17:31:55-04:00

Im an army pvt2 and I’m thinking of commissioning through the ROTC program as a future 2nd LT what do you expect from me once I receive my commission?

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jan 16 at 2019 6:27 PM

2019-01-16T18:27:57-05:00

2LTs using his location for call for fire missions.