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Be it just a task or an actual trained position. What just sucks?
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Edited 8 y ago
Posted 8 y ago
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MAJ (Join to see) from my experience being a casualty assistance officer and having to notify next of kin of the death of a serviceman and helping the spouse work through the processes after death was the most personally challenging.
I learned to enjoy KP since I got to eat more when I was an enlisted man :-)
Police call was challenging but it performed a useful function - much of the time - except for painting rocks :-)
I concur with you MSG Dan Walther
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I learned to enjoy KP since I got to eat more when I was an enlisted man :-)
Police call was challenging but it performed a useful function - much of the time - except for painting rocks :-)
I concur with you MSG Dan Walther
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Wayne Brandon LTC Bill Koski Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SP5 Robert Ruck SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Charles H. Hawes [ Maj Marty Hogan CPL Craig Cheltenham
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Sir,if you had asked me that back in 1965 it would be hands down,KP in Basic or if you really wanted
To get down and dirty,KP in the consolidated mess,reception center Ft.Dix N.J. suck is just too mild an expression for this “worst job”,getting ready for an IG inspection is a cake walk in comparison!
To get down and dirty,KP in the consolidated mess,reception center Ft.Dix N.J. suck is just too mild an expression for this “worst job”,getting ready for an IG inspection is a cake walk in comparison!
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SGT Philip Roncari, I remember that the guys who were assigned as Dining Room Orderly (DRO) had it made as all they did was serve officers. If you got "Pots and Pans", you were dead by the end of the detail!
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SGT Philip Roncari
LTC Stephen Curlee -Sir, I never made DRO or supernumerary on guard mount my luck was usually grease pit,pots and pans,and on guard duty which ever post was the furthest out in the hinterlands,with my luck when we were pulled out of the boonies in Vietnam during a mini Christmas truce,you guessed it KP ,and on my birthday,luckily I wasn’t armed!
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I loved being a transporter and I especially loved air transportation. However, fleet service is not fun stuff especially when the latrines have overflowed or the fleet service truck hose isn't connecting properly or...you get the picture.
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Sgt Joy Bedford Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SPC Mark Brown SP5 Mark Kuzinski MSgt John McGowan MSG Dan Walther A1C Doug Towsley SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt Alan Saunders TSgt (Join to see) A1C David Sewell Lt Col Dr. Tom Heemstra LtCol (Ret.) SPC Margaret Higgins CW5 Jack Cardwell Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D.
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It's all a matter of personal perspective, Sir. I love being a 15T, but someone else might hate it. I wouldn't want to be a cook or 25 series, but there are people out there that love it.
As far as tasks.... digging a fighting position with an e-tool sucks. So does cutting the grass with scissors and painting rocks.
As far as tasks.... digging a fighting position with an e-tool sucks. So does cutting the grass with scissors and painting rocks.
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Looney Tunes : "Falling Hare" ( Featuring Bugs Bunny)
Still uploading old cartoons .
https://youtu.be/DQU4UrWzQAs
I found it, trust me, if you've never seen it, you'll immediately see why I sent it in, promise, you'll get a kick out of it, honest, a classic....
I found it, trust me, if you've never seen it, you'll immediately see why I sent it in, promise, you'll get a kick out of it, honest, a classic....
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Anything the involves being a "shit-burner." Many of us have actually been treated to such an assignment. Whew!
In my experience I have to say being a wheeled vehicle mechanic in Korea during the winter. I don't care how much shelter was provided, it was not enough. (Shelter in the motorpool in Korea was slightly less than a joke.)
In my experience I have to say being a wheeled vehicle mechanic in Korea during the winter. I don't care how much shelter was provided, it was not enough. (Shelter in the motorpool in Korea was slightly less than a joke.)
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Worst "job" I ever had in the Marine Corps.......well, there has been so many. As a PFC I once had to dig a fighting hole with a spoon, uh...policing cigarette butts with a pair of tweezers, lets see I had to sweep up dirt off of grass once that was fun. I had to vacuum the parking lot one day because the entire company "failed" field day.
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Cpl Tom Surdi It sounds like you "volunteered" for a lot of corrective training in your day. Digging a fighting position with a spoon is creative and really thinking outside the box. I bet it sucked...a lot, but kudos to your NCO for coming up with such creative way of completing a basic task.
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