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Many of us have one thing that really gets to us. I have to say that probably my biggest pet peeve (as it pertains to the military) are ill fitted ACU tops. I constantly find myself explaining to people how their uniform should fit.
What is your pet peeve?
What is your pet peeve?
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The Suck Ups. The ones that can't say HOOAH enough. Screaming HOOAH in formation after the guy in charge of the formation has said 3 words (ex: "Ok, so for tomorrow," "HOORAH, TOMORROW, HOOAH") Then the guy in charge of the formation tells him to shut up and the Suck Up thinks it's funny.
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The overweight program and the time and resources we give obese Soldiers to get back within regs.
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1SG (Join to see)
not sure I can agree completely with that Sir. We are held to a standard from day one in the military, becoming obese should never happen. With that said, sometimes medical conditions cause problems (thyroid for example) but there is guidance in the regs on how to deal with that to give the Soldier ample time.
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CPT (Join to see)
Obesity should never happen, I agree, but how often do you see overweight Soldiers in your daily battle rhythm?
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1SG (Join to see)
Understood Sir, but why have a problem with the part of regulation that gives the time to get back in tolerance, when the guidance is there to begin with to not be overweight?
OR are you saying we give Soldiers too much time?? Maybe I misunderstood the initial content of your pet peeve.
OR are you saying we give Soldiers too much time?? Maybe I misunderstood the initial content of your pet peeve.
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1SG (Join to see) I think the 12 months the Army gives for Soldiers to get back within regs after an injury is a lengthy amount of time
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My biggest gripe about the Army is the failure to establish a REALISTIC weight measurement. I served with a man who in his civilian life was a mill-wright, his biceps were larger than my thighs. There was not an ounce of fat on this individual, but he was always classified as "overweight" and though never classified as "obese" he was always subject to additional "screenings. He always passed his AFPT with high scores. But the class "overweight" haunted him as long as I knew him.
Secondly there was never a time in my experience with the military, that anyone came out with a comprehensive physical training program. I saw many PT programs come and go yet most did not prepare the solder for the activities in the field much less combat. Most were undergoing change for the sake of change.
Secondly there was never a time in my experience with the military, that anyone came out with a comprehensive physical training program. I saw many PT programs come and go yet most did not prepare the solder for the activities in the field much less combat. Most were undergoing change for the sake of change.
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NCOER's. I feel like unless you're bending over backwards, doing flips, and yelling "look at me!!!! look at me!!!", you don't really get the attention of your supervisors. No one notices the guy who comes to work everyday on time and gets his stuff done in a timely manner. You can be very proficient at your job and for the Army, that's not enough. That's the standard. If you're not doing 10 extra things that your peers are not doing, then you are just standard.
Then everyone else does 10 extra things just to try and keep up. Now there's the new standard. Now you have to do 20 extra things to make yourself stand out.
Which is great for the Army because standards are being raised but in a small field, its very difficult to get ahead. In my unit, there are 35 NCO's and 3 SPC. My last unit, only half were NCO's. It's just so happens that it's very lopsided here and NCO's are fighting for positions of leadership. You can't rate everyone among the best.
The Bad: How do you stand out when everyone is an A+ student in the class?
The Good: It's nice to work with competent people.
Then everyone else does 10 extra things just to try and keep up. Now there's the new standard. Now you have to do 20 extra things to make yourself stand out.
Which is great for the Army because standards are being raised but in a small field, its very difficult to get ahead. In my unit, there are 35 NCO's and 3 SPC. My last unit, only half were NCO's. It's just so happens that it's very lopsided here and NCO's are fighting for positions of leadership. You can't rate everyone among the best.
The Bad: How do you stand out when everyone is an A+ student in the class?
The Good: It's nice to work with competent people.
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Useless Camo, risk aversion, careerism. A rising PC tide from my generation of officers. We can block time for mandatory training but I have to pull teeth to get space for guys to practice shoot move communicate.
Oh and gutting the rest of the military for F22 and F35s.
Oh and gutting the rest of the military for F22 and F35s.
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My biggest peeve is the waste of resources changing perfectly usable uniform items so some General can leave a legacy. I have seen the replacement of the "Block Hat" for the baseball cap, because Fidel Castro was using the block hat, so it became the Fidel Castro hat. The fatigues were standardized and then replaced with standardized woodland Camo. Then all the services got into a pissing match and developed their own camo uniforms. My biggest uniform peeve was the general who stole the ranger beret and made it the class A and Class D uniform cap for the the entire U.S. Army!
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For me it is the lack of useful information that is presented at the TAP classes. Don't get me wrong there are some good things that is put out but there are so much more that can be taught. Some steps that can be taken to fix this are:
1 - there needs to be two parts to the TAP process, 1 military given at the unit to explain in-depth what your benefits are and 2 one where you are going to reside
2 - have personnel go through TAP where they plane to get out
3 - get information that pertains to the general local
4 - make this process one that you should be attending through out your career
Just my thoughts
1 - there needs to be two parts to the TAP process, 1 military given at the unit to explain in-depth what your benefits are and 2 one where you are going to reside
2 - have personnel go through TAP where they plane to get out
3 - get information that pertains to the general local
4 - make this process one that you should be attending through out your career
Just my thoughts
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CWO2 Shelby DuBois
Back in the days of yore... My TAP speaker dealing with the 'career after the military' part, gave us a Sunday paper, a highlighter and a deck of 3x5 cards. Told us to keep resumes to one page because,'nobody reads them anyway'...and preferred you just go to the business and apply in person. We've come a long way. Today's ACAP and TAP are pretty damn good (I know.. there are some that are lagging but all in all there is a discernible effort going on.)
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CWO2 Shelby DuBois
Well, as an old Jarhead Colonel once said.. "Anything following "with all due respect.." usually isn't "... Yes.. retired many moons ago. Had to turn in my horse and saddle when I checked out.. but the truth is that I've been working in staffing and hiring and with military bases ever since. And if you look, you'll see TGPS is not as common as TAP.. Here... read and watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5nxFN_rWio
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CWO2 Shelby DuBois
We have to understand, too, that it is not the military's responsibility to prepare you for civilian life. What other occupation cares about what you do after your contractual obligations are met? It is ultimately the service members duty to themselves and their family to do the best they can to prepare for the future. The mere fact that the services are now making transition classes mandatory is a step in the right direction. My gripes about their feeble attempts to help us back then were baby steps and shows how far they have come in transition assistance.
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Biggest pet peeve is corn rows and the right to wear the military with the combination of civilian clothes after working hours.
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Potentially a divergent point of view on this topic. First is a question, who teaches the new officers about AR 670-1. At least when I went to OBC/BOLC or whatever it is called now, we had about 4-5 hrs on D&C and nothing on uniforms. I was fortunate b/c 2 of my brothers have been in the Army for years and set me up before I officially signed in at my first duty station. However I believe part of the problem is the "I think this applies (but don't have actual evidence) and you will listen to me b/c I'm your cadre or in your CoC". An example is the black fleece. I was told it was authorized at my duty station. I was TDY at a different Ft and told it wasn't authorized due to AR 670-1 by cadre. I asked the commander when it changed b/c I hadn't heard of this. He responded that the person who I heard it from was told by their CSM at their previous duty station that he didn't want soldiers wearing the black fleece. Thus it became "law of the land" in this cadre's eyes. This is just a small example of how confusing it can be for a brand new officer. I'm not saying it relieves the personal responsiblity to know the AR's but when one is told to listen to cadre b/c your just a "newbie" or "dumb butter bar" you end up with officers who start out with bad info and it just goes downhill from there. Granted I was in medical so it's a whole different ball game.
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As a female soldier, there's nothing that erks me more than seeing another female soldier walking around with a sloppy bun and an ungodly amount of make-up on.
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