Posted on Aug 12, 2015
What was the worst CQ/Staff Duty/EOC you have ever been on?
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I have been on some rough ones...I had CQ last time my Green Bay Packers were in the Super Bowl, I had CQ another time when Daylight Savings Time changed (two o'clock in the morning came twice in that shift) and tomorrow I am going to be on EOC when Green Bay destroys New England! I am not complaining, the job is worth it, but I'd love to hear from you! What was the worst possible time you could have had duty?
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Memorial Day and Independence Day in the same year. My marriage anniversary is on July 5, so I got to sleep through it. Luckily though, I had some great soldiers then that bbq'ed and brought me some food.
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I feel kind of bad. My experiences haven't been nearly as bad as most everyone else here!
I would have to say that my worst experience was having duty the day after I got back from deployment. I barely had time to go home, eat, shower, sleep (spend a little time with the wife) before I had to turn around and drive the 75 mile one-way trip from my house to my ship.
I feel kind of bad. My experiences haven't been nearly as bad as most everyone else here!
I would have to say that my worst experience was having duty the day after I got back from deployment. I barely had time to go home, eat, shower, sleep (spend a little time with the wife) before I had to turn around and drive the 75 mile one-way trip from my house to my ship.
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I routinely volunteered for duty on Christmas and Thanksgiving back when I was single, assuming that was the right thing to do. Since I've been married I've duty again on one of those two holidays every year.
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I was just about to get off Brigade Rear Detatchment Staff Duty runner when CID showed up and started asking questions about a car across the parking lot. The agent was asking us all kinds of questions and looking at our log and even looked through our tiny, tree covered window to see if we could even see the car. The Staff Duty NCOIC and I just looked at her and were like, what car, what happened. Well, the agent told us...someone had broken out all of the windows with a broom, even stabbed the broom handle through the front and rear windows a few times (since it is safety glass it is harder to actually shatter). Oh my that was an intense two hours or so of questions. We answered them the best we could, and she went from 'why didn't you see it happening or why didn't you stop it' to 'oh, I can see that you can barely see the car from here, or maybe even hear glass breaking from here, and your checks don't cover that area but the Battalion is supposed to be checking there'. It was a mess. My guess is it was a jealous/upset girl that did it to the guy's windows. Sure would hate to have been that guy. Seems to me, maybe he brought it on himself.
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MSG (Ret.) John Centuolo
The entire Brigade was in the process of moving to Fort Bliss, so while on Rear Detachment I was pulling staff duty every other day (24 on, 24 off, 24 on) for a while, then they added in a few more people and the duty moved to every three days (24 on, 24 off, 8/12 hours with Rear D 1SG, 24 on). I did that for three months before I was the 2nd to last person in the unit to officially sign out of that unit from Fort Polk.
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Just so you all know have never had Staff Duty ever. The infantry God takes care of their prophets. But I have had Battle Captain. Really wasn't that bad. Did a lot of reading.
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SFC (Join to see) - Don't hate the Soldier hate the game. LOL. It is ok. All you got to do is make it where they don't trust you to do Staff duty. But all jokes aside. I was in a MI BDE. We only had a BDE Staff Duty. It was only two people and it was across three battalions. So it was far between. But when did have CQ during the day at our company. I was on it a few times. But now many.
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I think the Christmas Eve to Christmas Day EOC a few years ago was the worst. We were mandated to wear ASUs during the duration of our shift because it was a "holiday duty'. I wore my Santa hat when visiting different CQs in an attempt to increase some morale.
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That is pretty selfless of you sir! Someone else was able to be with their kids and you went out of your way to brighten someone else's day!
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I was CQ when a brother (I would call him a friend, but this guy was an idiot - but he was in my squad, so he was our idiot) was suppose to report for extra duty. Instead he went AWOL for the second or third time. I can't remember how many times he did it, but I do know this was the last thing. He managed to leave the State and gave himself up to the VA.
Might I add that the 1SG was very angry with us at CQ. I mean clearly we were to blame for not knowing where the PFC were at all times.
Might I add that the 1SG was very angry with us at CQ. I mean clearly we were to blame for not knowing where the PFC were at all times.
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Boot Camp, I shipped out on December 17th. Missed the whole Holiday Season, New Years, Super Bowl, and my Birthday all while in Boot Camp.
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