Posted on Nov 2, 2023
5 Halloween costumes based on military stereotypes (that are kinda true)
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Lieutenants get a bad rap on land nav. Everyone has been lost at some time in their life. Not me, of course. I actually knew what hemisphere, and state or country I was in. BWAHAHA
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LOL...I went to the gym on Halloween dressed in red, white and blue and was asked what the costume was...I said "a patriot" and pissed off all the liberals dressed as insects and other stuff... (truth)
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I had an LT on his first FTX with our company myself as PSG and the SQL's went through and helped him with his first Op Order. I did Para 4 and 5 as was my job for his view. and then I checked all the Grids. He plotted us in a lake. I showed him his error and made the correction. We finally sacked out 3 hours before wake up. I told LT to leave the Order alone because he was F-ing with it before I passed out. And I will be dam if he did not go back and change the grid to his grid back to the lake. The CPT came by to listen to his Op order to PLT and when the LT issued the Grid My face turned red in anger and the CPT snapped. But on the other hand, I had an LT that was so good and square away that I asked him if he was enlisted once. I think it's all in the luck of the draw.
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MSG Thomas Currie
I was company opns sgt (yes, a legit slot in out TO&E) monitoring the company net while the commander had the line platoons out doing some tactical exercise. One platoon had been off doing something else and was supposed to be rejoining the company. The commander had asked the platoon leader for his ETA, then after that passed had called him again. The LT said they were still about 15 minutes away. Nearly a half hour later they were still not here so the commander called him again. This time the LT admitted they were lost. (This was long before GPS).
I should mention that we were not out in some trackless wasteland, we were at Bergen-Hohne training area, and the lost platoon was traveling on a road, not cross-country. The conversation went back and forth about where they were and where they were supposed to be going, when the LT finally said "I think I've found my vicinity but I haven't quite got my location yet." At that point I knew the commander would not be answering right away because I was absolutely convinced the commander would have just taken off his CVC helmet and thrown it to the floor of the turret rather than say anything he was thinking.
I keyed the radio and asked the LT to explain where he was. He was on a road (he had no real idea where). I told him to just continue down that road until he came to either an intersection or a sign, then call me. A bit later he called that he was at an intersection with another road, but there were no signs. I asked if the other road was bigger or smaller than the one he was on. It was bigger, so I told him to take the bigger road. He asked which way. I asked if he could see where the road went. He couldn't. I said it didn't matter, just take the road and go until he found another intersection or a sign. Another while later he called that he was at a T-intersection and that in front of him was a concrete bunker with a number on it and there was a range fan marker sign.
I had him turn on the range access road and proceed to the firing line to see which range it was (this was a weekend, so all the ranges were closed and the impact area was being used as a maneuver area). Once he got to the firing line, we found which range it was and I gave him directions on the main range road to where we were, two ranges further down the road.
I should mention that we were not out in some trackless wasteland, we were at Bergen-Hohne training area, and the lost platoon was traveling on a road, not cross-country. The conversation went back and forth about where they were and where they were supposed to be going, when the LT finally said "I think I've found my vicinity but I haven't quite got my location yet." At that point I knew the commander would not be answering right away because I was absolutely convinced the commander would have just taken off his CVC helmet and thrown it to the floor of the turret rather than say anything he was thinking.
I keyed the radio and asked the LT to explain where he was. He was on a road (he had no real idea where). I told him to just continue down that road until he came to either an intersection or a sign, then call me. A bit later he called that he was at an intersection with another road, but there were no signs. I asked if the other road was bigger or smaller than the one he was on. It was bigger, so I told him to take the bigger road. He asked which way. I asked if he could see where the road went. He couldn't. I said it didn't matter, just take the road and go until he found another intersection or a sign. Another while later he called that he was at a T-intersection and that in front of him was a concrete bunker with a number on it and there was a range fan marker sign.
I had him turn on the range access road and proceed to the firing line to see which range it was (this was a weekend, so all the ranges were closed and the impact area was being used as a maneuver area). Once he got to the firing line, we found which range it was and I gave him directions on the main range road to where we were, two ranges further down the road.
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