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SPC David Willis
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A blue cord, women, an extra 2 inches in length and an extra inch in girth, third testicle, a PHD in trash talk and bar fights, if you're lucky a CIB and if you're good an EIB, if you're crazy a pair of jump wings AND more girls, countless cuts and bruises, one bad back, one or two bad knees, a seemingly infinite number of good stories and some of the best brothers you could ever ask for.
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SGT Michael Glenn
SGT Michael Glenn
6 y
Thanks for understanding and being respectful. Today's military has changed substantially since I was in just as many that served in Nan would say it changed after I joined. The important thing is to shoot for the stars, don't settle for 2 nd best and take away as much as you can from your time in the service.
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SPC David Willis
SPC David Willis
6 y
No doubt, I was watching that Chain of Command docu series about US soldiers in Iraq fighting ISIS and the military has changed a decent amount since I got out in 2012. Id imagine the older you get the more and more changes you notice.
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SPC John Parmenter
SPC John Parmenter
6 y
You'll find out you're a lot tougher than you think you are. It's been said, "After a tour in Infantry, everything else in life is easy."
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SPC Multichannel Transmission Systems Operator/Maintainer
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100% accurate
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SGT Christopher Hayden
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A really cool blue cord. And acceptance into a fraternity unlike any other.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SFC Michael Hasbun
6 y
SGM Mikel Dawson - Correct. By passing their entry level MOS producing course. Basically it's a blanket award for passing AIT, just like every other Soldier in the Army has to do...

Although I'm happy to inform you that the online retailers don't discriminate and allow everyone, regardless of MOS to buy them, so grunts can get them too!
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SGT Christopher Hayden
SGT Christopher Hayden
6 y
SFC Michael Hasbun - You can try to talk it down by calling it a blanket AIT award, but it means a whole hell of a lot more to the men (and now women) who actually earn it, during OSUT and beyond.
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SGM Mikel Dawson
SGM Mikel Dawson
6 y
SFC Michael Hasbun - As a POG yes you can buy one. As a GRUNT we earn ours. You will never know the satisfaction of earning it. Like SGT Christopher Hayden said, it is not a blanket award, We earned it.
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SPC Joseph Kopac
SPC Joseph Kopac
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I had to look up what a POG was. In Nam we called them REMF’s.
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SSG Edward Tilton
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Satisfaction, you are a real soldier
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