Have you ever been able to pass a test, because of a technicality ?

SGT John " Mac " McConnell — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 08:22:24 -0500

https://youtu.be/qYjoUpRsWGE Anyone here have experiences or seen someone pass a test ? On a Technicality ? That possibly lead to changes in the way things are done... I bet some are really funny.. Share what you have done or seen...

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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2016 9:08 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 09:08:01 -0500

no lie, but hell yes!

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2016 9:37 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 09:37:39 -0500

More often than not, it was due to luck......

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Mar 4 at 2016 10:21 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 10:21:26 -0500

Telecommunications Management School, Oh Yeah, Like Military Advanced Clerical, College English. Red Mark counted against you, Bad Grammar, Bad Punctuation, Whatever. Green Marks, what you wrote or composed was not technically wrong but there was a better way. I got very few Red Marks but Senior Chief made my Papers Bleed Green but Occasionally he liked my approach to SOFA with a Foreign Government or Bandwidth Request for DCA. I was a bit Un-Orthodox it was what made me a damn good Tech Controller.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2016 11:37 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:37:32 -0500

Hearing test. I had a constant loud ringing in my ears all the time. So they put me in the booth, and tell me to press the button when I hear a tone. So I'm listening and pressing the button frequently when the door opens and they say "sir, we haven't started yet. OK, so now I'm listening really hard, and waiting until I'm sure the tone is theirs and not mine. After a couple of minutes without pushing the button the door opens and they say "sir, we started two mi utes ago". OK, so I listen again and just decide to randomly push the button every few seconds or so. I'm in there for around five minutes, and they open the door and say we're done. They sign my paperwork and I'm on my way.

Response by SSG Ed Mikus made Mar 4 at 2016 12:10 PM

SSG Ed Mikus — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:10:30 -0500

In basic training i was on the m16 qual range when a hurricane was blowing in, i couldn't see past the 50m target through the wind and rain and was laying in 6 inches of water. but i came off the range with a min score! i assume the wind knocked the targets down as i did see that happen that day as well. i wanted to go back because i knew i could get expert, but i qualified so i wasn't allowed to.

Response by SSgt Chris Enslow made Mar 4 at 2016 5:15 PM

SSgt Chris Enslow — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:15:57 -0500

I was in PLDC at Fort Campbell, KY (yes, that's SSgt rank you see - you'll have to read my profile) when they had a minimum PT score to make Commandant's List, Honor Grad, whatever. I had scored a 245 - there was some question as to the length of the "2 mile" course and it turned it that the course was longer than 2 miles. At any rate, due to that technicality, they dropped the min PT score requirement to 245 and I was top of the Commandant's List. I came second only to another soldier from my same unit who had outscored me in both the classroom as well as the PT score. There was no end to the grumbling. Had the minimum remained at 250 then I would not have been considered and my academic merits would not have pushed me to the top of the field.