I'm joining the army

[HealyMonster]

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The "sir" thing amazes me; the military has always been preceived as a the upmost discipline teacher yet it's discouraged to say sir.

Weird.

well, its not that its discouraged, its just that we call officers sir exclusively. The thing is, that most of us are/were enlisted and me personally had like minimal interaction with an officer, so I never felt like I was saying sir too much.

its also not like the movies where every minute is some type of military drill. when I was an NCO and Id tell someone hey man, go set up the water buffalo, he might be like yes sir casually, its not like I lost my mind as if I were a drill sgt or something, I normally wouldnt say anything or think anything of it. Now, if we were like in a meeting with officers around and it was just one of those days where everyone is tense and noone is going home for a while and a private says something casual like that, then, yeah, id have to say, you mean, yes sergeant, or something to that effect.


Most people get all their info from movies so if people actually spent some time around the military, they would def think its weird. some days you "play army" some days its like hanging out with your best friends.


I rememebr like week 2 of basic training, they had this private lead or formation, like hey call them all to attention and file them into the chow hall, the dude said "Company! Ten Hut" like it was f'ing mash or something. LMAO> The drill instructors all just starting laughing htsterically like wtf is this guys deal. Then they busted his chops like "what did you say?" That makes no sense. Its Attention, not ten hut or something lol.

Im certain that happens all the time.

[ProjectRipCity]

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The "sir" thing amazes me; the military has always been preceived as a the upmost discipline teacher yet it's discouraged to say sir.

Weird.

I say yes Mahm and yes Sir in everyday life. I don't say Sir or mahm to anyone under 30. So that might an issue.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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Good luck on your decision!

And like others have said, just follow orders, don't be an idiot and talk back, do what your told, and lay low and you will be fine.

I have so many funny stories and experiences from boot camp. You will meet plenty of weird individuals in boot camp. My biggest problem in boot camp was holding in my laughter at the other guys in my division.

And LMAO @ Behoove. Still being used daily in the Navy.

[HealyMonster]

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I have so many funny stories and experiences from boot camp. You will meet plenty of weird individuals in boot camp. My biggest problem in boot camp was holding in my laughter at the other guys in my division.

We had this guy, Named Michael Moeghling. He was about 6 ft tall 220 and goofy as anyone I ever saw. His voice sounded like kermit the from and he would run around and people would be like hey Mole-ing and he would say "Its not Mole-ing drill sgt, its mailing as in mailing a letter. I mean he said that every day in the weirdest voice. One time they raided our bay and he hid a bag of these little lollipops like dum dum lollipops, it was like freaking industrial sized bag like half the size of me. He tried to hide it in the furnace room on top of the ac vent, but it didn't fit so half the bag was hanging over so when you opened the door there was a large bag of dum dums staring you in the face.

The drill sgt walks in with this face and is like what idiot is responsible for this. Without a hitch, Moeghling raises his hand and walks accross the barracks and said my mother sent them to me, but I didn't eat them, I just hid them cause I was scared. The drill sgt is like, if it were anyone else they would be done, but I beleive you would do something so stupid. Then he just smoked us for like 15 minutes and then left. we were all like you have got to be the dumbest dude in the history, like wtf did your mom pay like 500 dollars shipping for that big bag.

I guess his mom wanted to but the bag for everyone but it was funny as heck. I love telling basic training stories man.

[Cusefan]

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My favorite basic training story involves this kid(his name escapes me) who was bet $20 to cover his Genitals in icy hot. Well he did it, The Icy was not a problem but the Hot... He starts screaming and runs into the bathroom to wash it off, but it still is going to sting like hell even after its washed off. So I recommend Putting some Goldbonds medicated powder on his junk, knowing full well what the results would be. The main ingredient in icy hot is the same as Goldbonds(menthol) so it just made his balls hurt even more. The image of this fat white kid crying naked while running will never leave me.

He was pretty funny though, he was a hold over so the Drills never really gave a crap about him. One Night when only one drill was on duty(and he was sleeping in his office as they all do) he stole one of their hats at like 2AM and yelled out "TOE THE LINE!" which is basically attention. Funny as hell, extremely ballsy also

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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I love hearing boot camp stories.

I have a lot of them but can't think of too many right now. One that stands out is we had this guy named Brown. He was the oldest guy in our division and just a goofy guy. In one of our inspections our RDC (Drill instructor) asked him a question like who was the Chief of Naval Operations or something. And the guy very casually says, "Jean Claude Van Damme." Just the way he said it had our whole division laughing and I was standing right next to him and tried to hold in my laughter but couldn't. We all payed for that.

We had a guy try to "commit suicide" by banging his head repeatedly on the wall in the middle of the night. This same guy was busted in a corner sleeping while he was suppose to be on watch. And his Recruit Ballcap they made us wear was on backwards lol. He was also shy apparently because he didn't take a shower or use the bathroom for the first week we were there and **** himself in the middle of PT. He was kicked out of our division like 3 weeks in and sent to another one. He is probably still at boot camp. He is one of those kids who was obviously lied to by his recruiter.

[Chef Matt]

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I love hearing boot camp stories.

I have a lot of them but can't think of too many right now. One that stands out is we had this guy named Brown. He was the oldest guy in our division and just a goofy guy. In one of our inspections our RDC (Drill instructor) asked him a question like who was the Chief of Naval Operations or something. And the guy very casually says, "Jean Claude Van Damme." Just the way he said it had our whole division laughing and I was standing right next to him and tried to hold in my laughter but couldn't. We all payed for that.

We had a guy try to "commit suicide" by banging his head repeatedly on the wall in the middle of the night. This same guy was busted in a corner sleeping while he was suppose to be on watch. And his Recruit Ballcap they made us wear was on backwards lol. He was also shy apparently because he didn't take a shower or use the bathroom for the first week we were there and **** himself in the middle of PT. He was kicked out of our division like 3 weeks in and sent to another one. He is probably still at boot camp. He is one of those kids who was obviously lied to by his recruiter.

I have quite a few stories about boot camp too, I'll have to drum some up. Alot of them reflect back to my 3rd hat DI. He was a real MF'in Bugger. He was BRUTAL. We couldn't dare laugh at anything in front of anyone so we'd get on the deck under our racks and "tighten them up" and bust up at some of the crap he pulled. Holy crap those were good times. We'd laugh so fricken hard we'd be .

The first two phases he said he was only there to physically break us. He would (It seemed anyway) get kicks out of injuries and had the catch phrase "CHA CHING" every time someone fell out. He was my hero... LMAO

Drill Instructor Sgt. Rovnak.

[trobinson97]

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We had this slow *** kid from Kentucky named Peedy in our platoon. When we first got to our barracks there was this poster on the wall showing you the name of the unit and how to label an envelope for sending letters. Don't remember exactly it was something like:

Pvt. Joe Snuffy
E 5/46 Infantry
1st Platoon
Ft. Knox, KY #####

A couple weeks later, we had our first mail call and who do you know gets called? Yep, Pvt. Joe Snuffy. Peedy apparently thought that along with his new clothes, bed and general outlook on life, the US Army had given him a new name as well. Funniest thing was that he also apparently instructed his girlfriend of the name change and told her that that was what she was to address him as in her letters. Of course, he wasn't allowed to go back to his old name after being informed of his error. To every recruit and drill across four platoons he was Pvt. Joe Snuffy til' we left for AIT.

[HealyMonster]

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We had this slow *** kid from Kentucky named Peedy in our platoon. When we first got to our barracks there was this poster on the wall showing you the name of the unit and how to label an envelope for sending letters. Don't remember exactly it was something like:

Pvt. Joe Snuffy
E 5/46 Infantry
1st Platoon
Ft. Knox, KY #####

A couple weeks later, we had our first mail call and who do you know gets called? Yep, Pvt. Joe Snuffy. Peedy apparently thought that along with his new clothes, bed and general outlook on life, the US Army had given him a new name as well. Funniest thing was that he also apparently instructed his girlfriend of the name change and told her that that was what she was to address him as in her letters. Of course, he wasn't allowed to go back to his old name after being informed of his error. To every recruit and drill across four platoons he was Pvt. Joe Snuffy til' we left for AIT.

LMAO, now that is classic man. I could totally see that happening too. They should make a reality show out of Army basic cause some things cant even be put into words they are so hilarious.

[Cusefan]

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LMAO, now that is classic man. I could totally see that happening too. They should make a reality show out of Army basic cause some things cant even be put into words they are so hilarious.

lol I know, that would be a great show. Its funny, I knew some really smart people in the Army but they turn into complete morons when they are working. I knew one guy who had like a 99% Asvab score, but this guy completely lacked common sense.

[HealyMonster]

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lol I know, that would be a great show. Its funny, I knew some really smart people in the Army but they turn into complete morons when they are working. I knew one guy who had like a 99% Asvab score, but this guy completely lacked common sense.

Yeah, I knew some legit people too. Whats funny though is I knew more people who thought they were legit.

Like in basic, there was the guy who was a "black belt" and every time he was going to give a demo, he thought he heard the drill sergeant coming and didn't want to get in trouble.

Then there was the guy who "made 300k per year" but wanted to serve his country. so he quit his job and joined. And the dude whos dad won the "medal of honor" but he is just a fat kid with a p3 profile. lol the list goes on and on. Even out of basic training, seemed like everyone did something great before they joined.

[Cusefan]

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Yeah, I knew some legit people too. Whats funny though is I knew more people who thought they were legit.

Like in basic, there was the guy who was a "black belt" and every time he was going to give a demo, he thought he heard the drill sergeant coming and didn't want to get in trouble.

Then there was the guy who "made 300k per year" but wanted to serve his country. so he quit his job and joined. And the dude whos dad won the "medal of honor" but he is just a fat kid with a p3 profile. lol the list goes on and on. Even out of basic training, seemed like everyone did something great before they joined.

lol seriously, I knew a few guys who were telling the truth, but most of these Amazing All Stars were just BSers. I knew one kid who claimed to be an all state baseball player in Arkansas but when he played Softball he looked like he was autistic.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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I have quite a few stories about boot camp too, I'll have to drum some up. Alot of them reflect back to my 3rd hat DI. He was a real MF'in Bugger. He was BRUTAL. We couldn't dare laugh at anything in front of anyone so we'd get on the deck under our racks and "tighten them up" and bust up at some of the crap he pulled. Holy crap those were good times. We'd laugh so fricken hard we'd be .

The first two phases he said he was only there to physically break us. He would (It seemed anyway) get kicks out of injuries and had the catch phrase "CHA CHING" every time someone fell out. He was my hero... LMAO

Drill Instructor Sgt. Rovnak.

I will never forget and always fear my RDC. Petty Officer Clay. This guy was intimidating. He was 6'5, over 200 of pure muscle. He was insane and when he yelled at you, you just felt like curling up in a little ball and crying. He would talk so fast and every other word was curse word.

He always said the only reason he came to boot camp to be an RDC was to get a recruit to hit him so he could kill a recruit and dared us to hit him, thankfully no one did.

"Get in your ****ing racks...10, 9, 5, 4, 1, on your faces get there." Every night before bed he would "beat" us.

[PantherBeast_OS]

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Good luck bro. My prayers will be with you and all of the american troops out there. I got two best friends who are currently in the army aswell. It's a very demanding and dangerous job. Good luck and becareful bro. God bless you and your family.

[Cusefan]

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So I went and talked with a recruiter today about getting back in today. I came away pretty happy, even though I am a medical discharge I can still get a waiver and get back in.

Basically I need to get a Independent doctor to verify that I am not deaf and I still fall into the acceptible hearing range. Its a uphill battle but I still got all my Medical papers. Most Importantly, the Recruiter is willing to help me even though it will not help his stats. For those who are Prior Service, my Seperation code is JFO(non Combat, Service related disability) and my re-entry code is 3.