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by Baby Blue on October 19th, 2009
Because they either don't care or just forget about the people back home that love the people they mess with.
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on October 18th, 2009
To drive you nuts. The dentist does the same thing...your mouth is filled with clamps and cotton and dentist's fingers and a drill and he keeps asking you questions that he and you both know are impossible for you to answer! :) The Army asks questions you can answer and then ignores your anwers. I think it's collusion/conspiracy pure and simple! :)
by Moongrim on October 18th, 2009
To give the assigner the opportunity to NOT send you to those places.
by The Anonymous Witch on October 17th, 2009
to know how to punish you .
by CannedHam on October 1st, 2011
Almost all troops (and 100% of new recruits) think asking for a specific post means only that post. They don't realize that PERSCOM runs on the "close enough is good enough" principal. Here's how it works:
Let's say you request Fort Sam Houston (San Antonio, TX). PERSCOM will actually look to see if your MOS is open (and in your pay grade) at Fort Sham for the time period you're anticipated to arrive there. If there is not a slot or you just get there too soon/late to fill an appropriate opening, they look to the next closest post. In this case, it would be Fort Hood. If Hood has no openings, the net is spread to cover Fort Bliss (TX), Fort Sill (OK), Fort Polk (LA), and even Fort Leonard Wood (MO). Asking for a specific post is really indicating a regional preference.
Ask for Hawaii and you are signing up for the Pacific Rim, which includes Alaska, Japan, and Korea (guess where you'd be most likely to go based on turnover. Hint: You like kimchee?).
What are blockades?
by Answerbag Staff on January 13th, 2010
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Anyone else hate it when marines seperate themselves from the rest of the military?
by SwingMusician on February 2nd, 2011
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So now that they repealed "don't ask don't tell", will the military be getting "faaaabulouth" new uniform designs?
by Have A Nice Day on April 29th, 2011
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Should they have kept "don't ask don't tell"?
by Have A Nice Day on April 29th, 2011
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Friendly fire? Nothing friendly about it. Is there such thing as friendly retaliation?
by angel1000 on July 26th, 2011
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You've got that right, Jen.Meg is back on tranquilizers she hasn't needed in 9 years and we're not even apart yet.She's terrified. I found out why they're sending me there. Because of my medical profile I can't be given a combat command. They don't want to waste a "fit" officer on this posting. So I'm being sent there like a piece of decrepit old scrap. Expendable.
by Anonymous on October 19th, 2009
Bullsh#t!!!! That's how the military treats our people who defend our country...the gov't can go to Hades.
by Baby Blue on October 19th, 2009
That's what I plan on telling them at every possible opportunity. If they don't like it, they can kick my butt out.
by Anonymous on October 19th, 2009
I've got a severe case of optical rectucalis. That's when the optic nerve gets crossed with the rectum. It gives you a very sh*tty outlook on everything.
by Anonymous on October 19th, 2009