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I mean I can’t say it’s wrong.
Fun fact, the Army has boats too - rode on one in Haiti |
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I spent the last decade or so waving at the infantry guarding the gate as I went through to go out to the war.
My son is infantry, and I spent my first deployment as a 19k in an infantry company so I have love for the grunts, but you can also save the blanket romantic idealism for somebody else. My kid Attached File |
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I'm laughing my ass off.
Had a short think about this and you're kinda right. <------Former 1C4 |
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Quoted: https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/Combat%20Infantryman%20Badge%20CIB https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_0290_jpeg-3048531.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_0289_jpeg-3048532.JPG View Quote I got mine 12/20/89. Ain’t you one of them 35F guys? |
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Wait until your printer goes down, tough guys!
You’ll be begging us ARF never beenthere-donethats to come fix it so you can get your training schedules, Frag orders and other grunt related shit printed. Eta My dad and uncle were both Army infantry —the CIBs and EIBs etc I resoect all Yall very much #I selected never servrd punch drill in poll |
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I was 11B then evolved into aviation maintenance. I found out after lp/op duty, sketching my range card showing fields of fire with dead zones, Camoflaging deuce and a half then carried toolbox to fix or pre/post flight inspections on the AH64. Drag toolbox back to the TOC lock it up then man my foxhole that later became a fighting position. Lots of 11B skills and work for aviation field units. Not much maintenance except for dailies on the vehicle if you were the driver. I don't know how it is now.
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I was airborne infantry. Two combat tours in Afghanistan. Purple Heart and CIB. I think I can make the cut.
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Quoted: I spent the last decade or so waving at the infantry guarding the gate as I went through to go out to the war. My son is infantry, and I spent my first deployment as a 19k in an infantry company so I have love for the grunts, but you can also save the blanket romantic idealism for somebody else. My kid https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/45449/FB_IMG_1701649628466_jpg-3048539.JPG View Quote Your son is a manly man among men. He must take after his mom. |
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Quoted: Funny now many times I had speedbumps asking if they could stand behind my Abrams to warm up. View Quote But recovery for me was cleaning a rifle and gear. As a former 19D who experienced the post field vehicle maintenance, I was happy to convert to the Infantry. Then we go to Afghanistan, no tanks and we all ended up with vehicles. I have seen female MPs come back from firefights and seen a mechanic do heroic things. There are no blue cords in a firefight. Last deployment without one of the best SSG mechanics, we could have never accomplished many missions. Never understood the division and rivalry between MOSs, when shit goes to shit you are happy to have all the help you can get. Day we we're medavaced I was happy those docs were there. Week later I was happy our mechanic scored us a new truck. Other days even more happy when those CH47s landed, loved those guys. |
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SF is neither support nor infantry so there has to be more than 2 mos’s.
I get what op’s saying but warfare (especially modern warfare) isn’t so black and white anymore. There’s plenty of conflicts in the last 20 years where it’s air campaign only with no infantry in sight. Also… engineer’s lead the way. Infantry supports the engineers during the breach |
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Quoted: We did not transport anyone and how does breaking out the canned sun shine support the Infantry? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Your job is to support and transport the Infantry. We did not transport anyone and how does breaking out the canned sun shine support the Infantry? Correct. There is the nuclear enterprise and support. |
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Quoted: Marines = infantry Navy = Support View Quote Whoever controls the $ is king and the Navy appears to not want to buy what the USMC says it needs https://news.usni.org/2023/03/09/fy2024-budget-navy-wont-buy-any-more-san-antonio-amphibs-in-the-next-five-years#:~:text=The%20Defense%20Department Attached File |
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Quoted: Without pay, Infantry would become.....Insurrectionists!!!!! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/USA_-_Army_Finance_Corps.png Founded 16JUN1775, two days after the Army. View Quote I love you bro. |
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First, you cannot prove a negative.
Now, while most MOS is support infantry, it is a bit like husbands and pretty much all of society supporting mothers. They do it with no gratitude and all the infantry does this bitch and complain. |
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Quoted: How many times did you do that? Did you get a CIB? View Quote So your answer is no, we don’t support the infantry and I’ll take my Gold Dolphins over a CIB. |
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Quoted: True But recovery for me was cleaning a rifle and gear. As a former 19D who experienced the post field vehicle maintenance, I was happy to convert to the Infantry. Then we go to Afghanistan, no tanks and we all ended up with vehicles. I have seen female MPs come back from firefights and seen a mechanic do heroic things. There are no blue cords in a firefight. Last deployment without one of the best SSG mechanics, we could have never accomplished many missions. Never understood the division and rivalry between MOSs, when shit goes to shit you are happy to have all the help you can get. Day we we're medavaced I was happy those docs were there. Week later I was happy our mechanic scored us a new truck. Other days even more happy when those CH47s landed, loved those guys. View Quote One of the non infantry units I served I was motorized but the CO assigned me to the dismount squad. Anyway we had a recovery crew I can’t recall what that MOS is that had to recover several of our vehicles in RCP A and RCP B |
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Which is more important to infantry, given the two choices, legs or arms?
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Quoted: Without pay, Infantry would become.....Insurrectionists!!!!! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/USA_-_Army_Finance_Corps.png Founded 16JUN1775, two days after the Army. View Quote I learned real fast to befriend you guys so my paperwork was right and my pay was gtg. We had a guy at A/1/19 GP SSG Houlihan who got booted off the ODAs and took supply MOS then admin and he ducked at processing paperwork. Major Allen tried to get him removed from the unit. |
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Quoted: Whoever controls the $ is king and the Navy appears to not want to buy what the USMC says it needs https://news.usni.org/2023/03/09/fy2024-budget-navy-wont-buy-any-more-san-antonio-amphibs-in-the-next-five-years#:~:text=The%20Defense%20Department https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_0293_jpeg-3048548.JPG View Quote 0311 has been shit on forever. |
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There are only two branches of the US Military....the Army and the Navy. The Air Force is a corporation and the Marine Corps is a cult.
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Quoted: we had this one radio operator who walked with the rest of the grunts (USMC) some ncos/sncos liked to lovingly make fun of him 'grunt with a battery' or some such. View Quote One of my best buds started out 0621 Went through BRC when the opportunity presented itself, but retained the 0621 MOS When MARSOC was created he went to 1st MRB, still as 0621 When the Raiders got their own MOS he changed to 0372 which meant he had to go through SOI after deploying on a Raider team twice |
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LOL!
Ok, only two. But the one can’t complete their mission without the other. |
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View Quote Get some. |
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Quoted: First, you cannot prove a negative. Now, while most MOS is support infantry, it is a bit like husbands and pretty much all of society supporting mothers. They do it with no gratitude and all the infantry does this bitch and complain. View Quote Infantrymen voice and file legitimate complaints. |
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