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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:02:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: But, can they do "The Battle Hymn of The Republic"? ?? I can't seem to recall the Army having a Bluegrass ensemble either. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:02:52 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Last time I was in Germany, I visited many of the small hotel owners where we stayed while stationed there. One small (as in rural) town had a festival in the town square and the hotel owner invited us to join him and stated that the US Army Band will be there and they’re always great. Guess what the Army Band decided to do? Yep, a bunch of rap crap and hip hop. And it was: People actually walked out on them. Only Germany music Army reference I can think of atm  Elvis Presley - Wooden Heart (1960) Complete Original movie scene HD |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:04:24 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: only the army would be low class enough to take rappers to the Edinburg Tattoo I saw a video of the Tattoo once. I'm now cringing if true. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:05:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's well past time to reign in the NCO Corpse and reintroduce Soft Skill MOS's to the King of the SPC mafia: https://i.ibb.co/RC0k0xt/spc-7.jpgg Spec 5 always looks cool to me and WW2 tech sergeant  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:17:53 PM EST
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So, is this being done to appeal to all of the gang members who joined the Armed Forces?
It's the only way it makes ANY sense on any level. It's lousy poetry set to drumbeats. On its best day, it's garbage. It's music like margarine is food. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:19:59 PM EST
[#6]
That was garbage.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:23:48 PM EST
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Does the Army still have the “Soldier Show” for fabulously talented gay Soldiers to showcase their talents on the overtly faggy entertainment mediums that were last popular in the 1960s?
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:23:57 PM EST
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Where can I apply for the E-6 position of "Washed-up Has-been No-name Metal Drummer"?
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:24:04 PM EST
[#9]
So racist.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:24:53 PM EST
[#10]
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What kind of disability checks will these guys qualify for ? The possibilities are endless !!! . |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:27:36 PM EST
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:31:41 PM EST
[#12]
I've been to Tattoos but that is not something I want to hear.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:37:30 PM EST
[#13]
Americans, the US government has deemed this so important that your grandchildren must pay for this, plus interest, in 20 years time. This is a requirement.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:39:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What about National Guard band? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: “Riddick and Feemster auditioned to serve in this capacity with the band in 2021 before completing basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, according to Coffee or Die Magazine.” How are they SSGs already? I think the band directly enlists as E6/SSG. But, just like the national guard, you subtract two ranks from what they're wearing and treat them accordingly. What about National Guard band? Divide by two. Round down if needed. Never round up. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 3:59:37 PM EST
[#15]
Worse than the Air Force Disco records that recruiters gave out in the 1980s.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 4:55:21 PM EST
[#16]
I didn't realize that "tattoo" meant military music; I was thinking of ink tattoos. I'm not sure how many potential recruits for the US Army will be in Scotland, but at least it's not at a dirty inkie show
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Posted: 2/9/2023 5:11:56 PM EST
[#17]
So... what do these guys do all day? write mad squabbles down in their beat laboratory?
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Posted: 2/9/2023 5:29:58 PM EST
[#18]
Prefer this guy...
 "Welcome to the Infantry" -Fitzy Mess |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 5:36:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Look on the bright side, at least they’re not in red white and blue kilts Rapping to bagpipes.....can you imagine how horrible that would sound? |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 5:37:26 PM EST
[#20]
Please, stop.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 5:45:43 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Spec 5 always looks cool to me and WW2 tech sergeant https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/105D1913-7215-43FE-9D5D-00F72EBA3F43_png-2704623.JPG While true pogue's need to go back to focusing on pogue shit that NCO's don't have time for. Memorizing the NCO Creed meant something when everyone uttering it had Kiwi on their breath after passing the TABE Test. It's how we ended up with Non Tabber's in Leadership positions in SOCOM. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 5:46:51 PM EST
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Posted: 2/9/2023 5:48:06 PM EST
[#23]
Real, actual, military discipline and "hip hop/rap culture" are mutually exclusive.
Just one more of the "thousand cuts" that is taking our military from the greatest in history to a fucking joke. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 5:50:07 PM EST
[#24]
No words.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 5:59:26 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think all band people are automatically SSGs after they complete their AIT. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: “Riddick and Feemster auditioned to serve in this capacity with the band in 2021 before completing basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, according to Coffee or Die Magazine.” How are they SSGs already? I think all band people are automatically SSGs after they complete their AIT. Don't know about "all", but all the premier DC bands, have auditions first. Positions are advertised in the AFM (union) papers, no different than any other symphony gig. If you win the audition and make height/weight, THEN you go to the recruiter as a formality to do all the paperwork. Once basic is finished, there's no AIT. You report directly to DC. After a probationary two month period, your E4 status is bumped to E6. Now, if you're enlisting and are like "I wanna be in the band" (all the other non-DC bands), then you have to go to their "band school" for AIT in VA for 10 weeks. I don't know about the rank though. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 6:03:31 PM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What about National Guard band? From Detroit.. WTF was that at the mike in the first 20 seconds? I swear that thing had goat nuts hanging under the skirt. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 6:05:41 PM EST
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I don't mind rap or that military personnel rap, but that shit was gay.
I think this guy was in the Air Force and his partner on this track was in the Marines. He's got a few good songs.  Topher - The Patriot (feat. @TheMarineRapper)  Topher - Devil Want Our Kids |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 6:08:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Spec 5 always looks cool to me and WW2 tech sergeant https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/105D1913-7215-43FE-9D5D-00F72EBA3F43_png-2704623.JPG So that's a spec5 rank? I have heard of the old tech ranks, never actually saw an example. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 6:36:36 PM EST
[#29]
https://m.youtube.com/@SixStringSoldiers/videos
Here ya go, one Army Bluegrass band [youtube]@SixStringSoldiers/videos[/youtube] |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 6:42:35 PM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryFuck yes! |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 6:43:20 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think it’s pretty pathetic. I don’t like rap, but they don’t seem good at it. I suppose it would appeal to a lot more folk’s getting into the army than music I like. They have had bands for years. I would guess they changed with the times Probably played Glen Miller in the '40s. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 6:46:07 PM EST
[#32]
They spoke well, had good military bearing and looked pretty fit. If they are willing to put down the mic and grab a rifle when shit goes down, I’m all for it. Like it or not we need young kids to join because we are all getting old.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 6:48:28 PM EST
[#33]
Really just defund this impotent woke military already. They’ve done nothing to stop the invasion and just let our only real adversary fly a spy craft across our country. At this point literally anything would be a better way to spend the money
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Posted: 2/9/2023 7:04:22 PM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So that's a spec5 rank? I have heard of the old tech ranks, never actually saw an example. No, that looks like the old Army / Army Air Corps technician fourth grade rank, which was only three ranks above their buck private because they had a single rank for our current E2 and E3. A Spec 5 insignia is a sham shield with a single upside-down rocker on top. ETA: Next post down. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 7:06:02 PM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So that's a spec5 rank? I have heard of the old tech ranks, never actually saw an example. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Spec 5 always looks cool to me and WW2 tech sergeant https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/105D1913-7215-43FE-9D5D-00F72EBA3F43_png-2704623.JPG So that's a spec5 rank? I have heard of the old tech ranks, never actually saw an example. No, it was the Sham Shield/Full Bird Private with overhead cover all the way to E-7. Like a Warrant without being able to fly or tell Field Grade's to fuck off. 
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Posted: 2/9/2023 8:30:54 PM EST
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Posted: 2/9/2023 9:30:24 PM EST
[#37]
Here's a shocker for you guys. All of the military bands have specialized music performers. There are classical, rock, hip hop, country, etc.
GD is like the single largest collection of old men yelling at clouds on the internet. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 9:31:49 PM EST
[#38]
Dick Winters is rolling in his grave.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 9:40:16 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Here's a shocker for you guys. All of the military bands have specialized music performers. There are classical, rock, hip hop, country, etc. GD is like the single largest collection of old men yelling at clouds on the internet. Have attended Washington DC performance but only thing I heard was band playing classics with orchestral instruments but I recall some performances I didn’t attend promoted singers but I don’t remember what style - it wasn’t rap or anything that caught my attention. Most of my time in DC was occupied at the Pentagon or Ft Myer / Ft Belvoir and a couple times Ft Meade so I’ve missed most of the performances for the public. I get the outreach to the public but have other countries had rappers for their military bands? None I’m aware of |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 9:43:56 PM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So that's a spec5 rank? I have heard of the old tech ranks, never actually saw an example. I remember seeing a SPC 5 at Ft Bragg in 1985 when I visited during high school. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 9:48:08 PM EST
[#41]
Quote History 50 Cent - My Toy Soldier (Lyrics) |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 9:49:03 PM EST
[#42]
Got to find a way to recruit the next generation of bullet sponges somehow.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:04:20 PM EST
[#43]
The Army could probably support some legit rappers. Spittin dope tracks about rollin through the Fallujah hood capping fools.
However, the Army has specific regs against cool and common sense. I thought the Village People was still the official Navy band?  IN THE NAVY---VILLAGE PEOPLE, Official Music Video (1979) HD |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:17:16 PM EST
[#44]
I like the army and I like rappers...but NO.
And there are like a THOUSAND guys in the Army who are better rappers than those guys. That was f'ing sad. Hell Air Force has better rappers than those guys. White guys in the Marines are better rappers than those guys. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:19:22 PM EST
[#45]
Those guys are very articulate and present themselves well. Hopefully they’ll encourage more kids coming out of high school to join, instead of going to college for their worthless degree in communications.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:27:13 PM EST
[#46]
Ridiculous bullshit.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:27:27 PM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I only got one question for them Tupac Or Biggie It says a lot about a man Tupac.  2Pac - Hit 'Em Up (Dirty) (Music Video) HD |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:30:01 PM EST
[#48]
And if you are gonna...
 Epic Rap Battle: Navy Seal vs. Army Ranger |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:31:11 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Spec 5 always looks cool to me and WW2 tech sergeant https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/105D1913-7215-43FE-9D5D-00F72EBA3F43_png-2704623.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It's well past time to reign in the NCO Corpse and reintroduce Soft Skill MOS's to the King of the SPC mafia: https://i.ibb.co/RC0k0xt/spc-7.jpgg Spec 5 always looks cool to me and WW2 tech sergeant https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/105D1913-7215-43FE-9D5D-00F72EBA3F43_png-2704623.JPG That's Technician 4th Grade (T/4). WW2 Tech Sgt rank looked like modern SFC rank. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:31:20 PM EST
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