Posted: 1/7/2010 7:18:49 PM EDT
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As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do
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As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do
Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? |
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As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do
Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? Both. It is real irritating to get blown the fuck up on a semi daily basis, and see someone who sits behind a desk in an air conditioned room get paid the same amount as me. |
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As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do
Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? Both. It is real irritating to get blown the fuck up on a semi daily basis, and see someone who sits behind a desk in an air conditioned room get paid the same amount as me. Not to be a smart ass, but the guys behind the wire get combat pay as well? Is it merely being in the theater that you earn it? Sorry for the dumb questions, just no experience with this. |
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As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do
Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? Both. It is real irritating to get blown the fuck up on a semi daily basis, and see someone who sits behind a desk in an air conditioned room get paid the same amount as me. I hear it's also great hearing them bitch about the conditions over there in their office just when you get back from outside the wire, too. 
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Quoted: Quoted: As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? In the Army, 99% of recruits are 'contracted' for a specific MOS... It is very, very rare that you meet someone who did not sign for what they are doing... For those who don't like their MOS, they can change at 1st reenlistment (hence, my DUMPING helo repair for Armor). |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? Both. It is real irritating to get blown the fuck up on a semi daily basis, and see someone who sits behind a desk in an air conditioned room get paid the same amount as me. I hear it's also great hearing them bitch about the conditions over there in their office just when you get back from outside the wire, too. OTOH, it is also irritating to sit in a damn bunker on the FOB, knowing that even if Hadji hits your unit, there ain't a damn thing you can do about it (as far as fighting back goes)... Except change your MOS & go back as something a little less Fobbit-ish... <<<-=––- 15G -> 19K |
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As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do
Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? In the Army, 99% of recruits are 'contracted' for a specific MOS... It is very, very rare that you meet someone who did not sign for what they are doing... For those who don't like their MOS, they can change at 1st reenlistment (hence, my DUMPING helo repair for Armor). Get the fuck out of here. When I was deployed, maybe 40% of the people I ran into were doing their MOS. The rest were nothing but pawns being moved from job to job. |
Yeah damn them punk as Airwingers who scored better on the ASVAB and made better career choices
Who are they to sit at the FOB and work on their resumes for their future jobs at Bell, Sikorsky, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin!!! Damn them lucky smart bastards all to hell
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As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do
Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? In the Army, 99% of recruits are 'contracted' for a specific MOS... It is very, very rare that you meet someone who did not sign for what they are doing... For those who don't like their MOS, they can change at 1st reenlistment (hence, my DUMPING helo repair for Armor). So people sign up to clean latrines and wash dishes and all the crap, but necessary, jobs to keep the army and other branches running? I thought there was some kind of aptitude test or something and they assigned accordingly. I tried to get into the service academies when I was a senior in high school but was told I couldn't meet physical requirements with my hearing loss. |
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REMFs FOBBITs just all names for the samething..if they arnt ratfucking your mail, they are stealing your chow, if they aint fucking up your pay, there giving you a speeding ticket as you try to exit the FOB to support a unit in contact...PT belts, salute areas, ice cream and 24 hr burger king........God Help us.........
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Yeah damn them punk as Airwingers who scored better on the ASVAB and made better career choices
Who are they to sit at the FOB and work on their resumes for their future jobs at Bell, Sikorsky, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin!!! Damn them lucky smart bastards all to hell Ha, fuck that. I scored a 97 on the ASVAB and chose 0311. Most of the guys I went to MEPS with that chose infantry scored damn high on the ASVAB as well. I guess if you look at it that way, I don't have much place bitching about the pogues when i get back from boot camp. |
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Yes, small timid creatures that eat 6 times a day, take noon tea, think most highly of themselves and can turn themselves invisible when anything resembling danger or work is near.......or anything/one that never leaves the wire togo on patrols....Quoted:
OK so I know to what these acronyms refer, but what do they translate as? Persons Other than Grunts Rear Echelon Mother Fuckers FOBBIT - a hobbit of the fob?  ..
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? In the Army, 99% of recruits are 'contracted' for a specific MOS... It is very, very rare that you meet someone who did not sign for what they are doing... For those who don't like their MOS, they can change at 1st reenlistment (hence, my DUMPING helo repair for Armor). So people sign up to clean latrines and wash dishes and all the crap, but necessary, jobs to keep the army and other branches running? I thought there was some kind of aptitude test or something and they assigned accordingly. I tried to get into the service academies when I was a senior in high school but was told I couldn't meet physical requirements with my hearing loss. No, we don't have MOSes for those 2... Contractors do alot of that shit now (gate guard, cooking, cleaning, etc) - and the rest gets done by details (your MOS is 11B (Infantry) but today, you'll be polishing floors (E-1 to E-3, maybe 4) or supervising floor polishing (E5+, maybe E-4s too))... There is the ASVAB (aptitude test) but the Combat Arms fields are not beyond the aptitude reach of most recruits... The Academies are a whole 'nother story, as those 3 institutions are among the top colleges in the country, and are extremely hard to get into... Graduate, and you've got a career officer's life ahead of you, for the taking (Academy graduates (along with ROTC & OCS folks) start as 2nd Lieutenants).... |
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Quoted: PT belts, salute areas, ice cream and 24 hr burger king........God Help us......... Those folks fuck up life for EVERYONE - including the folks who's duty is on the FOB... Fucking Garrison Nazis... 'OMG! Your PT belt is on your RIGHT shoulder! That hat is un-auth! Someone call QRF! Arrest him! Off with his head!' |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? In the Army, 99% of recruits are 'contracted' for a specific MOS... It is very, very rare that you meet someone who did not sign for what they are doing... For those who don't like their MOS, they can change at 1st reenlistment (hence, my DUMPING helo repair for Armor). Get the fuck out of here. When I was deployed, maybe 40% of the people I ran into were doing their MOS. The rest were nothing but pawns being moved from job to job. Should have been more specific: 'who did not sign up for their current MOS'... Being detailed to something else (Uh, derr... Tanks are too heavy for the roads here, so grab a rifle & hop on that HMMWV) is another story all together... We had both folks who got royally screwed (15T, Blackhawk guys stuck in 15S Kiowa Maintainer slots - no flying/gunning for them) and folks who wanted nothing more than to be detailed to something else (like me) told that we were needed for our specific MOS & would do nothing else the whole time... You guys (13Bs) kind of got screwed with MP & Infantry duty in IRQ, from what I heard... And of course, my new MOS (Armor) gets stuck as 'provisional infantry' - especially in A-stan due to the road issue... |
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PT belts, salute areas, ice cream and 24 hr burger king........God Help us......... Those folks fuck up life for EVERYONE - including the folks who's duty is on the FOB... Fucking Garrison Nazis... 'OMG! Your PT belt is on your RIGHT shoulder! That hat is un-auth! Someone call QRF! Arrest him! Off with his head!' I hated them fucks. Most the time I'd tell them to fuck off. Most the time they did. Every once in a while they would go to my chain of command. They would listen, and then have the talk with me. What was the talk, you ask? It wasn't "wear you PT belt right," or "make sure your eye pro is on." No. It was "Stop telling senior NCO's to fuck off"'
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As much as I hated them pogue mother fuckers, I sure am glad they were around to do the things that made life in Iraq a little more livable..... wait a second....... KBR and the local Iraqis did all that work......hummmm.... Then what did all the pogues do
Fucking lazy bastards Never having been in the military, was rejected for being mostly deaf in one ear and about 50% hearing in the other, do you get a choice to what your MOS is? I know you can request, but I have to assume that washing dishes in the chow hall is not a plum assignment recruits are chasing. Is the Pogue/REMF hate based in actual resentment or is it good natured bashing or a mix of both? In the Army, 99% of recruits are 'contracted' for a specific MOS... It is very, very rare that you meet someone who did not sign for what they are doing... For those who don't like their MOS, they can change at 1st reenlistment (hence, my DUMPING helo repair for Armor). So people sign up to clean latrines and wash dishes and all the crap, but necessary, jobs to keep the army and other branches running? I thought there was some kind of aptitude test or something and they assigned accordingly. I tried to get into the service academies when I was a senior in high school but was told I couldn't meet physical requirements with my hearing loss. No, we don't have MOSes for those 2... Contractors do alot of that shit now (gate guard, cooking, cleaning, etc) - and the rest gets done by details (your MOS is 11B (Infantry) but today, you'll be polishing floors (E-1 to E-3, maybe 4) or supervising floor polishing (E5+, maybe E-4s too))... There is the ASVAB (aptitude test) but the Combat Arms fields are not beyond the aptitude reach of most recruits... The Academies are a whole 'nother story, as those 3 institutions are among the top colleges in the country, and are extremely hard to get into... Graduate, and you've got a career officer's life ahead of you, for the taking (Academy graduates (along with ROTC & OCS folks) start as 2nd Lieutenants).... Thanks, I was a little more familiar with the Academies as I was going for Annapolis and probably would have gotten in if not for the physical DQ. I had the grades, the athletics and extra-curriculars, went to the right prep school and my Congressman and our former Republican Senator were on board. In my graduating class we had a West Point, Annapolis and Air Force Academy appointment as well as one or two students who went to the prep school in New Jersey for a year before going to West Point. Not bad for a class of less than 70. One was thrown out of the Air Force Academy on an Honors Violation. Got caught sneaking back on campus drunk and lied. The morning he was set for his hearing he went to the local air port, rented a Cessna and buzzed the campus before landing the plane on one of the gold courses - at least that was what I was told by a cadet a year ahead of him who also went to our prep school. This was in his junior year, he got stuck with the bill after he was expelled. The guy who went to West Point went to Georgetown Medical after graduating and is now a surgeon deployed to the Middle East. Not sure what happened to the guy who got my appointment to Annapolis. |
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Yeah damn them punk as Airwingers who scored better on the ASVAB and made better career choices
Who are they to sit at the FOB and work on their resumes for their future jobs at Bell, Sikorsky, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin!!! Damn them lucky smart bastards all to hell How about a 98 composite and 134 GT that chose infantry? Jay |
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Yeah damn them punk as Airwingers who scored better on the ASVAB and made better career choices
Who are they to sit at the FOB and work on their resumes for their future jobs at Bell, Sikorsky, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin!!! Damn them lucky smart bastards all to hell Ha, fuck that. I scored a 97 on the ASVAB and chose 0311. Most of the guys I went to MEPS with that chose infantry scored damn high on the ASVAB as well. I guess if you look at it that way, I don't have much place bitching about the pogues when i get back from boot camp. Amen brother, me too. Jay |
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Yeah damn them punk as Airwingers who scored better on the ASVAB and made better career choices
Who are they to sit at the FOB and work on their resumes for their future jobs at Bell, Sikorsky, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin!!! Damn them lucky smart bastards all to hell 88 on my ASVAB and chose 11X upon enlistment. I was young and I wanted to kill shit. *Shrugs* Whattaya gonna do? Sure, I don't have much of a job now while I'm going to school, but at least I wasn't a pussy ass little bitch when I was in. |
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OK so I know to what these acronyms refer, but what do they translate as? Persons Other than Grunts Rear Echelon Mother Fuckers FOBBIT - a hobbit of the fob? I resemble that post!  But then again I'm also Contractor Scum, so I'm not on the scale any more. When I still wore the uniform I was an Uber REMF. I almost never got to do anything cool.
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OK so I know to what these acronyms refer, but what do they translate as? Persons Other than Grunts Rear Echelon Mother Fuckers FOBBIT - a hobbit of the fob? I resemble that post! But then again I'm also Contractor Scum, so I'm not on the scale any more. When I still wore the uniform I was an Uber REMF. I almost never got to do anything cool.
Hey, I was just answering a question! 
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Quoted: Reminds me of this:Quoted: Quoted: PT belts, salute areas, ice cream and 24 hr burger king........God Help us......... Those folks fuck up life for EVERYONE - including the folks who's duty is on the FOB... Fucking Garrison Nazis... 'OMG! Your PT belt is on your RIGHT shoulder! That hat is un-auth! Someone call QRF! Arrest him! Off with his head!' I hated them fucks. Most the time I'd tell them to fuck off. Most the time they did. Every once in a while they would go to my chain of command. They would listen, and then have the talk with me. What was the talk, you ask? It wasn't "wear you PT belt right," or "make sure your eye pro is on." No. It was "Stop telling senior NCO's to fuck off"'  |
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Yeah damn them punk as Airwingers who scored better on the ASVAB and made better career choices
Who are they to sit at the FOB and work on their resumes for their future jobs at Bell, Sikorsky, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin!!! Damn them lucky smart bastards all to hell This grunt says put up or shut the fuck up  Some of us didn't sign up to get points on a resume.
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Yeah damn them punk as Airwingers who scored better on the ASVAB and made better career choices
Who are they to sit at the FOB and work on their resumes for their future jobs at Bell, Sikorsky, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin!!! Damn them lucky smart bastards all to hell This grunt says put up or shut the fuck up Some of us didn't sign up to get points on a resume.
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