Posted on 11/01/2022 6:07:13 PM PDT by Redcitizen
“A battalion commander is forbidding soldiers under his command from wearing their Army-issued fleece jackets”
Take that, Russia!!!!
He was correct. You could almost time when the fiscal year was about to end. That was when we in Supply were ordered to ‘relocate’ lots of unused or expired items. This so we could ask for increased funding for the next few quarters.
2 Star we were detailed to wrote my crew and I an approval to wear memo telling the CSM to piss off.
Never forget the day I put it in his hand. He read it and stormed off. Don't recall ever seeing him at the mess hall again.
Fond Army memories.
Same thing I saw. There were guys who had done camping, etc., who were miles ahead of guys who had never done that. And assuming you're referring to "the" TBS in Quantico, no classes on that there either.
That really bad night when it was cold/raining, and we were eventually allowed to bed down, I ended up rigging a lean-to using my poncho, dug a little trench around it, etc., and did fine. But some city guys just walked around all night to stay warm. I tried to tell some of them what to do but they were kind of miserable by that point.
Learn the hard way, I guess.
Isn’t this the origin of the term, “chickenshit.”
What was the First Seargent’s response?
I was in SK for 3 weeks during January. It gave me a whole new appreciation what our service men went through.
There ain’t nothing between SK and Siberia but a 3 strand barbwire fence.
Commanders quickly just told troops to wear them as outerwear, relying on your headgear to identify your rank.
All military uniforms should be fire retardant
Uniformity can be a B!!!!.
The Senior flag probably was warm and dry every day.
Being cold and catching a cold doesnt enhance readiness.
He wants our troops to have parity with the new Russian cannon fodder...
Yes, she was in Quantico also.
That would be a good reason not to wear it and to stop purchasing it in the future.
Maybe somebody’s brother in law sells those poly jackets wholesale and cheaply. Too bad.
Only a girlie man would wear a fleece jacket.
Now that was a hooah moment.
Good to have a 2 star to help you out.
My First Seargent was a good Top. made sure the Battalion had all the supplies in the field. Easy to talk to if we needed something.
As long as they’re OD.
The air force has a variation on that. Whenever a transport plane went down, hundreds of tons of material from all squadrons on the base, were on that plane.
Beats having a cold or bronchitis.
I like being warm.
I grew up as a boy in GITMO in the 60’s.
They would cut Jeeps in half in order to ask for replacement vehicles. It was normal to see a sailor driving a “personal” Jeep that was welded back together.
You could hear a pin drop in his formations.
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