Thinking about Army (Active or Reserve)
You Jar Heads are too in to this crap.
Unless you are in the Air Force (and that might be a stretch), you will never have adequate working resources.
Originally Posted by rmc97
Thanks for the insight so far guys. Another question I have is in relation to a story i heard from a friend in the Army. He said that some intel guys get deployed over to Iraq or Afghanistan, but when they get there they don't have adequate resources or workspace to do THEIR job, so they turn into just another infantryman. Does this actually happen or is my friend just misinformed, possibly just hearing rumor? Thanks.
Rob
Rob
Originally Posted by MR_X
You Jar Heads are too in to this crap.
Unless you are in the Air Force (and that might be a stretch), you will never have adequate working resources.
Unless you are in the Air Force (and that might be a stretch), you will never have adequate working resources.
Originally Posted by Nowell
Meh, adequate for me was a belt fed weapon, fresh socks, and the occasional shower.
I guess my Navy life style of getting a hot shower, 3 hot meals, a bed, a phone and a computer with internet and e-mails capability for daily use when deployed is considered being spoiled.
Originally Posted by MR_X
You Jar Heads are too in to this crap.
Unless you are in the Air Force (and that might be a stretch), you will never have adequate working resources.
Unless you are in the Air Force (and that might be a stretch), you will never have adequate working resources.
Originally Posted by Integrity
We've done so much, with so little, for so long... we can do damn near anything.
*edit - So did our MRE's LOL!
Originally Posted by rmc97
MRE? sorry if this is a stupid question
Originally Posted by jumpin800agl
Meals Ready to Eat. It's packaged meals used by the military. High calorie meals. You use a heater that you add water to to warm up the food and prepare your lil feast lol. They have improved over the years and now some of them are actually not bad.
LOL when we were in Kenya we would toss the ham slice to the kids and watch the adults beat up the kids over it. Then we would try and toss em deodorant and they would try and eat it, and spit it out, then throw it back.
They were what you would call a "hurtin" country.
Originally Posted by jumpin800agl
Meals Ready to Eat. It's packaged meals used by the military. High calorie meals. You use a heater that you add water to to warm up the food and prepare your lil feast lol. They have improved over the years and now some of them are actually not bad.
Originally Posted by MR_X
That is no adequate
I guess my Navy life style of getting a hot shower, 3 hot meals, a bed, a phone and a computer with internet and e-mails capability for daily use when deployed is considered being spoiled.

I guess my Navy life style of getting a hot shower, 3 hot meals, a bed, a phone and a computer with internet and e-mails capability for daily use when deployed is considered being spoiled.

Come talk to me when you get one hot *** bottle of water and MAYBE one winter MRE a day for 2 months straight. And WTF is a hot shower? I've had to bath with the water I can fit in a canteen cup.
OP, PM me any questions you have regarding the MI field.
Tony (9 year enlisted 96B/35F)
Last edited by bboypuertoroc; Apr 28, 2008 at 11:45 AM.
Originally Posted by spddmn124
im going to tell you straight up, you really dont pick what you want to do.
Officers on the other hand chose (I believe) their top three prefered branches and that is taken into consideration when they're placed into a branch.
Jumpin pretty much nailed it on the head (I would hope so, anyways... he's a HIGHLY MOTIVATED recruiter).
Originally Posted by bboypuertoroc
Spoiled wouldn't even describe it.
Come talk to me when you get one hot *** bottle of water and MAYBE one winter MRE a day for 2 months straight. And WTF is a hot shower? I've had to bath with the water I can fit in a canteen cup.
OP, PM me any questions you have regarding the MI field.
Tony (9 year 96B/35F)
Come talk to me when you get one hot *** bottle of water and MAYBE one winter MRE a day for 2 months straight. And WTF is a hot shower? I've had to bath with the water I can fit in a canteen cup.
OP, PM me any questions you have regarding the MI field.
Tony (9 year 96B/35F)
Originally Posted by MR_X
Hey I have being in the desert for 3 month in Qatar. It sucks, I know.
Tony (isn't knocking you at all... people have had it worse than me)
Originally Posted by MR_X
Hey I have being in the desert for 3 month in Qatar. It sucks, I know.
Originally Posted by Nowell
LOL when we were in Kenya we would toss the ham slice to the kids and watch the adults beat up the kids over it. Then we would try and toss em deodorant and they would try and eat it, and spit it out, then throw it back.
They were what you would call a "hurtin" country.
They were what you would call a "hurtin" country.
After that no more feeding the locals through the fence.
Originally Posted by bboypuertoroc
Jumpin pretty much nailed it on the head (I would hope so, anyways... he's a HIGHLY MOTIVATED recruiter).
Originally Posted by MR_X
Hey I have being in the desert for 3 month in Qatar. It sucks, I know.
Tim (wishes he were in Qatar instead of recruiting)







