Why does it seem everyone in the military (Mostly Army and Marines) who arent in a combat MOS constantly feel the need to show they are just as important/badass as a combat MOS?
>MP's are basically fucking infantry!!
>If it wasnt for me being an armorer the 0311's would be fucked!!
>at least we dont have to fucking march all day with a heavy ruck!!
Not only this but they are also the first ones to mention being in the military, or bringing up the fact that "I served"
>I am/was not in the military by the way.
>>29925586
Feeling important is like a basic human need
>>29925586
the same reason you made this thread, OP: they're fags
>>29925586
But MPs really are the same as infantry. We go out and patrol just like infantry
>>29925586
Never had a problem with pogs. Basically follow the golden rule.
Treat them with respect and they hook you up. Supply guys gave us extra gear because they knew we were in the suck and felt bad for us. Show up at 9:45 and chow hall lady gives extra food with a smile. Tell ammo bro you need extra, he makes it happen.
We are all volunteers doing a job. Act respectfully and you open a lot of doors. Basic commen sense shit.
>>29925715
>commen
This is a grunts level of intelligence kek
>>29925726
oi ur a cheeky fockin wankah
>>29925726
/thread
prior grunt here
god damn i'm glad that i'm out of the military now
>>29925797
Did you ever deploy?
>>29925586
>who arent in a combat MOS constantly feel the need to show they are just as important/badass as a combat MOS?
Because the non combat arms guys realize that while their job was important, it wasn't as important, dangerous, honorable, note worthy, admirable as going out and getting blown up, shot at, shooting back, etc. Being a cook isn't exactly like being in "Band of Brothers"
Don't get me wrong, their job is important, but don't let them fool you, for the most part they had it very easy compared to us in combat arms running missions, doing guard, etc
I used to try and share my experiances with people, let it be known I'm a veteran etc, but I've learned to just avoid talking about Iraq or letting people know I'm a veteran in public life, and I've noticed that other combat vets tend to do the same thing. I don't mind telling you faggots, but IRL I'd rather avoid it so I don't get all the stupid face to face questions or the "thanks for your service" bullshit, not to mention most veterans I have met are the type in OP, cringe worthy cooks, radio guys, truck drivers, fuelers etc that constantly try to equate themselves to Infantry.
>was it hot?
>did you shoot at anyone?
>how much action did you see?
>how many guys did you lose?
>have you seen *insert faggy movie about Iraq like "American Sniper"*? Is that what it was really like?
>>29925726
Boom discredit my opinion based on 1 spelling error.
K.
>>29925805
yea
>>29925586
>history teacher in HS was a airforce MP in germany
>Always talking about all the shit he got to do, was basically a government funded vacation.
>Always talking "serving muh country"
Getting paid to go fuck around is Germany, how heroic.
>>29925817
eh, if anything it validates your story. Authenticity is important
Serving is more than getting shot at.
If you could only qualify to pull triggers or if you actually signed up to get blown up by IED's, good for you. Stop acting like you're gods gift to the military. I honestly feel bad for the infantry because that's all they have. No one on the outside cares you were infantry because there are no skills for killing people on the outside apart from professional military companies--and even then they prefer to recruit from people who do actual dangerous stuff like Rangers and Special Forces. They don't care about fat shit mech infantry that ride around in Strykers and totally know someone who was hit by an IED once. Every one knows the real work is done by aircraft and the airstrikes are called in by people who are not infantry.. Our infantry isn't even fighting anything right now.
>>29925726
I have a friend who turned down a full scholotship, scored 95 on the asvab and went into infantry
>>29925898
B-but I went grunt with a 96 asvab and aren't stupid I swear to Jesus.
For real tho I've been out 3 years and have a 3.3 GPA. I don't claim to be a genius I just refuse generalizations that categorize me as dumb. Half the time it's Army cunys that say it that don't realize Marines usually have stricter standards.
>>29926032
what a fucking idiot
>>29926032
asvab aka 'not retarded' test
>>29926056
>>29926048
After his 4 years was up he went and got his bachelors and masters in mechanical engineering. He says it was the best worst 4 years of his life that he wouldn't trade for anything.
i was an Infantryman
i'm full civ now. tried community college but had to drop out of Developmental Math because that shit was hard as fuck.
just work as a Armed Security Officer for a private firm on a Gov Contract now. the pay is really good, but i don't want to do this forever... i really have no idea what to do next. i feel lost.
>>29925586
little dicks
>>29926107
Could have learned a useful trade. I was in logistics. I got a degree in logistics while I was in, and paired with my experience, I make 90K/year with more upward mobility. 0 student debt.
>>29926107
You're one of the stupid ones then.
You were lost before, during and after. You're just lost.
>>29926107
the math gets easier anon
>>29926128
ive thought about it. but none of it really interests me
>>29926133
before i joined, i was expecting to be a lifer, even my first 2 years. but the last 3 were gay as fuck. so i decided to get out.
>>29926154
not when you can't do basic math without a calculator
Infantry wouldn't be shit without support roles
>>29926649
Support roles wouldn't exist without Infantry
Just flipped your shit.
>>29925701
Yeah but we were hated by everything. The only people who liked being mp's were closet serial killers, assholes who did it for the bonus, or the ones who lucked out in the air force.
>>29926756
You guys are basically infantry!
Why does it "seem like that" to you if you're never experienced it? You're just making up what you think people say.
>>29926769
Link your reply. You're talking to air.
>>29926766
Infantry that have more ability to abuse their station.
You're young
You're in camo
You're away from home
You have guns
Of course you are going to pose and get froggy occassionally. People that never served or did anything realitively "badass" still try to act like badasses.
You
>>29927092
no idea what you are trying to say
>>29925811
Thank you for your service
>>29928546
>>29926107
>Developmental Math because that shit was hard as fuck.
I feel you, fucking hated college
Why does it seem everyone in the military can't just do their service and shut the fuck up?
>>29928597
Because they want everyone to thank them for their service.
>>29925586
I got out last year, I was an IT Specialist. I fucking hated my job. I had to deal with retarded Combat Engineers all day and fix computers. If I could go back in time and do it all over, I would have went Infantry.
Most POGS suffer from wanting to feel special, they want to feel like they're important, and the majority of them aren't.
From an ex-POGS point of view, I admire your job.
>>29925811
thanks for the service
>>29925586
I got slotted in for a support job in my branch. I might wear a uniform, but my job is corporate as fuck. I never tell anyone I'm in military and I die a little inside when someone who knows or finds out calls me a hero.
>>29931526
Are you me bro?
>Join military with airborne slot contract
>Get disqualified for 'raising my hand' first day
>2nd day get 41 clubbed whilst looking dead eye at the instructor and touching the ground with my chest
>Still want to do this and lie to myself until I get to my unit
>Wowwowow it's fucking nothing Texas FT Sam houston
>Basically all I do is go to a garage and sit down for most of the day if not doing powerpoint/online sharp training shit
>My soul dies when I get asked about what I do compared to what my buddies at SF units are doing right now
Worst thing is I know I probably won't get sent to Airborne ever knowing this kind of place
>>29932092
I know fuck-all about military shit so forgive me if this sounds dumb.
But couldn't you just apply to a SF unit or something?
>>29925615
This is an reasonable and adult answer. Thank you very much.
>>29925726
And now you're gonna disregard his entire very valid opinion based on that.
>>29932092
Are you 35 series?
>>29925811
I'm an engineer and an infantry guy just moved to my section because he's going to reclass so I constantly bug him telling him to teach me how to be a fucking operator.
>>29925586
I once met a guy who had USMC tattooed on his forearm, in really huge, black block letters.
Turned out he's been a truck driver the whole time, without ever having deployed.
>>29925811
Service me, senpai
>>29925586
So doc here a get Fucked both sides of the house allot.of grunts think they are super hard and act like dicks and allot of support roles are lazy and half assed fucks
>>29925968
ur totally in COD fantasy land you worthless fuck - Rangers & SF are first foremost infantry 11b mos for starts ontop of airborne etc skills mos's.
>>29925811
this girl gets thanked for her service every time she posts on facebook
>>29925586
Bill Mauldin, the cartoonist who did the Willie and Joe cartoons during WWII, wrote a book during the war called "Up Front."
Mauldin was a reporter for Stars and Stripes, went practically everywhere in Europe, told it the way he saw it from the G.I.'s perspective and clashed with no less an authority figure than George Patton.
Mauldin was of the opinion that the people who would yell the loudest about veterans benefits and talk about their exploits the most after the war would be those who had done the least during the actual war.
>>29925726
GRUNTS BTFO
>>29925586
Im an intel guy. I don't want to be an infantry guy. Im cool with that.
>Inb4 REEEE POG'S GET OUT
cause we all know you're one too.
>inb4 F and respeks
>inb4 thank you for your service
>>29933247
One of the reasons Mauldin and Patton did not get along.
>>29933335
>picture
fucking hilarious
>>29926032
I've known a few guys that did that exact same thing and have regretted it ever since.
One of the guys I work with now has a son who did that too. Smart as hell but he wanted to be an infantryman for four years and go do something else. Now, I was a 12B myself, so I told this guy to smack some sense into his son and do something with some value to it. The kid didn't bite, and now his dad is telling me that he's fucking miserable.
Guess it's getting better though. His 1SG was being so intentionally divisive he got his ass shit canned in theater. Which, frankly, is impressive. That had to have been some high tier shitbaggery to catch the attention of an infantry BDE command.
think that's bad? put yourself in the shoes of a "BUD/S-duds" that end up becoming needs-of--whatever-the -fuck in the USS piece of shit.
>>29933247
>Bill Mauldin
He wasn't a reporter, he's been a soldier who draw cartoons in his free time. Dude even got a purple heart in Italy.
>>29925586
What is a soldier without combat? They want to feel purpose, and to feel important.
Everyone wants to do gangster shit until it's time to do gangster shit.
>>29928546
>>29931492
>>29933178
>>29933230
>>29933469
>>29925586
>everyone who isn't a combat MOS
a lot of us don't. Either you don't see is because talking to a non military person about your service is like pulling teeth, we know we had an important/difficult job that the combat arms guys appreciated, or were not self conscious children
T. Line medic/now nurse
>>29926107
Former grunt here as well, sometimes you need the right motivation for school and it isn't there right away. I did a few classes, took a couple semesters off and just worked. Tried being part of a start up company that flopped because the owner sucked at business and the concept was too niche. It made me kind of angry for the wasted time. Went back to community college with some fire in my belly and decided to try a degree in programming just to see if I could meet the challenge. It's been tough and stressful, but I just stayed too stubborn to give up. Just today I got offered pay for an internship I applied for with the understanding of it being unpaid. This place has a good chance to lead to a well paid full time job at the end of summer.
My advice to you anon is that maybe you just need to get pissed off about your situation to start using that GI Bill. Also stop chasing a sliver of that adrenaline and guns lifestyle and just get yourself looking good on the job market. You can get your infantry feels by collecting guns, going hiking, go skydiving if you need an adrenaline pump. Best of luck to you man.
>>29934657
>skydiving
My buddy who was infantry says skydiving is the cloest thing he can get to the adrenaline rush he got in combat. He also goes skydiving once a month chasing the feel even though he's been out 3 years.
>>29933368
They often become swcc/small boat taxi drivers for SEALS but still think they're operators...actually kind of funny.
