Why did you join a combat role?
>>30079863
i didn't I sit at home and smoke camels all day
>>30079863
To kill
and that is ok.
>>30079888
Is it wrong that I want to experience that?
Because it sounded dangerous...
>>30079903
No, people will judge you. But everyone has thought about it.
You're just one of the few that's not afraid to actually do it
>>30079863
Thought I'd be some major league door kicker. Go out and be some sort of Schwarzenegger. I ended up fucking around at Benning, pulling shit duties. When we did deploy it was 80% sweating our ass off babysitting IA and 20% shit hitting the fan. Then I got the fuck out of 11B. Best decision I made.
>>30079863
Because life's a journey and regardless death is the destination.
Combat is the most exhilarating experience I have ever been involved in. There is nothing more satisfying than killing someone that is trying to kill you.
>>30079912
I'm not in the army, always wanted to do it though
>>30079866
thats not good for you anon
>>30079866
>>30080000
Quadsman is right, you shouldn't sit at home all day, it's not good for you.
>>30080000
Nice quints
>>30079863
Honestly; mine was a deathwish.
>MFW did 4 tours not once did I achieve it
>Volunteered to run through IED infested fields >nothing
>So many times I stood in plain sight for a sniper to hit me
>Nothing
>So many times I was main gunner on my humvee
>Nothing
>purposely walked into an ambush
>Nothing
>Wounded guys being used as bait to lure us out and I walked out to help them
>Nothing
>Morter on the FOB
>I walked out into the open
>Nothing
>Get home and try to hang myself
>Robe snaps
>Played Russian roulette 5 times
>Nothing
>MFW here I spend the remainder of my 30s on /k/ and fucking up poor people in section 8 housing hoping they'll ambush me someday
>>30080057
Here's your (you)
I have a bad back and both knees are fucked too. Oh wait, that's why I joined Walmart. Never mind.
>>30080057
Fuck me, you are one lucky bastard
I want to go for the exact reason, chin up mang we can make it
2010, wanted to be a tanker but all slots taken, ask what jobs ships me off faster to basic and was told about this 11x job, 5 years later and 2 deployments and no regrets..... but i wish that I'd atleast get assigned to a HBCT so I could of been taken care of my armor fetish instead of being light INF my whole time in.
>>30079903
>>30079888
>>30079947
well shit you just made a list
>>30079863
To kill Muslims.
>>30080094
Wot?, I'm on a list because I've always wanted to enlist?
I wouldn't join just to kill brown people, thats sort of a bonus
>>30079863
Ive been thinking about joining up for a combat role.
Im lost in life right now, im going to school for an associates in buisness(i did because if i didnt mom said she would kick me to the curb).
I feel like if a i join, im guranteed a purpose for a while.
>>30080134
forgive my spelling, i was doing something else while typing.
>>30080094
It takes more than that to get on a watchlist fuck head.
>>30079863
Because I wanted life-changing experience
I know how edgy that sounds but whatever
>>30079866
I haven't had a smoke in 5 months to this day and fuck me, I still crave them daily.
>>30080471
It never goes away, anon.
Unless you do ibogaine.
I wanted to get dick cheny get oil money
Kind of unrelated but there was no /meg/
I just got back from MEPS a couple days ago. Everything went fine until I went to my liaison and was told I failed the TAPAS (I have a GED so I need to pass).
I was fine on adaptability and Can Do but my Will Do was 61 out of a required 90.
How do I win the TAPAS test?
>>30079863
There was a war back then. Someone had to. And many someones did.
>>30080478
apparently the craving will end when I die so I have that to look forward to
>>30079863
Because the recruiter said it was the only trades with openings, so I went infantry. Then found out after my infantry course the medics and engineers were screaming for new troops.
>>30080503
Literally nobody had to pawn.
>>30080510
Just pick up smoking again when you're 70, as well as all the other shit you promised you'd never do for the sake of health.
No point being 70 unable to do anything, that's the time you explore drugs and shitty foods.
>>30080513
Pawn?
>>30080532
worthless and disposable, you could have died for oil profits.
>>30080538
I could have. Vietnam vets could have died fighting for the fictional advance of communism.
I'll enjoy my bachelor's degree. You enjoy being morally superior on the interwebs. One of us is pathetic.. guess which one?
>>30080559
You, boasting about your faggoty bachelor's degree in women studies.
>>30080559
one of us aided a war criminal
>>30080568
Yeah, women studies nailed it. Or a real actual degree.
Also, if you used Pawn as a proper noun and capitalized it I wouldn't have to guess what your retard ass means. I know that's asking a lot from a basement dwelling gimp boi tho.
>>30080573
That's OK, I took part in my own war crimes.
>>30080578
>I wouldn't have to guess what your retard ass means
>what your retard ass means
>retard ass means
>retard ass
....
Not even the guy you're yelling at
>>30080589
Well then you're butt buddies. Retard ass.
>>30080592
Wew lad, dont throw stones when you live in a glass house.
>>30080578
Pawn is not a proper noun you fucking moron. Go sell your body for oil whore.
>>30080596
...
>>30080607
Sure it is. It's a chess piece, representative of a person. I don't know maybe they teach that in 3rd grade, you'll learn it next year.
>>30079863
WHAT? WHY DID I A CASSEROLE?
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU BLABBING ABOUT!
>>30080618
Is fodder a proper noun? You are really fucking dumb
>>30080607
Grunts are not known for grammar.
>>30080625
But I'm not. You're resorting to name-calling because you can't articulate a coherent argument against me.
Poopface.
>>30080632
Food in the context I'm right. Or in chess is a King a king and the Queen a queen?
Fucking amateur hour.
>>30080634
I'm not arguing with you moron. I'm calling you dumb and worthless.
>>30080640
Yes I know. Which is what people who can't formulate an opinion resort too.
Let me dumb it down... I think you're the stupid one. Now take the last jab at me because I find you boring. I've been trolled by much better.
>>30080655
pawn is not a proper noun, kys.
>>30080658
Education anon. Get some.
>>30080620
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
all day everday
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>>30080663
Perhaps you need a dictionary more than you need a bachelor's degree.
>>30080057
Maybe you're meant for better things you miserable faggot.
>>30080458
It doesn't sound edgy at all. It sounds painfully normal, don't worry about it.
>>30080499
I can't help you but thanks for posting that image. It led me to google then to learning something new. It's cool.
>>30080726
No problem. What did you learn anon?
>>30080499
>TAPAS
apparently you just bullshit your way through it, give whatever answer you think they want to hear.
>not US
>Not mil
>just googled.
>>30080057
I also kind of wanted to die. But hajjis can't shoot that well or I would of.
It's one thing to be young and angry and gamble with your life, but if you still feel like that go to Mental Health buddy.
>>30080757
I have heard conflicting opinions. Some say to take the test honestly while others say to bullshit it. It also records consistency among answers.
>>30080833
I read one guy say just ask "what would captain america say?" and repeat that for each question.
I don't know anon, if you're honest it could fuck you in the ass and who gives a shit about a stupid test, you'll be mowing lawns and sitting on firewatch or equivalent 90% of the time anyway.
>>30080027
those aren't quints
>>30080520
desu might as well start drinking, smoking and doing drugs when you hit early 60s
Who the fuck wants to make 70 anyway?
>>30080000
Your quints made me go have another
>>30079932
Prettt much this, except I was a muhreen. Before I saw this post, I was just thinking about how I was dumb enough to signup and be an 0311, but atleast smart enough to go to the POG side and attain some marketable skills. Maybe not that smart though because I became a Huey and Cobra mechanic, so I was still a knuckle dragger.
>>30080663
>>30080568
I have a Bachelor's degree and I'm volunteered for a combat role
u mad
>>30079863
I like weaponry
>>30079863
I'm not joining to kill but i know I'll have to do it. I'm joining for the experience of battle and to explore the world and help people. I'm joining knowing death is a high posiblity but i would love to be in the field of battle over any other job.
>>30079863
I didn't because it isn't 1952.
Tech wins wars, not manlets on the ground.
>>30079863
I didn't because we don't have mechs yet
Why fucking live?
>>30079863
>Joining as anything less than a commissioned officer
>Joining infantry
Well, there's a couple mistakes right there at the start, private. Now off with you, I hear your platoon leader needed volunteers for latrine-building duty.
>>30083050
>Infantry doesn't have officers
>graduate at 21 with degree in International Finance
>my work experience, internship experience, and contacts landed me a "dream job" with a Fortune 500 company
>start making bank
>at 23, start feeling uncertain about myself, feeling unhappy and unfulfilled
>"Is this what I want to be doing?"
>take two weeks vacation
>retreat deep into the Arizona desert for meditation, in utter silence and isolation
>looked deep into my heart of hearts, dredging up all repressed memories, reviewing every lost opportunity in my life thus far, and started looking for what I really wanted in life
>came back to a forgotten ambition from my childhood, to become a soldier and experience combat
>finish retreat, go back to work, send in letter of resignation
>disregard OCS and enlist 0311, Marine Corps.
>deployed to Afghanistan
>tasked with mostly uneventful patrols, but some have ended in firefights with local militants
>these little skirmishes were some of the most exciting and fulfilling moments of my life
>after attaining my adolescent need for violence, I feel fulfilled
>my contract ends and I don't reenlist
>go back home for MBA and life goes back to normal
Long story short: I wanted the experience, I am happy for having it, and I don't have a single regret.
>>30079863
>artillery
>combat role
>>30081544
those werent quints...
>>30079863
To be an active part of maintaining the American way of life. Now I realize I'm basically an overqualified Janitor.
>>30083338
thanks for your service.
>>30083147
hell yeah.
explain how it's not.
>>30079863
to see how i reacted under fire, and i watched war films loads as a kid and always wanted to experience combat.
I didn't think I could do anything else.
i want to join to fight in the war
but shits done and i dont hold high illusions of me being in SF or some SOF group.
fuck man, mankinds been at war with itself since the start why cant i take part in the carnage?
>>30079863
To slay motherfuckers
I just wanted to be atop of a guntruck and hope I could get the rest of the crew to sing with me.
>>30079863
I didn't. I design weapons instead.
>>30086465
I got some drawings from when I was 9, want to take a look?
One of them is weaponized kittens, you basically ramrod C4 into the kittens bunghole and release them in batches to civilian areas, civilians will take them into their homes and BANG kitty goes off after set delay.
it's 90% psychological warfare.
>>30079863
I joined maintenance. Might try and cross train to a combat roll though.
>>30086764
yeah, don't. trust me your physical and mental health will thank you.
>>30086807
>implying this doesn't motivate him more
men masochistically follow anything that presents a challenge.
>>30079863
Naivete mostly. I was 17 when i joined and drank the war movie koolaid. Don't get me wrong, it was a good fucking time, but my body feels like i'm 60.
>>30079863
I didn't, I became a POG network engineer and I just got an offer making way more than my friends who have degrees being a civie.
>>30086807
I'm not going infantry or anything like that. Still have a couple years in my enlistment, my goal now is finish my bachelor's and going officer, maybe cct or something. I'm going to see what all my options are.
>>30083092
>throwing away a comfortable and lucrative career for underpaid army games
>wanting to experience combat
>probably killing civilians
>actually being proud of your "service"
You are literally the worst kind of human bung
>>30080057
Not bomb strapping and visiting Mecca
You got to want to achieve the goal to get it done anon. Others can not do it for you.
>>30086925
the safety of an anonymous post.
>tfw joined military police in the national guard thinking my dumb ass would be safe and sound and I'd be learning to be a professional buddy fucker and eventually go into SWAT once I got out of the military
>immediately get sent out with my unit to afghanistan, get into several firefights and 5 months into deployment nearly get obliterated by a thermobaric RPG
>never did any cop shit
>shrapnel errywhere
>burns errywhere
>get sent home on a med discharge
>to this day I'm waiting on my purple heart
>after I heal up I decide I don't want to be a cop and now just work whatever job I find to be interesting at the time
Could have been worse, I could have spent 8 years as a blue falcon
>>30079863
I didn't because God made me a fucking female
>>30087258
It's not too late if you are young enough. But don't because women shouldn't be combat personnel.
>>30087258
whats your pt test scores? even if you maxed all the events you still barely passed the male minimum.
>>30080471
I smoked for 38 years, and switched to vaping 2 years ago, now I can't stand the smell of cigarettes
>>30087370
but now you're inhaling 5x the amount of nicotine thereby making it 5x harder to quit.
>>30087283
>>30087297
Unless we're in a total war situation there is no place for me in a combat position, even if they allowed it. I wouldn't be able to pull my weight in any kind of worse-case scenario situation. I would be disruptive to the morale and fighting effectiveness of my squad. I'd be an unnecessary burden when they could just have a man take my place and do a better job.
I'm probably just a naive, military glorifying sap for wanting to be a combatant anyway.
>>30082851
>i would love to be in the field of battle
*autism intensifies*
>>30082851
good god man. You're so idealistic it hurts. Stop it.
>>30080499
How the fuck did you fail the TAPAS? You can just hit the first answer for everything and still pass.
Just wait a month. I have to go back next month because the doctor was a drycunt but whatever.
>>30079863
I didn't I joined up as a pog. Almost joined combat role but then I was like, hmmm, I like my knees and not being broken by age 25
>>30087531
Smart man. I should have been a pog.
>>30080839
You just wait a month and retake it. No biggie.
I'm a tranny faggot and wanted to die so my family wouldn't be disappointed in me
>>30087614
It's OK Carter. Do you still wear the Batman wedding ring and tell stories about your "wife".
>>30079940
No BS.
I understand now.
Thank you.
>>30087201
Pics of scars or no proof
>>30087398
Total war will no longer happen or else you would be already dead by now. That goes to everyone else sitting at base when the nearest nuke cooks off.
>>30080499
https://cherrieswriter.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/helicopter-nose-art-during-the-vietnam-war/
'Nam had some awesome nose art.
>>30079863
to fucking kill people legally
or die
>>30080057
Well, hanging yourself with a robe isn't going to work.
>>30080520
>>30081009
>I can always do it later when I'm older and don't need health
Even if you start at 60 or 50 it kind of sucks ass a decade later when you're dealing with COPD and end stage organ failure because you shot up your aging body with waves of pent up stuff you always wanted to do but didn't, and while you were even in less health than before.
So by then it's either get treatment and live even more restricted than you thought you would be while the 'healthy' 60-70 somethings are at least walking around and not shitting into a bag attached to their stomach while a machine breathes for them.
Or don't get treatment and drown in your own fluids.
>>30083092
You are literally me except I'm still working at that fortune 509 company. I'm also 23. When did you enlist and deploy? I want to be a soldier and experience combat but am afraid if I enlist I'll never get deployed right now.
>>30088930
500*
>>30080471
6 years without a cigarette and I still want one when I smell one.
>>30079863
Pretty simple my father, grandfather and great grandfather all fought in wars when they were alive so it was my turn.
here here
[ thats me verbing the cunt outta what u said therr, whole heartedly }
Compelling thread OP
All these pogues and civvy fucks taking shit about infantry can hang. Good to see some warfighters on for /k/ for once. Thanks for sharing. It's good to see some decent people on here. Not just basement dwelling mouth breathers haha
The funniest part of this thread, is the Autists that 'try' talk down it. Trying to justify their squid lifestyle working for daddy's fortune 500 company. Cool strory bruh, I ask you this, will you take your money to your grave? No you will forever be a coward, a sheep.
On your deathbed you will be full of regret, because you didn't have the nuts to go through with it. I have been a grunt for 10 years and I transitioning to another trade. I’ve enjoyed it, loved it even. Best decision I’ve made. It’s a love and hate relationship. Don’t listen to all the lies the recruiters say. It can be a shit job at times. But it is worth it. But know this. They’re some dudes who’re cut out to be a grunt, some are not. But at the end of the day it’s a meat grinder. As a grunt you have a shelf life. Know that, be aware of it and plan accordingly. Because you can't grunt forever. That's my piece of advice for you /k
>>30089860
>didn't have the balls to stand in long formations and then mow grass all day
>sometimes go to the field
>do online training
I'm only fucking with you, but that's the reality of grunts from today onward. Those who fought in the Middle East probably have a lot more reverence for the profession.
Thanks for your cervix
>>30079863
Cause i was 18 and hit that perfect peak of brave+stupid.
I'm glad that i did it, now that it's all in the past. I got to fight in both middle eastern theaters and know when civilians are talking out of their asses
Which is nearly always.
I just enlisted as 11B, how fucked am I gonna be I just wanna shoot shit
>>30079866
This
As much as I hate to admit it, I'm a chronic fuck up, I've under performed in everything that doesn't involve carrying tons of shit on my back and shooting, but shooting was all over the place. I wasn't sure if military was what I wanted anyway, so I decided against having actually competent people put up with my useless ass, especially in life and death situations. Also, I kept throwing my shit away. Only at the base though, never in the field. No matter how much I tried watching out for it.
Now an Albanian pays me to wrestle junkies for money at six in the morning infront of 7eleven.
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>>30079888
This was one of the reasons I thought about it though, was curious.
>>30079863
Cause I'm a coward first, a bluffer second and a warrior last.
Because I was 18 and even though I got a 124 gt score and could do literally anything I wanted to be a high speed killing machine
>And then I went on to actually never do my job since ait, even on deployment, and spend my whole career behind a desk at brigade
>>30080100
Wew lad. 2edge4me
>>30090289
good luck, we peacetime
>>30079863
To kill bad guys
>>30079863
To shoot a machine gun. 0331 reporting
literally to drop bodies
