I know there are a couple members on here that serve there. Sound off if its you

Ill be there again for operation rolling thunder shooting arty out in the coleman and mcphersen impact areas. This is my 3 time up there. And my second b-day.

I do have to admit I talk a lot of trash on the army but the 82 are some squared away soldiers. Oh and not to mention them guys with the funny green hats

If you live there thanks for what you do


p.s. ill post pics up in this post when i get back around the 1st of November.

 

If the earth became constipated, Ft. Bragg would be one of the prime places to administer the enema..................................

 

haha well im not from there but from what ive seen of it and comparing it to the marine bases i've been/lived on it doesn't seem that bad.

 

About a year ago FT. Brag initiated an Army wide post rehabilitation program due to a father seeing his sons living conditions in the barracks. It was a month of hell. Slave soldier work renovating all the fkin barracks to meet a new "standard" of bull crap.

I was stationed at FT.Riley then. Why did I have to suffer, I lived off post!?

Thanks FT. Brag, SOB's.

Ft. Broke and they're airborne which is really heli repel can go to hell.

 

I was wondering why there barracks were so damn nice! that was the first thing we noticed when we went onto main side. no joke 4 story Hilton looking buildings.

 

Heres a few youtube videos on the barracks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46vYZFU1Dew

It was a huge deal Army Wide.

The video I posted is long, but has the full story from the soldiers father.

 

Is that normal for a Sgt to just be a team leader and sometimes squad leader?

In the Marines we are team leaders as Lcpl's (e-3) or maybe a squad leader if you were just ***** hot. they must trust us a lot more.

 

After watching it all the way through I can say that most of that is them not cleaning! our buildings are all from the 40's and don't look that bad because every Thursday we clean for 3-4-5 hours or until they seem clean enough and yes it is white glove clean. Any other Marines on here know what im talking about.

 

here is what we have. keep in mind there the same age of buildings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv0r6fIAFr0

 

You cant clean when you're deployed.

GCW -- E1-E4 In the Army are usually just the drones. Some E4's will serve as squad leaders if a SGT lacks in the unit. In most cases the E4 will either be promoted to a CPL or skill crafted through the NCO board to an E5.

But most of the time E3 and under will lack any responsibility. As an E2, I was our Unit's Arms Room NCOIC is you will, there was no NCO in charge jsut me. About the most responsibility you'll see a private get.

When you make E4 you start getting to do things and be in charge of things to be pushed to get ready to beome an E5.

It was funny, as marines who joined Army and I worked with have mentioned that it seems marines lower enlisted are way more trusted to do things and the Army tends to micro manage everyone, even the ones in charge. A boss managing a boss so to say.

However, because the Marines are smaller, it is easier to allow an E3 to be in charge, where as most of the Army is lower enlisted. That and I assume promotion in the Army is a lot quicker.

Therefore the structure is adequate for the branch.

It's just the Army is a whole new beast with much more people to deal with. According to a survey the Army has 548,000 active duty while the Marines only have 201,031 active.

 

I was referring to the city of Fayetteville more than I was the post itself.

 

I miss those days.

 

is that an "old iorn sides" patch?

they dont move units in when you deployed? as soon as we deploy there is another unit getting back or overflow that almost immediately fills up the empty rooms.

My cpl is from Agusta thats not to far from you is it? I know his dad is the sat-link guy down there

 

Yes it's an iron sides patch when I was in 3/1 AD.

I'm not actually in the Army anymore. But, I am from Statesboro, Ga, about 2 hours from Augusta.

 

When were you there glc?
I was there in '74, spent my weekends on Hay St.
If my clunker wouldn't go I'd hop on a bus that ran from Bragg to downtown.
It was called the 'Vomet Comet'.