Wow just when I think I can't get fucked any harder the army proves me wrong. We had a "wonderful" award ceremony for all of our hard work this morning. They drug us out of bed, around 0615, had us stand around in a formation for another 20 minuets or so (keeping with the military tradition of "hurry up and wait") then finally began the show. Like a typical army officer our Coloel loves to hear him self speak but now quite as much as others. At the very least he kept his "I am proud of you" speech to a minimum. I've seen some go on for ten minuets. Then it got down to the actual awards...
First major surprise/slap in the face was the fact that everyone with simi-significant rank got a Bronze Star. That is a hell of an award to get for siting on your ass for 15 months. I mean I've seen guys who spent their whole deployments geting shot at by hajji return with out a Bronze Star so to see a bunch of Sargent First Classes and Liutenants get one for basically hiding on a FOB (Forward Operating Base) the whole time comes as somthing of a surprise. But that is more of an insult to the men and women who have bleed and died in this hole and got the same award even though they deserved better.
The big slap in the face for me personally is the "award" I got as compared to the award that some of our shit-bag soldiers got. You see all I got was a Certificate of Appreceation. Basically a faggat-ass piece of paper that says thanks for wasting 15 fucking months of your life for a rich man's war. Its worth, I'm told, 10 promotion points. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Personally its not worth the paper its printed on to me. Since I've been here, I got spat on, attacked by detainees, got in trouble for cussing one of the shit heads out for throwing a water bottle at me, and so on. Thats the bad stuff. I've also done my job to the best of my ability, have drastically improved my PT score to the point that our PT Studs refuse to do any sort of abdominal training with me (they insist I'm crazy and the shit is to damn hard), and have ingeneral been a self maintaining soldier. A lot of guys need some one looking over their shoulder for every little thing from doing laundry to being on time to formation. And all I get is a Certificate of Appreceation?
Mean while soldiers who sat in an officer this whole fucking deployment, soldiers who can't meet the fucking weight requirments, soldiers who cant pass a motherfucking PT test, soldier who need their sargents to look over their damn shoulders, tell them to do their laundry, take the burger king wrappers out of their closet and throw them away, who need some one to say, "hey! you stink wash your goddamn ass for fuck's sake," get a goddamn ARCOM??? Those are worth 25 promotion points. Hell damn near everyone of them worthless fucks are geting out of the army anyways the fuck they need with 25 promotion points? Thats what I get for re-inlisting. I honestly shouldnt of listend to my dad I should of went with my gut and got the fuck out. But no the economy went to hell and I wasnt sure if i could get more work. So I reinlisted. And this is what I get. Its not what you know but who's dick you suck if you wana get by in the army.
I mean it may sound stupid to some of you out there for me to bitch about this, but it is insulting to me, a whole 15 months in this hole and I have busted my ass out here too. Working in 150 degree temps, cut my self open on razor wire, pulled long hours and this is what I get? Whats really bad is there is no limit to how many ARCOMs they can give out, the whole goddamn unit can receive one. But instead they give'em to the shit bags. Welcome to the real world: rarely does anyone get what they deserve.
First major surprise/slap in the face was the fact that everyone with simi-significant rank got a Bronze Star. That is a hell of an award to get for siting on your ass for 15 months. I mean I've seen guys who spent their whole deployments geting shot at by hajji return with out a Bronze Star so to see a bunch of Sargent First Classes and Liutenants get one for basically hiding on a FOB (Forward Operating Base) the whole time comes as somthing of a surprise. But that is more of an insult to the men and women who have bleed and died in this hole and got the same award even though they deserved better.
The big slap in the face for me personally is the "award" I got as compared to the award that some of our shit-bag soldiers got. You see all I got was a Certificate of Appreceation. Basically a faggat-ass piece of paper that says thanks for wasting 15 fucking months of your life for a rich man's war. Its worth, I'm told, 10 promotion points. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Personally its not worth the paper its printed on to me. Since I've been here, I got spat on, attacked by detainees, got in trouble for cussing one of the shit heads out for throwing a water bottle at me, and so on. Thats the bad stuff. I've also done my job to the best of my ability, have drastically improved my PT score to the point that our PT Studs refuse to do any sort of abdominal training with me (they insist I'm crazy and the shit is to damn hard), and have ingeneral been a self maintaining soldier. A lot of guys need some one looking over their shoulder for every little thing from doing laundry to being on time to formation. And all I get is a Certificate of Appreceation?
Mean while soldiers who sat in an officer this whole fucking deployment, soldiers who can't meet the fucking weight requirments, soldiers who cant pass a motherfucking PT test, soldier who need their sargents to look over their damn shoulders, tell them to do their laundry, take the burger king wrappers out of their closet and throw them away, who need some one to say, "hey! you stink wash your goddamn ass for fuck's sake," get a goddamn ARCOM??? Those are worth 25 promotion points. Hell damn near everyone of them worthless fucks are geting out of the army anyways the fuck they need with 25 promotion points? Thats what I get for re-inlisting. I honestly shouldnt of listend to my dad I should of went with my gut and got the fuck out. But no the economy went to hell and I wasnt sure if i could get more work. So I reinlisted. And this is what I get. Its not what you know but who's dick you suck if you wana get by in the army.
I mean it may sound stupid to some of you out there for me to bitch about this, but it is insulting to me, a whole 15 months in this hole and I have busted my ass out here too. Working in 150 degree temps, cut my self open on razor wire, pulled long hours and this is what I get? Whats really bad is there is no limit to how many ARCOMs they can give out, the whole goddamn unit can receive one. But instead they give'em to the shit bags. Welcome to the real world: rarely does anyone get what they deserve.
i have to read this like 5 times to understand all
thanks for u comment hunny