“Drill Sergeant, I think I have pinkeye”
(Without looking) “You a Doctor, Private?”
“Uhhh...”
Smugly looking up: “Listen, Priv- Jesus CHRIST...”
(Privates eye is red, swollen shut and leaking pus)
Humbler Me: “...Private you have pinkeye. And maybe something else.”
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but there is no wrong time to put up your Christmas tree. It’s yours. Do it whenever you want as long as it makes you happy. You also don’t have to wear pants in your own house.
Sooner they’re fielded, the sooner the NET curve can start. There’s going to be issues, the sooner the units can beat them up, fix them, and tune them, the sooner they’ll start showing a return on investment.
The seven steps of the Military Decision Making Process for Veterans Day
Receipt of Mission: The process begins when all the free meals from restaurants are published and your friends tell you they want to eat at as many places as possible.
Mission Analysis: The staff (you and your veteran friends) analyze the menus to understand what’s free, identify constraints such as driving time, quality and length of wait times. You all then determine specified, implied, and essential tasks, such as filling the car with gas, pregaming etc. Then, develop a restated mission, such as how many places you plan on eating at.
Course of Action (COA) Development: arguably the most important step. fail to plan properly, eat less and wait in more lines. Do the work, get the free Bloomin' Onion (if you did proper MDMP you would already know that Outback Steakhouse isn't doing the free Bloomin' Onion this year).
COA Analysis: You and your buddies analyzes the COAs to identify strengths, weaknesses, and potential problems through a process often called "war-gaming". This involves making sure your spouse and kids are in the car in order to make all the hit times, Who is DD'ing, etc.
COA Comparison: The staff compares the different COAs against each other to determine the most viable one. Add in at least one "throw away" COA to satisfy your spouse. Then let them know the team didn't vote for it and that you are sorry...but it's your day.
COA Approval: The team approves one of the courses of action. Inevitably one person will be upset by the choice. They have no selected themselves as the designated driver.
Orders Production: The final plan is formalized via a text message to all your friends. Let them know that you are going to storm the Chili's down the road like our forefathers at Normandy.
Can we talk for a minute about how the EOD Soldier in this photo only got a Navy Achievement Medal for removing an RPG from a Marine’s leg?
There needs to be a review of some awards from the Global War on Terror, and I’d start here.
@AgiliteGear I continue to be impressed with Agilites commitment to versatility and minimalism without sacrificing capability. Looking forward to that front panel especially.
@AgiliteGear Carrying two water cans, shoot from 25m, carry cans to 5m and shoot, back to 25m and shoot, same at 7m, back to 25m, then 10m, 25m, 15m, 25m, 20m… wildly humbling lol.
2/2 Chip Yong Ni conclusion-
and now that it’s light, the mighty Air Force is raining napalm hate on the PLA to give the boys on the ground a breather and it’s working, but they’re getting low on ammo, but hey that’s why they had bayonets. They spend the day distributing ammo,
I’m about to go Twitter dark for like 6 months so here’s part one of a drafted tweet I was too cowardly to post (1/2 THREADS, it’s a lot):
Chip Yong Ni-
Inspired by booze, boredom and @pptsapper, I present to you my inaugural ramblings concerning the Battle of Chipyong Ni.