Instituted by Bush II. Great Law for sure. I served under his old man when we were still allowed to go to any country and kick their ass and leave. We didn't have to stay and "Fix" the fucked up country.
Christopher Chaos I'm guessing GO #1 is still in effect (The Army treating us like scout troops instead of grown-ass men and women.) The funny thing is, it was never really enforced...unless you were really stupid or got in trouble for something else and the charges were piled on. (Though I do remember a Sergeant Major who'd spend his nights hiding around the LSA wearing NVGs and trying to catch people creeping between trailers.) Everybody had porn on their computers (we'd trade porn and I'd repair their computers, install update packages and remove viruses.) Most of us drank (care packages of "mouthwash" and trading with foreign military personnel and contractors (who could drink.) Those who cared to gambled. And there was sex. Mostly, it was "What happens on deployment...) of the top of my head, incidents that stood out were the married NCOs (to each other) who used a common shelter to hook up (can't blame them), the two lesbian soldiers who got caught naked after drunk sex in a connex (got an Article 15 for drinking...the sex wasn't mentioned), and the Magic Mortar (a couple who'd walked off from the LSA one night caught some shrapnel in a mortar attack. They both had light shrapnel wounds on their torsos and legs - him on the right side and her on the left - but amazingly, the summer PT uniforms they were wearing had no holes. It's a mystery... And those were just a few of the incidents - that came out - from my unit in OIF 1. . As long as you didn't get obvious or stupid about any of it, the chain of command - for the most part - had no interest in GO #1 prosecutions.
You can also do a video on things you SHOULDN'T do while in the Army. I was deployed to Iraq when one of the platoon sergeants (married) was sleeping with one of his soldiers (also married). The favoritism got so bad that the rest of the squad mutinied on the platoon sergeant. Since I had operational control over the section, I went there and chewed them out like a 5 day old cow chud. 'When I screw up, then you can. until then shut up and work' IF you are a leader, DON'T attend parties attended by your soldiers 'This is to protect you from doing something stupid in front of your troop.
#1 have a severe nicotine addiction. you will get an article 15 if you don't have a can of dip #2 back pain. you must have some Chronic pain in your back. if your airborne you are allowed to have the pain in your knees. #3 kinda off #2 you must age unnaturally fast. you're a 30 year old 0-3 you must look like your atleast 50. #4 you must be extremely bipolar. this haunts you after your service for years to come. while your in service you must hate everything and everyone military. in the field you hate it. in the barracks you must hate it. however less than a full day after getting your dd214 you must get a veteran baseball cap and a grunt style shirt and begin growing a beard. after seeing the civilian world for a couple of minutes you will miss your battle buddies and old way of live #5 this only applies to 18-20 year old E-1s thru E-3s straight out of basic. you must buy an over priced muscle car or pick up truck. you must get a motto tattoo preferably on your bicep or chest for all to know that you were in alpha company sand hill Benning. you also must marry either A. your hs gf or B. a stripper.
Trevor Gomoll I always find it interesting listening to vets feelings about the military years after. My grandfather fought in Ww2 in the US Army in Africa and Italy, and he always talked about how much he absolutely loved it. If you got him to talking he would just not stop. The dude kept a cache of weapons and other hardware in crates in his damn garage after the war ended. Like ordinance and all according to my mother. Until a fire broke out in the house.
funny story I snapped at this kid during PT for not shutting up about the walking dead and when asked why i snapped the way i did my answer was I was quitting smoking and hadn't had a smoke in like a week so I was irritable. It became an Inspectable Item I have a pack of cigarettes on me at all times with no fewer than 5 smokes as ordered by Top and the CO.....
Soldiering runs through my family, from The Revolutioniary War to the Civil War, WW2, Nam, Korea and Deseart Sorm/Shield. I just want to defend those that I love from all threats, be they internal or external.
Warfare is my dad's side of the family's collective occupation. Either actively soldiering, sailing, flying, or designing, inventing or helping to invent and/or designing the tools strategies and weapons of warfare. I couldn't enlist. I tried but didn't get past MEPS. The recruiter did point me in the direction of a buddy of his who was a job recruiter at Northrop Grumman and got a job in their IT sector and into others in my 8 years working there. Thus, I was directed to another way to serve the country.
My Step-Father was in the Marines and Colors played on the TV or something while he was asleep. He shot straight up at attention out of fear of getting scolded. He was retired at the time too...
mac burger I would like to sincerely thank you for your explainations and your valuable time that you spend it on reading and replying for my comment. Your 2 comments where useful to me.
6. Sign your soul away. Just kidding. 7. Mandatory fun with a two beer limit. 8. Being a Sgt. 1st class at age 30 with 12 years time in service and having a to salute 23 year old LT with less than 1 year time in service and he essentially is your battle buddy.
david Wagner: you are not saluting the person but the office to which she/he has been appointed. The grades of 2Lt and 1Lt rate a salute by subordinates, the grade of SFC does not, but the SFC is held in higher esteem provided he/she is a squared away NCO.
M Louttit yes, I know you salute the rank and not the person. However, in my experience most LT are largely clueless. West Pointers tend to be more squared away compared your average OCS graduate.
Tanner Wilson: You Mean the Royal Order of Toilet Cleaners? I spent a number of years with the 104th Training Division back in the late 70's and early 80's, and our number one Summer Camp mission was to train ROTC Cadets. We didn't think much of the cadets we saw for the most part. Almost every year that I was involved with that, I saw at least one woman (and here I should mention that I am of average height; 5'10") that, while wearing Army boots and steel helmet could walk under my outstretched arm. They were not the most impressive people out there.
In the marine corps on fridays for colors they play Colors, the marine corps hymn, and the star spangled banner. My buddy got caught outside for five minutes waiting for it to end while I threw rocks, sun flower seeds, and pouches at him.
I watched a friend of mine get chewed out by the Duty Officer (A Captain) because he tried to run from colors. It was the greatest 10 minutes I ever spent on duty, totally worth it.
In the Marines, we remove our cover (utility or garrison cap) indoors. The only time our cover isn’t removed indoors is if we’re “under arms” or wearing a war belt indoors.
I'm just some guy that happens to be joining the army, hopes meps goes well, and I'm doing this for no certain reason nor have any family that has or will join military. I'm just some guy doing whatever I can in life. Simple enough. P.S. Thanks for making these videos Chris, helps a lot before hand.
I'm a Brazilian army veteran And those 5 things are also required here too, And about leaving the base we must report If leaving a 50 Miles radius from it
Hey Chris, One thing that seemed a little bit strange, that the U.S. Army does, not necessarily bad nor good but simply strange, is how the Army names it's motorized vehicles, mechanized vehicles, and aircrafts. Take for instance, tanks are always named after famous generals. Helicopters are named after American Indian tribes. Even fighting vehicles are named after famous leaders and generals. Other U.S. Army cargo/transport planes and vehicles are named after Greek mythology heroes, or cartoon characters. What are the reasons behind that? Thanks.
I’m currently not in the military, but the time I spent in sea cadets I learned, it helps people recognize those people/tribes/leaders. If you notice too they’re either absolute savage warriors, or expert tacticians or hero’s, sometimes even people that didn’t do either and were simply a key roll in making the military what it is today ie. the Sullivan brothers have a ship. Generally I think it helps give everything a nickname that’s cool and part of military tradition, but having it in a category helps others identify what it might be. Like if you say the USS Arizona or USS Wisconsin, I know those are battleships because they’re states, if you say USS Indianapolis or another city I know that’s a cruiser, and submarines used to always be named after aquatic animals. That’s the way I see it. You say “Blackhawk” or “Iroquois” I can generally associate with rotary aircraft.
I hated the 250 miles radius thing. I said fuck it a lot of times. I drove to Vegas once by myself from Fort Lewis, WA and didn't tell anyone. Another time I went to Vancouver B.C. and once I flew home to Boston on a 4 day weekend. Never told anyone, never got caught. Phew
When I was stationed in Ft Carson for the 4th Engineers during the 90s we did not have a battle buddy system during off times, but the battalion did offer resources within the unit if say a soldier needed assistance like mental health or general financial advice of one has problems of such things. When I did battalion CQ we had some office cash to pay the cab if a soldier was short, lost his money or whatever to get back. Sometimes I would hop on the van and get our guys that were clubbing in Colorado Springs myself, maybe get a couple of other dudes from other units, but my stop will be back to our HQ. Sure beats one of our guys getting a DUI or getting hurt because of drunk driving.
I was also stationed at Fort Carson in the 90's.. I was with the 3rd Cavalry and I don't remember having a battle buddy either.. I do remember having one in basic and ait though
We had a quiet supply specialist who turned out to be a beast in "flag" football during our mandatory fun cookout. It seems goofy but it actually is great team building before a deployment.
While on post you have to walk on designated walks or roads never on the grass, you can’t spit in public while on post you have to write an after action report after every damn task you get.
One of the silliest thing was not being able to put your hands in your pockets except to retrieve things like car keys. Even though when I became a senior NCO (E7) I kind of did it more. As an NCO you are required to sign for things or even lower enlisted. DA Form 3161 such as tool boxes or items . As an NCO you are required to have a rater and senior rater. But one thing is required is formations. Another thing is an APFT. Another is going to field and going to the range. You are required to wear a helmet (ACH ) when driving a military vehicle and soldiers must have a TC and ground guide in the motor pool. I seen where soldiers have gotten enough counseling statements for being late to formation and it gotten soldiers demoted and chaptered. Some people may be familiar with common things like I mentioned but others might not understand why a person can be penalized for being late to formation as an example. Enough 4856's and its big problems.
My wife was a civilian employee at the former Ft Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, home of the Army Finance Center. We always appreciated the respect that both military and civilians rendered the flag at Retreat each evening when folks were leaving for the day. Cars would stop on the streets, and people would get out and salute or put their hands over their hearts. Thank you all for your service.
In the Navy, while in a foreign port, enlisted had to wear their uniform and have at least one buddy with them. When we pulled into Aalborg, Denmark, I spotted this really old and quaint church. I wanted to see the inside, so I talked two of my shipmates into going to services the next morning. Once the service started, we found out the service was in Danish not English. My buddies looked at me in panick and asked what we should do. I told them we just do what the guy in front of us did. When he stood up, so did we. If he sat, we sat and when he knelt we followed suit. Halfway through the service the Minister said something (in Danish) and the guy in front of us stood up. We looked around and realized there were only four people standing, the guy in front of us and us three sailors. People looked at us with surprised expressions, then they all just started laughing. At the end of the service, we're filing out the back where the Minister told me (in perfect English) how nice it was having us join them for the service. I confessed that none of us spoke Danish, but the church was beautiful and the music was excellent. I then asked him why people were laughing when we stood up. He smiled and said the he had announced the birth of a baby girl to a member of the congregation, and asked the father of the child to stand and be recognized.
1:25 - On Marine Corps bases, Reveille plays at 0530 and we do not raise colors (the Flag) then. Morning Colors is played at 0800, and that’s when the flag is raised. Evening Colors is played at Sunset, and that’s when the flag is lowered. During Colors, we face the flag or music (if we can’t see the flag being raised or lowered), and salute while in uniform; if in civvies, we just stand at attention until the music for Carry On is played.
I was an MP. At some posts, there was this daily occurrence at approximately 1655, a "retreat rush". There would be personnel double timing or worse, doing the bounding long-stride silly walk to get indoors. When it became a safety issue, we were ordered to crack down on the speeders (in cars) that tried to drive off post to avoid having to stop, stand outside their cars, and salute. The post commander threatened violators (including officers) with daily attendance at reveille and retreat which solved the problem. "Star Spangled Banner" and "Hail to the Chief" were two songs that required standing at attention, even at the movie theater, even out of uniform. Also, about the hat indoors thing, we were told that MPs were considered "under arms" when on duty. Drill sergeants have a similar exemption.
Ya. It’s just one of those things where you can get away with it until they suddenly decide to have a surprise recall or something. I knew several people that would still take off.
phxazdude arizona ours was so bad we had to counsel our soldiers every Friday and the soldiers had to write down what their plans were from release on Friday to 0630 Monday.
Another item that was unique to the Army was first-line supervisors and above doing automobile safety checks on Soldier's vehicles before a long weekend.
At group we would go swimming for PT and/or play football, and/or soccer; I don’t recall any mandatory fun. I suppose that those things qualify, but they were actually fun. Wife was in the NG, and the stupid Christmas parties and picnics I got dragged to… kill me with rat poison.
I guess they changed the name for the sports week thing at carson cause it’s called iron horse week now. Same shit though. It’s pretty cool cause we basically don’t do pt for a week cause there’s games going on allllll day and we HAVE to go watch them.
The name changes all the time. lol. Some call it kit Carson week, Iron horse week I heard someone call it Ivy week but im not sure if that is something separate.
One time when I was visiting my aunt I had to go into her base with her and I was wearing a baseball hat and everyone was judging giving me weird looks
It sucks I was looking forward to enlisting in the Army but I was disqualified before going to Meps.. Thank you for serving Christopher Chaos and thanks for the videos
When the local guard unit is having weekend training in my tow, I always give the guys shit if they leave their covers on indoors. I see senior NCO's and officers doing it.
To clarify: The reason you take your headgear off inside is because it means that you are "Bearing Arms" A.K.A you have a gun same thing with saluting indoors
Improve- Commanders discretion on sleeves up or down when it’s permitted by regulation. Have a better system in place, 70 degrees or warmer, sleeves up. Under 70, sucks, put them down
Anakin Solo worst advice ive ever seen your gonna go in with a bunch of kids yelling at you because you went to college plus youd still have to pay for college
@@lorac30 that's not necessarily true. You get debts paid off up to (I believe) $65k if you go after college, go through ROTC and OCS (jrotc is highschool, rotc is college). You technically do get promoted sooner, as well, as you'd be an officer upon joining, with a higher pay grade (rank). So you're not too correct, there.
Haha... I recall that when I was in 1-8 INF Battalion at Fort Carson, we were simply issued a card which had a number to the SDO desk, and the Company CQ, and numbers of a few local Cabbies in Colorado Springs!! What a beautiful area, too; Cheyenne Mountain, looks like a strange rendition of Mars, some mornings...
"mandatory fun" lol yeah couple months ago, my unit had MWR so we had to go. didnt end up drinking but many came back drunk af and i helped take care/make sure they got to bed
When I was in AIT at Ft Gordon me and my battle snuck out to Ft Benning for a weekend to visit friends. I don't remember getting crazy approval. Been a long time tho.
Another thing for number 2, the dress Uniform does the same thing with the beret Thank got that I am taking ROTC in my high school so I am prepared for the military lifestyle
So the first 4 are absolutely true. But the 5th one, after I got to my first duty station, I have never been required to have a battle buddy , weird lol
I was in the 80's and early 90's, don't recall having mandatory fun days or "battle buddy". I do recall being issued a pager when I took leave. Did have to inform my section chief where I was going and give a list of contacts. Oh we had Sgt's time every Wednesday (mandatory training).
Back in the day you had to have more than one buddy if you were going to The casino in Leesville Louisiana at Fort Polk. That place was dangerous and I am from Philly.
I remember your Number 1, saluting the Flag during Revile and Retreat. From what I remember (Baumholder, Germany, 1971-1974) if you were outside and in uniform, you would stop what you were doing, and salute the flag, but if you were in civilian clothes then you just stood at attention. And if you were driving, you were supposed to stop, get out of the car, and either salute or stand at attention. I don't remember anyone running inside during my time, but I do remember hurrying to get inside before the music started, as well as delaying going outside to avoid having to salute. Battle Buddies came around after my time. With regard to that piece about going outside of 250 miles, as far as I remember, that didn't apply to us, BUT. But, we were always on standby, and so if you were given an ALERT (sometimes issued by USAREUR, other times by lower level organizations, this was in case the Soviets decided to cross the border between East and West Germany), you either had to be present, or on an authorized leave or pass, otherwise you would face something from the UCMJ, either an Article 15, or a Courts Martial. Several times a year, the unit would have a muster alert, and a role call would be made of the unit. If you were not present, and the unit leaders didn't know where you were, you faced the UCMJ.
At my duty station we dont have "battle buddies" as long as your TL is tracking youll be at the PX, Sick Call, or wherever during duty hours thats usually enough
Never had a battle buddy Basic and AIT was force but while i was at my duty station however normally my section would have a group chat to text if they need help or had questions about doing stuff on or off duty normally we are just friends when it came to work to spark conversations to pass the time and once we got off did our own thing 🤷♂️
im 15 and i recently subscribed to your channel and im in ROTC and wanting to join the army your advice is real helpful to me because i'll know what to do and what not to do while in the army
When i was younger i lived on a military base, and everytime colors would play we would all stop whatever we were doing and put out hands over our hearts until the end of it.
The 250 mile rule is primarily to make line of duty determinations. Service people are assumed to be doing things that fall within their line of duty duties as long as they happen within 250 miles of their permanent duty station. Passes and leave forms extend the definition of the service members line of duty zone, extending the presumption that what your doing falls within your line of duty. Things that happen outside your line of duty can impact your survivors ability to collect your SGLI payment, your eligibility for disability related to line of duty and several other things. AWOL leaves you vulnerable to loss of coverage for benefits you would normally receive if the injury occurs within the scope of your line of duty.
"Battle buddy?" The first my baby sister and brother said that I didn't know what they were talking about as we didn't have such when I was in. I know my dad didn't have such either. That's something that came about long after I got out. Little sis explained it and I just shook my head.
My MP platoon in Hanau, FRG would return from the field with Humvees. Two choices: one wash rack on Pionier Kaserne or go off post to a carwash. We NCOs and some SPCs would pool W. German coins for 10 vehicles. Did this for three years. In and out within one hour and sooner to the beer.
For my mandatory fun days I would show up for about 10 to 15 minutes, walk around then leave. My chain of command was horrible so I had no reason to stick around.
Navy did colors at 8 and Sun set (at least when I was in) and you didn't have to get out of your car, but you had to stop if on base. And no mandatory fun or battle buddies, but the rest was the same.
Im a Vietnam vet we were ask not to go off base by ourselves cause the civilians hated us and would beat the shit outta us. I took lots of fighting classes when i was young so going alone was just a sporting event for me
As a veteran who was stationed at Fort Carson I can attest to "Kit Carson" and both loved and hated it. nothing screams fun like mandatory fun. but for the most part it can be fun and they let you drink so there is that.
Lol battle buddies. My very first night in reception after arriving at Sill around 10pm, a kid was having some reaction to a std test "supposedly". I was the only idiot to open my eyes when who I thought was someone important but was just another nobody who arrived at reception a cpl days prior to myself, though he was already walking around half cocked in an old pair of bcus. I got suckered into attending the hospital with him til 4am. Shoulda known that was a sign to how much fun id be having
You should do a video on the five soldiers who's MOS is one in which you would not want to screw over. I'm talking about like not screwing over your medic, or pissing off a cook, or making an enemy and S4....
when i was in, the only thing that was kind of annoying was socks when doing PT. most of my socks are low cut and it had to be above the knee or so if i remember
My little brother is an MP the Marines. He told me about his training and tbh it sounded pretty fun. However I'll be joining the Army and will not be an MP.
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Depends on the post as to whether you get out of your car or not. Great example is Fort Meade. You end up being that one goofball that standing out of your car renderings salute while everybody's driving past you.
Plus if it is an open post. Doesn't Benning have an interstate or something running through it? I know after basic/ait I was being driven to the airport and we were on an 8 lane highway (back in the 80's) on post. Be hard to stop 8 lanes of traffic for a 30 second salute.
No, I Corps and III Corps control them all. Check your CG1 policy. As for the interstate, it's part common sense and safety, also because its actually not part of the installation.
On Marine Corps bases, Colors are raised and music is played at 0800 (8am) and lowered at sunset. If outside, yes; we face the flag and salute it in uniform; in civvies, we face the flag or music while standing at attention.
When I was in the Army I wasn't required to have a battle buddy at regular duty station, I theoretically did have one. Presidio of San Francisco was Chris and in Germany was Snoop Doggy Moon.
"Don't walk on sergeant majors grass"
Venom apologize to sergeant majors grass!
** Every where, is SGM's grass !
Even if it is brown and dead weeds with patches of dirt, and gravel.
Battle buddy is to watch for each other's emotional health. If Battle Buddy starts going nuts or suicidal, you're going to be the first to find out.
How would I know
@@HazzyFcrazy you will
Under the Military Salute Law, any Veteran is allow to salute the U.S.Flag even if not in uniform.
So true !!! I like this!!! I always do !!!
Instituted by Bush II. Great Law for sure. I served under his old man when we were still allowed to go to any country and kick their ass and leave. We didn't have to stay and "Fix" the fucked up country.
Good to know
How about 5 things you can or cannot do while on deployment
Good suggestion. I’ll add it to my list. Thanks man!!!!
Andrew Dalton Ray
Not be on deployment
No porn alcohol gambling taking pictures of detainees and don’t tell your buddies wife that he is dead before the army does
Christopher Chaos
I'm guessing GO #1 is still in effect (The Army treating us like scout troops instead of grown-ass men and women.) The funny thing is, it was never really enforced...unless you were really stupid or got in trouble for something else and the charges were piled on. (Though I do remember a Sergeant Major who'd spend his nights hiding around the LSA wearing NVGs and trying to catch people creeping between trailers.)
Everybody had porn on their computers (we'd trade porn and I'd repair their computers, install update packages and remove viruses.) Most of us drank (care packages of "mouthwash" and trading with foreign military personnel and contractors (who could drink.) Those who cared to gambled. And there was sex. Mostly, it was "What happens on deployment...) of the top of my head, incidents that stood out were the married NCOs (to each other) who used a common shelter to hook up (can't blame them), the two lesbian soldiers who got caught naked after drunk sex in a connex (got an Article 15 for drinking...the sex wasn't mentioned), and the Magic Mortar (a couple who'd walked off from the LSA one night caught some shrapnel in a mortar attack. They both had light shrapnel wounds on their torsos and legs - him on the right side and her on the left - but amazingly, the summer PT uniforms they were wearing had no holes. It's a mystery... And those were just a few of the incidents - that came out - from my unit in OIF 1.
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As long as you didn't get obvious or stupid about any of it, the chain of command - for the most part - had no interest in GO #1 prosecutions.
You can also do a video on things you SHOULDN'T do while in the Army.
I was deployed to Iraq when one of the platoon sergeants (married) was sleeping with one of his soldiers (also married). The favoritism got so bad that the rest of the squad mutinied on the platoon sergeant. Since I had operational control over the section, I went there and chewed them out like a 5 day old cow chud. 'When I screw up, then you can. until then shut up and work'
IF you are a leader, DON'T attend parties attended by your soldiers 'This is to protect you from doing something stupid in front of your troop.
Battle Buddies sounds much better then Warrior Companion lol.
Battle boo
Where tf do you say warrior companion? Lol
7:20
Warrior companion sounds a little gay
Navy calls it Liberty Buddy
#1 have a severe nicotine addiction. you will get an article 15 if you don't have a can of dip
#2 back pain. you must have some Chronic pain in your back. if your airborne you are allowed to have the pain in your knees.
#3 kinda off #2 you must age unnaturally fast. you're a 30 year old 0-3 you must look like your atleast 50.
#4 you must be extremely bipolar. this haunts you after your service for years to come. while your in service you must hate everything and everyone military. in the field you hate it. in the barracks you must hate it. however less than a full day after getting your dd214 you must get a veteran baseball cap and a grunt style shirt and begin growing a beard. after seeing the civilian world for a couple of minutes you will miss your battle buddies and old way of live
#5 this only applies to 18-20 year old E-1s thru E-3s straight out of basic. you must buy an over priced muscle car or pick up truck. you must get a motto tattoo preferably on your bicep or chest for all to know that you were in alpha company sand hill Benning. you also must marry either A. your hs gf or B. a stripper.
Lmfao
1/19th echo company 1996 sand hill damn that was 22 years ago Holly shit!
Trevor Gomoll I always find it interesting listening to vets feelings about the military years after. My grandfather fought in Ww2 in the US Army in Africa and Italy, and he always talked about how much he absolutely loved it. If you got him to talking he would just not stop. The dude kept a cache of weapons and other hardware in crates in his damn garage after the war ended. Like ordinance and all according to my mother. Until a fire broke out in the house.
This is a breakdown of everyone in the military.
funny story I snapped at this kid during PT for not shutting up about the walking dead and when asked why i snapped the way i did my answer was I was quitting smoking and hadn't had a smoke in like a week so I was irritable. It became an Inspectable Item I have a pack of cigarettes on me at all times with no fewer than 5 smokes as ordered by Top and the CO.....
*STRIPPER*
im a loner by nature i used to find the battle buddy thing annoying
we don't give af
"Warrior Companion".....they tried that in 2009 when I was in Korea. Never stuck, even the BC thought it was stupid.
PGOLDEN88
That was actually started as a joke.
Mandatory Fun = Organized Grabass
yeah basicly
@The Drunk Monkey. Do you mean... Sex?
Corentin C. No...no he doesnt.....
The Drunk Monkey lol what the hell
So....the army is the gay branch. I guess it explains why they keep saying the navy is gay. Their the closet gays who hate gays.
Soldiering runs through my family, from The Revolutioniary War to the Civil War, WW2, Nam, Korea and Deseart Sorm/Shield. I just want to defend those that I love from all threats, be they internal or external.
Lt. Dan, ice cream!
Same here man my family's been soldering since the war of 1812, up to the Vietnam war and now I'm enlisting and shipping off to basic April 3rd
Warfare is my dad's side of the family's collective occupation. Either actively soldiering, sailing, flying, or designing, inventing or helping to invent and/or designing the tools strategies and weapons of warfare.
I couldn't enlist. I tried but didn't get past MEPS. The recruiter did point me in the direction of a buddy of his who was a job recruiter at Northrop Grumman and got a job in their IT sector and into others in my 8 years working there. Thus, I was directed to another way to serve the country.
Hey Lt. Dan
Dovah kid they ain’t dying for a reason tho..
My Step-Father was in the Marines and Colors played on the TV or something while he was asleep. He shot straight up at attention out of fear of getting scolded. He was retired at the time too...
I am learning the rules early so i don't break them. I want to go in the army to give back to the country that has done so much for me .
mac burger Hello sir.
Can you tell me please what's these things that the army hides from showing them to the youth?
Thank you
mac burger I would like to sincerely thank you for your explainations and your valuable time that you spend it on reading and replying for my comment.
Your 2 comments where useful to me.
Yes give back to Lockheed Martin
It’s been a while, you never forget reveille or the colors (retreat) that stays in your head for life. Kinda weird.
and yet everytime you hear them you groan and assume the appropriate stances.
I have reveille as my alarm clock, I snap out of bed at attention.
Ok now Christopher deserves to be a big youtuber. Honestly he is the most respectable person I’ve ever watched. Keep up the good work!
Thanks!!!
I just swore in yesterday as 68W leaving January 2nd to fort jackson !!! This helps alot 😩
How are you doing now-a year later?
6. Sign your soul away. Just kidding. 7. Mandatory fun with a two beer limit. 8. Being a Sgt. 1st class at age 30 with 12 years time in service and having a to salute 23 year old LT with less than 1 year time in service and he essentially is your battle buddy.
david Wagner: you are not saluting the person but the office to which she/he has been appointed. The grades of 2Lt and 1Lt rate a salute by subordinates, the grade of SFC does not, but the SFC is held in higher esteem provided he/she is a squared away NCO.
M Louttit yes, I know you salute the rank and not the person. However, in my experience most LT are largely clueless. West Pointers tend to be more squared away compared your average OCS graduate.
What about ROTC? My cousin went through the ROTC Route.
david wagner my 1st lieutenant was a 20yld west point grad. Talk about awkward
Tanner Wilson: You Mean the Royal Order of Toilet Cleaners? I spent a number of years with the 104th Training Division back in the late 70's and early 80's, and our number one Summer Camp mission was to train ROTC Cadets. We didn't think much of the cadets we saw for the most part. Almost every year that I was involved with that, I saw at least one woman (and here I should mention that I am of average height; 5'10") that, while wearing Army boots and steel helmet could walk under my outstretched arm. They were not the most impressive people out there.
In the marine corps on fridays for colors they play Colors, the marine corps hymn, and the star spangled banner. My buddy got caught outside for five minutes waiting for it to end while I threw rocks, sun flower seeds, and pouches at him.
@ Those are all expected behaviors of a Marine. lol
Jacob Taylor - they eat crayons too
I watched a friend of mine get chewed out by the Duty Officer (A Captain) because he tried to run from colors. It was the greatest 10 minutes I ever spent on duty, totally worth it.
They never played the MC hymm on Fridays while i was in
In the Marines, we remove our cover (utility or garrison cap) indoors. The only time our cover isn’t removed indoors is if we’re “under arms” or wearing a war belt indoors.
I'm just some guy that happens to be joining the army, hopes meps goes well, and I'm doing this for no certain reason nor have any family that has or will join military. I'm just some guy doing whatever I can in life. Simple enough. P.S. Thanks for making these videos Chris, helps a lot before hand.
How’s it going brotha?
Good luck
"Hell, even the First Sargent and the Commander have battle buddies, usually it's each other though."
For some reason that just makes me chuckle.
I'm a Brazilian army veteran And those 5 things are also required here too, And about leaving the base we must report If leaving a 50 Miles radius from it
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Hey Chris,
One thing that seemed a little bit strange, that the U.S. Army does, not necessarily bad nor good but simply strange, is how the Army names it's motorized vehicles, mechanized vehicles, and aircrafts. Take for instance, tanks are always named after famous generals. Helicopters are named after American Indian tribes. Even fighting vehicles are named after famous leaders and generals. Other U.S. Army cargo/transport planes and vehicles are named after Greek mythology heroes, or cartoon characters. What are the reasons behind that? Thanks.
I think its just to honor leaders from history by naming that vehicle after them.
John McJunkin All I know is for the heli's there was a bill saying you need to name them after indian tribes
I’m currently not in the military, but the time I spent in sea cadets I learned, it helps people recognize those people/tribes/leaders. If you notice too they’re either absolute savage warriors, or expert tacticians or hero’s, sometimes even people that didn’t do either and were simply a key roll in making the military what it is today ie. the Sullivan brothers have a ship.
Generally I think it helps give everything a nickname that’s cool and part of military tradition, but having it in a category helps others identify what it might be. Like if you say the USS Arizona or USS Wisconsin, I know those are battleships because they’re states, if you say USS Indianapolis or another city I know that’s a cruiser, and submarines used to always be named after aquatic animals. That’s the way I see it. You say “Blackhawk” or “Iroquois” I can generally associate with rotary aircraft.
John McJunkin all I know is a Apache helicopter sounds badass
Christopher Chaos or maybe it is just to bring luck, as they say it's bad luck to have a ship without a name.
For revelry you have you stop your car, get out and salute. It was a pain in the ass
You mentioned Ft. Carson... Back when I was stationed there (79- 81) the week of fun was called Iron Horse week...
Mandatory fun days were legit tho. Sometimes they were genuinely fun. Most times the day ended well before a normal day would
I joined in the '80s and we don't have the term "battle buddy". We have barracks buddy thought and I was a room commander.
I would have took a piss all over your room
I hated the 250 miles radius thing. I said fuck it a lot of times. I drove to Vegas once by myself from Fort Lewis, WA and didn't tell anyone. Another time I went to Vancouver B.C. and once I flew home to Boston on a 4 day weekend. Never told anyone, never got caught.
Phew
I'm thinking about joining the army, and this video gives me and others, a great insight of what is required when you enlist.
Thank you!
When I was stationed in Ft Carson for the 4th Engineers during the 90s we did not have a battle buddy system during off times, but the battalion did offer resources within the unit if say a soldier needed assistance like mental health or general financial advice of one has problems of such things. When I did battalion CQ we had some office cash to pay the cab if a soldier was short, lost his money or whatever to get back. Sometimes I would hop on the van and get our guys that were clubbing in Colorado Springs myself, maybe get a couple of other dudes from other units, but my stop will be back to our HQ. Sure beats one of our guys getting a DUI or getting hurt because of drunk driving.
I was also stationed at Fort Carson in the 90's..
I was with the 3rd Cavalry and I don't remember having a battle buddy either..
I do remember having one in basic and ait though
I was stationed there in the early 90s too. We had Iron horse week not Kit Carson. No battle buddies for us either. C Battery 1/3ADA.
We had a quiet supply specialist who turned out to be a beast in "flag" football during our mandatory fun cookout. It seems goofy but it actually is great team building before a deployment.
While on post you have to walk on designated walks or roads never on the grass, you can’t spit in public while on post you have to write an after action report after every damn task you get.
One of the silliest thing was not being able to put your hands in your pockets except to retrieve things like car keys. Even though when I became a senior NCO (E7) I kind of did it more. As an NCO you are required to sign for things or even lower enlisted. DA Form 3161 such as tool boxes or items . As an NCO you are required to have a rater and senior rater. But one thing is required is formations. Another thing is an APFT. Another is going to field and going to the range. You are required to wear a helmet (ACH ) when driving a military vehicle and soldiers must have a TC and ground guide in the motor pool. I seen where soldiers have gotten enough counseling statements for being late to formation and it gotten soldiers demoted and chaptered. Some people may be familiar with common things like I mentioned but others might not understand why a person can be penalized for being late to formation as an example. Enough 4856's and its big problems.
My wife was a civilian employee at the former Ft Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, home of the Army Finance Center. We always appreciated the respect that both military and civilians rendered the flag at Retreat each evening when folks were leaving for the day. Cars would stop on the streets, and people would get out and salute or put their hands over their hearts. Thank you all for your service.
In the Navy, while in a foreign port, enlisted had to wear their uniform and have at least one buddy with them. When we pulled into Aalborg, Denmark, I spotted this really old and quaint church. I wanted to see the inside, so I talked two of my shipmates into going to services the next morning. Once the service started, we found out the service was in Danish not English. My buddies looked at me in panick and asked what we should do. I told them we just do what the guy in front of us did. When he stood up, so did we. If he sat, we sat and when he knelt we followed suit.
Halfway through the service the Minister said something (in Danish) and the guy in front of us stood up. We looked around and realized there were only four people standing, the guy in front of us and us three sailors. People looked at us with surprised expressions, then they all just started laughing.
At the end of the service, we're filing out the back where the Minister told me (in perfect English) how nice it was having us join them for the service.
I confessed that none of us spoke Danish, but the church was beautiful and the music was excellent.
I then asked him why people were laughing when we stood up.
He smiled and said the he had announced the birth of a baby girl to a member of the congregation, and asked the father of the child to stand and be recognized.
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1:25 - On Marine Corps bases, Reveille plays at 0530 and we do not raise colors (the Flag) then.
Morning Colors is played at 0800, and that’s when the flag is raised. Evening Colors is played at Sunset, and that’s when the flag is lowered. During Colors, we face the flag or music (if we can’t see the flag being raised or lowered), and salute while in uniform; if in civvies, we just stand at attention until the music for Carry On is played.
I was an MP. At some posts, there was this daily occurrence at approximately 1655, a "retreat rush". There would be personnel double timing or worse, doing the bounding long-stride silly walk to get indoors. When it became a safety issue, we were ordered to crack down on the speeders (in cars) that tried to drive off post to avoid having to stop, stand outside their cars, and salute. The post commander threatened violators (including officers) with daily attendance at reveille and retreat which solved the problem.
"Star Spangled Banner" and "Hail to the Chief" were two songs that required standing at attention, even at the movie theater, even out of uniform.
Also, about the hat indoors thing, we were told that MPs were considered "under arms" when on duty. Drill sergeants have a similar exemption.
I don’t think anybody actually puts in a mileage pass. I was at wainwright and always went to anchorage on a four day without one lol
Ya. It’s just one of those things where you can get away with it until they suddenly decide to have a surprise recall or something. I knew several people that would still take off.
It was mandatory every weekend at my unit on Ft Irwin, if you got caught without one instant UCMJ.
The original Jackal yeah some units are strict af. Luckily my unit didn’t give a shit lol
phxazdude arizona ours was so bad we had to counsel our soldiers every Friday and the soldiers had to write down what their plans were from release on Friday to 0630 Monday.
The original Jackal that’s too extensive 🙄 What ever happened to just safety briefs
battle buddies aren't really enforced much anymore after AIT, depends on your unit and if your deployed in a danger zone
Oh my god I'm just a little jealous, I'm serving as a tank commander in the swedish army and we have revile at 05:25 and retreat at 20:30
Another item that was unique to the Army was first-line supervisors and above doing automobile safety checks on Soldier's vehicles before a long weekend.
am I the only one who watches these to get ready for basic training
At group we would go swimming for PT and/or play football, and/or soccer; I don’t recall any mandatory fun. I suppose that those things qualify, but they were actually fun. Wife was in the NG, and the stupid Christmas parties and picnics I got dragged to… kill me with rat poison.
I guess they changed the name for the sports week thing at carson cause it’s called iron horse week now. Same shit though. It’s pretty cool cause we basically don’t do pt for a week cause there’s games going on allllll day and we HAVE to go watch them.
The name changes all the time. lol. Some call it kit Carson week, Iron horse week I heard someone call it Ivy week but im not sure if that is something separate.
One time when I was visiting my aunt I had to go into her base with her and I was wearing a baseball hat and everyone was judging giving me weird looks
It sucks I was looking forward to enlisting in the Army but I was disqualified before going to Meps.. Thank you for serving Christopher Chaos and thanks for the videos
When the local guard unit is having weekend training in my tow, I always give the guys shit if they leave their covers on indoors. I see senior NCO's and officers doing it.
To clarify: The reason you take your headgear off inside is because it means that you are "Bearing Arms" A.K.A you have a gun same thing with saluting indoors
Every Army post I've been at it was 6:30 and 5:00 for Reville and Retreat. I live right next to an Air Force base now and their Reville is at 7:30
When I was in, reveille was at 06:00 and we had a 75 mile radius that we couldn't go outside of unless on leave or 4 day pass.
Improve- Commanders discretion on sleeves up or down when it’s permitted by regulation. Have a better system in place, 70 degrees or warmer, sleeves up. Under 70, sucks, put them down
I'm 13 and want to join the army when i grow up. I know it's not all fun and games, But i love my country 💪
Hey same deal here I’m looking how I can get into rotc in high school next year
If you study at college before enlisted in the army you will be promoted faster
@@anakinsolo1183 that's a lie.
Anakin Solo worst advice ive ever seen your gonna go in with a bunch of kids yelling at you because you went to college plus youd still have to pay for college
@@lorac30 that's not necessarily true. You get debts paid off up to (I believe) $65k if you go after college, go through ROTC and OCS (jrotc is highschool, rotc is college). You technically do get promoted sooner, as well, as you'd be an officer upon joining, with a higher pay grade (rank). So you're not too correct, there.
I only had a battle buddy in basic and ait, after that I didn't hang out with anyone else and had no battle buddies.
Haha... I recall that when I was in 1-8 INF Battalion at
Fort Carson, we were simply issued a card which had
a number to the SDO desk, and the Company CQ, and
numbers of a few local Cabbies in Colorado Springs!!
What a beautiful area, too; Cheyenne Mountain, looks
like a strange rendition of Mars, some mornings...
“The We Care Card.” Inspectable, and was a waste of time.
Taps was also played at Bragg. At 2300 if i remember correctly.
"mandatory fun" lol yeah couple months ago, my unit had MWR so we had to go. didnt end up drinking but many came back drunk af and i helped take care/make sure they got to bed
No such thing as a 'Battle Buddy" in the 80's. Even in AIT when on pass you were on your own. As the weird loner that I am, I liked it that way.
In the 80's, I did what I wanted !
Just got my 18-X-ray contract approved, I feel like your videos
Have somewhat prepared me
What to expect. S/0 from Chattanooga Tn
How did it go
When I was in AIT at Ft Gordon me and my battle snuck out to Ft Benning for a weekend to visit friends. I don't remember getting crazy approval. Been a long time tho.
Another thing for number 2, the dress Uniform does the same thing with the beret
Thank got that I am taking ROTC in my high school so I am prepared for the military lifestyle
Great Video Chris!
Mandatory Fun isn't too bad! Last Mandatory Fun we went to a Mariners Game ⚾️.
Nice. I agree. Mandatory fun can actually be fun sometimes.
so the battle buddy thing means building comradeship i like it brotherhood goes along way
Basically and also at times for safety.
So the first 4 are absolutely true. But the 5th one, after I got to my first duty station, I have never been required to have a battle buddy , weird lol
I was in the 80's and early 90's, don't recall having mandatory fun days or "battle buddy". I do recall being issued a pager when I took leave. Did have to inform my section chief where I was going and give a list of contacts. Oh we had Sgt's time every Wednesday (mandatory training).
When in uniform If you go in a kitchen regardless of status you keep your headgear on.
gr8 information & aWonderFuLL compliment to your other 5 things you are not abLe2 do... thankYou!
Back in the day you had to have more than one buddy if you were going to The casino in Leesville Louisiana at Fort Polk. That place was dangerous and I am from Philly.
Sihks soldiers don’t have to remove their headgear
As far as I know, ALL military personnel are required to remove their covers when going indoors, with exception of the commanding officers.
Yeah, if you're in the British or Indian Army.
Libertopa EurekanAnarch Sikhs wear turbans tho, you can’t really take those off.
I remember your Number 1, saluting the Flag during Revile and Retreat. From what I remember (Baumholder, Germany, 1971-1974) if you were outside and in uniform, you would stop what you were doing, and salute the flag, but if you were in civilian clothes then you just stood at attention. And if you were driving, you were supposed to stop, get out of the car, and either salute or stand at attention. I don't remember anyone running inside during my time, but I do remember hurrying to get inside before the music started, as well as delaying going outside to avoid having to salute. Battle Buddies came around after my time.
With regard to that piece about going outside of 250 miles, as far as I remember, that didn't apply to us, BUT. But, we were always on standby, and so if you were given an ALERT (sometimes issued by USAREUR, other times by lower level organizations, this was in case the Soviets decided to cross the border between East and West Germany), you either had to be present, or on an authorized leave or pass, otherwise you would face something from the UCMJ, either an Article 15, or a Courts Martial. Several times a year, the unit would have a muster alert, and a role call would be made of the unit. If you were not present, and the unit leaders didn't know where you were, you faced the UCMJ.
** Right On ! I was in BINDLACH,1/ 2.A.C.R,*WE WENT THRU THAT STUFF TOO !
At my duty station we dont have "battle buddies" as long as your TL is tracking youll be at the PX, Sick Call, or wherever during duty hours thats usually enough
Never had a battle buddy Basic and AIT was force but while i was at my duty station however normally my section would have a group chat to text if they need help or had questions about doing stuff on or off duty normally we are just friends when it came to work to spark conversations to pass the time and once we got off did our own thing 🤷♂️
In Basic & AIT at Dix,we had RANGER buddies.
im 15 and i recently subscribed to your channel and im in ROTC and wanting to join the army your advice is real helpful to me because i'll know what to do and what not to do while in the army
@@GrahamAllaway Yes sir I'm 18 now and I'm in the Army National Guard 31B Military Police
When i was younger i lived on a military base, and everytime colors would play we would all stop whatever we were doing and put out hands over our hearts until the end of it.
The 250 mile rule is primarily to make line of duty determinations. Service people are assumed to be doing things that fall within their line of duty duties as long as they happen within 250 miles of their permanent duty station. Passes and leave forms extend the definition of the service members line of duty zone, extending the presumption that what your doing falls within your line of duty. Things that happen outside your line of duty can impact your survivors ability to collect your SGLI payment, your eligibility for disability related to line of duty and several other things. AWOL leaves you vulnerable to loss of coverage for benefits you would normally receive if the injury occurs within the scope of your line of duty.
"Battle buddy?" The first my baby sister and brother said that I didn't know what they were talking about as we didn't have such when I was in. I know my dad didn't have such either. That's something that came about long after I got out. Little sis explained it and I just shook my head.
in Brazilian Army is the same thing
the battle buddy is called Canga which means yoke in english because it's used in pair of oxen
My MP platoon in Hanau, FRG would return from the field with Humvees. Two choices: one wash rack on Pionier Kaserne or go off post to a carwash.
We NCOs and some SPCs would pool W. German coins for 10 vehicles. Did this for three years. In and out within one hour and sooner to the beer.
I had three mandatory movie nights while I was serving in the army. I don't know why but my unit always picked crappy movies.
For my mandatory fun days I would show up for about 10 to 15 minutes, walk around then leave. My chain of command was horrible so I had no reason to stick around.
Navy did colors at 8 and Sun set (at least when I was in) and you didn't have to get out of your car, but you had to stop if on base. And no mandatory fun or battle buddies, but the rest was the same.
I loved Kit Carson Week!! I participated in the martial arts tournament, representing 3rd ACR and brought back 3 Bronze Medals.
Nice!!
Im a Vietnam vet we were ask not to go off base by ourselves cause the civilians hated us and would beat the shit outta us. I took lots of fighting classes when i was young so going alone was just a sporting event for me
As a veteran who was stationed at Fort Carson I can attest to "Kit Carson" and both loved and hated it. nothing screams fun like mandatory fun. but for the most part it can be fun and they let you drink so there is that.
You are a big help! Thank you for investing your time to do these videos.
Much love
Lol battle buddies. My very first night in reception after arriving at Sill around 10pm, a kid was having some reaction to a std test "supposedly". I was the only idiot to open my eyes when who I thought was someone important but was just another nobody who arrived at reception a cpl days prior to myself, though he was already walking around half cocked in an old pair of bcus. I got suckered into attending the hospital with him til 4am. Shoulda known that was a sign to how much fun id be having
I had a battle buddy in Basic but once I got to AIT I was able to go to the PX and what not alone if I wanted to.
Do a video about army recruiting goals and why the army is doing cat 4s now please
You should do a video on the five soldiers who's MOS is one in which you would not want to screw over. I'm talking about like not screwing over your medic, or pissing off a cook, or making an enemy and S4....
That similar to a possible upcoming video on the best MOS’s to be friends with.
When I was in 83 to 87 stationed in Germany we went to different countries on the weekends and didn't tell a soul
You have to get out of the car in the Army during colors? Never had to do that in Camp Pendleton.
when i was in, the only thing that was kind of annoying was socks when doing PT. most of my socks are low cut and it had to be above the knee or so if i remember
Enjoy your videos, brother. Thanks for being pretty damn accurate and not bullshitting people. SFC, 14 years active duty.
Can you do a video on MP?
My little brother is an MP the Marines. He told me about his training and tbh it sounded pretty fun. However I'll be joining the Army and will not be an MP.
He has
When I was playing music in South Korea, (MWR) I was required to have a"battle buddy" on our days off and we ventured off base.
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Depends on the post as to whether you get out of your car or not. Great example is Fort Meade. You end up being that one goofball that standing out of your car renderings salute while everybody's driving past you.
Plus if it is an open post. Doesn't Benning have an interstate or something running through it? I know after basic/ait I was being driven to the airport and we were on an 8 lane highway (back in the 80's) on post. Be hard to stop 8 lanes of traffic for a 30 second salute.
No, I Corps and III Corps control them all. Check your CG1 policy. As for the interstate, it's part common sense and safety, also because its actually not part of the installation.
On Marine Corps bases, Colors are raised and music is played at 0800 (8am) and lowered at sunset. If outside, yes; we face the flag and salute it in uniform; in civvies, we face the flag or music while standing at attention.
When I was in the Army I wasn't required to have a battle buddy at regular duty station, I theoretically did have one. Presidio of San Francisco was Chris and in Germany was Snoop Doggy Moon.
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