@@jarynborja7931 Then it appears that the US military is currently seeking political loyalty over compentency in combat or warfighting, particularly under peace time with garrison units...
The best part on a friday was waiting around all day and then at 1500 its time to pull weapons out to do maintenance because someone forgot to put that out in the morning.
Or do area beautification because post sergeant major found out he pissed off his wife and now needs excuses not to go home to her cause he a cucked POS……. true stories from 7th ID, 1992
Former track mechanic here, long lunch breaks are inaccurate. It's more like 4 35min smoke breaks. What do you want from us though, all the damn vehicles are from the the Vietnam era and all the parts we used are refurbished or stolen off another vehicle, the Army mechanic way.
In a good support unit, mechanics probably work the hardest and longest. As unpopular as the comment is going to be, cooks have some crazy hours too. I was a mechanic working 4am to midnight every day just trying to get the job done. While the other attachments would show up for morning formation and head home after. Then you wonder why mechanics say screw it after a while.
Good job, guys. we got all the work done early. Now we can all sit around and do nothing until 1600, upon which we will have found more work that needs to be done right now for whatever reason
Continuing to bully the S-shops can do one of two things. A: Progressively make them better because leadership might see that their shit. Or B: do worse…… Knowing them, more than likely B
Should change that to shit nobody in the Army says. Pretty sure it's not just infantry. That patch on your shoulder, one of the worst units I served in. Definitely not getting early time off.
