The Dumbest Military Memos of 2023 

Grab a "Death Before Dismount" sticker or shirt angry-cops.com/ and plaster it everywhere. - If you ain't Cav, then you ain't shit!

Did anyone else see that the LTs memo was dated 25 Dec? So this fool is definitely "in charge" for Christmas. I would hope that when the company commander gets back from vacation, holds a formation and after welcoming everyone back, pulls this memo out of his back pocket rips it up while yelling "Death before Dismount"

The phrase “Should be respected as a lawful order” tells me right there that it is clearly not a lawful order.

In the 1970's I served in the Australian Army and the 4 fighting corps were explained this way: "Engineers clear the mines to the objective, artillery suppresses the objective allowing armoured corp to transport the infantry to the object where they bayonet the wounded." Times have changed.

My first Platoon Sergeant told us, “The most dangerous thing in the world is a Lieutenant with a Map and Compass. The next is a Captain with a plan!”

You can’t tell me the new army is mentally ready for the stress of the real world.

I would write an essay on where “Death Before Dismount” came from and how it positively affects troops in combat.

To quote the new president of Argentina: If the government printing money could solve inflation and poverty why doesn't just printing diplomas solve stupidity.

This is a great example of the best rule of leadership I have ever heard. Never give an order you know won't be followed. NOBODY is going to follow this, so they will get used to ignoring this idiot, which means they will ignore him when it counts.

So Alpha, Bravo and Delta can say "Death before Dismount"

Makes me CRY - the level of butt-hurt prevention. I am OLD school - late in my career I was stuck as an Anti-Submarine Analyst on the Carrier for 2 years instead of FLYING - we worked hard at our job AND to stay in Rescue Swimmer shape (12 hour shift at a console)... ONE of the Rescue Swimmers put on POUNDS and we teased him - nicknamed him "StayPuff"... he got butt-hurt and whined to the Commodore late one evening Commodore looked at him for a minute - "Stop your whining StayPuff". PRAISE the Good Old Days - then came the icing on the cake - the Commodore's Master Chief is standing there - grabs a phone and dials the CAG (Carrier Air Group) PR Shop (Flight Gear) and asks the PRC to embroider up a "StayPuff" nametag for the guy's flight suit - the Commodore just grinned and left.

2 things you never let a "Butter Bar" have access to 1) compass or 2) printer

I looked up, "Death before dismount" and the unit that sent the memo. For tank crews the phrase is short for the longer command that means stay in your tank. For troop carriers it means to lay down cover fire while the troops exit the vehicle. The unit that got the memo is part of the California National Guard.

“Did you just say, Death before dismount?” “No no sir, I said “dismount after death!”

At this point there are neighborhood watches more capable of waging wars. I find it bizarre how an organisation that trains its people to deal death and destruction can be so "soft".

The James Avery jewelry brand hired a safety manager from California, and one of his first acts was to put out a memo that people were not allowed to use hammers without proper safety training. There are people like these in the world some how walking and survivng.

Messed up my shoulders while I was in, and someone in battalion had the same "great" idea to ban doctors appointment/sickcall in the mornings unless it was "the emergency room". But I was out of the muscle relaxers they had prescribed for the physical therapy course they put me on. They had told me to just come back and get more so my doctor could do a mid course checkup, and they had set the appointment for the same effective day as the new "no more appointments". So i called them and told them my command was barring appointments unless it was the emergency room, they went "okay, whats your pain scale right now? Is it interfering with daily life? Okay, go to the emergency room right now." Told my first sergeant they ordered me to the emergency room, and then went. Explained the same to them, they were like "stupid, but yeah theyre right this pain isnt normal". Took like 6 hours, come back with a quarters slip and writeup to hand them, and the muscle relaxors i needed to sleep. At that point, my shoulders made audible grinding and pops whenever I moved them, and I had lost a large amount of mobility. Since ER visits are reportable to higher command, very suddenly they sent out a rush of emails saying "this policy was not meant to interfere with Servicemembers medical conditions, blah blah blah" it was just "to encourage servicemembers to discuss issues with their leadership beforehand" and all the other backpedelling im sure youll see if you get a follow up AC. Doing this is always a GREAT idea, until you have to implement it, and suddenly you have to OWN it. Thats usually when all of a sudden you "misinterpreted" and they "just want to clear up some misconceptions about the new policy..." and "the old policy will be put into effect until clearer guidance on our intent is drafted and published"

Just because some lieutenant walked in on his wife on top of some guy (probably a Marine)saying death before dismount, now nobody can say it? Bull 💩

Good fucking lord, some officers just need to be told to 'shut the fuck up'.

"Perishing Over Bailing" There ya go, new motto

There's a reason I'm a veteran and no longer active duty. The fee-fee's are winning the battle, and our military will absolutely be less lethal because of it.

"Tell me you've never deployed without telling me you've never deployed." Truer words never spoken.

I got written up last night for a female coworker feeling unsafe by listening to me yell at the line lead and I’m the maintenance line lead. So she went to hr and told them I violated the hostile work policy because she listened to something that had nothing to do with her cause she’s been a production worker for 5 years . Now I’m probation and I can be fired for anything even if I’m innocent. You can’t say move your ass anymore or civilians will take your job please explain how people can get fired cause there feelings are hurt.

Hey Drill, we was told never to yell Geronimo when jumping out of a plane in ft. Benning, then when I was stationed in GTMO we was told never to say code red

I've never served in the military, I have no idea how this channel even got recommended to me today, but this is easily one of the best recommendations RU-vid has given me in 10+ years. Today was my first day off work in just under 2 weeks, I've worked 258 hours spread across the last 30 days.. I'm a retail manager at a large home improvement chain and with Spring fast approaching things have been absolutely bonkers (coupled with some major personnel problems happening recently). Anyway, I needed these laughs so badly. I'm subbed and I can't wait to keep diving into your videos man!

And they wonder why recruitment and reenlistment is at its lowest 😂

Fun fact: The LT is almost always going to be outranked by the doctor. If the doctor wants you to come to an appt at PT time and you say no LT said you cant, the Captain or higher most military doctors are can override him and order you to appear which LT can't override. My LT discovered this fact a few decades back. He wrote a policy saying we must answer the phone or call back within 30 minutes 24/7/365. Problem being aircrew have crew rest and maintenance crew have mandatory rest periods assigned by the highest ranking person in the military. So his new policy was illegal and if you followed it you're violating the UCMJ because you not only can't follow it, you're legally obligated to report it.

As an armor officer I full heartedly agree with everything you had to say about the “Death before dismount” memo.

I remember the fun we used to have with fresh butter bars back in the day (Army 2000-2013). One is a Maj now and still gets a subscription to Playgirl Magazine delivered to his office from time to time. 😅

I think some people have to find things that are otherwise meaningless to justify their jobs, especially, LT's. Thanks AC.

I had a commander who wanted me to reschedule a surgery of mine that I was waiting for 3 months. This was for a disease that was a major surgery to have and he was pissed that I didn't.

Brand new Academy grad Lt at my first base (I was a brand new A1C in ‘98): outside almost crying because the NCO’s jacked up his lifted beast of a truck, put the tires on their sides, and set the truck back down on the rims (the jack stands were hidden behind the tires so it WAS supported). Everyone got a laugh, then the NCO’s (found out later, the ones who did it), walked up and helped the L.T. (What we called him) get everything straightened out… no joke, after that, that Lt turned into one of the best officers I ever worked with. He never gave anyone busy work, and was just flat out logical and real when it came to details (smokers, yes I was one at the time, were tasked with picking up butts in the parking lots), if you busted your ass all week, he sent you home by noon on Friday mission permitting… minimum once a month he BBQ’d for his troops, and all “voluntold” volunteer work, he and your supervisor were standing next to you. Amazing guy. 26 years later, only worked with him for 2 years at my first base and I still remember his name and what he looked like.

As someone who is in the same brigade as 4-10 CAV. The no appointment from 0630 to 0730 was also a thing in my battalion.

My fat PMC who was a corporal(its an E5 billet) could shoot from the 500 meter line standing and never miss. He was the embodiment of Death Before Dismount. Dude says he doesnt PT because he has a truck to drive him to combat.

22 year retired Navy Senior Chief here. I remember running with new Chiefs and calling cadence and one of the female "chiefs" got upset because the cadence was making fun of other branches of service. I knew right then that we were fucked....... Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times. We are in the weak men phase.......

I got counseled by my supervisor because he thought I was faking calling in sick to stretch out my weekends. He said "25% of your sick days are on Monday or Friday, and that is suspicious". I pointed out that 40% of the work week is a Monday or Friday, and asked if he wanted me to call in sick on Monday/Friday more often to even it out. He did not seem pleased, but decided to let the matter drop.

When I was in the Army, the biggest thing we worried about was using the proper MARKS number when writing memos.

That's not a Lt., that's an infiltrator. A commissar for a foreign interest.

ARMY: Death before dismount is disrespectful! Meanwhile.... MARINES: Running down a busy road on Camp Lejeune during morning PT singing cadence about killing, pussy, and blood. 😂😅

"IF YOU AINT RED HORSE YOU AINT SHIT" - Jack Mandaville, Red Horse Veteran

Happy new year and God bless. Thank you for the great content. For this year

1LT here… I didn’t know whether to cry in shame or laugh in hysteria or get ticked at the sheer stupidity of that first lieutenant.

Something tells me we aren’t going to fair too well in this next global conflict.

Saw you on Donutoperator and I am in love with you guys You make me laugh but the training videos and all the help you all give to our officers and soldiers is amazing to me. Thank you for your service and just being a bad ass

Love you brother! Great stuff!

This was the last nail in the coffin for the Coast Guard. There used to be an oft quoted quote from an adm (I believe), “the book says we have to go out, it doesn’t say a damn thing about coming back”. It gave everyone that gung-ho, can-do attitude that got things done. Once the the brass got on that “safety” kick, it killed the internal culture.

I bet the LT made that memo when he was in temporary command. All the company commanders I ever had would never allow that to pass.

I think he missed his calling as an HOA president. Come on 1SG?!?!?, time to flex.

I have been a sub for like 4-5 years. This is your finest work to date. You are quickly becoming a national treasure my dude. Carry on!

The one thing I will never ever fucking miss is the obscene amount of memos. Be it the constant changing formats or just the sheer amount of the fuckers.

As a former Company grade officer I’m embarrassed. Luckily as a Company Commander I never let my LTs do stupid shit. But I also was a former enlisted as well so I knew better lol… great episode 👍🏻🇺🇸🫡

I left the service right about the time that emails were becoming common and leadership was just becoming aware that they could instantly spread their various stupidities... how nice to see that nothing has changed!

Given the state of the military, I am kinda surprised that punishment for saying or writing "Death Before Dismount" does not involve the USCMJ!

What in the HELL is going on with you ARMY??? ☹ Is there any wonder that NO ONE is volunteering for service??? 🙄

WRT medical. When I was active duty I participated in dozens of triathlons. Following a specific triathlon I started to feel really bad and began puking my guts out. Went to medical, they immediately put me in morpheme and took out a burst appendix within an hr. They didn’t even want to wait for any arthroscopic, but just cut me open to save time. My commanding officer was denying my required convalescence leave because “he intentionally gave himself his appendicitides by participating in triathlons to get out of work.” They literally were expecting me to show up the next day. Luckily the surgeon was an O6, who called the O5 and ripped him a new one. The surgeon was so disgusted and had a good conversation with me after I woke up. That CO would later be fired after I had left due to abhorrent command climate issues.

Years ago I was in my first long term job as a teacher. When my probation was over they send me a new contract. I was so happy I put a smiley face net to my signature. They sent a memo to thousands of employees to say, "No smilies on documents." How stupid. One phone call and, "Don't do that" and they would have saved hundreds of dollars or whatever it cost to email, print out and slot thousands of "No smiley" letters.

The first thing that came to mind about no appointments during PT was my time in physical therapy… they preferred to schedule appt during early morning because it didn’t take troops away from their daily scheduled fun

The battalion commander is copying the standards of the VA. If we wait until they kick the bucket while waiting, we don't have to help them. -VA

Me, who has no emotional investment: “Death before dismount!” XO: “ Hey, you can’t say that!” Me: *laughs in DD214*

Thanks for speaking on physical and mental health in the same context. Our armed forces are under an emotional assault and they need to take their mental health seriously. I'm tired of people acting like the trauma of military service is just the soldier's own problem. It's our problem, we ask them to serve, we have to take their health seriously.

@AngryCops please make a video on your expectations of and advice to young officers and PLs. We need it.

You can't fix stupid, but you can stifle it with the proper application of duct tape.

Holy crap 07:30-09:30 for PT.....we had already did Company formation, PT, eaten Breakfast, cleaned the common areas and have been on the job for over an hour by 08:00

Happy Saturday everyone!!!!! Thanks AC!!

On my Second deployment while refitting at a main FOB, we got told by a passing 1SG that the motor pool needed to be cleaned up so all the NCOs get the guys on line and for "hands across Afghanistan." well our butterbar PL comes over to ask what we are doing and got really upset when my buddy told him (as a joke) that it was "NCO business, stay out of it" ( NCO business became sort of a meme on our deployment and was usually the response to any stupid detail or missions that we would be tasked with, our LT was still fresh and was unaware of the joke). long story short he goes and gets the PSG to come out to the motor pool and put us all in the front leaning rest before we could explain. once we did we were told not to say it to the LT anymore... Good times

Sadly i know of the shenanigans of the 1-18 Cav. That 1LT's memo wreaks of (in nasally voice)"I graduated from ROTC, where my major was poly sci. I went for a cav spot because i wanted to prove myself."

So instead of “Death Before Dismount,” they should fuck with the LT and say “Un-alive Before Un-ride,” or “Kill Before Crawl,” or “Fatality Before Feet,” or “Wasted Before Walking.” Same spirit of the expression without using the exact words. Just cue the malicious compliance.

The irony is that the author of the Death Before Dismount prohibition is an Armor Lieutenant serving as XO of a Mech Company.

Spot On Brother and Thank You! 😐

I know this LT. There's one in every battalion (usually). He likely carries a riding crop, has Guderian books on a shelf in his office, lots of model tanks in his office, hides premature balding with a well shaved head (sorry AC, just a coincidence), and often wears shiny, black leather gloves in the field even on hot days, along with those really, really high strapped Danner cav boots and perhaps even smokes a weird looking, thin black cigar or cigarette and maybe even a uses a cigarette holder at times. He also has a military history vignette to support all his policies and edicts and uses the occasional german military term in idle conversation, and will rise to the top up to the rank of major at which time his career will crash and burn in flames when the colonels and generals realize he is a huge liability to their career and units' readiness.

This is why a college degree should never have to be the main thing behind becoming an officer. Some of these officers come from colleges where they are taught to be soft, weak people.

I was a tanker in D Co. 2-70. If that happened at C 2-70, Top would have told us to sound off with "Death Before Dismount!" at every formation. Loved that guy.

Been following since 2019-2020, and I think 2023 is the most I’ve seen Angry Cops shit on the military. happy new year. 2024 I can’t wait.😂😂

Think of it this way, the XO just provided all the other PL’s the opportunity to exhibit good leadership characteristics

Pffft who needs medical appointments when we got motrin and dry socks

Angry cop, i got the aura for personal and bussiness. Used your link and clicked angry cop but cant remember which video it was on. Hope it didnt have a dead line to get kick back for it ! Thanks for suggesting them! They seem solid and very affordable

Truth 🙌 I love your videos. You are the truth HooAH!!

I remember I had a 1LT cry to the commander (USAF) because I said the words "What are you talking about?" on the phone as I was preparing the entire base for a MAJCOM audit and didn't know what little stupid acronym she made up meant and what she was on about. It was deemed disrespectful...so I had to have paperwork written up, and when I told my boss as he gave me the paperwork, that she told me she didn't know how it got to this point, he sat me down and told me she demanded to the 1SGT I get paperwork. As we sat down for my reprimand, he was reading the document, and got to the point of this is unbecoming of...he stopped, said I thought i removed this, went back o his desk and removed it. It basically said I should not have talked to the LT in this manner, and didn't say anything about the behavior or any repeated offenses or any of the typical crap. He told me later on as he put in for retirement, that they threatened him if he didn't comply. He retired not that long after.

And people wonder how vets get out broken and nothing ends up in the medical records. You have guys like this who think getting hurt is a personal attack on them.

The bloopers part of the video 13:26 really spoke to me as I've had a friend move in two weeks ago with two of his dogs. My corgi has been referred to as dickhead pretty regularly these last two weeks when he gets too amped up because of the others and doesn't listen lol

You are a blessing to the armed forces community AC. Keep it up

I was the only medic (Senior SPC lol) for my Company while stationed at Ft. Carson but my unit had the best medical readiness in the whole BN. My secret? I told soldiers to make their apts during PT hours. Blew their minds and it worked. ... Did I somehow cause this memo half a decade later? Who knows.

The memo was issued on Christmas Day. Did this guy not get the right amount of Robux he asked Santa for or something?

I'm ordering a dozen of those stickers, I'm sticking them everywhere I stop for the first 12 places.

AC I love ya😂!! You always make laugh and make me proud I served! Bitter, Brian J. USMC

That new sticker design is awesome! I give it until then end of next month you'll see those posted on every Cav motorpool toolbox in the military

These examples being read (revisited) brought back the entire 1980’s for me. Going to double my blood pressure meds for the day.

Love you! Marine widow. He really liked you. Thank you, God bless you. You are spot on.

A few months ago I received a counseling from my unit for picking my nose. Literally that’s it there is no other context to be had or needed. the NCO just found it disgusting. It was not in a formation I thought I was alone, and I was on work break.

Send that lieutenant to the front line

"It is better to let everyone think you are an idiot than it is to open your mouth and prove them right".

I had a Gunny in Iraq that was INSISTENT we not say “YUT!” He always refused to explain, but would go into full blown tantrums if he caught you saying YUT.

That LT just alienated himself from his enlisted and NCO's.

We all love our guy Angry Big C, happy new years everyone.

Of all the things Army leadership could be focusing on and they choose these hills to climb.

When I was at Campbell I had a medical appointment at 8. As I was following everyone else who was also leaving there was some guy from brigade stopping each and every car to check why they were leaving. Even though I was in ACUs my appointment time wasn’t early enough for me so he made me pull into the parking lot so I could join their pt. I may or may not have pulled in, put my seat all the way down, and took a nap for an hour 😂

When my battalion deployed we were ordered to say hold the bridge sir every time we saluted an officer. After 2 weeks everyone started saying burn the bridge sir burn the bridge

Any NCO who tattles to this boot louie about Death Before Dismount, is the absolute bluest of blue falcons.

I remember i got in trouble for saying i didnt like officers while i was at a headquarters battalion. I would rather be hazed then ever be in a headquarters battalion ever again.

HAZING IS IMPORTANT! im happy i got my experience when i look at all the other shit comin through. Military is for tough people or for people who want to become tough. DONT LOWER THE STANDARD!