5 Army myths debunked

I found 5 good myths online about the US Army and thought id share them with you and talk about the myth.
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[@joedaddy4714]

The front leaning rest was my stress card

[@kbrownfocus]

If it started with Half right face, you knew someone screwed up

[@ianm2505]

Lol doing the Egyptian/iron chair just getting to put the weapon up over my head for a second or two worked wonders

[@armybeef68]

@@kbrownfocus No, if it started with, PLATOON! ATTENTION!

[@RodhinKinning]

I was in Basic at Ft Jackson in 98 and I heard about the stress card thing, I had heat exhaustion before I joined and they gave me red dog tags to let the DS's know. It didnt let me have it easier then any other trainee but they did make me drink water more.

[@noeperez7145]

About that college one. I'm quitting college because I'd much rather have a future through the military

[@elijahd.1340]

Finish college, join as an officer

[@kbrownfocus]

@@elijahd.1340 just because you have a college degree doesn't mean you can just join as an officer.... There's alot more to it, had several lower enlisted with bachelor degrees and I knew 3 that came in as E-4 that had Majors, they wernt even offered OCS

[@elijahd.1340]

@@kbrownfocus I didn't know that, thanks for sharing. Is there anyway to garuntee an officer slot?

[@kbrownfocus]

@@elijahd.1340 Only if you goto West Point, or a good ROTC program through a D1 college.... Other than that, that's about it you also have to score a high score on the ASVAB as well

[@elijahd.1340]

@@kbrownfocus cool, I'll ask my dad more about it. Thanks for the help

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

Here's an Army myth, but more about the person than the Army Myth: John Wayne (the late actor) was dishonorably discharged from the Army for hip firing a .50 Cal machine gun. Fact: John Wayne never served in the military during his entire life. The know-it-alls in basic training use to talk about that one constantly.

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

LMAO!!!

[@schizoidboy]

An even better myth is Mr. Rogers was a Navy SEAL in Vietnam. I actually heard this from a military veteran who served in Iraq. The myth is false, especially since Mr. Rogers had color blindness, and was trained as a cleric. However, I remember reading an article on the elite forces and you might find very religious people in the SEALs and those who might not like putting animals in pain and such. In other words you are just as likely to find someone like Mr. Rogers in the SEALs than you find Rambo.

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Yeah that was a big myth for a long time, Fred Rogers was an Art teacher for quite a while before the PBS show started. Something that ISN'T a myth though, Bob Ross was in the Air Force and then a Drill Sergeant/Instructor in part of his time in service, pretty wild considering how mild mannered he came off as on the screen. lol

[@schizoidboy]

Now that is ironic and a good story.

[@SuperWagner23]

John Wayne suffered an major knee injury in college playing football. HE was 4F

[@anthxny3925]

“there’s chemicals in the water to keep you from getting hard” 😂

[@futureincc721]

OnTheBench facts

[@0wnageclan]

Fluoride does that. And they put it in the water.

[@kiefsmith4094]

The eggs is what kids thought through my cycle

[@wcsxwcsx]

I think that myth is in all the military branches. I'm surprised that it's still around after all these decades.

[@carlosneri3340]

I heard the recuters lie and get you to sing a contract then im f*****

[@cantrell0817]

Interesting topic. Keep the vids coming! Thanks

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Since hearing of the stress card in 1997 I’ve never seen it!

[@ezrapatty9795]

@@macburger5026 the forge looks fun I really enjoyed the hammer and anvil

[@kbrownfocus]

@@macburger5026 y'all had it easy... I went to ft Knox back in 04, we did hell week, it was Victory Forge, but the Drill sgt's kept calling it hell week, they wernt joking, we dug Hasting fighting positions, got to use our shelter half, no PJ's and no camelbacks, just canteens.... 25mi ruck, up the REAL Misery, Agony, and Heart Break. The funny thing after it was all over, we went another way back and it was only like 3miles back to the barracks 🤣🤣🤣

[@djbeezy]

I never saw it either.

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

only wash outs do :/

[@dutchray8880]

I also did an all-male basic and there were rumors about saltpeter. Saltpeter doesn't work in lowering libido and I've seen it sold in Asian markets, I believe for marinating meat. What lowers libido during basic is that sudden change of lifestyle.

[@MollymaukT]

The loss in libido is from the drill instructors fucking you every waking minute

[@PMELKUS]

I went into the Army which was the best thing I ever did and I have told my Grandkids to join the Service but you know how that went anyways for me it was a way to get out of a small town with no hope of getting a head and to complete my High School Education, I drop out of school in the 11th grade and was on my own living out of my car at age 17. So I got my Education, got payed, got 3 meals a day and a roof over my head and was able to see the world some, what more could you ask for😉

[@martinwalker9386]

Salt Peter stories go way back. I went into the Navy in 1971 and it was old then.

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

saltpeter use to be used in the old af k-rations

[@jbk19xx57]

In where i am now (Switzerland), If you have a medical condition like athsma, you will be declared unfit for service, but you can make a request to serve and eventually you will be accepted but you will have a non combat role. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who are out of shape serving even in combat roles. Since Military Service is mandatory in Switzerland, not many people are interested and if you dont serve, you will have to pay a yearly tax till you're 30-35 even if you are unfit, this is quite outrageous and this is a reason why people declared unfit request for a special service in order to avoid paying.

[@angelofreak7]

With all the stories I've heard from friends and families that were in the military with drill instructors drill sergeants and training instructors. If I was getting smoked I'd actually be too scared to pull out a stress card and tell the man smoking me that I need some time to myself. Seems like it would backfire. Never Believed That Myth.

[@garrylaughlin112]

The drill sgt. would get you alone and cornhole you if you tried that

[@cm1133]

KNO3 is the key ingredient in Sensodyne toothpaste. KNO3 desensitizes the nerve endings to prevent dentin hypersensitivity.

[@errantexodus]

Love that badass guitar riff

[@michaelmartin750]

It's fun to learn about the new army. In the 80's an infected tattoo was considered destruction of gov't property.... or so it was said.....

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

a tattoo period still is and will lead to reprimand up to court-martial..

[@sebjdo]

Oh, and no one ever committed suicide with a floor buffer.

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

LMAO

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

LOL!!!!!!!!!

[@zoomer5700]

Not yet but I'm something of a trend setter

[@peterderiemer3854]

I did ..failed and got a bronze plug😜

[@peterderiemer3854]

Buffers where good riding practices for the brumby/Arabian mix horses in the sand box until I got my sucking head wound in Finland with the sisi

[@kattegatcitychamberofcomme311]

The legend of "Ether Man" at the Defense language institute, and Retraining Brigade!

[@edwardjnarrojr3135]

Number 6 solid colors and busy Shirts. Either a solid hat with a busy shirt or visa versa

[@tombremner6908]

Personal story. I enlisted in the guard as a 25b at 25 because I wasn’t making great choices. Here we are 5 years later and make good money in a tech job. The army has amazing benefits if you pursue them properly

[@bleutz]

Saltpeter in the food was an Air Force myth when I went to basic in 1977

[@Patrick1985McMahon]

If you're in the army is there a process to apply for the space force?

[@UglySouth]

I’ve heard a military ID coupled with a Mustang GT or sport bike in Myrtle Beach is a proven panty dropper. But check those IDs, y’all!

[@kenhanna7027]

In 1981, In Ft. Benning, If a trainee were to be put into TDP (training discharge program) they wore their cap at all times so the DI's would know not to dog them. The DI's specifically stressed the trainees 24/7. Example, high pressure hose at 3 am in a ditch in the winter. They told you "if you climb out we will stop. There was no freaking way you were getting out of that hole.....

[@larryulery3729]

Are you going to do a segment on mash units

[@adamlundt5804]

Hey, Chris Chaos, whats the background music? Love it ahaha

[@christopherchaos]

It’s just some licensed music from a service I use for background and intro songs on KZbin.

[@jefferyeis9287]

Now I am confused, because my nephew and my brother-in-law, both Sargents in the Army, told me about the military stress cards on separate occasions. I didn't believe them until my brother-in-law showed me one.

[@RailGunZ-wf1df]

Vet from the early 1980's. Thanks for cleaning up that stress card thing. I was all enraged when I first heard about them. Glad it wasn't true.

[@ladyabelev4166]

The Hollywood thing is just that specific details in costumes are insanely difficult to keep track off, a fictional example is the original Star Wars movies, in the 4th movie the uniforms are all correct for the ranks, but by the 6th one all of the characters had the wrong ranks. So for characters that it doesn't really matter if they are completely accurate it's just not considered that big of a deal.

[@djstarling1]

The only authorized position is the missionary position.. that was good one I heard too

[@surmatise]

People think most of these things about the Navy too. 1. I had an episode with a female sailor in Aschool right after boot camp, I will spare the details, 2. I went to college after the navy and found it to be a cakewalk, 3. If we had a stress card in boot camp it must have been contraband because I never saw one. 4. No clue 5. There arent many movies showing modern Navy

[@stephenbritton9297]

1) we had the same rumor at the maritime academy... 2) When I was in the Persian Gulf on a government contract ship, we had at one point a Marine Corp infantry squad aboard for security. I think both E-5's had degree's and most of the E-3 and E-4's were taking college classes. These were active duty, not reservists. The ANG troops from Puerto Rico that replaced them, that's a whole other story... oye!

[@michaelstorrs4918]

They actually tried in late 2004 . When they were having us do a APFT. It was a test phase to see what we would do if someone came to the group with a stress card... LOL

[@danielmurphy4491]

An amazing phenomena that I would observe while I was stationed at Ft. Hood was in the 6-8 weeks prior to a NTC rotation, there would be surge in pregnancy . Conversely, in the 2-4 weeks of the unit's scheduled return to garrison there would be a outbreak of miscarriages.

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

true facts :/ same at ft.sam

[@graysonlucas5107]

Another myth is cell phone usage. Someone put up a Facebook post with a picture saying the army has alot more cell phone usage during basic training than in marine corps boot camp, which isn't true. I was only able to talk to my wife twice over the phone when I had gone through basic; once when I got there, and once before graduation to sort out travel matters so she could come see me. As did everyone else that was in my company.

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

cubscouts aka marines issue you a cell phone now days

[@HeavyJay1421]

Drill Sargent backbone will just ripped the stress cards

[@harveynichols9286]

I heard several times when I was active duty that if you could prove to the army that you could make more money as a civilian than you could in the army that the army would discharge you even through you still had years left on your enlistment contract. I never knew that to be true. One soldier said that if he won the lottery he would be awol.

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Interesting, not heard that before-- I could see it maybe with Reserve or Guard getting a deferment to continue primary career if it coincides to military support or otherwise, but I doubt that happens much if at all. I do know that certain MOS's (like 18 series and Marine Corps MARSOC) either at the end of enlistment contract or after just getting out have a high probability of applying to and/or being recruited for similar work like CIA Paramilitary program or other federal specialized units (like FBI HRT), but they almost never overlap unless it falls into a clandestine op for some rare, odd outside reason. Lol even if that kid had won the lottery he'd still face the brig and a UCMJ tribunal, knew an MRLS system operator who got mobilized for deployment and he just didn't report, he ended up spending 3 months in city jail and then had to deal with UCMJ court for a dishonorable discharge, pretty messed up.

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

We had several "self-appointed lawyers" in basic training. The big myth that they would swear was true was that if you didn't get everything that your recruiter promised you, it was considered breach of contract and the Army would have to honorably discharge you immediately. It never did work out for any of them. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@christopherchaos]

Don’t know if it’s a true thing. Would have to look into it but I do remember hearing something like if you could make 2X your Army pay outside the army they would let you go. Could just be another myth though.

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

@@DJTheMetalheadMercenary awol is 99.999 percent court-martial and straight dishonorable discharge esp for active deployments

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

@@Azraiel.Bridger Yep.

[@kaitlincheney6506]

I live close to a nuclear lab, and there are some jobs that you could only get if you had a certain MOS, Rating, or AFSC

[@mainelytrees4666]

In regard to the second myth. I leave for basic in less than a week. I'm leaving a high paying job as a master arborist with a cdl and sold my own small tree company to persue my actual dream job.

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

so you sold massive debt as a one man bush trimmer grats lol also cdl are a hassle and a lot high af potential for lawsuits.. if you screw up which many "truckdrivers" do far far too often...

[@youraveragejoe2]

How'd basic training go?

[@oldreliable40]

"fun , travel, and adventure" lmaso !!!

[@raymondking214]

We had a guy in basic who got kicked out for sneaking over to the female barracks and...ahem..having friendly relations with one of the recruits. So, yes. The first one is a myth.

[@ayoutubecommenter1827]

I banged tons of chicks that were basic.

[@raymondking214]

I was there the night the guy got busted.

[@youraveragejoe2]

@@raymondking214 i hope he had used a condom at least

[@SidB1956]

I couldn't afford to pay for flight training so I joined the Army and they sent me to flight school and paid me as an E5 while I was there.

[@schizoidboy]

I recall a book about Hollywood and how it is perceives Vietnam and Vietnam veterans. One segment pointed out a Chuck Norris movie Forced Vengeance where he wears dress greens, his character was supposed to be Special Forces but the book points out he's wearing an aide-de-camp patch on his uniform. I think veterans and the military would prefer Hollywood try to get their uniforms correct than allow them to get things wrong.

[@donaldbaker7476]

A SF general would have a aide de camp and he would be SF qualified

[@williampowers3775]

I got out in 1997 i seen my first stress card in 1996 i about fell over but still i wounderd how did the few privates get one and not every one. thats kind of why it didnt work on me. i was in staff section s3 and i got a lot of soldiers on detail or we got drivers from the line batterys that couldent do or wouldent do their jobs. i was in artillary and s3 with the exception of a cleark here or there and 2 fire direction specialists 13c 10s was largly a choped mos any one could drive a humve and drive a lt around and any one could drive a track viechal. so it didnt matter what kind of soldier we got. but sience i was more or less perminatly in s3 till i made sgt to get the computer time and prepare me for sgt i was stuck there i was given the task of babysitting the help so to say. I asked my sfc and msg what shuld I do about the stress cards they said work them harder. make them so bussy they dont have time to feel stress. so they had guard duty fox hole digging detail standtu serving chow for the unit loads and loads of radio watch I was a field soldier in artillery there was lots to do and boy did i find things. like i said if i worked so did they i hurniated 2 disks in my lower back and was still working against dr wishes as long as i could i got injured in 94 got out in 97 a long time to suffer so i was not nice when the healthy idiot gave me the darn cards with nothing wrong. but we had to keep them a minum of 3 months before we gave them back to the line battery i was told 6 months to a year. I told the ltc I couldnt weight that long.

[@joshuamonk3005]

Love the metal militia hat

[@ColonelMarcellus]

College is easier to get into, but not if you don't have a lot of money. Even with scholarships, the expenses are very high. But you're right; I didn't have to pass a dayum physical/medical to go to college.

[@sixtorocabado2501]

I was first co-ed basic training and one female and males were caught on staircase.

[@pml08usaf]

I don't think the idea about college is that it's harder to get into. I think the myth is referring to the idea that people who join the military aren't smart enough to get into college. Seeing how many people enlist with bachelor's degrees disproves that myth.

[@rithe07]

I'm enlisting with a bachelor's!

[@NotShowingOff]

While it seems like that. You have to look at the demographics. Vast majority of high schoolers are able-bodied. And the govt offers a job opportunity most suited to able-bodied ppl. So you don’t need the things you needed to get into college for, in the military. Also, the military betrays itself by allowing almost all officers to go to college. Even though these officers might not have what it takes to lead men who came on several years before them or decades.

[@jackfrostie4895]

A degree doesn’t make you intelligent or smarter. It makes you more educated but Education is NOT intelligence.

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

most people with bachelor's dont wind up enlisting they wind up getting that batchlors while they are enlisted typically as reservists :/

[@h_block0617]

@@Azraiel.Bridger i am shipping october 12 w a bachelors… you guys assume

[@KoomaApina]

We have that same myth in the Finnish military service. Here it's called Jarru "The Break" and it's supposed to do the same thing. Limit mens sexual drive. The local legend goes that the Jarru is in the dessert pudding they serve you.

[@harshbansal7982]

Lmao

[@harald53er]

What! You got pudding!

[@KoomaApina]

@@harald53er Yeah. On some wonderful days the Finnish Defence Force looks after it's soldiers in a pudding kinda way. Mayby with Jarru, mayby not, delicious all the same.

[@squidwardtesticles1126]

I knew myth #4 was false as soon as you brought it up because my Mom got pregnant with me, and then my sister in the Army.

[@djbeezy]

I didn't catch a hard on at all in basic. It was because of the stress. I almost had a wet dream around week 8 but that's about it.

[@wherecar54]

The Army must have improved as far as the quality of trainee, we had some pretty undesirable people, some were criminals that the judges sent to the army, however, in basic they washed them out like crazy, lot of stories of how many were discharged.

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

More "Army or Jail" prospects? Please, not again!

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

When/what years was this? Not often anymore they get the ultimatum of jail or military, the recruitment and MEPS process has exponentially improved in who they do and don't accept (sealed juvenile records aside in most cases), there was an issue with gang members joining the military for a while but with new legal classification systems and noting that has been quelled in large part also. Domestic Violence charges will keep one out of the military, same with conditional assault/battery charges of various degrees, even multiple OWI/DUI offenders will have a hard ass time getting in anymore.

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

Derek J.: I remember the clip that Chris did on "Army or Jail." Tons of jailhouse lawyers chimed in how great those "people" were. How they tried to turn their lives around after robbing, raping, stealing, killing, etc. I always said that if a person doesn't care and doesn't follow the rules/laws of society, than how in the world would they follow orders from an NCO or a commissioned officer??

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

@Doug The Eliminator Well, murderers couldn't get accepted anyway-- really any felon can't in a nutshell, I mean it really depends on the individual in regards to some other things, I know a guy who had some burglary charges but completely turned his life around and did a stint of service and never got in trouble while in, and is now a foreman for a well-off construction company, it really depends on the person but I definitely agree in a lot of other capacities regarding certain offenses that are or aren't passable with background checks and service acceptance.

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

Derek J.: I'm well aware of that. I just used those crimes as terms in general. We're both on the same page. You and I both know that for every one "success story", there is probably a hundred failures. I use to see recruiters going into the courthouse, to the county clerk's office so they could pull histories on potential enlistees. I struck up a conversation with more than one and they all said it was disgusting that they had to do it. But, that is the sick and twisted world that we live in today. I was proud to serve and have no regrets!

[@picklerick88124]

I heard a myth that it's bad luck to sleep in a bunk if it's claimed by a fellow soldier who is say on patrol or away for a time on mission. Can anyone confirm or denied this old rumor of a myth. Came from my grandfather who saw Vietnam. Also his house rule no charms candy.

[@jefferyallen5030]

I think they (the army) started the stress card myth. Its really an amazing marketing gimmick. Start an unofficial pr campiagn, taking alot of anxiety out of enlistment. Most people wont enlist because of boot camp, or moving. Cant get around moving; but the anxiety of boot camp is easy fix. As far as college its easier to get in, but alot harder to finish. Not because school is hard. But not everyone has family to subsidize their income for 4 years. The rest are just bs that has floated around for years.

[@christophermorante5531]

It is harder many wavier forms and their commanders permission.

[@robertmielke3380]

Stress cards?😂😂 Box of grid squares and a squelch

[@ianm2505]

And god forbid a married woman serving in the military gets pregnant, it's not like she's gonna dive into a foxhole or break track on an 88 But then again if she did I would want her in my platoon

[@dylannnope7539]

One of the myths my mom's friend heard during ww2 he 17 and just inlisted anyway he heard that they put hooks on the end needles to make a bigger hole

[@yrh7867]

You should do a video about the MOS “31E”

[@MoK013]

Stress cards are a Navy Bootcamp thing.

[@TrizerFlame]

I had an argument with a classmate over saltpeter. She thought they gave some people a shot that keeps us from being horny. An Army girl, a military wife, and myself (Airmen) all stated that was a rumor and she still believe there was some potion until she googled it. Stress cards was something I heard about just a year ago. I knife hand my supervisor by reflex when he mentioned it.

[@ifishbass4747]

I’m trying to get in but I have 2 dui’s on my record the navy has already turned me down...marines are not accepting anyone over 29 so I’m trying for the army...any advice?

[@yungmoneybeetlejuice5201]

Not be old and don't drink and drive.

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

yupp stop being a drunkard before you turn into a murderer as well (no military service will accept that record due to its flat out negligence/piss poor conduct..not sorry lean to call a cab/uber ect .. )

[@madr309]

If I'm not mistaken, the saltpeter myth actually goes back as far as World War I.

[@andresvm6356]

I have asma i can still enter the army?

[@bishop2985]

Why is rank of sergeant so heavily used like the band members get it you got it for driving trucks there’s a sergeant in ever fire squad like boi

[@randymartinez1113]

Stress card 😅 i just graduated basic like yesterday and we didnt get stress cards

[@jeffdaily9196]

Our drills briefed us about them day 0 of basic and then threatened to decapitate us if we used them....it worked.

[@chiquisshortdog963]

What about the keys to the impact area?

[@evilload]

keys in the locker with the cans of pneumatic fluid, spools of flight line and bottles of prop wash...

[@michaellarson6769]

the ACE card

[@missymason2377]

All interesting. Like. Sorry I'm civilian from new Zealand. Military new Zealand includes Maori customs.

[@walcott423]

Like?

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

as it should kia ora kiwi

[@animeuploads5289]

True I’ve been trying to join the military for 2 years I got into college in less than 1 month

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

apparently not trying hard enough:/

[@ianm2505]

HAHAHA #4. I remember the first time I saw maternity BDUs

[@williampowers3775]

boy did a few soldiers have that wrong I had about 6 soldiers give me a stress card and tell me that they had a stress card and couldn't work for 30 minutes i was just a specialist at the time it didn't fly they said the Chaplin gave then the stress card and it was basically a credit card looking card with the same material as a mood ring to identify stress if it turned a sirten collar they were feeling stress. It didn't work with me. if i worked they worked. but still now i know why the soldiers got it they were threatening suicided in basic training. it worked on body heat so they figured all they had to do is rub on the card enough and it would change collars.

[@mohrs9165]

took me 4 years to get into the Army. Took me 2 weeks to get into college. Yes its easier to get into college

[@yungmoneybeetlejuice5201]

Do you have muscle atrophy?

[@kokomine578]

What took you 4 years if I may ask? I'm guessing health issues or perhaps you applied for something in the army that you had a hard time with

[@mattscaife3169]

It took me two weeks to get enlisted in the army

[@tmilesffl]

Sounds like you had legal issues. Only took me 20 days from the time of seeing the recruiter to when I was in.

[@mohrs9165]

Medical. High heart rate.

[@larryulery3729]

I think platoon, and the movie we were soldiers the uniform is displayed correctly.

[@lilal8848]

Both great movies

[@leechandler3411]

Many years ago some married airman went overseas and married someone else becoming a bigamist. To my knowledge he was never disciplined. What happens to someone like that?

[@jmrdrgz]

I never any type of stress card, whether tips or not. USMC boot camp. I think they might just not care. LOL

[@BONARPATE]

The myth to put some stuff in the food is true for the German military that you don't have a relation. 🙈🙈

[@joshuareaper37]

There really were not stress cards in or after 2006!/2007? I thought they were tried for a lil bit? Lol

[@BleedCubbieBlue77]

I never got stress card 01-07

[@loadthevideo]

Hello Christopher chaos

[@campcam1545]

Biggest Army Myth.... Army recruiters always tell the truth.....

[@jollyjhadist9648]

I have asthma...I'm goin to try to go infantry in the army. Here's my plan. Run myself into the ground a year prior to enlisting because when I was younger, my father was almost like a drill sergeant because he made me and my brothers run 5 miles every weekend between the ages of 8-12. This completely eliminated my asthma. I'm now in the process of trying to replicate that. I also don't have any asthma issues past the age of 13 (as far as I know, so don't fuck me MEPS) so hopefully, I can take the PFT test, and get me a waiver. That's the best case scenario.

[@Scamgodtron]

Don’t tell them in MEPS because getting a waiver can restrict your jobs and it takes people 1 year or more to get a waiver. If you used to have it just don’t say anything they will interrogate you at MEPS saying sign this document but it’s all fake. The only thing the military know is what you tell them.

[@jollyjhadist9648]

@@Scamgodtron thanks man I FULLY intend to lie. Because I plan on going infantry. This will only happen once I make damn sure it's entirely out of my system

[@stinky_puppet5158]

Forbidden if you were born with asthma you’ll always have it. If you lose weight it shouldn’t bother you. I got asthma too but I was told even if I lost weight I’ll still have it but not as bad as I have it now

[@jollyjhadist9648]

@@stinky_puppet5158 I'm quite lean already, infact I need to gain more weight

[@peachesrambo4037]

If you do a good job, you will be rewarded........one of the best myths ever

[@Azraiel.Bridger]

pulled 14 years did damn good gob promoted regularly paid excellent ..untill all hell broke loose and we started hunting "media publicity" and fighting invisible enemies' stirred up by our own 3 letter agency's :/ just like Korea/Vietnam

[@edwardnakagawa593]

** GRAFENWEHR AND HOHENFELS, REFORGER ** (TWICE), FIRED THE MG 34, PLAYED WITH THE GREASE GUN- NEVER FIRED IT ! WHEN BECAME AN E-5, GOT ISSUED A N *M-1911 - .45, BETTER THAN CARRYING A RIFLE ! WHAT ? * FUN ! * LOVED IT AND ENJOYED IT ! @ PS - JOIN TODAY !

[@jasonhayeswtf]

I still have a stress card from 1992 Ft. Bragg

[@ocorley3124]

Just have to wait until AIT👍

[@user-cx7wf4xv6x]

This video's from 4 years ago, but the last myth might be true now. I saw A Combat Veteran now wear "The Army" not "US Army" because they were told not to wear it. Perhaps they'd still treat Hollywood differently from a comedy team?

[@ianjones907]

11B from 87 until 93. History proves one thing. The Army aint changing when it comes to rumours and rules that get broken. Especially when it comes to getting a little nookie, legal or not.😀😈💥

[@mikevanroy9356]

2) Yes and no. It is physically easier to get into college but colleges are looking for different things than the military and it is intellectually harder to get into college and stay there without flunking out. You disproved your own point when you said it is easier for a veteran to get some jobs. It's true, veterans can get some jobs easier, but the myth is about entry level positions that a veteran wouldn't be going for. Don't forget that for decades the military marketed itself as the way to get experience that you maybe can't get as a civilian fresh out of high school. Don't forget that recruitment goes up when the economy tanks and jobs are scarce. If it actually was easier to get a job than join the military you wouldn't be seeing that.

[@ColeMilesThe]

Actually the stress card is not a myth. It was a option given to a select few platoons on a select few bases. It was done on a trial basis as a program splintered from the Stars program(Stars was a program where they would fallow a select few soldiers from entry to separation and keep tabs on every aspect of military life) my BCT platoon had 2 squads of Star Participants. They in fact did give you stress cards. And they did in fact had to fallow the program directive sent down from the higher ups of the US Army. HOWEVER a caviot to the stress card was very simple. If you used this thing too much or flagged it to basically be a bitch and get out of duty. It was either removed from you and you were reevaluated to either stay in the program or to be kicked out and to rejoin the rest of us which also came with a great possibility of a discharge seeing a procedure of too much stress card was to send said private to Behavioral Health for evaluation. Which in most cases revealed prior existing undiagnosed disorders that would bar you from enlistment in the first place. Resulting in a Uncat Medical discharge. Now with that being said. I am no longer in the US Army so I do not know if they kept the program or not. But from seeing the new 2020BCT and removal of the shark attack. I would safely bet it was and possibly still is. Because the purpose of this program was to reevaluate BCT procedures to essentially lower the number of discharged candidates. A main example of this can be seen of the lower now numbers of candidates being discharged due to stress fractures. Along with many other b.s. discharges. Now this program is not one you can volunteer for nor go and sign up for. This is a program that randomly selects individuals just like Stars randomly selects whom they beleive will be the best shining examples of the US Army. In order to be apart of this program typically you are asked upon reception to take part in the study or not. Most say yes because of the fact it is in mind to better BCT protocols. But you do have the option just like you do with Stars to decline this program. However it can impact others being in the program down the line if you say no.

[@danielaboytes3551]

stress card lol

[@eduardocervantes9195]

First😂 great video but when is the next live stream?🤔

[@christopherchaos]

Sunday.

[@farmakoxeris]

1:00 I DON'T BELIEVE IT! The same myth exists in Greece.

[@jackmoore9363]

I can’t speak about today’s basic seeing it A LOT different from when I went through in 98. Back then you did have to much time to think about getting laid. It was easier on me because I already knew drill and how to wear the uniform correctly. Also I was competitive and tried to perform at a high level during basic.

[@umami0247]

Stress card that's funny. Dude they do that and this country is totally screwed..

[@missymason2377]

Still interesting

[@21April853BC]

The normal time off for men in the Army for maternity leave to help their wives is 10 days. I think it’s regular leave.

[@alleystargrowley2784]

Stress card dood

[@CharlesEzakichi]

NF kicked me from being a Navy Corpsman.

[@winddmmy]

when i was in ait in 83 pulling kp i was chatting up this cute cook and she told me not to eat the cake because of saltpeter being in it so we could meet up when i got a pass in two weeks.

[@chill_will9816]

What about the myth that soldiers get free room and food? If you dont know, soldiers get about $300 bucks a month deducted from their pay for access to the DFAC(dining facility) which is open only at certain times and you have to fill out paperwork for every meal you didnt eat if you want they money refunded.