Some of the worst jobs in the Army

Sometime there are some jobs that soldiers have to do that suck and sometime there are just an entire MOS that sucks to be in.
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[@randomclipsandgames9444]

7:50 starts mentioning the MOS’s

[@destinyrose2354]

Thank you

[@theoracle6881]

LOL

[@rudy1917]

I can remember my first KP experience like it was yesterday. I just got onboard with my first unit. The 4/7th Calvary at Camp Gary Owen 2nd Infantry Division Korea. I was just a E2. We went on field maneuvers less than a week at my new duty station. Once out in the field, my First Sergeants jeep rolled up to my tank. I was told to pack up. We arrived at the field mess and my First Sergeant said he would be back in two or three days.I was immediately put on dish washing detail. After a very long day and returning to the area where I was to set up my tent and gear, it was clear to me I was on my own. Because I was immediately put on duty, none of my gear had yet to be set up. So I dug in and made a home sweet home. The next morning before sun up I was called out for more duty. Unloading supplies and washing more pots and pans thinking, this sucks! Well three days had gone bye and no relief in sight. I did what we privates do.. I sucked it up. Two more days and still no sign of relief. By now I was given a nickname and was washing more pots and pans. One of the NCO’s joked, there never coming back for you. This continued for a few more days before someone in charge finally reached out to my unit. By then I was given light duty and all the cooks would shake their heads having pity on me. On the eleventh morning my First Sergeants jeep finally rolled up and off to my unit I finally went. Until the end of my first tour, the cooks remembered me and I always got extras from them until the day I left Korea. To all you cooks... thank you for taking care of this private!

[@chrisperrien7055]

KP can be pretty nice, when out in the field , when it is super cold, everything coated with ice and snow and mud a few feet deep. Always warm, always hot coffee, freshly cooked "chow"-not a few hours old and cold from a mermite container, and a cot at night.

[@larrysmith7439]

I did KP in Basic & AIT. Loved it. I volunteered for pot & pans duty. Nobody messing with you. They just let you be.

[@themicahman3741]

92 double G is the MOS for me, we will always support the Infantry!

[@jamescarter5417]

We used to joke infantry will prepare you for a life of homelessness when you get out

[@andrewchen2382]

I hope that never happens

[@golfery5119]

@@andrewchen2382 you picked 11 bravo

[@flaka13lks]

lol omg

[@Leos131]

@@golfery5119 obviously if people knew the truth about 11B they wouldn’t pick it. Can’t shame people for being lied too by recruiters, or decision they made when they were 18. Prior infantry now senior in college, who completely understands how people can fall into hard times after leaving.

[@golfery5119]

@@Leos131 thanks for your service.

[@dutchray8880]

Guarding a swamp all night long in subzero weather, armed with a ball bat.

[@briannelson4122]

When I was a Boy Scout, they called picking up trash in our campground "policing the area". Makes since , it was the sixties and everybody's Dad was a Vet

[@AngeloMartinez6]

I never seen anybody work harder and with the most demanding mos or hated their life more than 11B, 92G and 31B, 88M.

[@patrickfreuler1376]

One of my favorite memories of BCT at FLW, MO in 72 was KP duty. My BCT company was schedule for M-60 familiarization at the range. It was a cold, rainy and windy October day. While the rest of the boots were laying on cold wet rocks, I was in a warm dry mess hall. We cleaned the floors and tables, and loaded and unloaded trays from the dishwashers. In August it would have been hell but on a cold rainy day in October it was a lucky break. We ate well and the cooks were nice to us.

[@matthewthomas3433]

I was 11b for 6yrs and I enjoyed every bit of training but that training was only geared towards combat. It does suck that you can't find a job outside the army with combat infantry skills, unless you started your own private company as a hitman😜

[@skinny6710]

CIA?

[@jaghall47]

@@skinny6710 CIA probably wants someone with at least secret clearence

[@SlimeOhIm]

I want to join 11b, can you move up?. I’d like to be possibly sent to combat so that’s why 11b but then I’d like to transition into planning missions.

[@ChikenNuggets-tq8lp]

Police officer

[@Berserker3624]

Hey who said that wasn’t the plan all along?

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Was 89 Ammo. Got out of the Army and applied for jobs. Landed a job at Home depo. They offered me entry pay. I told them I had warehouse experience in the Army. They laughed and told me my army experience did not count. Shit...

[@jacodyhamilton2626]

I don’t mean to be rude, but it’s Home Depot lol

[@Me-eb3wv]

Sad if true

[@mikethemechanic7395]

@@jacodyhamilton2626 lol. I was 23 at the time. Did not have a career yet

[@Jaylamah529]

@@mikethemechanic7395 what do you do now?

[@mikethemechanic7395]

@@Jaylamah529 23 years as a Diesel mechanic

[@johnr7279]

Great conversation! Before I was on AD, I was in the USAR for just under 3 years as a 94B (which is now a 92G). We had a lot of career cooks/chefs in our unit so our chow was generally pretty darned good, even in the field and back then we were cracking eggs rather than heating up bagged frozen scrambled eggs. From what I've observed, a lot of AD cooks just aren't cut out for that job. Many will either get out or re-up to get away from food service. I get it too. When I entered AD in 1989 it was not as a cook. My first duty station was Polk and food at our own DFAC would sometimes result in sick Soldiers, usually due to undercooked pork and sometimes straight up food poisoning. How 'bout that: Eat at your own DFAC and get sick! Plus, for the many of us who've been deployed a lot, contractor chow is almost invariably better than food cooked by the military. I spent a few days at FOB Orgun-E once in 2008 and they had food cooked my Army cooks. It was just not as good as the stuff that our mostly eastern European contractors were cooking. Let's face it, those contracted cooks typically have more experience, learn to do more with less, and get paid a lot more $$ than a PFC, SPC, or SGT.

[@stevedavenport1202]

I am a former Army cook/94 Bravo. When we deployed to the field, it was often my job to supervise troops on KP duty. They always sent us the most useless troops....good times.

[@daveowens9849]

A veteran of Army Aviation, both Transportation Branch and Aviation Branch in the seventies and eighties , we did police call around our hangar every morning after pt and after morning formation. Parking lot, flight line, tarmac, picking up anything that could be sucked into the engines of our helicopters. And we policed the inside of the hangar looking for discarded cotter pins or safety wire that some mechanics/crew chiefs would lose. And yeah, field stripping a cigarette butt sucks. The only time I had kp duty was in Basic Training. I was tasked with cutting up the pies and putting them on plates. Ate a lot of pie that day. And yeah, as an NCO, I was part of the urine collection team. Had to watch Troopers piss in a bottle. Had a lot of Troopers offer me cash to piss in the bottle for them. I could have made a lot of money! And then there was the NBC team. Another extra duty I had beyond my PMOS 67V2f, was as Squadron Mailroom NCOIC. Whenever we had mailroom inspections, I had to be there. Whenever the Mailroom Clerk was on leave or on sick call, I had to pick up and distribute the mail. Got a lot of free Playboys and Penthouses with that little extra duty. Biggest mistake I ever made when I served in the seventies at Fort Carson: taking two years of high school typing and letting the unit know I could type. My MOS 67U10 was sidelined and I suddenly found myself as the Unit Orderly Room Clerk, typing for the CO and First Sergeant. Oh well.

[@AndrewL123]

Jeez I remember having to do KP duty in Iraq, and cleaning dishes from sun up to sun down. There was a never ending supply of dirty pans that kept rolling through, but at least they gave us a case of rip-its for our troubles. Thank god for KBR and their contractors who eventually took over that duty.

[@golfery5119]

7:55 92 Golf here. It's not all terrible all the time.... but yeah just about most of the time it does suck as badly as you've heard it does, and then some.

[@jackiechan6460]

When I fucked up and had to do KP for 3 weeks in the field, it wasn't that bad actually. I became friends with the cooks, and they would hook me up with a lot of extra food. Now when I see them at the DFAC, they give me anything I want. People like to make fun of cooks, but from my experience, they are some of the most chill people I have ever had the pleasure of working with.

[@xymos7807]

Lot of people don't realize is by regulation cooks aren't suppose to handle the waste. The unit supports it based on head count...use to be a cook and everytime we were the garbage men.

[@chrisperrien7055]

We had a saying, "There are two armys,- The Real Army(Combat Arms), The Army with the women in it, and then you got the Cooks".

[@tombob671]

1966-68 USMC... my experience observing is cooks work like galley slaves. They busted their ass, much respect to the cooks.

[@yummychips_]

@@tombob671 as a cook yeah. A lot of guys wouldn't know how hard we busted our ass, until they got sent for a detail. They sing a different song afterwards. Had a guy tell me, do you guys ever sit down?

[@tombob671]

@@yummychips_ YUP, cooks are the unsung heroes. After 21 days eating C Rations they brought out some SOS AND COFFEE, hot chow, it tasted gourmet.

[@FatGuyEngineer]

"Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic/Ammo Specialist" Wow, so both my jobs? Eh, they're alright.

[@Malik9591]

I have one STAFF DUTY. Manning the radios all night, waxing the floors, cleaning the conference rooms, mopping, emptying trash cans, cleaning the laterals, answering phones……. All night at times your use to 😴

[@tammyque1506]

I volunteered to "walk the dog" in the Air Force and ended walking around picking up trash.

[@rudy1917]

Tammy Que That’s funny! Bet you didn’t do much volunteering after that!

[@jameshightowerjr.8139]

62J-General Equipment Operator. That job really sucks 😣!

[@rickswineberg]

That's why they say never volunteer

[@esiasmartinez4206]

24 Hour CQ , staff duty. That sucks

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Not on Thursday or Sunday. The crap days were Friday or Saturday.

[@vernoniwu]

@@lelandgaunt9985 facts

[@Holyhandgrenade-tx6xd]

CQ is way more lax then staff duty

[@LavenderSystem69]

@@lelandgaunt9985 Of the 2, Thursday is better. Thursday generates an outright 3rd day of your weekend, while Sunday just shifts the 2nd day of your weekend to the right by artificially creating a donut schedule

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Mystic Thunder I enjoyed the Sunday because I didn’t have to deal with motor pool Monday.

[@surlyogre1476]

Police call... we used to call that "Garden Party": clean up the area around your barracks, or other designated place. (USAF veteran 1970's)

[@jthavorn]

I didn’t mean cleaning details. What used to get me upset is when someone of the same rank would be tasked to clean something and they order me to do it instead. Even though we were the same rank, he would pull seniority on me.

[@eyelessclowned]

Is it something that has to do with your color or religion or ethnicity?

[@dominicpresley7196]

@@eyelessclowned most likely not, seniority is a thing, if you have a brand new guy show up, and another guy who’s been there for a year but he’s still a private, he can rightfully deligate tasks to you.

[@KagedTyrant]

@@eyelessclowned lmao race card puller.

[@mikethemechanic7395]

This is why I would always ask everyone’s date of rank. I would add a few months over theirs lol

[@korvtm]

Yep,burning sxxt was one of the worst jobs I had in the Army.But we managed to get a chuckle out of that one time,we had gotten local nationals to burn out the poop cans.Procedure was to dump a couple gallons desel fuel in then use just enough gasoline to get the diesel fuel burning. We gave the turd burners a couple cans of JP4, they just about burned the crapper down.Funny as hell watching them running around trying to figure out what was wrong.We did get told not to do that again.But the very worst job I ever had in the Army was recovering wrecked trucks and such.We were sent out with the accident investigators,some times we had to move a wreck around so the medics could try to save the victim.Saw some things I won't describe on here.Worst job ever and it had a direct match to a civilian job doing the exact same thing.

[@budmeister]

I still remember always seeing the thick black smoke from the burning trash at Camp Anaconda, Balad.

[@kayp4601]

I deployed with a chemical company full of 74Ds to Iraq. We did something completely out of the CBRN mos. We did detainee operations at Camp Bucca.

[@CS-ww3bs]

Your editing skills are on point

[@63stratoman]

In the Navy, they call it “Field Day.” When I first heard the term after I enlisted, I thought “Oh cool! Field Trip!” Nope!😂

[@darktoadone5068]

I enjoyed my time as a 11B, Besides being a rifleman in the platoon I also shot the Dragon. That was a lot to tote around with the regular small arms. I took all that knowledge with firearms and became a Gunsmith after getting out and ran my own busiess and I'm retired now.

[@matiascandia4946]

What is the dragon?

[@osok3121]

@@matiascandia4946 M47. Wire guided anti tank missile

[@m.e.9299]

I was 11BC2 also 1/506th INF Camp Greaves Korea and 3/502 INF 101st Airborne I loved being a dragon gunner and won Top Gun in 1987 S.Korea. Was fortunate enough to shoot 5 Live Dragon rounds. After becoming a motorcycle scout KL250 My training with the dragon brought me into other neat weapons systems like the M202 Flash, C4 / det cord, LAWs, AT4s, hand grenades, bangalor torpedeos and claymore mines. I agree was a lot to tote but we got off chopper first and had an assistant to carry the night site, batteries and coolant cartridges, M60 spare rounds. I also became a combat lifesaver so had the medical kit on top of all the other 11B equipment. We thought 11B was the best MOS, not easy but we got to actually do cool stuff. River operations, Air Assaults, Motorcycles, STABO, riding in the aircraft C5 galaxy, C130, Black hawk, CH47, twice on Hueys, working with 82nd, British Welsh guard, Gurkas, and KATUSA soldiers. and they paid me to do it.

[@illuminativon6542]

The detail that helps the cooks usually happens at krf in Korea

[@billbaker2725]

Burned poop in desert storm...I can still smell it...

[@Me-eb3wv]

I remember seeing a video just like that on KZbin. I always wondered what those men are up to now.

[@noeleverett5235]

Chris, could you do a video on being station in Alaska Fort Wainwright.

[@ds9619]

I found climbing into a water buffalo to sand and clean the interior before resealing it so it can carry water again . It was damn near impossible. That and sewer clearing , big rats ... not FUN

[@BigE-qx1jb]

Thank you for your service

[@kc5sdy]

With an Aviation MOS, a police call is a very common thing. FOD can be a huge issue on the tarmac. Every time we did one, I did not mind it at all. I did not want to see the aftermath of what could happen.

[@mariekatherine5238]

My friend’s son loved the motor pool. When he got out he opened his own garage.

[@kevinhealey6540]

I was in the army, but I knew one guy in the AF. His job was to clean up a body of a dead person. He was a real nice guy. He was having problems with it. 8:00 Heard cooks in the army have it bad. waking up early and also working long hours. On the plus side if you want to work as chef or in that area, company caferterias are very apt to hire them. But I really think you have to love cooking in order to be succesful at it. I did not take drugs but I knew testers drawn from the unit. What they did was help out their fellow soldiers come up negative. 9:30 I was a mechanic in the army. They normally did not try to overwork the mechanics because they did not want them burned out. 11:30 For 11B it's easy for them to become a prison guard or even a cop.

[@shmul1748]

Police Call , usually when we are at the Range and we have to police call it so there won't be and garbage around the area or collect the dunnitch. No brass no ammo weapon is on safe Drill SGT lol

[@victorwaddell6530]

Some of the worst jobs in the navy are Mess Cranking ; 90 days of KP on a ship for E3s and below . Tiger Teams ; going down in the lower decks to chip paint and clean out the bilge. Undesignated Seaman ; chipping paint , busting rust , applying primer and paint endlessly until you get a rating ( MOS ). Pier Sweepers ; policing a pier of seagull shit and dumpster juices . Working Parties ; can mean anything , including putting containment around booms around the ship to control oil spills in the water . Working Aloft ; means climbing far up the mast to work on antennae , not for those afraid of heights . Fire Watch ; following a welder around while wearing a welding helmet and carrying a fire extinguisher , all the time hoping he doesn't blow something up .

[@Me-eb3wv]

Thanks for the heads up lol

[@victorwaddell6530]

​@Me-eb3wv Weilding a needle gun sounds cool , but it is just a pneumatic tool that chips paint, and you need to wear hearing and eye protection . Even being on the other side of the hull when someone is using a needle gun can cause tinnitus . I actually had the best two weeks of sea duty when I worked aloft . About six of us climbed the mast , hauled a cooler of Cokes , a bunch of cigarettes , and a boom box up above the Signal Bridge to the yardarms . I was an Operations Specialist ( Radarman) . The Electronic Warfare Specialists , Radiomen , and some Electronic Technicians went aloft with us to perform maintenance on their gear . 9 out 10 jobs in the navy and would do it again .

[@keithwilliamson6633]

I was a 15-D and it was 🍰 !!! Off at 5pm, weekends were mine, stayed on FOBs during deployment.... Civilian in uniform was the order of the day

[@madhatter2523]

Police Call, or as we called it in Ft. Eustis, "Area Beautification", aka picking up trash/cigarette butts. Latrine duty, KP duty and CQ (fire watch). I was an 88H, Cargo Specialist (awesome job BTW), but we had a lot of down time between deployments and training, so Police Call it is. Do Not get injured, you'll have a lot of Police Calls to do.

[@seth3520]

Police call is where you and your platoon or group form a horizontal line and walk forward to search for trash brass etc

[@stevefournier6375]

I was in the U.S. Army in the late 86/91, Police call was picking trash around our Area we were eating/training.

[@stevefournier6375]

Cool got it right, some things never change with Army.

[@-LowResDream]

Uuuugh hearing KP is like bringing back horror memories of when i went to job corp. so many hours of just doing nothing but having to wake uo early. I knew job corp had some military incorporation but didnt know that was it as well.

[@cwilson000]

I always volunteered for detail needed for police call and weed pulling etc....just to get out of the moterpool

[@xevsetter1201]

I loved police call because having things look nice and tidy helps everyone feel good...who wants to see $hit all over? KP was a pretty good experience for me as well the one time that I had to do it, what made the difference was who we were working with. The hours were very long but we did also get a lot of freedom in between. I was a 31B, our home town mission for several years was CERF-P witch was fun as well. When my friend Tony went to MEPS and had to pee in the cup he asked the Observer "Do you like your job?" Lol The worst thing I'd have to say was picking up brass after the range...if it was not accounted for than expect to spend lots of time on your hands and knees looking for more.

[@davidhovermale4977]

Every morning after formation you got into a long line and started walking picking up butts paper anything that wasn’t nailed down.

[@neilfox3208]

I started basic training when I was 17 and had my 18th birthday there. Drill SGT Graves thought he would give me KP duty for my birthday. Wasn't too bad tho. The cooks made me a cake.

[@rogersepeda4378]

I hate doing kp duty in the field , the dishes were never ending

[@WolfShadowhill]

You should do a video on the hardest MOSs in the army

[@JoeGarofaloII]

Police call?...Imma guess its when the MPs get called to something and you have to fill their post of something they were guarding? Edit: Darn, not even close lol

[@ProfessorXavier200]

logical guess though

[@whitneymiller5139]

Haha I thought the same

[@michaeljohnson2571]

What about a 91c utilities equipment repair what’s your opinion on that

[@rojaniocastro8608]

YOUR CHANNEL SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO EVERY PERSON THAT WANTS TO JOIN ANY MILITARY BRANCH.. GOOD JOB CHRIS. I AM ON 91B ARMY

[@adriangonzalez6807]

How do you like 91B?

[@rojaniocastro8608]

@@adriangonzalez6807 I am on 92Y. Supply specialist. Easy job.

[@d.7819]

Wow. Omg. Thanks for sharing

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

I'm planning on becoming a CBRN Specialist (74D) but in the RESERVE though.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

@@Muddragon Cool! Good luck! 🗽 Much love from New York City!

[@seabubbles225]

I would assume police call would be a MP having to respond to some sort of state issue?

[@outdoorswithroostercurrie6984]

I was a Glorified GRUNT AKA COMBAT ENGR. SAPPERS CLEAR THE WAY HOOAH 😤. And I did love my MOS when I was Training, which we did A LOT. But in Garrison it SUCKED. Going to the Motor Pool or Drawing Weapons to clean. But I will say this, The Fact That I Did Serve My Country 🇺🇸 It Has Helped Me Get Jobs That Without My Time In The Army I Would Have Never Gotten. I advise anyone that doesn’t have a solid plan for their lives to take the ASVAB, talk to some recruiters and find a MOS that suits your interests and Join. Serve Your Country, you’ll be glad you did.

[@michaelmeyer2725]

Ok, this 88M wants to know where you got the blinker fluid shirt!

[@americanwrenchman9556]

Grunt Style

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

🚛 Do you like being a motor transport operator?

[@michaelmeyer2725]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 I got out of the Army nearly 30 years ago. That said, I was in Germany at the end of the Cold War, and it was a fun time to be there. The work wasn't bad either.

[@gabrielwerts904]

Can you go over the enlisted moving to officer program I think it’s the green to gold.

[@jasonramero6274]

Yeah or a complete video of all the routes of going from enlisted to officer.

[@Holyhandgrenade-tx6xd]

@@jasonramero6274 green to gold is the only route

[@Ryoma_lawang]

Holy handgrenade 1999 is warrant officer “officer”?

[@jerimiahhillocks1538]

Mashimaro Umaru warrant officers are officers but they are outranked by actual commissioned officers, they still salute all officers but all enlisted must salute them, they’re authority is also really weird.

[@crumplygrub3212]

I’m planning going on Green to Gold. But if you wanna learn more, go to Matt Wards KZbin channel, has a lot of gud stuff on there, LT award that is

[@mikedehn8654]

I consider myself lucky to have been a 36 Lima. Basically AT&T on wheels. I've been working in the telecommunications and IT industry ever since.

[@gotchagoing8843]

"if it doesn't grow,pick it up,if you can't move it...paint it". 1968-72,67V2F,RVN,70-71-72. "If you ain't CAV...."

[@robertmielke3380]

Coming in after 2 weeks in the field going to the wash rack and the whole recovery process.

[@golfery5119]

not as bad as going on deployment and having to completely gi all the vehicles and everything in connexes and bubble wrap everything.

[@robertmielke3380]

@@golfery5119 did that at reforger 87

[@robertmielke3380]

@@golfery5119 same with desert storm, meticulous. Load list of connexes had to be spot on.

[@robertmielke3380]

That's how ft carson was. The dreaded range 145

[@wookychewbacca5184]

In Germany I found out after the fact that a TDY of sorts was supposed to be a "punishment", why I never figured out but anyway, I was attached to the Postal/Mail unit in Frankfurt for the 3 month Christmas Season. I remained billeted in my regular Kaserne and room but was exempt from ALL duties there, no guard duty, no alerts, no details, nothing. The schedule with the Postal Unit was broken up and there was two separate shifts/groups. We worked every other day and every other weekend starting about 6pm until finished unloading, sorting, and reloading trucks with incoming and mail/packages bound for the US, usually done by 10 or 11pm. What really pissed off the NCO that "volunteered" me for this was each and every morning for those 3 months while they were in formation I was headed out the gate in Civies to venture downtown and see the sights, sometimes I returned to my room after formation ended to catch some more sleep. I had an issued "Strasse Pass" so the buses and trains were free for those 3 months also. What a sham job that was but never regretted having done it Oh and my MOS, when the Army went "digital" in the mid 80s all the equipment AND my MOS were delegated to the Signal Museum at Gordon

[@user-td4zp4gq2p]

I'm still looking for frequency grease and the key to the police call area! 😂😅

[@tonyrowland9216]

Short handed aid station 45 hrs shifts were the norm, which 71p-73.

[@markwakefield3262]

I was the 74D guy it was good and bad. The good part was being attached to different platoons learning thier skill. I was attached to a mortar platoon for almost a year. A medic platoon for 5 months a scout platoon for a month. The sucky part was when i was stuck in S-3 aka the "blackhole" but it was okay overall not great not too bad.

[@heroicvictory7314]

(Police Call) in military jargon = person or team assigned to call the police when shit hits the fan 😅😂🤣

[@terrancewilhite9260]

GI the grease trap is the worst. Burning S&&& in Nam was a relaxing job, even the snipers left you alone.

[@theoracle6881]

lol

[@umami0247]

When I was in the army being a helicopter crew chief we did fod police call on the flight line every day. I smoked at the time and all my cigarette butts went in my pocket till I got to a trash can. I found out very early in the army any job is possible that’s just the way it is.

[@chuckiepeoples]

I always wondered why it seemed like the EIB was more of an individual thing rather than a platoon thing. I remember seeing a squad leader taking all of his guys out for months before EIB and practicing before the actual testing. 100% of them (including the squad leader) got an EIB. Meanwhile, my people didn’t seem to care less. There could be so many more EIB’s if things were done as a team. No, I never got an EIB. I “tried” 2 times in 5yrs.

[@benjaminwilliams3568]

What if you earned the EIB badge? You're a civilian now. What would it have served you in this world you're now in? Why pines for an achievement with no reward? For example, I was a 12B30 when I retired. As a combat engineer, the achievement to aspire to was that of the SAPPER badge. It's tough to earn, but then what afterward? If one didn't have airborne or assault wings, you were still a leg engineer. Even if one was airborne or air assault you were only that until you landed, then guess what??? You became a leg engineer with pinned wings. I graduated from the SF Q course and got on a team for a long while. What have I to show for this broken bones permanently scared skin and ptsd nightmares so bad my wife and I sleep in two different rooms just so she can get sleep she very much deserves. The one and only wonderful thing being in the Army I got is my wonderful wife who's stayed the very difficult course as a dependent has to adjust to. Stop pining for that once EIB move on and enjoy what you can now.

[@chuckiepeoples]

@@benjaminwilliams3568 While I understand what you’re getting at, it’s easy for someone who got a long tab to say this kind of thing.

[@VGMRMissCoriel]

The RSOP section of a PATRIOT Battery always gave the least mission essential soldier the task of taking off their Pro Mask to see if they die from chemical attack. Worst Job an ADA soldier can have.. not only are you useless to everyone, but they are alright on letting you die xD

[@truttman]

Police Call: Landscape MX Specialist. Whatever the eye can see, you will maintain.

[@brandonparson8821]

All the online training that I have to do as an Army MEDCOM support unit.

[@crisn565]

I got sent to KP detail 2 times in a row because I “ tied a knot when I wasn’t suppose to “ my dickhead of a leader at the time was a RaNgEr TaB. Good times so glad I got out

[@rileymcdonough2942]

Great video

[@joaquinocelotl7947]

Police call: just getting called by the MP😂

[@garymathena2125]

I never understood how many hours cooks worked until I was assigned to a HHC unit, they work crazy hours and do not get the respect they deserve. I did KP at Ft McClellan, hated cleaning the grease trap or the potato peeler. The mess SGT sets the tone for the mess, whether the food is good or mediocre.

[@Me-eb3wv]

How many hours do they work

[@real_fjcalabrese]

11C was a rough MOS, infantry with crap promotions.

[@adamhinshaw1747]

As an NCO, I hated having to be the meatgazer!

[@xymos7807]

On the UPL bit...be wary of Soldiers who get stage fright...waited almost 2 hours for a guy to pee.

[@neqqs3265]

Police call, I think it means someone is watching out for drill Sargents coming and they alert everyone to look busy or stop doing things they’re not allowed to do.

[@jacobrawleigh6410]

I knew what police call means because we did it in scouts and JROTC

[@steel90912]

I was a 12B but unfortunately did KP in the field often. 😤

[@TroubledEmpath]

I came out of meps with a job I didn’t expect. Aircraft Powertrain Repairer 15D ? Thoughts?

[@leatherface1136]

That's a lot of D's

[@LaPlaga88]

KP duty in the box at NTC is the worst.

[@israteeg752]

It's universal , I served in the Israeli Army and hated KP duty with a passion. It wasn't so much the cleaning, but the fact that kitchen personnel requested help and then end up superving you while doing nothing. It would drive me nuts.

[@stevedavenport1202]

That was my job. 😀👍

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

One of the sergeant's who was a "urinalysis observer" earned a name given to him by his fellow NCOs. I think it was "piss boy."

[@sharonrigs7999]

Meatgazer, hammerhawk

[@steel90912]

That would suck. 😆

[@garymorgan9455]

Almost every NCO who had to told me the worst duty they had to do was recruiting. Even the damn Drill Sergeant said recruiting was worse than Drill Sergent school, and being a Drill Sergeant.

[@brianbutlerbk]

Police Call SUCKS! It's when you have to line up and go pick-up trash, cigarette butts and such from a designated area targeted to be cleaned...at least that's what recall!

[@GabrielFreitas-ml8cc]

I ALWAYS refused to pick up cigarette butts during a police call. Got chewed out and smoked a couple times for it, never cared. I’d take an article 15 any day

[@user-td4zp4gq2p]

Being in the field and details didn't bother me at all! I hated the south and the isolation and mind games! I ate so much at KP i got thrown off the detail!😅

[@dannymcglone7430]

Old school 19E Tanker.Guard duty in really cold situations blows.

[@c_s_8411]

I always treated my KP's good. They ate first, smoke breaks whenever within reason, and were given as much food as they wanted. Well unless you were a dirt bag then you would probably be cleaning grease traps.

[@loneeagle85]

one of my close friends had to cleans the aircrafts

[@yukisanscorner3582]

Being a cook in the Army, yes I do agree that the hours are a bit of a downside, unless you like getting up early. But another one is some of the soldiers would sometimes be ungrateful for the amount of food that we’re allowed to give, you know, they would always want more than what is allowed. Now most of the time, if I knew somebody on a personal level, of course I’d give a lil extra, but when it comes down to it, yeah the only downside to me is some soldiers seem to be ungrateful for the amount of food that we give em. But when it comes down to it, my philosophy is “you take care of us cooks, we take care of you”, especially in the field.

[@golfery5119]

In my experience as 92g, the hours are bad enough (I've worked 12-14 hour days seven days a week before) but also you got the sheer stress. I'm sure that all military and army jobs have stress but I don't think quite like it is with cooks. I've seen quite a few very very heated arguments go on and I've even seen a fight break out in the kitchen. I've also seen a new promoted E5 and an E4 promotable get into a huge argument, go into the DFAC manager officer (when the manager wasn't there), and a few minutes later they both came out with the E4 promotable literally having blood on his shirt so apparently they actually fought. This is a very, very stressful mos and I know a lot of other cooks who constantly go to behavioral health.

[@tombob671]

In the Marines you take care of the Corpsman (medics) and the cooks. It was just good business

[@yummychips_]

100% agree

[@bigmikem90]

KP: knifing potatoes 🥔

[@JohnSmith09123]

Another thing mechanics have to worry about is tool accountability, if someone loses a wrench for example or they thought they lost a wrench, no one leaves until that lost tool is found and accounted for.

[@Holyhandgrenade-tx6xd]

Nah more like somebody gets charged for a tool that's worth 20 dollars in the civilian world but for some reason the army thinks it's worth 200.

[@briangonzalez7941]

11c they do some cool stuff, but similar to 11b though

[@Eaa-jz2wj]

I used to joke around when doing drug tests fill up the bottle and there would be some foam on the top. I would joke nice head just like my beer last night. Ha ha ha

[@breezyisokay1950]

Going to meps on the 26th for marines. If i go infantry i would wanna be a cop when i get out

[@golfery5119]

you can be a cop with any MOS not just infantry lol

[@chrisfrance4076]

Well I am very surprised 92 Mike didn't make this list

[@alexsamber3129]

Talk about the MOS 12D we don't do any of this

[@CARNAGE-tc3yq]

I was sapose to do 88 mic but hurt my back really bad 1 month before boot camp