The Art Of Soldiers Shamming And E-4 Mafia

This video goes over "shamming" or "skating". I do not endorse being a blue falcon but I have never really seen a video where people go into detail with the actual process of shamming.

[@shaehyatt6539]

Love this channel and I still have no idea how to pronounce the name😶

[@TSPLY]

" T " - "Sp"- "lie" . It stands for " the supply" I actually started my brand as a media and clothing brand back in 2017. But here we are 😂

[@shaehyatt6539]

@@TSPLY I figured that's how it was, but I overthink simple things🤣 the more ya know, love the content man, keep it up!

[@theofficalplanetsheenfanpage]

@@TSPLY what is the most elaborate way to sham

[@TSPLY]

@@theofficalplanetsheenfanpage re scheduling and canceling appointments ... will have another video on it

[@not-a-raccoon]

As a home depot employee, I take all of these tips to heart.

[@TSPLY]

lmao

[@jamestuccillo]

So YOUR THE ONE holding up my pickup orders..?!

[@jamestuccillo]

@@TSPLYuhh I wasn't asking you to mess with my work Marcus... Asking for The Art of the Sham has backfired on me with this guy! Told you this stuff should be hidden under a XXX rating man!

[@drivennomad4741]

Amen

[@isaacschmitt4803]

Shamming is universal. The bigger the company you work for, the more I encourage it.

[@24pomps]

I had to get my wisdom teeth surgically removed. Got my initial profile and four day weekend. The Maxillofacial surgeon was kind enough to leave a bone fragment in my socket which got infected and lead me to getting my mouth opened again, and thus lead me to another 4 days of convalescent leave! 🤣😂 You should have seen some of the shit I got away with when I blew out my ACL out. I had to wait 5 months for surgery and that was another 30 days of convalescent leave! 🤣😂

[@TSPLY]

lmfao... I'm planning on doing more of these ... and glad to see based off your comment this video was accurate ... I also got my wisdom teeth removed and got the weekend off as an added bonus😂

[@shawnr771]

If you are ever put in charge of a detail, THE VERY FIRST THING YOU DO IS WRITE DOWN THE NAMES OF EVERYONE ON THE DETAIL. You may never see them again.

[@isaacschmitt4803]

The clipboard is the greatest tool in the E-4's arsenal. It is the best campflague you will ever use. Legend has it that snipers make their ghille suits out of clipboards. With a clipboard in hand, you can walk confidently in the fact that no one will stop you and ask what you're doing. You can sham an entire day away by walking around with a clip board. It's also a useful tool for being places you're really not supposed to be. Clipboards grant an unspoken level of rank. If it's a lower enlisted, it means they've probably been sent on a runner mission for someone important, or they're doing importance maintenance checks that cannot be interrupted. Always keep a clipboard or three in your car. You never know when you'll need it. You can get them at the dollar store and Walmart for cheap, but the Skillcraft clipboards are the real prize. Sadly, I lost my stalwart companion years after I got out. I have many clipboards, but none will ever fill the hole in my heart that Skilly left.

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

If you really want to add to the authenticity of a clipboard, put on a couple sheets of paper with something written on them. You can then stroll with absolute confidence that people will think you're doing something important.

[@trkarst82]

As an E4, I remember secretly scheduling my wisdom teeth extraction for the day before a 2 week FTX. My platoon sergeant and first sergeant were furious when they found out but I got the full 2 weeks off. My "platoon" had more NCO's than lower enlisted (6-4) and they made the lower enlisted do EVERYTHING. My only regret was not having the dentist remove one wisdom tooth at a time.

[@beerandchips2545]

Beauty.

[@doylebrockman8225]

Dont do your squad, platoon, unit wrong by being a bum. Cant watch my brothers suffer because im not there.

[@dustyvanbrocklin4731]

You broke the first rule of the E-4 mafia we don’t talk about the E-4 mafia.

[@MOW262]

Yeah, like this was wtf I came here to say. Dawg, stfu. If they can't pick it up or get it THEMSELVES, fuck off dude. Some people don't get to sham. Fuck em, that's life dude.

[@nut1231]

Really enjoying the longer videos, I was wondering if you had any info or videos on mentally and physically preparing for basic training and that commitment everyone mentions.

[@TSPLY]

i actually do ... if you just type in tsply and basic training a video will pop up ... one of my followers actually got promoted because of the video and tips and now he's training for SF

[@currentfaves65]

Seriously, I find doing push ups in boots much harder than bare feet or gym shoes, so start wearing stiff work boots when you work out, especially when doing push ups because you do push ups all day every day in basic. And leg lifts on your back.

[@angeloanderson2568]

I'm in the AR and when half my unit deployed there was a huge shitstorm of paperwork and regrouping people into platoons. I was an alternate on the mob roster but never had to go. Which meant that I was excused from all the responsibilities of the home team during the months leading up to the deployment. The last 2 months before new platoons were set up to accommodate for the finalization of the deployment I was still on the mob list but not going. I was never put into a new platoon during this time. I was in sweet purgatory for 2 drill weekends and wasn't under anyone's leadership which meant that I could do whatever I wanted to and get paid for it. Then a list turned up with people in my mos and I got busted when they found out that I was still at the unit.

[@Jake_Mobley14]

I started my ACAP process back in Aug19 and I shamed out of work for 5ish months. Man that was some of the best stress relief I had when I was at Ft. Bragg. Gotta love that sham shield 😂

[@lelandgaunt9985]

If you have a long winded BC, go head and hit that “no run jump March profile.” Right before change of command ceremony.

[@TSPLY]

see my unit was catching on and would not do any training or anything crazy so you had to go ... if you didn't you would get barracks inspections every day because we lived above our unit

[@GenXMafia]

I was the Caporegime of the E4 Mafia Ft. Knox MP Company crime family from 90-95. Joined up in 87 did my first stretch in Schweinfurt Germany from 88-90 with the 981st MP Co. Loved being an MP and loved even more being an E4. I watched the bullshit the NCO’s had to endure and decided early on that I didn’t want any part of it. Seen an E5 get a bad NCOER because one of his soldiers went home on leave and got a DUI and somehow this E5 was responsible for that. Also the points for MP’s to get promoted to E5 were astronomically high like in the 950 range and rarely dropped. I literally saw E4’s go through all the bullshit to become promotable and never make 5 because of the points and they wound up ETS’ing. But mainly I had zero desire to be responsible for shit I had zero control over. That was the deal breaker for me. Fuck that! Yessir 8 years of being a full bird private, command private major! So to all my made members of the E4 mafia I say to you all, SALUT! 🍻🏴‍☠️💪🏼

[@SumGuyfromEastSide]

YES WE LOVE THE LONGER VIDS❤️

[@CrackaPackify]

More longer videos yes

[@joshpaige2824]

Truest shammers know that the hospital on post can give out 24 quarters slips. Nothing like a day off and a bottle of vicodin while everyone one else is sucking at the motor pool.

[@chriswheeler1677]

When I was being med boarded out of the army I was on dead man’s profile. Along with that I would walk around our company in the morning with a “folder” full of “appointments” needless to say my last couple months in the army I went through every seasons of every show possible on Netflix during the work day

[@CesarGarcia-nd5xz]

Master 👌🏻

[@tylermarks7463]

The ultimate sham Taking two weeks of leave without taking leave Ive seent it

[@jt8isgr870]

"Profiles fall out!" 😂😂😂 The are the best words to hear in the morning PT. The greatest though is when you are two weeks from ETS and you have no gear anymore and you don't have to show up to anything lol. You just tell them I have ETS appointments 😂.

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Time management sham: If your command doesn’t hold you prisoner in the motor pool on Monday’s, after you’re done with maintenance beat the lunch crowd by hitting the food court and grabbing to go food at 1030 when it opens.😉

[@colonsawse4893]

I got my wisdom teeth removed on 4 different occasions 😤 Percocet and chow delivery to my barracks room #shamgod

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Had to do a 20 mile road march the day after. Passed out with a mouth full of blood. 😅

[@trkarst82]

Shamwise Gamgee

[@robertcampbelljr.3195]

Thank you for sharing your experiences with me! I tried to join the army in 1990 but got rejected. I still got to become a pretty decent paintball player who found his niche doing Vietnam recreations. I do wonder from time to time how my life would have been had I made it into the Army. Your videos and a couple other people's videos gives me an idea how my life would have been.

[@jamestuccillo]

Anyone else's notifications get turned off? 😡 I was so excited 😆 waiting 🤔 for this video by Marcus but I just found it today! 😭 I missed the premier! 😢

[@anonymousm9113]

I had my wisdom teeth pulled at Campbell in '02, making two appointments (one for each side). Each appointment happened to be on a Wednesday morning just before a Friday-Monday 4-day, and I got 48-hours quarters. Report for PT Wednesday morning, head to the dentist at 0900 for the procedure, drop off a copy of the profile at the company, and drive to my apartment in Hopkinsville until Tuesday morning. Shamming is an art, and it doesn't stop with E-4. Even at Drill Sergeant School, I was an extremely motivated Candidate who would always volunteer when the Drill Sergeant Leaders (DSL) needed something. Problem was, I was a very senior SSG in my late-30s, so I was a little slower than most of the younger Candidates. DSL: "Give me five over here!" The entire class starts moving, most lethargically and usually 10-15 sprinting. I'd be just behind the sprinters, never quite making the cut for the detail but looking a lot better than the straphangers still near the formation area.

[@joeavent5554]

During '88, three wisdom teeth pulled on Ft. Bliss during one day, and received eight hours bedrest. I had won the lottery.

[@jamestuccillo]

Loved the video Marcus! The art of the Sham was cool!

[@thatcomicguy2757]

Burger King, there's always a burger King close by every "professional" shammer

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Was stationed at Ft Benning . Made friends with the 30th AG. Anything we needed we got. We would use the pool also. Only Drill Sgts used it and officers. Same with the chow hall. After 3 months of this. Had a full Bird tell me the chow hall does not have a other allotment for 3 more soldiers to feed. Also. My friends and I were told to never come back.

[@doylebrockman8225]

Never shyed away from PT. The change of command could suck enough, FOR A WEEK.

[@muhazreen]

i remember my driver said "Headache & stomach ache dont have equipment to be detected" idk if he one of that E4 mafia but he definitely an exotic nco i ever met he soo good at hiding from us if there some detailed gonna came

[@SUPER_EARTH_DOS]

The NCO in the thumbnail is SSG.Pentland (now SFC) he was my drill sergeant at fort Jackson back in 2019 certified badass that man

[@doylebrockman8225]

I completely did not sham until went to the board and PLDC/NCO Academy with 1 yr. till ETS from active duty. Then i respected the Full Bird private position.

[@asianpianoboi245]

Finally, the longer video

[@patrickburns4821]

True story: while deployed we had so many Soldiers try to get out of periodic PT tests that we started a betting pool in the TOC to see who could guess the number and Soldiers who would have LOD's and or sic call slips before the test!! I knew within 48hrs of announcing the APFT we would have this particular Soldier turn in a form..lol

[@FM-ig3th]

As a former Army Medic you nailed it.

[@Armyguy91]

When I was Stationed at Ft Hamilton, NY. I was bitten by a brown recluse spider. I was Medevac to Ft Dix. After a 10 day stay. I got a 30 day convalescence leave. My family and I went home to Houston to visit.

[@Losfhc]

Brown recluse spiders are not native to NYC

[@Armyguy91]

@@Losfhc I know, the guy next door was had just transferred in from AZ. And they figured he had some stowaways in his homegoods.

[@Losfhc]

@@Armyguy91 Crazy story man hope you are alright, what year was this? What was your MOS? Active duty? I’m just wondering because I was Active duty and National guard I never stood a chance of getting stationed at Ft. Hamilton and it’s not far from my home, I’ve been to Ft. Dix for drill and things like that but I never seen much active duty there either I’m talking early 2000’s

[@Armyguy91]

@Losfhc I was at Ft Hamilton from Jun '87- Jul '88. I was a 72G, My unit ran the Communication Center on Ft Hamilton. My Home base was at Ft Dix. We had a total of 5 soldiers and the rest civilians. It was a great duty assignment for a married couple. I still have numbness in my right leg where I got bit.

[@GenXMafia]

Ft. Shamilton you mean! 😂😂😂That place made Presidio look like Ft. Hood! 😂😂😂

[@patrickfullan9509]

Respect the Shamurai.

[@iangoodwin4373]

Love you T-SPLY you're the best

[@TSPLY]

No you are

[@jetmorbid]

Always find a seat next to the exit so you can slip out quietly when the nco asks for volunteers

[@thesnoof9682]

Claim that you are experiencing covid-19 symptoms. If your unit doesn’t have any at home covid tests available, you can go to the ER and have a covid-19 test done there, and after you will be instructed to quarantine until you get your results backs. Your results do not get reported to your chain of command, so you can stay quarantined until you feel like telling your leadership your results came back. ;)

[@Or_Am_I_Alpharius]

Get picked to do DTMS for the LT. If your unit is low-speed enough it’s basically a free half day once, maybe twice a week

[@markwackerman5593]

nice

[@TSPLY]

Ty!

[@beerandchips2545]

Walk around with a clipboard and ask people "Have you seen [name of person you know is nowhere nearby]?" When they don't know, walk away in a huff. You can hide in plain sight

[@paznerkiller]

As a former 63B I filled that out A LOT

[@jameslovallo9603]

You can take the man put of the sham but you can never take the sham out of the man.

[@robertchandler2119]

I knew some Master Shammers🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️. I got out as a E4 and I was high speed and kick azz

[@outlawtanker9978]

I know some people who got too pulled for 4 days and bottom for another 4 days I even heard one guy said he did each individual tooth

[@TSPLY]

yea i think every unit is different... I have also heard it was 2 per tooth

[@jessiewyatt526]

Before I made E5 I was a master of shamming but the way I shammed my squad leader knew I was gone 😅😅😅😅

[@jackdaniels_lxix]

Yo , Markus , Can i go to basic training / Military if i have Pectus Excavatum AKA Caved in Chest Its barely noticable but still

[@juansantamaria2337]

There's probably a waver for that. There's a waver for almost anything. Or just don't mention it but that's a discussion to have with your recruiter.

[@jackdaniels_lxix]

@@juansantamaria2337 ight , thanks

[@TheAppalachianSon]

I had to get my wisdom teeth out on active duty - of all the ways I’ve shammed I wouldn’t do that mess on purpose, but for real save that one for a rainy week.

[@zerolimitsoffroad6346]

Let the shamming commence!!

[@michaelhall8005]

To me this is just so damn funny I had my wisdom teeth taken out when I was in the army I had it done on the Friday and then back to work but I had another friend that had one tooth pulled on Tuesday and had the rest of the week off it didn't have to be back to work until Monday LOL

[@edschell9411]

No this is not shaming. Shaming is when you are supposed to be doing something but you are in the barracks room with your squad watching soaps or you don't want to be put on a duty so you all hide in the conex and act like you're cleaning it but you sleep. This guy is getting actual excuses. I shamed so hard once I woke up in my track and everyone had gone home. I was abandoned on peason ridge. We were clearing the place of UXO to so I hauled ass in the m113 alone worrying that there would be explosions all around. Which would have been cool. Now that is shaming.

[@Armyguy91]

What's morning PT?

[@johnnynutpunch4972]

As an infantryman i would never sham during PT, PT was important, however what i did was i would sham during the work day to get out of doing stupid details or stupid fuck fuck games or people just being an asshole to you for absolutely no reason or unprovoked. Out of sight out of mind

[@dickridenhour]

I used to 'help' supply guy he'd open the cage and I can nap behind boxes. The Motor Pool sham got to PMCS the vehicles. Done in ten min so sleep in or under the trucks till lunch.

[@ToddWBucy-lf8yz]

The goal of every member of the E4 mafia was to get a nap sometime between 1330 and 1600.

[@bryanwilkens]

It was good to be a medic.

[@YellowBoltTC]

Can confirm got my wisdom teeth pulled as a specialist lol

[@anthonybell3036]

I worked hard as hell and handled business for years with the expectation if I ever somehow really needed a hand up, I'd get it. Nope. Got left in a swamp full of rapists and criminals without even a medkit. Great work leadership

[@BigDees19]

what do u mean by rapist and criminals? as in who where ?

[@anthonybell3036]

@@BigDees19 the people with the resources to handle it know. Question is, will they continue to allow me to take excruciating damage to my body and life... or will they do the right thing for the first time in awhile.

[@ollielong630]

My dad called it skating.

[@claudeyaz]

It took me three weeks to recover from having my wisdom teeth out but I guess having a bleeding disorder isn't highly valuable in the military

[@strickersniper7909]

I did staff duty just to get out of work for the day

[@ScreenHackTV]

There was no chase I could do PT after 4 days when I had wisdom teeth out. I was cooked for a week

[@ToddWBucy-lf8yz]

Best sham I had was the Thursday logistics run I made for my unit in Germany every week. 2 hour drive to Wurzburg from Weisbaden 2 hours for lunch 1 hours to load the truck 2 hours back 1 hour to unload...ohh damm did I miss formation and Sgts Time...ohh well the schnitzel was good.

[@GenXMafia]

Oh I got that beat…I was stationed in Schweinfurt Germany from 1988-1990. My platoon Sgt sent me to Nuremberg for a month to help with a remodeling project of the transient barracks upstairs on the 4th floor. At first I thought I was fucked and got all pissed off and didn’t want to go…lol…this is how stupid I was back then. Anyway this detail consisted of an old crusty E5 from KY who had one foot on his ETS paperwork and the other on a banana peel, myself and two other lower enlisted dudes. 😂 This is how our day went…every single day…for a MONTH! Got up about 6’ish in the morning. Ate breakfast. Got upstairs and smoked cigarettes and read the Stars and Stripes till 1000. Actually worked from 1000 to 1200. Took lunch from 1200 to 1330. Came back worked from 1330 to 1430. Was across the street from post in this bar called the Yellow Rose from 1440 till closing. Next day wash, rinse, repeat for a whole fucking month! IT WAS AWESOME!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@bloodybucket213]

Life skills

[@nom9416]

What happened 2 ur left elbow

[@TSPLY]

if you go to my community tab and scroll down a couple of post I have it posted there 😊

[@lelandgaunt9985]

It is called a birthmark.

[@matthewmoore202]

Wisdom teeth. Do it on a Tuesday. So after 72hrs of quarters you can go to dental sick call on Friday and they give you another 24hr quarters -CPL Cartel

[@JohnnyIsNatty]

Too bad my mom is getting my wisdom teeth taken out at 16

[@nickpatoka7096]

Ah yes the good old days lol

[@Weave.seen.this.b4]

I did the wisdom tooth thing twice on my own,......... I thought I was genius,........made the appointments for 2 days before 4 day weekends and signed out to a buddy's off post housing so I could drive to Buffalo one time and home to PVD the next. Maybe I invented it,.......... (JK)

[@michaeldugan3544]

PSYOP! This is an elaborate L-Shaped ambush.

[@ethan91372]

"Educational purposes only"

[@ursulasmith6402]

No, I never did this, thisis dead wrong!

[@johntejeda6482]

The rule never reveals the E4 mafia code. This is sacred.

[@chasemilner8241]

Or going to the police acadmey in the guard tbey cant say no

[@dj2875]

o boy did i sham in army , after afternoon call i just jump in long grass and chill with juice and cookies watching my dudes cleaning leafes and grass lol

[@badboy1028]

🤣

[@rionmoonandroid]

Those are the only shaming ideas you have? Your shaming game is weak!

[@skinhead5]

In my time we had the rackets.

[@alonegraph7775]

Don't forget about the "smoke break"