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Re: Ranks
« Reply #30 on: March 05, 2009, 06:25:34 PM »
1989-Was supposed to be for 4 months except the detachment was cut a wee bit shorter than that..... Spain doesn't like us very much over there do they lol, what's the name of their cops again ? "Guardia" or something like that? We were there to do the usual march around Ceremionial BS, Went up to see all the monkeys, they always been there? or did they get imported?
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« Reply #31 on: March 05, 2009, 06:30:37 PM »
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« Reply #32 on: March 05, 2009, 06:33:38 PM »
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« Reply #33 on: March 05, 2009, 06:43:06 PM »
You definitely aren't the bottom of the ladder Private. 

The lowest enlisted man is above me on the scale, as far as I'm concerned. 

I'm Army  .. .civilian :). 

Looking to try to get a commission in the NG, but I'm married now and getting older so they probably wouldn't want me.  Plus my wife gets a veto. 

Guess I should've done it when I was a kid.
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« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2009, 06:52:02 PM »
Quote from: Urchin on March 05, 2009, 06:43:06 PM
You definitely aren't the bottom of the ladder Private. 

The lowest enlisted man is above me on the scale, as far as I'm concerned. 

I'm Army  .. .civilian :). 

Looking to try to get a commission in the NG, but I'm married now and getting older so they probably wouldn't want me.  Plus my wife gets a veto. 

Guess I should've done it when I was a kid.
Lotta states have SDF's--somewhat the NG auxiliary---they mostly concentrate on FEMA-type events, comprised mostly of retired NCO's, from what I've seen, nice bunch of folks
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« Reply #35 on: March 05, 2009, 07:19:07 PM »
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« Reply #36 on: March 05, 2009, 07:24:45 PM »
dammit serenity outranks me :furious :lol

actually i'm a civilian now so everyone outranks me :( iirc you retain rank after decommissioning at Captain and above in the British Army (and equiv in the other arms), same in the US?
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« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2009, 07:26:07 PM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on March 05, 2009, 07:24:45 PM
dammit serenity outranks me :furious :lol

Check the squad forums. I might be a Midshipman soon :D
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« Reply #38 on: March 05, 2009, 07:51:26 PM »
Quote from: iTunes on March 05, 2009, 06:25:34 PM
1989-Was supposed to be for 4 months except the detachment was cut a wee bit shorter than that..... Spain doesn't like us very much over there do they lol, what's the name of their cops again ? "Guardia" or something like that? We were there to do the usual march around Ceremionial BS, Went up to see all the monkeys, they always been there? or did they get imported?

They are Barbary apes and according to tradition when they leave the British will leave Gib. It was still a closed border when I was there but it did get a little troublesome during the Falklands war, they worried about the possibility of some Spanish troops deciding to help out the Argentinians by attacking Gib. They thought it possible because a lot of the Fleet was already in Gib when it was decided to send them down south.
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Re: Ranks
« Reply #39 on: March 05, 2009, 08:00:03 PM »
I was never in the military, but I know a guy who plays AH and also Flies F-18's, forget which model though, always causes some confusion.
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Re: Ranks
« Reply #40 on: March 05, 2009, 09:24:15 PM »
Quote from: Bosco123 on March 05, 2009, 03:18:37 PM
2LT.....in ROTC :l
You will be a 2ndlt once your done rotc, dont think that you are actually in the service yet, plus LTs are freakin idiots I had to to get my LT out of the forest during basic, and also just know you need college too and when you get there respect those who have served longer then you because they most likely know a ton more, especially if they got a unit patch on right shoulder, can you tell me what this means?
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« Reply #41 on: March 05, 2009, 09:26:29 PM »
Oh yes - KUDOS to xbrit for knowing the answer..... :D



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Re: Ranks
« Reply #42 on: March 05, 2009, 09:34:55 PM »
 
  Spec 4  U.S.  Army

  best rank in the army,  plenty of privates under you  to do the work , But you're not a NCO so you're not in charge of anything. :salute
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Re: Ranks
« Reply #43 on: March 05, 2009, 09:39:59 PM »
Quote from: wojo71 on March 05, 2009, 09:34:55 PM
 
  Spec 4  U.S.  Army

  best rank in the army,  plenty of privates under you  to do the work , But you're not a NCO so you're not in charge of anything. :salute
very true lol
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Re: Ranks
« Reply #44 on: March 06, 2009, 03:28:18 AM »
Quote from: JunkyII on March 05, 2009, 09:24:15 PM
You will be a 2ndlt once your done rotc, dont think that you are actually in the service yet, plus LTs are freakin idiots I had to to get my LT out of the forest during basic, and also just know you need college too and when you get there respect those who have served longer then you because they most likely know a ton more, especially if they got a unit patch on right shoulder, can you tell me what this means?

Oddly enough... I could tell you what the patch means. 
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