So here I am in Pleasanton, CA

Why the hell is it so cold?

Also Californian drivers suck so bad :joy:

Wind coming off the Pacific Ocean. Donā€™t you have that in WA?

Not unless they live on the west side of the Olympic peninsula. The coastline for all the rest of them is Puget Sound.

ETAā€¦the downside of this is King Tides now and then.

Yes, but it was just 95Ā° a couple days ago. I want the warm weather back when I get into the field.

I got a belly to shed :joy:

We have low pressure sitting off the coast, itā€™s making it cool. Weā€™ll be at 90Ā° by Tuesday. How long are you here?

Been here since the 27th, Iā€™ll be here till the 22nd

Thatā€™s a long time. Special training?

NCO Academy :slight_smile:

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What does NCO stand for?

Noncomissioned Officer

Were you promoted?

Yep yep, if I donā€™t flunk out of the class of course lol

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Do you get materials to study? If yes, study hard.

Iā€™m almost done with the material portion, the field portion is coming up. A lot more fun and Iā€™m a lot more confident in that area.

So is this to get up to E-5?

Yep. Got lateral to Corporal for the time being.

ICYMBI,
Army is bridging the gap between enlisted and officer education. Theyā€™re eventually gonna make it so if you get E5, youā€™ll end up with a bachelorā€™s in some kind of management upon leaving the military.

In the works, but yeah.

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He is painting rocks white and polishing trophies and talking about how much fucking lifer gear they can get in their SUVā€™s

Probably, but ā€œhard stripesā€ are the issue. You can be an E4 and beyond as a techie/ Specialist but are not empowered to command troops. An NCO is a corporal or any of the sergeant grades.

Not sure how I feel about the idea of Boro with hard stripes, but Iā€™ve seen worse for sure. At least his IQ is sufficient.

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I worked in the Admin and thankfully all it took to get rid of pricks was pressing 4 digits on the phone

An MP got transferred for giving me a parking ticket he would not make go away - I happened to mention I got a ticket and they said WE DONā€™T GET TICKETS - so the MP would not make it go away and they sent him ti god knows where - I was against fucking with someones life but they told me it was none of my business any more. And out he went.

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Been approved for hard stripes already, following this order I was lateralled to Corporal. Techā€™s and Spec 4+ doesnā€™t exist anymore.

Troop welfare and command is easy, morale is the tough one. Itā€™ll be interesting.