MarathonAg12 said:
clarythedrill said:
MarathonAg12 said:
clarythedrill said:
MarathonAg12 said:
Ahhhhh.
How could I forget. That was all over ARMYWTF Moments. I had mixed feelings about that. I longed for the souls of the Troopers in 1st CAV because that was my first assignment. And 1st BDE just got through a very toxic BDE Commander. So I said to myself, "Good Lord another COL D?! Those poor Soldiers and junior officers".
Your write up of your old battle makes me feel a little better. There is always two sides to every story. I tend to align my philosophy with Senior NCOs more. And actually every one I stay in touch with today are mostly retired SFC/CSM/1SG and active platoon sergeants. I've transitioned to Army Reserve for Grad School and a much needed PCS break for the family. I'm currently a senior captain.
Maybe its good that most of my friends are NCOs and not loaded with officers. Like I said before, I always got along well with the enlisted crowd because I am common sense type of guy and tend to cut out the "bells and whistles/dog and pony" nonsense. I am sure that this has hurt me on OERs, but that was never my priority.
I look forward to coming back in as a Clinical Social Worker for my last 10 years active. Infantry was real, fun but not real fun.
Good luck with the Clinical Social Worker position. Now, about that "juicy" story?
Right!
It was a BC within 1BDE during the 2016 rotation to Korea. I'm struggling to remember his name but it was a maneuver battalion. Anyways, he got caught having a local national girlfriend and there was reports of him being out and about with her on the town. It was a classic juicy girl story gone wrong. But I believed he was relieved and he also had a wife and kids back home.
That was the FA BN Commander. Yes, he had a juicy girl, who happened to own a bar in Uigeongbu. All the BN Command teams were out on a Saturday night and he took us all there to her bar and we drank for free the entire night. There were guidons and all kinds of stuff from his FA BN on the walls and such.
His story was that she adopted his battalion for the rotation to show good civil/military relations. He got caught when he came through the Camp Hovey gate during curfew hours in his BN SUV with her in the passenger seat. He remained in the ROK for several weeks after the brigade redeployed while the investigation was ongoing. The 2ID Commander didnt put up with that nonsense.
I know he was an Officer, but there is a joke: What is the best way to make Sergeant in Korea? Show up as a Staff Sergeant. Hahahaha.
Oh yeah! Had E-5s becoming fuzzy in my unit.
Korea is a wild place for all ranks. Work hard, play harder, no families, people drinking with people they haven't before.
Another Ironhorse 6 story. His staff was letting off some steam at a campfire in hovey. Just officers having a drink after work, he left his quarters saw them, yelled at all of them then went back inside. He just never knew when to turn it off. This wasn't Afghanistan but he treated every as such.
Ironhorse 6 and I had two run-ins, both in Korea. First one was in his office, and had to do with the no BBQing and drinking rule that he implemented. He asked me my opinion on it and I let it fly. All the BN Commanders were there, but I was the only CSM, and the only one who's opinion he asked. He was livid after I spoke my mind and all the Commanders were sweating as I took my ass chewing. Afterwards they all laughed about it, happy it was me instead of them.
Second time was when I was trying to get my HHC 1SG back to Hood to PCS to the Academy. He would not authorize any PCS leave, so he would leave Korea and report to the Academy three days later, with no time to help with moving his family and all that goes along with a PCS move. He told us "NO" several times but I would not take that for an answer. I caught him at the range tower on Rod Range and engaged him again, and he blew up again on me, which was expected. In the end he relented and let him have 15 days leave.
I guess he respected me because he ranked me the #1 CSM in the brigade on two NCOERs and gave me a Most Qualified both times.
He was certainly bi-polar at times.
EDIT: His CSM, CSM Coffey, was a limp noodle. He was the one at West Point who published emails or texts bashing then President Trump.
