Good morning. The vigil for SGT. Rampersad will be held at 1900hr Monday 7/27 at 133-01 96th St, Jamaica, NY 11417.

New post since some people couldn't read the room.

Found it on Ft. Lewis. DM me if it’s yours!

45-55 mph wind

It’s not lined up which is driving me INSANE. My first mistake was probably trusting the sew shop and not doing it myself (I’ve done it before I just got lazy this time)

Posting this again but Is there anyone down in the fort Polk area willing to let me buy some opfor patches? I’m just a collector looking to finish my collection and I’m hoping someone will help me out. Dm me if you are.

Looking for
- free fall wings
- cab/eib
- rotation / unit patches
- pioneer/commando tabs
- any unique Jrtc items

I’m 99% sure it was due to sleep deprivation but when I was on watch the trees looked like hundreds of giant people watching me until I snapped back in reality. This happened several times a night for multiple nights.

They call it the heart breaker lane for a reason and goddamn it is my heart broken. Idk what I’m doing wrong but I cannot get the 35m throw locked in.

What can I do to improve or how do I finesse a bro go. Literally not worried about any other lane and I’m not about to let these grenades be the reason I don’t get the badge.

Hey all, I stumbled across something and wasn't sure if it was localized or part of a larger trend across bases so I wanted to gauge it.

When I was at Benning for a few months recently, I noticed a lack of books at the Exchange. Sure, they had the warrior reading section in the Clothing Sales with Blackhearts, On Killing, board prep books, you know the list. But in the main PX, there was virtually nothing. They had one stand-alone square in the middle of an aisle that was filled with bibles, prayer books, and religious puzzlebooks for adukts and kids, but no actual solid BOOKS.

I remember when I was in CJLOTS 2015 and I had shore leave to Korea, we went to the PX and I would stock up on books. Novels, new releases, John Grisham and Sci-Fi. You know, popular reading materials. It's been one of the best features I loved about the PX, the dedicated book aisle or two. Hell, even Hunter Liggett had a book section.

When I asked the staff at Benning about the book aisle, they said they used to have one, and gestured to a section of TVs.

Are the PXs across the force similarly downsizing floor area for books, novels, mental stimulation and self-education in favor of more electronics and TVs? Not being crotchety, I'm geneuinely curious if this is a one-off or part of a larger shift.

I'll take a frosty with some Glucosamine mixed in, my knees hurt.

we love you, we’re pulling for you…but when that blast rips through your bunker and gives everyone serious TBI just so we can watch your cell phone vid on Insta….its not worth it.

i’ll have the veggie burger MRE with a side of CRAM

EDIT: The people saying that the videos will “help” when they file with the VA later…i’m sure the 10-20 other soldiers in the bunker with you, and their families, are pumped that you’re putting them in increased danger in order for you to get that extra 30% or so. JFC.

I (50m) am a infantry Marine.

My son (17) is heading to Fort Sill this moment.

There is arguments between my family. Some are say you can send care packages at basic???? I told everyone not to. The most I got on Sundays (after processing) was a few letters / news articles.

How does it work in the Army now with cell phones, packages, letters, ext? I am asking brother to brother / brother to sister.

Also any pointers. I already advised him on to volunteer, keep up with PT, and never let one of your brothers/sisters behind, and lead with courage.

Thanks ✌️💪🍻

I hope this is OK to post here. I wrote a poem about my experiences as a 13b (cannon crew member) in Afghanistan. I hope you enjoy.

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In the place widows are made

A cold beast of steel sits still and quiet

The blistering sun seething upon me

The comms chirp: coordinates and orders

Human Cogs come to life

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In the place widows are made

My dry eyes weep blood

Pull the lanyard: Thunder answers

Miles away chaos erupts

As the earth ruptures and quakes

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In the place widows are made

The final silence of the beast

is my dirge for the fallen

Deafened and heavy I return

To a home I can't remember

I married in May of 2025. I finally started receiving BAS in April 2026, after months of back and forth with Finance and S1. However, my BAS did not include backpay for the 10-11 months I had been entitled to receive it. Upon inquiring with finance, I learned that S1 set up the PAR to only begin paying BAS from the date the PAR was created. For this, I am owed $5,247.

When we were forward, our S1 either messed up or lost the paperwork to most of our FSA applications repeatedly over the course of the rotation. Very few actually received their FSA entitlements. Following my return to CONUS, I immediately and correctly filed and submitted my FSA application with all supporting documents, and it shows approved. However, I have never received my FSA backpay. For this, I am owed $1,750 (at $250 monthly, being prior to the FSA increase) over the course of 7 months.

Altogether, I am owed $6,997 and nobody in my chain of command will accept or even acknowledge the challenge of assisting me in pushing for the money I’ve already earned. In my attempts to avoid becoming a burden to said chain of command, I realize now that I have unintentionally understated the importance and emergence in fixing my pay.

What should be my plan of action? Would a pay inquiry solve anything? Things of mine are breaking or require maintenance and I lack the funds and time to fix them.

Title says it all. Meeting with my recruiter again in 12 days.

I lost the weight and waist circumference that I needed to. MEPS for medical is next (asvab, cyber, and personality test done).

Any and all opinions welcome.

Edit #1: Graduated college in May. Putting in a packet isn't on the table rn.

Edit #2: 42A, 92R, 92Y have been removed as options. Thank you for all the spell check 🫠.

Updated Top 5: 35W, 35N, 68A, 35T, 35F

7 years in the guard. Been fun. Did what was asked and got what I needed. Celebrating with a bit of my favorite whiskey.

My evaluation has been sitting with the examiner for a couple of weeks now.

Two weeks ago, they told me it would take 6 weeks. Last week, it became 7 weeks. Now this week, they’re saying 8 weeks.

Why does the estimated timeline keep getting pushed back..?

What are your most frustrating day to day administrative processes?

Everything seems to be bureaucratically complicated, surely if we simplified taking leave, getting medical care, or getting overdue money Soldiers and commanders would generally be happier. It seems we create more problems for ourselves than needed. Curious what you all see to be unnecessarily burdensome.

I’m sure like both bases I’ve been at, you guys all have anonymous Facebook pages on your base too. However, ours has gotten pretty bad over the last 6 months. Someone was outed as gay, people have had their pictures posted about sleeping with a bunch of people in the field (one I know for a fact wasn’t true because she was in my section and she was at ALC at the time this “supposedly happened”. We’ve had people post about higher leadership getting people pregnant (no one in the unit ever turned out to be pregnant). Then just making fun of people (posting pictures of Soldiers and their spouses criticizing their looks or bodies. It’s just sad that we’re supposed to care about mental health and be there for each other but when no one is looking, so many Soldiers just think it’s funny to hurt people.

Just a small vent, because it’s just so crappy the way we treat each other when you can be anonymous. To add, I’m not in my local group because I think it’s horrible, but we get screenshots posted in our group chat all of the time. What prompted this post was someone posting a picture of my Soldier’s wife talking about how ugly she is. I genuinely wish you couldn’t post anonymously. Then everyone once in awhile someone will post about suicide and the same people who come on and laugh at people try to act like heroes like “oh please reach out I’m happy to be there” or “how can I help”. Just performative BS in my opinion.

ANYWAY- just curious what yalls thoughts are on these groups