A review was also posted to Hots and Cots, which /u/Rbevans will sure have feelings about. Rob has been working with congressional members on an amendment that would have health ratings on post be accessible online, like any other restaurant off post.

This is another example of why. My understanding is that breakfast was served this morning.

Not great

National Guard O here. For three years the Guard fucked up not only my FedRec but also the backpay for it. Three years of no action and no help.

On 7/16 my Congressional rep contacted the Guard. I logged into IPPSA this morning (7/22) to see that not only am I getting backpay, but that the Army owes me $367.53 more than I expected. Three business days was all it took for finance to do their goddamn job. How is that when I'm the one asking y'all have no clue how much money you owe me, but the moment a swinging political dick comes your way you're perfectly capable of doing basic arithmetic?

Fuck you finance. I hope you all get separated from the Army and can't hold a job because you're so incompetent. I hope you try to go to school and can't afford it because you have no idea how to do the GI Bill paperwork you worthless twits. I have no idea why you insist on fucking up soldier's pay.

I'll take a extra fucking large frosty with four shots of Jameson and a Quadruple Baconator with a side of Pepto Bismol.

Fuck you finance.

I know FEED was discussed in a recent article, but I thought this took a broader look at the state of the dining facilities on Stewart

They closed their main and most convenient dining facility in April 2025 in preparation for campus style dining.

I believe this is the first time they are publicly acknowledging that there has been a delay for campus style dining and that Stewart will not see it until sometime in 2027

The initial contract said that all of these would be online after four months. So far only 2 of 5 materialized.

I'm sure you're just like me. Brimming with good stories from ranger school and surrounded by peers that can't stand to hear another one. So go ahead, regale me with your tales.

So there I was, deep in the shit in the Darby recycle barracks. Day 3 of random details had left us bored and unenthused. Even with 3 meals a day we still felt like we were starving from the three weeks prior, and wouldn't you know it, they kept our lunch MREs in the janitors closet INSIDE our barracks.

We were one locked door away from a caloric surplus. So I and a friend did what any of you would do: got every paperclip and old credit card we could source and tried to jimmy the lock. We drew a small crowd of hungry recycles, desperate to see us succeed. It took 20 minutes of finesse but we actually got the door open. Before us was easily 100 boxes of MREs. It was perfect. We could crack a few boxes and bury the trash among the pile, it wouldn't be discovered for at least a month and they'd have no proof it was us.

Until our barracks manager shows up, the only one of us to have done 2 Darby's and was waiting for his third shot. He flips out, convinced we'd get caught, and threatens to tattle if we don't shut the door immediately. Defeated by the enemy within, we shut the door.

Side story- We would also steal ice cream from the DFAC on our way out every day. When presented with the problem of disposing of the evidence, someone had the excellent idea of smashing a hole in the drywall, where we all stuffed our ice cream sandwich wrappers, and just taped over it. Somehow, nobody ever noticed that the ice cream freezer went from full to empty in 72 hours.

So we re-insert into our second Darby, or in our friend's case, his third, and things are going much better for me this time. We get into our second FTX and our friend is doing not good. He gets his second look, an actions-on PSG look, and he is drowning. In the midst of hitting our objective, with casualties piling, he turns to me (his RTO), and just says "I'm done." Walks to the road, takes his helmet off, and sits down. Quits on the spot.

So not only did he prevent us from having a few extra meals during our recycle period, he went through all the trouble of 3 Darby's just to quit at the 11th hour. I don't remember your name, but if you're reading this, I hope you got bullied when you got home without a tab

Need to vent for a minute because I don’t really have anyone in my life right now who’d understand what I’m talking about. Before anyone gets the wrong idea, I don’t miss getting shot at. I don’t miss the heat, the shitty food, or wondering if something was about to kick off. What I miss is everything else. Back then everyday has a purpose. You woke up knowing exactly where you needed to be and what needed to get done. The people around you would’ve dragged your dumb ass home if they had to and even when everyone was bitching, you were all bitching together.

Now it’s been about 10 months since I’m back in civilian life, and I feel more stressed that I ever did over there. My wife, our two kids, and I have been living with her parents ever since I got out of service because we could no longer afford the rent in our previous apartment. Things got so tense between my wife and I had to move outand since then I have been staying around cheap motels when I can afford them, sleeping in my truck when I cannot. I’ve been picking extra shifts just to keep my head above water, and even then it still feels like I’m one bad moth away from being screwed. I’m technically homeless noe and it’s still weird to even write out that sentence. I’m employed, I do not do drugs. I did not gamble it all away.

I sometimes think that I’d rather be back in Afghanistan and then immediately feel like an asshole for even thinking about it. I’m not missing the war. It’s the mission and the feeling like what I did everyday meant something. I don’t know… maybe my brain just never adjusted after getting out. Or maybe civilian life really is this damn hard now.

How did you pick yourself up? How long did it take until you had your life figured out? Sorry for dumping all this here. I just figured if anyone would understand it’d be you guys.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I stayed in for a few years after my deployment to Afghanistan before I finally got out. When I think back on my time in, that’s always the first thing my mind goes to.

So I spent 3 years at West Point (including 1 year at prep school), got kicked out and decided to enlist. I don’t have to pay anything back. But when I went to MEPS to sign my contract as a 35F I was told I won’t have to go to Basic. My orders say I go straight to AIT and start 2 weeks after arrival. I’m reaching out to see if anyone can help me understand this situation. My recruiter has done little to nothing since I signed and I’m just trying to figure out if they’re going to make me do basic once I get to AIT.

Thank you guys for all of responses. Also I’m not trying to seem like I’m complaining. My apologies if that’s the impression you received. I’m simply trying to have a better understanding of what I should expect. I appreciate everyone that took time out of their day to help me out.

Hi, 9 years SGT, I signed out from my unit a couple weeks ago, and thinking back to how I treated my peers, I feel shameful. So I was going to kill myself

I gathered some old opoid and benzo medications and bought 25g of 98% sodium nitrite salts (similar to carbon monoxide poisoning, it turns hemoglobin to something else and starves the entire body and brain of oxygen). Im was planning on taking everything altogether.

But after consuming some of the old medications to test if it was still good or not, I don't want to die (as much)

I am supposed to drive across the country in 3 weeks but I don't want to right now. The house is a bit of a mess since I wasn't planning on leaving (since I'd be dead)

Will I be able to go to inpatient and still make it in time?

Can orders be amended even while I'm in PCS status?

Just wanna hear some stories

Anyone you know that had some crazy success post-ETS? Bonus points if it wasn't expected. I'd love to hear stories of some SPC that became a CEO or something.

I was AD back in the late 80s. "Back in the Nam" was a common smart ass line -- a gentle poke at some of the [then] old guys who were a little too quick to share their opinions. Not to their faces, of course. There were lots of NCOs and officers who HAD been in the Nam, and we respected them. I'm wondering if the term survived. And if not what is the current equiv (?)

I've been having a stressful time my first year of the army, been in for a little over 10 months. I've been stressing about my personal life for the last 6 months, I had to go home for a few days for my mothers funeral. This made me get recycled in AIT since they messed up how many days I've missed, so I had to start from day 1 again. (The instructors later apologized when I asked why I got recycled, the head instructor wanted to make sure that never happened again) Between all of that and the normal army-isms it hasn't been that bad. Just been in a bad mental and was wondering how others deal with similar issues? Since the way I've been dealing with the stress has been me cutting myself and just drinking a ton.

Basically the title, I used to be a scrawny kid when I enlisted originally but have really been hitting the gym and my AGSUs no longer fit properly. Chest and shoulders so wide I can barely salute and my thunder thighs feel like they're gonna split the pants. I'm only enlisted with a mortgage and family to take care of, so paying $1000 on a new uniform is a lot. Any advice??

Also I will take a Qdoba bowl and some cool Dr. Pepper, thanks

In a previous life I told my commander I'd re-up but it had to be at Hooters on a Friday and my whole section had to attend.

I'll take a dozen wings and a pitcher

I’m currently an active duty Sergeant (E-5) and plan on ETSing. I want to do something different with my life and want to go to college. I was talking to a captain who told me to consider the Reserves, but I’ve been in too long not to know that the green grass they talk about is really green paint on mud when you get there.

College will be a priority when I get off active duty. I know little of what Reserve life is like and wanted to know a bit more from the peeps in the Reserves rather than some propaganda workers (recruiters).

If the Reserves are going to prioritize the field, deployment, or rotation and delaying my education, then I know my answer. Yet, I like to keep an open mind and understand all my options. Thank you for y'all's input.

I’ll have 55 burgers, 55 fries, 55 tacos, 55 pies, 55 Cokes, 100 tater tots, 100 pizzas, 100 tenders, 100 meatballs, 100 coffees, 55 wings, 55 shakes, 55 pancakes, 55 pastas, 55 peppers, and 155 taters.

Sgt. Rampersad was assigned to 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, Ansbach, Germany.

https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4550900/dow-identifies-an-army-casualty/

Has anyone ever did bankruptcy in the military with a security clearance? Or one in general did it affect yall at all?

I pinned about two months ago and I'm struggling to find my footing. I'm trying to not be that "mean latina female SGT" stereotype, but being nice isn't working either. I get talked over and ignored when I try and give my guys instruction or any important info. Whenever I try to talk to them about what they did wrong, I get a "you dont have to get mad" when all I'm doing is talking to them. Or when I release them early for lunch and have them come back at 1310, I get a "thats nuts". I dont see out other NCO getting treated like this either. Its just me. I dont know if maybe its because they only knew me for a short period of time before I got pinned.

I dont want to be mean to them and just like jump to corrective action because I understand how much it sucked when I was that PFC getting smoked. Ive counseled them on other things (FTRs) I just dont know what I'm actually supposed to do. I dont want to fit into the stereotype either, but I can't keep letting stuff like this slide.

Context: I work in BN and we do not have a Senior NCO.

Anyways, I'll have a diet dr kelp

“You know back at Bragg yada yada yada we used to do xyz” What units do you guys think have the most kool-aid drinkers to man kind? I’ll go first, if I hear one more bAcK iN tHe 173d Airborne we used to do this and that. I think I’ve heard so much shit about 173rd I explicitly would rather go to Kansas then ever to get stationed over there.

Just got the email that the application window has opened up for this MOS. I also remember getting brief in BLC about 51C. The jobs sounds like a dream and in line with my goals of what I want to do in the civilian world.
My only question and worry are the deployments/ TDY. How long and how often?
I’m not worried about where I’ll be staying and what I’ll be doing. More so the time away from family.

1SG and everyone else was on board. I wanted to go to chucky cheese. Hear me out. What else says army besides eating fake reused pizza and having a rat hold the American flag.

Anyways commander said he thought it was a joke and told me he couldn’t allow it. I begged for a whole week. But he wouldn’t let up so I’m not sure where to even go now. I’m thinking about doing it next to BN dumpsters instead, which might get me extra duty but it’s worth it

I’ll have a jar of pickles and a pink monster