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re: I just found out I made E-8
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:07 pm to Placebeaux
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:07 pm to Placebeaux
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Is that chief?
Navy would be Senior Chief... or frickhead.
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Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:07 pm to upgrayedd
Probably because they felt as Rangers they were more accomplished than being compared to pog 1st Sgt. I was no Ranger myself and cannot speak of that pride, I just worked for some.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:08 pm to Ace Midnight
Disbanded. Some went to 10mtn 3rd brigade and some went to Benning. I showed up after their deployment to Afghanistan and was transferred to 3rd battalion
This post was edited on 3/2/16 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:08 pm to LSUcjb318
Senior Chief?
That's legit.
That's legit.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:08 pm to Ace Midnight
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What did y'all do in 2005?
In 2005 snipers were shooting people from the top of the Superdome... everybody knows that.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:09 pm to SniperActual6
Gotcha, thanks
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:10 pm to SniperActual6
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Disbanded. Some went to 10mtn 3rd brigade and some went to Benning
In some units they got folded into RSTA. I was MI (still am, but not really) and we really benefited from some high quality folks coming in.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:11 pm to SniperActual6
Noice. I had 2 1SG's who did not mind being called top. Both were Rangers.
Thanks for your commitment brother. I know you had it rough!
Thanks for your commitment brother. I know you had it rough!
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:11 pm to terd ferguson
That was probably Seals killing people not little ole regular Army snipers. Ha
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:12 pm to SniperActual6
I'm not allowed to talk about it... you know
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:13 pm to Ace Midnight
You were at 10mtn in 2005? What Brigade?
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:14 pm to SniperActual6
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Probably because they felt as Rangers they were more accomplished than being compared to pog 1st Sgt.
Well, I've been around all sorts of troops over the years. In a company there is only 1 E-8. So, with all the "sergeants" being thrown around in meetings and events, "Top" made it unambiguous. Junior enlisted tended to say "First Sergeant" because they were fresh from IET, but E6s and E7s in the company almost all called the 1SG "Top" - as well as the commissioned officers, too.
We even traditionally called Master Sergeants (usually a staff position at Battalion or Brigade) "Top."
Even in infantry units. Especially in infantry units.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:16 pm to SniperActual6
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You were at 10mtn in 2005? What Brigade?
Not in 2005. I was at Speicher with them in 2009, but I was with a special unit (TF ODIN). I just know that LRS-D essentially went away in 2005. We got some of those folks as they came out of those units.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:17 pm to Ace Midnight
I don't disagree with you every leader feels different about some military customs and traditions. The ones I worked for wanted to be called 1st Sgt. I did not care one way or the other when I made rank.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:19 pm to terd ferguson
Is that you John Wayne?
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:19 pm to Ace Midnight
I was with Jared Monti and those guys in Drum and Afghanistan. I use Monti's name for reference for you since you might know who that is.
This post was edited on 3/2/16 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:22 pm to SniperActual6
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I was with Jared Monti and those guys in Drum and Afghanistan. I use Monti's name for reference for you since you might know who that is.
I'm familiar with Monti as a MOH recipient. As with much of Afghanistan, that was pretty hairy. I never went to Afghanistan.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:24 pm to Ace Midnight
Yea that's him. Obama's first
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:26 pm to LSUcjb318
Congrats, at least nobody has called you Sir in the thread yet.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 12:28 pm to LSUcjb318
My dog!!! 
What the frick is an E-8?
What the frick is an E-8?
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