HEY YOU THERE, I NEED THIS TANK MOVED

Long time no see, I've been in BMT
Too long ive been out of the game
But I'll still whoop yall just the same




IM BAAAAAAAAAAAACK

BMT?
I think you mean BLT.

Welcome back! I missed your Avatar, which makes me lol every time I see it.

Oh crap! It's Wachter.

So, this Basic Military Training, how basic is it? Are they trying to teach you FCFS rotations, or are they up to using BoSanc appropriately?

Hope it's all going well over there.

Ahhh BMT....the yelling, the running, the perfect folded pairs of underwear, The smell of fresh tear gas in you nose, the early morning serenade of Revielle, The loving embrace of the earth as you low crawl.

Good times.

Congratulations on Graduating. Wheres your follow on?

oh god hes bac..... oh hai!

welcome back in to the interwebs

Khadis wrote:Ahhh BMT....the yelling, the running, the perfect folded pairs of underwear, The smell of fresh tear gas in you nose, the early morning serenade of Revielle, The loving embrace of the earth as you low crawl.

Good times.

Congratulations on Graduating. Wheres your follow on?

That almost made me miss it. Then I woke up and realized it's 137 degrees outside..

I sense a disturbance in the force.



Welcome back.

TonicTank wrote:

Khadis wrote:Ahhh BMT....the yelling, the running, the perfect folded pairs of underwear, The smell of fresh tear gas in you nose, the early morning serenade of Revielle, The loving embrace of the earth as you low crawl.

Good times.

Congratulations on Graduating. Wheres your follow on?

That almost made me miss it. Then I woke up and realized it's 137 degrees outside..

"loving embrace of the earth as you low crawl".
That's not a loving embrace. That's you crawling on mud.
I hate advertisements.

Snake-Aes wrote:"loving embrace of the earth as you low crawl".
That's not a loving embrace. That's you crawling on mud.
I hate advertisements.

Kind of like smelling the cool salty breeze of the ocean only to realize that you do infact work on a trash barge in California? Some days not even a cup of coffee helps you cope with life lol.

My problem with advertisements is that they sell feelings that aren't really there.
Crawling on mud is not glorious, it's wet. Crawling on mud is not a loving embrace, it's mud all over your skin. Likely with a few creeps.
Combat is not glorious, it's deadly.

There are good consequences to military training, namely discipline and camaraderie, but that is not because "You have experienced the soft embrace of earth". It's because you had to do it or face worse consequences.

Snake-Aes wrote:My problem with advertisements is that they sell feelings that aren't really there.
Crawling on mud is not glorious, it's wet. Crawling on mud is not a loving embrace, it's mud all over your skin. Likely with a few creeps.
Combat is not glorious, it's deadly.

There are good consequences to military training, namely discipline and camaraderie, but that is not because "You have experienced the soft embrace of earth". It's because you had to do it or face worse consequences.

Very true. I have been in for a while and I do have to admit, I like the mud, it's quite fun. I don't know why but I enjoy the fun stuff like that, running around getting flithy while shooting pointless targets. It gets you adrenalline pumping.

I would imagine, that for some, military training and service gives you a sense that there's something out there more important than yourself.

Isetnefret wrote:I would imagine, that for some, military training and service gives you a sense that there's something out there more important than yourself.

That tends to be a pretty dangerous sensation. Someone cheerful/accommodated would think they are "Improving the whole with their personal contribution". Someone more depressed or uncomfortable with social paradigms would instead feel insignificant and replaceable.

Snake-Aes wrote:

Isetnefret wrote:I would imagine, that for some, military training and service gives you a sense that there's something out there more important than yourself.

That tends to be a pretty dangerous sensation. Someone cheerful/accommodated would think they are "Improving the whole with their personal contribution". Someone more depressed or uncomfortable with social paradigms would instead feel insignificant and replaceable.

That is the theory behind it. They want you to see it as everyone is a group, the group is whole. Not you are a single person in a group. Teamwork is one of our biggest roots, it prevails everytime.