06-28-2011, 16:43
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MWR Crackdown in Kabul
No adult themes or morale boosting activities, please. After all, we're American soldiers. 
Camp Phoenix MWR memo for the troops.
And so it goes...
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06-28-2011, 16:58
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Who decides - the LTC?
Ah, does that mean beach volleyball is out?
I mean after all................
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06-28-2011, 17:08
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Who decides, the LTC?
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Apparently he needed another OER bullet for party-pooping. 
Then again, if there was more time spent on fighting the war and less in the coffee shops and MWR facilities this would be a non-issue.
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06-28-2011, 17:24
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Sounds VERY similar to a memo Gen Boykin wrote for SF Teams deploying down range when he was SF Command Commander. Said teams could not take porn video or magazines or liquor in team boxes on deployment.
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06-29-2011, 00:45
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Wouldn't want anyone getting the wrong idea or being offended would we?
Quit standing around and get back to work!!!!
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06-29-2011, 01:18
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sinjefe
Sounds VERY similar to a memo Gen Boykin wrote for SF Teams deploying down range when he was SF Command Commander. Said teams could not take ... or liquor in team boxes on deployment.
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This is still VERY much the case. Each month the Legion puts out a "Justice Report" detailing all the folks who got in some sort of trouble...
Last month one detail was an SF CPT who had a photo of him with a "shot" in Theater. Got back, was asked if it was alcohol, he replied in the affirm.
GOMOR and loss of his tab...$400K in training and a career basically done, over a shot of alcohol (or the reaction thereto). It is a STRICT ZERO TOLERANCE policy WRT booze...
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06-29-2011, 08:43
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General Hooker would never have made it past E-4 in today's Army.
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06-29-2011, 10:07
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sinjefe
Sounds VERY similar to a memo Gen Boykin wrote for SF Teams deploying down range when he was SF Command Commander. Said teams could not take porn video or magazines or liquor in team boxes on deployment.
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From my own observation that was an 'extremely' effective order.....
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06-29-2011, 10:17
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Another completely unenforceable rule
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06-29-2011, 10:26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eagle5US
This is still VERY much the case. Each month the Legion puts out a "Justice Report" detailing all the folks who got in some sort of trouble...
Last month one detail was an SF CPT who had a photo of him with a "shot" in Theater. Got back, was asked if it was alcohol, he replied in the affirm.
GOMOR and loss of his tab...$400K in training and a career basically done, over a shot of alcohol (or the reaction thereto). It is a STRICT ZERO TOLERANCE policy WRT booze...
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That is simply crazy....where are the common sense guys
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06-29-2011, 10:40
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That is simply crazy....where are the common sense guys
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Relegated to staffs (sometimes) or shunted to jobs away from troop-leading positions because they won't drink the kool aid.
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06-29-2011, 10:41
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No violent movies.....in the most violent place on earth. Of course, that makes perfect sense. After all, violence is against the Army values.  C*$Ksucking and ass badgering are in. Must be the new meaning of "Spirit of the Bayonet."
Reminds me of Dr Strangelove..."Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war room!"
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06-29-2011, 11:09
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This crap is exactly why I'm thinking of not taking "the" money next year. Thinking more and more about it everyday.
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06-29-2011, 11:15
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Apologies in advance for straying out of my lane, but what a tool . . .
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06-29-2011, 12:10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Deadhead 63A1
Relegated to staffs (sometimes) or shunted to jobs away from troop-leading positions because they won't drink the kool aid.
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What he said...
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