09-24-2010, 06:55
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Join Date: May 2006
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I see the effect of the "cell phone" generation in the work force everyday.
Phone rings= must answer
Text message= must reply
Sport stats update= must update my fantasy league
Regardless of what task they are performing, they stop what they are doing and respond to the phone. Not only does productivity decrease but the workmanship suffers. They loose track of what they are doing and end up skipping vital steps in the process.
Another downfall I see with this connected generation is when they have had a fight with their other half, it doesnt stop when they get to work. There is no cool down time anymore, the fight continues and usually escalates at work.
I just dont see how adding smartphones is a good thing during basic training, after all it is BASIC military skills being taught.
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09-24-2010, 07:22
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Thanks Wet Dog. (Richard's out of the country  ) And besides the 8th Grader's math extra credit problem is keeping me awake. damn! it's hard!
This article mentioned the "Blue Book" That was a new one one this FOG. So, BroFogs here you go . . . http://www.jackson.army.mil/sites/sc...31/The-Soldier |
Not a bad pamphlet, think I'll keep a printed copy along side my original, Basic Training issued, torn, stappled, sweat soaked, blood stained copy that I read endlessly standing in one line after the next, head down, trying not to fall asleep version.
How does an iphone survive the bumps and bruises of basic training? Today, my phone sits in the truck when working and it still gets beat-up.
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09-24-2010, 07:34
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OK...obviously this is not a joke, as I had been hoping. Right now I wish I had a smart phone instead of a 5 year old beat up pre-razor POS so I could go download the mood tracker app and call in sick for work today. This thread has made me very dispondent right now...
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"PVT (Don), are you feeling dispondent? Why don't you go lie down over there in the shade, take some deep breaths and report to the 1SG when you're ready."
Brother, I don't see it happening.
One of the funniest things I ever saw in Basic was (1) soldier being torn apart by no less than (3) Drill Sergeants, ending only with soldier being told to "Place your head on the sign that reads, 'STOP', DO IT NOW".
Followed there soon was a large fist punching the other side, leaving the soldier helpless while lying on the ground. All I could do was think, 'SHIT, glad that wasn't me, head down - keep reading.....'.
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09-24-2010, 07:51
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Originally Posted by wet dog
One of the funniest things I ever saw in Basic was (1) soldier being torn apart by no less than (3) Drill Sergeants, ending only with soldier being told to "Place your head on the sign that reads, 'STOP', DO IT NOW".
Followed there soon was a large fist punching the other side, leaving the soldier helpless while lying on the ground. All I could do was think, 'SHIT, glad that wasn't me, head down - keep reading.....'.
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Awesome! I am feeling far less dispondent now...thanks! See, I didn't end up needing the mood app...just a funny-assed story.
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09-24-2010, 09:19
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Many of my favorite memories begin with the phrase, "'SHIT, glad that wasn't me."
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09-24-2010, 11:55
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Will WoW help soldiers of today learn teamwork? hardly. If you want to build teamwork by banding troops against a common enemy, give them paintball guns or something a little less....... well.. gay.
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Gay Scale
1. Poodles
2. Ikea
3. Vegans
4. Posers
5. Soccer
6. Airsoft/paintball
7. Gun control advocates
8. WoW
9. The Airforce (just joking my Airforce brothers, the Airforce is less gay than hippies) 
10. Hippies
So you can see by the Gay scale that WoW is really less gay than airsoft.
Blue
The above is purely satire( don't want to be accused of not being diverse) 
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09-24-2010, 14:19
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Airsoft/Paintball is only less gay than WoW if the troops get to sit on their hoop for hours on end without getting up to use the bathroom and beating calorie ridden fat-pills into their gluttonous gapping maw's.
and... whats wrong with hippies?
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09-24-2010, 16:31
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It's only 4:30 but I think I need a drink. 
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09-24-2010, 16:40
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It's only 4:30 but I think I need a drink. |
I am already drinking, you need to catch up!
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09-24-2010, 16:45
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Hell, I thought PT was the cure for being despondent!
More PT, Drill Sergeant!
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09-24-2010, 19:06
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Hell, I thought PT was the cure for being despondent!
More PT, Drill Sergeant!
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Hey brother, thanks for taking my call. Enjoy the weekend with your gal.
Talk soon, WD
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09-24-2010, 19:11
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OMG...please tell me you are just kidding. Please...
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Somethings you can't make up.
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09-24-2010, 19:41
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Seems like most everyone I know and see is madly in love with their phone, texting, apps. and the status of having the latest and greatest technology has to offer.
You don't have one? What planet are you from dude? Man you got to get one!
In all seriousness, I wonder if the lure of SmartPhones might not be a recruiting tool.
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09-24-2010, 20:24
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I do not think Basic Trainees need that distraction.
There aren't too many classes during Basic that you could safely skip paying attention to while you texted.
I vote No.
TR
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09-24-2010, 21:22
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Originally Posted by Paslode
Seems like most everyone I know and see is madly in love with their phone, texting, apps. and the status of having the latest and greatest technology has to offer.
You don't have one? What planet are you from dude? Man you got to get one!
In all seriousness, I wonder if the lure of SmartPhones might not be a recruiting tool.
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I heard a friend, (and former business partner), ask a beautiful woman tonight at the pub, "while your guy answers his office emails, can I buy you a drink?"
The woman said, "Yes, whiskey sour please."
And who said old guys aren't smooth.
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