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my very religious but supportive elderly neighbor asked me what I’m giving up for pride because I think she thinks it’s like lent and the pride parades are like mardi gras?? anyway I panicked and said oatmeal
rogue alpaca
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rogue alpaca
@LtCatra
lighthouse enthusiast. lover of nintendo & iced coffee & haiku. army officer. 🏳️🌈🐊
Joined August 2019
- a retired CSM for the marksmanship unit struck up a conversation with my boyfriend at the bar after guessing he was army and then turned to me to say “hey little lady, I hope you understand his hard work and sacrifice” and my boyfriend said “oh she actually outranks me :)”
- I’ve learned to not take it personally every time. After all, I’ve got hair below my waist and I don’t have an army persona I carry around at bars. But it was still funny and my boyfriend always likes to point it out to dudes who assume I’m a dumb mil spouse lmao
- this dude texted me asking for advice on buying guns because he thinks he’s more qualified than the damn green berets to go fight in ukraine lol
- one of my soldiers came to my office to show me a “3D printed save icon” and I’m pretty sure everyone in the vicinity over the age of 30 almost had a heart attack over a floppy disc
- we got a new 2LT who’s the HQ PL and when he was tasked with doing wellness checks for his call roster he deadass called the warrant, the xo, the 1SG and our battery commander to check on them and i … will literally defend this little 2LT with my LIFE
- I watched a lieutenant look down the barrel of his weapon *twice* during PMI because he wanted to “really understand the process”I think that most folks don't understand how educated the officer corps of the US Armed Forces really are. In the commissioned officer corps, over 50% have post-graduate degrees. We're fucking smart. Don't underestimate us.
- one of my soldiers just came up to me, pointed to his grenade pouch, and said “ma’am can I put chicken nuggets in here”
- me: I need another pokey pin thing for the map to brief my ambush soldier: you mean a tack? me: yea but like, by surprise
- last year I told my 1SG I was stalked, sexually harassed, and followed to my room on deployment and he told me I shouldn’t think so highly of myself because I’m not that pretty and I was really hoping that by this veterans day he wouldn’t still be in but here we are folks lol
- one of the soldiers in my battalion found out he gets a sword if he re-enlists and I’ve never seen someone text the retention NCO so fast in my LIFE
- my platoon sergeant, teaching a class on the m17: “so this weapon’s safety and releases are ambidextrous. what does that mean, private?” private: “it can be used in WATER”
- women don’t reduce combat effectiveness. women who are forced to conform to standards only designed for men reduce combat effectiveness. a thread:
