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    Grunt got a reaction from askandanswer in An Opinionated Rant   
    Me either.🤓
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    Grunt got a reaction from Still_Small_Voice in An Opinionated Rant   
    I think the difference is that many circumstances require us to live with our teams 24/7 and depend on them for our lives.   Unit cohesion and trust is important.   If you can hump your own gear, not to mention the extra gear a team requires, you're a liability.  If you bring your drama to the unit, and the unit isn't allowed to sort it out, you're a liability.  If you can't execute your assigned position due to mental or physical ability, you're a liability.  If your relationship with a member of the team affects your, or their, ability to execute their assignment you're a liability.  Liabilities can lead to mission failure and or team death.  

    You don't have to like the person you're serving with, but you have to be able to operate with them.
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    Grunt got a reaction from Phoenix_person in An Opinionated Rant   
    Me either.🤓
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    Grunt got a reaction from NeuroTypical in An Opinionated Rant   
    I do.  However, I think LGB is also broken out.  But that isn't what we're talking about.  We're talking about being physically and mentally fit for duty and combat, specifically the job to which you're assigned.    When my peers refer to "woke" in that context, they are generally referring to switching the focus from combat readiness to social politics, which don't have a lot to do with combat readiness. 
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    Grunt got a reaction from Jamie123 in An Opinionated Rant   
    I do.  However, I think LGB is also broken out.  But that isn't what we're talking about.  We're talking about being physically and mentally fit for duty and combat, specifically the job to which you're assigned.    When my peers refer to "woke" in that context, they are generally referring to switching the focus from combat readiness to social politics, which don't have a lot to do with combat readiness. 
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    Grunt got a reaction from LDSGator in An Opinionated Rant   
    I do.  However, I think LGB is also broken out.  But that isn't what we're talking about.  We're talking about being physically and mentally fit for duty and combat, specifically the job to which you're assigned.    When my peers refer to "woke" in that context, they are generally referring to switching the focus from combat readiness to social politics, which don't have a lot to do with combat readiness. 
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    Grunt got a reaction from Phoenix_person in An Opinionated Rant   
    I do.  However, I think LGB is also broken out.  But that isn't what we're talking about.  We're talking about being physically and mentally fit for duty and combat, specifically the job to which you're assigned.    When my peers refer to "woke" in that context, they are generally referring to switching the focus from combat readiness to social politics, which don't have a lot to do with combat readiness. 
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    Grunt reacted to mirkwood in An Opinionated Rant   
    It's a bad feeling.
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    Grunt got a reaction from NeuroTypical in An Opinionated Rant   
    So there weren't specific requirements because there didn't really have to be.  It was self-sifting.  Fall out on a ruck march?  Infantry isn't for you.  Can't score 270 on the APFT?  Better get working.  The training itself weeded them out.  Many people didn't go Infantry because they knew this.  
     
    As the failure and injury rates have increased, the Army has tried to set standards (requirements).  OPAT was used before BCT.  ACFT was used after.   ACFT is sprint/drag/carry, push-ups, plank, overhead ball toss, dead lift, and run.   It's the same test everyone else takes, you just have to score much higher.
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    Grunt got a reaction from mirkwood in An Opinionated Rant   
    Sure you could.  You have to have a baseline, but 80% of it is mental.   Most things we do, the average male could do if they trained.  
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    Grunt got a reaction from mirkwood in An Opinionated Rant   
    This is an issue the Army has been struggling with.  As the Army has moved to complete integration there have been issues we didn't seem to have in large numbers.  Let's use physical ability and the Infantry as an example, and because Infantry is the best anyway.  😁

    Not everyone meets the physical qualifications for Infantry.  Historically, Basic Training and Advanced Infantry School weeded many of them out.  They've tried several methods of determining fair measurements of qualifications, but if one group meets the requirements far less, it gets junked.   OPAT and ACFT are examples.
     
     
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    Grunt got a reaction from mirkwood in An Opinionated Rant   
    Most of the Soldiers I work with have a minimum 4 year degree and many of us have graduate degrees.
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    Grunt got a reaction from mirkwood in An Opinionated Rant   
    I think it would just be nice if we had qualified Soldiers that wanted to serve.   There are many reasons why we don't, but I'm not sure if I have the heart or time to list everything I find wrong with the current military after a lifetime of service.
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    Grunt got a reaction from LDSGator in An Opinionated Rant   
    Sure you could.  You have to have a baseline, but 80% of it is mental.   Most things we do, the average male could do if they trained.  
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    Grunt reacted to LDSGator in An Opinionated Rant   
    True. Agree there.  
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    Grunt got a reaction from LDSGator in An Opinionated Rant   
    So there weren't specific requirements because there didn't really have to be.  It was self-sifting.  Fall out on a ruck march?  Infantry isn't for you.  Can't score 270 on the APFT?  Better get working.  The training itself weeded them out.  Many people didn't go Infantry because they knew this.  
     
    As the failure and injury rates have increased, the Army has tried to set standards (requirements).  OPAT was used before BCT.  ACFT was used after.   ACFT is sprint/drag/carry, push-ups, plank, overhead ball toss, dead lift, and run.   It's the same test everyone else takes, you just have to score much higher.
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    Grunt got a reaction from zil2 in An Opinionated Rant   
    This is an issue the Army has been struggling with.  As the Army has moved to complete integration there have been issues we didn't seem to have in large numbers.  Let's use physical ability and the Infantry as an example, and because Infantry is the best anyway.  😁

    Not everyone meets the physical qualifications for Infantry.  Historically, Basic Training and Advanced Infantry School weeded many of them out.  They've tried several methods of determining fair measurements of qualifications, but if one group meets the requirements far less, it gets junked.   OPAT and ACFT are examples.
     
     
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    Grunt got a reaction from Jamie123 in An Opinionated Rant   
    No, I'm talking about enlisted.  Officers are required to have degrees before or shortly after commissioning.  Warrants are different.   However, I mostly work with senior enlisted and officers.   Your study is enlisted only, of which almost 2/3rds are junior (E-5 and below).  Most of those Soldiers, assuming they enlisted out of high school, wouldn't have had time to earn a degree yet.   Mid-level NCOs, E-6 and E-7, are typically working on degrees if they want to get promoted.  I know they exist, but I don't know any currently serving Soldiers in my area at my level that don't have a 4 year degree.  Most have, or are working on, a graduate degree.

    In the section that I manage, 88% have 4 year degrees.  Of those, 57% have a graduate degree or higher.
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    Grunt got a reaction from NeuroTypical in An Opinionated Rant   
    Most of the Soldiers I work with have a minimum 4 year degree and many of us have graduate degrees.
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    Grunt got a reaction from zil2 in An Opinionated Rant   
    I think it would just be nice if we had qualified Soldiers that wanted to serve.   There are many reasons why we don't, but I'm not sure if I have the heart or time to list everything I find wrong with the current military after a lifetime of service.
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    Grunt reacted to zil2 in The "Only true and living church" vs "The most correct of any church".   
    Shift it back, brother.  Here's what the Lord himself said:
    The Lord himself "wrote" this section of the D&C, so let's not suggest that Jesus Christ did not know what he was talking about.
    Don't know any sane person who suggested otherwise.  Even God didn't do that:
    Clearly the Lord expects us to seek out learning from wherever we can find it (as well as from him).
    Yes, it is wholly true that:
    No other church on the earth has the Priesthood of Jesus Christ, nor his ordinances and covenants.
    I submit that this person didn't follow the instructions (or see my text below the link):
    Some of us don't want the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, some of us aren't ready for it yet or like to do things the hard way (and maybe need to experience evil longer before we can recognize the good), and some of us love Satan more than God.  (And whatever other combination of variables I'm not thinking of.)
    Jesus Christ does not send people (other than Satan and his minions) away, ever.
    (Explicit verses above, but the scripture are full of little else than Christ inviting people to come unto him.  He will let them come as far and via whatever convoluted or tortured path they choose, but they are always invited to come fully unto him, and that path is not complete until one has entered into the House of the Lord, received ordinances, made covenants, and then kept those covenants to the end.)
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    Grunt got a reaction from person0 in I'm a Christian.   
    I pray the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't judged by me and my actions.
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    Grunt got a reaction from person0 in I'm a Christian.   
    I'm much the same way, which is in part what led me to this faith.  I'm an adult convert that made a post here one day asking questions.   Now here I am.   Using this logic only, what makes more sense to me?
    1.  There is a vengeful God that created man to spend eternity worshipping Him?
    2.  There is a premortal family existence in which a loving Father created an opportunity for us to grow, learn, and become like Him for eternity?
     
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    Grunt got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Countdown to presidential election begins   
    That doesn't leave many choices.
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    Grunt got a reaction from Vort in Church Assistance...   
    You should always talk to your Bishop.  I've spent hours in a garage with brothers repairing the cars of members.  He'll know how to best help you.