I was Active for 22 yrz, and it doesn't bother me. Only those who overthink things and don't stop to realize not every situation is the same.....mind you, it is common sense.
Yall must have gotten some bad leaders. I tell people all the time the good NCOs always go guard cause they still want to serve but don’t have to deal with the BS everyday.
@@anthonyfrost9220I've met some active duty commo people that didn't know how to get a satcom terminal connected to the rhn.... Nor troubleshoot basic ipsec or ospf routing. And don't even get me started on their knowledge of call managers lol. Some active duty are dope but I had one rhn (huh side) soldier who gave me my own up as their call manager ip lmfao
I remember partying a little to much with a PT test with the national guard the next morning. My platoon sergeant could smell it. “Why’d you show up?” “Didn’t know not showing up was an option.” “It is. Go home.” 😂
@@the3rdmaster311 Upon the completion of RASP, you earn that badge and the Ranger Qualification. Just because he isn't currently in a ranger regiment, doesn't mean he didn't do EXACTLY the same shit that Active rangers have to do in order to earn that qual. If anything, he probably was in the 75th, but switched over to the Guard for an easier last few years in service. I know National Guard doesn't have a good reputation due to Media portrayal, but believe it or not there are allot of National Guard soldiers who are on par with if not in better physical and mental shape than a good portion of Active soldiers (I'm not one to be talking obviously, I'm a 91B but I still keep myself in good shape and sharp on my Weapon Platform) obviously I would never suggest that all national Guard soldiers are of the same quality as Rangers, but to say this guy isn't one is downplaying everything he worked for.
Not when he was in regiment, thats for sure, back then im sure he said, "fuck them joes, now lets go ruck 25 miles, last guy gets his ass beat" (odds are he was that last guy at some point, ranger batts no joke).
@@saltwaterrook4638The scroll on his right shoulder underneath his flag is his combat patch. Meaning he was in one of the bats and deployed as a ranger.
@conservat1vepatr1ot not military but I googled it. Looks like it has to do with passing (tabbed) ranger school and getting assigned (scrolled) to a regiment.
@@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarineI’d like to pay for a meal for you, 2 dozen mixed crayola crayons and a big ole napkin bib. Lol All jokes aside, a serious thanks for your service sir.
@@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine Only thing I'd add is the patch on his right sleeve indicates what unit he served in combat with. Your explanation, pretty good by the way, was more a difference between being a tabbed ranger and a scrolled one.
I repaired HVAC at a National guard facility a few times, this was very accurate to my experience lol. They answered the cell and unlocked the door for me 😂.
I used to deliver pizza in a neighborhood with a Guard base, and they ordered pretty often on the weekends. Security ranged from most guys meeting me at the gate after calling them, to one lady trying to insist I show her my ID. I didn't, because she was the one that ordered the food, and I was wearing the pizza uniform, had a sign on my car, and carrying her food. Duh. Who could I be? The Easter Bunny? It was when I suggested that I could cancel her order if she wasn't happy, that she realized whatever leverage she was trying to play wasn't going to work out. As if I cared whether she got her food or not... I was more than happy to eat cancelled orders for lunch.
Did a tour of our local NG and even got to go in their med vac black hawk. (I was in health occupations class) and it was dope. Hope i get to have a few rides atleast when i join the navy.
Well, for one, it's NOT an Army in the first place; it's literally just the State's Official Militia that gets trained and outfitted by the Federal Gov't to be ready for activation at a moment's notice with minimal additional training needed. Second, Nasty Girls get cool clean shit because it doesn't need to meet OPSEC standards in theater if the building isn't going to be in a deployable warzone - you quickly find out who is NastyGirl when a couple of new units show up in a place like Bagram and need to be retrained on how to operate the phones, or how FG is properly conducted... and it's NOT just because a lot of them are 6 weeks out of AIT still in disbelief that they were flown out to meet up with their unit that deployed while they were still in AIT...
@@gothicherie6691 that didn’t actually happen 😆 I did a few years guard after 7 years active. One day I said something like “I wonder where major general Tackett works during the week when not at drill doing the general thing?” I then said “I’ll bet he works at Auto Zone, or something” 😆 knowing full well that the state commanding general is obviously a full time job. But being that it was national guard… which is just “one weekend per month, 2 weeks during the summer” as they pitch for recruiting, then one would think that means the same thing for a general, right? 😆 So it became a long running inside joke that Tackett worked at Auto Zone. And to my amazement, that managed to spread to other units in the state. People were convinced and would talk about general Tackett working at Auto Zone as if they saw him and it was true 😆
This is why I say never underestimate the NG when comparing Branches they have people from all branches going into then after their active duties could be everything from new recruits to active combat vet going there after their active is over they got a mixed bag of experiences and knowledge that make them more versatile than people give em credit for
Unit cohesion usually a lot stronger because they are guys that live in the same area. I was ng and active duty, and was gaurd first. I used to look up to the active guys, thinking something was special about them until I went and realized how special the guard was. The regilar army makes you feel that way though with their rules about the gaurd. I went to hs with several of guys in my unit so you already have built in rapport. At 101st, one of the highly touted Army units (things have come a long way since dday, market garden and bastogne and not in a good way).it was toxic as hell.
@@m00seknucklejohnson45you realize some guard units deploy more than some active units right? 😂😂 EDIT: i know for a fact i know harder dicked gaurd dudes then you know active. 😘😘🤣🤣
During OIF-I, the active duty O-6 called our NG BN into formation for the sole purpose of telling us that our NG battalion was the best, most organized, most professional, most productive unit he had ever seen in his 24 years of military service.
I can remember active duty soldiers telling me active duty is better because they're better trained more disciplined and over all better soldiers. Their commander put them on base lock down and gave them extra duties because they finished their mission early. Our commander rolled his eyes said fall in and dismissed us go get drunk for the day. While they have to do area beautification we went and thought about how poorly we were trained at the bar. 😂
Depends. One commander didn't want to risk it. One didn't mind the risk. In both cases, both weren't meant to be dismissed early. In active duty, we were on lockdown until the next day because people kept being stupid on a night we were still supposed to be in the field. In the guard, my commander got in trouble cause he dismissed everyone early and the state caught wind of it because one of the idiots got into a car accident
Active duty: "I've missed the birth of all 3 of my children. My wife is always cheating on me. I can't get a Gatorade across the street without someone to accompany me. Someone on the other side of the world got a DUI and now I can't use the front left door of any building on base. I work 18 hour days moving boxes from one side of a parking lot to the other, then emptying the boxes, putting the stuff back in, and moving them back again. I can't get medical care for my injuries because my boss's boss's boss doesn't believe I need it. I make less than minimum wage. I'm about to go spend 12 days in a swamp for no discernable reason. I spend my limited free time drinking to try and feel anything other than the abject misery of my very existence." Also Active duty: "LOL what's wrong NASTY GURL? Too scared to join the REAL Army?!"
And 9 times outta 10 the non combat arms ARNG soldiers are better at the job because they use those skills every day in their civilian job instead of wasting time doing all types of busy work to justify their active duty status...
@@philipanderson1105and if its not a major war with huge offensives then it is usually grunts or contractors guarding the FOB while SOF does the real combat operations. There are people serving today that will have been a grunt their whole enlistment and just spent all their time training and maybe gotten 1-2 deployments as a gate/tower guard.
I left active, vollenteered for combat duty guard. Talk about not the right stuff. Filthy 240 machine gun from the arms room, took that to "TOP", he had sent to the last guardsman who had it signed out. Motivation was like this video, needed help. Field manuevers, my crew was terrified of having making repairs. But, when it comes to making it happen when it counts, like magic, it all comes together. Slack is the guard, but don't push it. They do know what they're doing.
@johnathanmalik3047 I'm picturing a dude just slapping himself in the chest and yelling into the mirror "I AM A REAL NCO. I DON'T PLAY GAMES. I AM ASSERTIVE. I AM LIKABLE!" Then they pull into work and a car full of E4s roll by and scream "NERD."
@@saltwaterrook4638 How is it so? Most of the NG is run by Sergeants, so how is it a lie? We aren’t an active force, but the active part is NCOs and Officers on the daily. The young Privates are at home and working at McD’s or the farm or the local businesses.
Women get those now (because our leaders are stupid and they had to lower the standards to put women in those positions) and now the scroll and CIB have been destroyed. Dont bother trying to argue. I retired from the Army (infantry) in 2018. Active not guard. I served as a senior leader, luckily i got out before the left fully destoyed it. If a woman is given (not earned) something, it destroys everything. It is like cancer but worse.
@lonelypassenger7541 yeah dude if someone didn't pick up on that, it makes me wonder if they served. I saw that a few seconds in like you did. I mean, come on in the Army even if retired or a private, if we see someone in uniform, the first thing we do is look at the left chest (for cib or cab or airborne, air assault etc) and then left arm for the unit they are with and then the right arm to who they deployed with How did they not see that? It wasn't a straight fuzzy. You see a smaller patch that looks like a scroll indicating a ranger scroll. (usually, unit patches are way larger than a ranger scroll) . The person who made that comment should really consider removing it for his benefit.
@saltwaterrook4638 I don't think I need to tell you about his combat patch since the other gentlemen who responded to you pointed it out. Watch the video back and slow it down. If necessary, the scroll is literally right there.
While I will say that some NG units are not what they should be, mine was as well trained as RA. We did everything we could on drill weekends, had 95% PT, (no pencils allowed), and breezed thru our mob training. We deployed twice, the first time we were the "most awarded" NG unit in the theater, second was also very good. (Different role). Had some outstanding soldiers that trained hard, took it seriously, and shone on the brightest stage. Thank you all...
My first time having a female manager was incredibly difficult. As embarrassing as that sounds. And being around people who were inherently fuckin lazy too. Plus I had a ton of shit to work through from deployments as well. Also used to be embarrassing as hell. Didn’t get help until about two or three years ago.
I actually had to go on to a National Guard outpost to renew my cac card cause nobody else was available on Sundays. The guy I talked to was super cool, not too nice, not a dick. Just a genuinely great guy, I actually had a decent conversation with him and what he did in the Army. The details escape me but for just a short 20 minutes we both bonded in a way only the military lifestyle can teach you. Ended with a hug and a farewell, i hope he is doing good. Sappy story aside this video is accurate, the national guard felt like a ghost town with only a few locked doors to stop someone from coming in.
16 years old(sophomore), going to basic summer 2025, before my senior year, going to serve part time in the guard while In forensics school for crime scene investigation and dna analysis, hearing stories between the guard and active duty is so cool, can’t wait!
@@stevewilliams8590 Ngl if I was reporting for the first time I would definitely stand at parade rest for CSM until told otherwise. You did the right thing even if it is the guard.
This was certainly my son's experience when he had to go drop paperwork off when his recruiter was out the office, the same guard answered the phone, opened the door and made copies for him. Haha
I had a blast at my 12b national guard unit! not only did we train just like regular army, we also had state duties! one thing I always took pride in was participating in funeral services for some of the local veterans. being pallbearers, folding/presenting the flag, and 21-gun salute! I remember one service that was actually for an old WW1 vet! yeah like I said, "had a blast", sad fact-times have changed!
But we’ve gotta be there in case the phone that never rings actually rings!! And what if somebody wants to stop by the battalion at 3 in the morning and you aren’t there?? Oh goodness!!
@@goohaver lol for real. Won't lie in my time I got some really important and disturbing calls when I was at Fort Hood and what I seen on CQ yea life changing but others than hell no
@@mauricemaingot5633 ha, yah I bet the life changing one’s were cq. Soldiers do the fuckin craziest shit. Found a god damn squirrel tail in the fridge one time. Dudes constantly throwing shit off the roof at soldiers six stories below. Csm daughter checking in with a god damn private. It’s nuts lmfao 🤣
@@goohaver lol damn...mine was worst had a guy committed suicide bro me and another Sgt open up the room with the master card key and saw him cut his wrist and everything man crazy and life changing. Wish I didn't see that but it is what it is and hope God bless his family
@@mauricemaingot5633 I feel yuh, my homie lost a fight to 550 and his door knob if you catch my drift.. team leader immediately mocked him when I found out and said something. That’s just how it goes though, you know how it is brother
Active Duty: What about Customs and Courtesies and the Creed of the Noncommissikned Officer? National Guard: It's more of a running joke than an actual rule.
Really? I completely rebuilt an AFRTS TV station without Depot support. I used 1400 line items. with over 2200 parts in three weeks while the station was on the air 16 to 20 hours a day. I did this in three weeks without any help. I received a Letter of Commendation from a Two Star General for Performance Above And The The Call of Duty. There were no cell phones, in the '70s and very few mobile phones, which required you to call through an operator. Satellite TV feeds were extremely rare, and most TVs were still B&W.. On top of this, I tested out of a three year US Army engineering school at age 20. I averaged 70 hours a week, for a year at Ft. Greely. I worked in an old WWII building that was just above freezing on windy winter days. You could freeze to death in five minutes, if you weren't careful.
I see both sides of this, being older now I can say I have done more stuff being in guard than being active...My son is active right now in Regiment in Benning and he still cant grasp there is life after your first two tours lol
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MY SON WAS IN NATIONAL GUARD FOR 6 YRS. HE LIKED IT. AND NATIONAL GUARD WAS VERY MUCH NEEDED AND PERFORMED THEIR DUTIES IN THE SUPER DOME IN NEW ORLEANS, WITH THOUSANDS OF POLICE DURING KATRINA. I WAS THERE.😊
My company once had a UPS shipment that got delivered to the local armory by mistake. I was able to just walk in and wander around until I found someone. 😂
I was full time guard as a tech and made the mistake of stopping outside FT Riley once for lunch. I was going from Topeka back to Salina and that was the last time I ever stopped in junction city for a lunch break while in uniform. Haha. One person in civilians decided to tell me how I was a terrible person for take a gsa to lunch and another Soldier in uniform screaming at the top of his lungs from across the parking lot for me to get my cover on as I’m standing at my vehicle door talking to the other moron. Total foolishness among active duty if you ask me.
@@alexsweet8585 there’s discipline and then there’s idiocy. That moment was just plain idiocy. I would however say that discipline in the guard is very different than discipline on active duty. A friend of mine (a LTC) was once stopped on bagram for having his PT belt over the wrong shoulder. Also another friend years earlier was chewed out for walking from the HQ back to the chews with plain black shorts on instead of black PT shorts on Qwest Iraq after being told one of his best friends had just been killed. Both at least in my guard mind are just plain stupidity.
I had a guy go to my guard unit from regiment and his first statement was how shity we were, and how we had no discipline. Then we went and did our training and he was like "wow you guys get more done in 1 day than a normal active unit does in a week. like there's no bullshit, no wasted time, no circle jerk. they tell you do something....and you do it." Well yea chief, we get 2 days a month (more like 4 days 7 months out of the year) and 2 weeks (which in my 9 years always ended up being like 20-25 days), and we're schudled to deploy in next year, we aren't gonna fuck around with our only chance to learn how to not get unalived. Plus most of us have been friends since highschool so we're just chill with each other anyway. The guards lack of military bullshit is why I never wanted to go active, and every war games we played vs active we always won, or lost close, it's not like we're paul blart vs LA SWAT.
If you are recruiting people who want to spend their time playing video games and collecting a pay check. The military works in the rear the same as if they were on the front line. At a lower level because when it hits the fans you don't have to learn what to do. You already know. And just do.
Almost had that happen several times. The armory person can’t pay the bill. Has to be forwarded to the USPF&O and they never do their jobs. We had a credit line with a propane company and we had been forwarding the bills. We got a notice that they wouldn’t be delivering propane anymore until the bill was paid and found out it had been a year since finance had actually paid them. Totally embarrassing because we are the people the locals see but we are powerless to get the HQ people to actually show up for work and do something.
@@cooper7354 HQ needs to be audited, fired and replaced by those of you who have actually had to follow orders. A bill on credit rendered is a demand instrument. A demand is an order. HQ is treasonous in this regard.
That's why you call your first line and they figured it out 😂. I've been both the e4 asking for help finding the right person/contact info and the NCO that has to make 15 calls to find a goddamn phone #
Back in the 90s when I was in the Guard they literally changed the phone numbers to all the leadership offices at the armory every single fucking year 92-97 Randomly And never informed anyone Still have no idea why they kept doing that LOL
Been on both sides as Active Army and AGR and it's so spot on lol. Although i did miss some of the Active Army elements of life like a fully supported Post versus Natuonal Guard State Headquarters
Me Too, I spent four years with the 101st back in the early 80's and we always used to say there was the 18th ABN CORP, and the. There is the rest of the ARMY, the first day I showed up For duty, at my Assigned Active Army Reserve station, and the New Reenlistment NCO, I was dumb founded by the relax standards of my new unit, after a while with this unit I learned to pull the stick out of my Backside
True story: in the past three years we’ve had like 4 criminals run straight into our armory during drill. Each got pinned by a bunch of troops after the first one
This was similar to my enlistment to the National Guard when I got out of the regular Army. I drove almost 35 miles to the Armory and walked right in to the front door then spent 10 minutes searching before finding the offices at the rear of the building on the second floor. I was told what squad Id be in and given two phone numbers and told to call them after 6 pm. One was the section Sargent the other the platoon Sargeant. I called that night and was then informed the next drill was that weekend which was two days away.
@@ebeneezerscrooge2942 hey kiddo, when you do something worthwhile let me know. I’ve been stompin long before you were even a twinkle in your daddy’s little probe. I guarantee I’ve seen and done a hell of a lot more than some moron from the 81st 😂
@@xObscureMars Honestly it may be a colloquialism within a specific SFG I served with. We generally called anyone who had a three tab stack "the tower of power," eg SF, Ranger, Sapper tabs or Ranger, Sapper, Airborne, etc. edit: It was more of a "hell yeah man, nice job" and less of an awe thing 2nd edit: Just to make sure I hadn't misquoted the tabs you can stack, I checked wikipedia, and even in the wikipedia article it mentions that anyone rocking 3 tabs has the "tower of power".
Deployed with a reserve unit and a female E4 left an open laptop on her bunk in our open barracks as we left to chow and no one locked lockers except for me and a couple of the previously deployed guys. Nothing happened to anyone's stuff lol, a night and day difference in behavior
The entirety of all active duty feels attacked.
20k likes holy shit.
I mean he wasnt wrong though...
No, actually I just feel like an adult lol
I was Active for 22 yrz, and it doesn't bother me. Only those who overthink things and don't stop to realize not every situation is the same.....mind you, it is common sense.
@@earnestpeeplesjr8948 jokes not dicks bub stop taking it so hard
Yeah like why do I need to count sleeping Marines just to tell the OOD when he comes by how many sleeping Marines I have.
He’s a ranger… he IS the security of the building
Theyre fired. lol😂
Hes just been to ranger school not a batallion calm down kid.
@@Aus710did you not see the ranger batt scroll deployment patch…?
@@Aus710 The irony. Your talking down to him when you just proved your actually the ignorant one.
@@Aus710 Might want to study your patches more.
“How do you secure the building?”
*Tabbed and Scrolled Ranger*
It’s been secure.
In Texas you can carry firearms
Oh, don't worry, we're massive dipshits too.
@@tommiericketts8440 staff duty and cq don't carry firearms anyway 😂
@@CubeInspectoryeah but we are pissed off that were there and wanna put that anger into something so FAFO
Hell yeah brother
When common sense meets the military, you get the National Guard
You sir, are an optimist.
If you mix navy army and sheer stupidity, you get the ultra deadly Marin corps
Welllll let’s not get too ahead of ourselves here, did both and both have problems
Yeah, I've known too many COs and 1sgts to ever believe that line. No common sense to be found.
Yall must have gotten some bad leaders. I tell people all the time the good NCOs always go guard cause they still want to serve but don’t have to deal with the BS everyday.
As an active duty soldier sitting at a CQ desk right now, I feel this in my soul.
Dude, join the Guard. It's like active but not as retarded.
Saturday afternoon and I've gotta sit here for another 18 hours, I feel ya.
@@Legrume ANOTHER 18 hours?!?!?! gat DAyum
Hang in there. I finished 28 years in 2019. It’s totally worth it in the end.
its 05:27 and I am on CQ right now... left my family alone all night to come babysit grown men... ask me if Im going to reenlist...
If active duty could understand the joke they'd be offended
Too late. I'm already offended. Active duty is supposed to train for having to live into a war zone. Failing to train is training to fail.
@@anthonyfrost9220I've met some active duty commo people that didn't know how to get a satcom terminal connected to the rhn.... Nor troubleshoot basic ipsec or ospf routing. And don't even get me started on their knowledge of call managers lol. Some active duty are dope but I had one rhn (huh side) soldier who gave me my own up as their call manager ip lmfao
@@anthonyfrost9220but i love doughnuts
Whaaaaattttt? I don’t understand 😂
Hey! What are we supposed to get mad at? I just wanna be part of something that matters 😢
i went from Guard to active... dont ever do that, I went from being an adult to being treated like a child.
Best ad for the national guard ever!
Rangers are the most chill, dangerous mofo’s I’ve ever met.
Literally anyone can be a ranger, it's a joke what our military has become. I know a recruiter IRL, so yeah...
Having a ranger tab doesn’t make you dangerous
@@ClydeH777thats not a tab thats a 75th regiment scroll
@@ClydeH777he's got a ranger tab and a scroll...
National guard ranger is not a ranger
I remember partying a little to much with a PT test with the national guard the next morning. My platoon sergeant could smell it. “Why’d you show up?” “Didn’t know not showing up was an option.” “It is. Go home.” 😂
😅
Sh*t, in my unit, you could expect a knock at the door and an escort to the armory if you don't show up.
@@armyfazer1410This here
This is a nonsense comment, you'd get a tag 9 and be u coded AWOL, and your chain of command would come looking for you
That's weak, I've done PT legally drunk.
Admin NCO: "We have cell phones"
Also admin NCO: *Turns off cell phone when not at drill*
Admin ncos are usually AGR
@@thememe986 That's the joke
The Guard troops use cell phones because they’re off doing their real jobs as civilians.
😂😂😂
Not me literally watching this on duty about to do my hourly tour
I tell my civilian friends its like leave your vehicle running overnight and check the tire pressure every 30 min.
Bro is a Ranger, he is all the security you need.
he isn't a ranger, wearing the reangers tab doesn't mean he is a ranger, Rangers are the ones assigned to th 75th Rangers only
@@the3rdmaster311 Upon the completion of RASP, you earn that badge and the Ranger Qualification. Just because he isn't currently in a ranger regiment, doesn't mean he didn't do EXACTLY the same shit that Active rangers have to do in order to earn that qual. If anything, he probably was in the 75th, but switched over to the Guard for an easier last few years in service.
I know National Guard doesn't have a good reputation due to Media portrayal, but believe it or not there are allot of National Guard soldiers who are on par with if not in better physical and mental shape than a good portion of Active soldiers (I'm not one to be talking obviously, I'm a 91B but I still keep myself in good shape and sharp on my Weapon Platform) obviously I would never suggest that all national Guard soldiers are of the same quality as Rangers, but to say this guy isn't one is downplaying everything he worked for.
@@the3rdmaster311that 75th scroll lookin real clean, which, by the way, does infact mean he is a ranger..
@@the3rdmaster311 bro who has a cib, his combat scroll, and a tab. Yes he was a ranger
@@the3rdmaster311knew this guy he was a SL in my first company him and platoon daddy were both from second batt and were tabbed and scrolled.
That E-7 with Tab/scroll/CIB combo is like:
"I don't care. I never cared. I'm here for my Joes."
All tabbed put those are the true ones who work from the bottom to the top
Not when he was in regiment, thats for sure, back then im sure he said, "fuck them joes, now lets go ruck 25 miles, last guy gets his ass beat" (odds are he was that last guy at some point, ranger batts no joke).
True
But no combat patch.
Edit for the morons incapable of reading more than a few lines... I didn't see his scroll.
@@saltwaterrook4638The scroll on his right shoulder underneath his flag is his combat patch. Meaning he was in one of the bats and deployed as a ranger.
This should be a recruitment ad for service men leaving active duty! 😂
Going from active duty to national guard, this was me lol. I saluted our Lt and she said that was the first time that happened in months lmao.
That dude is a legit ranger don’t let his chill fool you or reserve status.
I was a ranger. Did my year of national guard after active duty. Best year of my life. Went from Salty to chill after 30 seconds of being there.
"Full" you? Ffs its as if you arent even trying
@@fenrirrising131who even wpuld? The English Queen?
@@xxXBig_BenXxx brainlet cope
@@xxXBig_BenXxx cleaver 👍
I think with a tabbed and scrolled Ranger you're good to go for security.
Can you explain that to civilians? I’m assuming you’re talking about his patches, but I want to know what they mean. Thank you.
@conservat1vepatr1ot not military but I googled it. Looks like it has to do with passing (tabbed) ranger school and getting assigned (scrolled) to a regiment.
@@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarineI’d like to pay for a meal for you, 2 dozen mixed crayola crayons and a big ole napkin bib.
Lol All jokes aside, a serious thanks for your service sir.
@@agentmuellera SeRiOus ThAnKs SiR mAy i WiPe YoUr AsS tOo?
@@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine Only thing I'd add is the patch on his right sleeve indicates what unit he served in combat with. Your explanation, pretty good by the way, was more a difference between being a tabbed ranger and a scrolled one.
Meanwhile, in the Air Guard...
LTC walking out of an office: "Hey, what's up!"
"For every AF Regulation, there is an equal and opposite Air Guard waiver."
As a Retired USAF Veteran, I say Thank You both for Your Service 🇺🇸
Dude you're Air Force you guys wear your dress uniforms whenever a senator or state official comes by to have coffee with your bases general😂
LOL my information might be 20 years out of date😂
And I would like to thank you Air Force men for fighting off Egyptian gods in outer space😂
I repaired HVAC at a National guard facility a few times, this was very accurate to my experience lol. They answered the cell and unlocked the door for me 😂.
I used to deliver pizza in a neighborhood with a Guard base, and they ordered pretty often on the weekends. Security ranged from most guys meeting me at the gate after calling them, to one lady trying to insist I show her my ID.
I didn't, because she was the one that ordered the food, and I was wearing the pizza uniform, had a sign on my car, and carrying her food. Duh. Who could I be? The Easter Bunny?
It was when I suggested that I could cancel her order if she wasn't happy, that she realized whatever leverage she was trying to play wasn't going to work out. As if I cared whether she got her food or not... I was more than happy to eat cancelled orders for lunch.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 You should have asked her for her ID before releasing the pizza to her.
My national guard building had a SCIF and 19th SF. It definitely wasn’t this chill.
Did a tour of our local NG and even got to go in their med vac black hawk. (I was in health occupations class) and it was dope. Hope i get to have a few rides atleast when i join the navy.
As former active just getting into the guard… it is a HUGE. Adjustment period. It feels like a different army entirely
my brother really seemed to like being in the National Guard
I love it, I'll never go back to AD
The Reserve is the same way. On Saturdays after drill they had 2 kegs waiting to tap.
It is…….
Well, for one, it's NOT an Army in the first place; it's literally just the State's Official Militia that gets trained and outfitted by the Federal Gov't to be ready for activation at a moment's notice with minimal additional training needed.
Second, Nasty Girls get cool clean shit because it doesn't need to meet OPSEC standards in theater if the building isn't going to be in a deployable warzone - you quickly find out who is NastyGirl when a couple of new units show up in a place like Bagram and need to be retrained on how to operate the phones, or how FG is properly conducted... and it's NOT just because a lot of them are 6 weeks out of AIT still in disbelief that they were flown out to meet up with their unit that deployed while they were still in AIT...
"These actually lock"
LPL has entered the chat
LPL trying to pick the handcuffs as the MPs drag him to the lockup
😂
“If those kids could read they would be very upset right now!”
So true, they were calling their commander by his first name , I had a minor stroke 😅
That's screwed up, but I'm sure it happens in the NG
@@erc9468 it did, we also had a warrant 5 they also called him by his first name, I called him Chief or sir
I had an even bigger stroke when I saw the state commanding 2 star general working at Auto Zone during the week…
@@MyVideos-fm7ugwhat?? That’s more wild than anything
@@gothicherie6691 that didn’t actually happen 😆 I did a few years guard after 7 years active. One day I said something like “I wonder where major general Tackett works during the week when not at drill doing the general thing?”
I then said “I’ll bet he works at Auto Zone, or something” 😆 knowing full well that the state commanding general is obviously a full time job. But being that it was national guard… which is just “one weekend per month, 2 weeks during the summer” as they pitch for recruiting, then one would think that means the same thing for a general, right? 😆
So it became a long running inside joke that Tackett worked at Auto Zone. And to my amazement, that managed to spread to other units in the state. People were convinced and would talk about general Tackett working at Auto Zone as if they saw him and it was true 😆
This is why I say never underestimate the NG when comparing Branches they have people from all branches going into then after their active duties could be everything from new recruits to active combat vet going there after their active is over they got a mixed bag of experiences and knowledge that make them more versatile than people give em credit for
Lots of people have degrees and other skills and lots of marines in the guard
Unit cohesion usually a lot stronger because they are guys that live in the same area. I was ng and active duty, and was gaurd first. I used to look up to the active guys, thinking something was special about them until I went and realized how special the guard was. The regilar army makes you feel that way though with their rules about the gaurd. I went to hs with several of guys in my unit so you already have built in rapport. At 101st, one of the highly touted Army units (things have come a long way since dday, market garden and bastogne and not in a good way).it was toxic as hell.
That is why the NG is what deploys stateside when needed. You get all the services in one 😂 we save the best for ourselves.
@@m00seknucklejohnson45you realize some guard units deploy more than some active units right? 😂😂
EDIT: i know for a fact i know harder dicked gaurd dudes then you know active. 😘😘🤣🤣
@@jaceeh9954 most the guys I know are NG so yeah I think we both agree on the same thing
Active duty 1sg’s are punching the air right now
During OIF-I, the active duty O-6 called our NG BN into formation for the sole purpose of telling us that our NG battalion was the best, most organized, most professional, most productive unit he had ever seen in his 24 years of military service.
I can remember active duty soldiers telling me active duty is better because they're better trained more disciplined and over all better soldiers. Their commander put them on base lock down and gave them extra duties because they finished their mission early. Our commander rolled his eyes said fall in and dismissed us go get drunk for the day. While they have to do area beautification we went and thought about how poorly we were trained at the bar. 😂
Depends. One commander didn't want to risk it. One didn't mind the risk. In both cases, both weren't meant to be dismissed early. In active duty, we were on lockdown until the next day because people kept being stupid on a night we were still supposed to be in the field. In the guard, my commander got in trouble cause he dismissed everyone early and the state caught wind of it because one of the idiots got into a car accident
@@stevennguyen4993there’s always one idiot or unlucky mofo in the group
Active duty: "I've missed the birth of all 3 of my children. My wife is always cheating on me. I can't get a Gatorade across the street without someone to accompany me. Someone on the other side of the world got a DUI and now I can't use the front left door of any building on base. I work 18 hour days moving boxes from one side of a parking lot to the other, then emptying the boxes, putting the stuff back in, and moving them back again. I can't get medical care for my injuries because my boss's boss's boss doesn't believe I need it. I make less than minimum wage. I'm about to go spend 12 days in a swamp for no discernable reason. I spend my limited free time drinking to try and feel anything other than the abject misery of my very existence."
Also Active duty: "LOL what's wrong NASTY GURL? Too scared to join the REAL Army?!"
💀
And 9 times outta 10 the non combat arms ARNG soldiers are better at the job because they use those skills every day in their civilian job instead of wasting time doing all types of busy work to justify their active duty status...
Yeah I 100% of the time don’t trust reservists or NG.
But hey, someone’s got to stand post while the real grunts conduct combat operations.
@@philipanderson1105and if its not a major war with huge offensives then it is usually grunts or contractors guarding the FOB while SOF does the real combat operations. There are people serving today that will have been a grunt their whole enlistment and just spent all their time training and maybe gotten 1-2 deployments as a gate/tower guard.
@@philipanderson1105go mop the grass
I left active, vollenteered for combat duty guard. Talk about not the right stuff. Filthy 240 machine gun from the arms room, took that to "TOP", he had sent to the last guardsman who had it signed out. Motivation was like this video, needed help. Field manuevers, my crew was terrified of having making repairs. But, when it comes to making it happen when it counts, like magic, it all comes together. Slack is the guard, but don't push it. They do know what they're doing.
I spent 20 years in the Air Guard, 2 of which were on active duty. This video is spot on.
We’re the Army chill. Everyone is adults who handle responsibility.
I run stuff, I don’t have to baby sit privates! I move it along and talk with my fellow NCOs.
@@INDYANDY4Cis that what you say to yourself in front of the mirror every morning?
@johnathanmalik3047 I'm picturing a dude just slapping himself in the chest and yelling into the mirror "I AM A REAL NCO. I DON'T PLAY GAMES. I AM ASSERTIVE. I AM LIKABLE!" Then they pull into work and a car full of E4s roll by and scream "NERD."
That's a damn lie
@@saltwaterrook4638 How is it so? Most of the NG is run by Sergeants, so how is it a lie? We aren’t an active force, but the active part is NCOs and Officers on the daily. The young Privates are at home and working at McD’s or the farm or the local businesses.
Scroll and CIB? That man is my hero
Women get those now (because our leaders are stupid and they had to lower the standards to put women in those positions) and now the scroll and CIB have been destroyed. Dont bother trying to argue. I retired from the Army (infantry) in 2018. Active not guard. I served as a senior leader, luckily i got out before the left fully destoyed it. If a woman is given (not earned) something, it destroys everything. It is like cancer but worse.
I was gunna say, all he needed to do was point to the scroll and the CIB, thats how we keep it secure lol.
@@saltwaterrook4638 doesn’t have a combat patch? My brother, open your eyes to his shoulder with the American flag.. the one sporting the scroll
@lonelypassenger7541 yeah dude if someone didn't pick up on that, it makes me wonder if they served. I saw that a few seconds in like you did. I mean, come on in the Army even if retired or a private, if we see someone in uniform, the first thing we do is look at the left chest (for cib or cab or airborne, air assault etc) and then left arm for the unit they are with and then the right arm to who they deployed with
How did they not see that? It wasn't a straight fuzzy. You see a smaller patch that looks like a scroll indicating a ranger scroll. (usually, unit patches are way larger than a ranger scroll) . The person who made that comment should really consider removing it for his benefit.
@saltwaterrook4638 I don't think I need to tell you about his combat patch since the other gentlemen who responded to you pointed it out. Watch the video back and slow it down. If necessary, the scroll is literally right there.
My favorite thing is reading these comments. People seriously have no idea what they are talking about.
Good video. Thank you for your service.
The guys calling the ranger a POG are the funniest part
While I will say that some NG units are not what they should be, mine was as well trained as RA. We did everything we could on drill weekends, had 95% PT, (no pencils allowed), and breezed thru our mob training. We deployed twice, the first time we were the "most awarded" NG unit in the theater, second was also very good. (Different role).
Had some outstanding soldiers that trained hard, took it seriously, and shone on the brightest stage. Thank you all...
Same here 22.5 years.
Dudes all tabbed out damn
The guy looks pretty standard for someone in combat arms over 10 years to me. The female does look standard with no tabs and never deployed however.
Tabs mean something?
Dude has one tab??
Google is a wonderful thing.
@@hawghawg381 Ranger scroll and Ranger tab
Yeah it's a bit of a culture shock. I bet it was a big-time culture shock for that Ranger scrolled combat infantry vet.
After any time in Batt everything is a shock to you. Especially if you went in with an option 40 and it’s all you know.
@@swiftcurrents3358it really is
My first time having a female manager was incredibly difficult. As embarrassing as that sounds. And being around people who were inherently fuckin lazy too. Plus I had a ton of shit to work through from deployments as well. Also used to be embarrassing as hell. Didn’t get help until about two or three years ago.
Army literally thinks rangers are socom 😂😂😂
@@trevorflurry Please enlighten us
As a National Guardsmen, I can confirm this is true.
When people who can think for themselves join the Army, you get the National Guard.
I actually had to go on to a National Guard outpost to renew my cac card cause nobody else was available on Sundays. The guy I talked to was super cool, not too nice, not a dick. Just a genuinely great guy, I actually had a decent conversation with him and what he did in the Army. The details escape me but for just a short 20 minutes we both bonded in a way only the military lifestyle can teach you. Ended with a hug and a farewell, i hope he is doing good.
Sappy story aside this video is accurate, the national guard felt like a ghost town with only a few locked doors to stop someone from coming in.
16 years old(sophomore), going to basic summer 2025, before my senior year, going to serve part time in the guard while In forensics school for crime scene investigation and dna analysis, hearing stories between the guard and active duty is so cool, can’t wait!
CAC.... Card? 😂😂😂
Your common access card card?
@@stevenfasano6673 yes, and I say ATM machine as well.
@@billtree52 shhhhhhh, i r mech
My first day in the guard I went at parade rest in the company commanders office and he was like “what the fuck you doing? Stop that.”
You went to a parade rest for an officer? Yeah I’d be saying the same thing. Unless you’re Airforce and that’s even more cringe.
@@bigoofinthechat5496 CSM was handling the admin duties that weekend.
@@stevewilliams8590 Ngl if I was reporting for the first time I would definitely stand at parade rest for CSM until told otherwise. You did the right thing even if it is the guard.
@@stevewilliams8590My first, first SGT told me seeing people at parade rest makes him feel uneasy as he only deals with it on deployments.
Bro had the advanced start of wasting all of dudes ammo by catching it with his face
This was certainly my son's experience when he had to go drop paperwork off when his recruiter was out the office, the same guard answered the phone, opened the door and made copies for him. Haha
I had a blast at my 12b national guard unit! not only did we train just like regular army, we also had state duties! one thing I always took pride in was participating in funeral services for some of the local veterans. being pallbearers, folding/presenting the flag, and 21-gun salute! I remember one service that was actually for an old WW1 vet! yeah like I said, "had a blast", sad fact-times have changed!
Somehow I feel like this is sarcasm 🤔
@@ColeAra100 bucks it's not.
@@acolyteaxiom4054 Thank Ya!
@@ColeAraThe Guard actually do shit, probably a holdover from the 70s that active Army and the general public think they do nothing.
No you don’t train the same. Been there. Not even close to the same.
" What if somebody wants to get a hold of you ?" " they generally use their hands."
The AD soldier is a slick sleeve and the NG soldier has a Ranger scroll. That's pretty funny actually.
I went from Active Duty to the National Guard in the early 90s before everyone had cell phones. We had an alert roster.
Wow my 10yrs of pointless staff duties and CQ omg 😂😂😂
But we’ve gotta be there in case the phone that never rings actually rings!! And what if somebody wants to stop by the battalion at 3 in the morning and you aren’t there?? Oh goodness!!
@@goohaver lol for real. Won't lie in my time I got some really important and disturbing calls when I was at Fort Hood and what I seen on CQ yea life changing but others than hell no
@@mauricemaingot5633 ha, yah I bet the life changing one’s were cq. Soldiers do the fuckin craziest shit. Found a god damn squirrel tail in the fridge one time. Dudes constantly throwing shit off the roof at soldiers six stories below. Csm daughter checking in with a god damn private. It’s nuts lmfao 🤣
@@goohaver lol damn...mine was worst had a guy committed suicide bro me and another Sgt open up the room with the master card key and saw him cut his wrist and everything man crazy and life changing. Wish I didn't see that but it is what it is and hope God bless his family
@@mauricemaingot5633 I feel yuh, my homie lost a fight to 550 and his door knob if you catch my drift.. team leader immediately mocked him when I found out and said something. That’s just how it goes though, you know how it is brother
Almost like the NG has common sense.
You call it "common sense" while I call it "nothing to do" we aren't the same 😂
@@MM3OGdepends on your MOS and it depends if you're AGR. You'd be surprised to know that there is actually active-duty national guard
@@tommyj387 I know there's reserve that are active that still doesn't mean squat. Even sometimes active enlisted have nothing to do some days lol 🤣
active duty peeps are just tryna stay sharp. tbh, this has nothing to do with having common sense or not.
@@twdl_png755Stay Sharp, 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Ok, keep telling yourself that to justify the stupidity.
Is it just me or does that guy have GIGANTIC hands 😂
Active Duty: What about Customs and Courtesies and the Creed of the Noncommissikned Officer?
National Guard: It's more of a running joke than an actual rule.
'We do more real stuff, and less nonsense' -National Guard
😂👍
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Alot has changed since my time more real time less part time thx for service
Really? I completely rebuilt an AFRTS TV station without Depot support. I used 1400 line items. with over 2200 parts in three weeks while the station was on the air 16 to 20 hours a day. I did this in three weeks without any help. I received a Letter of Commendation from a Two Star General for Performance Above And The The Call of Duty.
There were no cell phones, in the '70s and very few mobile phones, which required you to call through an operator. Satellite TV feeds were extremely rare, and most TVs were still B&W..
On top of this, I tested out of a three year US Army engineering school at age 20.
I averaged 70 hours a week, for a year at Ft. Greely. I worked in an old WWII building that was just above freezing on windy winter days. You could freeze to death in five minutes, if you weren't careful.
I see both sides of this, being older now I can say I have done more stuff being in guard than being active...My son is active right now in Regiment in Benning and he still cant grasp there is life after your first two tours lol
Wow, now these two definitely deserve an Oscar for this stellar performance. 👏
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MY SON WAS IN NATIONAL GUARD FOR 6 YRS. HE LIKED IT. AND NATIONAL GUARD WAS VERY MUCH NEEDED AND PERFORMED THEIR DUTIES IN THE SUPER DOME IN NEW ORLEANS, WITH THOUSANDS OF POLICE DURING KATRINA. I WAS THERE.😊
My company once had a UPS shipment that got delivered to the local armory by mistake. I was able to just walk in and wander around until I found someone. 😂
My man is probably happy as shit he isnt dealing with privates in regiment. 😂
I was Active before going Guard. I have to say though, I was that woman going in. Best decision I ever made.
THIS IS THE COOLEST GUY SOLDIER I'VE EVER SEEN 😂😂😂😂😂
Reminds me how my poor ass got married in the gymnasium at one of the local national guard armories.
No soft cap outside- she's getting the NG thing down pretty quick 😂
I was full time guard as a tech and made the mistake of stopping outside FT Riley once for lunch. I was going from Topeka back to Salina and that was the last time I ever stopped in junction city for a lunch break while in uniform. Haha. One person in civilians decided to tell me how I was a terrible person for take a gsa to lunch and another Soldier in uniform screaming at the top of his lungs from across the parking lot for me to get my cover on as I’m standing at my vehicle door talking to the other moron. Total foolishness among active duty if you ask me.
@@cooper7354 Discipline isn't for everyone.
@@alexsweet8585 there’s discipline and then there’s idiocy. That moment was just plain idiocy. I would however say that discipline in the guard is very different than discipline on active duty. A friend of mine (a LTC) was once stopped on bagram for having his PT belt over the wrong shoulder. Also another friend years earlier was chewed out for walking from the HQ back to the chews with plain black shorts on instead of black PT shorts on Qwest Iraq after being told one of his best friends had just been killed. Both at least in my guard mind are just plain stupidity.
@@alexsweet8585 discipline or just being a bunch of dorks for some stupid rules? Who’s gives a fuck about a hat, how about know your job
The best part of the cellphone is if you put it in the drawer you don't have to answer it.
going from active duty to reserve is an actual cultural shock
„These actually lock“ THEN HOW WAS I ABLE TO JUST WALK IN HERE?!
I had a guy go to my guard unit from regiment and his first statement was how shity we were, and how we had no discipline. Then we went and did our training and he was like "wow you guys get more done in 1 day than a normal active unit does in a week. like there's no bullshit, no wasted time, no circle jerk. they tell you do something....and you do it."
Well yea chief, we get 2 days a month (more like 4 days 7 months out of the year) and 2 weeks (which in my 9 years always ended up being like 20-25 days), and we're schudled to deploy in next year, we aren't gonna fuck around with our only chance to learn how to not get unalived.
Plus most of us have been friends since highschool so we're just chill with each other anyway.
The guards lack of military bullshit is why I never wanted to go active, and every war games we played vs active we always won, or lost close, it's not like we're paul blart vs LA SWAT.
Half that common sense comes from the fact that hes an ranger combat infantryman, chillin in the guard, I did the same thing homie.
The glass door actually locks lol.
Man, I wish it had been like that when I transitioned from Army to National Guard.
SFC Anderson looks chill as hell, Ranger or not
Low key an incredible recruitment video
gotta love the deadpan acting.
If you are recruiting people who want to spend their time playing video games and collecting a pay check. The military works in the rear the same as if they were on the front line. At a lower level because when it hits the fans you don't have to learn what to do. You already know. And just do.
"These actually lock" she almost broke...
the thing that was wild for me when i went from active to guard was seeing people smoke cigs in the motor pool.
The local unit here had the water turned off a few years ago because nobody paid the bill.
Fuckin admin.
Almost had that happen several times. The armory person can’t pay the bill. Has to be forwarded to the USPF&O and they never do their jobs. We had a credit line with a propane company and we had been forwarding the bills. We got a notice that they wouldn’t be delivering propane anymore until the bill was paid and found out it had been a year since finance had actually paid them. Totally embarrassing because we are the people the locals see but we are powerless to get the HQ people to actually show up for work and do something.
@@cooper7354 HQ needs to be audited, fired and replaced by those of you who have actually had to follow orders. A bill on credit rendered is a demand instrument. A demand is an order. HQ is treasonous in this regard.
Correction. We have cellphones of which they’ve never given anyone their phone number to, and also don’t answer their phone ever ever
That's why you call your first line and they figured it out 😂. I've been both the e4 asking for help finding the right person/contact info and the NCO that has to make 15 calls to find a goddamn phone #
Back in the 90s when I was in the Guard they literally changed the phone numbers to all the leadership offices at the armory every single fucking year 92-97
Randomly
And never informed anyone
Still have no idea why they kept doing that LOL
Unless Op already knows who the caller is. Let's not be disingenuous these days.
So the national Guard is almost like the Air Force…”Civilians in Blue??”
Lol, that’s a nice ass armory.
Been on both sides as Active Army and AGR and it's so spot on lol. Although i did miss some of the Active Army elements of life like a fully supported Post versus Natuonal Guard State Headquarters
Me
Too, I spent four years with the 101st back in the early 80's and we always used to say there was the 18th ABN CORP, and the. There is the rest of the ARMY, the first day I showed up
For duty, at my
Assigned Active Army Reserve station, and the New Reenlistment NCO, I was dumb founded by the relax standards of my new unit, after a while with this unit I learned to pull the stick out of my
Backside
This is so true. National Guard hates seeing people come in from active duty, they just don’t get it!
That's a scrolled ranger. That building is doing just fine.
Thank y’all for your service
Love the "Combat Stapler" on the wall.
True story: in the past three years we’ve had like 4 criminals run straight into our armory during drill. Each got pinned by a bunch of troops after the first one
Mine is filled with Corrections guys (and we aren't MP). It would be a very bad idea for our local tweekers to do that to us.
RANGER leads the way to locking the door and smartphones😂 that place is completely secured.
Tabbed out and bat scroll deployment patch, man didn’t care regardless 🥃
Ranger bat combat patch in the guard.
Yup that’s where some of us go after active duty!
There are SF units too !
National guard has ranger and green beret units as well.
@@kylemunday4375 Na, just SF, no rangers. Yet.
But they do got a shit ton of PJ & TACP guard units.
Everybody noticed his Tab first. Great atd. Why is she talking at attention.😅
@@richardhamilton1567or talking at all.
This EXACTLY why I could not do the reserves after 10 years active duty.😂😂
Bro just walking around with that massive caaawwwkkkk hoooooaaahh 🤣
For real!! Common sense and thinking outside the box -- remarkable! The stupidity that I faced in Active Duty was astounding.
I hate that I recognized the building just by the doors she walked through.......
_>laughs in "this is every large public building near DC"_
Oh crap, they’re all sitting in the ready room, watching Jerry Springer, thinking there’s actually a real thing
National guard and Reserves use common sense.
This was similar to my enlistment to the National Guard when I got out of the regular Army. I drove almost 35 miles to the Armory and walked right in to the front door then spent 10 minutes searching before finding the offices at the rear of the building on the second floor. I was told what squad Id be in and given two phone numbers and told to call them after 6 pm. One was the section Sargent the other the platoon Sargeant. I called that night and was then informed the next drill was that weekend which was two days away.
Sergeant*
@@SomethingSomething75amazing how no one in the military can actually spell sergeant right 😂
Shell shock is the only way I can describe coming from active duty Marines to Marine Reserves.
@@anthonyfrost9220 try going active Marine infantry to Army reserve to a signal unit.
Went Iraq twice as an 81st kickin chicken. Love the guard.
81st is a joke
@@arsnlchambers who’d you serve with? Where were you guys at?
@@arsnlchambers gotta get up, in order to get down my friend. Spinning wheels go round and round.
@@ebeneezerscrooge2942 hey kiddo, when you do something worthwhile let me know. I’ve been stompin long before you were even a twinkle in your daddy’s little probe. I guarantee I’ve seen and done a hell of a lot more than some moron from the 81st 😂
She walked in likes this shits a runway for ru paul😂
Been National Guard 5 yrs, that pretty much sums it up.
A 525 patch is rare to see in the wild
So is a tab and scroll in the national guard
he was probably active in the ranger batt@@noneya3679
@@noneya3679Scroll yes, tab depends on the state. My state has plenty of rangers, sappers, long tab and people with the tower of power.
@@hoid9407wtf is tower of power? I was in 11 10 years during the height of the wars and never heard that
@@xObscureMars Honestly it may be a colloquialism within a specific SFG I served with. We generally called anyone who had a three tab stack "the tower of power," eg SF, Ranger, Sapper tabs or Ranger, Sapper, Airborne, etc.
edit: It was more of a "hell yeah man, nice job" and less of an awe thing
2nd edit: Just to make sure I hadn't misquoted the tabs you can stack, I checked wikipedia, and even in the wikipedia article it mentions that anyone rocking 3 tabs has the "tower of power".
As someone who actually went from active duty to National Guard. That is spot on.
I like the part "we have cell phones" lol
I remember the shock from my first drill day with the Kentucky National guard
It's a lot different when you don't have 120 potential felons living in the barracks 24/7 like the regular army does.
Deployed with a reserve unit and a female E4 left an open laptop on her bunk in our open barracks as we left to chow and no one locked lockers except for me and a couple of the previously deployed guys. Nothing happened to anyone's stuff lol, a night and day difference in behavior
@@greenbrickbox3392
Reservists and NG are such pure souls. They're not potential/actual felons like regular army guys lmao.