When you join the Army you get equipment issued to you. Sleeping mat, sleeping bag, folding shovel and a whole bunch of shit...most of it you don't use. The things you need the most you never really get either. They issue you a rucksack with a bunch of plastic buckles, that never break. With this piece of grey gravel colored fabric bag you recieve a bag of spare buckles. You recieve them to replace broken buckles on the rucksack.
I've been in the army 4yrs and 8months and have never had to replace a buckle; if I did I couldn't because they were lost among the 2 deployments to Iraq. Despite the fact that the army actually bought something moderatly durable you have to turn the buckles in order to clear post and get out of the army.
WTF?!?!?!!
You mean to tell me that after 4yrs I have to turn in a bunch of buckles I lost 3yrs ago?! DAMNIT!! What the hell am I to do?? You can buy almost anything at an army surplus store, canteen cup, rucksack, sleeping bag and even a gas mask with a filter! Guess what you can't get? If you caid the little bag of buckles you are a fucking genious! NOONE SELLS THIS SET...ANYWHERE!!!!!! Guess what that means...uh huh the army gets to charge you for it. Guess the price...if you said exorbatant, then you are correct again. Around $100 for the set of 6 buckles!! 6 buckles that have never even come out of the little package that's so small it got lost in the first couple months of being at Ft. Campbell. FUCK!!!!
OK that majorly sucks big time! That's typical Army bullsh*t eh? I wish I had some buckles, I would send you some STAT! I think 4 years and 8 months in the Army and two deployments to Iraq should get you out of paying for those God damn buckles! I am shaking my head in disgust right now. Hang in there Fox 3. Don't let those buckles drive you crazy. Maybe you could "borrow" some buckles off an unsuspecting newbie and turn them in as yours. Hell, their just gonna lose 'em anyway, right??
ReplyDeleteredistribution of buckles???? Fox3 was one of the top 2 I have ever met who was good at acquiring things... if anyone can, he could.
ReplyDeleteHell, you wouldn't even have to "borrow" them. You could hook up a new private with fifty bucks and still save yourself a chunk as well. This does score a giant 10 on the major suck scale though.
ReplyDeletethe Army is to weird for words. the 50 bucks to a private sounds like your best alternative.
ReplyDeletetake very good care,
marian
Just found you through 13Stoploss.
ReplyDeleteI may not make very many comments but that doesn't mean that I am not reading your writtings.
Oh and the buckles that is one 'F'-up $100 "bucket of $h!t".
Truly sorry you got stuck with that "bucket".
Miss Em
Austell, Ga.
wow.... everyone is encouraging you to be a buddy fucker...lol... that route is taking alot in the army but i would emplore you to resist... this exact situation breeds one of my favorite military quotes..."their is only one thief in the army, everyone else is just trying to get their stuff back"....
ReplyDeletewhen its my turn to clear, im not going to have my fucking buckles either.... i really dont see me paying 100 dollars for them on principal.... and im not going to screw someone else over to avoid getting fucked myself.... i think i would play my pity card... i would go to CIF.. look for the sweatest and nicest looking old lady and lay on the sob story... i would lie my ass off.... i would tell her what ever it is that i thought you would need to hear and i would get her to sign off on me turning them in... another thing you can try if you havent turned your ruck sack in is steal the buckles off of the there and turn them in without a bag.... this would mean you would have to hope they didnt check your sack for the fucking buckles... and lastly, and now that im thinking it, the best option.... tell them all your buckles broke and the ones on your ruck sack are the replacements, you didnt save the broken ones because you lost them in iraq while on missions... they cant expect for you to have them if you used them... if they do then protest, throw a fit and demand the supervisor... then bitch to him... they give them to you to use in case of broken buckles... fine i used them.... really what can they say....
thats all... keep your blog going bro.... you got a great start and it seems like you have some good shit to say... now im going to go post something... you gave me an idea to talk about...