Well, this has been a few months process creating this
blog. Some of them I talked to about
writing supported me on it, others said I could get into a lot of trouble, but I
don’t care, I’m still going forward with this.
The way I see it, this needs to be told.
Instead of sitting around letting it go on the way, it’s been going,
there needs to a whistle blown. That is
what you are taught in the Military, if something is happening that seems
wrong, report it immediately. I’m simply
doing that, because if you don’t report any wrongdoing, then you are as guilty
as the person doing what is wrong. However,
before I begin adding entries into this blog, I wanted to do this introduction and
lay down some ground rules that I have to maintain a thorough understanding
this my audience, so let’s begin!
What I will be telling you is my personal experiences while
I was in the US Army. I am medically
retired, served for seven and a half years, and I’m a recently discharged
Vet. That is all you need to know about
me at this time, and chances are that is all you will about me. Also, I have some guidelines that will be set
here and not changed.
1.
I will not be calling out people’s names here in
this blog. I will be discussing
them, but to protect the stupid their names won’t be mentioned. Also, do not bother asking who they are, because
I will not tell you.
2.
As for calling out people’s names, I will, or
try not to, talk about certain units I was in.
I will say bases, divisions, and maybe brigades depended on how mad I
get. However, anything under a brigade I
will try not to mention.
3.
I will not violate anything OPSEC here, which
means I will not talk about troop movements in a combat zone, talk about
anything that is considered classified material, and just about anything else
you can’t find if you do a google search.
The goal of this blog is to address issues within the US Army, not try
to get people killed. In fact, if there
is another goal here, it’s to save lives in the Army. I may have some disagreements with the Army, but
I do not hate it, and nor do I hate my country.
So, if you’re looking for ways to destroy the United States, you came to
the wrong place and you are just as much as an enemy to me as you are an enemy to the US.
4.
As I have
earlier, what I have told you about me is all you need to know about me. Unless if it’s something I have posted in an
entry, that is all you will about me. If
you ask who I am, my only answer will be to refer to this entry and tell you
to re-read my introduction. So, do not
ask, unless you want a stupid answer in return.
There it is, some guidelines for this blog to come. Some of you may ask, “Why are you doing this?” The reason is to help get some issues off my chest. This blog will help serve as a therapeutic tool, considering how much the Army has given me some very bad mental issues that will be with me till the end of my days. However, I do see other comments coming once the entries start being added, like “This sounds like you should’ve never been a Soldier” or “That’s just the way the Army is”, and even my favorite “You can always tell who was a shitbag in the Army”. My response to all of this is yes, maybe I shouldn’t have been a Solider, because my IQ is way too high for such stupidity. There are so many ways the Army can conduct itself but only chooses the dumbest path. And shitbag? Please, at least I wasn’t some stupid, brainless minion that can’t think or stand up for themselves, and allow some idiot that couldn’t graduate high school to save his/her save, but has a couple stripes in their chest so now they think they’re an Einstein of some sort dictate their rightful path, even if it’s the wrong one. Yes, I am prepared for the upcoming flak I will receive, but it will still not stop me from continuing on. Also, I can see other comments coming like” You need to stay in your lane” or “You shouldn’t say that about the Army”. My response to these, or similar, comments is you can kiss my DD-214. Army conduct doesn’t apply to me no more. Shoot, I almost thought about creating this while I was still in the Army, but chose to wait until I was discharged from service, which was probably the smarter path to go on. It just matters that now I have started on this blog, and there will many more entries to come. So let the butthurt begin!
Disclaimer:The views expressed in this article [or, book, blog post, essay, op-ed] are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the [insert your agency, institution, organization], Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
The Angry Private!
US Army Ordnance Corps 2009-2017
OEF 2010-2011
