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    1. I highly doubt all these dudes see real active combat. If they were all stationed at the bleeding-edge ukrainian front, i highly doubt they would do a whole lot of repeat tours.. Or if they had to go to iran and take that country piece by piece, all on foot..

    2. I have showered in my crocs in seven different countries wore them out almost to the point where they’re not wearable anymore. And my wife doesn’t understand why I still wear them.

    3. My squad leader had 8 deployments all combat.
      Dude cared about nothing anymore, had no kids, wife or nothing. He lived like his next deployment will be his last.
      Solid dude.

    4. Knew an nco back in 2011 and he had 5 rotations to Iraq, 2 to Syria, and 3 to Afghanistan. We went on his 4th to Afghanistan and he was so jaded at that point he retired the year after.

    5. I did 4 deps in 8 years. Only owned a bed, a german shephard, a house, a truck and a bunch of guns. That was all I had and all I needed. until i got married. She buys me shit i dont even need.

    6. I LOVE that comeback. It was used on me, and I've used it since many times.

      We all learn that "These/This [object] has been on more deployments than you ever will" on our first deployment.

      Mine was a laptop. I was on my second deployment in Iraq and an Army guy asked me to help him connect his laptop to the Rec center WiFi. I thought I was making witty conversation with him when I said "Oh wow, this laptop is pretty old." He hit me with, "Yeah? It's been on more deployments than you."

      I laughed hard AF but it was still a fucking COLD statement. After I came home from my 4th deployment as an E5, my Captain saw how the corners around the bill of my PC (hat) were fraying and without even thinking of decorum I responded absent mindedly, "Yeah? It's been on more deployments than you ever will."

      I got dismissed very quickly after signing the papers I needed to and my E8 chewed my ass for it. Fucking worth it.

      My 7th deployment was my last one. My last assignment won't have any deployments and I'll retire before it's over.

      I wore that cover to work today and have every day. It's one of my most prized possessions. The only other cover I've worn was for deployment number 4, a new cover I wore for just 2 days on deployment while building JDAMs. I wore the new one just to make sure the "sweat of war" was imbedded in it. I gave it to my father-in-law for his fight with cancer. He was wearing it when he and the cancer ended the battle with a draw.

    7. I started in the Gaurd and did that from 03 to 07 and then went active. I paid cash for my 1979 Camaro z28 and cash to get a new motor, tranny and paint job on it then I was broke and active for me with a 40k bonus.

    8. My Bos’N prides himself on the FACT that he spent more time in the head underway than the entirety of your military career. He said that to a full LT and had my back.

    9. Bragging about your tenure in the military getting shipped off to fight wars that aren't yours. And the bit about making alot of money? I don't know any veteran thats compensated fairly.

    10. Deployed 4 times two Iraq two Afghan missed first tour because I was in a coma for 3 days and died 3 times because of booze medically discharged after 15 years prob be on tour 26 about now 😂 ahhh life

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