You guys really do be down bad with literally everything. I don’t know how else to put it. You guys literally live at the bottom of shit lake in a bucket of shit filled to the brim with shit being shit on by all the shit fish shitting in the shit lake, and you guys just live and operate in shit everyday.

I never realized how truly different the quality of life is between the branches until I...

My NCO is never satisfied with a yes sarnt or me admitting I’m wrong to end the conversation. It’s like he always wants some long winded explanation and me to suck him off to end the conversation. Just looking for tactics from experienced fellows when talking to NCOs like this.

When I made SGT my last couple months in the Army I got a soldier who was from a sheltered/religious household and home schooled his whole life. He lacked major social skills. He couldn't take a joke. He never understood social cues that someone didn't want to hang out with him. When he was picked on he would run to me and demand I tell the other soldiers to stop picking on him and include him in...

Y’all got any good tips for newly pinned e-5s that are about to take on a new role of leadership?

I already know don’t be a dickhead and don’t let your emotions control your decision making stuff. I just wanna know other relevant things that would make anyone a well rounded leader.

I couldn’t find anything relevant in the search bar so I might as well ask here for people to find later on in the...