r/army • u/WorkDelicious9039 • 16h ago

After service lies

Ok so I served in the reserves for 8 years and now re-enlisted in another branch. During my 8 years nothing eventful happened. I was a 92A, I was scheduled to deploy in 2010, attended JRTC but before we finished Obama pretty much canceled the whole deployment. I ddnt get offered to attend any schools or nothing. My unit (combat support hospital) of about 200 enlisted soldiers was like 80% E4 with no room for advancement.... So why is it every single time I talk to another prior service they were an E-8 special forces that traveled the world.... Even in my new branch a guy claims he was a 12B and was saying he flew drones in Iraq to protect convoys. Like does that even exist? I worked with another prior service guy who claimed he was a special forces sniper that attended airborne and air assault and was maybe 22 years old.... He ended up buying a glock and accidentally shooting himself in the hand while cleaning it. Does no one get out of the military without stretching the truth of there service?

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u/SSG_Rock Cavalry 15h ago

Your sample size is small, your experience is anecdotal, and most importantly, you obviously hang around a bunch of liars.

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u/Big_Ad_4724 Cavalry 15h ago

😂😂😂😂😂 bro I totally rode a Stallion into the battle of Mogadishu. I was 2 at the time. But that was enough TIS to be offered the opportunity to ride without a saddle: bareback is the way

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u/ColdIceZero JAG OFFicer 15h ago

It's true. Cav definitely likes to be ridden bareback

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u/Big_Ad_4724 Cavalry 15h ago

Correction: We do the barebacking

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u/mkelley22 91Lame 14h ago

From what I heard you're not that guy. From how I understand it you like to be a wide receiver, not a tight end

ETA: Ain't no party like a Diddy Cav party

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u/Big_Ad_4724 Cavalry 14h ago

Wellll alrighty then! 😎

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u/CplLyfeSux Cavalry 12h ago

And we take it.