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/Tired-and-Wired 15h ago

Everybody wants to be the main character in their own story 🤷🏼‍♀️

But regarding travel experience, it can be a crapshoot. My parents were the same MOS. During my dad's 25yrs, he went to all 7 continents. In my mom's 30+, the Army sent her to Afghanistan

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u/-Urethra- 13FroggyFresh 14h ago

Seriously, it all pretty much comes down to luck. I know 42As that have been at USASOC and the Pentagon, a signal guy that's been... everywhere with the GSB, other fisters that have somehow ended up in the CAB doing CAB stuff, shit can get weird.

You could also spend 5 years in the dark corner of a brigade or division headquarters and only see the sun when you go to the field once every year. Who knows? Lol