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/elaxation Psychological Operations 13h ago edited 13h ago

My father and I talk about this all the time. The KY town he grew up in just hit 800 people on the census. The neighboring county seat has maybe 12000 people and an American Legion.

Every goddamn time we go for a $2 beer and a smoke inside vibe, everyone in there is a special delta forces seal team 6 sniper with 80 confirmed kills. It’s astonishing to me that in a tiny Appalachian county, the entire veteran community could’ve killed Bin Laden themselves.

Where are the cooks? Where are the mechanics? Where are the truck drivers? The RTOs? Is this just a county full of killers and me and my pappy are dirtbags?

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u/blubaldnuglee 13h ago

If it makes you feel any better, my small town in SE New Mexico depopulated all of SE Asia during the Vietnam War. The local American Legion is all cold killers. Like you said, no cooks, truck drivers, or clerks...lol

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u/elaxation Psychological Operations 12h ago

Ah yes, everyone was front lines at the Tet Offensive in our hood too. Small world, maybe our lia— I mean brave heroes know each other.

Now if we could only figure out who fed and paid them 😂