We had just got done unloading a bunch of heavy things from a truck so I gave him an obligatory "good game, see you in the shower" and he apparently didn't appreciate it. They sent me to another platoon and when I first got there we played basketball as a platoon for PT and every single person in that platoon slapped me on the ass lol

@jesse_b I've been in the military too...

Turned out to be one of the best things that could have happened because I clearly fit in much better in the second platoon

:D

I hated my military training but loved my unit.

(Except 1 Sergant Major and 1 Major)

All the other guys were cool.

But then, my dotted line commander was as crazy as me.

I still work with one of my old sergeants

It was a sport between us for him to think up ways to defend the system and me to crack them.

Well he was my sergeant and then we were both corporals together :-P

Senior corporal?

He got demoted

Ah!

I knew a full Lieutenant that got demoted to Sergeant.

hah

In the US military sergeant is basically > lieutenant

well 2nd lt anyway, 1st lts get a little respect

ah! that's what you call them.

It's different in different branches

we call them sublieutenants and full lieutenants.

Which branch were you in? (Army --> Infantry)

In the navy it goes: Ensign (O1), lieutenant junior grade (O2), lieutenant (O3)

Well, I was trained as infantry but ended up in General staff Finance division, IT subdivision as a Developer / Development Manager for rBase.

In the Marines we have 2nd lt (O1), and 1st lt (O2). But we call 2nd lieutenants "BLTs" (boot lieutenant)

In the Royal Belgian Army it's:

Soldier, Corporal, Chief Corporal, Senior Chief Corporal, Sergeant, 2nd Sergeant, Master Sergeant, Adjudant, Adjudant-Chief

Then Sublieutenant, Lieutenant, Captain, Commander, Major, Lieutenent Colonel, Colonel, General

But "Adjudant" is special.

Warrant officer?

EG. Flight Adjudant to the King is normally a full colonel or a brigade general.

EG. I was an Adjudant colonel.

on a battlefield, I'm a lowly sublieutenant

enlisted > officer

In the Data centre, you needed a general to counteract any orders my (full) colonel gave me.

Or in his absence: whatever I came up with myself.

>:-)

@jesse_b That comes closest.

I knew a few of those...

Crazy bastards people

@jesse_b I used to have guard duty at NATO HQ

And remember walking into the cafeteria and all the officers were all sitting together and all enlisted as well, except for one table:

All Americans...

In the Marine Corps CWO4 and above are basically untouchable, and they are rarely seen.

All Black, but one Lieutenant and a few sergeants and a few corporals.

So I sat down and introduced myself by saying:

"Well, this seems to be the only mixed table, so can I sit here?"

The Corporals gave me viscious looks

The sergeants stone looks

and the Lieutenent asked me:

What do you mean?

Me: Well, I'm neither NCO nor CO (as the king hadn't signed my commission yet)

and you're CO and NCO sitting together, this is the only table I'll fit in.

One of the sergeants spilled his Coke all over the table...

and after a minute of laughing uncontrollably he said:

I knew you were a crazy bastard for saying something like that, and I've known a lot of crazy Belgians, but I didn't know the Belgians were that crazy!

We stayed friends until he returned to the US a few years later and I lost contact with him...

@jesse_b I was very glad when my military service was over though!

>:-)

Anyway, smoke and back to Systemd Timer manual!

How do I do disk parity withLVM?

Do you have a link to your question on this site?

0:-)