AlbinoNMuff1n
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I did a thing
An American Army thing. I got an EIB (Expert Infantryman's Badge), to a lot of people it may not mean a lot. To me it means I can start advancing my military career in the direction I want. It's also cool to rub in other Infantryman's faces.
thorr97
True blue...
thebigdnotdallas
Congrats, I got mine last November. Glad I'll never have to test again, now I get to be the no go machine!! Jk everyone gets a go hahaha
racernv
Hooah!
StasStafford
+1 for not being a POG
anythinginlifeworthdoingisworthoverdoingmoderationisforcowards
Congrats on the big accomplishment
DandyTheFuckingDandelion
I felt the same way I got my Aircraft Maintenance and Munitions badge 4 years ago. I look down at it on my chest everyday, Good luck man.
priestfoxley
from lowest to highest, CAB from mortaring the fob, EIB, CAB, CIB....right?
TheyCallMeTheDoc
Forgot CMB, most distinguished combat badge
SanityAsylum
I'm sad to say today's army is a pansy joke.
LongLiveDyker
Sand Hill
AntiCircleJerker
I remember when I got my spurs (CAV). I was extremely proud. Congrats, Infantryman.
priestfoxley
fuck, man, I remember the spur ride at Hood.
DarWatters
Condolences on the loss today
REDKyle44
Did they stab that shit into your chest? Do they still do that?
AlbinoNMuff1n
After I was awarded it, it got punched into my chest so many times it's actually bent now.
MacRockatansky
Good job on not being a POG @OP.
Yomamma2
Congratulation, got mine in '77.
spookysexyskeleton
get off imgur, dad!
Yomamma2
Oh, you hurt me feelings and I just bought them.
slaaneshBuiltMyJetbike
OP is being modest. EIB has about a 10% average pass rate per test annually. It's a big deal. Good fucking job bro!
youpoopedintherefridgerator
Now you just need one with a wreath around it...congrats on this one though! Old unit made us do it even though we can't even wear it haha
SirFormidio
Isn't the CIB technically a requirement for an EIB? I'm looking at the requirements now and it seems way easier to get.
Jorg86
I don't think it is, I've seen EIB with no CIB and vice versa...
Bystandr
Non-infantry person here: I think somethings wrong when you cant wear an earned decoration.
youpoopedintherefridgerator
Ya I guess...but to them it means a lot more since that's their job we were just doing it for training instead of the usual
Blerkherks
Almost as bad as wearing unearned decorations, e.g. Basic training unit patches.
crimsonghost1
Fuck yeah, brother. Good job.
AverageSizedDudeButSmallBoots
As your older brother, meh. Go do all the things. Just not that thing.
ohhohohhhhohh
I thought you made a tiny gun ????
Filolial
It's a minigun.
slicingthroughthewindlikeawind
had my... our "what is this? A ____ for ants?" comment all ready to go
dontaskmeimjustagirl
What is this? An army for ants?
ph4tp4t
CIB.... only next best thing
TheyCallMeTheDoc
False; CMB is the only one that true lay matters
arcticchick
Congrats!!! Thank you for your service. :)
remedialrob
Silly Army made me go through EIB training several times after the war. You can't wear the EIB and the CIB and the CIB trumps it anyway.
nothingbutanOCthang
From my time in, you only got the CIB if you were in combat and already had the EIB. But yes, the CIB is a "higher" award.
remedialrob
Whirlinggibberish is correct. The EIB is not a prerequisite for the CIB. Everyone who saw combat got the CIB regardless of EIB or no EIB.
remedialrob
Also "My Time" was the early 90's. I'm a Desert Storm/Shield Vet. And most of my unit didn't have the EIB, we thought it was dumb busywork.
cktuba
What's the difference between a Combat Infantry Badge, and an Expert Infantry Badge??
plymouthvaliant
EIB is awarded if the member has completed courses designed to demonstrate proficiency in infantry skills. CIB is awarded for combat.
nafalan
thunderrunner
how the hell was I able to keep up with that speed all the way through? o-o
nafalan
Il tell ya how..... Thats how
thunderrunner
oh yeah! I remember seeing this before :D
Turdnado
Bitch, I Oper. Ate!
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
Don't blink or you'll have to read it again.
IShouldBeBrowsingImgurRightNowButInsteadImBrowsingImgur
Sauce on how to make those?
gingerhamLincoln
Super late on this it's a speed reading program called spritz. Spritzinc.com
IShouldBeBrowsingImgurRightNowButInsteadImBrowsingImgur
Thanks!
nafalan
I don't know maybe mword then make a slideshow and record a small window
nafalan
Where the words are
IShouldBeBrowsingImgurRightNowButInsteadImBrowsingImgur
I know there iwas a post about a website that allowed you to create them and was wondering if anyone knew the name.
jordanschlansky
What happened to the wreath behind it?
plymouthvaliant
That would be the Combat Infantryman Badge, awarded if the member has been in combat.
jordanschlansky
Yeah...I was making fun of him for being a cherry.
fezfolife
I mean, you're still no fister but it's alright. For real tho, nice fuckin job ,grunt.
TheyCallMeTheDoc
Lol fisters, bunch of fucks
fezfolife
Aww thanks
TheyCallMeTheDoc
Love you sexy bustards... Not make it brrrrt
Turdmonkey
Make sure to check the forums to see where to spend your skill points for a good character build
SnarkyScience
Spend a few on Intelligence and hacking. When you find drones you can own.
gingen
Make sure to pick up Shotgun and Explosive Evasion Shot.
notme222
It can still screw you. I put all mine in chemicals and then they banned it from PvP. Freaking Geneva Carebears.
TheyCallMeTheDoc
Oh man, what a comment.
Kenona
Made my day.
Fairdinkums
I suggest anything that can duel wield
JoshHVandy
Since you'll be the only person in the entire game with that secret perk...
raynre
You only really start to see the true potential of dual wielding in the USN classes. Better reroll, groundpounder.
Thronen
They nerfed dual wielding into the ground with the semi-auto DLC release. Two-handed builds are king now
Fairdinkums
What am i gonna do with these two uzi's?!
acertainjenesaisquoi
Tape them together and make them fire grenades. Call it the fucker-upper.
Ketheres
Where do I put my flammenwerfer then?
fatherjokes
I was a red leg. I still get asked if they need to turn up the music. WHAT???
funnystoryaboutthat
As an O reporting to Sill in June, is my hearing that completely fucked?
fatherjokes
Wear your ear plugs and be sure to get a box of grid squares. They help.
funnystoryaboutthat
Thanks! They're with the chem light batteries right?
fatherjokes
Right next to the Lanier grease.
TheyCallMeTheDoc
I never earned a EIB. I also was never an infantryman though. Spent lots of time around you fucks as a medic in olden days. Good days
sum1ne1
Well the name checks out.
TheyCallMeTheDoc
Doubley now as a doctor doc
Yomamma2
I always thought the medics were step above anyone.
TheyCallMeTheDoc
We are. A medic is never early, nor is a medic ever late. A medic arrives precisely when he means to.
derekn
I shot a 39/40 in basic at the rifle range, does that count?... No?.. Okay.
Bystandr
Nothing wrong with that score.
MacRockatansky
Grunt medics are one of like....3...non-Infantry types I tolerate.
TheyCallMeTheDoc
Spent 6 1/2 years in the infantry as a medic before I went to medschool I'm now in a MEDDAC unit, an officer, and full POG status. I hate
TheyCallMeTheDoc
That I work with and I know would bring nothing but shame upon my beloved MOS if they ever pcs to w real infantry unit
MrTay
Pure jibberish to me.
MacRockatansky
I feel your pain, man. I accidentally spent a year in the Air Guard where I found myself a C130 radio guy. It was miserable.
TheyCallMeTheDoc
Ha, accidentally? Like you went out drinking one night and awoke to find you'd 4187 over to a new unit and branch?!
surfvvax
I never got an EIB, but I got my long tab, which is nice.
TheyCallMeTheDoc
Haha my man.
AlbinoNMuff1n
The EIB doesn't compare to that...
surfvvax
I hear the EIB is pretty tough to get though so congrats. What unit?
AlbinoNMuff1n
4-25
nafalan
Radioaktive
.. how did I actually manage to read that?
Aesiir
Science, actual science not nsfw stuff. Check out Spritzinc.com
Radioaktive
Holy crap. That is very cool! Wonder how long it takes for e-books to be converted to that format.
Bakker
Jesus fuckin Christ, you were SF?
surfvvax
Yessir
Bakker
That's awesome. I have a lot of respect for the military and SF especially. Do you maybe have any tips? I'm starting in BCT next year 1
Bakker
here in the Netherlands. I'm currently following a study comparable to ROTC to become a Airborne Pathfinder.
surfvvax
I'm not too familiar with your Airborne Pathfinders, but as with anything, try to prepare yourself best you can both mentally and physically
surfvvax
Anything to give you a leg up. Also I'm sure it is the same with us that it never hurts to go into something like that being a PT stud. (2)
surfvvax
Find out what things you need to excel at and study them prior. In my case it was a lot of SUT (Small Unit Tactics) and land navigation. (1)
CarryOnMyWaywardTardis
Condolences on the loss today
surfvvax
I've been out since 2010. What happened?
CarryOnMyWaywardTardis
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/03/politics/us-service-member-killed-iraq-mosul/index.html
surfvvax
Oh damn. I was in Mosul in 2007 and worked with the Pesh. Great soldiers.
CarryOnMyWaywardTardis
Yup from everything I've read about them, real badasses...happy people too.