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Infantry Officer, former 13F, NG CAV escapee, Floridaman, FSU, ΘΧ, ex-Hill staff/Disney Cast, & RFK wannabe. Opinions are my own, RT/follow not an endorsement
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Found out what my friends & colleagues think about me after yesterday’s ruck. 🇺🇸😎💥Thanks
#instagram
!
#13F
#FiSTer
#FO
#OCS
#MilitaryFitness
#SundayFunday
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Thinking about you JT Atchison. You were a good kid and a great shooting partner. Your dad is still proud.
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Happy St. Barbara’s Day to all who celebrate. Boom-Boom!
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Best 13F there ever was.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti
Died June 21, 2006 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
#MemorialDayWeekend
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Extremely grateful to my leadership for putting one of our Drill Sergeants, my 1SG, and me in for the Order of St. Maurice. It’s an honor to get to have this impact on the Infantry.
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I’m constantly astounded by the generally positive little corner of Twitter I’ve found. What’s even cooler is getting to actually meet people from here…also tanks, I’ll admit tanks are cool.
@SofiGaming
, it was great to meet you in person.
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Another great day in the
#Infantry
. Our class completed they Bayonet 16mi foot march over night to hit their final objective this morning: a trench with a cache of critical supplies. Inside those supplies they found their crossed rifles.
#bemoore
#fortmoore
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On this crispy
#FortMoore
morning I’m celebrating 1 whole year in the Active Duty
#Army
. Thanks to everyone who got me here and there’s more cool stuff coming down the trail!
Also, picking up a FULL CLASS tomorrow for our next 11B OSUT class! Triple the size of our last one.
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One hell of a farewell party, for us and COL Douglas!
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Oh, it’s hot out here on a
#saturdaynight
on
#SandHill
. If I have to work on Saturday, let it be LANDNAV!
#FortMoore
#BeMoore
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Well, apparently have not been receiving O2E pay for the last 2 years. This DFAS inquiry is gonna be 🔥
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CSM put out that there’s no uniform for sign out this morning. With IPPSA, there shouldn’t be a sign out anyways but I’m showing up in an American flag onesie.
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The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down to…[checks notes] the shores of Tripoli?
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@RepMattGaetz
Congressman, no one chooses to be born American, it is our gift and right at birth. How else do you intend to determine who is American for those of us born on her shores or on her soil abroad? Do I need to justify my Americanness to you more than I already have by birth?
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Another good day (evening?) in the Infantry. This week, we’re teaching squad tactics.
#OSUT
#BeMoore
#FortMoore
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That’s a wrap on IMLC, I made it! This is one of the hardest classes I’ve ever taken. Cool to get to finally meet some leaders I look up to too!
@wilkepley
&
@TedMartin1775
thank y’all so much for coming out, that meant a lot.
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Meet your heroes and thank the people who give you a hand up from the ground when you get knocked down.
#MANWARCON
#MWFC
@Beags_Beagle
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Obligatory Veterans Day uniform post:
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My default vibe here has been described as “the happiest LT on Sand Hill.” Your boy is extra happy today: I’m finally getting to put my Airborne/RANGER Physical in!
#Army
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Update: I passed, barely and I had to argue it, but I passed.
Well, we’ll find out in about an hour if I made it through FDC 2 in IMLC…yall pray for me, send good intentions, light cigarettes, pack a lip, pour one out, whatever your ritual is for me please.
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This OSUT cycle has been very different from the other 3 I’ve done as a PL and XO on Sand Hill: their average age is barely 20 and they have struggled with motivation at times. Last night I got to see my impact and my pay-it-forward objective materialize during the FORGE 1/6
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So, my Co is picking up an 11B OSUT class Friday and
@KaelaQuintana
pointed out that they’ll be the first IN class on
#FortMoore
…and that’s pretty darned cool to me! It blows our minds on the regular that we live here.
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Eugene Bullard is the COOLEST dude to ever come out of Columbus, GA! Probably the coolest dude to ever walk the damned earth actually…. I’m running through Columbus, GA, listening about this guy, you should too. 💯 dudes rock.
@lions_by
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Thinking about you Michael Marshall. Windy, cold days at Eglin teaching you to shoot pistols. You saved the dumbest cadet’s life. I’ve still got your scarf.
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Me during OCS drill weeks for 2/3 of the cycle
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Oh shit! 5 years ago I commissioned through State OCS in the
@FLGuard
. Time flies and now in the regular Army! 3 days later I met my platoon and stepped off for my first disaster response mission as a leader.
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CSM Zappala got us through last night. It’s the little things that get you there sometimes. 6/6
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My last class has graduated. My final # of Infantry Soldiers made is 335. The words of CSM Zappala have reached another generation. 🍳 & 🥓
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MissChief the Cat has been recovered! My family is whole again.
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Picture day complete! First DA photo and the first time I’ve worn the AGSU with the jacket. Big fan…but for the love of God, let me wear my blue cord in official pictures and on the button down. Also, give my enlisted infantrymen the same button downs so they can too.
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Yall, the
#Thanksgiving
spread for these Trainees on Sand Hill is epic this year. Our DFAC manager crushed it (she’s awesome)!
#Infantry
#basictraining
#bemoore
@GarrisonFtMoore
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Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend. Also, first fire of the “fall” and the Army’s new cammo pattern.
#FridayVibes
#JimmyBuffett
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Ya ever get told to go eat and network and walk into a room and realize you’re the lowest ranking person there…exponentially?
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First beer of
#Octoberfest
in Helen, GA. Prost to another year around the sun…30…something…never felt so good
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It was the ruck before HBL and all across Sand Hill the privates were crying while feeling the chill.
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I am gutted. St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club in Panama City, FL burned down last night. This is where I played as a child, where I learned to sail, where I spent my summers, where I got my first job and where I got married. It survived a CAT5 hurricane and it’s a pile of ash now.
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Incredible evening. Don’t just meet your heroes, drink beer with them.
@SofiGaming
,
@KaelaQuintana
and I will miss you.
@McCainJack
, it was a pleasure to meet you.
@combatmeatball
, welcome back!
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We made a mistake…why, WHY did we leave the ship!? 😭 Thanks for a great Christmas
@DisneyCruise
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Officially on active duty.
@KirstenSusanne1
, I can’t thank you enough for making the trip down to cross the finish line with us!
@KaelaQuintana
, Chief, and Mattis are enjoying the new house and neighborhood. Gaining unit seems cool as hell too!
#Army
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I’m going to miss my CO so much, he and his family have been the absolute best.
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Finished a Norwegian Foot March this morning: 18.7mi in 3:58:06. Now I just have to make it through the duty day to earn their badge.
#infantry
#army
#FortBenning
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If y’all can keep us in mind: my family could use your prayers, intentions, thoughts, pagan rituals, etc.
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Florida’s favorite son and the Armor MAJ of Ft. Benning,
@jr_liscano
, finally met in person! Thanks for keeping my gassed up through the hard times, sir. I’m happy to finally be here and to mold new Infantrymen. Also, respect for the 120mm smooth bore bringer.
#FollowMe
!
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Pack out is almost done! Have Pup, will travel…
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Well, it’s official: I’m getting to go to my first Army conference! I hope to meet some of y’all in person next month at the Maneuver Warfighter Conference 2023!
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It got that seasoning…you know, from…seasons…
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Just me passionately pleading, with tears in my eyes for NG 18X trainees to not drop their MOS before going to airborne school and instead just going home…Just give it a shot y’all. Don’t go back to your state until they send you.
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First day at the Squadron, everyone seems cool. Definitely will be doing fires stuff and one of the NCOs has already hit me up to teach a call for fire class! Looks like I’m gonna get to bless some rains down in the Mojave!!!
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All the SDO shifts I’ve done over the last 2 years, doing MCoE yesterday was actually great! Got to swap ghost stories in the middle of the night with the NCOs after we all got spooked and Mattis rolled around with me checking gates. SDO-Dogs should be inspectable.
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#FortMoore
, we’ve got to get people in the 1918 club. They opened back up for food and drinks on Thursdays and Fridays.
Fiddler’s Green lounge is back open, and the place is great! Crystal and Al (the bartender and manager) are a blast to hangout with.
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Mattis has discovered my reading/thinking chair. Someone get this dog a whiskey and a cigar.
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Graduation is all that’s left. Also, best shot of the day l!
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Overnight 12mi foot march went extremely well. No fallouts from the whole class! 👍👍 I swear so much, I would do anything for a giant plate of onion rings right now.
#sandhill
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I passed FDC 1 my the absolute skin of my teeth! Still in IMLC, making it to another Friday!
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@cjcmichel
@CombatCavScout
This is what glorifying the “Southern Cause” has brought us too. Some people are so thirsty for American blood it is sickening. And by our own hand...we’ve learned this lesson before...God, don’t let us do this again.
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So…USMC Expeditionary Warfare School as a CCC option for my YG…interesting 🤔
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Literally just finished my Airborne packet and now I have to develop an ODST packet! LFG!!!
Starship Troopers: Pentagon wants rocket-launched soldiers anywhere on earth in hours
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Anyone been assigned to Fort Irwin or 11th ACR? Experience? Thoughts?
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Y’all my sponsor at my next unit reached out to us and is cool AF!
Kaela is stoked that she’s got someone to help her pick the house and they gave us the training calendar too! This feels like what PCSing should be like.
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Midnight last night in the pouring Sand Hill, Fort Moore, GA rain, we were conducting a 10mi movement to the Obstacle Course that would culminate this class’s FORGE and start their 11B AIT. As I moved through the formation, my soldiers started greeting with “eggs and bacon, sir!”
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@ananavarro
Plenty of room at the table with us moderate Dems...sometimes the left flank doesn't like us either...
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Y’all, I’m so excited for California and the desert! I know shit’s gonna suck, but the stuff within reach is just mind blowing!
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Cowboy hats, boonies, baseball caps, combat shirts, AND regiment/branch insignias on frickin collars. RETURN TO TRADITION!..do I have to leave this place? Everyone’s been awesome and we like it here!
#bestdamnregiment
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This is better than your CO coloring in your chest-rank with a sharpie. Congratulations
@LoTheMenace
on your new weird rank!
Found out I promoted because someone sent my new rank on the urinalysis list!
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Update: I crushed the test! Just one more to go
Here we go: 2nd to last exam of IMLC! It’s MFCS time!
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Don’t let anyone tell you Ft. Irwin ain’t pretty. This place has at least started off absolutely gorgeous.
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Drop the most iconic photo of you
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Got a 98 on my LHMBC exam this morning!
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Pinnacle of headgear
The Army already has a tiara we aren’t allowed to wear
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Benefits of working at an 11B OSUT Co: I’ve been able to sit in on the best marksmanship training I’ve seen in the Army. Went up for my annual rifle qual this morning, shot expert for the first time in 7 years. Always crushed pistol, but this was a first.
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Second drill as a 2LT, literally a month after I commissioned, I got called into my CO’s office and told to drive to our HHT to reenlist my best friend from my FiST Team.
What is your favorite reenlistment story or location?
In 2013 I reenlisted while deployed to Afghanistan. It was small; my platoon leader conducted the oath, and my two team members held the flag.
During the oath, a Soldier walked into the back of the hanger and waited
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@KeraRolsen
I’m forever so glad that you’re still with us and that you’re willing to share this. This still completely blows my mind.
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If you want to read about one of the strongest decision makers I’ve ever met and her incredible thought process, read this thread. I heard this over one of the best beers I’ve ever had. And she still alive and badass.
One year ago today, I had what was suspected to be a heart attack during my own damn staff meeting. I had asked to relinquish command less than 24 hours earlier because I knew I was dying
Let's talk about the leadership lessons I learned from my deathbed
Spoiler: I lived.
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The most tiredest boy in the 3Shop. Getting that post-lunch siesta in.
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Watching CAPT Rob, in memorial.
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