Posted on Oct 1, 2018
Why do people consider being a "Group Baby" a bad thing?
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I don't get it. I've served in 2 conventional units (Infantry and chemical) and 1 SOF, and reenlisted to be in another SOF unit in FL. I've read it on here, and have heard it from other people's mouths throughout my time in group, people bashing on "Group Babies". Its what they call people who insist in staying in a SOCOM/SOF unit.
Why is this a bad thing? To be honest, SOCOM actually does meaningful work on an active basis. During my time in a chem and infantry unit, I did NOTHING to VERY LITTLE Army stuff, unless you cant do motor pool sweeping and layouts a hooah thing. I'm not trying to be an ass hat when I say this, but its been true for me so far. In SOF, I actually do my job, if not more. Plus I'm ALWAYS at school or TDY or deployed. Do people think SOF just sits on their butt all day? Sure we get more 4 days and relaxed regs, but it's deserved. Is it so bad I wish to actually do bad ass cool Army work?
Plus people say its hard to advance in your career if you stay a "Group Baby", but honestly at the end of the day if I'm doing this cool stuff that most people will never do in their career, and has actual purpose, its good enough for me. Sorry, but being in a conventional unit that does inventories every other day and work until 1900 for no reason just doesn't seem productive to me. Again, I'm not trying to sound like a jerk, I'm just trying to understand the reasoning behind people who hate on this.
Why is this a bad thing? To be honest, SOCOM actually does meaningful work on an active basis. During my time in a chem and infantry unit, I did NOTHING to VERY LITTLE Army stuff, unless you cant do motor pool sweeping and layouts a hooah thing. I'm not trying to be an ass hat when I say this, but its been true for me so far. In SOF, I actually do my job, if not more. Plus I'm ALWAYS at school or TDY or deployed. Do people think SOF just sits on their butt all day? Sure we get more 4 days and relaxed regs, but it's deserved. Is it so bad I wish to actually do bad ass cool Army work?
Plus people say its hard to advance in your career if you stay a "Group Baby", but honestly at the end of the day if I'm doing this cool stuff that most people will never do in their career, and has actual purpose, its good enough for me. Sorry, but being in a conventional unit that does inventories every other day and work until 1900 for no reason just doesn't seem productive to me. Again, I'm not trying to sound like a jerk, I'm just trying to understand the reasoning behind people who hate on this.
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They're just jealous buddy. Stay in Group as long as you can. Just continue to do great things, cause they will get rid of you as quick as they brought you in.
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MSG (Join to see)
retiring in feb 2019....whew...In the great words of the Grateful dead..."what a long strange trip it's been"
how about . you
how about . you
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MSG Dan Castaneda
MSG (Join to see) still in. I’m hoping to be retired in a year but we’ll see. Life is good at SF Command.
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Sounds like jealousy to me, Knew several "Bragg" Babies who stayed airborne their entire careers and only ventured off Bragg to go to the Ranger Reg. and to Italy then back to Bragg. They finished out as Brigade and Division level CSMs so didn't hurt them too badly.
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Don't worry about what everyone else thinks. Do what you enjoy and let them be miserable.
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