Soldiers say the darnedest things!

2015-05-15T10:14:24-04:00

PFC Question (with his E-5 FLL) I don’t have the email option when I log on to AKO. I don’t think the Army ever gave me an email address.

Answer – Has anyone showed you the link to sign on directly with your CAC card? You don’t need the Icon to log on to your email. https://web-cols02.mail.mil/my.policy

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made May 15 at 2015 10:17 AM

2015-05-15T10:17:50-04:00

No. thanks for sharing that!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 15 at 2015 10:19 AM

2015-05-15T10:19:56-04:00

1LT - I just got promoted and I have been getting crazy back pay. I don’t know what I should be getting paid or what I am even getting back pay for.

Sir, you know at the bottom of your LES it explains all of that! It will even tell you what date the back pay was for. There are also some numbers down there that tell you how many Battle Assemblies and AT/ECT day you have completed each year.

1LT – never realized that was what all that was down there.

Response by PO1 John Miller made May 15 at 2015 12:41 PM

2015-05-15T12:41:25-04:00

Ensign to me (our ship the USS Nimitz was participating in some type of event where ships from around the world were also present, but mostly civilian ships): "Petty Officer, is that the Italian flag on that ship?"

Me: "No Ma'am, that's the Mexican flag. The Italian flag is blank in the center and the Mexican flag has that symbol in the center."

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 15 at 2015 2:23 PM

2015-05-15T14:23:38-04:00

My unit was at the qual range last year......PFC "Smith" was having a hell of a time zeroing his weapon. The range safetys were clearing him as zeroed, so he went to qual (took him 3 times). The first 2 times he went to fire for record, every time he came back to our gathering site, he would say..."They're shooting low, SGT." Finally, on the 3rd attempt, a smart range safety walked up to him and told him (as we found out later) he was shooting with the Night Rear Site. Once he flipped it to the right site, he came back and told us..."SGT, I qualified this time. The last 2 times I was shooting with my night site." He qualified, we laughed.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 2 at 2015 1:04 PM

2015-08-02T13:04:26-04:00

I do promotion packets. I texted one soldier (E5-attempting to get his E6) and told him that he forgot to sign his 3355. He replied with "I don't think I have to sign that." - Some days it's really hard to stay professional. I wanted to reply with "Common sense says that if I told you that you needed to sign it (and I do these all the time) then you probably have to sign it". I didn't though, just pointed him in the right direction