This gives me hope....when I was at Manas back in like 07, it was far worse than the died.
1. Got yelled at for backing up a van literally out of a parking space, without a spotter.
2. Yelled at for having my hands in my pockets DURING A SNOW STORM
3. I had to go post the flying schedule in the ladies dorm, and was told by the vice commander that if I "lingered" i would be subject to article 32.
4. went to get my first beer of the day, but was told I would have to wait 10 minutes since my last beer was 23hrs and 50 minutes ago. They literally allow you your next days beers 24 hours later...so if you had your last at midnight, you couldnt have your next beer till midnight the next night.
5. Someone in the squadron got chased down for passing the wing king who was running, told he shouldnt drive so fast he passes runners/
6. Had the OG tell me "you should take off your moral patch, i mean i dont care the but wing commander would say something." I said "thanks for the warning" and kept it on. Really ticked him off but I wanted him to grow the sack to say "take off your moral patch" instead of passing the buck to someone else. He never said anything again.
Here is the kicker...when we arrived, we were told the Americans were forced for the previous week to wear body armor the entire time. Supposedly there was a vague threat made to the base. All the other countries were walking around in bermuda shorts and laughing at our boys.
There were some more stories but i cant remember them yet. But that was all from just a one month deployment!
Anyway...glad its better.