I'm so tired of this damn administration violating rights when it comes to marginalized groups. And the people in the military, especially medical community saying "ItS nOt A hIpPa ViOlAtIoN."

I wanted to post this somewhere where people who are getting ready to go to THE (she said it) United States Army Drill Sergeant Academy (USADSA) can get a good idea of what they’re walking into. This is current as of October 2026, and I’m currently in Phase II. This is based on my personal experience. Boffum. I got dropped and had to go back.

BLUF: Have your study method down for the modules/pitches, be prepared for the first 72, and go to the range as much as you possibly can before you report.

People get dropped left and right for not knowing/being able to pitch verbatim, failing WHtR or the AFT, and not being able to group and zero.

Pitching means reciting the module exactly how it’s written, in the order it’s written, while directing a demonstrator through the movements.

Modules: The modules are awkwardly written and won’t make sense until you understand them/learn how to study them in general. Then you have to be able to study AND pitch them under pressure. You’ll get the Top 3 with your welcome letter, but I have digital copies if anyone needs them.
WHtR: They do the new H&W assessment using waist-to-height ratio, and they will not do you favors. Don’t show up borderline. You’ll get a negative 1059 if you fail it and get sent home just to have to come back later.
AFT: You need 70 in each event to meet the USADSA requirement without a retest. You can pass the initial AFT with 60 in each event, but if you don’t get those 70s, you’ll have to retake it in Phase III, the same week as the 10-mile ruck march and land nav. I don’t recommend it, tbh, but you do you.
Grouping and zeroing: You have to get 8 out of 10 rounds within 6 MOA to make it to qual. This is where a bunch of people get dropped because they haven’t touched a weapon in years or because they have bad shooting habits and can’t group and zero. Consistency is key.

The 3 Phases

Phase I is all about re-teaching you the fundamentals of forming ranks and columns, standing at the position of attention, sounding off, using your Drill Sergeant voice, etc. This is all about the modules/pitches (Set 1, Set 3, and Set 5) and being evaluated on PRT. They throw a lot of information at you and break you out of bad habits by treating you like they would treat trainees.

Phase II so far is all about grouping/zeroing and rifle marksmanship.

Phase III is land nav, the 10-mile foot march, tying everything together, and not getting in trouble or complacent. My understanding at least, and what other candidates have said.

I’ll be focusing on Phase I since I just got to Phase II. Later, I might come back and add to the other phases if there’s value in it.

1. The Top 3 Modules: Position of Attention (POA), Rest Positions at the Halt, and the Hand Salute

Know them verbatim before you report. Don’t gamble on knowing only POA. Learn them all.

I got dropped the first time because I gambled and didn’t learn the Hand Salute. I got the Hand Salute the first time, and I got it again the second time I had to go through the academy. Womp womp.

In my case, getting dropped meant going back to my unit with my tail tucked between my legs until HRC got tired of me asking for a new school date and sent me back. It was 3 weeks for me, but it can vary. I know one candidate who got dropped right before starting Phase II and was back as a day 1 restart the next day.

I learned how to study the modules from another candidate before I got dropped, and that helped with breezing through the other sets this time around.

Understanding them really helps with learning them and being able to pitch them.

POA: If you notice, it’s going from bottom (heels at a 45-degree angle) to top (keep the head erect) and then back down to the arms and fingers.
Rest Positions: Follows a pattern: Parade Rest, Stand at Ease, At Ease, Rest. Learn what you can do in each position and which positions you can move into from there. It’s just tricky because of all the notes.
Hand Salute: It’s long but extremely repetitive. It’s saying: this is what a salute is, this is how you salute in general, this is how you salute with headgear, this is how you salute with no headgear and with glasses, and this is how you salute in other scenarios.

They all have basically the same beginning (preamble) and end, so you’re not changing too much. Use the repeated wording to your advantage. Understanding them will also help with the other 2 random pitches you’ll draw from the other sets.

For the Top 3, you’ll get one randomly to pitch the day of evaluation, btw. You’ll pitch it in front of 10–20 other candidates, but don’t let that worry you. They’re in their own heads about their pitch and will just stare at you lifelessly.

You’ll then draw the pitches for the other sets and have 2–3 days (the weekend) to learn them and then pitch them, also verbatim. For example, you’ll draw your module on a Friday, and then Monday you pitch.

They changed it so you only get two attempts for the Top 3 pitch and three attempts for each of the other pitches. A 70 is passing for pitching and PRT. Some other evaluations have different requirements. You can only miss a certain number of words, and you can’t skip or change the order.

Studying the Modules

You must have your study method down. I cannot stress this enough. I suggest you get comfortable pitching them while using another person as a demonstrator to do/show the movements, as this is how you’ll get tested at the academy.

Also, do the movements yourself as you’re listening to a recording of yourself saying them.

To study a module:

Print out the modules and put them in document protectors.
Learn one at a time so they don’t get jumbled up in your brain.
Write or read 2–4 sentences a couple of times.
Record yourself trying to say them from memory.
Play it back while following along with the printed module.
Use a marker to mark the words you miss.
Learn it like this, chunk by chunk.
Move on to another chunk once you can say it twice with no or minimal mistakes, then practice connecting the chunks.
What worked for me was studying in 20-minute intervals and taking a 15-minute break each time. Walk away from the study material, then come back.

This is great for self-study, but I also bullied my friends into helping me, so I would pitch to them and they would mark up what I missed. If I struggled too much with one sentence/module, they would stop me, correct me pointedly, and then I would keep going.

My personal practice guideline was to keep it under 20 missed words—more than that and you’ll most likely be cooked. That’s my rule of thumb, not the official scoring allowance.

There are some videos on YouTube of the sets/pitches from the academy (US Army Drill Sergeant Academy on YouTube) that show the pitching process exactly if I’m not explaining it well. You can slow them down and loop them, too.

There’s also a great app called “Memorize By Heart” that has the modules in there. That’s good for practicing and learning them in other ways.

2. First 72 Hours

You’ll report on a Wednesday, and the next day you start your 72. When you report, they’ll have you tape up your CamelBak, do admin stuff, start calling you Drill Sergeant, and assign you to either the barracks or a hotel. I was permanent party, so I got to go home every day.

These are rough. Early mornings, [0300–0500](tel:0300-0500), and expect to be getting off around 1830–1900. It’s basically a red phase consolidated into 3 days of in-processing. You’ll get yelled at a lot and get treated like doo doo. It gets better. It reminds you why you’ll make trainees do dumb stuff like sidestepping and food tasting better with your heels together.

You won’t have much time to study, which is why everyone stresses knowing the Top 3 before you report.

You’ll take your AFT, do your WHtR, do a UA, do your gear layout, and do this event called defender pickup (there are YouTube videos about it), all within those 72 hours. Be ready.

The first time, I took my AFT the day after I reported, had WHtR and the UA the next day, and then did defender pickup that Saturday. The second time, I did my WHtR and UA on day 1, AFT on day 2, and defender pickup on day 3. Basically, just be prepared for whatever order it ends up landing in.

Have all your gear from the packing list packed up and in your car if you’re permanent party. Also, just keep it in your car since you’ll randomly have to bring stuff or get told you need something with very short notice.

That first Saturday has been the only Saturday we’ve had to go to the academy so far. Other weekends are yours to think about your life decisions.

3. Creeds

Write the Drill Sergeant Creed 10 times. It’s awkward and a little hard to learn, but you’ll have it down well enough afterwards.

You’ll get told to say it randomly when standing in line to eat, and if you don’t know it, you get sent to the very back of the line. Annoying at worst, but some days you’ll be starving. You’ll get counseled if you don’t know it, too, depending on what company you land in.

Brush up on the Soldier’s Creed and the NCO Creed since they like to switch it up.

4. PRT Evaluation

PRT evaluation is pretty easy, but small things can get you caught up. You only have to know the prep drills, CD1, CD2, HSD, and the recovery drills as of rn.

I’m dropping what helped me learn the order/remember them better below. They go over how to do the exercises pretty in-depth at the academy.

The evaluation is more about being able to explain the exercises to someone new to the Army and being able to do them correctly. You also have to switch between doing them/leading PRT and being the alternate instructor who explains how to do the exercises while someone else leads.

Prep Drills

Be right home real soon. We found privates behind Popeyes.

BE — Bend and reach
RIGHT — Rear lunge
HOME — High jumper
REAL — Rower
SOON — Squat bender
WE — Windmill
FOUND — Forward lunge
PRIVATES — Prone row
BEHIND — Bent-leg body twist
POPEYES — Push-ups

Recovery Drills

Only rangers enjoy this shit. Go crawl home.

ONLY — Overhand arm pull
RANGERS — Rear lunge
ENJOY — Extend and flex
THIS — Thigh stretch
SHIT — Single-leg over
GO — Groin stretch
CRAWL — Calf stretch
HOME — Hamstring stretch

Conditioning Drill 1

PT very motivated little Soldiers. (Or) People value money like silver.

PT/PEOPLE — Power jump
VERY/VALUE — V-up
MOTIVATED/MONEY — Mountain climber
LITTLE/LIKE — Leg tuck and twist
SOLDIERS/SILVER — Single-leg push-up

Conditioning Drill 2

This session has some 8 counts.

THIS — Turn and lunge
SESSION — Supine bicycle
HAS — Half jack
SOME — Swimmer
8 COUNTS — 8-count T-push-up

Hip Stability Drill

Let me break some shit.

LET — Lateral leg raise
ME — Medial leg raise
BREAK — Bent-leg lateral raise
SOME — Single-leg tuck
SHIT — Single-leg over

I hope this helps. Overall, it’s not impossible or super hard; it’s actually manageable. You just have to be locked in on it, show up ready to pass the physical requirements, be flexible/teachable, and be able to ignore the other candidates who have huge egos and can’t put them aside for a PME—and/or put your own ego aside.

From one dead-eyed NCO to another, good luck!

I did a try one in the Reserve after I left active duty, and now I got the 1SG calling and texting me asking me to complete stuff, sign DD93s, do all sorts of bullshit even though my contract is complete and my CAC expired by like 4 months.

Now, I have nothing against my former 1SG, but I straight up told him that none of this was my problem and that the unit needs to fix its own problems. He completely understood this but did want to warn me that I'm still on their system and apparently the Army has a new system (shocking, really) that would require me to log in and "excuse myself" from drill; otherwise, I would be considered unauthorized absence. He wasn't sure if this would cause any problems but did say my IRR obligation was until December and anything could happen.

This to me sounds like a bunch of bullshit that I don't need to be bothered about. I feel like none of this is my responsibility, and considering I cleared my unit, turned in all my stuff, and fucked off, I don't see why I'm being annoyed with calls about there maybe being negative consequences for not getting a new CAC and excusing myself from drill AFTER my contract.

I asked for the contact information for brigade legal, and the man said they were useless. I'm going to school now, so I'm probably going to my school's veteran legal clinic, but all of this is ridiculous.

Does anyone know anything about something like this?

Edit: I did 6 AD, 1 Reserve

So I’m strapped for time, gotta get a haircut. I hate going on post because they just flat out suck. Well happened again. Bruh gives me an ungodly shite heavy buzz line on one side of my high and tight. Didn’t notice it until I went bathroom in the foodcourt and see that shit. I walk back in with my receipt and the guy fixes. I say thanks, im walking out and he goes “nonono, sir you have to pay” im like??? For what, you fixed that shit you did. He said no sir, you left and now you have to pay. I got charged $7.50 for a lineup and he didn’t give a fuck about my receipt or that he cut my hair literally 5 mins prior. Anyways, im getting a doritos locos tacos meal from Taco Bell and have developed a new conspiracy theory to bleed us for more money at the barber.

To my understanding we can roll our sleeves up past our elbow at our own will, but at the same time I have seen army posts stating that it is at the commanders decision. I just need some clarification from some smarter folk. Can I roll my sleeves up at my own will with the commander deciding camo in/out, or is it fully dependent on commanders discretion on if it is rolled or not? This whole thing is confusing for me. Posting here was my final decision since my leadership doesn't know either after showing them AR 670-1, 4-3 b(3)/(4), and DA PAM 670-1 4-8 e.. I am also aware that AR takes precedence over DA PAM. Any help with more insight would be appreciated! Thank you!

Ill take a coffee and a box of donut holes for my CQ shift.

What do ya'll think? Soldier decides to say screw it and go home. What if its true?

like I am guessing the soldier could still catch a charge for being AWOL, despite his reenlistment being fraudulent?

I scrubbed the OP and informed him I was posting this. I am curious to know what legal and IG think about this

Edit: The OP of this comment doesnt seem to have a problem, here is the whole thread.

Deez

Please note, the OP of the post is NOT the Comment I screenshotted

Seems like the economy sucks massive ass because I've seen like 4 threads from Guard/Reserve dudes asking about the DD 368 process in the last like 3 days. As someone who literally just did it and struggled with getting information about it because it is relatively sparse out there or almost 10 years old - let me provide a nice rundown at the request of /u/teadrunkest.

Please note - I am not a recruiter nor am I or will I be your recruiter (if I get DA Selected for that I will 100% come back and edit that, then feel free to DM me because I'll need numbers). I am just an E-4 who languished way too long in the Guard who made the jump earlier this month after a bit over two years of either shitting or getting off the pot.

Step 1 - The DD-368

First doc is going to be, obviously, the DD-368. This is a pretty self-explanatory document. You'll fill out Section 1, Blocks 1-3, your Recruiter will fill out and sign Section 1, Block 4. You will include this in your packet and then send it up and... wait. Generally (if you have competent leadership) it'll get actioned at one level/month if you're M-Day/TPU because your leadership is also M-Day/TPU until it gets to the first GO in your CoC (or the authority they've delegated it down to - mine was signed by a COL.)

Exceptions for this exist, but generally they're on the level of "I am actively going to be homeless in 30 days, I cannot find a job, I am fucked unless I go AD right now." Other than that, if your reasoning is "I want to go AD for the training/career benefits/my job sucks and AD would be better/blah blah blah" expect to wait a minimum of 4-6 months if not longer - my shit took like 8 months because of the shutdown and my packet stopped moving during that, then we came back and BN went "He still has a valid, passing HT/WT but we want a more recent one" then they kicked it back. Delayed it about 3 extra months.

Step 2 - The Reasoning Memo

Pretty much all units will also make you do a Reasoning Memo. This is where you're going to articulate why you want to go AD. This is fairly straightforward, but figuring out how to articulate why you want to go Active or transfer to a different compo can be a struggle. I delayed my own process a bit just by being stumped by how to word it.

Typically units are going to want this on official letterhead. I'd provide an example but I'm not dealing with file hosting for this - ask your full-timers for examples. I did mine off of another dude's IST Reasoning Memo. If you have really good full-timers, they'll help format it to be AR 25-50 compliant too after you shoot it off. Don't expect that though.

Also, if you don't have a .mil email and you have to put your personal email on there, please have an adult, professional email. Do not put "xx420pussyeater69xx@gmail.com" that you made when you were 12 and for some fucking reason still use on your fucking memo. Why are you still using that?

Step 3 – The Rest of the Packet

You have now done everything that you and your recruiter can do on your end. Now, if you haven't, you need to loop in your full-timers on this.

FOR NATIONAL GUARD: Every state is going to stuff differently, and every state is going to have different requirements for their packets. AFAIK there are a lot of commonalities, but unless they have their shit on Sharepoint and you have AVD access, or it's public-facing on Google? You need to loop in your full-timers for a 368 because they are going to know what higher wants/needs and can put most of the internal packet together for you. The “We want X document in the packet” stuff varies between states from what I’ve seen, and I don’t know what the reserve requires. You need to loop in your full-timers for this. You need to loop in your full-timers for this.

FOR RESERVISTS: If you're Reserve, follow the PAG Checklist courtesy of /u/dsbwayne. That can be found here.

I can’t offer a lot of specific advice for this one because of just how differently it can vary even by company. My company had me turn my gear in and clear CIF before they even sent my packet to my CO and I sat in Supply as an Expectant Loss for nearly a year and got cut from the AT roster due to funding, then I talked to a buddy of mine in a different company in my same BN and they had him on the line the whole time with no turn-in, no treatment as an expectant loss, and he went to AT.

I really cannot emphasize how much you need to talk to your full-timers about this because they are going to be the ones driving the ship once you are done with Step 1 and 2

Step 4 - Medical Readiness

Edited per /u/The_angry_sergeant to reflect new information.

Remember MEPS and all that dumb medical shit you had to do? You don't have to (nor get to) do it again.

You do, however, need to be completely green and up-to-date on MEDPROS.

Lie on your next PHA. You are 100% fine, healthy, no issues, all good. The Army ideal of "Deployable Soldier." Go to the dentist, get a cleaning, get any work done that you need to do and have them mark you DRC1 and send that paper off to your unit immediately.

If you are green in MEDPROS, you’re green for MEPS, and can just go up to literally just sign a contract and leave. If you aren't, you don't go until you are. Simple as that.

This should be done in conjunction with everything else in this, but it is important enough to rate its own step – better to be green before approval at Drill as much as possible than have to scramble to get a PHA and hearing done on your own time, or find a dentist who has an opening in the next 72 hours when you could've scheduled a cleaning for 3 months out 4 months before your shit got approved. Ask me how I know how much of a PITA that is.

Step 5 - Enlisting

Its gonna be the same process as when you first joined – all the source documents your Guard/Reserve recruiter needed the first time? You’re doing it again. SF-86? You’re doing another one. Fingerprinting? You’re doing it again. It is a giant pain in the ass to deal with when you have an adult job and adult life that you are living vs being 17 or 18 and having a bunch of free time to fuck off and get it done.

If you’re keeping your MOS, you’ll have a limited selection of duty stations based off of what is available that day for your job. It’ll be coded as an Option 19 but also not really. If you’re reclassing, enjoy your new MOS and Needs-of-the-Army. This is always subject to change. Ask what the current Prior Service Business Rules are because that'll affect the process.

The rest of the process, take commands from your Recruiter – they’ll know what your MEPS wants, what you need to do, and all that stuff.

If you're an E-4 or below, your rank is safe. If you're an E-5 or E-6, you might be subject to a grade determination as well from what I've read - if you just picked up in the Guard/Reserve before doing this, expect to get bumped back down to E-4/E-5. I don't really know how that all works for y'all NCO types because I did this as an E-4.

Edit - Appreciate the remarks from /u/HeroicSpatula regarding grade determination. A link to his comment is here.

Ship dates are... flexible - don't expect a "I want to ship in 4 months" to be honored, they'll tell you to come back later or to just suck up what they give you or fuck off. But if you don't want to ship in a week and a half but want 3-4 weeks instead? They can work with that. This can and probably will affect duty station selections. The dude literally in front of me got JBLM when I enlisted because he was willing to report to MEPS to ship in 6 days. I very much did not get JBLM because I wanted a few weeks to get my shit together civilian-side.

Officer accessions or trying to go to a different branch? Idk, take commands from your Recruiter for OCS/Direct Commissioning/Other branches. I did this to go AD Army as an E-4 so I can't speak for that side of the house.

Conclusion

That should be a pretty rough overview of the process. Nothing about this should be "wrong" per-se, but different states can want different shit. Beyond your actual DD Form 368 and the Reasoning Memo, 90% of this process is going to be sitting around waiting while your AGRs and M-Day/TPU higher-ups put it all together and route it for approval and then doing what your recruiter tells you to do when you get the approval back.

If anyone else wants to chime in with edge-cases or corrections to anything I glossed over, feel free so I can edit the main body.

Hope this write-up helps!

Edit: Lmao whoever instantly reported this for "Rule 5 - Cheating/Illegal/Fraudulent", you're a fuckin' dweeb.

I’m about to begin daily volunteering with my states funeral honors team in the guard, we perform veteran funeral honors. I don’t have any experience but I’m excited, I’m just worried about wearing and taking care AGSUs daily. If anyone has tips I’d really appreciate it, especially laundering to hopefully avoid having to get it rush dry cleaned super often.

I’m also thinking about getting a magnetic ribbon rack for easier setup, thoughts on those?

So I’m hoping to go flight warrant and planning on going to the warrant officer selection board early next year and I was wondering if anyone has been to one recently how their experience went? Thanks!

National Guard, for what it counts- friend in my unit went through with an attempted suicide last week. Today I learned about it.

Immediately went to the chaplain and tried to make sure that the only ones to intervene were me and another soldier he trusts to go talk to him first. Commander got involved and tried to make it all about themselves. Got summarily smacked down by chap.

We went to the soldiers apartment with chap and talked to him. He seemed mostly okay. It seemed like he was willing to take steps to move past it.

Now my unit is threatening that unless he checks himself into a civilian health care facility they're gonna 302 him and then move to discharge him from the army.

The Army is the only semblance of order in his life, he looks forward every month to drill, he loves the unit and his fellow soldiers. Kicking him out is guaranteed to push him towards another attempt.

What the fuck else am I supposed to do? What the fuck else can I do? He's now pushing away any hands we reach out cause they're already threatening to kick him out.

I’ll get straight to it, I worked at a CDC on Ft. Carson in 2019 and sometimes did morning shift, during which I had breakfast with the kids. They’d serve this oatmeal/grits that was the BEST oatmeal I’ve ever had. I don’t even know if it was oatmeal, grits, idfk.

It was perfectly vanilla-flavored, not too sweet or artificial tasting, not too runny/gluey/dry. I’d pile that shit on my plate like I was the only one at the table, like nah kids, this is for ME.

I know I can call the CDC and ask, but they’re closed so I’ll call Monday. I’m not even sure if all CDCs follow the same recipes? Was it oatmeal, or grits?

Anyone else know the oatmeal breakfast I’m talking about???

Forgive me if this is wrong sub, idk where else to ask. I just want to eat this again lmao

I’m meeting with medical next week, but has anyone had luck getting a profile to authorize full leggings under PT shorts? I lost a lot of weight and have loose skin. This hurts on not only runs but also things like jumping jacks and whatnot. Compression shorts don’t work because they roll and bunch often making the extra skin bunch up and worst.

Went to the recycling center on post during posted hours, gates closed. Is this a one-off experience or is this more common than not?

I’ll have some recycled water

First I’d like to apologize. It’s been brought to my attention that I used to do that. Like a lot. Like to the point where it was a known thing that after about 2/3 of a bottle of Tito’s I’d just wander into the kitchen and clean out the whole fridge and reorganize it.

If I did this can you let me know? I just can’t figure out exactly what order I want my condiments in and where my dairy needs to be. I have some vague memories of the perfect system but I don’t know if it was just drunken dreams. Like maybe I was just chasing the dragon of a perfect fridge.

Basic Leaders’ Course
 
Greetings, I hope everyone is doing well. This is my third installment of how to become a SGT series. To preface, I do not have all the answers, I have not attended BLC in a long time, nor have I ever been a BLC instructor. All I have is a laptop to research and find answers. With that said please feel free to ask any relevant questions regarding BLC. I might not have the answers, but someone might. Also, this post is a time capsule of a certain time. Things can change tomorrow just because the Army wants to spite me. Please keep that in mind if you are reading this well into the future.

Edit:

Is BLC required in order to Promote to SGT?

As of 03 June 2026, BLC is not a requirement in order to promote to SGT. However, you will earn 150 promotion points for SGT. Also, many units will send soldiers who are SPC (P) to BLC prior to promoting.

I will elaborate on promotion points in my next post which is already drafted and ready to go.

(I like to type these posts on Word and I copied this from a previous version, apologies for the confusion.)

What is the point of BLC?
Prepare sergeants, promotable specialists, and corporals to lead team-level size units by providing an opportunity to acquire the leader skills, knowledge, and experience needed to be successful as noncommissioned officers. The Basic Leader Course (BLC) is the foundation for further training and leader development. [NCO worldwide, 2026]
 
Will BLC fully prepare me to be a SGT?
Nope, not even close. However, this is a steppingstone to help prepare you. This is also a great opportunity to meet and make friends outside of your unit and MOS. It takes time to fully grow and develop to become a SGT.
 
How can I prepare for BLC?

This is not in any particular order:
Be ready to lead a PT session. Learn the various stretches and exercises in FM 7-22. If you already have the prep drill, cool down drill, CD1, etc. memorized you will be ahead of your peers.

BLC is a place to develop your skills by collaborating with your peers. One of the best resources that a lot of people might not actively think about is your peers. There is no singular leader that is perfect in fitness, teaching, communicating etc. it’s okay to ask for help. In your class you will have decades worth of cumulative experience both in and outside of the Army leverage that experience. The best way to get help is to offer that help. Get with your classmates after class to work on your essays, D&C tests, briefing, etc.

Ask those who previously went in your unit before, ask them what students use to succeed and what were the common failing points.
Also, you have a lot of resources out there to help you research, Youtube, Google, Reddit, etc.
 
What can I expect to learn while attending BLC?
Here is the course map and course advance sheetsthat will give you an idea of what you can expect to learn while attending BLC.

If you ask what are the barracks like a X BLC or what day does the PT test take place I won’t have the answer, but still feel free to ask and hopefully someone will come along and answer.

So with that said, what are your questions?
Sources:

NCO Worldwide

army E Sports what are you even doing if you can’t get the Korea CoD to be about KATUSA

ill have a salad wrap and diet coke. trying to stay fit.

Hello everyone,

many people want to use Linux, but the documentation for CAC reader support is... uhh... yeah... in most places (even on GPT which is shockingly unhelpful on this topic last time I tried).

Anyway, here is at least one way to get your CAC reader to work with your favorite Linux distro (typically Firefox): https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Common_Access_Card

Install Tools for CAC Reader Support:

Install ccid and opensc.

If you don't have these programs, GPT can help you install it on your distro.

Start CAC Reader Service:

sudo systemctl enable --now pcscd.socket

Testing (should be run on Konsole / Terminal):

opensc-tool --list-readers 

pcsc_scan

Should look like (if your reader is plugged in and detected):

Get the Certificates & Extract them to Some Folder:

Go to: https://www.cyber.mil/pki-pke/document-library (Download certs: "PKI CA Certificate Bundles: PKCS#7 For DoD PKI Only)

Find OpenSC Binary (Location may be different than you expect:

find /usr/lib -name 'opensc-pkcs11.so' 2>/dev/null

Using Firefox, point it to the Reader:

Navigate to Edit > Settings > Privacy & Security > Certificates > Security Devices and click "Load" to load a module using /usr/lib/opensc-pkcs11.so or /usr/lib/pkcs11/opensc-pkcs11.so

Import DoD Certs:

Install the certificates from the mentioned zip-file in this order, by going to Edit > Settings > Privacy & Security > Certificates > Manage Certificates > Authorities > Import (make sure to at-least check the box for "Trust this CA to identify websites"):

1. Certificates_PKCS7_v5_14_DoD_der.p7b
2. Certificates_PKCS7_v5_14_DoD_DoD_Root_CA_3_der.p7b
3. Certificates_PKCS7_v5_14_DoD_DoD_Root_CA_4_der.p7b
4. Certificates_PKCS7_v5_14_DoD_DoD_Root_CA_5_der.p7b
5. Certificates_PKCS7_v5_14_DoD_DoD_Root_CA_6_der.p7b
6. DOD_PKE_Chain.pem

Restart Firefox

Test with DoD website (you should get a pop up asking for permission to use the CAC reader and to enter your PIN when you have your CAC Inserted.

Done!

I have an Iwol jacket and a sgt told me I cannot wear it because I’m not a mechanic or fuel person, I wore it on deployment for years.
I was wondering is this like a genuine thing set in stone and if I get first Sgt to let me wear it can I?

Hello, I will be in camp casey in few weeks as 13m.

How’s in processing? I have heard that I need to be quarantined for a month.

Is there anyways it can be waived?

I was born in Korea and been in Korea a lot of times and I have fiancée in Korea.

Who should I contact if its possible?

Also if i get married while in Korea (to Korean citizen). Will I be able to get BAH? I will update deers but keep it as unaccompanied if possible since I can’t live with my fiancée.

Thank you!