Originally Posted by
Excargodog
After your 12 month "short" tour in the sandbox has been extended by four months because they are short on relief personnel, it's kind of hard to listen to someone whining about a five or six month delay in upgrading when that person is sleeping in nice hotels and not in a bunker bunk room with four other guys, and when he's getting home two weeks a month.
This is hilarious.
“I was in the military and it sucked more so your problems are invalid.”
The same argument could be made against you. You made the choice to go to the military so no one is going to feel bad for you for what hardships it’s brought you, and it certainly doesn’t make other people’s problems trivial.
This guy is eager to advance his career, screw him, right? Life has been harder for people born before him, so how dare he want faster progression and better QOL.
Guarantee you won’t see him complaining about how your probably had most of your training paid for by Unvle Sam