1.General Order #1 does not only apply to Generals
2.No male soldier should be called “princess”
3.Cannot call the team leader of princess, his Mom.
4.“Or what?” is not a proper response when an MP tells you to stop doing something.
5.Disrespect is when the other person thinks its disrespect, not you.
6.It is still disrespect even if it’s true
7.It is not “racial” for someone to use a color to describe their car
8.“Whitey “ is not out to get you
9.Soldiers at the front desk of the BDE TOC do not find humor in the phrase “don’t let the man get you down”
10.I am not the “Master of creative acquisition”
11.When asked where it came from “it fell off a truck” is only acceptable if it actually fell off a truck
12.“If you ask, you lose all deniability” is not the proper answer to any question anyone other than below Staff NCO or LT asks. Captains and Sergeant Majors want more info
13.That officer still outranks me even if he has no UCMJ authority over you
14.I don’t get to argue with Captains, even if I am right
15.That officer has a different view of the situation; he is not a Fucking idiot.
16.“Because I can” is not an acceptable answer to any question
17.Nor is “because I am smarter than you”
18.I am not allowed to say at a Synch meeting (with the entire staff and company commanders) that they are “recruiting for the Taliban”
19."Take off you Burka and fight like a man" is no longer an approved PSYOP message
20.It is the fault of the team for broadcasting that message, even though it is an approved theme and the PDD sent numerous product saying it
21.I am no longer allowed to use their cultural rules against the Taliban (not sure what I can do then)
22.Calling Taliban “bitches” over the loudspeaker is not allowed
23.Cannot point loudspeakers at prisoners and play Metallica all night long because sleep deprivation is wrong (sleep adjustment therapy is fine though)
24.“Would you turn off the ADD for a minute” is not acceptable to tell the TPD NCOIC
25.I cannot raise a pet goat on the firebase
26.There is no such thing as “high density bullets” and convincing reservists that I have them is not allowed.
27.Stop sending privates to the commo SGT for T,R double E batteries. Trees don’t take batteries.
28.Don’t send an E-7 and a Captain to the supply SGT for “bravo alpha eleven hundred Novembers” because you need them to deploy to protect the team
29.“BA1100Ns” will not save your life (see above)
30.“a dollar says that doesn’t work” is not an acceptable response to the TPD NCOIC’s plan
31.Nor is, you’re going to get everyone killed
32.Not allowed to use OP funds to have the locals build a private psyop shitter (the Army now owns one in Afghanistan)
33.Can’t teach the interpreters to say possibility offensive things like “donkey punch” in front of females (the terp was fired)
34.Even if the unit you are attached to is treating you like crap, you cannot call your father who is third in line for SMA (Sergeant Major of the Army)
The last three were not me.
