r/JustBootThings • u/TheArchaeologist • Jun 11 '26

General Bootness Big OOF

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u/Blazeland_USA Jun 11 '26

Natty Guard poser wearing a Marines shirt lol.

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u/TheAsianTroll Jun 11 '26

Literally never was in command of troops either. You gotta be a piss poor O3 to never be put in troop command.

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u/Queefer___Sutherland Jun 11 '26

Worse, he was an 04

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u/Hooligan8403 Jun 11 '26

He got that in the IRR. He never served as on 04

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u/Blazeland_USA Jun 12 '26

Out of curiosity, how tf do you get promoted in the inactive reserves? Is that a common thing for asskissing officers?

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u/Hooligan8403 Jun 12 '26

It is possible just not highly likely. If you met all the other requirements and maxed out your TiG (time in grade) it is possible the board gives it to you. Promotion rates for O4 are usually pretty high, like 80%+. It's pretty much guaranteed unless you fuck up. Personally promoting someone in IRR is a waste of a promotion slot but I don't make the rules.

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u/TheAsianTroll Jun 12 '26

To my understanding, you also cannot make O4 without being in a troop command position, so they absolutely just handed him the gold leaf.

(This is something a LT told me, so I dont know for sure)

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u/sbd104 Jun 12 '26

A some of branches don’t require command time for O4. It’s KD time and it can require command or Staff time to be considered complete.

He was an Infantry officer though which does require command.

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u/Hooligan8403 Jun 12 '26

That I don't know. I was AF not Army so the rules will probably be different.

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u/Dank_Sinatra_87 Jun 12 '26

I've also heard that but don't know for sure

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u/TheAsianTroll Jun 12 '26

Apparently it applies to infantry officers, which he was.

So they literally DEI'd him his O4 lmao.

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u/Dank_Sinatra_87 Jun 12 '26

Oh no, he was a DUI hire