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View Poll Results: Are ya a Grunt or a POG?
Grunt 57 41.01%
POG 51 36.69%
I was a Grunt but turned POG/ POG to Grunt.... 13 9.35%
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Got you all beat. Worked for the Division Commander staff. Nothing more POG than that.
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Got you all beat. Worked for the Division Commander staff. Nothing more POG than that.
Aye aye sir!
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I'm a POG. Former 19D in a light RSTA unit with a 11B Platoon Sergeant. Never been in a Bradley outside of OSUT, hardly did recon, and have an EIB. But I could never do what the Infantry does! They still love to jest me!
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Being a Grunt is only glorious in movies.
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Being a Grunt is only glorious in movies.
This was shortly after my 21st birthday. We partied way too hard.

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0311 for awhile. But, I was also in H&S battalion. I won't mention that.
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Old 11-10-2016, 9:46 PM
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100% pog here MOTOR T
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If this is where you do the daily double, you might be a grunt. Gotta love a wag bag!
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If this is where you do the daily double, you might be a grunt. Gotta love a wag bag!
Damn you Bridgeport!

Also Afghan and Iraq!
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Old 11-12-2016, 9:36 AM
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Don't know for the Corps, but Army side, if you ain't rockin a blue cord on your shoulder you're a POG.
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Infantry here, enlisted after graduating college. I was fortunate enough to be in platoons with other like minded guys. We enjoyed all the infantry had to offer but joked a lot about how being an officer in some pog branch was the way to go for a career.
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Infantry here, enlisted after graduating college. I was fortunate enough to be in platoons with other like minded guys. We enjoyed all the infantry had to offer but joked a lot about how being an officer in some pog branch was the way to go for a career.
Very true indeed. I was reading the bio of a recently retired General and in his 40 year career he did two years in Germany and a year in South Korea. 37 years CONUS? That made for a great family life.

Should've, could've, would've ...
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POG.

Army 35G. Deployed once and we got mortared plenty but never saw anything in person that was scarier than that.

With our drones though we were able to save a lot of grunts on the ground. Worked in every RC in Afghanistan and helped every branch and NATO countries guys, not just US Army.

I never pretend to have been a ground pounder. Respect and admire the guys who did it but I joined the Army to get a security clearance/to open up career prospects, not for ****s, giggles or thrills.

Ironically, my big mouth ended up destroying all those doors after I got out but whatever lol
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Grunt for life! Light infantry machine gunner. Every MOS is basically infantry though, right?
No. Every MOS is not basic infantry - but toss 'em a rifle and the cooks will get it on! The pogues/pogs... not so much. Supply, Motor-T... most are good to go. Airwing? Forget it!
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Third army MP (1967-69). where the grunts went so did we and sometimes ahead of them so i guess I am a grunt through and through.(LOL).
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Once upon a time, many years ago (more than 40), I was a POG, though back then I never heard of the expression.
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you boot *** Devil Dogs, it's a poncho liner. Must be a millennial thing.

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I guess a 13B Cannon Crewman is a POG. M198, 110mm towed artillery. We load up, unload, dig fox holes, fire, load up & repeat every 12 hours.
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I AM A.... P O G

i love when grunts come to my office and see my own cubicle, computer coffee machine and closet...

I can get down tho....probably do alot more then alot grunts can too...xd
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you boot *** Devil Dogs, it's a poncho liner. Must be a millennial thing.

0341 with Lima Co, 3/5.
Ha! That's my battalion AND company...what years were you in?
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I am now 1st Civ Div but I have kept up on P.T. as if I were still on active duty. Per Marine Corps order that Officers and Enlisted men will maintain a trim athletic physique.
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New guy here. Both. Spent four years active with the 10th Mountain, been in the Guard as an Aviation POG since.
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Grunts were those crunchy things we'd have to pick out of our tracks right???
Yeah maybe, you might catch an FGM148 first.
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Gotta love these "discussions." Generally, the only grunts who seem make an issue about it are on their first enlistment and haven't done ****, therefore feeling the need to act tough.
That being said, I am a Marine POG and on my last Afghanistan deployment alone I would hazard that I spent more time outside the FOB than the majority of grunts do in their single enlistment. Taking daily SAF and rocket attacks is always fun as well.
I have to hand it to grunts for dwell time training. Those poor bastards spend way too much time in the field for my taste.
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Ha! That's my battalion AND company...what years were you in?
No shi-

I was also in 3/5 (GET SOME), Weapons Company (or MAP as we called it when CAT and 81's combined)

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ITS NOT A GOD D@MN WOOBIE!!! ITS A FRACKING PONCHO LINER!!!
Woobie. Quit playin'.
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It is a piece of crap is what it is. I never could understand why people liked it.
I never heard the term woobie before this thread, so I had to look it up.

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(US, childish) Any object, typically a blanket, garment or stuffed animal that is used simply for its comforting characteristics.
How about that, I guess you do learn something new every day.
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To make ourselves feel better, we had the mantra: Engineers can grunt, but Grunts can't Engineer. Engineers clear the way.
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I was USAF so I'm automatically a POG.....

I know I know I"m asking to get flamed but I said "what the hell I'll get some funny responses"

Aircraft mechanic deployed to Balad AB/Camp Anaconda in 2004. Been to other places but that by far was my favorite deployment. Taught me the true meaning of comradarie among servicemembers...something the AF lacks nowadays IMHO
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To make ourselves feel better, we had the mantra: Engineers can grunt, but Grunts can't Engineer. Engineers clear the way.
Ironic. I was a grunt in the mil. Now, I'm a mechanical engineer as a civ.
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I was smart and became an armorer so I could pull cash out of chambers like a magician. Recovered from the financial rut after driftwood and la mirage.
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No Tobie's to complete the trifecta?
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No Tobie's to complete the trifecta?
Went to Tobie's once and no joke saw a midget stripper. It was one of the single best moments of my life. The best part was when she was on stage you could look her directly in the eyes.

The problem with Tobie's is you can smell the shame and depression as soon as you walk in. At least with La Mirage you know you're getting away with something when you're tossing crusty dollar bills at the Lt Col's daughter.
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