Why I hate POG's
Categories: Iraq
A little over a month ago, one of our tanker platoons was out in sector and encountered A VBIED. The sad part is that the vehicle actually ran into one of the trucks and bounced back. Not one gunner fired on the car. Then, once all the trucks were out of the danger zone, the vehicle blew up. Two of the tankers apparently suffered mild concussions. So, being the useless fat ass tankers that they are, they discovered that they were eligible for the Purple Heart medal. Now, anyone who has been alive for a day knows what the Purple Heart is. So, they tried to get one of the Dr's to sign off on the medical exam that supported their receiving Purple Hearts, and he refused. So a senior enlisted person in the tanker company put together his own story board and supported their receiving this medal, and lo and behold, they got them. So, a couple of days ago, we got to watch them receive their medals. Understand that a few months ago, five brave and outstanding soldiers lost their lives to a VBIED and received their Purple Hearts posthumously, and a sixth soldier who took a piece of shrapnel three inches square in his side receeived his, and is still in the US recovering from that wound. So now these fat pieces of shit are wearing a medal that thousands of brave men and women EARNED by spilling their blood on the battlefield, or worse gave their lives in battle. So now I have absolutely no respect for tankers at all. They have just desicrated a sacred medal and made it worthless.
This is but another example of these useless bastards being jealous of the infantry because not one infantry soldier in their right mind would ever do this. We had three soldiers who were practically standing on an IED when it went off, and by the grace of God non of them were seriously injured except for suffering major concussions. Not one of these soldiers wanted a Purple Heart.
The POG's were jealous of the Infantry for another award, the coveted Combat Infantryman's Badge. This is a badge that is earned by infantrymen for being in direct or indirect contact with the enemy. The POG's decided that it was not fair that we had our own special badge signifying that we were infantrymen and we fought in battle, so they cried and whined until they got their own badge, called the Combat Action Badge. Another affront to the Infantry.
Tankers can rot in hell.
This is but another example of these useless bastards being jealous of the infantry because not one infantry soldier in their right mind would ever do this. We had three soldiers who were practically standing on an IED when it went off, and by the grace of God non of them were seriously injured except for suffering major concussions. Not one of these soldiers wanted a Purple Heart.
The POG's were jealous of the Infantry for another award, the coveted Combat Infantryman's Badge. This is a badge that is earned by infantrymen for being in direct or indirect contact with the enemy. The POG's decided that it was not fair that we had our own special badge signifying that we were infantrymen and we fought in battle, so they cried and whined until they got their own badge, called the Combat Action Badge. Another affront to the Infantry.
Tankers can rot in hell.
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Re: Why I hate POG's
That sounds like our old unit Bruce. Remember our 1st SGT fell and hurt his leg and he got a CAB?: LOL Typical Army
Posted by jeff on July 28, 2009 at 5:15 PM