capt4fans Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 This post brought to you by the IHRB Group on Facebook. "This conversation took place between 4 Air Force Security Police and 1 Marine at Al Udeid AB last week... AF: Hey man, you know you can't eat in here (Dining Facility) without a reflective belt at night. Marine: No. Why?!? AF: There's a sign on the door, I know you saw it. Marine: Nope, must have missed it. AF: Well you have to leave until you get a belt. Marine: Can I just finish my food. AF: No. Marine: Well, I'm just going to sit here and finish my dinner, then I'll leave. It's a ridiculous rule anyway. AF: You have to leave now sir, its an order. Marine: What's an order? AF: You can't be served food at night without a reflective belt. Marine: That makes no sense. AF: If you don't leave immediately, we will have to arrest you. Marine: Are you f*cking kidding me? AF: That's it, stand up. Marine: You guys can go to hell (leaves his tray on the table and storms off)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolyestherDuck Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 capt4fans, Any smack from your leadership yet over this? It looks like the "group starter" name has disappeared. Probably a very good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKinnear Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I am not sure how long you would be able to get away with wearing this literal 'GARB' sure would be funny though. http://www.belts.breflective.com/retroreflective-belts-rainbow-2in.php Anyway to get one of these without going through PayPal? I hate that site almost as much as RBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossHarris Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 While watching the FOX pregame show from the 'stan it sure is good to see everyone in the filler footage wearing their reflective belts in the middle of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt4fans Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 capt4fans, Any smack from your leadership yet over this? It looks like the "group starter" name has disappeared. Probably a very good call. I've been away from work for 7 weeks, so no idea, but the phone hasn't rung yet, so my thought is no news is good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpXLZH Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Anyway to get one of these without going through PayPal? I hate that site almost as much as RBs. It looks like on the checkout page you can choose between paypal or credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 (edited) Yes. It can be that gay. For our ORE and ORI, AD peeps had one color, us Reserve slime had a different color (way to perpetuate the "us vs. them" mentality...) That's actually pretty standard and there's a good reason behind the seperate colors. I know that during the ORI they press the "one team" concept, but you also have to remember that each wing is getting it's own grade. You'd hate for some doucebag unit from another base to royally fuck up your wings grade. The seperate colored belts help the inspectors know which wing has its shit together and which wing doesn't. Edited November 9, 2009 by Vertigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolyestherDuck Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 12,400 members... It hasn't just gone viral... Its gone PLAID! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt4fans Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 (edited) That's actually pretty standard and there's a good reason behind the seperate colors. I know that during the ORI they press the "one team" concept, but you also have to remember that each wing is getting it's own grade. You'd hate for some doucebag unit from another base to royally fuck up your wings grade. The seperate colored belts help the inspectors know which wing has its shit together and which wing doesn't. Or you could take the appropriate notes, check with the people you're grading later via face to face contact, and get the answer that way.....but what do I know. RB's for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! capt4fans, Any smack from your leadership yet over this? It looks like the "group starter" name has disappeared. Probably a very good call. Back to work and not a peep, an email, or an LOR. Fly safe and Vive la Resistance!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited November 9, 2009 by capt4fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 (edited) You're saying you used not only the wear of reflective belts, but their color coordination to assess the effectiveness of a combat wing in an ORI before? I can't believe what I'm reading. Have their $hit together? Maybe assess how the wing employs their assets, manages their people, provides leadership, and standardizes their operations, all with the resources given and taking into account any constraining limfacs in a true non-peacetime environment. Then maybe you could compare these wings and provide feedback that might help us more efficiently or effectively prepare or employ these wings instead of dinging them on crap that doesn't matter. There is a reason for inspections, even during wartime, but if you are focusing on color-coordination of reflective material then you are hindering the rest of us, and helping to increase the chance more Americans die. Please tell me you weren't serious. I think you're misconstruing what I'm saying. I'm not advocating the proliferation of RBs at all... and I don't believe the IG inspectors rate wings on their RB wear. What I'm saying is the IG inspectors cannot be everywhere at once, and if they see some groups jacking around with their M16s (horseplaying, etc), or they see some people aren't wearing/carrying the appropriate PPE for the given MOPP, or they see PAR teams out sweeping during the attack rather than during the limited release, or general disorganization in the zone transition/base buildup/etc. Something they see from a distance and they aren't able to get to that area then they now have a system that identifies what wing those individuals are with at, a quick glance, without having to stop whatever they are doing and chase down those individuals to find out their home wing. Lord knows when we went through our ORI last year I was grateful that one of the other two wings with us were graded separately and there was something in place to let the inspectors know they weren't our people. I'm not gonna call out the wing, but man they were terrible. You can also trust that I bitched the whole week about having to wear that gay ass belt as well. Wing leadership wasn't happy when I showed up for my ADVON chalk wearing four of 'em because "I wanted to be extra safe". Edited November 9, 2009 by Vertigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BQZip01 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 From the Leadership at the 'Deid thread: I couldn't help but notice in the videos that none of the Fox NFL Sunday team members had RBs on at night at the BRA. Apparently standardization doesn't apply to visiting celebrities who give the boss a signed football. That and/or the 'Deid leadership has demonstrated blatant disregard for the safety of civlians visitng their command. Does that qualify for "loss of confidence" in their ability to lead? I would think that such a blatant public display of a lack of proper RB wear despite Command oversight in the shot could be construed as "conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline," but what do I know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt4fans Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 May be more to this story than you all have heard recently. Be on the lookout for the post on the group in Facebook. RB might be giving an interview this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxhead Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I wore mine for a roof stomp on Friday. The outgoing Minot Wing/CC thought it was hilarious. Wait, didn't he just get shitcanned? Hell, a running kick in the nuts would be funny compared to that. You probably could'a killed a puppy and he would have laughed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Just overheard someone in the shop talking about how someone told her that Facebook told them not to wear the RB. It was all I could do to not burst into laughter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt4fans Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 (edited) You all might want to keep an eye out in AF Times soon. Edited November 10, 2009 by capt4fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Hungus Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 You all might want to keep an eye out in AF Times soon. hopefully the interviewed party was able to set them straight that it's not the reflective belts themselves, but the underlying issues the reflective belts represent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon_Tanerite Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 hopefully the interviewed party was able to set them straight that it's not the reflective belts themselves, but the underlying issues the reflective belts represent. hopefully. every media outlet has missed the mark so far. this isn't about the belts, this is about the queep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbar Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Found this at Osan. Little hard to read but it says "Patch of Invincibility +1". PBAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawnman Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 And AF Blues comes through again, on both the Veteran's Day and reflective belt fronts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Hey 4Fans, what happened to all the comments on the IHRB page? House cleaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfargin Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 (edited) And AF Blues comes through again, on both the Veteran's Day and reflective belt fronts. Now that, was very well played. Kudos to AF Blues Edited November 12, 2009 by bfargin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt4fans Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 (edited) Hey 4Fans, what happened to all the comments on the IHRB page? House cleaning? Some of the comments are being removed due to house cleaning. There are a few people who are posting what RB would call inapproporiate comments not limited to referencing peoples religion and other inappropriateness. Personally, RB (Reflective Belt..aka the Admin) feels that the comments that are laced with profanities and the like shouldn't be out there. While there are still some that push the edge, RB is keeping a watch on the site to ensure that we're not pushing the envelope too far. Oh yeah, and the same goes for pictures. RB had to remove one that was simply a guy with the universal sign for FU. Edited November 12, 2009 by capt4fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetter Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 RB must be the PC douchebag that probably gave us the belts in the first place...oh, the irony here is very deep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slacker Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 RB must be the PC douchebag that probably gave us the belts in the first place...oh, the irony here is very deep! [/facepalm] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt4fans Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 (edited) RB must be the PC douchebag that probably gave us the belts in the first place...oh, the irony here is very deep! UFB!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fail at the Epic level on your part Vetter......do you even use your brain, or have you had that much Kool-Aid already today? Edited November 12, 2009 by capt4fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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