Oh my, what a throwback. Nicely done.
RobertoOberto
joined 9 months ago
Yep, that's exactly what happened when I was on escort duty for recently recruited Iraqi police. And my god the result looked exactly like second stick figure image in the OP. I'm glad cleaning it up wasn't part of my job.
I also watched a guy reach into a urinal and use the urinal cake as hand soap. I feel kinda bad that I didn't stop him, but he did it with such speed and confidence that it was the right thing to do, it was too late by the time I realized what was happening.
That's probably for the best.
I spent 4 years in the USMC and have a very complicated relationship with my time enlisted. There is a lot I'm proud of, but there's also a lot that would be nice to forget.
Some portions of the ASVAB have questions very similar to those you might find on an IQ test, but it is much more broad than just IQ.
The ASVAB tests for aptitude, hence the name, not the ability to step into a job without training. Looks up practice questions for the Mechanical Comprehension portion to see the kinds of questions that might suggest someone could be a good mechanic.
The U.S. army absolutely does provide training to its mechanics, and does not assume people know jack shit coming in. I scored high enough on the MM portion of the ASVAB to be one and don't don't know a damn thing about fixing vehicles.
PS2 is retro now? Damn, getting old really does sneak up on you.