What do members of the military do all day?

Question

On typical day of work, in the US (or anywhere else where the war is NOT happening), what do officers do?

Answer 1

Train... somewhat like this:

25% personal training (PT, Technical, weapons, etc)
25% group training (road drills, battle drills, driving course, etc)
50% we work... we fix broken stuff (engineers never fix anything, they just break it), we plan for traiing, deployment, make food, move equipment and supplies. Kinda like real people do.

And, by the way.. when it rains, we get wet.

Answer 2

That very much depends on your job now doesn't it. I mean a fighter pilot major does a lot dif stuff than an Inf company comander. Generally too much paperwork & making sure your NCOs are on top of things/don't need too much help/taking care of any problems or problem troops. AND doing your own full time job on top of that. Some jobs ar emore work than others, but most jobs in the military are more work than civilian jobs.

Answer 3

Officers take care of the admin. part of the day. NCO's take care of the troops, making sure they were up to date with training, sqt, etc. etc. etc. If you had vehicles, motor pool etc. In the field, officers were in charge but still the NCO's did most of the work with the ranges and other stuff. Of course, the officers sometimes came down to the motor poll to check out things and once in a while asked questions about the vehicles only to be slammed by the NCO's who knew the vehicles inside out.

Answer 4

They establish training schedules and take care of other paperwork, while the real backbone of the military, the Non-Commissioned Officers do the majority of the work in actually doing the training, and taking care of the younger enlisted persons problems etc.

Answer 5

I was in Military Intel (Army) from 1984 to 1989. I was stationed in Monterey CA, San Angelo TX, Wurzburg Bavaria, and Savannah GA.

Germany was my first "Permanent Party" station, meaning I was there to do the job, not train anymore.
Mondays were always Motor Pool. There are strict maintenance guidelines to be followed each week, more if you've taken your vehicles on field training exercises (FTXs). All equipment, such as camoplage panels and supports, all team equipment,i.e., tents, stoves, etc. must also be inspected weekly and maintained. Tuesdays were for more complicated maintenance. We had tracked vehicles so we had track repairs, replacements, etc. hydraulics were done on Tuesdays too. Wednesdays and Thursdays were job training, doing the classified job I did in MI.

After a year or so had passed and I had been promoted to Spec 4(sorta like Corporal) I also was the Unit Mail clerk, so every afternoon I had to put up the mail, change box combos, maintain the mailroom records, prepare for inspections, etc. I was also on the Unit Fund Council and the Unit Equal Opportunity Board (The sexual harrassment people). These committees met once a month. I was also Unit Artist, designing T Shirts, coffee mugs, stencils for our vehicles etc.

By this time I was a squad leader, with a squad and their quarters to inspect, deal with personal issues, make sure their hair was cut and they could do the right number of pushups, etc. As a tactical squad leader, it was also my responsibility to set up positions to place our intel gathering assets in real world environments (like, during a war in Europe). Our FTXs went for weeks so I also had to schedule shower and food runs, deal with German gasthauses for access to showers, report to the CO when all assets were in place and gathering Intel. I attended several CPXs, which are wargames. Its all simulated, but we went 13 days straight doing our jobs in full chemical protection suits. Its called MOPP gear and it includes a gas mask.

When we got our NEW intel gathering platforms, a lot of our time was spent calibrating the intel gathering equipment and learning what it could do from our civilian contractors. Once I had learned our Trailblazer (as it was called) I was tasked to go around to other intel units in Germany and brief them on how to use their platforms. I also did "Dog and Pony" shows of our platforms and equipment to fellow NATO representatives. I also had to train my own crew in its proper usage.

We also had remote receiving stations in Germany, to gather Intel when we WERENT actually set up in the field. We did this whenever we had the chance, because if you dont use your jobskills regularly, they deteriorate pretty quickly. Also there was an 8 week Russian refresher course I had to take down in Munich, for language training.

OK this was all just within a two year timeframe, in Germany. In Monterey, when I was learning Russian in the Russian Basic Course at the Defense Language Institute, we studied Russian 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. The graduation rate at the end of the course is about 40%. Its a tough course. Oh and of course physical training (PT). You do PT with your company every day, usually around 4:30-5:00 AM. Stretches, pushups, sit ups, leg lifts, etc, then at least a 3 mile run in formation, shouting out running cadences. Then, once a year you need to take a PT test. If you cant do so many pushups in 2 minutes, so many situps in 2 minutes and run 2 miles within a certain time, you were put on additional PT to toughen you up.

Also, there's weapons qualifications, different weapons, different times. We got to qualify on German lugers and Uzis and when you qualify you get to wear additional crap on your uniform.

IN between all this you fit in some kinda social life, in between all the military and intel briefings, and several other thigs I cant by law go into.

Answer 6

Bert T writes a lot. I was in the Air Force, and when we weren't deployed, we fixed the parts that broke while the planes were flying their sorties. Officers either managed the enlisted people, or flew.

Answer 7

ever heard the term Auto-Fellatio?

Answer 8

give **** to the grunts.