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To both of the guys posting this question,
It may feel like you are being ridiculed for asking this question. I realize it's hard for someone not even in yet to understand why so many people on here are turning you into a heatscore for asking what may seem like a pretty basic question, so I will try to bridge the gap.
In my opinion there is a great influx of "Call of Duty kids" these days trying to get into the CF who think that basically the Army will pay for them to play real life Airsoft/Call of Duty/Whatever. I am in NO WAY assuming you two are one of this bunch, but here's the problem. These kids look at video games and movies, play airsoft, and think they are experts on everything. They want to join the Army to be hollywood rockstars with guns, and not soldiers. They tend to have a (oh god please excuse the term all you gentlemen/ladies much higher on the totem pole) "F.Y.S." attitude, and usually don't make it through basic because they don't have the stones to stick with it when it gets rough. One of the reasons they can't hack it is because they don't realize that being a soldier isn't about how good a shot you are, or how many pushups you can do or what gear you have.
Being a good soldier is about having discipline, respect, and your ability to carry out your duties (WHATEVER THAT MAY BE). For example, in basic, if you do get in, your duty of mopping the floor is more important at that time then your ability to do whatever you joined the army to do. Anyone with a "Man **** this, I joined to kill bad guys/fly jets/drive tanks/look cool in FB photos" attitude is not effective.
As far as kit, despite what you might hear many people gripe about, what you are issued is just fine for cleaning floors and Windex'ing absolutely everything. Once you get past that point, you need to understand that the field is a lot different then running around shooting eachother with paintball guns for a couple hours, and you will need time in the field to work out what works best for you. Once you cross that step, comes the most important step, earning the right. This is an informal thing, but as a brand new guy in your unit the LAST thing you will want to do is attract attention by putting on a bunch of shiny rockstar kit on day 1. Once you earn the confidence of your peers that you can do your job well, and your CoC allows it, if there's a little piece of kit that might help you do your job better, throw it on and rock it hard.
So it is possible that part of the reason you are getting such harsh seeming answers is because as crazy as it might sound to you at this point, it isn't just as simple as tossing on some ninja cool part on your weapon, as meaningless as it sounds.
I hope this cleared some smoke
And by the way, every good soldier knows that the most important part of looking cool is pushing the limits of the haircut standard! (Right Mr. Seggie?) ;D
Edited: To clarify that these are solely my opinions
It may feel like you are being ridiculed for asking this question. I realize it's hard for someone not even in yet to understand why so many people on here are turning you into a heatscore for asking what may seem like a pretty basic question, so I will try to bridge the gap.
In my opinion there is a great influx of "Call of Duty kids" these days trying to get into the CF who think that basically the Army will pay for them to play real life Airsoft/Call of Duty/Whatever. I am in NO WAY assuming you two are one of this bunch, but here's the problem. These kids look at video games and movies, play airsoft, and think they are experts on everything. They want to join the Army to be hollywood rockstars with guns, and not soldiers. They tend to have a (oh god please excuse the term all you gentlemen/ladies much higher on the totem pole) "F.Y.S." attitude, and usually don't make it through basic because they don't have the stones to stick with it when it gets rough. One of the reasons they can't hack it is because they don't realize that being a soldier isn't about how good a shot you are, or how many pushups you can do or what gear you have.
Being a good soldier is about having discipline, respect, and your ability to carry out your duties (WHATEVER THAT MAY BE). For example, in basic, if you do get in, your duty of mopping the floor is more important at that time then your ability to do whatever you joined the army to do. Anyone with a "Man **** this, I joined to kill bad guys/fly jets/drive tanks/look cool in FB photos" attitude is not effective.
As far as kit, despite what you might hear many people gripe about, what you are issued is just fine for cleaning floors and Windex'ing absolutely everything. Once you get past that point, you need to understand that the field is a lot different then running around shooting eachother with paintball guns for a couple hours, and you will need time in the field to work out what works best for you. Once you cross that step, comes the most important step, earning the right. This is an informal thing, but as a brand new guy in your unit the LAST thing you will want to do is attract attention by putting on a bunch of shiny rockstar kit on day 1. Once you earn the confidence of your peers that you can do your job well, and your CoC allows it, if there's a little piece of kit that might help you do your job better, throw it on and rock it hard.
So it is possible that part of the reason you are getting such harsh seeming answers is because as crazy as it might sound to you at this point, it isn't just as simple as tossing on some ninja cool part on your weapon, as meaningless as it sounds.
I hope this cleared some smoke
And by the way, every good soldier knows that the most important part of looking cool is pushing the limits of the haircut standard! (Right Mr. Seggie?) ;D
Edited: To clarify that these are solely my opinions
