Letter to the editor: 10th Mountain Senior NCO trolls blog sent to Bravo 6/6 CAV troops for adopt-a-platoon project at Madison College

Greetings QRF Members-

The comment was recently received, which is a profile of what enlisted members of the 10th Mountain Division experience. This troll shares my confirmation bias that PTSD is the result of gaslighting by senior noncommissioned officers.

Check out the 10th Mountain 1/22 INF retired senior noncommissioned officer rant to the editor below:

The blog MSG Smith responded to was built for a class project to support the troops in Afghanistan: What makes the 10th Mountain Division the toughest in the military—published in 2019.

The E-4 Mafia motor pool shamming reflection

This POG obviously skipped out on Haiti, which happened before Bosnia. I was pre-advon and one of the first on the ground who walked through the streets with an M60, RTO and a Rambo knife protecting interpreters, SF commanders and sitting wide open in the back of Humvees with my M60 mounted to a turret.

Dude, you were a senior noncommissioned officer. You most likely shammed in the TOC or ALOC to earn those stripes and got off forcing people to move bunkers a 1/2″ because the post commanding general flew overhead and said he didn’t like what he saw.

Here is a clue. Take those accolades and try to trade them for a free cup of coffee at the local diner, hero. We live in a day and age where nobody cares, just like Vietnam.

The troll I had the joy of being smoked by during my tour of duty serving in HHS 3F6 was 1SG Raymond Salinas. Salinas preyed upon me when my pool PT card lapsed and made me do a PT test despite my sick call orders he not do.

Needless to say, I passed my PT test anyway and he got away with it. I was roughly 60-days short and just got back from JRTC deployment he demanded I deploy to as I approached my end of service 90-day window as a married soldier.

Salinas reported to me my orders for on-the-job training with the 10th Mountain Band disappeared and thus did not re-enlist.

Please take a minute and reflect upon this piss poor example of leadership. Way to flex top, or should I say, “almost top” as a master sergeant.

We 10th Mountain are rude people. I will add this to my ongoing case study at the Universities of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where we are a strong veteran community. Be well master sergeant. Keep rocking the troll attitude as if your service matters.

Best,