re: The People Calling A&M Quitters

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A tab, you’re right, it’s just school.

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Your "I'm Ranger-tabbed" comment brought back memories of an "no shite, there I was" story.

Back when 3/4 was at Carson and the rest of 4ID was at Hood, I was an S6 for a mech Battalion under 3/4. The command climate at the time was toxic because the BC was trying to ensure that all of his leadership had been at any point members of the 75th. He refused to let his S4, who was senior to the other Captains, take command because he hadn't been to Ranger school, but I digress.

During a 4ID Warfighter at Hood, they flew a lot of us down to stay in CHUs and work at the Sim Center (waste of fricking time). During a pause in the exercise, a few of us went to downtown Austin. In between bars, one of the Captains in the group (worthless prior service piece of shite appropriately named "Moon" because he was the embodiment of Moon Moon before it became a meme) started trying to flirt with a couple of women walking down 6th Street. When they blew him off, he yelled, "Well, at least I've got MY TAB, where's yours?!" and pointed to his left shoulder (in civilian clothes).