| Yeah we were having a gang problem in our battalion too. Nearly went to jail a few times for busting their asses to remind them of the correct line of command.
It's funny because they were almost rewarded by the BN CO because they listened to him well so they would in fact get legitimacy while secretly running illegal activity behind his back. Basically ass kissing to win favors. They got to go attend special training sessions etc. that strengthened their position.
I told the Company CO about this but he had his head so far up the BN CO's ass that he didn't do anything about it.
So I took it into my own hands. Restored order for a while, but it was hard to do when I had only a few days left on my tour. They say it's inevitable that you enter a lame duck status when you're days or sometimes weeks from leaving even when there's no gang problem so I guess I didn't do too bad.
These guys made life hard over there. But I also made life hard for them.
They even tried to undermine one of the LTs but he pretty much threw the book at them. He was a good LT.
this talk of gangs in the military brings back memories.
A good way to spot whether your unit has a gang or not is to see if there's any kind of consistent alteration to the uniform.
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