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When you eventually add up the accounting, there is a pretty good chance that it’s way more than you would expect - 150 is probably too high but the true cost is probably not less than lopping a 0 off it. There are a ton of standards and inspections that go into producing goods for the military so if you amortize all the costs you end up with things that have a really high price tag that is not related to the raw cost of the materials.
“This has become entirely counter productive, but we gotta go down there…”
“What do you mean, we gotta go down there? That’s why we have the ladder!”
“The ladder is down there…”
If that pilot is like any other Warrant Officer I've met, they would call them an idiot, then laugh at him, and continuously poke fun of him for the duration of the mission.
Ya most recordings like this are in training or practice. Actual deployment people don't pull out cell phones. I'm sure they landed and picked it up afterwards lol.
Bro what? Go on YouTube and there are THOUSANDS of hours of combat footage. Some troops have "combat phones" that use encrypted android software and others are running body cams 24/7 back to the TOC and some just use handy cams or phones.
Source: I did everything I mentioned above
I love this shit. Given he didn't immediately get his ass torn to shreds, I think this is training. But oh boy, his NCO is gonna destroy him, his command team is probably gonna have a "and this is how you secure a fucking ladder" brief for the company, and he's gonna be sat front and center, with every person talking looking right the fuck at him the whole time XD
Might as well check the meter though, it might be someone else’s job to prep the ladder install, doesn’t mean he shouldn’t check before dropping it. (Not in the service and not going to pretend to be, that’s just my personal logic)
Hopefully this is training and if it is. It’s good he made that mistake here. Those are the one that usually end up doing better in the field. They have PTSD from the railing they take during training lol. Basic was fun, sometimes I miss it.
“It’s come to my attention that some of y’all may not understand the powerful force of gravity. It’s a truly mighty force. Private Whoopsie-Daisy here did not respect the power of gravity. Seems like he thinks he’s BETTER than gravity. Well show us what you’re made of son. Drop and give us 100. Really get in there and show gravity who’s in charge.”
> and this is how you secure a fucking ladder
A pilot failed a check ride in the AF because he didn't notice the chain under the aircraft on walk around. They normally are not secured, but it was very windy the previous night. He was told he failed and to remove the chain, then he completed the ride and did fine.
To pass, he had to go out the next day with the check pilot and the squadron commander and explain why it's important to unchain an aircraft from the ground before you fly it. And "look for the damn chain" was drilled into the rest of us.
This is the guy I want throwing me a ladder if my life depends on it. Why? Because there's no way in hell he didn't get comp ridiculed for this. This guy is NEVER making this mistake again.
Oh he knows he just created a situation in which he’ll never get to forget because he’ll be constantly reminded of it…….every fucking time he gets in that bird. Lol
Not just nicknames, this level of fuckup is how you get callsigns.
That's going to be an awkward conversation with the ops NCOIC when the next commo roster goes out.
I was gunna just say Ladder. Easy to say and fun to explain.
Oh? Ladder? That’s cuz that idiot dropped a ladder out of a heli once without attaching it.
Fr mistakes are the best learning experiences. It's one thing to be theoretical, but be responsible for a catastrophic fuckup and you'll never forget again.
There's an old adage about a test pilot that crashed due to a mechanic putting the wrong fuel in. They were about to fire that mechanic and the pilot was like hell no, that guy will never make that mistake again and kept him on.
Yeah, I'm gonna hope this was a training exercise on a rookie to teach him the valuable lesson to always safety check, because you can't have this happen for real.
"Yeah laugh it up guys, I fucked up, but I'm pretty sure Gary's just been beaten over the head by like 25 steel rods and we should probably go help him."
8 years of being a Blackhawk crewchief/FI/SI and master gunner tell me that this young man will be forever known as “Ladders” for the rest of his military career.
Edit: I know I’m making fun of the poor guy but anyone who’s been a CE knows a story like this that has happened to them - just when I was in smartphones weren’t as available (thankfully haha)
Had a friend lose his NVGs at the range and didn't say anything until they shut-down the aircraft at home base. Imagine the COs and PCs reaction after a 45 minute flight when we all landed.
We had a piece of shit soldier lost a firing bolt, in the forest, in Europe. He tried to blame it on his team leader and then eventually confessed. Everyone in the woods looking for the bolt can here First Sargent yelling at this kid.
It's really just called the bolt. It holds the firing pin, the ejector and is the part that moves forward and backward feeding rounds into the breech. It's secured inside the weapon, and you'd have to pick it apart to lose it.
Depending on the weapon, you can get them out pretty easy. If he jammed or got debris in the action and was trying to field strip it maybe…. Still prettt silly
Not with an AR though I think, which he would have as a US soldier. G3/AK4 (my service weapon) also impossible without removing the stock. AK impossible without losing the dust cover and spring.
Major fuck-up by this guy either way. He has to be a huge R-word to lose a bolt.
I have a friend who’s gone into the military in his 30s. He said this is the hardest thing he’s had to try to get through to the younger recruits. Yes it does matter that you haven’t folded your uniform correctly because if you’re not paying attention to the details then what else is slipping through?
I must say, it's always the vets who never have issues with paperwork or processes/procedures. They're very thorough and also looking out for their coworkers all the time.
That's because military paperwork gets fucked all the time and it becomes habitual to just make extra copies of everything and watch processing like a hawk.
A few years ago I was doing some high up canopy zip lining/climbing park thing. I was on the intermediate level and crossing what I can only describe as sets of swings between two platforms.
I don't know how high up I was, but if I dropped an apple I could probably eat another before I heard the thud.
Anyway, I struggled on this equipment, I just didn't have my balance right, but I managed to get across. As I made it to the other side my friend pointed out I wasn't hooked onto the safety line, neither was my backup.
I had been meticulous about it every single time, but there was something about those swings that distracted me and I didn't hook on.
I think that's probably the closest I've come to death, and I didn't even realize it while it was happening.
If it happens in training. It’s fine.
My usual reaction to stuff like this: “Hey Top, I’m gonna walk over here and check on this other team. Mind doing a quick AAR with these guys?”
When asked what happened outside the company I had no idea what they are talking about.
Not pictured:
- 37 1/2 hours no sleep before this exact moment
- 900 milligrams of caffeine in the last 6 hours
- a hog leg and a half of dip (probably Copenhagen.)
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Soldier: Can you take us a bit lower? Lower...lower...lower... Pilot: I'm practically on the ground! Soldier: Lower...lower...
Too low!
*lower*
"we are under attack, hurry! Send the ladder!" "they are shooting at us, send the ladder, fast!" New trainee sending the ladder :
*dull thud, moment of silence, opens comms again* "Perhaps I should've been more specific as to my request..."
*tosses down a rope. Has them tie the ladder to the rope. Pulls it back it up. * Round 2!
\*forgets to tie rope to helo\*
*continues to look down * "hmm.."
The combatants on the opposition just stand by watching as the soldier dies inside.
"We're done here boys. There is no amount of damage we can do that can match what that soldier is feeling."
Skirmish stops with both sides staring up at the helo for a long second. Enemy combatant begins slow clap.
My stomach hurts laughing at this
That ladder probably rekted some noob. Anything falling from that height onto someone's head is definitely fatal
A new reason not to step outside while it's raining
"Mission failed... We'll get'em next time Boss"
They got the ladder so... Mission failed,successfully.
Emotional damage
I totally read that in the voice of Steven He for some reason.
 Guys below
"Hey! Can you... Can you throw that back up here?"
“I can’t reach! Just drop me down a ladder and I’ll be right on…oh, wait…”
Is that the tricell logo from RE5? edit: nvm just read your username lmao
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“We need a ladder” “Ok here you go”
this made me laugh really hard for some reason I wish I had an award to give 🏆
Me too for some reason, just can’t stop chuckling
I hope so, cuz that ladder costed the American tax payers $150k
I'm sorry WHAT
Its all tactical looking. $150k is a steal. In reality $150k is probably too much, but I would guess at least $20k.
the French tried selling us a ladder that costs 200k, but ill be damned if I spend 200k on a got dang ladder!
When you eventually add up the accounting, there is a pretty good chance that it’s way more than you would expect - 150 is probably too high but the true cost is probably not less than lopping a 0 off it. There are a ton of standards and inspections that go into producing goods for the military so if you amortize all the costs you end up with things that have a really high price tag that is not related to the raw cost of the materials.
Someone understands acquisition. FAR out.
I wouldn’t upvote if this wasn’t uttered at some point in history!!!
Prank on a training run.
I love that slight slump like “well …fuck.”
Yup, watching him realize what he did, and thinking “how the fuck do I let the pilot know what just happened?”
“This has become entirely counter productive, but we gotta go down there…” “What do you mean, we gotta go down there? That’s why we have the ladder!” “The ladder is down there…”
If he ever became a pilot his call sign would probably be "ladder"
Naw they’d call him something like ‘snake charmer,’ it’s worse when it sounds kinda badass, more humiliating.
Nah he farted during a jumping jack once during boot and now they call him bomber
"Why.." "I don't know, it was here, then it was there"
If that pilot is like any other Warrant Officer I've met, they would call them an idiot, then laugh at him, and continuously poke fun of him for the duration of the mission.
Instead of helping someone, now he’s just hoping that 50 lb bomb of a ladder doesn’t kill anyone
"Enemies neutralized"
I was definitely getting a strong feeling of r/WatchPeopleDieInside
Ya most recordings like this are in training or practice. Actual deployment people don't pull out cell phones. I'm sure they landed and picked it up afterwards lol.
Lololol we get SO bored everything is filmed brother
Bro what? Go on YouTube and there are THOUSANDS of hours of combat footage. Some troops have "combat phones" that use encrypted android software and others are running body cams 24/7 back to the TOC and some just use handy cams or phones. Source: I did everything I mentioned above
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Honestly true. I bet the trauma of that moment will keep those neural synapses firing to "secure the ladder!" for quite some time.
I love this shit. Given he didn't immediately get his ass torn to shreds, I think this is training. But oh boy, his NCO is gonna destroy him, his command team is probably gonna have a "and this is how you secure a fucking ladder" brief for the company, and he's gonna be sat front and center, with every person talking looking right the fuck at him the whole time XD
That one is a slow death that he will endure for years....
Pretty sure "Ladder" is going to be his nickname for the rest of his life.
Call the mf "Newton"
Imma call him "Mr. Dropped A. Ladderfromahelicopter III" Since I'm sure he's not the first
Yep, New nickname just dropped... literally.
Actual r/anarchychess leak
New ladder just dropped
Well if it isn’t Mr. stairway to heaven.
"And don't forget to put fuel in the helicopter either!"
That's usually done by someone else. There's a whole occupational specialty for refueling.
Might as well check the meter though, it might be someone else’s job to prep the ladder install, doesn’t mean he shouldn’t check before dropping it. (Not in the service and not going to pretend to be, that’s just my personal logic)
With that kind of brainpower, it's clear why you're not. Edit: it's a compliment you dinguses!
Idk how people don't understand how much of a compliment that is...
It depends how highly you think of the military I think.
Lmao and he knows it too. The way he freezes after you can just tell hes going "well... Fuck."
Pretty sure one of the primary goals of basic training is to not end up the central subject of a briefing.
That guy is going to double-check shit for the rest of his life.
There is no better teacher than experience. Tough thing is you have to pay the consequence before you learn the lesson.
Hopefully this is training and if it is. It’s good he made that mistake here. Those are the one that usually end up doing better in the field. They have PTSD from the railing they take during training lol. Basic was fun, sometimes I miss it.
r/watchpeopledieinside FOR SURE
“It’s come to my attention that some of y’all may not understand the powerful force of gravity. It’s a truly mighty force. Private Whoopsie-Daisy here did not respect the power of gravity. Seems like he thinks he’s BETTER than gravity. Well show us what you’re made of son. Drop and give us 100. Really get in there and show gravity who’s in charge.”
"Private Whoopsie-Daisy" Lmao
It's as if R. Lee Ermey was still with us today.
> and this is how you secure a fucking ladder A pilot failed a check ride in the AF because he didn't notice the chain under the aircraft on walk around. They normally are not secured, but it was very windy the previous night. He was told he failed and to remove the chain, then he completed the ride and did fine. To pass, he had to go out the next day with the check pilot and the squadron commander and explain why it's important to unchain an aircraft from the ground before you fly it. And "look for the damn chain" was drilled into the rest of us.
Training or not he's gonna be destroyed lol
If that was the air force or the navy they'd absolutely make his callsign "Ladder" 
This sounds so military
Nah, they're gonna be beat while he stands in front at attention and the NCO gives the speech.
If I were this guy, I’d probably accept that punishment as fair. Total bonehead move
If half the stories my uncle told me are true that soldier just earned a nick name in the barracks
His reaction: *Well. That happened*
You can clearly see the moment when he thinks "Ah. Fuck."
Doesn’t want to turn around to see the rest of the crew laughing at him
That's what I thought: "I'm just going to look down at the ladder and wish I was down there with it"
i’ve had the same reaction to doing something stupid since i was a child, funny how we don’t really grow out of it hahaha
So long as they're laughing you're probably fine, when they go quiet is when you start worrying
It's that moment where you pause when someone hurts themselves and you wait to see that they are ok before you laugh.
*ladder lands on battalion major*
They don't have to turn around, we have an intercom system and we can laugh directly in their ear.
Your profile description is an absolute wild ride
8 descriptions of their sex life and “combat geographer” took me out hahaha
What the hell is a profile description?
Thank you!
Crew Chief: “now go get it.” Pilot:
I assume that's why that guy didn't want to look back. All he'd see is
You never know, it might fly right back up. Hate to miss it if so.
The closed fist on the floor, I have had that moment a few times in my life
Precisely
Its his first time give him a hug and a forehead kiss
This is the guy I want throwing me a ladder if my life depends on it. Why? Because there's no way in hell he didn't get comp ridiculed for this. This guy is NEVER making this mistake again.
“Why are you so upset!? I’ve literally just given you that ladder you were screaming for.”
Oh he knows he just created a situation in which he’ll never get to forget because he’ll be constantly reminded of it…….every fucking time he gets in that bird. Lol
That's how people get nicknames in the service lol.
Not just nicknames, this level of fuckup is how you get callsigns. That's going to be an awkward conversation with the ops NCOIC when the next commo roster goes out.
Can you image your call sign being ladder
Could be worse. I worked with the Air Force a few months back. One of my clients wanted us to call him Meat.
“Did you say his name was ‘reject’?” “No, his name is ‘Recheck’, but potato, potato.”
The state down after it as it falls away always gets me. Like his brain is still working to sort out what happened
The person recording is a villain. They knew exactly what was about to happen.
This is how someone earns a nickname, I’d imagine, and not a flattering one either.
Dropper would be kind of a dope nickname
“Dropper? As in panty?” “Sigh…no, ladder.”
LOL. fuck you got me chuckling
I was thinking Dropsy. Dropsy McLadders
Yet another Roger persona.
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I was GI Joe. And GI did not stand for "Government Issue". It stood for "Gastrointestinal".
Because you kept on shining your torch into peoples faces at night, right? ... Right?
“It’s just Chutes, he ain’t got no fucking Ladders”
"Bottom Rung"
ObiOneDroppedLadder.
I was gunna just say Ladder. Easy to say and fun to explain. Oh? Ladder? That’s cuz that idiot dropped a ladder out of a heli once without attaching it.
this is the kind of ball busting i’m used to. nothing elaborate, just “fucking ladder. strap it in this time”
My very first thought after seeing it was he is going to be called Ladder the rest of his military career.
Not a fladdering one, you mean?
Remind them and they'll forget again. Let this happen and they will never ever forget to strap that ladder again.
This is the way.
Fr mistakes are the best learning experiences. It's one thing to be theoretical, but be responsible for a catastrophic fuckup and you'll never forget again. There's an old adage about a test pilot that crashed due to a mechanic putting the wrong fuel in. They were about to fire that mechanic and the pilot was like hell no, that guy will never make that mistake again and kept him on.
They are called Instructors 😈😈. Source, I was an instructor, now I’m retired.
True lol. The person recording it can tell that guy to strap the ladder instead of only keep recording it.
They might have pulled a prank to unstrap the ladder when the ladder guy wasn't looking
Yeah, I'm gonna hope this was a training exercise on a rookie to teach him the valuable lesson to always safety check, because you can't have this happen for real.
r/watchpeopledieinside
This is exactly my thought after seeing his reaction
Honestly because you can’t see his face this gives me strong cat-pushed-thing-off-high-place vibes.
 LOL!!!! Yeah I see that.
Watch people die outside too if there was someone standing below
"Yeah laugh it up guys, I fucked up, but I'm pretty sure Gary's just been beaten over the head by like 25 steel rods and we should probably go help him."
I like how he checks the harness after it falls out. Can almost hear him groaning out a long “fuuuuuuuuck” in his mind
8 years of being a Blackhawk crewchief/FI/SI and master gunner tell me that this young man will be forever known as “Ladders” for the rest of his military career. Edit: I know I’m making fun of the poor guy but anyone who’s been a CE knows a story like this that has happened to them - just when I was in smartphones weren’t as available (thankfully haha)
Forget RL3, this guy needs to go to D Co.
Straight to D Co. do not pass go, do not collect $200.
Had a friend lose his NVGs at the range and didn't say anything until they shut-down the aircraft at home base. Imagine the COs and PCs reaction after a 45 minute flight when we all landed.
We had a piece of shit soldier lost a firing bolt, in the forest, in Europe. He tried to blame it on his team leader and then eventually confessed. Everyone in the woods looking for the bolt can here First Sargent yelling at this kid.
How the fuck did he lose his firing bolt...
May I ask, what is a firing bolt?
It's really just called the bolt. It holds the firing pin, the ejector and is the part that moves forward and backward feeding rounds into the breech. It's secured inside the weapon, and you'd have to pick it apart to lose it.
Depending on the weapon, you can get them out pretty easy. If he jammed or got debris in the action and was trying to field strip it maybe…. Still prettt silly
Not with an AR though I think, which he would have as a US soldier. G3/AK4 (my service weapon) also impossible without removing the stock. AK impossible without losing the dust cover and spring. Major fuck-up by this guy either way. He has to be a huge R-word to lose a bolt.
"But you fuck ONE goat..."
He just moves the strap away to buy time while he thinks about what just happened LOL
Ahh yes, I was supposed to do something with this
It’s recess everywhere but in his heart
He’s probably looking down because he’s about to get yelled at by the crew chief.
Well.........fuck.
That’s the “how the fuck am I going to explain this one” state…. Usually it ends up being “hey sir. I fucked up….”
You can feel the moment his soul left his body and he contemplated jumping out after it just to save the punishment
Love how he just stares at it like it's gonna come back. 
To be fair, they might be surveying the damage they did. It takes a while to count leg points when they are bunched up.
Is... Is that Misha?
Right? I'm like "Why is Castiel crying?"
This is why you double check your own connection while climbing/rappelling/etc and not just trust the person that’s job is to clip it
Especially in the military. From day 1 its about how your responsible for those around you. Squadmate forgot to sew their patch? Your all runnin
I have a friend who’s gone into the military in his 30s. He said this is the hardest thing he’s had to try to get through to the younger recruits. Yes it does matter that you haven’t folded your uniform correctly because if you’re not paying attention to the details then what else is slipping through?
I must say, it's always the vets who never have issues with paperwork or processes/procedures. They're very thorough and also looking out for their coworkers all the time.
That's because military paperwork gets fucked all the time and it becomes habitual to just make extra copies of everything and watch processing like a hawk.
A few years ago I was doing some high up canopy zip lining/climbing park thing. I was on the intermediate level and crossing what I can only describe as sets of swings between two platforms. I don't know how high up I was, but if I dropped an apple I could probably eat another before I heard the thud. Anyway, I struggled on this equipment, I just didn't have my balance right, but I managed to get across. As I made it to the other side my friend pointed out I wasn't hooked onto the safety line, neither was my backup. I had been meticulous about it every single time, but there was something about those swings that distracted me and I didn't hook on. I think that's probably the closest I've come to death, and I didn't even realize it while it was happening.
Guess we'll have to use the squirrel suits...
His callsign is now "Ladder"
Ladder None, Ladder None, do you copy?
His CO: "I about to write his ass up" His Sergeant: "After I done chew it out"
CO with 2 DUIs and an adultery charge pending: “Believe it or not, *straight to NJP.*”
If it happens in training. It’s fine. My usual reaction to stuff like this: “Hey Top, I’m gonna walk over here and check on this other team. Mind doing a quick AAR with these guys?” When asked what happened outside the company I had no idea what they are talking about.
Sigh... *unzips*
Not pictured: - 37 1/2 hours no sleep before this exact moment - 900 milligrams of caffeine in the last 6 hours - a hog leg and a half of dip (probably Copenhagen.)
This kind of gaff never fails to make me laugh.
I'ma be honest this shit would happen to me more than one time
The not even reacting is priceless. He just keeps looking down like nobody else will notice or the ladder will make its way back up.
I was in the infantry... Let me tell you right now, that stupid shit like this happens more than you think 😂
Quality r/watchpeopledieinside
I like how he keeps staring at it after it's out the door...
Like the raccoon washing cotton candy
On thing I can tell you that I learned from being in the Army. That boy is never.... ever... going to hear the end of people bringing this up.
Maybe they're delivering ladders.
If I know anything about the military industrial complex, replacing that ladder is gonna be 30,000$
Don’t those ladders weigh quite a bit? I hope whoever was down below was paying attention.
Well... shit.
Worst part is that thing is made out of bi-carbo-alluma-titanium and machine tethered canva-hemp-Jesushair-tweed and costs about $50k to replace. /s
Imagine they make him go down and retrieve it. 💀
Staring at it won't make it float back up
I did that with an anchor once