Army 2LT successfully navigates his head into his own ass
2LT Nathan Freihofer
Sorry Gun Bunny, but this is one of yours.
Second Lieutenant Nathan Freihofer, a field artillery officer with the 3rd Infantry Division (within the 18th Airborne Corps) made a tasteless joke on TikTok (China’s most successful attempt to break our national security thus far). He wasn’t in uniform, but he’s got other videos where he is, so it was immediately known he was part of the Army.
His joke was what is a “Jewish person’s favorite Pokemon character,” and answers: “Ash.”
“Hey if you get offended, get the f–k out,” Freihofer says after laughing. “It’s a joke.”
This “joke” went out to his three million followers. He’s since deleted it, but it’s being discussed at the highest levels. “We’ve already had several discussions about this with the highest levels of 18th Airborne Corps,” said Col. Joe Buccino, a spokesman for the 18th Airborne Corps.
Not a good way to start your career, El Tee (for now…he might just be a former officer very soon).
The worst part is that he thinks this is humor. It’s not clever, witty, or humorous.
Source; Task and Purpose
Category: "Teh Stoopid", Army, WTF?, YGBSM!!
Is dumbass one word, or is it hyphenated dumb-ass or is it two words, dumb ass.
I used to have a talk with my troops about the difference between visibility and exposure. Simply put nobody ever dies from visibility, but every year you read about someone dying from exposure.
Having visibility with the boss was okay, but you wanted to avoid exposure. This dumbass has exposure by the wheel barrow full.
Perhaps we need a 13th commandment. Thou shalt not post on social media
Not every cherry LT gets to meet the 18th ABN commander.
He done made himself the Crown Prince of dumb Lieutenants!
My favorite is the 2LT (female, in my Bn TF) who Replied All on a dirty joke in e-mail to everyone in the DoD Global.
Good one!!
He looks pretty happy in the photo. He should save it because
there probably won’t be any more.
As ol’ Robert Downey, Jr. said… well, you know the rest:
Correction – that was actually Ben Stiller’s line…
Downey said it better.
Uh but Downey didn’t say it…
Just ’cause it’s a theme song don’t make it not true. 🙂
Three million followers???
We are doomed as a society.
That’s what I was wondering. 3,freaking,000,000? With that many people watching on the ChiCom Telescreen, you know something like this is bound to happen. It’s like having 4 drinks every night before driving home. Most of the time you may make it, but you will eventually get in a wreck.
Stupid move?
Yes.
Career Limiting?
Perhaps.
Absolutely legal and covered under the 1st Amendment?
Correct.
As asinine as this was, free speech carries two burdens in it. The first is the burden is on the hearer’s part. Most people are just too fast to lose their minds.
Second burden; society must not make things “taboo” and construct moral panics around such topics. It is vital that we hear such speech so that we know who the true morons are.
Not exactly correct. Most everyone knows that when you go into the military, you basically surrender your civil rights. If you retire, thanks to the supreme court, you never get all of them back.
What he did was not illegal, nor really wrong, but tasteless and embarrassing to the Army. That is why we have article 134.
Negative, not one of your civil rights are sacrificed.
The bill of rights applies to your person while in the military.
What changes is that you have conditions of employment–not that your civil rights are attenuated.
And yes, legal but stoopid.
I would disagree. Article 88 for example. You can’t get thrown in jail for “contemptuous language” about your boss as a civilian. You can in the military.
Not sure what branch you were in, but it could not have been Marines. You give up your your first amendment rights in large part, your second amendment rights in large measure, your fourth amendment rights. And as mentioned above there are a number of articles in the UCMJ such as 134, that are utterly bullshit but can be used easily against someone in the military.
I forgot one other very significant thing. Unless it has changed since I retired, there is absolutely no statute of limitations on any part of the UCMJ. You could be out for 20 years, they find some transgression you supposedly committed, and they could force you back to active duty to try you for it.
I never lost my freedom of speech, I could own a firearm, I was still free from unreasonable search and seizure.
I might not have lost my freedom of speech, but I got told to shut the fuck up quite a bit.
Me too, and generally for good reason.
I can’t think of a single right I lost to the military.
Of course as a member of the military and officer, his free speech is severely curtailed. [Unless, of course, it’s the Obama administration and you want to be in uniform at a gay pride event.]
As for other people’s free speech, it reminds me of the Dixie (whoops) just Chicks when they ran their suck overseas about how America sucks. They bitched when they down checked by their fans. (Lesson there is when you are a country singer and your core fan block are Bitter Clingers™, you probably should talk publicly about your libo views.) They didn’t go to jail, did they? Having fans smash your previously enjoyed CDs is not protected.
I remember going into a music store that was going out of business in the early 2000s looking for any bargains on CDs. I looked into the Country section out of curiosity and saw that most of the titles were gone EXCEPT the Ditzy (*OOPS*, Dixie) Chicks albums of which plenty were left, after running their mouths stores couldn’t even give away their music at a going out of business sale!
Yeah, but you could have made coasters for cold drinks out of those CDs, API. Think of the practical things you can do with that kind of trash.
That or hang them on a string from a tree branch to deter woodpeckers!
I used to have a wood pecker. Least ways it wood seem that way!
😆 😆 😆
Transmogrified from oak into balsa?
(^__^)
That works?! I had a Cat-Entertainment-System (sometimes known as a bird feeder) in a tree outside a window while living on Camp Lejeune and I had a woodpecker keep coming back and destroying it. Should have bought a metal one, I guess. . .
Butthole!! I’m giving you FOOD!
I like the way you think EX-PH2 !
They make wonderful clay pigeon substitutes
You guys are great!
I don’t think you’re allowed to say “Dixie” anymore…
Chicks is right out too unless you’re talking about tiny fowl.
Dumbass also managed to call down a successful Time on Target Fire Mission on his own pos too, so there is that. Possibly navigated his way out of the Army and into the “would you like fries with that” career field and out of the Field Artillery. And, no, we aren’t going to take credit…or blame for this one.
Just because you have the right to “free speech” doesn’t mean you have to always exercise it. Or as Chief Gillespie liked to say, “…You got the right to say not one damn word…”
Or, as Ron “Tater Salad” White said, “I had the right to remain silent, but I didn’t have the ability.”
Yep. The First Amendment is a great help in identifying the idiots among the general population.
Never go full retard or in this case, never go full fuck-tard…
PILLOCK!!
You’re supposed to do all the stupid stuff when you’re under the age of 16 and get it over with.
So he will be able to put managed USR for an Army unit for four straight years on his Resume… at lest!!
Wow. What an idiot. Narcissism and “follower” count has infected our society like never before. Is there any humility left in that generation? Can anyone sit alone or spend some time alone and simply be at peace with themselves without the likes, follows, comments, subscribers, etc.?
WTF!?
It’s odd, isn’t it? How desperate they are for attention, and don’t realize that nobody really gives a crap about them?
Could that be the reason their parents* decided to boot them out into the world? *Taking bets on how many have moved back in with Mommy & Daddy.
It’s very odd Ex. I’ve become almost infatuated with studying this phenomenon. I have a couple of Family members who can’t fart without it being a selfie mode video complete with sideways peace sign, duck lips, and sticking either their ass or boobs out towards the camera.
Hey… I guess it’s entertaining for me if nothing else.
OKay, so is it just me, or are they acting the way we might have acted when we were 4 to 6 years old and wanted attention?
No, it’s just not you. But ya gotta realize, that they are part of the “Time Out” generation, where we are the “Willow Switch to Your Ass” generation./s
You should have stuck to baking cookies freihofer instead of joining the Army. Cookie Cookie lend me your comb.
You have love a idiot LT
Filling weather balloons North of the Artic Circle seems to be a very attractive assignment these days….
Hey, 2LT Nathan Freihofer – you’ve just DORKED THE SQUEAKHOLE! What are you gonna do next?
I’d call that typical lower enlisted level humor, which can be seriously tasteless and rough. (Anyone remember ‘how many people can you fit in a VW?’?) Doubt that it’s changed in the ladt few decades… but social media enables one to say things accessible to millions which shouldn’t go outside a squad bay.
I wonder if he’s also this guy on a land nav course. (this video never gets old to me)(smile)
ROFLOL!!
ROFLMAO
CLASSIC!!!
I drove for that 2LT, but his name wasn’t Green.
Classic!!
Saw a PSG get booted off a Land Nav course (EIB) when I was a PV2 for cheating.
Boot brown bars! Ya gotta love ’em!
One of my favorite dumbass O-1 stories had to do with an Ensign I was dating many moons ago.
She was stationed at DLI which is a multi-service school. One day she was walking to class when an Army O-1 came up to her demanding to know what date and year she had received her commission.
Puzzled, my GF said (something like), “15 May of this year. Why?”
“Well, I graduated on 13 May, so I am senior to you and you have to salute me.”
After said GF got over the shock of the experience of being in the presence of such intense arrogance and stupidity, she replied, laughing all the way, “Oh, yeah, you and what army are gonna make me?”
Then she guffawed long and loud and just walked away.
I still shake my head when I think of it.
Not being Army, but is this guy truly a boot brown bar. Could he have been commisioned this May, completed his OBC and still made it to Ft Stewart by the end of August?
Or is he last years crop of DAL?
Good point, but whenever I see an O-ganger with those gold bars, I immediately think boot, someone who needs tender loving care to make it to O-2.
And I was a boot Ensign in my day, but I already had 12 years and CPO anchors to help me out. Having said that, I still had my moments of “bootness.”
Navy (or maybe just aviation Navy) is kind of strange. I was visiting a college roommate at his E-2C squadron (VAW123) and got introduced to the “Bull” ensign. He was the senior ranking O-1 in the squadron and wore larger size collar brass on his khaki’s. Having grown up on Marine Bases and been commissioned in the USAF, I’d always heard that rank among Lts was like virtue among whores.
My former roommates wife used to make reservations in my name at the Oceana OClub King Crab night, because Capt Former Roommate got a better table than Lt Husband.
Did you meet the “George Ensign”?
That’s the junior ranking O-1 in a command.
They get itty bitty Ensign bars to wear.
I never came across one of those. Back in my day USAF O-1s got OERs every six months. My claim to fame (nonexistant) was I must have never been a 2Lt as I never had an OER as a 2Lt. My first OER closed out about 2 weeks after I pinned on 1LT.
My promotion ceremony occurred on a C-141 between Ryadh and Rhein Main and consisted of cutting the Velcro’d Captains bars of one of the guys on the crew in half and putting it on. We later had a fuel stop at McGuire which had a clothing sales shop in the pax terminal where I bought a silver bar for my hat.
Then I bought BLTs and beer for anyone on the crew who wanted them after 33 days in Saudi Arabia.
When I got approved for promotion I put 2LT(P) on stuff just to be silly.
That’s the guy that demands the latrine gets called to attention when he enters and exits.
“Latrine ready for inspection, sir.”
https://youtu.be/qqg4rJPUxGs?t=26
More like “Manhole ready for inspection, Sir”.
Stat!
Just what I was thinking.
This 2LT will soon be Permanent Latrine Orderly … PLO
Or the one that tries to demand that a 1SG or Warrant Officer stand at attention for him!
Wow. Dipshit!
Nothing will happen or it will be taken back. First time something happens it is post to 3 mill followers and CC does not want that hassle.
Anything will be low keyed. Like the Weather Balloon option.
And the DAL* Club gains another member. A couple of previous members include:
Joshua Yabut – Virginia National Guard who claimed he got an encrypted message that ordered him to take an M577 Command Post Carrier on a 60 mile road trip.
Spenser Rapone – Thought it was a good idea to wear a Che T-Shirt as part of the uniform of the day at West Point.
And now, Nathan Freihofer, who may or may not be deserving of keeping the Canteen Cup when he clears CIF at Fort Stewart./s
*Dumb Ass Lieutenant
More like “Nathan Felcher”.
Well that’s one way to end your career before it really gets started.
Between running their mouths or chasing opportunities for extra-marital fornication I never cease to be amazed at just how many men toss their careers and their futures right out the window.
Good luck in the future, perhaps you can figure out what you wanted to be when you left the military. It seems a good time to consider your career options post-military life.
Curious as to his commissioning source.
I bet they are proud. I mean, they put their stamp of approval on the clown. Right?
My best guess is that this is not the first time this moron has run off at the suck. He probably was not well-liked by his peers, to boot.
Sometimes the Army gets it wrong. Step on it, flush, start over.
GT, from what little source material there is, I think he was commissioned from ROTC at Northern Kentucky University last year.
Note: NKU ROTC has a partnership agreement w/Xavier University ROTC, so his commission may actually be from Xavier.
You can’t fix dumbass, but you can cashier it out of the Army.
Can’t fix stupid but you can numb it with a 2 by 4…
OR you can muffle it with duct tape and foam rubber, just-sayin’…
I thought it was kinda funny.
Username checks out. 😉
The best humor is often tasteless.
I wouldn’t call this anything close to the funniest thing I’ve ever heard, but I chuckled.
Hopefully, they let him learn from this and don’t make a bigger deal out of it than it has to be.
“but I chuckled”
I flashed back to the early 50’s when as a child my parents openly discussed
WW2 and showed me the photos. Nothing there to chuckle about.
You’ve never laughed at a joke told in poor taste?
It doesn’t exactly speak well to one’s character, but it doesn’t make one anti-Semitic, either. Morbid humor has a long and broad history.
We all have room to grow. Even that high horse your on.
What a fucking tool.
Someone needs to slap that smile right off of his face.
Act like a God Damn Soldier.
Ahhh, the catalyst for countless mandatory briefings for all – would love to see his future OER.
He looks to be of the Bradley Manning flavor.
Many, many years ago, before the Algore invented the intertubes, I was taught that one should never say anything in public one did not want to appear on the front page of The New York Times. Now morons put their moronic and offensive crap in writing and publish it themselves on the Twatterverse; and then they are surprised when years later it comes back to bite them on the ass.
One of the joys of being retired is that one doesn’t have to worry much about being offensive, provided one doesn’t slander or libel anyone.
My personal Ensign story is a two parter.
The day before my commissioning I went to PSD for something or other.
As I walked into the office, the yeoman gave me a cheery “GOOD MORNING, CHIEF!” and the Chief Yeoman came out of his office, big smile on his face, there to personally help me.
It’s good to be the Chief!
The next day, after my commissioning, my gold bars gleaming in the sun, I figured I should get my new ID card.
I jauntily walked into the same office, same yeoman, same CPO.
The Chief Yeoman didn’t even look up from the paperwork on his desk and the clerk barely looked at me as she said, “Take a number, ENSIGN.”
I realized at that moment that I hadn’t been promoted. I had just entered the world of the boot brown bar.
And that, my friends, is a true story. No SHIT!
Ah yes the difference between Fairy Tales and War Stories. Fairy tales start out Once upon a time… and War stories start out This is no shit…