Comments on: G.I. T.V.

By: Another guy

Another guy — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:14:08 +0000

I’m late responding, but why do they keep showing the same infomercials year in and year out. I’ve been a contractor overseas for over 5 years, and the same infomercials are playing over and over and over and over. The short answer AFN gives us is because they can’t show commercials because of short funds, blah blah blah. Well, why do you have to fill those blank spots with infomercials? Why not just show the show with maybe one or two spots instead of at each commercial break? I understand this for live programming, but for the taped programming, really? And what’s up with AFN Movie? I don’t remember there being commercial breaks on channels like HBO. And oh, and some of those infomercials.…if the movies, musical groups, etc. that you rip off to make puns and practical jokes caught wind of what AFN does without their permission, AFN could find itself paying out a heap more in copyright infringement. Just my 2 cents on the whole mess.

By: Agustin

Agustin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:05:34 +0000

I have been trying to reenlist and i took my physical and past it but they dont want to do prior service with a RE-3. Can anyone know why and is there another way i can get in?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:53:59 +0000

I have read most of the comments in this section and while I to cannot stand some of the Annoying AFN Infomercials to the point that I change the channel to avoid slitting my Wrists sometimes,
I understand that they are Understaffed, Under budgeted and Lack any sort of Credibility in the T.V. Biz. We are not on the F’en Moon why cant we have TV from Satellites. Leave it to the Pros Uncle Sam and do what you do best fight the wars that the Politicians make you!!

By: some guy

some guy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:02:49 +0000

I actually prefer the cheaper commander spots over the slicker public service announcements and whatnot. At least guys like "Doc" Fogelsong gave us something to laugh at. These days it's nothing but Squakers the friggin' Hamster and the 21st Theater Support -- sorry, SUSTAINMENT -- command. Why we need 20 spots a day on 21st TSC, Defense Logistics Agency, and the rest, I don't know. Unless they have so much of an inferiority complex from being "support weenies" or "REMFs" that they felt the need to dump a lot of their budget into trying to convince the rest of us to give a damn. That's the only thing I can think of.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:15:59 +0000

A TOTAL TO MY INTELLIGENCE, "SQUEAKERS THE HAMSTER" "iBUSTED COMMERCIALS" COMMERCIALS ON HOW THINGS WORK IN THE ARMY, ARENTS WE ALREADY IN THE ARMY? "NEWS UPDATES".... I KID YOU NOT ONE DAY A NEWS UPDATE BROKE INTO PROGRAMMING ADN SAID " DONALD RUMSFELD SIAYS THE WAR IS GOING WELL, THIS HAS BEEN YOUR PENTAGON CHANNEL NEWS UPDATE" WHAT A GREAT NEWS UPDATE.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:28:47 +0000

I saw the same ones while I was in Germany and Uzbekistan. What really pissed me off was Fogleson, the Air Force general, standing in his flight suit telling me to always, “CHECK SIX” WTF man? We aren’t all pilots, let alone fighter pilots. Don’t tell me to check six or whatever lingo you use. The AFN does insult our intel, but I guess what can you expect?

By: David

David — Thu, 25 May 2006 11:07:36 +0000

How about ads like “We are the 999th Logistical Command Agency. Providing for the critical needs of.…” Hey I’m impressed. I always figured if I needed to get my batallion of tanks from my house back in the states delivered over here so I could do my part for the war effort, I’d go with the 222nd Agency of Logistic Commands. But from what I’ve just seen the 999th blows them out of the water. But what do I know. I didn’t realize that in Europe I was still subject to the laws of UCMJ until I saw that ad where all those youngsters at the diner were poring through the law books to find an often overlooked legal implication. Good luck on the bar exam guys.

By: Atopilot

Atopilot — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:14:39 +0000

It is not just that the commercials were terrible it is that they played the same ones over and over, even in succession. For the life of me I can’t understand why they never thought of “If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well”. I can tell you after being stationed in Germany and deployed to Iraq that we would rather have silence than our intelligence insulted!

By: Noumenon

Noumenon — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:34:38 +0000

Hey, good job making a post out of watching TV in the camp. It might seem like not a news-y event but it’s actually a fun little topic I can discuss with my friend over there. It’s an unexplored niche.

By: john beard

john beard — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:08:16 +0000

Untill the 25th of Aug I was one of those DOD contractors in Balad. I went thru the airport several times in Baghdad though. I did just over a year.
AFN commericals are lame. Not as lame as when I was in back in the 80’s. My favorite commerical was a overweight G.I. coing thru the serving line and piling his tray high while a sound track of pigs snorting played in the background. It was great.
Most of the contractors I worked with were not overweight, esp. those guys serving in Force Protection and Fire Fighting. And the G.I.‘s I worked with were not stupid either. I worked outside the wire and have nothing but respect for the G.I.s I knew. Any bonus monies they get for reuping, they deserve. More power to them.
I actually miss Iraq and the crap over there. In this dismal culture of America, where the focus of people seems entirely on possessing as much b/s as possible, I believe the Iraqis have a deeper culture.
They are more involved with family, land and God than any part of America. I hope the best for Iraq. And any contactor or G.i. who reads this post come home safe.