A classic 82nd Airborne hustle. The Mafia pulls a motor pool Humvee door heist and fakes pink eye profiles to dodge Area J live fire.

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The E4 Mafia turns CQ into a profit machine so they can ditch duty, disappear early, and secure their tickets to Porn Con. The barracks corruption reaches new heights, all in the name of adult-industry fandom.

Land nav is supposed to test discipline and direction. The E4 Mafia tests how far shamming can go instead. While everyone else hunts checkpoints, they vanish into the tree line, construct a woodland hideout, and turn training time into an expertly executed dodge. It is laziness elevated to strate...

The mission is simple: set up a quick fire support position so the platoon looks good in front of command.

They scout the terrain early, mark the route, and leave themselves some helpful reminders along the way. Unfortunately, those reminders take the form of an excessive number of dicks carved...

A harmless prank turns catastrophic when Stewart steals what she thinks is another platoon’s guidon but it is actually the company guidon. The E4 Mafia scrambles to shift blame, dragging multiple platoons into a disaster no one can escape.

Trapped in the barracks and tired of being broke, the E4 Mafia decides marriage is the fastest way out. The plan makes sense in E4 math until reality hits. There is only one woman, forcing Sanchez and Jackson to commit to the sham and become the Army’s most unlikely couple. Stewart takes the whol...

Soldiers always find creative solutions, even when those solutions make everything worse. In this E4 Mafia Extra, veterans, cast, and advisors break down the culture of pink eye sick calls, HMMWV door “acquisitions”, and details exactly what it means to wield the Sham Shield.

CQ duty is sold as a quiet overnight shift, but veterans know it becomes a hub of chaos, hustles, and unspoken traditions. This feature explores the reality of E4s running miniature rackets, bending rules, and turning boredom into opportunity. The team shares the stories and culture that shaped t...

The barracks were miserable. Loud. Gross. Unhinged. And somehow… we miss the hell out of them.

In this After Actions episode of E4 Mafia, our military advisors look back on the moments you never think you’ll miss until they’re gone. Barracks shenanigans. Field stupidity. The chaos that only happ...

Soldiers sham work, everyone knows that. But training? That’s different.

In this After Actions episode of E4 Mafia, our military advisors break down the line every real soldier understands. You dodge busy work. You disappear for nonsense. You master the art of shamming.

But when it comes to tra...

Everyone remembers that one prank that went too far. The joke that started in the barracks, crossed a line, and ended with soldiers fighting.

We break down where it felt real, what it reminded us of, and why every unit has a version of this story. If you ever lived through collective punishment ...

Everyone wanted out of the barracks and to pocket a little extra cash.

Looking back on the sham wedding storyline and the desperate logic behind it, our 82nd Airborne advisors talk about barracks life, chasing BAH, and the ridiculous situations soldiers talk themselves into just to feel normal ...