The Military's Lighter Side...

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An Airman, Soldier, and Marine are sitting around talking about hardships they faced on their last deployment.
Airman: “The worst was when the air conditioner in our tent broke and it was 110 outside!”
Soldier: “WTF, you had air conditioners?”
Marine: “Wait, stop. You had tents?”

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We used to get yelled at for leaving the screen door open on the sub...

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Bushwhacker · #49

Herb Stoops wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:32 pm I remember polishing the brass door knobs in the barracks with Brasso. And cleaning the toilets with a toothbrush.
We had a pair of low quarters,(Oxfords) and combat boots just for inspections, spit polished to see your image in them,
Herb

I went to the Senior Noncommissioned Officers Academy at Fort Benning. We were required to paint a small white strip on the back of one pair of combat boots, and two strips on the other pair. You would display the single striped ones on odd days and the double striped ones on even days.
Since Military men are the masters of "Work Arounds". We used water based paint for the stripes and changed it on both pairs of boots every day.
When the drill Sergeant got wise, he began to use a pin to stick a small hole in the inspection boots and then search for that pin hole the next day to see if you had switched boots.
Everyone in the barracks would search until we found that pin hole, fill it in and set the same boots out the next day.
Mind games.

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Stick486 · #53

“Summary of psych test results for a fighter pilot... (or most of us at a much earlier age)...

1. Inclined to take excessive risks, even where none exist.
2. Appears to be chronically narcissistic, and has high opinion of himself---for no apparent reason. One instructor's comment: "Thinks he is God's gift to Naval Aviation."
3. Frequently displays lack of respect and deference to authority figures.
4. Believes that any landing approach he can walk away from is a good one.
5. Has a false and unsupported feeling of superiority, especially after consumption of alcohol.
6. Apparently has political ambitions, and states that he aspires to be the Mayor of Olongapo.
7. Not well suited for any other career path, after F-4 squadron assignment; does not get along well with superiors, Black Shoes, Submariners, and shows only grudging respect for U.S. Marines---especially those who are Naval Aviators.
8. Overly aggressive---states he wants to have a full ordnance load, even while flying in CONUS on training missions. He once zoomed to 50,000 ft. and fired a Sidewinder at the sun, to see if he could hit it.
9. Resists complying with established Naval protocols and etiquette---once left a calling card in the tray at an admiral's home that said: 'Hot Dog Nelson----have parachute, will travel.'
10. After receiving a poor Fitness Report, instead of promising to correct his deficiencies, pointed out to his CO several misspelled words in the report.
11. Fails to use proper decorum in wardroom or officers' mess. Instead of politely asking the senior officer at a table if he could be seated there, he grabbed a spoon and simulated a ship's bell on the Commander's water glass, saying, "Fighter pilot---arriving!"
12. When invited to join a senior officer's family for breakfast, he replied, "I've already had a Fighter Pilot's Breakfast---a puke, two aspirin, and a cigarette. Thanks anyway."
13. When the interviewer inquired what he usually wore to bed, he replied, "Nothing but my g-suit and flight boots. You never know when you have to launch."
14. When asked what approach speed should be used in the F-4, he replied, "Whatever is necessary."
15. According to his statements, he thinks night refueling is asking the O'Club bartender for another round.

BOARD CONCLUSION: This man is expendable, but highly qualified for a fleet squadron.”

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Bushwhacker · #61

Stick486 wrote: Sun Apr 17, 2022 12:31 am
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Headed into a possibly hot LZ, we were tree topping in hueys. My 60 gunner was in the door to be the first out,
The load master was next to him and told him that he would tap him out when he was to off load.
As we swept over a rice paddy the air craft banked sharply and caused the load master to sway forward, and he touched the gunners back.
Out he went at better then 50 mph, right into the paddy. He skipped like a big rock over the paddy berms.
WE broke off and came around to pick him up. We never did recover that 60.

Bushwhacker

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USAF: Birds
USA: Choppers
USN: Helos
USMC: OHH! OHH OHOH! (pointing at the sky)

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Bushwhacker · #74

Stick486 wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:38 am
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I was the 1SG of a mech unit at Fort Hood. Our new Captain had been for most of his career, doing some sort of studies about the possibility of utilizing Females in the combat arms.
He was brand new to Fort Hood and could not read a map.
WE had a huge training operation coming up.
He put me in the back seat of his jeep and I did all the navigating and coordination with higher and our units..
One of the monitors happened to notice me in the back of his jeep with all the maps and radios around me, and he came over and pronounced me as dead.
I had to get in my own Jeep and was suppose to allow hm to navigate and direct the unit on his own.
My RTO set him up with a radio on a secondary frequency and I still directed him for the rest of the operation from my jeep.
The Army always has several "work arounds " in progress.

Bushwhacker

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Herb Stoops · #77

This one is for Mr. bushwacker:
https://nypost.com/2022/04/14/ukraine-c ... an-convoy/
Isn't it SOP to send the engineers ahead to secure and inspect the bridges before the convoys cross it? At least that is what I seem to remember when I was in.
Herb

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