I don't know if they still do it but in basic if you called a TI (USAF) a sir/ma'am you were very loudly by the NCO "I am not a sir/ma'am I work for a living".
I made the mistake of calling a attractive 5'3"(?) Hispanic female TI sir. Double stiles on that one.
She made me repeat the following in front of everyone that she told to go past me in line behind me, "NCOs are not sirs they work for a living and I am too stupid to know the difference between males and females" until about 15-20 recruits were bumped ahead of me in line. I didn't get to finish my whole meal because the rest of my barracks we're done ahead of me.
Good times!
I made the mistake of calling a attractive 5'3"(?) Hispanic female TI sir. Double stiles on that one.
She made me repeat the following in front of everyone that she told to go past me in line behind me, "NCOs are not sirs they work for a living and I am too stupid to know the difference between males and females" until about 15-20 recruits were bumped ahead of me in line. I didn't get to finish my whole meal because the rest of my barracks we're done ahead of me.
Good times!
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I think it would be cool to include a photo for one, my basic was 1987 and I still have both positive and negative vivid events from Fort McClellan, Alabama.
Negative: Has to be hospitalization for the Small Pox vaccine during basic marksmanship week and the being told by the drill sergeant I would be reset to another class if I did not get out of the hospital in time to qualify on the M-16, yes the long gun as it is commonly referred to today! My left arm had basically turned blue and purple from the site of the injection to my fingertips and I broke out in hives and ran a temperature. My drill when I approached him lost all facial expression and said sick call ASAP. Not a good event and now being 50, that is the only hospitalization in my 50 years other than birth!
Positive: There were many to be certain, throwing live hand grenades, shooting weapons, diverse groups of people, camping, and driving vehicles, but it had to be the call I received my buddy from high school after not hearing from me for a couple of weeks and getting my drill sergeant on the phone and telling him that he was my brother and there was an emergency. Drill asked me about my brother and when I said I didn't have one, he said he was on the phone downstairs, so after the call I did pushups for about 30 minutes and I lost count after 250 and they were not sequential as not anyone I know can do that many. My buddy stills laughs to this day as he is a civilian and knows not the repercussions it had on me that evening. I learned a lot about the military in a very short time!
Negative: Has to be hospitalization for the Small Pox vaccine during basic marksmanship week and the being told by the drill sergeant I would be reset to another class if I did not get out of the hospital in time to qualify on the M-16, yes the long gun as it is commonly referred to today! My left arm had basically turned blue and purple from the site of the injection to my fingertips and I broke out in hives and ran a temperature. My drill when I approached him lost all facial expression and said sick call ASAP. Not a good event and now being 50, that is the only hospitalization in my 50 years other than birth!
Positive: There were many to be certain, throwing live hand grenades, shooting weapons, diverse groups of people, camping, and driving vehicles, but it had to be the call I received my buddy from high school after not hearing from me for a couple of weeks and getting my drill sergeant on the phone and telling him that he was my brother and there was an emergency. Drill asked me about my brother and when I said I didn't have one, he said he was on the phone downstairs, so after the call I did pushups for about 30 minutes and I lost count after 250 and they were not sequential as not anyone I know can do that many. My buddy stills laughs to this day as he is a civilian and knows not the repercussions it had on me that evening. I learned a lot about the military in a very short time!
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