Posted on Jul 13, 2014
I respect all members of all branches, but where is the good humored trash talk amongst the branches?
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Just for fun. Call them out. Everyone thinks their branch is the best. (Unless your Navy that's not true) funny stories about why you witnessed the other branches do.
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Need a pro-coastie meme...I need a Coast Guard contact to complete my rally-point collection.
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CDR Thomas Gatliffe
True. And many of their rescues are of people who have done dumb ass things at sea. I respect them for the "hands on" work they take on in all kinds of lousy weather and sea conditions. The motto "You have to go out" includes the codicil "You don't have to come back."
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We do more then just the SAR mission and get crap for not being DOD, but there is a reason for it is we are the only brach that can make arrests on civilians (posit comitatus doesn't apply to the Coast Guard)
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squad pushups, juvenile. there are some better workouts than that like chinese sit-ups with the holder facing forward...
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So there I was in Reforger 88 in the back of a deuce with a bunch of grunts ( I was an artillery FO) and we stopped on the side of this farm for a minute. This extremely intelligent infantryman leans out the back of the deuce looking at this field with amazement. He looks at me and says "Holy shit, look at the size of those f@#king carrots! "( he was looking at a field of sugar beets) I just put my head down and shook it.
Thinking the pain was over after I explained they were sugar beets his buddy leans out and looks then turns to him and says " You freakin idiot, that's what they make sugar from". I just wanted to jump out.
Thinking the pain was over after I explained they were sugar beets his buddy leans out and looks then turns to him and says " You freakin idiot, that's what they make sugar from". I just wanted to jump out.
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Capt Jeff S.
According to Wiki, in 2009, 20% of the sugar consumed in the world came from Sugar Beets.
Sugar beet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sugar beet, cultivated Beta vulgaris, is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose. It is grown commercially for sugar production. Sugar beets and other B. vulgaris cultivars, such as beetroot and chard, share a common wild ancestor, the sea beet (Beta vulgaris maritima).[1]
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Capt Jeff S.
And another source from Aug 2014 listed beets as producing 30% of the world's sugar. By the looks of things the world is getting more and more sugar from beets, which can be grown in temperate climates whereas sugar cane is grown in tropical climates only. Learn something new every day.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-beet-sugar.htm#didyouknowout
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-beet-sugar.htm#didyouknowout
What is Beet Sugar? (with pictures)
Beet sugar is a type of sugar extracted from the common beet. About 30 percent of the world's sugar is beet sugar, and it can be...
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My mother served in the Navy, and I can't count how many times that five foot tall woman would snarl, "Just remember, you Marines wouldn't be anything without the Navy!"
My father ALWAYS answered with "Well, until we get that Walking on Water thing down..." of course, he always said it under his breath as his back was turned... they were married for 60 years and neither gave an inch on that argument...
My father ALWAYS answered with "Well, until we get that Walking on Water thing down..." of course, he always said it under his breath as his back was turned... they were married for 60 years and neither gave an inch on that argument...
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I love how sailor act like they been to Iraq. When you ask them about it and you find out they were on a boat miles away but they tell you they supported it. Go Navy. As least you beat us in football. You got that going for you.
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I know the difference between a ship and a boat. A ship has a skipper and a boat has a captain. I watched enough gallighans island to know the difference.
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Cpl Glynis Sakowicz
Geeze, I am about to broadcast my age, I guess, but that comment reminds me of an incident back at Cherry Point, many, MANY years ago... we had a new SGTMAJ coming on board, and he'd been with countless units, but he was assigned to the Wing this time. At his welcoming, He stood at the mike, his face getting redder and redder, until he bellowed out, "AIRPLANE BATTALION! At Ease..." I am sorry to say we pretty much snort-laughed for several seconds, realizing that the "Smaj" had forgotten it was a Squadron, and not a Battalion.
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CDR Thomas Gatliffe
A bit dated, but still good:
Marine Corps Close Ground Support
Recently, a Marine Corps Harrier Squadron was invited to attend the annual Air Force Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air force Base, NV. This is one of the USAF’s big exercises where they test Combined Arms employment of tactical air assets. The USAF F-15 pilots showed up on the ramp with dozens of rear-echelon airman types and tons of equipment such as Ground Power Units, Accessory Power Units, Hummers, trucks, air conditioners, etc. The Marines showed up with only their Harriers and a handful of ground support folks and dressed to operate in a combat environment. The Air Force commander commented to the Marine commander: “Where the hell is your support stuff? Geeze, you guys really are just Grunts that know how to fly.”
Not wanting to disillusion the Air Force commander, the Marine commander got an idea about how to physically elaborate on the comment. He talked to his First Sergeant and, later that evening, the First Sergeant had his Marines make up bayonet studs on hose clamps. In the late hours of darkness the First Sergeant had the bayonet studs clamped onto the pitot tubes sticking out of the noses of the Harriers.
The next morning, the Air Force pilots formed up on the ramp in front of their F-15’s. The Marines fell in on the other side of the ramp in front of their Harriers. Each Marine pilot had on his deuce gear with a bayonet in the scabbard.
The USAF commander ordered his pilots to “Man your planes” and the USAF ground crews scrambled to their trucks, APU’s, GPU’s, etc. while the pilots ran to their planes and strapped into the cockpits.
The Marine commander ordered his Marines to “Fix Bayonets!” Each pilot ran to the front of his Harrier and attached his bayonet to the studs clamped to the pitot tube. The Marine commander then ordered “CHARGE!” and the Marines jumped into their Harriers, dusted airborne from the spot, and flew off.
The Marine commander turned to the USAF commander and said; “Now that’s what we Marines consider Close Ground Support.”
Marine Corps Close Ground Support
Recently, a Marine Corps Harrier Squadron was invited to attend the annual Air Force Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air force Base, NV. This is one of the USAF’s big exercises where they test Combined Arms employment of tactical air assets. The USAF F-15 pilots showed up on the ramp with dozens of rear-echelon airman types and tons of equipment such as Ground Power Units, Accessory Power Units, Hummers, trucks, air conditioners, etc. The Marines showed up with only their Harriers and a handful of ground support folks and dressed to operate in a combat environment. The Air Force commander commented to the Marine commander: “Where the hell is your support stuff? Geeze, you guys really are just Grunts that know how to fly.”
Not wanting to disillusion the Air Force commander, the Marine commander got an idea about how to physically elaborate on the comment. He talked to his First Sergeant and, later that evening, the First Sergeant had his Marines make up bayonet studs on hose clamps. In the late hours of darkness the First Sergeant had the bayonet studs clamped onto the pitot tubes sticking out of the noses of the Harriers.
The next morning, the Air Force pilots formed up on the ramp in front of their F-15’s. The Marines fell in on the other side of the ramp in front of their Harriers. Each Marine pilot had on his deuce gear with a bayonet in the scabbard.
The USAF commander ordered his pilots to “Man your planes” and the USAF ground crews scrambled to their trucks, APU’s, GPU’s, etc. while the pilots ran to their planes and strapped into the cockpits.
The Marine commander ordered his Marines to “Fix Bayonets!” Each pilot ran to the front of his Harrier and attached his bayonet to the studs clamped to the pitot tube. The Marine commander then ordered “CHARGE!” and the Marines jumped into their Harriers, dusted airborne from the spot, and flew off.
The Marine commander turned to the USAF commander and said; “Now that’s what we Marines consider Close Ground Support.”
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If the Navy shells it and the Air Force bombs it and the Marines storm it and the Coast Guard defends it, then all the Army has to do is put BOG and occupy it!
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SGT Steve Oakes
Major, I would point out the following:
1) The Airforce started as part of the Army.
2) The Marines are STILL part of the Navy.
3) Any good parent, teacher, trainer will see their charges grow and strike out on their own as the Air Force has done.
4) The Navy seems to be having trouble getting the Marines out of the house!
Is that the sort of thing your looking for sir?Â
1) The Airforce started as part of the Army.
2) The Marines are STILL part of the Navy.
3) Any good parent, teacher, trainer will see their charges grow and strike out on their own as the Air Force has done.
4) The Navy seems to be having trouble getting the Marines out of the house!
Is that the sort of thing your looking for sir?Â
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
It was an off the cuff joke. The only thing I'm looking for SGT Steve Oakes is what makes me laugh loudest and hardest :-)
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca, and if you like it, then you should've put a stink on it
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My husband is an Air Force officer and I was a Navy enlisted, stationed with the Marines. The culture shock about killed me! I harass him all the time on how easy he's got it! Like it's a cover not a hat!!!
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PO3 Amanda Crippes (Powell) I totally feel you! I crossed over into the AF after 9/11. The Air Force have it really easy compared to the rest of the Branches.
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Q: How many General Schwarzkopf's does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only one- but really, all he has to do is show it he's serious, and it will start working again for a while. You'll still have to fix it later, though.
A: Only one- but really, all he has to do is show it he's serious, and it will start working again for a while. You'll still have to fix it later, though.
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Back in the late 70's we were sailing to Australia for Operation Kangaroo II in Shoalwater Bay. Navy ships have several different phone type circuits for internal communications in case of battle damage or power loss. The apparatus is called "sound powered phones" and they are exactly what the name says. We had several guys who could imitate the radio exchanges from the space missions so well you would swear it was real. We soon had Marines all over the ship clustered around wherever they could find a set, listening to the regularly scheduled "moon missions". We always told them the truth, that it was a sound powered phone circuit. Somehow it just never sunk in.........until the "Gunny" happened to come by while a bunch of Marines were starting to fight over whose turn it was. Inter-service relations were noticeably cooler for some time after that.....
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