Posted on Oct 7, 2014
SPC David S.
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Any one else here chow down or take a 60 second shower due to military service?
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When I'm wearing a baseball cap, I have to resist ripping it off my head when I go in a store.

When I'm riding with somebody, I have to say "Clear on your right" at a stop sign.

I use FUBAR, "say again", and trackin'", waaay too much.

At Wal-Mart, when they call for a CSM to come up front, I always have to look around.

I call my college backpack my "assault pack".
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CSM Charles Hayden
CSM Charles Hayden
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SGT (Join to see) - A few years ago on El Paseo, a fancy shopping destination in Palm Desert, CA; I saw a license plate w: LEG CSM!
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CSM Charles Hayden
CSM Charles Hayden
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SGT (Join to see) - Damn tooting!
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CSM Charles Hayden
CSM Charles Hayden
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SPC Joseph Bachorik - The grass you now?
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SSG Kyle Johnson
SSG Kyle Johnson
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I do the same damn thing so I rarely wear them now.
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Eat way toooooo fast.
Shower quickly.

Oh... and I show up to work on time.
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CPT Carrie P. , I find it amazing when people walk into work 15 mins late and look at me as if it is ok. AND it is usually those same folks that need to leave early on a regular basis.
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SSG Stephen Arnold
SSG Stephen Arnold
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SFC I can understand the first two, but that third one is UNACCEPTABLE!

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CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter
CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter
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I retired 25 years ago. I still eat to fast,shower to fast and say "roger that"way to many times
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PFC Bradley Campbell
PFC Bradley Campbell
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i say "say again" because it sounds much more intelligent than going "huh?" my job is very noisy.
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CPO Jon Campbell
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I say "Say again?" instead of "what did you say?" This is a direct result of standing comms watch and learning radio speak.
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CPT Jacob Swartout
CPT Jacob Swartout
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I always reply with "Say Again" when I 'm back at home and my friends and family look at me as if I said something weird.
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Cpl Dennis F. , I do the same thing! Plus it's easy to spot a fellow former service member, because they will do it too. One of the little things in life I find to take joy in, is listening to civilians trying to do the same thing. They stumble and search for a word to describe the letter and it's hilarious.

I think of it as an audible Rorschach test LMAO. The words they choose can give me a good laugh, "That's Raleigh: Robot, Avalanche, Linda...uhh...uhh...Eeyore, (soto voco mumbling...'I? I? I?)...uhm Indian, golfball (oooh, SO close!)....and uhm hobbit!

It kills me every time.
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CPO Jon Campbell
CPO Jon Campbell
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Use the @ symbol and then start typing their name starting with their rank and their name should pop up
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GySgt Mark Campbell Sr
GySgt Mark Campbell Sr
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When referring to the main building of the VA, it say "Mainside" and also Aye Aye Sir, after telling people around me I have to make a Headcall...
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