Most humbling or embarassing military moment?

It was my first morning down range. &nbsp;I walked out of my room at the crack of dawn and saw a lone soldier about 30 feet away, facing my direction and holding a salute. &nbsp;Being the well-trained soldier that I am, I snapped to attention, did an about face, and saluted for reveille.<div><br></div><div>I couldn't see the flag and the trumpet was too faint to hear, so after about 20 seconds I peeked over my shoulder to see if the other soldier had ordered arms yet. &nbsp;He had changed positions and that's when I realized that he wasn't saluting... &nbsp;he was talking on his cell phone. &nbsp;</div>

<p>I was on my first field exercise after coming back onto active duty.&nbsp; It was just before sunset and an infantry squad showed up at the engineer AA looking for support for a night mission.&nbsp; I happened to be walking by and got 'Hey you'd by the 1SG.</p><p>The infantry squad put the engineers on point (go figure) and we headed out into the swamps of Ft. Stewart.</p><p>At one point, up to our armpits in swamp water, my lead man stopped and I nearly ran into his back.&nbsp; I asked him why the hell he had stopped and he said there was a log in his way.&nbsp; I told him to see if he could push it out of the way with the butt of his weapon.&nbsp; He started to push on it and then jumped backwards and nearly knocked us both under.&nbsp; I asked him angrily (but quietly) what the f*** was the problem.&nbsp; He said "Sergeant, that f***ing log opened its eyes and looked at me!!!!!"&nbsp; It turned out to be about an 8 foot gator.&nbsp; We did the only thing we could at that point and quietly waded by.</p><p>Lesson learned:&nbsp; when the infantry wants to go swimming in the middle of the night in Southeast Georgia, tell them they're on their own!! LOL</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

I'll never forget being a a brand new PVT at Fort Carson and we were getting ready to go out to do some Sergeant's Time Training. We all formed up and then I realized for some reason everyone kept looking at me and laughing. I couldn't figure it out until finally the PSG came out took one look at me and said a Rink you idiot your Kevlar is on backwards.....:( didn't live that one down for months. Taught me a great lesson too, check yourself before you head out the door.&nbsp;