What's Your Funniest Military Memory?

2014-10-14T19:07:56-04:00

First of all - No matter what your experience, we have at least one funny memory.
Let's share it, it's our legacy to our friends and family. Ah yes, the adventures and the moments we saved ourselves by the skin of our teeth and by the sweat of our brow.

So what you got?

Orrrrr.....Wait for it...
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Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Oct 14 at 2014 7:34 PM

2014-10-14T19:34:18-04:00

Getting up to give a safety briefing and missing the step and doing a face plant just before the podium. It got everyone's attention and laughter.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 15 at 2014 2:06 PM

2014-10-15T14:06:02-04:00

The one that sticks with me happened during an FTX to the Big Island. Our brigade FSO was a former Marine, very tough but also very afraid of the big feral pigs that wandered all over our OP. When he visited our OP he normally would remain on the hill until the next morning. His driver would inevitably park the truck between the area where we would get our evening hots and the bunker where we set up operations. Mysteriously, pieces of fruit never made it to the bunker, but always ended up rolling underneath his truck. We would wake up to the sounds of boars trying to get to the fruit under the truck and the Major cussing and yelling at his driver to wake up and chase the pigs away.

Response by SSG John Erny made Oct 15 at 2014 2:22 PM

2014-10-15T14:22:14-04:00

Rigger School:

1 MSG takes a can of stew and puts in his barf bag. During the flight to the DZ he pulls it out and pretends to puke, he then hands it to Sgt who pulls out a spoon and eats it. Yep, about every one filled their barf bag. Static line and barf bag in hand they exit bombing the DZ with barf bags.

2 I put a deck of cards on a rat trap in the desk drawer of this 76L E-3, tied a piece of 550 filler on the trigger and tapped it to the top inside of the drawer. He comes to work and I ask to borrow a marker. He opens the drawer and cards fly in his face. He jumps back and sticks to the wall for like 2 seconds.

3 Same 76L gets a fake ID so we go to a bar in Fayetteville, he gets piss drunk. Next morning my door about comes of the hinge, with a very large and angry Dana Duff pounding on it. Erny you got that fool drunk and he pissed in my wall locker, he yelled for about 15 minutes. Later that day I get picked up and thrown by Duff on a pile of M -1950 weapons cases.

Response by PO2 Mark Saffell made Mar 12 at 2015 9:51 AM

2015-03-12T09:51:22-04:00

Watching my best friend do the General, Chemical and collision Alarm test from Secondary Con and getting the Collision Alarm stuck. All you sailors that have been to sea and remember every day they announce "The following is a test of the General, Chemical and collision Alarms" will smile at the though of getting one stuck. Now think about that happening on the USS Enterprise

Response by SFC Richard Bennett made Feb 9 at 2017 2:38 AM

2017-02-09T02:38:17-05:00

We were guest instructors at Sea Girt NJ a National Guard instillation Our Company Commander 03 Got The National Guard O6 to OK water sports as organized PT! The Picture attached is not a true representation, but is fun to post.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jan 5 at 2019 3:57 PM

2019-01-05T15:57:13-05:00

Fly my M1 tank about 5 feet in the air and traveled 20 feet. It was in slow motion until we hit the desert floor.

Response by PFC Shawn West made Nov 16 at 2019 4:52 PM

2019-11-16T16:52:42-05:00

I was Rear D and got to be dressed as the Easter Bunny. My unit commander and his wife sat on my lap for a picture. I don't think he knew it was me. Look at the Fort Stewart FRG page go back to 2010 around Easter and the Easter Bunny is me. The Brigade Commander coined me when he got back. I was the only one on Rear D that was tall enough for the costume.

Response by SFC Bill Kurtz made Nov 17 at 2019 5:54 AM

2019-11-17T05:54:54-05:00

Naples NATO peace HQ control facility. Phone cats were manually rung between switchboards. Naples switchboard tells me “On circuit IT5201 Ankara cannot heat us.” I jack in and send a ring to the other end, Ankara Turkey. The line is picked up and I hear”Hallo, Ankara” I asked the operator “Can yo hear me?” She answers “No.” I did several tests on the line, talking with the operator. It was so comical that I patched the line in to put tunnel’s PA system. A crowd gathered in my doorway as people just had to hear this little old lady talking with me while insisting she couldn’t hear me.