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Rally Point, it's been a very long weekend with the events that have been going on over the last 10 days. With many of the discussions focusing on that, there isn't much room to decompress, so being I'm a Jeff Foxworthy fan, instead of "You know you're Redneck if...Let's do "You know you're a Veteran if..... I'm posting these memes of mine to get it going. But to add to them..You know you're a veteran if:
1. Your credit score is higher than your first paycheck as a private
2. You laugh when you hear troops talking about how broke they are, but have money for beer.
3. You smiled when told the forecast for rain, just to show up to PT formation and it's dry...UNTIL you start doing PT...
4. Your favorite brand of liquor was called "whatever someone else bought"...meaning it was free.
5. You remember laughing at troops who thought 29% APR was good...
6. Your version of giving directions to get somewhere near Ft. Bragg uses strip clubs, tattoo parlors, and used car dealerships as reference points...
7. You were told by your PSG that Top wanted to see you in his office. The current temp outside his office is a nice 72 degrees....the moment you go in, it's 172 degrees and rising, and when you crawl out, it's below zero being you just got done sweating half your body weight.
8. You're scared to walk on your own grass at home, so you hire someone to do it.
9. You are no longer active military, but still know where your PT belt is
10. You can look at all the meds you take in one hand, but the total count is more than you have fingers, toes, and limbs.
11. You're in PT formation and all the NCO's line up in the first rank to call cadence, and EVERY one of them can only know...C130 rolling down the strip.....
AND GO.......
1. Your credit score is higher than your first paycheck as a private
2. You laugh when you hear troops talking about how broke they are, but have money for beer.
3. You smiled when told the forecast for rain, just to show up to PT formation and it's dry...UNTIL you start doing PT...
4. Your favorite brand of liquor was called "whatever someone else bought"...meaning it was free.
5. You remember laughing at troops who thought 29% APR was good...
6. Your version of giving directions to get somewhere near Ft. Bragg uses strip clubs, tattoo parlors, and used car dealerships as reference points...
7. You were told by your PSG that Top wanted to see you in his office. The current temp outside his office is a nice 72 degrees....the moment you go in, it's 172 degrees and rising, and when you crawl out, it's below zero being you just got done sweating half your body weight.
8. You're scared to walk on your own grass at home, so you hire someone to do it.
9. You are no longer active military, but still know where your PT belt is
10. You can look at all the meds you take in one hand, but the total count is more than you have fingers, toes, and limbs.
11. You're in PT formation and all the NCO's line up in the first rank to call cadence, and EVERY one of them can only know...C130 rolling down the strip.....
AND GO.......
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SGT William Howell
True story time. I had a soldier in Iraq that came to me before a mission and said he had to go to sick call and could not go. So I asked him why. He would not tell. So the knife hands came out and he eventually broke down. Turns out he was using L SAT from the MK 19 as personal lube. Unknown to him, L SAT will give you chemical burns if left in contact with skin. We changed his nick name to Spanky for the rest of the tour.
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SSG Warren Swan You might be a veteran if...
...you have bitten your Commanding Officer in the leg as part of your Wog Dog duties during the Crossing of the Line Ceremony?!
...you have bitten your Commanding Officer in the leg as part of your Wog Dog duties during the Crossing of the Line Ceremony?!
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SN Greg Wright
SSG Warren Swan - Oh yes. You didn't hear that story? I posted it in one of my threads lol. Because I tried to hide during the crossing ceremony (many of us did, and trust me, with good reason!), I was summarily made into the Wog Dog. Doing what good dogs do everywhere, I bit the CO who cursed me, laughed, and glared at the Chief holding my leash, who returned the glare quite levelly, I thought.
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SSG Warren Swan If you have more chemical and fire-fighting certifications than the average local Fireman...you may be a vet!
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SN Greg Wright
SSG Warren Swan - Everyone on a ship has to have basic fire-fighting, first aid, water survival, damage control, and chemical handling training. The DC guys (the one's who's rating (MOS) is actually DC) have much more specialized training than the rest of us.
Having said that, Merchant Marine crews have more training than your normal non-DC Navy guy, simply because on a ship that the Navy would put 600 people on, there's 24 - 30.
Having said all THAT...I would comfortably and capably don landlubber firefighting gear and attack a fire, if it came up.
Having said that, Merchant Marine crews have more training than your normal non-DC Navy guy, simply because on a ship that the Navy would put 600 people on, there's 24 - 30.
Having said all THAT...I would comfortably and capably don landlubber firefighting gear and attack a fire, if it came up.
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PO3 Sherry Thornburg
SN Greg Wright - In the middle of the ocean, you better suit up. No fire trucks to be had.
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SSG Warren Swan If you've ever stood mail buoy watch in full class-4 NBC gear...you may be a vet.
(Le sigh).
(Le sigh).
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SSG Warren Swan
Ok, this is weird, being I don't know that one, and my all Navy jokes are coming to mind lol
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SN Greg Wright
SSG Warren Swan - It was hazing. Probably not allowed today lol. I assume you know what the Class-4's are, though?
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SSG Warren Swan If you yell at the tv while watching the Last Ship because some doofus just saluted the CO indoors (and therefore, uncovered)....you might be a vet!
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SSG Warren Swan
I stopped watching that show...how long can that thing stay out to sea, and never refuel, or replenish? It was getting pretty weird after awhile.
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SN Greg Wright
SSG Warren Swan - Yeah, it took some significant suspension of disbelief to get through it -- for example, the show showed torpedoes to be dead-reckoning only (can only travel in the direction they're fired) which couldn't be further from the truth -- torps today are exceedingly smart and bloodthirsty, and will maneuver to chase your ass down no matter how you try. And yeah, if they want the indefinite-time-at-sea thing they shoulda at least pretended their ship was a nuke lol.
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SN Greg Wright
SSG Warren Swan - Not an expert here, but I believe the proper term is 'wire-guided, self-homing'. In other words, there's a wire for the sub to command detonate if they wish to (in case a wiley Rooskie captain manages to fool the fish into thinking it's mothership is the target), and CAN be used to guide, but they are mostly left to their own self-homing devices, likely (imo) because it'll do it better than a human.
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MCPO Steve Spence
That's the one thing besides shaving I don't do any more. I've got a full-on beard and a nice head of hair. The wife is always on me to get a haircut.
That's the one thing besides shaving I don't do any more. I've got a full-on beard and a nice head of hair. The wife is always on me to get a haircut.
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