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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 You are no longer active military, but still know where your PT belt is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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Your neighbor calls you after hearing a transformer explode to ask if everything is ok at your house.
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SSG Warren Swan
Ma'am looking at that face value, one would ask are you having steel cage matches in the living room?
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You know you are a Veteran when a fellow Veteran at work prints off military acronyms so coworkers understand you.
You sent a brand new Lieutenant to Supply for 100 feet of flight line.
You sent a Private to get Chem-lite batteries.
You sent a brand new Lieutenant to Supply for 100 feet of flight line.
You sent a Private to get Chem-lite batteries.
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CH (CPT) Ephraim Travis
My younger brother had just reported to his unit after OSUT when he called me for advice/guidance. I told him that if he wants to make a good impression with his 1SG, he should offer to carry as many cases of grid-squares as he can.
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SGT James Allen
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth - I am left handed. I carried extra ones on my tank at all times. LOL
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SSG John Jensen
they sent me for canopy lights and riser grease, knowing the deal and being to broke to spend the whole day at the PX, I hung out with the Supply Sgt at the Co for a while, who then took me over to Bn with him, everybody knew the guys that sent me for the stuff, and so I went back to the plt WITH canopy lights. and I was on that guys shit list for life, even after I passed him in rank
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SSG Warren Swan
You might be a vet if your boss asks how you fixed the server problem and your response is "PFM."
You might be a vet if your boss asks how you fixed the server problem and your response is "PFM."
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SSG Warren Swan If you've ever said "I was in (insert unit/fort/base/camp/port/military branch) when it was hard" you might be a veteran.
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#12 You were able to see the beer fumes rise of from your 1SG AND CO during a Regimental run
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SSG Warren Swan
Damn...another moment where I'm very interested in the back story. I can see this happening tho.
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SSG Warren Swan - Combat Engineer company at FT Irwin...58th CEC under the 11th ACR. Back when I was there in the late 90's, we would have a Regimental Call at the end of every battle rotation. Everyone in the Regiment was invited......from the fresh out of school PVT to the Regimental Commander. Of course, alcohol was served.....and a lot was consumed. And as always, the following morning was a Regimental Run. Always. And with the Engineers being in Support Squadron back then, we were 2nd to last company in the whole running formation (511th MI was always last). The CO and 1SG we had were known to partake in alcohol, have some fun and shoot the shit with us lower enlisted folk at these Calls.
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When a new guy shows up at work, and you can recognize he's a Vet by the words and phrases he uses.
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When you use the knife hand and a loud, clear deafening tone to converse with the people who have irritated you
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SSG Warren Swan
1SG, the problem with yours is, both of your hands are knife hands. I don't think you were ever issued a knife, fork, or spoon as a mud puppy. Your eyes were able to cook MRE's without the heater, and they were also able to open the package through sheer willpower. I hope for everyone's sake they are both registered with the local PD and the PMO. I also hope that you went through D787 at McClellan otherwise any place you may have attended is now invalid.
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1SG Norman Dashiell
for the record, I went thru C795 at McClellan, and I can deither confirm or deny any of the other 'accusations".
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You might be a veteran if you still leave part of the top to a can attached after using a can opener to open the can.
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SSG Paul Forel
MAJ George Huley - It might make more sense to you and me, Major Huley but every mom in American in the fifties and sixties was cutting the entire top off the cans back then and still to this day. No reason was ever given to keep the lid partly attached so every can opener -manual and electric- cut those can lids completely away. It's like holding your breath when you see a diesel truck coming by- we all hold our breaths briefly until it is well past but the civilians breathe it all in.
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SSG Paul Forel
MAJ George Huley - I hope you noticed, Major, that I started my tour with the Artillery (one 'o deuces, towed) and it was with them I earned my BSM w/V.
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MAJ George Huley
We've passed it on, my wife retired Army also does it and now our grand daughters do it.
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When I'm about to drive with my children, I tell them to "hit the latrine and kit up because we're rolling in 5."
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1LT Erica Lavoi
My boys tell each other to 'rub dirt in it', 'drink water', and 'change your socks' when they get hurt.
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