For all my Veteran friends
Jan 10, 2018 19:53:29 #
A Army friend sent me this (and I am a Navy Man)
DoD was conducting an All Service briefing and posed this question:
What would you do if you found a scorpion in your tent?
A Sailor replied: I'd step on it
A Soldier replied: I'd smash it with my boot
A Marine replied: I pull the stinger off and eat it.
An Airman replied: I's call room service and ask why there was a tent in my room.
Got to love the Air Force :-) (My Dad, older brother, two nieces and a nephew are all Air Force Veterans and I was the black sheep of the family USN '66-69')
DoD was conducting an All Service briefing and posed this question:
What would you do if you found a scorpion in your tent?
A Sailor replied: I'd step on it
A Soldier replied: I'd smash it with my boot
A Marine replied: I pull the stinger off and eat it.
An Airman replied: I's call room service and ask why there was a tent in my room.
Got to love the Air Force :-) (My Dad, older brother, two nieces and a nephew are all Air Force Veterans and I was the black sheep of the family USN '66-69')
Jan 10, 2018 19:58:16 #
I have a good buddy who spent a four year stint as a free fall instructor for Army SF. He goes on all day about trying to train AF guys. But it's hilarious. Most of it I couldn't repeat on a site like this so will exercise restraint. Good one. Thanks for the laugh.
Jan 10, 2018 20:59:23 #
bellgamin
Loc: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Exception: Fighter Jocks -- they are 150% gung ho. (I am not one. I was in the Korean war -- I fought & I fought, but they made me go there anyway.)
Jan 11, 2018 01:41:12 #
I was Army and my sister went Air Force. Our conversations during family get-togethers were usually something like "well our Captain is so stupid ... ", "well we have this Major that ...".
Jan 11, 2018 09:59:59 #
Only reason I got out of the military was because I hated to work for people dumber than I was (and I definitely was not the sharpest knife in the drawer between 17 and 21 years of age). One stripe made them more intelligent supposedly. Shoulder/collar bars, well that is a whole new story. I was probably the only Boatswains Mate (#1 sea going rate) that has zero days actual sea time. Joined the Navy to 'See the World' (that was the slogan then) Went to Florida, Bahamas (where I began scuba diving) and finished in Conn. I had seen a map once or twice and was pretty sure that was not the 'world'. Making up for that now that I am retired. So far have been to 60 countries on 6 continents. Adding 10 more in a couple of months. Been able to be on Scuba in over two dozen countries, and 10 states in the US. Love retirement but did not realize time would go so fast though. :-)
Jan 11, 2018 12:07:48 #
Having spent five years in the Air Force I can relate to the Airman's reply. I spent three years (1965 to 1968) at Hickam AFB in the Military Pay department. I saw a lot of soldiers, sailors and marines passing through on their way to or from Vietnam. I spent my time during the Vietnam era patrolling Waikiki Beach, protecting the University of Hawaii co-eds. It was tough duty but somebody had to do it. 
Jan 11, 2018 18:39:02 #
akfishguide wrote:
A Army friend sent me this (and I am a Navy Man) b... (show quote)
I was a Marine in Nam and the only air-conditioned living quarters I saw were Air Force Quonset Huts.
Jan 12, 2018 00:18:07 #
akfishguide wrote:
Only reason I got out of the military was because ... (show quote)
I joined the Marines to see the world, also. I went to San Diego, Great lakes and to the Mojave desert.
Jan 12, 2018 08:19:18 #
Hickam is where my father was on Dec 7th, 1941. Squadron leader of B24's on their way to Tripoli in North Africa. It was out of Tripoli on a mission to Nuremberg that his plane was crippled and he headed toward Switzerland to spend the rest of the war because he knew his plane would not make it back to Tripoli. On his way over Austria another gunner brought his plane down and he spent a couple of years as a POW. He escaped 3 times and was recaptured twice. Finally liberated by the British as he and another American officer were found hiding in a Barn (along with two German Officers trying to defect as well). The things Dads generation fought for and many did not survive (I lost an Uncle on the beach in Normandy) is sure not where things seem to be today. Our generation had Viet Nam and this generation has ????? There are soldiers, sailors, and Marines fighting in the middle east for several tours of duty, but it is not something their peers are not doing. Different world from the Greatest Generation to where we are today.
Jan 13, 2018 00:00:50 #
ab7rn wrote:
I joined the Marines to see the world, also. I went to San Diego, Great lakes and to the Mojave desert.
When were you in SD? I was going through basic there from Jan. to March 1970.
Jan 13, 2018 12:59:04 #
Bridges wrote:
When were you in SD? I was going through basic there from Jan. to March 1970.
I went there in Feb 1950. I was discharged in 1954.
Jan 13, 2018 13:36:07 #
akfishguide wrote:
Only reason I got out of the military was because ... (show quote)
I joined the Navy at 17 to "sail the seven seas" I really was in love with ships, . Modeled them draw pictures of them should of been a Bosun. After 4 years active duty I saw my first ship. An old WWII troop ship, 4 days coming back from my last duty station, Roosevelt Roads PR. My father was Army (WWI) My uncle (WWII)also, switched to AF when it was formed in 47, my son Army, My grandson is a Marine. I too am the black sheep for sure.
Jan 17, 2018 15:25:13 #
There are no "black sheep" you all served our country in the service of your choice. I joined the Air Force the day my draft notice was delivered. Spent the next 23 years(65-88). It was very good to me and my family.
Jan 17, 2018 23:57:25 #
As a WWII draftee, I served during several months of WWII at Camp Fannin, TX, on the TX-Louisiana border. Then went to Germany in early '46 to serve during The Occupation of Germany. Was discharged in Nov. of '48. A member of the Army Reserve, I was recalled to duty during the Korean War, but luckily served my time at 6th Army Hdqrts at the Presidio of San Francisco. Later, with my WWII German War Bride, went to school in San Francisco, CA, on the GI Bill. With a beautiful German War Bride and a great education on the GI Bill, always in administrative work, I've been amply rewarded for my several years of Army service.
Jan 18, 2018 10:00:46 #
My last 15 months of 4 years Air Force service was in Goose Bay, Labrador...most of my time outside on the flight line working (comm/nav) on F-102s. 40 below at times in the Winter. Summer was July 25th between 3 and 4 o'clock. That's why I live in Florida now. Actually I enjoyed it but was glad to get back to civilian life.
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