Rockrivr1
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I noticed the other day that Boots graduating from Great Lakes get a participation ribbon just for not screwing up and graduating. That is some high level BS right there.
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I noticed the other day that Boots graduating from Great Lakes get a participation ribbon just for not screwing up and graduating. That is some high level BS right there.
inerlogic
NES Member
Full Bird Private
KMM696
NES Member
Air Force has the same bullshit ribbon for basic training. I was willing to assume that anyone USAF not marching around Lackland in formation probably completed basic - having a participation ribbon for it is just crap.
fencer
NES Member
Oh, is that what that is?
I figured it was just a gay pride ribbon since they ended don't ask don't tell.
Actually, I looked it up: from what I can tell, only the Honor Graduates get that ribbon in the Navy.
That ain't so bad. The USAF and the Army do hand out a ribbon to everyone, but I hadn't realized they'd been around so long: 1976 and 1981, respectively.
fencer
NES Member
Honor Graduates? Those are the Seamen that can take it all the way down to the base without choking.
On the E/W German border we used to say we ate “BMG’s”
Backerei, Metzgerei, Gasthaus..
(Baker, Butcher, Restaurant)
KBCraig
NES Member
I was also on the border, and on various field exercises we would toss a couple of MREs and five bucks to the nearest kindern, and within 15 minutes they'd return with take-out containers of food and a couple of beers.
KBCraig
NES Member
That One Time A US Helo Crew Dropped Greased Pigs Onto A Flight Deck
Let’s drop greased pigs onto an aircraft carrier, said this chopper crew. It’ll be fun, they said.
www.historynet.com
My ex had a near perfect VW bug with her Dad's O-5 base sticker on the windshield as a dependent while we were dating. It was weird seeing the gate MP saluting a Bug when she drove.
Notes:
A real Bug not this new shit
Hopefully Bill is resting in peace. Class act, gentleman and father.
For the older Vets, are these windshield stickers obsolete now?
When I was in the Army in the last century, there were E-type decals (red, IIRC) and O-type decals (blue). But not every O got their rank on there, just O6 and higher.
The gate guards were always enlisted, so they just saluted every blue sticker whether the driver was an O1, an O10, or neither (their wives).
Correct. I should have been clear that was just an example.
Not saluting would have started the "do you know who my husband is?" meme from above. All O-stickered cars got salutes at the gate back then.
Oh yeah, I remember the McDs and BKs on my deployments. NOT!!! Here’s how it went for us:
Good day: Legionnaire, here’s your MRE. We supplemented it with an apple and a bag of chips.
Bad day: Legionnaire, here’s your survival ration. You can fill your canteen from the water trailer.
Really bad day: Men, all meals of today will be substituted by a short whistle from first sergeant. Y’all too fat and ugly anyway.
Good day: Legionnaire, here’s your MRE. We supplemented it with an apple and a bag of chips.
Bad day: Legionnaire, here’s your survival ration. You can fill your canteen from the water trailer.
Really bad day: Men, all meals of today will be substituted by a short whistle from first sergeant. Y’all too fat and ugly anyway.
Cap'n Mike
NES Member
I remember some days the best we got was what the Aussies called a "Dingoes Breakfast"
It consisted of a Yawn, a Piss and a Look Around.
Ok...
Do you think that the Army has a monopoly on parachute operations?
Who did the JMPI on that near jumper's ALICE pack?
Something doesn't look correct?
Probably not the best picture to use when trying to brag(g).
