The Service Thread

Knoxxie03 · 03-26-2009, 10:35 PM

Who here's on active duty? Who here's a Vet, with hilarious or even hair-raising stories to tell?

Come on in!

Tell us what branch you are, or were in! Share the common bonds

Desolateconstruct · 03-27-2009, 12:29 AM

I'm not in the service yet, but I'm in the DEP program for the Navy. I can't wait to actually join and get started. At least it'll get me out of the great plains for four years. RTC is booked up until December, at least for my rate, so I'll just have to wait, or hope that someone fucks up and I can take their spot earlier. I don't want to goto Great Lakes in December...too cold. But whenever they send me, I'll go.

bigbubba · 03-27-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Desolateconstruct

I'm not in the service yet, but I'm in the DEP program for the Navy.

Good for you. I was in the Navy myself. Spent a few years on a ship, then became a SEAL.

As for funny stories, I can't think of one at the moment. But, I do recall what one of my superiors told me one day while I was on the ship. I was trying to tie something down, I forget what it was. Apparently, I wasn't going fast enough for his satisfaction. "C'mon, boy, just throw a sex knot in it and be done with it!"

"A sex knot, sir?" I asked.

"Yeah," he replied, "whatever the f*ck will work!"

darroll · 03-27-2009, 04:41 PM

We were on a flight leaving Thailand.
The stewardess pointed at a soldiers M-16 and asked if that thing was loaded.
He said that he didn’t know. He reached down and pulled the trigger and put a few rounds up in the air.
He then said yup. She didn’t ask anyone else if their weapons were loaded.

jklipp17 · 03-27-2009, 04:43 PM

USMC... on our flight to iraq we were allowed to carry weapons and ammunition (not loaded weapons...) but had to check our knives... any bladed weapon had to go with our packs under the plane. apparently they have bullet-proof cockpits, but not knife proof ones...

lampoil · 03-27-2009, 06:31 PM

Former USN last of the Viet Nam Era stateside airdale, Bubba lol yes indeed the "love knot" that gets the job done..... ROTFL

paddystyle · 03-27-2009, 06:48 PM

Guy's i think this is the right place to ask this,just how competitive is it between the different arms of the services?in movies and on telly you always see you have a real pop at each other

darroll · 03-27-2009, 07:44 PM

Those little white jets did save our buns.
We called them AF, hope I'm right.
If they were Navy, sorry

Knoxxie03 · 03-27-2009, 08:38 PM

Navy. I was on a destroyer...did a Med (11/82-5/83). We were on the fire support line in Beirut at the time the US embassy was bombed. A number of my shipmates acted as pallbearers for that awful funeral.

My ship was decommed in October 1989, long after I left. She's now a great, big ghost in my memory, kind of like my own Ebbets Field- an icon of the exuberance of my youth. Those were the days.

Interesting: I got my sea legs VERY early on. I had a CO that never did!

lampoil · 03-28-2009, 03:45 AM

We had some CB's on our base. they were building something ( something)... one was a (30 something) woman not to much bigger than me and with tinier bones. The men would wham, wham, on the sledge hammers then take a break, swear, whistle at the WAVES and smoke, then back to the hammers. The woman would tap, tap tappity tap. she would not break for a smoke, not stop and certainly did not care who was walking by... she hung in there and often had her stakes driven in first ahead of the guys... lol so much for macho'. I never heard any one swear like those CB's always a contest to see who could be the filthiest.

03-26-2009, 10:35 PM	#1
Knoxxie03 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 141	The Service Thread Who here's on active duty? Who here's a Vet, with hilarious or even hair-raising stories to tell? Come on in! Tell us what branch you are, or were in! Share the common bonds __________________ NEW JERSEY Better Living Through Bribery.

03-27-2009, 12:29 AM	#2
Desolateconstruct Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,659	I'm not in the service yet, but I'm in the DEP program for the Navy. I can't wait to actually join and get started. At least it'll get me out of the great plains for four years. RTC is booked up until December, at least for my rate, so I'll just have to wait, or hope that someone fucks up and I can take their spot earlier. I don't want to goto Great Lakes in December...too cold. But whenever they send me, I'll go. __________________ Hey you, out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old Can you feel me?

03-27-2009, 04:41 PM	#4
darroll Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 384	We were on a flight leaving Thailand. The stewardess pointed at a soldiers M-16 and asked if that thing was loaded. He said that he didn’t know. He reached down and pulled the trigger and put a few rounds up in the air. He then said yup. She didn’t ask anyone else if their weapons were loaded. __________________

03-27-2009, 04:43 PM	#5
jklipp17 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,671	USMC... on our flight to iraq we were allowed to carry weapons and ammunition (not loaded weapons...) but had to check our knives... any bladed weapon had to go with our packs under the plane. apparently they have bullet-proof cockpits, but not knife proof ones... __________________

03-27-2009, 06:31 PM	#6
lampoil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7,340	Former USN last of the Viet Nam Era stateside airdale, Bubba lol yes indeed the "love knot" that gets the job done..... ROTFL __________________ When we lay down our swords we may leap with joy.

03-27-2009, 06:48 PM	#7
paddystyle Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 8,997	Guy's i think this is the right place to ask this,just how competitive is it between the different arms of the services?in movies and on telly you always see you have a real pop at each other __________________ Ireland, thou friend of my country in my country's most friendless days, much injured, much enduring land, accept this poor tribute from one who esteems thy worth, and mourns thy desolation." - George Washington, speaking of Ireland's support for America during the revolution.

03-27-2009, 07:44 PM	#8
darroll Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 384	Those little white jets did save our buns. We called them AF, hope I'm right. If they were Navy, sorry __________________

03-27-2009, 08:38 PM	#9
Knoxxie03 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 141	Navy. I was on a destroyer...did a Med (11/82-5/83). We were on the fire support line in Beirut at the time the US embassy was bombed. A number of my shipmates acted as pallbearers for that awful funeral. My ship was decommed in October 1989, long after I left. She's now a great, big ghost in my memory, kind of like my own Ebbets Field- an icon of the exuberance of my youth. Those were the days. Interesting: I got my sea legs VERY early on. I had a CO that never did! __________________ NEW JERSEY Better Living Through Bribery.

03-28-2009, 03:45 AM	#10
lampoil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7,340	We had some CB's on our base. they were building something ( something)... one was a (30 something) woman not to much bigger than me and with tinier bones. The men would wham, wham, on the sledge hammers then take a break, swear, whistle at the WAVES and smoke, then back to the hammers. The woman would tap, tap tappity tap. she would not break for a smoke, not stop and certainly did not care who was walking by... she hung in there and often had her stakes driven in first ahead of the guys... lol so much for macho'. I never heard any one swear like those CB's always a contest to see who could be the filthiest. __________________ When we lay down our swords we may leap with joy. Last edited by lampoil : 03-30-2009 at 09:45 AM.

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