Military Memes

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[Wildman]

 

[C.J. Roberts]

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RODE one? I can do one better than that. When I was stationed at the Naval Air Station on South Weymouth Ma. (Marines had two Squadrons of helicopters and a Squadron of A4 Skyhawks as part of a Reserve Group), we had an electrical repair that needed to done before the next flight of a particular aircraft. This aircraft was already out on the flightline being prepped for the flight.
We gathered up every extension cord in the hanger to try to reach the A/C with the soldering iron to no avail. We were trying to figure out how to effect the repair when the Light Bulb went off. I told one of the guys to go get the buffer.
The buffer we had was an older one, where the cord ran from the handle down to the motor, which plugged into it with a standard three prong plug. The cord itself was about 50 ft long, which was exactly what we needed to get the job done.
So here we are, soldering an electrical connection ON THE FLIGHTLINE, using the buffer as an extension cord. And yes, we had to have someone at the buffer, holding the handle to switch it "on" to power the soldering iron.
That one earned me another "Good job, don't do it again".

 

[Mhass]

RODE one? I can do one better than that. When I was stationed at the Naval Air Station on South Weymouth Ma. (Marines had two Squadrons of helicopters and a Squadron of A4 Skyhawks as part of a Reserve Group), we had an electrical repair that needed to done before the next flight of a particular aircraft. This aircraft was already out on the flightline being prepped for the flight.
We gathered up every extension cord in the hanger to try to reach the A/C with the soldering iron to no avail. We were trying to figure out how to effect the repair when the Light Bulb went off. I told one of the guys to go get the buffer.
The buffer we had was an older one, where the cord ran from the handle down to the motor, which plugged into it with a standard three prong plug. The cord itself was about 50 ft long, which was exactly what we needed to get the job done.
So here we are, soldering an electrical connection ON THE FLIGHTLINE, using the buffer as an extension cord. And yes, we had to have someone at the buffer, holding the handle to switch it "on" to power the soldering iron.
That one earned me another "Good job, don't do it again".

If it's stupid, but it works, it's not stupid.

 

[C.J. Roberts]

If it's stupid, but it works, it's not stupid.

That's what I told them.

 

[Wildman]

"Shooting Gallery" by Constantin Alajalov (1900-1987) for The Saturday Evening Post (September 12, 1953)

 

[Wildman]

"War Bond" by Norman Rockwell for The Saturday Evening Post (July 1, 1944)

 

[Wildman]

 

[Wildman]

 

[C.J. Roberts]

 

[Wildman]

 

[Wildman]

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Had this "new" 2nd LT try to school me on military etiquette one day when he was having a platoon meeting & was doing a rollcall of all the NCO's... So he calls my name out & I respond with a "Here".... & he says that's "Here Sir" so I fired back with "That's Sgt White sir" so he tried to chew me out after the meeting was over. I politely asked him how many MONTHS he had in the service.. He was like 8 months or some shit but I've got 4 years ROTC... So I reply with the normal "I've got more time in the chow line" & then told him that I had 10 years of time in service so I knew how to respect the 'RANK" but that if he wanted to play games that he needed to respect the rank I had also since in hindsight I was like a Lt Col rank wise. He finally backed off and apologized and then agreed that he'd been out of line and if he felt it proper for him to be addressed as sir then he should render the same respect as addressing us as Sgt.

 

[lBasket]

Had this "new" 2nd LT try to school me on military etiquette one day when he was having a platoon meeting & was doing a rollcall of all the NCO's... So he calls my name out & I respond with a "Here".... & he says that's "Here Sir" so I fired back with "That's Sgt White sir" so he tried to chew me out after the meeting was over. I politely asked him how many MONTHS he had in the service.. He was like 8 months or some shit but I've got 4 years ROTC... So I reply with the normal "I've got more time in the chow line" & then told him that I had 10 years of time in service so I knew how to respect the 'RANK" but that if he wanted to play games that he needed to respect the rank I had also since in hindsight I was like a Lt Col rank wise. He finally backed off and apologized and then agreed that he'd been out of line and if he felt it proper for him to be addressed as sir then he should render the same respect as addressing us as Sgt.

The absolute worst way to be respected is to demand it from people

 

[DEValken]

Had this "new" 2nd LT try to school me on military etiquette one day when he was having a platoon meeting & was doing a rollcall of all the NCO's... So he calls my name out & I respond with a "Here".... & he says that's "Here Sir" so I fired back with "That's Sgt White sir" so he tried to chew me out after the meeting was over. I politely asked him how many MONTHS he had in the service.. He was like 8 months or some shit but I've got 4 years ROTC... So I reply with the normal "I've got more time in the chow line" & then told him that I had 10 years of time in service so I knew how to respect the 'RANK" but that if he wanted to play games that he needed to respect the rank I had also since in hindsight I was like a Lt Col rank wise. He finally backed off and apologized and then agreed that he'd been out of line and if he felt it proper for him to be addressed as sir then he should render the same respect as addressing us as Sgt.

My last post I was NCOIC of an ADA NCOA and MOSQ school. Instructors had developed a habit of addressing troops by their last name. "Smith, grab Jones and you two go collect some rubber ducks" kind of thing. Had to have the talk about whether PV2 or SFC we had earned what we wore, and we needed to use it.

 

[C.J. Roberts]

 

[Wildman]

 

[Wildman]

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[Wildman]

 

[Wildman]

 

[Mhass]

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Knew a Senior Chief (E-8) who retired with red stripes (no good conduct medal), He made rank eighteen times!