Humor for my Navy and Marine friends
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I got it from the FB page Tales from the Green Side. A Corpsman who is obviously not in competition with Terminal Lance does these drawings with lots of true and at times self deprecating (self being Corpsmen) quips. I won’t flood this forum with them but here’s another.I like how the pog officer doesn't have a rifle. Double-whammy!
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This is hilarious.
No wonder the term SNAFU has been around for ages. Hannibal’s warriors would have gotten the humor if set in the right context.
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Like the rest of the Navy/Marine Corps team, we did field day on Thursdays at the branch clinic at NAS Cecil Field. Medical and dental shared the decent sized building and we were separated by a wide waiting area that ran the depth of the building. I always enjoyed field day. It's kind of relaxing, just dusting and swabbing and whatnot and not having to think too much.
Anyway, one Thursday afternoon the LCPO of dental came over to be seen. The HM3 at the check-in desk told him we were doing field day and he would have to come back in the morning. He demanded to speak to "whoever's in charge here" so the HM3 called my office. I walked down the P-way and the DTC said,"What are you doing?" I said, WE, are field-daying the clinic. He said, "You too." He noticed the rag in my hand so I said, yep, I'm cleaning my office, and I continued by asking who cleans his office and why aren't they doing field day as well.
Oh, uh, we have a contract with a cleaning company, he said. I laughed so hard I thought I would stop breathing. I told him to come on, "I'll take a look at you" and we meandered down to my office. I never knew I had a sea story that included dental.
Trivia question for those who have been to the Cecil Field clinic: Remember the tailhook that was mounted high on the bulkhead in the waiting area on the medical side?
Anyway, one Thursday afternoon the LCPO of dental came over to be seen. The HM3 at the check-in desk told him we were doing field day and he would have to come back in the morning. He demanded to speak to "whoever's in charge here" so the HM3 called my office. I walked down the P-way and the DTC said,"What are you doing?" I said, WE, are field-daying the clinic. He said, "You too." He noticed the rag in my hand so I said, yep, I'm cleaning my office, and I continued by asking who cleans his office and why aren't they doing field day as well.
Oh, uh, we have a contract with a cleaning company, he said. I laughed so hard I thought I would stop breathing. I told him to come on, "I'll take a look at you" and we meandered down to my office. I never knew I had a sea story that included dental.
Trivia question for those who have been to the Cecil Field clinic: Remember the tailhook that was mounted high on the bulkhead in the waiting area on the medical side?
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It was the entire thing. It was huge and almost looked out of place.
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We have the hook part of the tail hook mounted on a plaque from DH’s 1000th arrested landing on a carrier. Way too heavy for any wall, unless we wanted to do some serious structural bracing. We like to ask our plebes if they know what it is, after their eyes widen as they try to heft it.
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> Curious, at what level does a Marine Officer stop carrying a rifle ? I remember one of my Poli Sci professors, USMC Capt type, telling us that Marine Officers didn't carry a rifle, because his weapon was the men he lead, and that if ever got into a situation where he needed to be shooting instead of leading his troops, calling fire support, etc. , there would be plenty of available rifles around him.
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First ship was a nuke so not fuel constrained so when operating off the East Coast, we would depart the usual operating areas and steam further away. At times we came into the Weapons areas to shoot as thats where the targets would meet us and then we'd generally idle in some nearby areas for a couple of days until we returned to port. Based on what the ship did while in those areas, they became known as the "Field Day OpAreas" to everyone aboard.
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@Old Navy BGO - a million years ago when I was in the Fleet, the Table of Organization and Equipment listed sidearms for Infantry Officers for exactly the reason your professor cited. We were expected to lead, give arm and hand signals, get on the radio, etc. I must admit I had questions about my obvious target potential for enemy combatants. Of course, we were wearing gold or silver rank insignia on our camo uniforms also. Duh.
Not sure when, but someone got smart. In today's Tables, Officers rate a sidearm and a M4. AND they wear subdued insignia.
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Where do marine officers wear subdued rank, only in the field? I ask because I've taken my cadets to Pendleton numerous times, and we've been in ABU's, marching to anyplace. One year my teaching partner (E-8) watched marine after marine walk by me without saluting. He finally lost it and called a bunch of them over and did "the NCO thing, yelling about saluting a senior officer, etc." They looked at me, startled, looked closer and saw my subdued rank and I remember this lance corporal saying with fear/shock in his eyes/voice: "Sir, I'm sorry...we're taught to salute shiny...you aren't wearing any shiny rank."
I felt SO bad for that marine! And at the same time, I struggled not to either laugh or grin.
And after that, I looked closer and every marine officer I saw in cammies...was wearing shiny rank.
I thought..." what a target that makes you."
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I really shouldn’t but I break OPSEC here often. My son’s subdued captain bars are visible especially if you can make the screen bigger. As a bonus, he’s holding his TO weapon. Since I broke OPSEC and this is an undisclosed location and all three are at different duty stations, I’ll give a shoutout to his master sergeant on his right and first sergeant on his left. He claims these two really do walk on water. He was able to push up and got approved a meritorious service medal for both before they all transferred.
