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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on December 23, 2010, 04:21:02 PM
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Got my orders today. I'm an E-5.
Apart from my Expert Field Medic Badge this is the proudest mark of my service I've ever worn.
But it is also the heaviest. It certainly feels heavier than any rucksack ever could.
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Congrats. :cheersmate:
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Most proud for you! :cheersmate:
Sgt Bunny, thank you for your service.
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Great news!
Congratulations!
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Got my orders today. I'm an E-5.
Apart from my Expert Field Medic Badge this is the proudest mark of my service I've ever worn.
But it is also the heaviest. It certainly feels heavier than any rucksack ever could.
Congrats SGT~!
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Congrats, MSB...... commence the hazing.......
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Congrats, MSB...... commence the hazing.......
I was told there would be boobeez
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Congrats!
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Got my orders today. I'm an E-5.
Apart from my Expert Field Medic Badge this is the proudest mark of my service I've ever worn.
But it is also the heaviest. It certainly feels heavier than any rucksack ever could.
Congrats!
With great power comes great responsibility - DON'T **** IT UP! :-)
:cheersmate:
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I was told there would be boobeez
You were lied to........
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HOW WONDERFUL SERGEANT Snuggle Bunny!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!!
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Congrats! :cheersmate:
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I was told there would be boobeez
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/ColonialMarine/boobs.jpg)
:naughty:
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Congrats!!!!!!
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Wouldn't that be "Sgt. ATTACK Bunny?" :p
Congradulations on the ranking, SGT MSB. Very happy for you. :cheersmate:
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Hearty congratulations on your hard stripes, SGT Bunny!!! :cheersmate:
In celebration thereof, I present a video with which to torment our bunny-hating colleague. Enjoy...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUU_oOBZKko[/youtube]
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Congrats Sergeant Bunny! :usflag:
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Congrats enjoy it
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Jeeze, about time, innit?
Just kidding...congrats!
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Holy crap--someone on this board I STILL outrank!
J/K man, congratulations!
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Jeeze, about time, innit?
Just kidding...congrats!
Actually, that has been one of my regrets. When I jacked-up my shoulder it took 15 months to get through rehab and back to my MOS school.
No MOS, no promo.
It was also quite weird going back to AIT while wearing an EFMB and learning one of the cadre had just bolo'ed her 8th attempt at the badge.
Holy crap--someone on this board I STILL outrank!
Oh Sparky.
To me you will always be more rank.
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Bugs Bunny and Easter Bunny promoted you in the never ending war.
Congratulations!
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Holy crap--someone on this board I STILL outrank!
J/K man, congratulations!
I'm an E-6 USMC SSgt. Do you outrank me? :-)
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I'm an E-6 USMC SSgt. Do you outrank me? :-)
Nope--same paygrade, or at least I was.
Shitty thing about serving in Clintoon's Navy. I made ET1 in just under 6 years, and for the next 6, that's where I stayed. Took the CPO exam 3 times. Board Eligible every time. Problem was, in my NEC there were about 225-250 ET1's (3363--Submarine Reactor Operator-Supervisor) going up for CPO each year.
The numbers for CPO each year went from 22, to 12, to 8 the last year I took the exam. To make matters worse, at the time (and probably still the case) if you had less than 12 years in, you were considered "early select", and no more than 10 percent of the CPO's selected could be early, meaning I had about zip-point-shit chance of putting on khakis.
I didn't see things improving, I was newly married, and someone waved a check that was roughly triple what I was making at the time in my face.
Not a hard choice for me.
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Aw..... SSB, I am so proud of you! You deserve it, for sure.
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Good God I heaven they made himan NCO. Next thing you know they'll put him in charge of the lawn detail.
Congratulations Sgt.Bunny you deserve it.
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Congratulations, SGT Snuggle Bunny. :cheersmate:
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(http://www.hollow-hill.com/sabina/images/bravo-bunny.jpg)
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congrats!
Let's see...... I made E-5 in 1970. I have more time in grade. :tongue:
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congrats!
Let's see...... I made E-5 in 1970. I have more time in grade. :tongue:
Yeah, but I think we both hit high year tenure. Gotta make room for the up-and-coming guys like SSB...
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(http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/508f3c2d-91d0-46ee-92e3-8bd4172f31b4.jpg)
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Coincidently the VRWC has released a video of what to do as a future NCO in our beloved military.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfccLO6-YL0[/youtube]
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DADT gets repealed, and we get "Sergeant Snuggle Bunny."
Coincidence?
I think not.
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DADT gets repealed, and we get "Sergeant Snuggle Bunny."
Coincidence?
I think not.
Are you inferring that this was an AA promotion under new guidelines? :fuelfire:
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DADT gets repealed, and we get "Sergeant Snuggle Bunny."
Coincidence?
I think not.
I made SERGEANT.
Not admiral.
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congrats!
Let's see...... I made E-5 in 1970. I have more time in grade. :tongue:
Good Lord. I wasn't even born then! :-)
*saluting those that came before*
I stand only as tall upon the shoulders as those that came before me. :cheersmate:
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WTF-- my sons father made E5 on a nuclear sub at 24 years old and next hubby made Chief aboard a boat at age 26, am I missing somethings here.??
What are the hell are the changes in all these years that make it so difficult to make rate.
Snuggle bunny you must have to be twice as on the ball then the service people before you were. You have to be better educated then the men in the past to get where you are. Makes me wonder just how far my Men would have gone in todays world---Darn you men of today knock my socks off.
I give you two tap ON for your stripe, -----Good going, we are proud of you, the future of our country, come hell or high water.
Just be glad you did not earn your dolphins back when the earner had to drink them-----A swollen or broken arm is nothing when you do not almost die from an over dose.
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Yes, but that was back in the day where if one had a pulse going in front of the board (remember what years those were, vesta? sometime in the 70's?) you put on khakis.
I made ET1 when I was 26 (and a young-looking 26 at that.) Just under 6 years to E-6. Even then, the Navy average to E-6 was 11 years. A couple of weeks after I got frocked, I went into the "Top 4" Club at Hickham AFB. The crusty (at least 12 years in service) E-4 AP tried to drag me out, saying there was NO WAY I had any business and the "animal bar" was across the way. I pulled out my ID card, showed it to him, and watched the color drain from his face as he left.
I had a section advisor in Nuclear Field "A" School who made SENIOR Chief (E-8) in 10 years. Guy looked just about old enough to drive. Almost.
Fast forward 10 years, with the drawdown, "peace dividend", whatever the hell you want to call it. Nukes--good ones--were retiring as PO1's. Many more were simply getting out. Worst case was a guy who got out after 18 years, couldn't take the bullshit for 2 more years. Remember my story from above? There was no indication that the numbers were going to get any better. The requirements were so ridiculous to make CPO that most of us just said **** it.
It's improved somewhat, but not everywhere, and not all job fields.
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Yes, but that was back in the day where if one had a pulse going in front of the board (remember what years those were, vesta? sometime in the 70's?) you put on khakis.
I made ET1 when I was 26 (and a young-looking 26 at that.) Just under 6 years to E-6. Even then, the Navy average to E-6 was 11 years. A couple of weeks after I got frocked, I went into the "Top 4" Club at Hickham AFB. The crusty (at least 12 years in service) E-4 AP tried to drag me out, saying there was NO WAY I had any business and the "animal bar" was across the way. I pulled out my ID card, showed it to him, and watched the color drain from his face as he left.
I had a section ad visor in Nuclear Field "A" School who made SENIOR Chief (E-8) in 10 years. Guy looked just about old enough to drive. Almost.
Fast forward 10 years, with the drawdown, "peace dividend", whatever the hell you want to call it. Nukes--good ones--were retiring as PO1's. Many more were simply getting out. Worst case was a guy who got out after 18 years, couldn't take the bullshit for 2 more years. Remember my story from above? There was no indication that the numbers were going to get any better. The requirements were so ridiculous to make CPO that most of us just said **** it.
It's improved somewhat, but not everywhere, and not all job fields.
yes I remember those days long and gone, we have to admit it Sparky that these are strange new times comming to the military from when you served and I served waiting at home alone as an almost single mother, no father to help as they were gone for any reason.
Sparky do you know what happened on the aircraft Kittyhalk back in the 1970's ? there was a full blown race riot, aboard that boat. the Carrier was dead in the water while 3000 sailores ran amok.
Then at the end of VN the gang fights on bases were out of hand. this was when the draft was in force.
I came into the life of the Navy at birth, then went into the life of a sub sailors wife, the skimmer fleet did not get to me until years later and the whole shebang was upside down. Darn I hated the skimmers and their protocol, a bunch of idiots.
I am going to grab my dog and cat and hide under the bed for a while as the memories of foul up and crap have come back----
Not your problem Sparky, it is mine and the thousands of other woman who served as we wait.
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Congratulations Sgt Snuggle Bunny! :cheersmate:
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Congrats, neighbor! :-)
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Sgt. Snuggle Bunny -- love it!! :-)
Seriously, though, congratulations! :cheersmate:
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Congratulations Sgt Snuggle Bunny! :cheersmate:
That's, Sergeant Asshole, to you!
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That's, Sergeant Asshole, to you!
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She could have said Sergeant bitchweasle.
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That's, Sergeant Asshole, to you!
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Yes Sir!!
Congrats Snugs.
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That's, Sergeant Asshole, to you!
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Talk dirty to me. :-)
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Talk dirty to me. :-)
Oh lord. Short bus anyone??? :-)
Miss you sweets. Happy New Year!
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Oh lord. Short bus anyone??? :-)
Miss you sweets. Happy New Year!
Y'all are getting soft! :lmao:
Happy New Year babe.
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Y'all are getting soft! :lmao:
Happy New Year babe.
That's the after-effect you have on guys. O-)
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Talk dirty to me. :-)
Dear God, look what the Bunny - excuse me, I mean Sgt. Bunny - dragged in! How are you, ma'am? :-) (No need to answer "fine" by the way: we already know you're THAT...)
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That's the after-effect you have on guys. O-)
This could be taken a few different ways....
"Nay", she said, "I choose flattery". :lmao:
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This could be taken a few different ways....
"Nay", she said, "I choose flattery". :lmao:
That was the way it was intended.
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Dear God, look what the Bunny - excuse me, I mean Sgt. Bunny - dragged in! How are you, ma'am? :-) (No need to answer "fine" by the way: we already know you're THAT...)
"We interupt SGT Asshole's congratulatory thread to exchange niceties..."
Hiya sweetheart. I am doing really well, hope you are too. Winters are tough on me, it's bad when we are only 8 days into winter and we have 5 months to go. :p
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Well, Shade if you get bored or cabin fever you have the cave. There's always something going on! :whistling:
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Well, Shade if you get bored or cabin fever you have the cave. There's always something going on! :whistling:
:cheersmate:
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Talk dirty to me. :-)
Why, hello there! I'm a shameless freak...have we met???? :-)
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Why, hello there! I'm a shameless freak...have we met???? :-)
Schade, meet HNC, HNC, meet Schade. Schade, he ain't so bad, for livin in California and all. He used to be in a BAND. :naughty:
:lmao: :lmao:
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Y'all are getting soft! :lmao:
Happy New Year babe.
Around the hawt CC wimmens? Not possible.
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Around the hawt CC wimmens? Not possible.
NIIIICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yet another H5 for obviously trolling the gutter this morning, along with yours truly. :-)
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NIIIICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yet another H5 for obviously trolling the gutter this morning, along with yours truly. :-)
Trolling the gutter? M'boy, I INVENTED the gutter, and created all the wretched refuse that currently resides therein.
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M'boy, I INVENTED the gutter, and created all the wretched refuse that currently resides therein.
"Invented the gutter?!?!?!?" I think not, my espresso-making, formerly west-coast homie....
Without going into toooooooooo much detail, I can safely say that until you've heard my "Stuttgart 1985, Udo Snack Bar, Tampon" story, your definition of "gutter" may as well have come from the Children's Television Workshop, and was sponsored by the letter "B."
And don't try to give me any shit about Mare Island, Vallejo, "The Horse & Cow" off Tennesee, or any of that jazz. That entire town is for pikers.
:cheersmate: :-) :rotf: :tongue: :fuelfire:
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HNC, I'm thinking that you've NEVER experienced Olongapo.......
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Subic Naval Base, Olongapo, Phillipines, 1989. To get from the base to Magsaysay requires one to cross the "Shit River". We never stayed there. We went to the TRULY disgusting places in Barrio Baretto and Subic City.
Let your imagination take you where it will. It won't even be close.
And let's not even get into "dart/horn/needle shows" in Thailand.
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HNC, I'm thinking that you've NEVER experienced Olongapo.......
Ah yes, the 3-ring circus in the middle of an X-rated Disneyland.
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Subic Naval Base, Olongapo, Phillipines, 1989. To get from the base to Magsaysay requires one to cross the "Shit River". We never stayed there. We went to the TRULY disgusting places in Barrio Baretto and Subic City.
Let your imagination take you where it will. It won't even be close.
And let's not even get into "dart/horn/needle shows" in Thailand.
"The Gut" in Naples Italy....... don't need to say anything else.... ;)
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It ain't even remotely Navy, but the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany, ain't for the squeamish.
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It ain't even remotely Navy, but the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany, ain't for the squeamish.
Thank you for the back-up on German perversion, Eupher.
As far as you lame-asses who continually cite the Phillipnes as some bastion of hedonistic, military-level degeneracy, let me just say that as long as you can order a pizza in the back of whatever spooge-encrusted cab you're riding in, you don't know shit about "freaky."
Where I've been, and what I've done (and I suspect Euph might share this knowledge), you lose your friggin SOUL over, you probies....
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Thank you for the back-up on German perversion, Eupher.
As far as you lame-asses who continually cite the Phillipnes as some bastion of hedonistic, military-level degeneracy, let me just say that as long as you can order a pizza in the back of whatever spooge-encrusted cab you're riding in, you don't know shit about "freaky."
Where I've been, and what I've done (and I suspect Euph might share this knowledge), you lose your friggin SOUL over, you probies....
Oh, HNC, you're FAR too young to throw down with me..... You're clueless when it comes to losing one's soul...... pup.
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Bad Boys Bad Boys
Schlick. Schlick Schlick Schlick....
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Oh, HNC, you're FAR too young to throw down with me..... You're clueless when it comes to losing one's soul...... pup.
I'm turning 45 in two weeks, you thrice-winner of the second-place steak knives, you....
Ergo, I think I've had enough time to throw my dick on the crap tables of life plenty of times to keep up with the likes of you. :bs:
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Bad Boys Bad Boys
Schlick. Schlick Schlick Schlick....
BS for sticking her pretty little tush into something she probably should't be reading (and will be wishing she hadn't in about 20 minutes)!!!! :-)
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Thank you for the back-up on German perversion, Eupher.
As far as you lame-asses who continually cite the Phillipnes as some bastion of hedonistic, military-level degeneracy, let me just say that as long as you can order a pizza in the back of whatever spooge-encrusted cab you're riding in, you don't know shit about "freaky."
Where I've been, and what I've done (and I suspect Euph might share this knowledge), you lose your friggin SOUL over, you probies....
And then there's the Altstadt in Nürnberg, and the various and sundry sidestreets off of the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin that's so ******* repugnant that even I couldn't deal with it.
Königstrasse directly in front of the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof has more than a little bit of eye candy....
Haven't even mentioned Amsterdam or Copenhagen yet.....
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I'll be 53 shortly........ I joined the Navy when I was 17...... I started the debauchery pretty early. I could tell tales about my last year and a half in San Diego, too.
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And then there's the Altstadt in Nürnberg, and the various and sundry sidestreets off of the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin that's so ******* repugnant that even I couldn't deal with it.
Königstrasse directly in front of the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof has more than a little bit of eye candy....
Haven't even mentioned Amsterdam or Copenhagen yet.....
Ah, yes--Amateur Hour.
Four words regarding a former shipmate of mine after a trip to Pattaya Beach, Thailand:
"GONK OF THE THROAT."
You figure out how he got it.
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Ah, yes--Amateur Hour.
Four words regarding a former shipmate of mine after a trip to Pattaya Beach, Thailand:
"GONK OF THE THROAT."
You figure out how he got it.
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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I'd be willing to bet that HNC never even heard of the game, "Smiles".......
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Ok....
"GONK OF THE THROAT."
I'm gonna need a few seconds to quit laughing over THAT one...
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
****in Sparky gets another H5 for that! :rotf: :cheersmate:
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Crossing "Shit River"
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS8ECPPrWGWExGejV7OSIlcm9qFjbnv5H9aKOn3piJR6TcEp9u3)
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:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Guy off my first boat also had a t-shirt business on the side. After one run he made one up for us for the, "University of Subic City", where the crest had beer, stripper silhouette, prescription (for Trobicin), and a stack of peso coins. The caption underneath was, "Ask me about MY major..."
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BS for sticking her pretty little tush into something she probably should't be reading (and will be wishing she hadn't in about 20 minutes)!!!! :-)
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I ain't skeered.
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I'd be willing to bet that HNC never even heard of the game, "Smiles".......
Stop it, man--I'm gonna get in a whole shitload of trouble when certain people see this.
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Ah, yes--Amateur Hour.
Four words regarding a former shipmate of mine after a trip to Pattaya Beach, Thailand:
"GONK OF THE THROAT."
You figure out how he got it.
*sigh*
Seems to me they made an awful lot of money being "amateurs".
But I guess the Far East has cornered the market on debauchery - along with fish heads and rice.
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*sigh*
Seems to me they made an awful lot of money being "amateurs".
But I guess the Far East has cornered the market on debauchery - along with fish heads and rice.
No, they didn't have the market cornered on it, just the part of "Oh my God I didn't know those body parts could do that and I get to do WHAT for three dollars I hope the **** nobody took a picture of what just happened" shit.
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No, they didn't have the market cornered on it, just the part of "Oh my God I didn't know those body parts could do that and I get to do WHAT for three dollars I hope the **** nobody took a picture of what just happened" shit.
Oh Lord, ain't THAT the truth!! The first time in Olongapo was an "OMG" moment!!
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No, they didn't have the market cornered on it, just the part of "Oh my God I didn't know those body parts could do that and I get to do WHAT for three dollars I hope the **** nobody took a picture of what just happened" shit.
that just reminded me of the King George in Berlin.
That place catered primarily to rich Japanese businessmen.
Nothing left to the imagination - especially when the Deutschmark was back up to close to 4 for $1.
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that just reminded me of the King George in Berlin.
That place catered primarily to rich Japanese businessmen.
Nothing left to the imagination - especially when the Deutschmark was back up to close to 4 for $1.
I was even surprised at some of the shit that happened in Tokyo and Yokohama, even in the late-80's/early-90's. At least the train ride from Yokosuka was cheap.
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Again...
Having your innocent little minds blown by some tattooed, libidinous celestial ain't the same thing as losing your soul to some incredibly, orally-talented Teuton who manages to teach an 18 year-old boy that just about every inch of the human male body is an erogenous zone, while convincing him that not every exit is exclusively so, and can result in the acquisition of some prime German real estate (the actual real estate kind - not some sophomoric sexual innuendo type).
And yet, The HNC keeps the afrementioned tampon story hidden from publice view...
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Another snugglebunny thread hi-jacked?
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Again...
Having your innocent little minds blown by some tattooed, libidinous celestial ain't the same thing as losing your soul to some incredibly, orally-talented Teuton who manages to teach an 18 year-old boy that just about every inch of the human male body is an erogenous zone, while convincing him that not every exit is exclusively so, and can result in the acquisition of some prime German real estate (the actual real estate kind - not some sophomoric sexual innuendo type).
And yet, The HNC keeps the afrementioned tampon story hidden from publice view...
That's probably a good thing, HNC. Because when you use the word "Teuton", I think of Brunhilde and her spiked hat dressed in a dirndl......
:rotf:
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Another snugglebunny thread hi-jacked?
Why.....yes! C'mon in! the *****'s fine! :-)
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Again...
Having your innocent little minds blown by some tattooed, libidinous celestial ain't the same thing as losing your soul to some incredibly, orally-talented Teuton who manages to teach an 18 year-old boy that just about every inch of the human male body is an erogenous zone, while convincing him that not every exit is exclusively so, and can result in the acquisition of some prime German real estate (the actual real estate kind - not some sophomoric sexual innuendo type).
And yet, The HNC keeps the afrementioned tampon story hidden from publice view...
Basically, you were still jerking off to pictures from the Sears catalogue. She could have shown you her bra and you would have thought that was the greatest shit ever.
Or was that HE and jockstrap? I's so's confuseddddd....
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Ok, after long, careful consideration, I simply MUST do this (even though I'm gonna get so many BS's, my mom's gonna feel it)....
Another snugglebunny thread hi-jacked?
Man, **** that rookie-assed, bunny rabbit NCO! The military used to detail those noob sergeants to drive us HOLLYWOOD BIG SHOTS around in-country, get us drunk, laid, and back to our cushy shitty little hotel suites in time to make our flight back to the Land of Silk and Money.
Those poor NCO's watched while we lived (albeit with some 18 year-old's tongue up our asses).
Yeah. That should do it. :-) :rotf: :fuelfire:
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That's probably a good thing, HNC. Because when you use the word "Teuton", I think of Brunhilde and her spiked hat dressed in a dirndl......
:rotf:
You're damned right, man!!!! Woman looked JUST like that, except that she could bake streudel, blow me, make my NFL picks AND pass along my cut of what she lifted from you dumbasses earlier that night!!!
Oh yeah, and she pretty much managed to ass-**** me after I had passed out. :banghead:
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Basically, you were still jerking off to pictures from the Sears catalogue.
Your sister was a Sears model?!?!?!?!?
Holy hell, swabbie, I'm impressed!!!! :cheersmate: :-)
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Your sister was a Sears model?!?!?!?!?
Holy hell, swabbie, I'm impressed!!!! :cheersmate: :-)
Yeah, when she was FOUR, ya sick bastard.
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Yeah, when she was FOUR, ya sick bastard.
Oh, come one....it was FUNNY!!!!!!!
Right?!?!?!? :rotf:
You KNEW going in this thread was gonna be shit, right?!?!?!?
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You're damned right, man!!!! Woman looked JUST like that, except that she could bake streudel, blow me, make my NFL picks AND pass along my cut of what she lifted from you dumbasses earlier that night!!!
Oh yeah, and she pretty much managed to ass-**** me after I had passed out. :banghead:
Yeah, but you forgot that she forgot and left the dildo stuck up your ass. It's made what you are today.
As far as whatever you think she "lifted" from us "dumbasses", you forget also that her sister weighed 100 lbs. less and was still as grateful as Brunhilde was - along with being a world-class pickpocket.
You think that Brunhilde lifted some cash. Instead, what she got was leftovers, which she then passed on to you.
That's what happens when you get ass****ed.
:leghump:
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um....perhaps Thor should separate part of this thread out and move it to the Short Bus...so it can go back to a congratulatory thread to Sgt Snugs.....instead of the sexual exploits of the CC Males....
just a thought... :whistling:
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um....perhaps Thor should separate part of this thread out and move it to the Short Bus...so it can go back to a congratulatory thread to Sgt Snugs.....instead of the sexual exploits of the CC Males....
just a thought... :whistling:
You do realize that all of this is tongue-in-cheek, dontcha? Well, I dunno about HNC..... :lmao:
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um....perhaps Thor should separate part of this thread out and move it to the Short Bus...so it can go back to a congratulatory thread to Sgt Snugs.....instead of the sexual exploits of the CC Males....
just a thought... :whistling:
I agree wholeheartedly, deb.....
These old, filthy, military guys just don't know when to keep quiet in proper company!!!!
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um....perhaps Thor should separate part of this thread out and move it to the Short Bus...so it can go back to a congratulatory thread to Sgt Snugs.....instead of the sexual exploits of the CC Males....
just a thought... :whistling:
Oh, come on now--why not expose our horndogness to the white-hot light of reality? Step one and all that, dontcha know...
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Oh, come on now--why not expose our horndogness to the white-hot light of reality? Step one and all that, dontcha know...
Why, you typical monster!!!!!
Deb likes me better than you, cause you're an evil, old, uncouth cuss!!!!!
:-)
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Oh, come on now--why not expose our horndogness to the white-hot light of reality? Step one and all that, dontcha know...
Just don't burn yourself in the process....mmmmmkay???
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I agree wholeheartedly, deb.....
These old, filthy, military guys just don't know when to keep quiet in proper company!!!!
Filthy? Bullshit. I showered three weeks ago....I think.....
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Just don't burn yourself in the process....mmmmmkay???
Oh, hell no--Mr. Winkie stays covered unless he's pissed off, in the hole, or hanging out with his nutty friends.
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Jesus, I love you guys.
That is all.
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Outfreaking STANDING Snugs!
Congrats.
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Jesus, I love you guys.
That is all.
Just don't let that "love" go to your "head".
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Why, you typical monster!!!!!
Deb likes me better than you, cause you're an evil, old, uncouth cuss!!!!!
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HNC...you do know that Sparky is younger than you? Thor is the old one. :tongue:
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HNC...you do know that Sparky is younger than you? Thor is the old one. :tongue:
:fuelfire:
Not quite, darlin'.....
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Not quite, darlin'.....
Yeah, but by the time you joined the Army, I was already in the Med (or at least getting ready for it)....... :bigbird:
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Yeah, but by the time you joined the Army, I was already in the Med (or at least getting ready for it)....... :bigbird:
I took my first oath of enlistment on 17 Jan 75. IIRC, you were still in high school - or lookin' to score your first liplock - whichever came last.
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:fuelfire:
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I took my first oath of enlistment on 17 Jan 75. IIRC, you were still in high school - or lookin' to score your first liplock - whichever came last.
:tongue:
:fuelfire:
Ahh, must have "misremembered"....... I took my first oath of enlistment 17 Feb 75, to ship out in July 75...
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Stop it, man--I'm gonna get in a whole shitload of trouble when certain people see this.
Do tell, do tell.... :popcorn:
(that was pre-Scoobie...it's all good. :cheersmate: )
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Ahh, must have "misremembered"....... I took my first oath of enlistment 17 Feb 75, to ship out in July 75...
"Misremembered" my ass! :rotf: Bitchslapped for trying to out-old an old guy! :lmao:
Ahem. Let me also add that I just didn't take my oath of enlistment and go back home to mommy for six months. I took that enlistment oath and went right to basic training. That means I was done with what you sailor boys call "A" school and workin' in my job when you came up out of mommy's basement and trundled off to boot camp, ya jackwagon!!
:rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao:
:tongue: :fuelfire:
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"Misremembered" my ass! :rotf: Bitchslapped for trying to out-old an old guy! :lmao:
Ahem. Let me also add that I just didn't take my oath of enlistment and go back home to mommy for six months. I took that enlistment oath and went right to basic training. That means I was done with what you sailor boys call "A" school and workin' in my job when you came up out of mommy's basement and trundled off to boot camp, ya jackwagon!!
:rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao:
:tongue: :fuelfire:
Well, because you ARE OLD, I decided that finishing high school was somewhat important........ :bigbird: Ohhh, and there are few basements in Texas...
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Sgt. Snuggle Bunny leads recon unit. :-)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/ColonialMarine/Bunnies/bunny-soldier_thumbnail.jpg)
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Well, because you ARE OLD, I decided that finishing high school was somewhat important........ :bigbird: Ohhh, and there are few basements in Texas...
Okay, call it mommy's crawlspace. Or your room. Whatever suits your fancy. :lmao:
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Okay, call it mommy's crawlspace. Or your room. Whatever suits your fancy. :lmao:
at least I wasn't a freakin COOK!!! :fuelfire: :fuelfire:
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at least I wasn't a freakin COOK!!! :fuelfire: :fuelfire:
Thats...Because...You...Were...Hangin'...Out...In...Mommy's...Crawlspace. :rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf:
Can't.Stop.Laughing........
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Thats...Because...You...Were...Hangin'...Out...In...Mommy's...Crawlspace. :rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf:
Can't.Stop.Laughing........
and ...... pray tell, what, exactly did you DO while YOU were completing high school??
For the record, I was rarely home that year.....
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and ...... pray tell, what, exactly did you DO while YOU were completing high school??
For the record, I was rarely home that year.....
smokin' dope in the parkin' lot, of course! :rotf:
I worked full time right after high school for six months, then enlisted. But during the school year, I partied. And puked on my shoes. :-)
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smokin' dope in the parkin' lot, of course! :rotf:
I worked full time right after high school for six months, then enlisted. But during the school year, I partied. And puked on my shoes. :-)
Lightweight.......
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Lightweight.......
:-)
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Why, hello there! I'm a shameless freak...have we met???? :-)
I doubt we have. Some might say I am unforgettable.... or was that unforgivable....?..... it matters not at this point. :-)
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I doubt we have. Some might say I am unforgettable.... or was that unforgivable....?..... it matters not at this point. :-)
They aren't mutually exclusive, 'Schade.
:-)
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Well this has been an interesting read, that's for sure. Anyway, a big fat CONGRATS to you Sgt. Snuggles!!!! :cheersmate: :cheersmate: :cheersmate:
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Well this has been an interesting read, that's for sure. Anyway, a big fat CONGRATS to you Sgt. Snuggles!!!! :cheersmate: :cheersmate: :cheersmate:
Err.....regardless of how far this thread got derailed, congrats Sarge!!
doc
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Err.....regardless of how far this thread got derailed, congrats Sarge!!
doc
It was Eupher...... :fuelfire: :tongue: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :rotf: :rotf:
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It was Eupher...... :fuelfire: :tongue: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :rotf: :rotf:
Wha...? Who? Me?
:clueless:
:-)
Oh, I'd already congratulated Snugs in the other thread, so I figured this one was, uh...sorta jackable?
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Wha...? Who? Me?
:clueless:
:-)
Oh, I'd already congratulated Snugs in the other thread, so I figured this one was, uh...sorta jackable?
:rotf:
:bs: There are NO threads that you don't consider "jackable"...... Isn't it past your bedtime?? :fuelfire: :rotf: :rotf:
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:bs: There are NO threads that you don't consider "jackable"...... Isn't it past your bedtime?? :fuelfire: :rotf: :rotf:
Yeah - Mrs E and I went to see the remake of "True Grit" with Jeff Bridges, Barry Pepper, and Josh Brolin. Good flick. You just don't see that many westerns anymore and it seems that when you do, they're infested with some sort of ghey bullshit like Brokedick Mountain.
So I was still ridin' that western high. :rotf:
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Yeah - Mrs E and I went to see the remake of "True Grit" with Jeff Bridges, Barry Pepper, and Josh Brolin. Good flick. You just don't see that many westerns anymore and it seems that when you do, they're infested with some sort of ghey bullshit like Brokedick Mountain.
So I was still ridin' that western high. :rotf:
Was it as GOOD as the original??
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I'm not gonna see it. At all...ever. I don't ca4re for Bridges, and I really don't want to ruin my very high opinion of The Duke. I don't think JB can touch Wayne as a western actor. Just my own personal.
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I'm not gonna see it. At all...ever. I don't ca4re for Bridges, and I really don't want to ruin my very high opinion of The Duke. I don't think JB can touch Wayne as a western actor. Just my own personal.
There's always Redbox.
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I don't want to purchase it period. In theatres, rental, or perhaps see it free even. I was that upset about hearing there would be a remake months ago.
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Snugs, I'm finally jumpin' into this thread. Congrats!
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Was it as GOOD as the original??
I enjoyed the film, although Kim Darby was a helluva lot cuter than the girl who plays Mattie does in this remake.
Duke won an Oscar in this film in 1969, but let's be real - he won it only because he'd been diagnosed with lung cancer and everybody pretty much knew that he'd be checking out before too long.
As far as I'm concerned, John Wayne was not a stellar actor. Bridges does well with the character, though most purists would probably not appreciate what he did with it. I thought Bridges was more real - dirty, unkempt, greasy hair - just like you'd think a badass like Cogburn would've been.
I looked at Matt Damon doing his Texas Ranger bit in the role of LeBoeuf and I thought, buddy, you look and play the part of a Texas Ranger about as well as I play the part of of Spec Ops snake eater. Of all the actors in the remake, Damon was a putz.
Here's a link from some scenes done in the 1969 movie and what those same areas look like today. Fascinating!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUP9rOLf30[/youtube]
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Not even 2 hours from where I went to high school. Thanks for the views, Eupher. And thanks for reminding me why I want to get back out west one of these days...(but NOT California...)
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Awww...why ever not, Sparky?
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Gratz MSB!
I won't mention what I've seen a young Japanese lady do with an octopus and assorted vegtables.......
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As some of you may know I cross paths with the Public Affairs Office from time-to-time. The MSG there noticed my new rank and as we were discussing it I mentioned, as I did here in this thread, that the stripes seem heavier than any rucksack. She said that would be a good editorial. I resisted but she persisted practically to the pont of waterboarding it out of me.
Yes, I have dispensation for the use of coarse language although I obviously don't wish to abuse it.
I'm not sure if this is too syrupy or what but here's the rough draft:
Heavier than any Rucksack
I recently joined the ranks of the NCO corps. It feels strange. Folks keep telling me, “you earned it†or “it’s about time†and at the expense of sounding immodest I suppose they’re right. I certainly wanted to see my military career progress and with that progression I also wanted to make sure I earned it; I didn’t want it to just be handed to me.
On balance I would say that I have been fortunate enough to serve under some of the best NCOs and officers a soldier could hope to know. On the flip side of that I’ve seen 10 pounds of crap stuffed into a 5 pound bag with a set stripes pinned to it. I remember as a young soldier looking at my superiors and trying to sort out what it was that separated them on matters of quality. One incident stands out prominently.
We were preparing for an inspection when we, the junior enlisted, took off for morning chow. Our platoon sergeant intercepted us and told us to skip chow and head straight to the motor pool to square-away our M113’s (yeah, it was a while ago, shut-up!). Well, we were shuffling our feet and grumbling as young soldiers do when we were met by our battalion Command Sergeant-Major. If you’ve ever seen Clint Eastwood’s character the movie Heartbreak Ridge, you met my old CSM because I’m convinced Eastwood stole his portrayal from him.
Anyway, the CSM asks why we were so disgruntled and we explained what had happened. He immediately ordered us to the chow hall and made it known to the platoon sergeant, in his inimitable style, that depriving soldiers of food was a violation of trust and detrimental to career development.
I suppose the merits of disharmony among the leadership or the countermanding orders could be argued ad nauseam but one thing did ring through: I—we—never trusted our platoon sergeant. Ever. On anything. We never felt as if he wanted us to prosper, learn or grow; we felt as if he was just checking off a series of boxes to obtain his next promotion. Our sense of trust had been violated many times before this episode and plenty of times following but that morning seemed to solidify our perceptions of him.
The skipping of chow didn’t contribute one iota to the combat readiness of our unit. It was about him securing the best possible inspection rating and even that extra half-hour would have had negligible gains. The only thing it bought him was lingering questions from his subordinates about his sense of priorities.
By contrast the CSM had stood-up for us. It was his battalion getting ready to stand in the inspection but care and feeding of his troops mattered more than knocking off that extra fleck of dirt from the bracket on the underside the seat in the driver’s compartment.
Soldiers first, right?
That’s not to imply the CSM was a candy-ass. You crossed him at your peril. And yet somewhere between fear and admiration grows the insurmountable feeling of respect. And we did respect him. We would have followed him through minefields because of that respect. I believe he respected us. I say that because I feel that respect.
I returned to uniform after 16 years as a civilian. I was the “old man†and for that I got a lot more slack than others of my rank. Yet, as I went drill each month and went on AT I would see these young kids endure far much more than their peers. While their friends were laying around the house playing video games these kids were out in the middle of nowhere amid the heat and bugs and MREs with only what they could carry in a rucksack to supply their needs. How could I not respect that?
So now I’m an NCO. An NCO for these kids that I—the old man—respect. Supposedly, somewhere along the line, I’ve learned the pitfalls and gleaned the lessons of life in general and military life in particular. I’ve gotten into trouble and I’ve also earned a few proud moments. I’ve seen soldiers through family losses and hard times. We all know what that is like, so I don’t have to say much, but we know when anything good or bad happens to any one of us it ripples through the entire unit/community/family.
Did I mention we’re also in the military? That means these young soldiers can be taken away from their homes and families, carted half-way around the world and deposited in someplace that has yet to invent indoor plumbing but everyone in the neighborhood wants to do them violent harm. They have to get home again as safely as possible with their missions accomplished and with honor.
Now I’m part of the corps that keeps these young soldiers out of trouble, helps them prosper, grow and become warriors that win with honor. It’s about them because it’s about the young soldiers they will have under them when it is their turn to become NCOs. I want them to see the crusty old CSM because soldiers like him should never be forgotten. I would be cheating my soldiers if I didn't introduce them to him by trying to be the kind of soldiers-first NCO he was.
And not just the CSM; I think about the squad leaders, the good platoon sergeants, first sergeants and the rest I’ve known and have tried to emulate. Heck, even some of the officers were OK too!
They never commanded. They led.
So now I have a set of stripes and somehow I am suppose to carry the legacy of my leaders and the hopes of my soldiers. Damn, it’s heavy; heavier than any rucksack. I guess the question of whether or not I have earned these stripes will be settled by whether or not I stand up and bear that weight.
I think I’ll do OK. I had some pretty good mentors.
Thoughts? Comments? Complaints?
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Outstanding, Snugs. Wouldn't change a word. You captured it perfectly.
I went to E-5 (they called it SP5 in those days, but make no mistake - I was pushing troops) in 1977. Your account brought back all those memories of being called to lead and knowing what to do and, more importantly, what not to do.
Troops gotta eat. And get paid. And get their mail. And have the right gear to do the job, whatever the job is.
My job was to see that they got those things.
Anyway, nice goin' Snugs. :II:
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Snugs, I read this originally not too long after you posted it. I was running out of time, and wanted to write you a nice post. Well, it has been 5 hours now, and my eloquence is hiding from me tonight, so I will just say simply this: I loved it. I loved every sentence. I am not a military person, but I come from a military family, and your devotion to do the right thing with those stripes shines through. The men who you lead will be privileged to work with you. I have no doubt you will leave an indelible impression on them, that they will always remember.
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Snugs...you willbear the weight, you will be standing straight, you will be leading with honor.
Because that's the man you are.
You will teach those younger than you, to be the best that they can be. You've started with your editorial.
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As long as you remember that most important lesson of being an NCO you will be able to lead. The most important lesson is your troops come first. Without those troops your mission fails due to lack of equipment ,proper training and taking care of their need. I only got to lead for a short time on active duty. as an E-4(P). I had a whole Platoon of PVTS and PFC for a short time. It was a huge pain in the ass but it taught me lessons and one of them was what you had learned . That some NCO'S are only looking out for themselves and they will do anything ,to include letting you go to jail to cover their ass.
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Well written and well said, SERGEANT. If only some senior (i.e., flag officers) would read that from time to time. They might learn something.
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Well written and well said, SERGEANT. If only some senior (i.e., flag officers) would read that from time to time. They might learn something.
A good lesson for any manager in or out of the military.