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[John6185]

Crap: Through the Eyes of the Military

An Army grunt stands in the rain with a 35-pound pack on his back, 15-lb. weapon in his hand, having marched 12 miles, and says, "This is crap."

An Army Airborne Ranger stands in the rain with a 45-pound pack on his back, weapon in hand, after having jumped from a plane and jogged 18 miles, says with a smile, "This is good crap.”

A Navy Seal lies in the mud, 55-pound pack on his back, weapon in hand, after swimming 10 miles to shore, crawling through a swamp, and running 25 miles at night past enemy positions, says with a grin, "This is really great crap.”

A Marine, up to his nose in the stinking, bug-infested mud of a swamp with a 65-pound pack on his back and weapons in both hands after jumping from an aircraft at high altitude into the ocean, swimming 12 miles to shore, killing several alligators to enter the swamp, then crawling 30 miles through the brush to assault an enemy camp, says, "I love this crap.”

An Air Force NCO sits in an easy chair in an air-conditioned, carpeted office in front of his computer and says, "My e-mail is out? What kind of crap is this?"

The moral of this is if you don't like to get dirty- join the Air Force.

 

[Glocktogo]

As a Marine, I approve of this message.

 

[mightymouse]

A similar joke was told to me by an Air Force major. Cracked up the two USAF captains that were with us.

 

[KOPBET]

Moral of the story - Air Force recruits aren't stupid.

 

[aarondhgraham]

Back in 1974 I was an Air Force Staff Sergeant,,,
I spent a year at Camp Long Army Compound in Tae Jon Dong, South Korea.

The Army (E-5 and under) lived in 16-man quonset huts,,,
One huge pole fan in the summer,,,
One oil stove in the winter,,,
No barracks showers.

Our Air Force detachment lived in a 2-story air conditioned concrete building,,,
One man to a room (any rank), refrigerator and a sink,,,
Shared a stool and shower with one room,,,
For $20/month we had a houseboy.

Our barracks was next to the two MP barracks,,,
In the winter we allowed them to "camp out" in one of our three day rooms,,,
For some obscure reason we never had to stop for search entering or leaving the compound.

Damn but those other grunts hated us.

Aarond

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[Glocktogo]

Back in 1974 I was an Air Force Staff Sergeant,,,
I spent a year at Camp Long Army Compound in Tae Jon Dong, South Korea.

The Army (E-5 and under) lived in 16-man quonset huts,,,
One huge pole fan in the summer,,,
One oil stove in the winter,,,
No barracks showers.

Our Air Force detachment lived in a 2-story air conditioned concrete building,,,
One man to a room (any rank), refrigerator and a sink,,,
Shared a stool and shower with one room,,,
For $20/month we had a houseboy.

Our barracks was next to the two MP barracks,,,
In the winter we allowed them to "camp out" in one of our three day rooms,,,
For some obscure reason we never had to stop for search entering or leaving the compound.

Damn but those other grunts hated us.

Aarond

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As a Stinger missile instructor, I did a lot of joint ops and training cycles with all branches of the service, as well as some with allied militaries. No smoke, the AF accommodations and food are WAY better than the rest.

 

[druryj]

Ya'll need to quit spreadin' BS...in the Marine Corps, every day's like a Holiday and every meal; a Feast.

 

[John6185]

I remember an AP (no, it's not Associated Press) it was Air Police. anyway this AP came up to me and he knew I had the keys to the chow hall and he said his family with several kids are hungry and needed food. I knew the guy and he only had three strips which was not much money in those days so I told him to go in the chow hall reefers and take some of the good stuff but not too much.
I don't know where he is these days or remember his name but I'll bet if he's still alive he remembers doing this. When a person joins the military they belong to Uncle Sam-the US Government and we took an oath that we would take care of gov't property and this guy was gov't property so I took what was in one pocket and put in in his pocket.
I imagine there are thousands of stories similar to this. If one knew the right people in Supply, one could get virtually anything behind the counter.

 

[okie362]

K-2 Airbase Korea. I was the NCOIC (A shop of 1) of the telephone switch and the MARS Chief Operator. If you wanted to talk to your mom or girlfriend it went through me. I took very good care of the guys in the cop shop, supply and the mess hall sergeant. Pretty much had anything and everything I wanted.

 

[Frederick]

A lot of the old timers (90s or before) talk a lot of **** about how good the U.S. airforce has it, but i think the Army has caught up quite a bit in terms of living standards.

The Marine Corps on the other hand...