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Love to be a fly on the wall in the Military officers' club tonight n/t (Original Post) Ellipsis Sep 2025 OP
They are knocking back the Jack Daniels and Jim Beam. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #1
Ha! bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #2
Ha! I was kinda thinking the Cha Sep 2025 #3
trump probably installed cameras/mics to identify disloyal troops. Silent Type Sep 2025 #4
Common sentences overheard: Tetrachloride Sep 2025 #5
Yes! Been thinking that for 2 days now. Lars39 Sep 2025 #6
My guess... albacore Sep 2025 #7
No shit... 2naSalit Sep 2025 #8
kick Ellipsis Sep 2025 #9
These officers are getting a special medal for yesterday LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #10
Ha! Ellipsis Oct 2025 #11

Cha

(320,590 posts)
3. Ha! I was kinda thinking the
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:33 PM
Sep 2025

same.. as in, I'd love to know what's being said when they talk amongst themselves.

Tetrachloride

(9,705 posts)
5. Common sentences overheard:
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:38 PM
Sep 2025

Leave the bottle.

Another pitcher.

I can drive. No, you can't.

Wild blue yonder.

Anchors away.

Run silent, run deep.

Over my dead body.

Didn't hear a thing.

albacore

(2,747 posts)
7. My guess...
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 08:54 PM
Sep 2025

If a general/admiral has 30 years in, and knows the horseshit that is approaching....
He/she is looking at retirement. $15K per month for a two-star.....with medical...and NO trump bullshit.
AND some "job" with the MIC that will probably double that figure.
That will leave the Gen. James Mattoon Scott types. (re: "7 Days in May&quot

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