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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLove to be a fly on the wall in the Military officers' club tonight n/t
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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
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Irish_Dem
(80,009 posts)1. They are knocking back the Jack Daniels and Jim Beam.
bucolic_frolic
(54,126 posts)2. Ha!
Cha
(317,073 posts)3. Ha! I was kinda thinking the
same.. as in, I'd love to know what's being said when they talk amongst themselves.
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)4. trump probably installed cameras/mics to identify disloyal troops.
Tetrachloride
(9,406 posts)5. Common sentences overheard:
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.
Lars39
(26,497 posts)6. Yes! Been thinking that for 2 days now.
New friends will be made. 🙂
albacore
(2,746 posts)7. My guess...
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"
2naSalit
(100,188 posts)8. No shit...
I can only imagine.
Ellipsis
(9,428 posts)9. kick
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,354 posts)10. These officers are getting a special medal for yesterday

Ellipsis
(9,428 posts)11. Ha!