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(31,518 posts)OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Incompetence is not their liability.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,629 posts)And also completely hilarious!
rurallib
(62,423 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)He was in munition maint and some three striper had run a forklift into a mud hole and buried it. Second lift tried to pull out first and buried that one. Truck was next and died in the mud. Shortening the story, an Army tank finally was called in. Himself said the chain of disabled and buried machines was very impressive as was the tank crew's commentary.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)The picture below shows what they look like. At any rate, they are huge, with 6 wheel drive, so you can imagine the size of the mud hole. The airman notices the sign next to the shift lever (they had auto trans) that says, "Do not rock back and forth or transfer case damage will result". So airman gets out and leaves the truck. A master sergeant gets in the truck, proceeds to rock it back and forth, and blows the transfer case. A 5 ton tow truck is called in, also gets stuck in the mud. Same master sergeant climbs into 5 ton wrecker and proceeds to blow its transfer case. Needless to say we decided to cut our losses and wait until the mud hole dried up before we retrieved the trucks.
Baitball Blogger
(46,733 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)It's not that easy to demote a senior NCO. However, that same person was later forced to retire after sexually harassing a female airman. So karma did eventually catch up with him.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)After the last time, (of many times) our company's sergeant major was busted for being drunk on duty, the powers that be decided to transfer him....they put him in charge of the base N.C.O. club.*
True story.
*(non commissioned officer club)
chknltl
(10,558 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)"Keep tryin' Sarge. You'll figure out."
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Most of the senior NCOs I worked with were top notch. He was the exception.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Yes, we'll have him stuffed, mounted and sent to the NCO Academy.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)The laws of physics win again.
mithnanthy
(1,725 posts)...The people standing on the left, are the same, in those 2 frames and the new crane is the same also, except it's red . The last big truck color is changed. The position of the last truck is the same as in frame#7
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)I just shudder at seeing there were people standing between the trucks and the water.
They obviously had time to get out of the way but this could have turned tragic easily.