Military or Ex-Military DU'ers: What was/it like?

[Taverner]

I almost joined the Coast Guard - went to college instead. I did the Peace Corps but that is SOOOOOOO not the same.

So what did I miss?

[BrotherBuzz]

1. Shit on a Shingle, you definitely missed SOS.

[cloudbase]

2. Never really had to worry about what

to wear each day.

[Taverner]

9. True - and everything matched

[Pierre.Suave]

3. Not much really

a bunch of go there and do this, now come back, go over there and do that...

[Orsino]

4. Smiling drill sergeants who served hot, tasty breakfasts in bed.

At least, that's what my recruiter promised me. It's kind of a blur after that.

[jmowreader]

7. I see it didn't take long to learn Basic Training's first lesson...

"Recruiters LIE!"

[Mugu]

5. Not the best screwing I ever had,

but it certainly was the longest.

Regards, Mugu

[guitar man]

6. get up before dawn every day

...in a hurry. Then you run like hell to get somewhere only to stand in line for two hours to get into wherever you just ran to...;)

[Taverner]

8. "Hurry up and wait" I was told

[hvn_nbr_2]

10. Picking up cigaretter butts on the colonel's route to lunch, painting dead grass green...

when a general's coming to visit, painting the walls that were just painted two weeks before, lifer jokes (that may no longer apply without the draft), cooking oil poured on top of the scrambled eggs, everything served on top of lettuce during the farm workers' lettuce boycott, bouncing a quarter off the blanket of a tightly made bed. There are probably dozens or hundreds more that just aren't coming to mind now--it's been a long time.

[DS1]

12. I did the grass painting thing

[DS1]

11. 35,065 hours long.

[Skittles]

13. hot babe Airman Skittles

:7

[Taverner]

14. Wow!

[Pierre.Suave]

16. Skittles

If you and I had met in the service, I would not have stopped asking you out.

Lucky for me, I am a Marine, so you could not have kicked my ass... :P

You are a cutie.

Unfortunately for me, I was in a bit later than you...:(

[Skittles]

17. I liked dating Marines

they weren't too smart and they took orders really well. JUST KIDDING! Marines are a HOOT!!! :D

[DS1]

19. So I've heard

:hi:

[Pierre.Suave]

21. HAHA

oh?

[DS1]

24. We're a hoot

moran! :D

[Pierre.Suave]

26. Oh

you are ALSO a Marine. now I get it, you know we are a bit slow...

[DS1]

Who's we?

Don't tell me you're also a jarhead

[Pierre.Suave]

28. yes

I am.

[DS1]

30. MOS?

[Pierre.Suave]

31. 0311

I wasnt in for too long before I wrecked my motorcycle and was medically discharged.

I wanted to move up to more glamorous stuff. :P

[DS1]

32. 1833

AAV crewman (for the most part, did some other jobs temporarily)

watched you guys puke your brains out in 15 foot waters, then broke out my lunch just to rub it in :D

[Pierre.Suave]

33. we hated you for it too

:P

[DS1]

34. I'd always offer plastic bags for you guys

but everyone had to be tough.

The Australians though, they'd puke in their helmets and take pictures of it once back on ship.

edit: Ghurkas, they never even flinched. Even when axe handles would come flying off the wall after an especially nasty bump.

[Pierre.Suave]

36. How often did you have to clean that thing out?

after transporting some of us in it?

[DS1]

37. The seawater took care of most of it

and the decks came off the floor easily so you could hose out the bilge pumps pretty quick. It was mostly the combination of diesel fumes, lots of engine noise from the 14 liter turbo-diesel, the waves, and the water coming in that got one guy paranoid enough to throw up. The rest just followed. Once you mix the smell of diesel and vomit, if you're not used to it, you're done. Still, I trained with a lot of 03s, nothing but respect for those guys (even if some of them were especially dumb)

[Pierre.Suave]

39. Some were really dumb, I agree

I would have gone to Michigan on an ROTC Scholarship if I had not wrecked my motorcycle. I was home on my first ever leave right before school was to start when I had my wreck, promptly ending my time in the service.

instead I put myself through Michigan on my own with an academic scholarship.

[Pierre.Suave]

20. HAHA

yeah, I have heard all the jokes.

I always found that the Air Force and the Marines had the hottest women with the odd random hottie in the navy, but never did I see a hot army woman.

[Aristus]

22. I once knew a smoking hot Army company commander.

She was :wow: gorgeous!

True, she was a rarity...

[Pierre.Suave]

23. really...

hmmmmm a woman with authority over men...

:P

[Aristus]

27. And she looked sexy in a set of BDU's.

B-)

[Pierre.Suave]

29. DAMN

she must have been smoking, that is hard to do.

[Kingofalldems]

15. KP--rousted out of bed at 2 am

Working nonstop til about 9pm. Assigned to rake leaves in the middle of the woods.

[Aristus]

18. The Army was okay. It's the only place they would let me drive a tank.

The food was actually pretty good (This was before Army chow halls were privatized... ). Power-crazed drill sergeants and career NCO's were a pain in the ass. And I got to see Europe and Saudi Arabia on Uncle Sam's dime.

Me and my tank:



As always, loving teh hotness that is Skittles... B-)

[two gun sid]

25. It was a lot like summer camp

but instead of the neighboring camp playing pranks on you they tried to kill you.

[Inchworm]

35. Best years of my life..

well, really good ones.

I was fortunate not to have to deal with real in your face war, but at the time I longed for it. I look on those years as good years :P

Nuttin like dealing with jets on the flightdeck of a carrier...

weeeee!

:hi:

[av8rdave]

38. I found it an incredible experience....

I learned so much...then learned a great deal about what I didn't know. Got to work with some great people as well.

I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, but not sure I would do it again either.