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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:11 PM
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New enlistment oaths...Go Navy!!!! LOL
New Enlistment Oaths...Couldn't help myself..

:evilgrin:



U.S. COAST GUARD ENLISTMENT OATH
"I, (State your name), swear to sign away 4 years of my life to the UNITED STATES COAST GUARD because I know being in the real military scares me. However, I swear to defend our position as the fifth branch of the Armed Services, although at one point we were under the Department of Homeland Security. I understand that atleast twice a day, someone will refer to me a member of the Air Force or Navy, and when I correct them, they will question my military status. I will work on boats the size of kayaks and small yachts during the worst of natures storms, and recieve no thanks or notice form the public. I will fly in helos into the eye of the storm to rescue people dumber then rocks, and then be heckled by the same people when I bust them for transporting drugs two months later.! I will prevent thousands of gallons of pollution, but be accused of impeding the economy when I won't allow vessels to pour oil into the ocean. I will be the red-headed step child to all of the other services, although I know I got the better deal. All of my equipment will be discarded Navy property. I will use most of my time in the Coast Guard to take college classes, and perfect my web surfing abilities, then complain that I work too much. I will perfect avoiding PT at all costs, and do my best to attend training that will give me a great competitive edge in the career field of my choice, making retention efforts of the Coast Guard pointless. I will come in contact with so many pollutants during my tenure, I will glow in the dark for the rest of my natural life and refer to myself as "salty" because of it. I will do my best to work 8 to 3, with a two hour lunch, on normal days, and have my pager and cell phone surgically attached, SO HELP ME GOD.

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US AIR FORCE OATH OF ENLISTMENT
"I, (State your name), swear to sign away 4 years of my life to the UNITED STATES AIR FORCE because I know I couldn't hack it in the Army, because the Marines frighten me, and because I am afraid of water over waist-deep. I swear to sit behind a desk. I also swear not to do any form of real exercise, but promise to defend our bike-riding test as a valid form of exercise. I promise to walk around calling everyone by their first name because I find it amusing to annoy the other services. I will have a better quality of life than those around me and will, at all times, be sure to make them aware of that fact. After completion of "Basic Training", I will be a lean, mean, donut-eating, Lazy-Boy sitting, civilian-wearing-blue-clothes, Chair-borne Ranger. I will believe I am superior to all others and will make an effort to clean the knife before stabbing the next person in the back. I will annoy those around me, and will go home early every day. So Help Me God!"

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US ARMY OATH OF ENLISTMENT
"I, (State your name), swear to sign away 4 years of my otherwise mediocre life to the UNITED STATES ARMY because I couldn't score high enough on the ASVAB to get into the Air Force, I'm not tough enough for the Marines, and the Navy won't take me because I can't swim. I will wear camouflage every day and tuck my trousers into my boots because I can't figure out how to use blousing straps. I promise to wear my uniform 24 hours a day even when I have a date. I will continue to tell myself that I am a fierce killing machine because my Drill Sergeant told me I am, despite the fact that the only action I will see is a court-martial for sexual harassment. I acknowledge the fact that I will make E-8 in my first year of service, and vow to maintain that it is because I scored perfect on my PT test. After completion of my Sexual.....er.....I mean "Basic Training," I will attend a different Army school every other month and return knowing less than I did when I left. On my first trip home after Boot Camp, I will walk around like I am cool and propose to my 9th grade sweetheart. I will make my wife stay home because if I let her out she might leave me for a better-looking Air Force guy. Should she leave me twelve times, I will continue to take her back. While at work I will maintain a look of knowledge while getting absolutely nothing accomplished. I will arrive to work every day at 1000 hrs because of morning PT and leave everyday at 1300 to report back to "COMPANY." I understand that I will undergo no training whatsoever that will help me get a job up! on separation, and will end up working construction with my friends from high school. I will brag to everyone about the Army giving me $30,000 for college, but will be unable to use it because I can't pass a placement exam. So Help Me God!"

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US NAVY OATH OF ENLISTMENT
"I, Top Gun, in lieu of going to prison, swear to sign away 4 years of my life to the UNITED STATES NAVY, because I want to hang out with Marines without actually having to BE one of them, because I thought the Air Force was too "corporate," because I didn't want to actually live in dirt like the Army, and because I thought, "Hey, I like to swim...why not?" I promise to wear clothes that went out of style in 1976 and to have my name stenciled on the butt of every pair of pants I own. I understand that I will be mistaken for the Good Humor Man during summer,! and for Nazi Waffen SS during the winter. I will strive to use a different language than the rest of the English-speaking world, using words like "deck, bulkhead, cover, geedunk, scuttlebutt, scuttle and head," when I really mean "floor, wall, hat, candy, water fountain, hole in wall and toilet." I will take great pride in the fact that all Navy acronyms, rank, and insignia, and everything else for that matter, are completely different from the other services and make absolutely no sense whatsoever. I will muster, whatever that is, at 0700 every morning unless I am buddy-buddy with the Chief, in which case I will show up around 0930. I vow to hone my coffee cup-handling skills to the point that I can stand up in a kayak being tossed around in a typhoon, and still not spill a drop. I consent to being promoted and subsequently busted at least twice per fiscal year. I realize that, once selected for Chief, I am required to submit myself to the sick, and quite possibly illegal, whims of my newfound "colleagues." So Help Me Neptune!"

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US MARINE CORPS OATH OF ENLISTMENT
"I, (pick a name the police won't recognize), swear..uhhhh....high-and-tight.... grunt... cammies....kill....fix bayonets....charge....slash....dig....burn....blowup....ugh...Air Force women....beer.....sailors wives.....air strikes....yes SIR!....whiskey....liberty call....salute....Ooorah Gunny....grenades...women....OORAH! So Help Me Chesty PULLER!"

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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:16 PM
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1. LOL
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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:19 PM
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2. glad you enjoyed
wait until our Marine friends get here though...

:popcorn:

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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:53 PM
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10. My dad the retired Navy chief laughed his butt off. :^D
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 10:02 AM
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12. If one of my Sailors came to work 2 and a half hours late
he would be anything but my buddy!
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AwareOne Donating Member (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:30 PM
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3. As a veteran, I don't find any humor in this slam of the military
Why don't you throw in some ethnic jokes while your at it.
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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:38 PM
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4. Sorry shipmate
As a veteran myself I thought it was funny...You know...That service rivalry thing...

Sorry I offended you...That wasn't the intent
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AwareOne Donating Member (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:06 PM
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5. I got ya, no hard feelings, I thought you were a civilian being a smart ass
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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:31 PM
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6. so we're good? - n/t
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 10:06 AM
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13. Thanks for the chuckle and reminder shipmate
I did a joint tour in Saudi in the 90's. The AF failed miserably in keeping up with the in service rivalry category. One of my favorite silly stories. A Sailor and a Marine were in the head, the Sailor got done at the urinal and was walking out, the Marine said in the Marine Corps we are taught to wash our hands after we urinate. The Sailor said, in the Navy they teach us not to piss on our hands.

If anyone wants to find out what all those Navy acronyms are just get the latest copy of the DICNAVAB.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 05:45 AM
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7. As long as your skivvies are jammed in the crack, here's some more
Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 05:48 AM by sarge43
Army: "This fucking place sucks!"

Navy: "This fucking place even sucks off shore!"

Marines: "Where's it sucking!"

Air Force: "Three fifty per diem!? That sucks!"

If you didn't rag on the other branches at least once, you didn't get all you could out of your enlistment.

I'm an AF retiree by the way.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 10:01 AM
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11. So you never served in the military SARGE??
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 10:16 AM
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14. Nah
Those 21 years, 5 months and 10 days of action packed, fun filled, lazy, crazy days of summer were merely a bright, brittle dream. Some had Woodstock; I had Management by Objective and Zero Defucks. How's about you, Boss?
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 10:19 AM
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15. I recall chatting with an AF retiree
at a VA hospital in Missouri several years ago. He was a volunteer. He said he had been in the Air Force, I said Oh, you never served in the Military, he replied, you are no doubt a smart assed squid. We got along great. When I got old enough I was allowed to practice management (and leadership) by wandering around. A totally awesome concept.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 10:32 AM
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16. Oh yes, the 'wander around and count things' management style.
Very impressive when done with flair, panache and a clip board.

Just a word to the wise for all of you who dump on Zoomies. We're the ones who become the corporate middle managers from hell and we have long memories. :evilgrin:
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:54 AM
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9. Marine, huh?
:rofl: :rofl:


USCGA 1961-63, Cadet
US Army 1968-69, E5
Civilian since birth.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-15-07 11:49 AM
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20. Man, lighten up. nt
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 05:47 AM
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8. Thanks BlueCollar. Those are keepers. n/t
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-14-07 09:31 PM
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17. AF officers now prance around the Pentagon and all the DC area in flight suits.
It looks really stupid to see some guy in a restaurant in Bethesda...in his flight suit.

I saw one and said to him as we passed, "Hey, where's your airplane?" I thought I was being nice because I could have said, "Hey, that flight suit ever land on a carrier deck?" and I didn't.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-15-07 07:45 AM
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18. Back in the olden days
we had to wear our dress uniforms if we were in DC. And I for one think thats the way it should be. Flight suits have no place in public in the nation's capitol.

I'm visualizing Prancing Air Force Officers.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-15-07 11:48 AM
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19. And most occifers were instructed to commute in civilian clothes and change to Class A...
at the office.

Imagine George C. Marshall wearing combat fatigues and Hap Arnold in a flight suit...in the Pentagon.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 06:57 AM
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22. I'm remembering the days when flight suits were called
goat skins and the jocks couldn't get out of them fast enough because they stank like you wouldn't believe.

I'm visualizing Curt 'Sundowner' LeMay catching a poser prancing around the Circus in the skins - not pretty.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 03:23 PM
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24. LeMay didn't have to prance around in a flight suit to make people think he was a tough guy.
He had a track record.

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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:03 AM
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25. Yes he did.
He was blood thirsty and crazy as an out house rat (thank God Ike and JFK had him on a short leash), but he earned his street cred.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:25 AM
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26. Exactly, and thanks for cleaning up that expression! He certainly needed a leash.
If only Bomber Harris had been on a leash...
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Joey Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-15-07 10:44 PM
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21. Funny! n/t
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 01:35 PM
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23. ASA (Army) Theme song
I want to be a desk borne ranger
Fuck that life of death and danger
Desk borne ranger
ASA

WWeeeeeeeee!
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