Who is or was in the military and what branch?

[Timbob505]

I am currently in the Navy at NTC Great Lakes. Because of an overload of "airdale" wannabes, I am doing the advanced electronics Tech Core before starting A school down in Pensacola. Coming from Texas, the weather here is starting to annoy me. I want my 90+ temps, NOW! So far, Navy life isn't too bad, I'll be heading home for Memorial Day weekend soon, hopefully I'll have a ring to propose to my girlfriend, and watch my little bro graduate High School, becoming one step closer to heading into Basic for the Army himself in July. I can't wait to get to the fleet!

Timbob

[john80y]

You want stories about the forces then I have tons of them..

Being based in Northern Ireland for my first tour, I was nothing more than a fresh faced 19 year old who to be honest was kinda shy. Being thrown in this cauldron sorted that little problem out.

Anyway after doing the usual round of guard duties for 3 weeks we were going on a 2 week border patrol, this meant sleeping under the stars and carrying everything you needed for two weeks. Our aim was to stop the illegal carriage of weapons and drugs over the border (mostly cow fields). Well two weeks is a long time and in that two weeks obviously nature calls. What the British army does to counteract this, is give you a nice pill which stops you taking a $hit. If you do happen to need to take a crap you gotta do it in a plastic bag and carry it with you until the end of the tour (Not very nice if you take a dump on the 2nd day, it means 12 day old poo at the end of the tour)

The pill worked wonders on me and nature didn't call for the full two weeks. Getting back to the base at the end of a pretty boring and wet tour, felt great because you got 3 days off!

After showering and shaving we had a quick medical examination and was given a laxative and papers for the 3 day leave. It was approx 8am in the morning when I was leaving for England and home. I arrived at the airport with around half an hour spare and did the usual thing (drink alcohol). Once in the air about 15 minutes into a 45 minute flight I got the urge to go.... The plane was a small plane and there was no way i was dropping that bomb on the plane.. I managed to hold on ... Once though customs it was a long walk through Manchester airport to the train station and a 2 hour train ride home. Upon boarding the train the pain in my guts was so intense I couldn't hold on any more... For want of better words the $hit hit the fan in a big way... The outragous smell from the trains bathroom actually made the entire carriage smell. Luckily there was only me and 2 other people in that carriage. By the time the train arrived in Doncaster my guts were feeling kinda rough again, I managed to get a taxi and got home to my parents house in record time.

The time was around 3pm... After another visit to the bathroom things seemed fine but they weren't ....

I was part of Britains elite fighting force and 3 days leave meant Beer, Girls and partying.. Friday and Saturday I spent in and out of the bathroom as anything I touched went straight through.. Sunday was mostly spent with an ice pack on my ass before having to return to my base late Sunday evening....

I found out the most of the guys took the laxative and spat it out as they knew what effect it had on people... I learned that lesson very quick...

Now who thinks I should write a book about this stuff ))

[SEALTEAMTHREE]

Funny story I heard from a Master Cheif, who served in Vietnam, while at Coronado Island before my class commenced training:

He and four other guys from his class got sent to Escape and Evasion training together. They sent them out into the woods on a rainy morning, and told them to avoid the communist "agressors" (instructors wearing Soviet clothes). He said about three hours into the first day, they encountered two instructions wearing said Soviet clothing saying "Come to us, Comrades! We will not hurt you!"

One of the five SEALs in the training group said "lets get 'em. Anyone object?" nobody did. They laid low in the tall grass on either side of the trail the instructors were on until they walked by, and jumped up and tackled them. Holding them at knife-point, they proceeded to tie and gag the instructors, who said "You aren't supposed to be doing this! Let us go or its going to be your head!", to which the SEALs replied "We know. Shut up."

They left the instructors on the side of the trail, and went into the nearby town, where they promptly located a bar and sat down for a few drinks. About 45 minutes later two MP's showed up at the door and gestured at the SEALs, saying "come over here", which the SEALs promptly replied "no, you come over here." That went on until the MP's were able to scare up about twenty more men, and they arrested them and took them back to the E&E compound. Then they were tied to chairs for questioning.

"Where'd you come from?" they asked one.
"Over there" he replied
"Who's your leader, and who else are you with" asked another
"Well, lets see. There was Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck..." at this point the instructor slugged him in the jaw, knocking one of his front teeth out. They moved onto another. Somehow, the instructors had managed to get pictures of the guy's wife and teenage daughter.
"Do you recognize these two women?" they asked him, showing him the picture.
"Yeah, thats my wife and daughter. Whats the point?"
"Well it appears that your daughter is giving guys on leave BJ's, and your wife is riding them all night long." they told him.
The guy sat back for a minute, and then replied "Good. Its good to know they're making money while I'm gone."

He said after that, they never put any more than two SEALs through E&E together.

[F/A-18 MechDood]

Hey Seal.........

Do they make you do the Navy Standard PRT's? Just curious is all. Cuz it would definitly be a joke for you.

[Warthog]

hahahahaha SEAL

[Gibbo]

Fantastic thread I love hearing military stories, My dad's ex-army ( uk- Royal Green Jackets) used to tell me stories as a kid.

Forces not for me (after hearing some of the stories from my dad ) too relaxed

[glohworm]

God, now I really feel ancient! I served in the U.S. Army and did basic at Fort Knox in early 1965! Ditto for my AIT. Then trained as a finance specialist (pay clerk) at Ft Ben Harrison. Assigned to 501st Admin at Ft Hood, Texas (501st Chairborn!), part of 1st Armored Div.

Warthog, I too wanted to fly choppers (Huey's). I was the clerk for the 501st Aviation Bn., among other units, and these warrants were coming in for pay and we'd talk about flying and I got hooked. I sent in my 1049 (personnel action) requesting a transfer to flight school and was initially accepted, only to flunk out on the physical! You need 20-20 vision, and it turned out I had 20-20 in one eye, 20-40 in the other! I still wonder to this day, how that would have turned out. In Vietnam, the life expectency of a chopper pilot was iffy!

[Cruez]

I was minutes from leaving MEPS to go to Lackland AFB. I was tired of the normal life and wanted to fly.

I went to the recruiter's office and talked to them. I told them I wanted to be a fighter pilot, he told me how slim of a chance it was to get in and all the training involved. After MEPS I quailified for any job the was availiable. Met initial requirements to be about to work towards a pilot and I think I would have gone in as a E3 or E4..can't remember... The only thing that was holding me back was I had a 6 month window to finish all of my training, get a 4 year degree and officer school(?)..plus other stuff..... If I blew a class or anything that would take more than 6 months to complete...It would be too late.... I can't remember the age limitation but I was going to cut it close...I think it was 27 or close to it...

But...I didn't do it ....not worth the risk. If I couldn't fly a fighter, I wouldn't be happy doing anything in there...So I opted out. Recruiter was pretty pissed off.. I Don't blame him...He and many of his superiors we talking to me over the phone trying to get me to leave that morning...didn't work..
If I could rewind I might have went straight out of high school....So, one of my dreams went out into the wide open sky...

[SEALTEAMTHREE]

Nah, I haven't taken a standard PRT in quite some time (end of 99 I think)...we're all exempt.

That isn't to say we don't take PT tests at all. Ours are more fun than the standard Navy PRT's, if your idea of fun is running in the sand with full combat gear, ect. A good SEAL joke during Airborne school is "Three miles in 27 minutes? On a PAVED road? You've got to be kidding, right? I can do that in my sleep!"

Hey Cruez, you should've hung in there. I can't count the number of people who told me that I'd never make it into the SEALs, and here I am today. I can't wait to show up all the jocks at my 5 year class reunion....

[Warthog]

I can't count the number of people who told me that I'd never make it into the SEALs, and here I am today. I can't wait to show up all the jocks at my 5 year class reunion....

Same here man.....'cept I'm not in the service yet. I tell people @ work and school that I"m going into the Army....they're like are you SURE, I can't picture YOU in the Army....do I give a fart? No. It just makes me all the more anxious to prove them WRONG.

Warthog