July 09, 2006

Shit: Through the eyes of the Military

This one is for my nephew, Robby, a newly minted TSgt in the AF. Congrats Rob!

*An Army grunt stands in the rain with a 35 pound pack on his back, 15 lb. weapon in hand, after having marched 12 miles, and says, "This is shit!"

*An Army Airborne Ranger stands in the rain with a 45 lb. pack on his back, weapon in hand, after having jumped from an airplane and marched 18 miles, and says with a smile, "This is good shit!"

*A Navy SEAL lies in the mud, 55 LB pack on his back, weapon in hand, after swimming 10 miles to shore, crawling through a swamp and marching 25 miles at night past the enemy positions, says with a grin, "This really is great shit."

*A Marine Scout/Sniper, up to his nose in the stinking, bug-infested mud of a swamp with a 65 LB pack on his back and a weapon in both hands after jumping from an aircraft at high altitude, into the ocean, swimming 12 miles to the shore, killing several alligators to enter the swamp, then stalking 30 miles through the brush to an FFP, says, "I love this shit."

*The Air Force NCO sits in an easy chair in an air conditioned, carpeted office and says, "My e-mail's out? What kind of shit is this?!?"

Posted by: Delftsman3 at 03:18 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 I saw a variation of this in the Gaurd Armory years ago. Only it had drawings. First panel was an infantry man bitching about the shitty conditions, second panel had a green beret praising the shitty conditions, third panel had an airforce pilot remarking how shitty it looked down there.

Posted by: Deathknyte at July 09, 2006 06:53 AM (HIKRf)

2 The USAF sends its brave and smart officers out to fight while the majority of the dumb ass enlisted types stay back on the base and wait for them to come back.

Posted by: GUYK at July 09, 2006 07:07 PM (iAhlK)

3 The USAF sends its brave and smart officers out to fight while the majority of the dumb ass enlisted types stay back on the base and wait for them to come back. I think you have it all wrong Guy, the enlisted "types" in the Air Force are so much smarter than the enlisted in the other services they have convinced the officers that they are so important they need to do the fighting. In all seriousness, my career field has lost many in ground combat in the past few years, both enlisted and officer fight in the Air Force, in fact most of the time we pick up and fix things when the Army and Marines screw them up! SlagleRock Out!

Posted by: SlagleRock at July 12, 2006 02:43 PM (fTGYN)

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