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jlf1961 -> Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 10:39:54 AM)
Who remembers those times when a rucksack flop was better than sex?

popeye1250 -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 10:50:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 Who remembers those times when a rucksack flop was better than sex? Not me, I wasn't a ground pounder. But I remember a lot of other things from being a Sailor. (Usn-Uscg)

Toysinbabeland -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 10:53:56 AM)
What the heck is a rucksack flop jeff? (Or should I not ask)

jlf1961 -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 11:02:34 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Toysinbabeland What the heck is a rucksack flop jeff? (Or should I not ask) The rucksack flop is that wonderful point of a long hike with full pack and combat gear when you get to flop back on the ground and say "thank god it's over" I mean humping 45 to 50 pounds on a 15mile hike is no cake walk.

popeye1250 -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 11:08:01 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 quote: ORIGINAL: Toysinbabeland What the heck is a rucksack flop jeff? (Or should I not ask) The rucksack flop is that wonderful point of a long hike with full pack and combat gear when you get to flop back on the ground and say "thank god it's over" I mean humping 45 to 50 pounds on a 15mile hike is no cake walk. That's all? I think the SEALS do that much with their teeth. And probably a Marine under each arm for balance.

Toysinbabeland -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 11:09:52 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 quote: ORIGINAL: Toysinbabeland What the heck is a rucksack flop jeff? (Or should I not ask) The rucksack flop is that wonderful point of a long hike with full pack and combat gear when you get to flop back on the ground and say "thank god it's over" I mean humping 45 to 50 pounds on a 15mile hike is no cake walk. Try being on the kneel side of a demanding session. You'll beg for that long hike. chuckles

jlf1961 -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 11:45:47 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: popeye1250 quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 quote: ORIGINAL: Toysinbabeland What the heck is a rucksack flop jeff? (Or should I not ask) The rucksack flop is that wonderful point of a long hike with full pack and combat gear when you get to flop back on the ground and say "thank god it's over" I mean humping 45 to 50 pounds on a 15mile hike is no cake walk. That's all? I think the SEALS do that much with their teeth. And probably a Marine under each arm for balance. Actually, the 45 pound combat load is universal across the infantry services, and in the cases of SEALS, Special Forces, etc, less due to the fact that speed is of the essence. Anything more has proven to be detrimental to the fighting ability of the soldier.

EdBowie -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 8:01:52 PM)
Hence the 'HSLD' designation for SEALS etc.

popeye1250 -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 9:00:05 PM)
And I can remember that some of the Chiefs (C.P.O.s) could be real pricks. If they knew certain guys didn't like each other they'd be paired off up on the flight deck for the saturday night smoker. (Boxing)

FrostedFlake -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 10:26:11 PM)
SUB Marines. Don't worry about a thing. If anything goes wrong you'll be dead before you know it. It isn't so. That's just what they tell you at the recruiting office. The real deal is : No Mud. The coffee was never more than 125 feet away. And if one thing isn't going wrong, it's two.

TheHeretic -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/27/2013 11:33:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 Who remembers those times when a rucksack flop was better than sex? I remember when Lt. Colonel fuckwit finally figured out that the accident rate from putting the heavy equipment shop on a 2-2-2-80 wasn't going to look good on his performance report.

DaddySatyr -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/28/2013 12:02:22 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: popeye1250 And I can remember that some of the Chiefs (C.P.O.s) could be real pricks. If they knew certain guys didn't like each other they'd be paired off up on the flight deck for the saturday night smoker. (Boxing) Try having a fight with someone in jump school and have the jump master decide that you'll pack each others' chutes. That's a lot of fun!

MsMJAY -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/28/2013 12:15:16 AM)
I remember hearing the sound of cadence before the sun came up. Midnight chow! [:D] I remember what a head rush it was the first time I crawled under live fire. I have never been able to forget the sound of the clicking heels of my drill sgt. approaching. quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 Who remembers those times when a rucksack flop was better than sex?

MalcolmNathaniel -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/28/2013 3:08:31 AM)
I never had the honor of serving in the military. I was in the Scouts though. I have a really funny story about that.

MercTech -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/28/2013 7:17:15 AM)
I remember calibrating junior officers.... I was covered in grease and in the middle of a HPAC (high pressure air compressor) rebuild when the security alert came down. Following protocol, I armed myself with items at hand and took station where I could observe the hatch to the engine room. (Fire ax in one hand, 1-1/2 three foot long wrench in the other) Through the hatch comes the GQ EEOW (Engineering Officer of the Watch for General Quarters stations), Lt. W, with a .45 in one hand and the magazine in the other. When the big fellow in grease covered T-Shirt and greast on the face like battle paint stepped around the switchgear screaming"Stand and be recognized" the .45 went one way and the magazine went the other. It took us two hours to fish the weapon and ammo out of the bilge. I think the CO rethought the standing order for the EEOW to be the only armed security in the engine room to defend the reactor control panel. At least the reactor operators were issued firearms thereafter and then the ERS was given a shotgun. The things you remember.. I actually developed a liking for eggs with cheese sauce made from powdered cheese.

MasterCaneman -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/28/2013 8:17:55 AM)
I still start walking with my left foot (thank you, friend pebble whose impression is still there), think in military time, either looky busy or disappear when three stripes or bars appear on a collar tab, and set up a range card whenever I'm in a new location. [image]local://upfiles/1614272/1B1F4691C5B549A1AAACCCE22C4C181E.jpg[/image]

kalikshama -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/28/2013 10:03:37 AM)
quote: The rucksack flop is that wonderful point of a long hike with full pack and combat gear when you get to flop back on the ground and say "thank god it's over" I mean humping 45 to 50 pounds on a 15mile hike is no cake walk. Pfft, we had none of this nonsense in the Air Force.

kalikshama -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/28/2013 10:05:18 AM)
I still use military time and fold in thirds. I despair of the lack of discipline among the 20-somethings at work.

DomKen -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/28/2013 10:19:12 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MercTech I remember calibrating junior officers.... I was covered in grease and in the middle of a HPAC (high pressure air compressor) rebuild when the security alert came down. Following protocol, I armed myself with items at hand and took station where I could observe the hatch to the engine room. (Fire ax in one hand, 1-1/2 three foot long wrench in the other) Through the hatch comes the GQ EEOW (Engineering Officer of the Watch for General Quarters stations), Lt. W, with a .45 in one hand and the magazine in the other. When the big fellow in grease covered T-Shirt and greast on the face like battle paint stepped around the switchgear screaming"Stand and be recognized" the .45 went one way and the magazine went the other. It took us two hours to fish the weapon and ammo out of the bilge. I think the CO rethought the standing order for the EEOW to be the only armed security in the engine room to defend the reactor control panel. At least the reactor operators were issued firearms thereafter and then the ERS was given a shotgun. The things you remember.. I actually developed a liking for eggs with cheese sauce made from powdered cheese. On the Long Beach we had jarheads stationed outside the hatches into the reactor spaces at GQ. My only problem with the eggs in the Navy was that green color from being frozen.

SWDesertDom -> RE: Stuff you remember from your military days... (12/28/2013 7:35:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FrostedFlake The real deal is : No Mud. The coffee was never more than 125 feet away. And if one thing isn't going wrong, it's two. I was a tanker, we had mud. If we didn't have mud, we made our own (tanks are great for that). If it was too dry for mud we had epic moon dust. If you wanted coffee, though, you could just find Top, since he was never more than 25 feet from it.

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