I was happy to retire after 26 years and when the ship moored in Mayport in July 1991 I quick-stepped to the family car and family waiting in the parking lot and zoomed back home to Pensacola. Last week I attended a family reunion in Central/Southern Missouri attended by the offspring (still alive) of my paternal grandparents who were both born in 1894. One of my cousins noted that we number 19 who served. Mostly Navy, a few Marines, one Army. By my guess 172 years of service between us all; 4 in WWII, 2 in Korea, 3 in Vietnam, 2 in Desert Storm. I think we all miss the sense of mission, the camaraderie, doing something very meaningful. The other stuff? Meh. Just the hazards of walking barefoot in a dog park.
I rationalize that it is never a misspelling when done via a keyboard, John. It is mostly bad aim owing to a failure of synapses in one's digits coupled with poor eyesight. Real spelling errors only occur in handwritten block letters. In cursive, if done sloppy enough, they are hidden.
They say that water is the only universal solvent, I disagree. Fire dissolves far more problems than water ever could. (And for really stubborn problems, you can still use fire, you just need it to burn VERY, VERY FAST and your problem will just go away, (so long as you have followed the holy formula of Enough plus More equals Plenty.)
"...bad coffee"? Geez. Bad coffee is an offense punishable under Article 134 in the Navy. Why are Marines so hard-headed about asked their sister service for assistance? Didn't you have attached Navy Corpsmen?
The idea: A German fireman prior to WW1 had the idea and was a WW1 pioneer and Commander in what evolved from Flammenwerfer tactics into Strum -Storm tactics.
So the flamethrower itself would need to be signed out from the armory. However the armory is closed because of unit party at the beach.
Then if lucky enough to have filled out flamethrower custody card and actually was issued flamethrower the fuel required can only be delivered to the range by motor T however they are short drivers.
Then if lucky enough to get flamethrower fuel delivered once loaded the flamethrower malfunctions and dosnt work.
This messages actually make me miss the camaraderie of active duty. (But none of the other stuff.)
I was happy to retire after 26 years and when the ship moored in Mayport in July 1991 I quick-stepped to the family car and family waiting in the parking lot and zoomed back home to Pensacola. Last week I attended a family reunion in Central/Southern Missouri attended by the offspring (still alive) of my paternal grandparents who were both born in 1894. One of my cousins noted that we number 19 who served. Mostly Navy, a few Marines, one Army. By my guess 172 years of service between us all; 4 in WWII, 2 in Korea, 3 in Vietnam, 2 in Desert Storm. I think we all miss the sense of mission, the camaraderie, doing something very meaningful. The other stuff? Meh. Just the hazards of walking barefoot in a dog park.
dang, misspelled camaraderie, so just did a quick edit. Thanks for the comment.
I rationalize that it is never a misspelling when done via a keyboard, John. It is mostly bad aim owing to a failure of synapses in one's digits coupled with poor eyesight. Real spelling errors only occur in handwritten block letters. In cursive, if done sloppy enough, they are hidden.
They say that water is the only universal solvent, I disagree. Fire dissolves far more problems than water ever could. (And for really stubborn problems, you can still use fire, you just need it to burn VERY, VERY FAST and your problem will just go away, (so long as you have followed the holy formula of Enough plus More equals Plenty.)
"...bad coffee"? Geez. Bad coffee is an offense punishable under Article 134 in the Navy. Why are Marines so hard-headed about asked their sister service for assistance? Didn't you have attached Navy Corpsmen?
The idea: A German fireman prior to WW1 had the idea and was a WW1 pioneer and Commander in what evolved from Flammenwerfer tactics into Strum -Storm tactics.
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So the flamethrower itself would need to be signed out from the armory. However the armory is closed because of unit party at the beach.
Then if lucky enough to have filled out flamethrower custody card and actually was issued flamethrower the fuel required can only be delivered to the range by motor T however they are short drivers.
Then if lucky enough to get flamethrower fuel delivered once loaded the flamethrower malfunctions and dosnt work.
Shall I continue?…
And the flamethrower malfunction will be blamed on illegal maintenance on the part of the operator.
Washed in wisk and hot water in a shitcan. Their DI’s taught them…