Sgt. Mike Viet Nam Humor

[AJ]

Must think it is A breath freshener spray!

 

[Retired W4]

Must think it is A breath freshener spray!

I was going to say it might be an improvement but...Well I said it anyway.

 

[AJ]

I was going to say it might be an improvement but...Well I said it anyway.

You did notice that he is Army, and not a Marine? No crossed rifles in the chevrons.

 

[Retired W4]

You did notice that he is Army, and not a Marine? No crossed rifles in the chevrons.

That explains a lot. That and the scuff marks on his knuckles.

 

[AJ]

That explains a lot. That and the scuff marks on his knuckles.

From dragging on the ground??

 

[AJ]

Know lots of folks that put their kids in other services than the Marines. Tried to talk my Grandson into joining a different service. Ended up as a Jarhead like his Grandfather..........

 

[Retired W4]

Know lots of folks that put their kids in other services than the Marines. Tried to talk my Grandson into joining a different service. Ended up as a Jarhead like his Grandfather..........

The Air Force thing skipped a generation with me. Dad told me I didn't need a degree to fly. I told my son he'd be better off in the AF. He went with the A-10 to be close to the Army, as in CAS.

 

[steelslaver]

The Air Force and the Navy have more jobs that transfer to the civilian world. Able to set up interlocking fields of fire on perimeter, does not transfer well. My MOS however did, but I was off to forge my own road when I got out.

 

[AJ]

My Grandson ended up as a Calibration Technician after going through Aircraft Electrician's Mate School in Pensacola. Marines and sailors go to the same Electricians course, then to Keesler AFB for Calibration school (Air Force, Marines and Navy all go the same school). Now he is working as a Cal Tech for a local aircraft manufacturer and going to college to be an electrical engineer.

 

[Retired W4]

Not much call for an 11B in the civilian world. I know a lot of Vietnam helicopter pilots who went into law enforcement. Adrenalin junkies. I know another guy I flew with went into drug smuggling. After 10 years in the federal joint he's fine.

 

[AJ]

Getting ready to go to town (or getting ready to go to work)!

 

[AJ]

The Air Force and the Navy have more jobs that transfer to the civilian world. Able to set up interlocking fields of fire on perimeter, does not transfer well. My MOS however did, but I was off to forge my own road when I got out.

Not much call for an 11B in the civilian world. I know a lot of Vietnam helicopter pilots who went into law enforcement. Adrenalin junkies. I know another guy I flew with went into drug smuggling. After 10 years in the federal joint he's fine.

Not a lot out there of the 0311 field. Or the 08's!

 

[Retired W4]

The 08 I'm familiar with. Fire for effect. The 0311, not so much.

 

[AJ]

The 08 I'm familiar with. Fire for effect. The 0311, not so much.

08 is Arty. 0311 is Infantry.

 

[Hill536]

AJ. Enjoying them all!

 

[AJ]

A friend contributed this one. I have friends that if they had a flamethrower would use it to get rid of their leaves.

 

[AJ]

Spent some time aboard a ship filled with animals...........it was called an aircraft carrier!! You ought to have seen them folks when first ashore after being at sea for a while.

 

[F4phantom]

Spent some time aboard a ship filled with animals...........it was called an aircraft carrier!! You ought to have seen them folks when first ashore after being at sea for a while.

I got to visit the USS Roosevelt when it was in the Philippines. Standing on the flight deck was crazy, I couldn't imagine what it was like in the open seas. The up ladder and the down ladders were crazy. Saw an A4 covered with a large tarp. They said it was a one way trip with a nuke on it. Don't know if that was true. The Enterprise was also in port but there was no shore leave. Most tha sailors tore up the town the last time they were there. Cost the crew 20k to fix everything. Oh the fun we had.

 

[AJ]

I got to visit the USS Roosevelt when it was in the Philippines. Standing on the flight deck was crazy, I couldn't imagine what it was like in the open seas. The up ladder and the down ladders were crazy. Saw an A4 covered with a large tarp. They said it was a one way trip with a nuke on it. Don't know if that was true. The Enterprise was also in port but there was no shore leave. Most tha sailors tore up the town the last time they were there. Cost the crew 20k to fix everything. Oh the fun we had.

I think someone was feeding you a story on the A4. I was on the USS Saratoga for approximately 2 years (work ups and the actual Med Cruise). The only time we had up & down ladders were during General Quarters ("Forward & Up on the Port Side and Down & Aft on the Starboard Side"). I was a Flight Deck Coordinator for my squadron. There were about 100 different ways to get killed on the Flight Deck during Flight Ops if you did not have your head on a swivel!
Once we had two carriers in Naples at the same time. The USS America and USS Saratoga. The America had been in the Indian Ocean for 110 days straight with no liberty. The crews from both carriers were not allowed ashore at the same time. Wasn't enough Italian Police and Navy Shore Patrol to control them all at the same time.

 

[AJ]

The saying "In the rear with the gear" comes to mind. Though there weren't many places that could have been consider completely safe in RVN. Some just a bit safer than others......