Sgt. Mike Viet Nam Humor

[Retired W4]

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......

Pretending for a moment we were safe. Get it while you can. 122s come in anytime.

 

[AJ]

Nowadays they give them hearing protection. All I ever got was what we could find to block the ears (usually the filter tips off of cigarettes).

 

[F4phantom]

Nowadays they give them hearing protection. All I ever got was what we could find to block the ears (usually the filter tips off of cigarettes).

The only guys to get "Mickey Mouse Ears" were the flight line crew i.e. plane captains. You could grab a pair sometimes when you had to work on a F4 that was turned up. Most of the times you just went without. Oh the fun we had.

 

[Greyman50]

What did you say? lol……

 

[Greyman50]

What did you say? lol……

 

[AJ]

The USMC said I could hear fine when I retired. The VA gave me a set of hearing aids!!

 

[AJ]

This is what you get when you don't tip your Naval Driver!

 

[CalifEd]

When flying in a helo, they would pass around a can full of orange ear plugs. Looked like Bazooka Bubble Gum.
Newbie took one, looks around and pops it in his mouth and started chewing.

 

[Doug M.]

Did he think it was a crayon?

 

[AJ]

I could see this happening!!!

 

[AJ]

Did he think it was a crayon?

And your point being?? Someone finally made edible crayons for Marines

 

[F4phantom]

I could see this happening!!!

We had warm Hams beer. There were many fights over that. When MLK was killed in April '68, there were two factions who wanted the E-club shack. Before it was all over a MP with a 50 on the back of a jeep took care of the situation. Oh the fun we had.

 

[AJ]

We had warm Hams beer. There were many fights over that. When MLK was killed in April '68, there were two factions who wanted the E-club shack. Before it was all over a MP with a 50 on the back of a jeep took care of the situation. Oh the fun we had.

Those situations continued into the early 70's. Not fun at all!

 

[AJ]

Ever feel like a little cog in a big machine?

 

[Retired W4]

I could see this happening!!!

Just think how long the beer sat in the hole of a cargo ship, sat at the pier, and transported by deuce and a half in the sweltering heat before it got to us. Oh yea, and the beer was in steel cans.. Regardless, a PBR was priceless.

 

[Kevin J.]

I was lucky. We always had cold local beer (OB) and friendly local girls.

 

[TucsonTacodog]

Just think how long the beer sat in the hole of a cargo ship, sat at the pier, and transported by deuce and a half in the sweltering heat before it got to us. Oh yea, and the beer was in steel cans.. Regardless, a PBR was priceless.

All we got was Carlings. Can't say I developed a taste for it.

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[AJ]

AJ. Enjoying them all!

Thank you very much!

 

[AJ]

All we got was Carlings. Can't say I developed a taste for it.

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The guys usually got Olympia and did not like it, but they drank it!! I drank Crown Royal or Pinch, so the beer busts were not a big thing to me.

 

[TucsonTacodog]

The guys usually got Olympia and did not like it, but they drank it!! I drank Crown Royal or Pinch, so the beer busts were not a big thing to me.

We would have drank buffalo piss if it had an alcohol content.

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