We always sent the new guy to the ET's shop for some Fallopian tubes.... 
Sgt. Mike Viet Nam Humor
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We always sent the new guy to the ET's shop for some Fallopian tubes....
Wouldn't have worked in the CG, or on my second ship, we didn't have any twigets in the ET shop.
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AJ,
Thank you for your service and the humor.
The Retention NCO discussion in Udorn, Thailand (1974) was an experience for him, but I left smiling. At Travis AFB, about 30 of us were getting discharged. The NCOIC asked, "Are there any questions?" My question was, "Is it too late to reenlist?" His response was drowned out by other's laughter. I was promoted to E-5 just after 2 years. In 1974, only 9% of the first enlistment E-5s left the AF. I was part of a happy minority. I have no regrets.
Thank you for your service and the humor.
The Retention NCO discussion in Udorn, Thailand (1974) was an experience for him, but I left smiling. At Travis AFB, about 30 of us were getting discharged. The NCOIC asked, "Are there any questions?" My question was, "Is it too late to reenlist?" His response was drowned out by other's laughter. I was promoted to E-5 just after 2 years. In 1974, only 9% of the first enlistment E-5s left the AF. I was part of a happy minority. I have no regrets.
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Spent a fair amount of time in Udorn on liberty. Was stationed down the road in Nam Phong at the MCAS Rose Garden.
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AJ, My oldest brother was a cook in the MC. He was awarded quite a few commendations for his cooking in VN. Many were for being able to put together a good meal following a firefight in which he dropped his spatula for a rifle.
Greg was a big fella and told of one time a young VN boy came through his galley and picked up a knife and stabbed another cook. Greg said he hit that kid so hard he flew out the tent and landed in the yard dead. I don't remember if the other cook lived but likely Greg never said.
Greg was a big fella and told of one time a young VN boy came through his galley and picked up a knife and stabbed another cook. Greg said he hit that kid so hard he flew out the tent and landed in the yard dead. I don't remember if the other cook lived but likely Greg never said.
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That one is kind of a low blow for the squids. No one is discriminated against in Sgt. Mike! Equal opportunity. 
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That one is kind of a low blow for the squids. No one is discriminated against in Sgt. Mike! Equal opportunity.
Haven't seen the Coasties harassed yet.
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Yes, I know most of the Coxswains' on landing craft were Coast Guard. But everybody has fun poked at them.
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True and if I hadn't been wearing drywall stilts when I enlisted, I'd have never gotten in. 5'9" is way too short for the Coasties.
Didn't know they stacked it so high in a sea service.
