Military BS Stories or the last liar wins.

[2A_Tom]

This is to get the military talk out of the Political Funny Pictures thread.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

 

[2A_Tom]

Moved these over here.

This is what I wish I could still do. It's just slightly edgy.

Yep, what a blast. Ft. Benning 1969. C119 and C141. 173 Airborne 1970 -1971. AIRBORNE!

March of '74. I had many friends in the 82nd that had 173rd combat patches.

C130, C141, C7A, UH1B, and C141 Stretch across the pond to Germany in '82.

Fort Benning June/July 1981, C-130 and C-141. Just a five-jump chump, but was a great experience. AIRBORNE!

Were you one of those Air Assault guys that we wasted a bunch of money on.

Nope, was an AFROTC cadet.

Edited to keep the thread hall monitors happy:

For me, every day was leg day.

Airborne, we call everybody a leg that wasn't active Airborne.

Yes, it did occur to us that EVERYONE else had vehicles to ride in and we were the only large unit that actually legged it EVERYWHERE!

I was an enlisted 11B MING (Michigan National Guard) member and an Army ROTC Cadet at the same time....but always a leg.

I went in the Army in 1970, assigned 76Y near the end of Basic but never worked a single day in that MOS.

I started as a 11B and wound up as a 76Y. When I reenlisted a became a 96B.

 

[Alamo]

Gotta go now, but I'll be baaaack...

 

[actaeon277]

I could tell you, but then...

 

[KellyinAvon]

I could tell you, but then...

Yeah, it's always super secret-secret squirrel stuff. Nobody ever makes up stuff about driving a forklift in the rain, or loading a truck in a snowstorm, or what you got at a DRMO sale, or going to meetings.

 

[actaeon277]

Yeah, it's always super secret-secret squirrel stuff. Nobody ever makes up stuff about driving a forklift in the rain, or loading a truck in a snowstorm, or what you got at a DRMO sale, or going to meetings.

Those don't sound "heroic".
Though, that seems to be most of my military experience.
When the recruiter points out those nice clean, freshly painted ships.
He didn't tell you how they got that way.

 

[target64]

Side cleaners in Pearl, life was good back then.

 

[Robert Richardson]

Army was rough back in the day, Heck, ole George made us cross the dang Delaware River in the middle of the night!

 

[amboy49]

Moved these over here.




















I started as a 11B and wound up as a 76Y. When I reenlisted a became a 96B.

There is no 76y or 96b MOS code.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Army was rough back in the day, Heck, ole George made us cross the dang Delaware River in the middle of the night!

Those guys got to say, "We'll kill you in your sleep on Christmas!" and really mean it.

 

[actaeon277]

There is no 76y or 96b MOS code.

[h=4]Army Unit Supply Specialist
Enlisted[/h][h=1]76Y MOS[/h]

 

[actaeon277]

There is no 76y or 96b MOS code.

Intelligence Analyst (96B)[h=1]Intelligence Analyst (96B)[/h]Intelligence and Combat Support Army MOS Information

 

[actaeon277]

MOS and Ratings change over time. Just because their isn't a MOS now, doesn't mean there wasn't one 30-40 years ago.
Blue Falcon is not exactly young.



Neither am I.

 

[HoughMade]

All my basic, weekend drill and AT stories.....oh, they’re simply divine.

 

[2A_Tom]

Thanks Act, I have been out for 37 years come Feb 2.

You gotta be patient with kids, they think that history began when they were born.

92Y	UNIT SUPPLY SPECIALIST I was an armorer Used to be 76Y

35F	INTELLIGENCE ANALYST Used to be 96B

 

[lovemywoods]

Side comment:
I'd like to publicly thank member "blue falcon" for starting a separate thread to host an offshoot topic. That's exactly what should happen.
Well done!

 

[HoughMade]

I'll go.

The First Gulf War. Saddam Hussein never took Grand Rapids, MI and, in fact, all of West Michigan remained untouched by the Iraqi army. I like to think I played a little part in that.

 

[2A_Tom]

Thank you for your service! Job well done, Sir!

 

[singlesix]

Once upon a time .. sorry war stories. There I was ....

 

[MarkC]

Our rule was the story had to begin with, "it was dark, very dark....."