Olive Drab Green
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You were with 4th ID? And you got your stripes? Good shit.
I got out as a SPC.
I got out as a SPC.
Veterans...Get the hell in here now!
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Olive Drab Green
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Such is fucking life.
6ohMax
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Damn right.
Giving away the bride.
Olive Drab Green
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Christ, Chief, you got a lot of hash marks.
Hookabelly
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@GreatwhiteNorth I can still see the epic hair, even being the white square. PS: the woman in the back left corner looks like she realized she left the burner on at home....
What a gorgeous looking wedding. Did you cry? I would have such a hard time passing my child off to the groom. It's just such a final feeling gesture. When my parents gave me away, (yes I had my mom too, she raised me also after all) I didn't even give a thought to what that meant for them. Funny how when you actually get someplace emotionally it can be such an epiphany. congrats to your daughter.
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Yeah, I stuck it out a while, . . . and it's "Master Chief".
She asked me to wear it because her hub to be was AF reserve and so was much of the grooms party.
Funny, I outranked & out bling'd them all (& flat out just look better in uniform).
Good times!
Olive Drab Green
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Didn't see the star, you'll have to forgive me.Yeah, I stuck it out a while, . . . and it's "Master Chief".
She asked me to wear it because her hub to be was AF reserve and so was much of the grooms party.
Funny, I outranked & out bling'd them all (& flat out just look better in uniform).
Good times!
Damn.. That's like.. a million years, being Master Chief. 19, minimum. I'd get seasick waiting on land for my next tour.
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Hookabelly
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LOL now I've heard of upstaging the bride, but the Groom??? Did he know how blinged out you were going to be? Was he in uniform as well? OMG (insert mirthful laugh here) I bet he was feeling pretty inadequate.Yeah, I stuck it out a while, . . . and it's "Master Chief".
She asked me to wear it because her hub to be was AF reserve and so was much of the grooms party.
Funny, I outranked & out bling'd them all (& flat out just look better in uniform).
Good times!
Olive Drab Green
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Fuckin' hard charger. Good shit. I never wanted to retire until I hit at least Sergeant First Class with 20 years in. Clearly nothing went to plan. My grandfather was a gunner's mate in 'Nam. Did multiple tours. He died in the early '90s, though. Wish I knew the guy.23+ years with 14 riding ships.
I've dug some holes in the ocean.
It was pretty funny.
And I'm pretty sure that these AF awards on the left breast pocket denote service in a non Air-conditioned space.
Olive Drab Green
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Around six months without a shower. You start not to smell it. Or so you tell yourself. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
When I first started we'd drag our laundry off the transom on lines to wash it.
After 20 minutes or so you dunked it into a communal fresh water bucket & hung it to dry.
We looked like a Chinese junk more than once. Lol
And if you pissed off the XO you had to hang on the flying bridge with an M-16 (shark watch) while all your shipmates got to go swimming (in the Caribbean no less) to clean up.
After 20 minutes or so you dunked it into a communal fresh water bucket & hung it to dry.
We looked like a Chinese junk more than once. Lol
And if you pissed off the XO you had to hang on the flying bridge with an M-16 (shark watch) while all your shipmates got to go swimming (in the Caribbean no less) to clean up.
Olive Drab Green
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Who doesn't love fuck-fuck Ranger games?
Hookabelly
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OMG! LOL! +++ repIt was pretty funny.
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And I'm pretty sure that these AF awards on the left breast pocket denote service in a non Air-conditioned space.
6ohMax
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Ima have to dig up some pics whilst stationed in Korea. ..served 6 1/2 yrs total, 2 different tours. First I was at Yongsan...loved it..2nd time was camp Carroll, Waegwan. ..about 30 min drive to Daegu. I liked it so did my wife as we were only a 90 minute drive to her parent...I made it in 50 minutes once....hey...korean drivers are aggressive. ..if ur not doin 100ish on the highway and u see flashing high beams behind you. ...better get outta the way
Remember once I had to drive to Seoul from Daegu. ..was probably doing 120ish and the KTX high speed bullet train passed me like I was standing still
Remember once I had to drive to Seoul from Daegu. ..was probably doing 120ish and the KTX high speed bullet train passed me like I was standing still
Olive Drab Green
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I wish I'd gotten an OCONUS PCS assignment.