Author Topic: Military life (Read 930 times)

senna · « **on:** August 22, 2002, 02:41:48 PM »

Just out of curiosity whats military life like day to day. Most people know about the F-16s and all that weaponry and stuff but whats it like day to day?

Sandman · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2002, 02:44:32 PM »

Boredom... drudgery... boredom... more drudgery... inpections... boredom... excitement... boredom... drudgery... rinse... repeat...

easymo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2002, 02:46:51 PM »

You left out, pointless formations.

Sandman · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2002, 02:53:33 PM »

LOL... oh yeah... there was that. The notion of the "enlisted ornament" was one of the reasons I eventually left the service.

miko2d · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2002, 02:53:46 PM »

...few seconds of sheer terror... change of underware... more boredom...
Oh, yeah - Sandman has already mentioned "exitement". That was it.

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2002, 02:59:31 PM »

One term applies to all branches:

Hurry up and wait.

You have to bust bellybutton to get 200 pieces of equipment ready for deployment in 2 days only to wait 3 days for someone to actually come pick them up.

You have 15 minutes to get all of your gear together so you can wait in a room for 15 hours prior to getting on the plane.

AKDejaVu

Wlfgng · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2002, 03:26:39 PM »

hurry up and wait

most of the time.
excitement crept in during the cold war on surveilance missions a few times but most of the time it was

hurry up and wait

Furious · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2002, 04:02:58 PM »

I always felt that being in the Navy was like being in prison with a good chance of drowning.

But, they did teach me many useful skills. I don't think I ever would have learned to use a buffer otherwise.

F.

Charon · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2002, 04:34:18 PM »

You forgot the cleaning aspects... from buffers to white glove inspections of M2 .50s. And what about the alcohol?

Charon

Wlfgng · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2002, 04:40:41 PM »

yeah, and I can make a bed and iron my shirts with the best of them . lol

Airscrew · « **Reply #10 on:** August 22, 2002, 05:01:11 PM »

Wait, how could you forget recalls after 10pm, grab your stuff, report, signin, inspect your bag, sit around for 3 hours playing cards and watching tv (simulate deployment) ride bus to flightline, get on plane, head count, get off plane and go home at 2am. Then go to work at 6am.

AirScrew
Mobility/ Medical Readiness NCO
366th Med Grp 1987-88
MHAFB 1984-94

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #11 on:** August 22, 2002, 05:08:19 PM »

I was at Mt. Home from 86-90 MajTom. 366th EMS... in the weapons release shop.

AKDejaVu

-ammo- · « **Reply #12 on:** August 22, 2002, 05:08:59 PM »

Depends on where you work, and what you do. I would not characterize my job as boring, drudgery, and countless inspections. Far from it. I work at a headquarters for the AF's Intelligence agency. We are also teh service cryptologic element for thje national intelligence community. I get to see and do some pretty neat stuff. I see and read things that the public will either never see, or will see at a much later time:)

Wlfgng · « **Reply #13 on:** August 22, 2002, 05:32:25 PM »

I served during the cold war as a flying crew chief on an RC135 in Alaska. missions were exciting as hell but the rest..

s n o r e

Hangtime · « **Reply #14 on:** August 22, 2002, 05:41:39 PM »

Standing in Line.

Our 1st sergant wuz lookin pretty depressed on his DEROS day. I asked him why he wuz so down... he seemed to think nobody liked him much, so much so that it was rumored that if he got killed, everybody that knew him would come to the funeral just to piss on his grave.

'Not to worry, Top..' sez I.. '..ain't nobody in this outfit intrested in standing in another diddlyin line'.