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2nd Lt. Redhead looking at a column of tanks passing our trucks heading into Kuwait:
"Sgt, are those M1's or Abrams?"
"Those would be M60's Sir."
"They any good?"
"They're better than this truck, Sir."
"Sir, that backblast wrecked the 77. I sent Reddish down to the commo truck to pick up a new one."
"Alright, get me the Company Commander on the line, he's not going to be happy about this... what are you doing?"
"I'm fixing to use this air panel to send semiphore till Reddish gets back"
"Do you ever take a break from kicking me in shins Sgt?"
"Would you prefer I kicked you somewhere else, Sir?"
"No Sgt, the shins will be fine, consider me recalibrated."
"Aye Sir."
The day we get back to Saudi Arabia from Kuwait I get instructions from the 1st Sgt to collect all unexpended ammo and do a shakedown. I set up 4 ponchos in front of the platoon area and each squad starts dumping ammo. Just then, the XO comes walking up:
"Sgt, you're collecting up the unexpended ammo here?"
He could tell by the look on my face I was fighting NOT to respond with sarcasm. He says "Roger that Sgt" and walks off.
We have a huge football game the next day. This game evolved into something else later on, but at this point, it's 1st Platoon -v- 3rd Platoon. Up walks one of the Mario Brothers (This guy was Marios spitting image, just wearing BDU's instead of a painters outfit) "You guys playing some football?"
We're about to go on a force march. I've got an 81 tube strapped to my pack. Up comes Cpl. Porkchop: "You gonna carry that on the hump Sgt?"
"No, I just wanted to knock people over in the hallway with it, I'm gonna leave it here when we step off."
We're on Oahu, planning a raid on the island of Molokai.
Sgt. Dumbass looks at me and says "We gonna take Helos?"
"No, we're gonna swim across the Molokai channel"
"That's like 30 miles!"
"You're fucking kidding me, right?"
"Uh, yeah, kidding."
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"How can a pacifist, tolerant anti-violence, anti-hunting, anti Second Amendment, anti-self-defense group turn to violence against a party that is pro- all of that?" - The Reaper, 11Oct04 14:42hrs
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