Military Meme's

[Sedalia Dave]

[DocWard]

On 8/14/2024 at 9:37 AM, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

Again, the Men's Department.

 

Yep, the Men's Department, where they have pants half off.

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

1 hour ago, DocWard said:

 

Yep, the Men's Department, where they have pants half off.

As opposed to the Navy proper where everything is half mast.

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

[Alpo]

6 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

https://www.indiatimes.com/news/armed-with-only-a-khukri-this-gurkha-soldier-took-on-40-men-and-saved-a-girl-from-being-gang-raped-247639.html

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

AYO GORKHALI!

[Alpo]

I like how in the article the crooks came over to him and said "give us your valuables", and he said "I'm a gurka soldier", and they walked off and left him alone.

 

 

[Sedalia Dave]

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 8/23/2024 at 11:15 AM, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

AYO GORKHALI!

A few years back GB  was having trouble with the Argentinians (IIRC) over possession of a British island off the east coast of South America.  It was getting mighty heated militarily until the Brits "Let it slip" that they were sending for Gurkha troops. 

 

The Argentinians mysteriously just melted away.

[Alpo]

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

[Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494]

 

 

 

 

[Equanimous Phil]

14 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

 

Down Periscope..? 

 

[Ozark Huckleberry]

8 hours ago, Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 said:

 

 

 

 

Can't speak to the 'DEI' barb -- maybe earned, maybe not. But there are three points to consider:

 

1. Yes, the awarding of medals is exponentially higher now than it was in 1945. So modern flag officers are sporting more fruit salad than their WW II counterparts, male or female.

 

2. ADM Franchetti's bio is pretty much in line with her contemporaries -- command at sea, staff positions, operational squadron and group commands, command ashore, senior staff billets within the Navy Department.

 

3. The degree earned is irrelevant. As an enlisted sailor I earned a Bachelors in Vocational Education. Why that degree? It was the one that allowed me to work nights and weekends while I was on active duty to get a college degree, which then enabled me to apply to, and be accepted into, a commissioning program. The academy isn't a bad degree, but from my experience it's not always the best yardstick to measure leadership. 

 

At least she's a she, and not a he that thinks he's a she instead of a he.

Edited August 29, 2024 by Ozark Huckleberry

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

52 minutes ago, Alpo said:

That is depressing. I have a picture in my mind of what a Marine corps drill instructor looks like.

 

 

To think that now they wear baggy camouflage with untucked shirts.

 

Times, they are achangin'.

No they're not. Drill Instructors ALWAYS wear a belt with their uniforms.

15 minutes ago, Black Angus McPherson said:

 

Alpo instigated question:  Why is one Sgt. wearing a green belt with a brass EGA belt buckle and the other Sgt. wearing a black belt with a plain belt buckle?

 

"NONE OF YOUR #@%&&{!! BUSINESS!!!!  DROP AND GIVE ME 20, MAGGOT!!"

 

Angus

No, really, why?

The Drill Instructor with the Garrison Belt, (black belt with a plain belt buckle), is the Senior Drill Instructor.

Edited August 30, 2024 by Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770

[Sedalia Dave]

[Sedalia Dave]

Have to have your priorities straight. 
 

[Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494]

 

 

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

[DocWard]

On 8/28/2024 at 10:24 PM, Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 said:

 

 

 

 

 

I think there is some sexism, if not outright misogyny at work here.

 

First, let's have a better look at Fleet Admiral King's awards:

 

Included are the Navy Cross for his service as Assistant Chief of Staff of the Atlantic Fleet during WWI. The navy's second highest honor behind the MOH, for a staff position. There are also three Navy Distinguished Service Medals. Fleet Admiral King was without question a genius of naval warfare, and deserving of the recognition he received, particularly for his role during WWII. He was also, by what I have read insufferably arrogant, holding everyone from Nimitz to George Marshall in disdain.

 

When looking at Admiral Franchetti's medals, we see several awards that are very commonplace today, including a number that simply didn't exist in King's Day. GWOT Service Medal, GWOT Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forced Expeditionary Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal. Etc... If you take away the medals awarded to nearly all service members these days, she probably has roughly the same, or less, than King.

Being an ROTC grad (she attended Northwestern University), she isn't a ring-knocker, but is a graduate of the Naval War College. She has had vessel command, carrier strike group commands, and fleet command, in addition to a variety of staff positions.

To say her rise through the ranks and promotion to the Joint Chiefs is not due to her hard work in a lengthy career and due to DEI instead is an insult, not only to her, but to the military as a whole, and women who choose it as a career. I guess those uppity women should know their place, barefoot and pregnant, making sammiches.

 

I need more coffee.

Edited September 2, 2024 by DocWard
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[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

Though not a MEME, felt I needed to post. 

 

 

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[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

If that were me, the woman in back would be experiencing my "Drill Instructor" voice about now.

[Sedalia Dave]

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[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

[Sedalia Dave]

1 hour ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

 

Yep I worked for the world's largest janitorial service.

 

The United States Navy.

 

[Alpo]

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Edited September 9, 2024 by Father Kit Cool Gun Garth