Atma84 wrote:

Ash Burton wrote: Get back to work squid and stop playing on the internet. Just remember what Marine Stands for "My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment"

Whaaaaa? Army's lied to me all this time...I've always been told it was, "Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Expected."





Okay okay, enough Marine jokes from me. Ash, you know I love you and the Corps. <3

sidewaydriver wrote:

The Air Force gets picked on the most. It's just that nobody has come up with a clever mnemonic for it yet.

This. Dear God it's like our hobby. It's really unfair how much we make fun of the Air Force...after all, they save the asses of the ground forces (who joke about them the most) with their intel and air cover.

...But when you watch them doing PT...good lord its hard to keep the smirk off your face. (And, although there's no cute acronym to make fun of, we do call them the "Chair Force." Not quite as good, but still funny.)

I wish I could tell you my very favorite Air Force joke, but its kind of visual and would loose a lot of its impact in the description. This is my favorite verbal one though:

A U.S. Marine slogs through 40 klicks of marshland with a 60 pound ruck on his back. He grins and says, "this is the shit!"

An Army Airborne Ranger slogs through 50 klicks of marshland with a 70 pound ruck on his back, assaults an enemy position, then slogs another 10 klicks to his extraction point. He grins and says, "This is good shit!"

A Navy SEAL slogs through 60 klicks of marshland with an 80 pound ruck on his back, killing alligators as he goes. He assaults the enemy position, grabbing several bits of vital intel as he goes, then dives back into the marsh and swims 25 klicks back to his extraction point. He grins and says, "I LIVE for this shit!"

An Air Force NCO sits in an easy chair in his clean, air conditioned office. He turns on his computer and says, "my internet is out? What kind of shit is this?!"

It all goes with love, zoomie <3

Atma84 wrote:

Its amazing how much shit each branch of the military gives each other, but its all a Brother Sister Relationship. We could degrade each other all day long, but as soon as someone else does. Everyone is ready to back them up.

Hooah to that . Its the truth. And thanks for the USAF acronym--it had always irritated me that all of the services had a good one except the Air Force. Speaking of which though--do you guys have a specific "battle cry?" I mean, we say "hooah" in the Army, Marines have their "oorah," and the Navy kinda smooshed both of them together with "hoorah." What does the AF say?

GP Fontaine wrote:

I guess I don't understand why the Air Force would need to exist though. The Navy and Army could handle their respective duties and include flight when required. It just seems like an extra branch if each other service does the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I want future generations to be able to understand Top Gun, but when I see the price of a pilot/plane I think it might not be worth it.

Well, the Marines and Navy have their own fighter programs because they do things like carrier landings that the Army would never have need for. Mostly though, Marines and Army fly helicopters so we can support and evac our own ground troops without having to rely on other branches for it. (Not that that doesn't happen anyway, but I think that's the theory.)

Also, GP, Top Gun was about Navy pilots...hence the white uniforms and carrier landings. (Top Gun is without question the finest fighter school in the world though, which is why I always tell kids who want to fly jets and might actually have a shot at it to go Navy.)

Hacker wrote:

SoldierHawk wrote: Atma84 wrote: Its amazing how much shit each branch of the military gives each other, but its all a Brother Sister Relationship. We could degrade each other all day long, but as soon as someone else does. Everyone is ready to back them up. Hooah to that . Its the truth. And thanks for the USAF acronym--it had always irritated me that all of the services had a good one except the Air Force. Speaking of which though--do you guys have a specific "battle cry?" I mean, we say "hooah" in the Army, Marines have their "oorah," and the Navy kinda smooshed both of them together with "hoorah." What does the AF say? Maybe they do a "WOOOOOOOOOOOO" type of thing

That would be the most awesome thing EVER.

And like we said, all the interservice jabs go with love. We make fun of each other as a hobby, but as Atma observed, when push comes to shove, we really do have each other's backs.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! That just might be my favorite post of all time. Atma, you made my day.

You know what that reminds me of is this ROTC full-bird colonel we have on campus. Usually the USAF cadre wear their Class As or Bs on campus depending on the day or event, but this guy wears the full-on Top Gun stuff whenever he can--FULL flight suit, bomber jacket, aviator glasses, the works. The best is when the AF cadets are doing their PT test, and he's standing there on the track dressed like Tom Cruise cheering them on.

Obviously he's a VERY high ranking officer so we would never crack a smile anywhere he might see...but oh my god its funny as hell.

I'll be damned! I know and love USAF Pararescue, but I have literally never heard of Combat Control. Good for them--it makes sense that the Air Force would have a special forces-esque unit. Until now I thought Pararescue filled that role; I stand corrected. Badass.

Syd Lexia wrote:

The real heroes aren't the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy or Marines. The real heroes are people like me: the civilians. We outnumber you military types by a huge percentage, many of us are well-armed, and if it came down to a battle royale between civilians and the military, civilians would win. Not only that, but without civilians, you guys wouldn't even have jobs. Our tax dollars pay for your expensive equipment. Our voting blocs elect the presidents whose often dubious military operations justify our need for a military. In short, you wouldn't even exist without us. Soldiers, next time you see a group of civilians, thank them for their tax dollars, and give them a big old hug.

Fellow military-types...I believe we just got pwned.