OK I'm ready for those virtual tissues

[Lori]

And just as a humorous reminder - without the Navy - the Marines couldn't get anywhere.

r100rs
USAF - Retired

Thanks!  I have an ex-Marine to terrorize with this!  LOL!  


Thank you for your service!

[r100rs]

Spahappy - The one thing you really should (must) do is to attend his Graduation Cermony.  If I remember right he should be north of Chicago at Great Lakes Naval Station.

Lori - I never said that to a Marine - liable to get my a$$ kicked.

r100rs

[Chas]

When I was at Ames Research Center, on Moffet Field NAS (working on aircraft for NASA) there was a sign in the main hanger which said, "Never Taxi an Aircraft Faster Than a Marine Can Think."

We used to use "Army Spec" when tightening bolts on the aircraft: "tighten it till it strips and then back it off a 1/4 turn."

and the Marines all called the Navy airmen "squids" because they were "just a lower form of Marine life..."

There were all branches of the services in that one hanger, and it got fun sometimes.

[r100rs]

What I always thought was funny about the Air Farce - I mean Force, was that you had to be college educated to be a pilot.  But during wartime, who does the AF send off to fight.  Pilots!  

So who is the "uneducated one"?

r100rs

[stuart]

What I always thought was funny about the Air Farce - I mean Force, was that you had to be college educated to be a pilot.  But during wartime, who does the AF send off to fight.  Pilots!  

So who is the "uneducated one"?

r100rs

I often remind the airforce members in my town that they have lost a lot more airplanes at sea then the Navy lost submarines in the air!

[Chas]

Well, all kidding aside:

I am proud of our armed forces. I am also glad that they have these rivalries - I want them to think that whatever branch of the service they are in is the best one. I want them to make it the best, and they always seem to do so.