[fiedlerh]

This pic is making the rounds on facebook and drawing quite a few comments.

[69goatboy]

How appropriate, he's wearing Air Force gloves.

(No offense to those Airmen here, it's just an old Army joke.)

[shawn e.]

Been out for 25 years and still won't put my hands in my pockets unless retrieving something!

[Motor Daddy]

Probably a Weekend Warrior too. (No offense to those Weekend Warrior Airmen here, it's just an old REGULAR Army joke.)

The Army standard is much higher than the Air Force. I used to work with some Air Force, and many of them look just like that pic. Ragbags!

[Motor Daddy]

A side note:

69goatboy, is that the Holy Hand Grenade in your avatar? LOL

That's too damn funny!

[The Boss]

Hat? Sunglasses?

I regrettably never served but none of the guys I know who did would ever wear them like that when in uniform.

[Icefan71]

Hands in pocket, pants not bloused, wallet hanging out, head gear crooked, not regulation haircut. So its just a dude wearing military cammo. People can wear whatever they want.

And Motor Daddy, its the "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioche".

[69goatboy]

Originally Posted by Motor Daddy

A side note:

69goatboy, is that the Holy Hand Grenade in your avatar? LOL

That's too damn funny!

Yes it is.

One.......Two........Five!

And my sig is the traditional Holy Hand Grenade blessing.

[Motor Daddy]

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Who goes there?

King Arthur: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Pull the other one!

King Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: What? Ridden on a horse?

King Arthur: Yes!

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: You're using coconuts!

King Arthur: What?

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.

King Arthur: So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercia, through...

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Where'd you get the coconuts?

King Arthur: We found them.

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Found them? In Mercia? The coconut's tropical!

King Arthur: What do you mean?

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Well, this is a temperate zone

King Arthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

King Arthur: Not at all. They could be carried.

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?

King Arthur: It could grip it by the husk!

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

King Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?

King Arthur: Please!

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Am I right?

[charles bledsoe]

Originally Posted by 69goatboy

How appropriate, he's wearing Air Force gloves.

(No offense to those Airmen here, it's just an old Army joke.)

That's also the first thing I thought of. I retired from the Army after 20 yrs of service, and my Dad retired after 22 yrs of service, to this day anytime we are standing around together and one of us has our hands in our pockets, the other one says, " take off your Air Force gloves ".

[fasteddy]

What is his rank, besides sloppy? Senior Master or Chief Master?

[Icefan71]

Originally Posted by fasteddy

What is his rank, besides sloppy? Senior Master or Chief Master?

Senior Wannabe 1st Class

[fiedlerh]

Some of the comments pertained to Air Force stripes on an Army uniform, the flag being on the wrong way, and posers doing this to get discounts and free admission.

[72projectbird]

Private First Class Dipsh*t

[LeighP]

Don't have an issue with the wearing of camo gear...but I do resent someone wearing rank insignia they haven't earned...took hard work and beat out a lot of competition for me to be a Senior NCO....guys like that need to be publicly embarassed everytime they appear dressed that way.

[Squidward]

I spent years in the submarine biz. We weren't big sticklers for crispy haircuts and perfect uniforms. And we didn't so much care whether or not we had hands in our pockets. Better to have your hands in your pockets than have someone else's hands in them.

As long as we were down on the waterfront, nobody gave us any crap. But as soon as you went to the upper half of the base where the non-sub people were, it was understood that you were fair game for some surface fleet masterchief to mess with.

I got out in 97, before it got much more "cool" to be in the military. Just my opinion.

But that's why all of us vets did what we did - make it possible for various @$$-clowns to make fools of themselves, with utter impunity. It's freedom, baby.

[PonchoV8]

We have a huge homeless mission in town, and in 2005-2006 I was working a job in that area. Suddenly one day there were cammos and NAVY jackets everywhere whereas the day before there were just homeless people stumbling by. There had been a big donation of used military garb/gear to the mission and it went over big. Maybe the homeless people were vets, but they were selling everything including socks.

[i82much]

i went from active army to air guard. Big culture change. But, honestly, i never really "bought in" anyway and seeing this does not really bother me. The troops you could rely on when it counted were not always the guys with shiny boots and pressed BDUs.

[Motor Daddy]

Originally Posted by i82much

i went from active army to air guard. Big culture change. But, honestly, i never really "bought in" anyway and seeing this does not really bother me. The troops you could rely on when it counted were not always the guys with shiny boots and pressed BDUs.

Total soldier. The best soldier is the best looking in formation, presents him (or her) self professionally at all times (in or out of uniform), and if I call him at 0317 in the morning and tell him to get his sh!t together and meet me in 15 minutes, he'll be there 14 minutes early.

POS. Not to be confused with the total soldier, the POS might look like a total soldier because he/she maintains a clean military appearance, mainly because they don't do anything all day to get dirty. Their boots stay shiny because they make sure that they avoid dirt (read "work") at all costs.

As a senior leader I made it my mission to make sure to give the POS dirt time!

[TempestFugit]

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