You notice people looking at you while out to eat because they think you are recently out of prison. In reality you are just used to keeping your meal from sliding around in seas by keeping the plate between your forearms, head down to meet your fork and one hand on the drinking glass.

You have played rugby on the 'polo' fields on GI- I still think there might be conversations about us hooligans puking and urinating on that pitch. I'm still amazed that I'm not in trouble for sponsoring my side aboard the island!

You refer your shipmates to www.fredsplace.org for CG discussions.

CWO A

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Originally posted by FS_BoXeR719:
You Might be in the Coast Guard if you hate it when your wife cooks CHICKEN for dinner

That applies here. I am kinf of surprised no one has posted that whole list that was floating around a few years ago.

T

You might be in the old Coast Guard if you thought adobo(pork and chicken) were natural parts of the menu.

You might be in the Coast Guard if when you go to a joint exercise and the host keeps saying "the CG" you think he's referring to you instead of the "Commanding General".

the baby starts crying in the middle of the night and you rip the sheets off your wife, shine a red flashlight in her face and say "next watch"!



That one gets my vote. Can I use that? That is hilarious. Especially since my wife is prior cutter coastie.

You brace yourself when standing at a urinal.

You miss SOS and; Golf balls and dog food.

You whistle reveille in the morning.

You say "niner" and "belay my last" when on the phone.

You type "BT" at the end of emails.

Since Relad, I've worked with merchant sailors from all over the world. Sailors are all the same. I'm bringing in my Bosun pipe tomorrow because a Master from Colombia keeps whistling pipes whenever our boss (Master from Spain) comes into the office.

You might be in the Coast Guard if the last time your kids saw you was on Deadliest Catch or any other show that has the USCG in it.

You might be in the Coast Guard if during a wedding rehearsal the groom is explaining the plan of events and tells the bridesmaids "we are going to muster up in the main P-way NLT 1900". It was even better when they looked at him all weird and He said "oh sorry the main P-way is the one with the female head and the scuttlebutt".

True story just happened Friday night.

My husband cwo3 went in the Coast Guard. All my uncles and my father went into the Coast Guard of cours they all lived on Lake Michigan shores. They went in the Coast Guard during WW2

You say roger or use RGR in emails alot.

You say "Say again" all the time.

The only socks you own are black.

You have 30 pairs of white v neck t-shirts.

You have a unit t-shirt for every day of the week.

All your cleaning supplies at home have MSDS stickers on them.

You have hundereds of black pens in your car, truck, locker, desk, sock drawer, under you bed... ect.

Half of your tools at home have "ENG" or "MK Shop" writen or engraved on them.

You tell the wife or kids to go "field day" bath room, bed room, etc.

You have fallen in a catcus patch chasing banana rats.

You have had a m16 pointed at you in Gitmo for "swimming to far or going out of an authorized area.

You might be in the CG if: When taking a test you are only required to know 70%, or they let you use your book.

You write in all caps, and any attemps to try lower case fail...

I saw this one and had to giggle - sounded 'bout right!

You might be a Coastie if the door to your plane falls off and you consider it natural air conditioning!

You might be in the CG if...

Navy kids refer to you as Mommie's special friend.

Sorry, I had to do it. I have family in the Navy.

You live in Alaska and everytime someone talks about a PFD, you wonder what a personal floatation device has to do with money?!?

If all your clocks are set to 24hr time and five minuets fast so you will never be late.

If at 1945 you muster the familey in the hallway to take evening reports.

If when you come home from the grocery store you have all E5 and below lay to the driveway to handle stores.

......if you've been out of the Coast Guard for 2 years and still surf Fredsplace to catch up on the gossip!



GUILTY

You might have been in the old Coast Guard if this was weekend duty and your berthing area looked like this.......

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Originally posted by semperparatus81:
......if you've been out of the Coast Guard for 2 years and still surf Fredsplace to catch up on the gossip!



GUILTY

TWO Years?? Are you kidding me? We have folks that haven't put on a uniform in 10-20 years that are offering all manner of advice from evals, new kids in the guard, to awards. All of which things that they can't possibly know anything about in today's CG.

It's been a heck of a ride. I can't imagine doing anything else. I am having way too much fun and getting paid. But the day I retire, I will place all of my CG related stuff in boxes. The boxes will be sealed and put in storage. The kids and grandkids can fight over them when I'm dead. This part of my life is over. Open Act Two...

When I walk away, I will walk away...