Funniest Basic/AIT moment:

During AIT, we had a half dozen or so Marines going through MP School with us. At the afternoon formation one day the Senior Drill Sergeant, SFC Sponsler, was at the podium barking some stuff out to us.

As he was giving out information about a softball game our Battalion staff was involved with, he gave out the time as, "...the game is at 1700 hours. That's 5 o'clock for you civilians. AND FOR YOU MARINES..." as the Senior Drill put his arms out at the 12 and 5 o'clock positions.

We all thought it was funny. It was VERY obvious the Marines did not.

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Originally posted by pharoah_1701n:
Why won't you hit it soon? Did your unit just get back? When you want to, there are ways of making it happen, if that's the issue.

Sir, my unit is fairly new. They had their first drill in Febuary, I believe, of this year.

We're supposed to get funding this month, so drill should be less "hanging out in the armory" and more "hooah hooah."

It's not really a saying, but the way DS's from the south say certain words is funny, like scrimp instead of shrimp.

By the way, how is this Army OFF Topic?

Matt, you'll do awesome. Let me know how it goes. I got a buddy that just started Federal OCS last week, and he uses his cell and updates facebook almost daily. It's rare that us National Guard types train harder than the Regular Army guys...
Doc Hore, enjoy the fun training. Soak it up. I too hate armory fun-time. I'd rather be in a hide site, radio in hand, explaining to the DOB how beautiful the women are in the barracks 300m away. Nigh vision and observation scopes are awesome.

(NOTE: The above events are entirely fictional and the result of violet testicle syndrome.)

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Originally posted by vitaminc2o:
My bunk was 5 feet away from the DS's door. I looked forward to DS Mac greeting me at 430 every morning. It was our little ritual. I'd call at ease, he'd look at me with his arms crossed and his sun glasses and hat on and say "Landies, I ****in hate you"

haha

Our DS would bang up the front door of the barracks, then toss a 32 gallon trash can down the center aisle of the bay to wake us up. Then, he walked down the center aisle, scuffing his feet as he went. He came upstairs and did an encore performance for the benifit of those of us on the second floor.

Those trash cans, by the way(2 per floor, 1 in the head), had to be Brassoed to a brilliant shine. Woe be to the Trainee who failed to shine the trash cans to his standard.
The center aisle was verboten to us lowlife Trainees, but had to be buffed to a mirror finish.

2008, Fort Jackson , SC. 1/34th Inf. Reg.
D.S. Wheelie
"This $hit is about to get F(_)cking festive!!"

Other Drill Sergeants
"I'm going to do to you what your mother should have done when you where F(_)cking born private!"
"You are going to do push ups until Iget tired, now eat dirt!"
"Sir!? Did you just call me Sir!? What the hell is wrong with you!? Do I look like I'm lost and useless!?"
"Did you just twirl your rifle? Do you think this is the ballet? You do, don't you? I know you do! Guess what! I have a ****ing tutu for you!" At this point the Drill Sergeant produced a tutu, the private then had to wear it around for the rest of the day.

Trainee!!!!!!!!!!!! if I took your brains and magnified them ten thousands times, shoved them up an ants arse, they'd still rattle like a BB in a boxcar!!!!!!!!!!!!

Favorite used trainee song taught: "This is my weapon and this is my gun, one is for shootin and the other one is for fun"

Hey!!!! s h i t bird, come here!!!!