When we piss on our plane, it flushes right out the side. I'm afraid what the Afghanis sometimes mistake as intermittent rain is actually...

(September 17, 2013 at 4:53 pm)Stimbo Wrote:

(September 17, 2013 at 1:05 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Y'all are welcome to piss all over the Air Force, guys...I have for years! :p

What, at that height?!

I know I'm gifted in certain ways, but there are limits even to my talents!

Well, i meant figuritively. You can try to literally, but airman catch sight of dick and their mouths pop open. Makes a fella not sure where to go!

Flyboys. Sheesh. They think a barndoor is a chin hangar.

(September 16, 2013 at 4:29 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Sweat would break the starched creases in their uniforms, the poor dears.

On another note...whatza tent? The closest I got to a protected shelter was a shallow trench dug out by my body. Not with a shovel, either...the damned C-141 pilots had a bad habit of making us jump at 500ft...we hit the pan hard.

Tents are those big green things that REMFs sleep in. Back in the day, we were issued canvas shelter halves - I doubt anyone in the Air Force has seen one. You know, the type who's design dates to the fucking Civil War. Almost completely useless. I understand that the Army has discovered nylon these days.

(September 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(September 16, 2013 at 4:29 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Sweat would break the starched creases in their uniforms, the poor dears.

On another note...whatza tent? The closest I got to a protected shelter was a shallow trench dug out by my body. Not with a shovel, either...the damned C-141 pilots had a bad habit of making us jump at 500ft...we hit the pan hard.

Tents are those big green things that REMFs sleep in. Back in the day, we were issued canvas shelter halves - I doubt anyone in the Air Force has seen one. You know, the type who's design dates to the fucking Civil War. Almost completely useless. I understand that the Army has discovered nylon these days.

Oohhh...yeah. Not familiar with either.

The 82d, back in the day, didn't allow for field jackets or sleeping bags while on winter maneuvers. You sucked it up, or moved with a purpose. (Staving off hypothermia is a purpose.)

I still hate the thought of camping.

(September 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(September 16, 2013 at 4:29 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Sweat would break the starched creases in their uniforms, the poor dears.

On another note...whatza tent? The closest I got to a protected shelter was a shallow trench dug out by my body. Not with a shovel, either...the damned C-141 pilots had a bad habit of making us jump at 500ft...we hit the pan hard.

Tents are those big green things that REMFs sleep in. Back in the day, we were issued canvas shelter halves - I doubt anyone in the Air Force has seen one. You know, the type who's design dates to the fucking Civil War. Almost completely useless. I understand that the Army has discovered nylon these days.

Well, sure I have, but they were used for only one week of our SERE training.

(September 17, 2013 at 5:45 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote:

(September 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Tents are those big green things that REMFs sleep in. Back in the day, we were issued canvas shelter halves - I doubt anyone in the Air Force has seen one. You know, the type who's design dates to the fucking Civil War. Almost completely useless. I understand that the Army has discovered nylon these days.

Well, sure I have, but they were used for only one week of our SERE training.

Why do i get this mental image of Arse Force pukes parasailing the Carribbean with those canvas halves?

SERE on Bragg involved Hell. I saw guys broken.

(September 17, 2013 at 5:44 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: The 82d, back in the day, didn't allow for field jackets or sleeping bags while on winter maneuvers. You sucked it up, or moved with a purpose. (Staving off hypothermia is a purpose.)

I still hate the thought of camping.

That's harsh, though I suppose you guys couldn't let yourself be slowed down by luxuries, what with the weapons loadout you had to carry.

I love camping. However, I no longer snuggle a rifle.

(September 17, 2013 at 5:45 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote:

(September 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Tents are those big green things that REMFs sleep in. Back in the day, we were issued canvas shelter halves - I doubt anyone in the Air Force has seen one. You know, the type who's design dates to the fucking Civil War. Almost completely useless. I understand that the Army has discovered nylon these days.

Well, sure I have, but they were used for only one week of our SERE training.

This is the part where you tell me you got issued a mini bar and a masseuse for SERE training.

(September 17, 2013 at 6:09 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(September 17, 2013 at 5:45 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: Well, sure I have, but they were used for only one week of our SERE training.

This is the part where you tell me you got issued a mini bar and a masseuse for SERE training.

Yeah, but the free whiskey was George Dickel's. *The horror!*

(September 17, 2013 at 5:51 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote:

(September 17, 2013 at 5:45 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: Well, sure I have, but they were used for only one week of our SERE training.

Why do i get this mental image of Arse Force pukes parasailing the Carribbean with those canvas halves?

SERE on Bragg involved Hell. I saw guys broken.

Parasailing happened in Florida, of course. You were close.