Posted: 5/6/2013 2:45:31 PM EDT
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Let's lighten things up a little bit.
Navy guys like to say you have to be over 6 feet to join the Coast Guard, you know, in case our boat sinks we can walk back to shore 
Playing on that joke I attended a DOD school once with 3 other Coasties. As fate would have it, 2 of us were 6'2" and the other 2 guys were 6'3" and 6'4" We told the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force people in our class that you actually did have to be a minimum of 6 feet tall to join the CG. We left that school without ever telling the truth about the height requirement 
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| A Marine comes up to the top of a hill where there's a battalion of Iraqis. He tells the Colonel who's in charge that he'll be at the bottom of the ravine, and if the Colonel wants a fight, he should send his people down there. The Iraqi Colonel sends his best fighter down. There's a lot of noise, and then nothing. So he sends another of his best men. Same thing happens. By now, the Colonel's getting pissed off, so he yells and sends his entire battalion down the hill, yelling and screaming. There's a lot of gunfire and blood-curdling screaming that seems to go on and on, and finally, one lone survivor of his battalion comes crawling over the crest of the hill. "That Marine lied," the survivor says, barely breathing, "he wasn't alone. There were TWO of them!" |
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Heard this one sitting around the table when my Dad had some other service people over for drinks:
Four Officers are sitting around at the O' club having drinks. One Army General, one Navy Admiral, an Air Force Colonel, and a Marine Corps Colonel. They are all bragging to each other about which service has the men who are the bravest. The Army General says "Watch this" and calls over an Army soldier that happens to be walking by, tells him to run out across the way to the road and "Stop that tank!". The Army soldier says "Yes Sir!" runs out, gets in front of the tank and SPLAT!, get's run over. The Navy Admiral scoffs and says "Oh yeah? Watch this." He calls over a Navy Seaman who happens to be nearby and orders him to go and catch the Aircraft Carrier that is just that moment pulling into the dock that they can see through the windows. The Seaman says "Aye Aye Sir!" and runs out, trying to catch the Aircraft Carrier and gets crushed between the boat and the dock. The Air Force Colonel laughs at the two of them and says "That's nothing." and calls over one of his service people and sends him out to the runway of the airfield to catch an F-16 as it's coming in for a landing. The airman runs out and, as you may have already guessed, gets killed when he is impacted by the landing gear of the F-16. Then the Marine Corps Colonel admits that they all three have very brave men in their outfits, but nothing compared to the Marines. He says "Watch this gentlemen." and calls over a Marine Corps PFC. The PFC arrives and stands at attention. The Marine Corps Colonel says "Son, I want you to go out there, and with your bare hands, stop that AMTRAK coming up the road." The PFC looks outside, looks back at the Colonel and says "Sir, no way in hell, Sir!". The Marine Corps Colonel just leans back in his chair and sips his drink, looks at the other three officers and says "Now THAT is bravery!". |
