Humor in Uniform

National Security/ Defense, The Simon Tao, VA, winning the peace

A Marine Drill Instructor, known for his insensitivity and tough

demeanor, during roll call one day ended his talk with, “Oh, by the

way, Kowalski, your mother died last night.”

A couple of weeks later, he told another future Devil Dog in the same manner,

“Don’t bother calling home this weekend Johnson, your house burned down

last night and killed your entire family.”

Word of these incidents leaked to the Commanding Officer, who called

in Sergeant Pyrczkovich and counseled him, instructing him to be a bit

more sensitive to the recruits.

So, after receiving news of the death of Recruit Lazinsky’s

grandmother, he decided to try another ploy. “Listen up! Everyone

whose grandmother is still alive, take one step forward. Not so fast there,

Lazinsky…”

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22 thoughts on “Humor in Uniform”

      2. And for that I thank my lucky stars. I am sure there is a line, with you, that not even I would want to cross. I tiptoed on it once recently and almost got taken to the wood shed!

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  3. Dear ST, I find I want to write about , uh, “the way we were” during the VietNam war—, culturally, I mean. This is something that came up during Bill Clinton’s campaign, then during GWB’s , and is STILL coming up as Buttigieg keeps saying “I was a soldier and Trump was NOT”. You’re too young to have been involved in that’un, I reckon, (and thank God, otherwise you,probably wouldn’t be here! ). But would you be upset if I wrote about our “Tommys” and how we felt about ‘em lo these many years ago?

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    2. The idea that (in politics) being a soldier trumps those who were never in the military, pisses me off to no end.
      As a matter of fact, whether or not someone has been or has not been in the military makes no difference to me whatsoever, and I wish everyone felt about that the same way I do.

      I have written about this here, there and everywhere. Most people in the military avoid the most dangerous work/ jobs like the plague. EOD guys (who blow up the enemy’s mines/ booby-traps {see movie: The Hurt Locker}) have huge balls. Few people, to include yours truly, want that kind of work.

      The thing to me is that if someone is going to say they deserve special compensation (for example that fag politician running for President) then he better open up his military records to us. Most of those guys (see Haakon Dahl of L2) were in no more danger during their entire military career than the average civilian.

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  5. “… whether or not someone has been or has not been in the military makes no difference to me whatsoever,…”

    But, whether or not they *respect* the acquired knowledge of those who’ve served/their choice to serve – I’m looking at you, BHO – might well mean the difference between someone’s living or dying (d/t ultra-restrictive “rules of engagement”), right?

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  6. Nanda,

    DJT went to great effort to avoid the draft but I do not lack respect for his support of the military. Just meandering a bit now, but I am so proud of him because he intimidates other countries and I adore the fact that he is universally unpopular. 🙂

    Since this is Simon’s post, I can say this to the rest of the world: Kiss Our Ass.

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  7. There was so much wrong with the Viet Nam Wat that it was only common sense for people to avoid it/ the draft.
    Full disclosure, two of my uncles were drafted and served honorably during that war. Yet they and I will tell you, avoiding the draft in an unpopular war in support of a country that did not seem very interested in which side won was not a mortal sin.

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    1. ST; If I’m online, there will always be a serious response to military issues.

      Can’t help it and won’t apologize. I love and appreciate you men/women because you volunteer to do something I could never do plus you’re extraordinarily successful at it!

      Isn’t this described as a “win-win?”

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      1. Liz, it is down-home folks like ya’ll (and all of America’s #1 ‘Ettes) who make our sacrifices worthwhile because you, in particular, my little sugar dumpling are worth it.

        Please somebody, take me to the woodshed (again)!

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  8. I don’t care which direction the comments go but was not expecting this serious of a conversation on a humor in uniform thread. Not that I am upset or mind whatsoever but — just sayen’

    Speaking of which, did anyone like the joke? I thought it was funny as f–k.

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