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My dad was typical US military, and loved to kid with the other branches. One of the rules in his classroom was the other branches were never to be said out-loud, they had to be spelled, like a bad four letter word when kids are around. So it was the A R M Y or N A V Y.
Years later one of his students was giving a presentation to the local brass at the Air War College at Maxwell AFB and was in middle of the presentation and said something like "in the Army they do this... And he turned to my dad, and said, sorry sir, and continued.
One of his flight in a C-47 he had a plane load of mattresses loaded in the Phillipines and he ended up landing on remote island to deliver the mattresses to the local Navy and Marines stationed there. The C-47 was so loaded they had to crawl on their bellies to get to the cockpit.
The troops had been sleeping on the ground or on cots and were really happy to have something better to sleep on. At the officers club they said even though you are in the chair force we are buying your drinks tonight since we can finally sleep on a more comfortable surface tonight.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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