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I went to AOCS, the school that the movie 'Officer and a Gentleman' was loosely based on. We had USMC Drill instructors even though we were Navy.
One of my AOCS mates was, shall we say, a bit effiminant. Let's call him Signor. He was a really good guy who went on to earn his wings and fly P-3 Orions.
He was, however, because of his demeanor, often a target of our DI. One day, during close order drill the DI barks out:
"Hippity Hop Mob Stop"!!!
We stop. The Gunny then comes to the front of our three abreast, 10 deep group (since I'm tall I was in the first row) and at a normal voice asks, "Who is that marching like a girl back there?"
No one moves.
"Oh, it's you, Signor, carry on!!!"
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1996 FJ80.
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