Stijn!!

[HHI944]

Stupid verizon didn't ship my phone on time....it'll be here tomorrow.....gonna pick up one of those fancy wireless charging docks at the Verizon store and have them put on a screen protector....if I put the screen protector on, I'll need at least half a dozen...

[RKDinOKC]

You getting all the fun new toys!

[GH85Carrera]

Good Morning folks.

One of the chicks I worked with long ago was a Nazarene girl from New Mexico. She was in town to go to the local Nazarene college. Anyway her dad had some irrational fear that she would get a tattoo. She was like many girls the was for sure daddy's little girl. She had her normal talking voice and was very pretty and smart and everyone at work liked her. Then she had the voice for talking to "daddy" and she was good at it. She made her voice sound a bit more child like and she could ask for anything and her dad melted. It was funny to watch as an outsider.

She knew her dad would be devastated if she ever got a tattoo but she said it was no burden because she had never felt the need for one. She finally met a nice guy and announced their engagement. She said her boyfriend had a tattoo from his time in the Air Forces as a PJ. He had been on a few rescue missions and saved a few lives. She asked him to keep his tattoo hidden but he said hell no. He was proud of it and his service. Her dad accepted him and they have been living happily ever after with several kids.

I had never heard of the PJs until I met him.

[HHI944]

glorified combat medics......
I kid, PJ's are pretty tough SOBs and get an insane amount of training.


stupid fedex needs to hurry up...

[RKDinOKC]

Good Morning ladiies and gents.

The only PJ's I've ever heard of is the sleeping attire, but I am not up on many acronyms. When I was a kid we lived in Oklahoma City and I never had PJ's with long pants let alone footies. I do have a charcoal drawing bust of myself at age 10 in my PJ's done by my brother-in-law.

[GH85Carrera]

My only scuba diving was done under adverse conditions in 1970. A buddy of mine from school was really into diving and had done the training in a pool. He was certified and was always saying how cool it was. Living in Hawaii made it easy so I said I would try it.

We showed up at a freaking beach with decent waves. My buddy was a typical teenager and walked into the ocean and disappeared. The only reason I agreed to go was the guy standing next to me. He was one of the guys that jumped into the water to hook up to the returning Apollo 11 capsule. He never did talk much but when I asked him if he was an instructor for scuba he said don't worry, you are with me and you will be fine.

I sucked at the scuba because my brain kept screaming you dumb ass you are underwater bouncing in the waves you can't breath now. I could not get myself to breath properly. If I had some practice in a calm pool it would have have been different. I always assumed he was a Navy Seal but that was a stupid assumption because my buddy was another Air Force brat and the beach we were on was an Air Force property.

When I met the PJ that married my co-worker he corrected me. All the rescue guys that recovered the NASA missions were air Force PJs. Pararescue is the only DOD asset that is specifically tasked with NASA recovery operations, and has been the only asset to take on that task since the 60/70's time frame.

The Navy has no version of Pararescue; they have ship borne rescue swimmers, but not the same. Coast Guard has their rescue swimmers, but again, are not tasked in the recovery mission. And the SEALs would not do that mission, the SEALS would be called to kill someone not rescue them.

[HHI944]

And who trains all those fancy divers on how to not die underwater?


Yeah, that's the Army

[flipper35]

My uncle's godson is a rescue swimmer. He said he will probably be in the Navy for life since the only skills he learned in the Navy would get him a career as a life guard.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by HHI944

And who trains all those fancy divers on how to not die underwater?


Yeah, that's the Army

Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.

Lol.

I've got a buddy who's Navy and just 'deployed'.....all sorts of people are posting the usual 'OMG be safe' crap on his facebook......he's 'deployed' to Belgium....his biggest problem so far is that he had to use an Internet cafe for three days until his Internet was hooked up.... Friggin Navy and Air Force...

[HHI944]

Gotta say, this remora spoon holder is pretty sweet. I'm out and about, wearing track pants and a hoody and packing a full size USP comfortably and well concealed.

[GH85Carrera]

When I was in third grade my dad was a ROTC instructor at SW Texas State College in San Marcos, TX. In his class he would not let the cadets say the words Army or Navy. The Marines did not matter since they were owned by the Navy. The Coast Guard did not even come up. They were required to spell the other services out like bad four letter words around kids.

Many years later one of his former cadets was giving a presentation at the Pentagon and my dad was at the table. The former cadet was now a Major and was in the middle of some statement when he said something like "And in the Army (then he turned to my dad and quietly said sorry sir) they do this operation using these steps"

He had many funny stories of BSing with the other services and bar bets, all in good fun.

[RKDinOKC]

Guy at work aways spells out F O R D.

[Outback Porsche]

Morning ladies and gents.


When we went to Bali, someone asked me if I was gunna come back with a tattoo. I said 'yeah, I'm gunnna get a 'W' inked on each arse cheek. So when I chuck a brown-eye at you you'll get a 'WoW'.' he reckoned 'L's would be funnier.

[RKDinOKC]

Would that make you a Moonie, or the Mooner?

[RKDinOKC]

When I was 5 me and Wendy, the 5 yo girl next door mooned cars that drove by our front yard.

[HHI944]

Whoooo, new phone was delivered......now if only I were at home as well

[GH85Carrera]

[azzarule]

evening all.

[Jim Richards]

Evening y'all.