Well guess my recruiter don't completely lie to me

[Thundarstick]

Reminds me of my great uncle telling about leaving the farm and joining the navy!

[Finster101]

Reminds me of my great uncle telling about leaving the farm and joining the navy!

Yeah, like with all the services still pretty easy to step in **** if you weren't careful, just like on the farm.

[Scrounge]

Well guess they didn't completely lie to me when they said stuff I learned I t he army would help me out as a civi lol... At least is not raining..if ya get it ya get it lol

You got off light, then! I stayed in for 24 years, and have been retired an additional 24 besides that, be 25 in November, and I'd still like to run into Technical Sergeant Clifton T. Angel, Jr. in a dark alley.

I will say that in many ways it probably worked out better for me than it would have if I'd gotten what I wanted, but still!

Bill <---- And deadly with mop and broom, am I!
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) 1973-1997

[Bloodman14]

Yep, 11KP, Death from a buffer!!

[MstrEddy]

My recruiter was actually very straight forward and did a good job of preparing us for Boot camp. They would have sessions on weekends for the delayed entry program recruits while waiting for shipping out. They covered some of the things we'd have to learn in Parris Island.
4 years active, 2 in Reserves, then switched to AF Reserve, served for a bunch of years, got commissioned, it was another 32 years as Air Force -- Total time in uniform over 38 years.
But, yeah, I can still sweep, clean, polish, mop and all the other janitorial tasks better than many.

[armoredman]

Not races, but we used to hold buffer rodeo's. My first one was in high school, several in the Navy.

I'll never forget waxing bare concrete in the greenhouse (Gun School) at Great Lakes.

Robert

"The big green building full of a - holes"! Went there in 1987, for GMG. So much fun at Great Mistakes!

[Mk42gunner]

"The big green building full of a - holes"! Went there in 1987, for GMG. So much fun at Great Mistakes!

We may have been there at the same time. Late 84 for A school, Oct 86-Mar 87 for C school.

Robert

[jonp]

Did you join the Airborne to learn to fly?

I know i didnt. To this day ive taken off in more airplanes than ive landed in

[WRideout]

Ahh, the memories, buffers, Johnson paste wax, and of course the time the burning wax poured on the floor and set the floor tiles on fire -- or at least the top layers of wax on the floor. -- Boy -- that was so much fun!
Luckily we put it out real quick, but had to strip and rewax the floor again!
And we passed the barracks inspection the next day.

You're supposed to put the lid on to snuff the flames before pouring.
Wayne