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6. A couple of months ago, my spouse and I went to check out some trucks at a dealer. We asked to see the "six pack" models. The salesman looked at us like we were demented.
Maybe he didn't understand that you meant "6 pax" as in a "6 passenger crew cab-type vehicle".
When you still use military terminology in everyday life.
When the military phoenetic alphabet and time are instinctive to you.
When you can bark out your name, rate, and service number in an instant.
When you read and post on forums such as this one.
This last one I hope remains with me the rest of my life;
When I am in public and the National Anthem is played, I pop to rigid attention and have a strong, instinctive urge to salute, only to realize that I no longer have this honor and privilege, and must settle for placing my hand over my heart.
When you still use military terminology in everyday life.
When the military phoenetic alphabet and time are instinctive to you.
When you can bark out your name, rate, and service number in an instant.
When you read and post on forums such as this one.
This last one I hope remains with me the rest of my life;
When I am in public and the National Anthem is played, I pop to rigid attention and have a strong, instinctive urge to salute, only to realize that I no longer have this honor and privilege, and must settle for placing my hand over my heart.
Thanks for the update on this, I completely missed it. However, it still leaves a question. I was Navy, and Navy and Marine Corp do not salute when not wearing a cover (hat), at least it was that way back then. If the policy has changed, perhaps someone on active duty can advise.
My biggest complaint is when some slacker kid keeps his hat on. The best thing I ever saw was this teen with his hat on sideways stood up at baseball game but kept his hat on. This gentleman in his 60s (or so) besides him looked over and took his hat off and threw it as far as he could and after the National Anthem was over the guy got a standing ovation and the kid was escorted out by security. It was great.
It's funny--the military way of doing things came into sharp focus the other day, when I realized I had never really taken any sort of trip of distance where I had to make all the decisions myself. Every time I took a trip in the military, they gave me the tickets, and advised me of accommodations. I never had to make any of my own decisions. I'm finally taking a trip of my own accord, not for business, just personal, and the planning for it is a little overwhelming.
It's funny--the military way of doing things came into sharp focus the other day, when I realized I had never really taken any sort of trip of distance where I had to make all the decisions myself. Every time I took a trip in the military, they gave me the tickets, and advised me of accommodations. I never had to make any of my own decisions. I'm finally taking a trip of my own accord, not for business, just personal, and the planning for it is a little overwhelming.
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While in the service, did you ever have to plan a convoy? It's far more complicated than a bunch of guys just jumping in their duece and halve's and heading up the highway!
Back when I drove a big truck, there were times when as many as 5 or 6 of us would leave Dallas headed for Portland, OR over the weekend and I about drove myself nuts trying to "organize" them all into a coherent convoy!
It's funny--the military way of doing things came into sharp focus the other day, when I realized I had never really taken any sort of trip of distance where I had to make all the decisions myself. Every time I took a trip in the military, they gave me the tickets, and advised me of accommodations. I never had to make any of my own decisions. I'm finally taking a trip of my own accord, not for business, just personal, and the planning for it is a little overwhelming.
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I seved 45 years ago and when I got orders to transfer they gave me my orders, travel time, and travel pay.
It was entirely up to myself to figure out how to get there.
Has the military changed that much that they have to " hold the guys hand" in order for him to get from one duty station to the next?
They've generally handed me plane tickets. Except when I was finally separating, then they gave me train tickets. Didn't ask me what I wanted to do.
In fact, they decided I needed to fly to NYC, then Rome, then Sigonella, then Rota, wait three days for ship to arrive, which was heading RIGHT back to the States. If they left it up to me, I would have figured it was wiser for me just to wait the week or so for it to return home.
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