Go Army! Beat Navy!

[neteng]

Long lost footage of @Swamp Donkey during his medic heyday:

There is no way that is real.

That has to be a contractor or something. Those "fast assault shirts" dont always look fast.

81SBCT (stryker brigade). Washington, NG. Take that up with the state of Washington, @SeabeeGator . Regular Army doesn't really look at the NG as true Army. And from my experience, NG doesn't really act like regular Army when it matters. Just saying.

By the way ... my only encounters with Seabees was as fobbits building stuff on FOBs like mini PX's and burger kings. The true engineering work on the battlefield is done by the Army. Not once did I see any Seabees clearing IEDs or breaching the FLOT.

 

[neteng]

Just sink their ass sailors...

US Navy ('58-'62)
USS Randolph CVS-15
V-6 Div
ATN2

Herp derp ... commas matter.

US Army ('87-'12)
3ID, USEUCOM, BDE C2 JRTC, 2BCT10MTN, 3ID, 1SPACE, ICORP, 229SIG
250N, 31S

 

[SeabeeGator]

81SBCT (stryker brigade). Washington, NG. Take that up with the state of Washington, @SeabeeGator . Regular Army doesn't really look at the NG as true Army. And from my experience, NG doesn't really act like regular Army when it matters. Just saying.

By the way ... my only encounters with Seabees was as fobbits building stuff on FOBs like mini PX's and burger kings. The true engineering work on the battlefield is done by the Army. Not once did I see any Seabees clearing IEDs or breaching the FLOT.

Congrats, you identified that we don’t have explosives in our ROCs. And you’re definitely correct - we build and improve FOBs which would inherently make us fobbits. But ask a couple of Marines (you know, the guys hooahs look up to) what they think of Seabees.

 

[neteng]

Congrats, you identified that we don’t have explosives in our ROCs. And you’re definitely correct - we build and improve FOBs which would inherently make us fobbits. But ask a couple of Marines (you know, the guys hooahs look up to) what they think of Seabees.

Why would I do that? I dont really look up to them like you do I guess. I got 10x that in my circle. :p Marines just take the beach, then move to the side so we can go take care of business. Marines are great ... but really a dime a dozen in the Army no matter how highly you guys think of them.

In fact ... I always find it funny how Navy peeps always elevate the Marine whenever they talk to Army peeps. Its as if they understand the hooah in infantry but in the same breath totally ignore that the Army is all about infantry. Marines are just another infantry unit as far we see it. And not really an infantry unit that can sustain itself ... built for short bursts.

 

[SeabeeGator]

Why would I do that? I dont really look up to them like you do I guess. I got 10x that in my circle. :p Marines just take the beach, then move to the side so we can go take care of business. Marines are great ... but really a dime a dozen in the Army no matter how highly you guys think of them.

In fact ... I always find it funny how Navy peeps always elevate the Marine whenever they talk to Army peeps. Its as if they understand the hooah in infantry but in the same breath totally ignore that the Army is all about infantry. Marines are just another infantry unit as far we see it. And not really an infantry unit that can sustain itself ... built for short bursts.

Of course we do - have to support our own.

 

[neteng]

Of course we do - have to support our own.

Well ... all other weeks of the year its kinda cool to me. The idea of a floating air force and army with guns and stuff attached to those boats. But this week ... you are all a bunch of slimy scum.

 

[SeabeeGator]

Well ... all other weeks of the year its kinda cool to me. The idea of a floating air force and army with guns and stuff attached to those boats. But this week ... you are all a bunch of slimy scum.

Honest take here - I don’t really care. It’s academy specific. Makes for fun Facebook banter but USNA is far down the list of teams I care about.

 

[neteng]

Honest take here - I don’t really care. It’s academy specific. Makes for fun Facebook banter but USNA is far down the list of teams I care about.

I bleed black and gold. Wore that tag over my heart for 20+ years. Trained and trained by many west point grads. Yeah, it is academy specific ... but it is the US Army academy.

 

[neteng]

... but ... we probably gonna lose this year ... sigh

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Honest take here - I don’t really care..

this is actually my opinion too. I really don't give a shyt about ring knockers.

 

[SeabeeGator]

this is actually my opinion too. I really don't give a shyt about ring knockers.

My favorite part of this week is it gives me a chance to trash talk with you fine degenerates.

 

[Detroitgator]

81SBCT (stryker brigade). Washington, NG. Take that up with the state of Washington, @SeabeeGator . Regular Army doesn't really look at the NG as true Army. And from my experience, NG doesn't really act like regular Army when it matters. Just saying.

By the way ... my only encounters with Seabees was as fobbits building stuff on FOBs like mini PX's and burger kings AND B-HUTS. The true engineering work on the battlefield is done by the Army. Not once did I see any Seabees clearing IEDs or breaching the FLOT.

FIFY

 

[Detroitgator]

... but ... we probably gonna lose this year ... sigh

Yeah... Army cadets have been a little more concerned about life after commissioning, rather than foosball, for the last 18 or so years... funny how that happens.

 

[SeabeeGator]

Yeah... Army cadets have been a little more concerned about life after commissioning, rather than foosball, for the last 18 or so years... funny how that happens.

Or they’re just athletically inferior.

 

[SeabeeGator]

Agreed. When I was in the Army nobody cared about the Army-Navy game. It's mainly a rivalry between the two service academies and the officers who attended them, not so much between the two branches of service in general.

The idea of rank-and-file soldiers and sailors gathered around to watch the Army-Navy game is a myth that I believe originated from the TV show M*A*S*H*.

I see the rank and file gathered around TVs.... if it gets them some free liberty. That’s the greatest motivator in the military.

 

[Detroitgator]

Haha yeah I started smoking just so I could take smoke breaks. But then I quit when I found out how much Germans valued Marlboro Reds.

One of the best commanders I ever had checked our ration cards every month on payday... he knew who smoked and who was black marketing

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Haha yeah I started smoking just so I could take smoke breaks.

I was just thinking the same thing.

 

[SeabeeGator]

Haha yeah I started smoking just so I could take smoke breaks. But then I quit when I found out how much Germans valued Marlboro Reds.

The most unanimous support I ever saw for a commanding officer was during the Clemson Bama game after the 2016 season. He was an enormous Clemson fan and promised the entire battalion 1 day liberty if Clemson won. Never seen so many Clemson fans in my life.

 

[Detroitgator]

I was just thinking the same thing.

My sister started in basic at Ft Jackson in 83 for that reason... quit two years ago

 

[Gator By Marriage]

PPS “Whats are the first and last things built on an AFB?”

My FIL was in the Army Air Corps (and yes I mean Army Air Corps - and he's still alive, BTW) and later for a short time the USAF reserves, and he always claimed the first thing built was always either the OC or the golf course and the last thing built was the runways.