Today I called a Master Gunnery Sergeant "Gunnery Sergeant"
Ask me how stupid I feel.
Well, I guess it could happen to anyone. Don't beat yourself up over it.
>>27922899
Unless you are actual competently ranked NCO or Staff NCO then its usually overlooked unless hes a complete ass that likes jumping down every boots throat over something that happens quite frequently to people who cant count the chevrons and rockers fast enough and don't see the bursting bomb~
>>27922899
>being in the military
shaking my head to be honest
Whenever I couldn't see that shit properly (like in woodlands) I just gave a super-cheery GOOD MORNING! They know that nobody can see that shit, and you have to be one prime asshole to jump all over someone who just gave you an honest-sounding well-wishing. And if they are, fuck it.
>>27922899
Repeat after me:
Fuck.
Them.
>>27923271
"after me"
>>27923157
Thing is, he was in Service Charlies. He snuck up on me and I choked trying to give the proper greeting of the day as fast as I could.. But whatever, all he did was laugh a little bit. I'm a Super Boot, so just another lesson learned.
>>27923300
There's another lesson and it's don't post this gay boot shit, just go back to the barracks and jerk off.
>>27923285
Have a good night retard
>>27922899
I always thought that was a pineapple on the patch
>>27924205
its not?
>>27924316
it's the trooper's nut busting
>>27924205
It's supposed to look like a grenadine you faggot.
>>27922899
Did he give you the "D" after you made that comment?
>>27923300
>trying to give the proper greeting of the day as fast as I could.
Don't do that. You come across as Spazz the Super Boot. Instead, give the proper greeting at a normal conversational pace. The effect you're aiming for is alert and composed.
Barking the greeting out in one long word makes you sound uncertain and insecure.
I walked into the 2nd recon battalion bathroom one time and a fucking Gunner (infantry chief warrant officer 5) was inside just staring crazily at me. I thought I was about to get omega hazed, luckily I just got screamed at for about 5 minutes for not greeting him properly.
also
said "good morning colonel" to a full bird instead of saying sir, I got chewed out by his insane clown posse of lower officers and staff NCO's following him.
when i was in the process of getting NJP'd I walked by a master guns without greeting him because I was looking down being all mopey, got chewed out by him too.
I used to feel bad about these small encounters but honestly i've did my time, deployed twice and had a blast in the fleet chilling with my bro-tier Sgts and corporals, if you mess up just make sure you recover because i've seen a lot of marines get NJP'd and then go full blown fuck it mode until they get kicked out.
If it makes you feel any better, I work as a doctor for the military. Most of these guys are sexual deviants, based on the number who have been caught doing... less than honorable things. Sexually.
You have no idea how many things I've pulled out of butts. And it's not mostly the Navy. Our good friends in the Chair Force love buttplugs because there's an intense sensation when you're flying with one in. No kidding.
>>27922899
Why does your rank have a pineapple on it?
>>27926171
![western-sling-drink-3-600x900[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/lTu12QZ.jpg "western-sling-drink-3-600x900[1].jpg")
>>27924381
>pineapple
>grenadine
We're halfway to a Western Sling!
Fucking civvies
>>27923155
desu desu desu desu, family
Isaw Master Gunnery Sergeant at the MCX in Camp Pendleton yesterday. I greeted him properly and told him cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen bottles Tiger Milk and a copy of Soldier of Fortune in his hands without paying.
The Filipina girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay por those pirst.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the Tiger Milk and magazine and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each item and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by Oorahing really loudly.
>>27926215
=/=
2 oz gin
1/2 oz cherry brandy
1 oz lemon juice
2/3 oz sugar syrup
1 tsp grenadine syrup
3 oz pineapple juice
Shake and strain into an ice-filled collins glass. Garnish with a cherry and slice of orange, add a twist of lemon, add straws, and serve.
I call mine Dad and he doesn't bat an eye. I kinda wish he would notice me
>>27922899
We all make mistakes. I've misranked a few senior chiefs, and even a master chief at some point probably.
>>27926606
it's actually pretty hard to distinguish chief and senior chief even within greeting distance.
luckily i'm on the o side so they don't make a huge deal about it.
However i have seen some jr enlisted get their asses chewed and i always think " i would hate to be that guy"
>>27924797
I'm confused about calling the colonel a colonel. I'm in the air force so I get its a way different culture, but why would you get grilled for calling him his proper rank? I call all officers by their rank
>>27927179
its one of those unspoken rules. Unless you are close in rank or a close friend "sir" is really respectful way to address them
>>27927259
plus it's less effort
>>27926196
>all of those fucking things saved as .gif
Why.
>>27927656
Deliberately to annoy you, Charles.
>>27926551
>“Sir, you need to pay por those pirst.”
>that attention to detail
>>27926578
>>27924205
Some kid when I was a poolee asked our recruiter if the pineapple came from killing Japs in the pacific.
>>27922899
That's okay, I once called a Gunner a Gunnery Sergeant.
>Good afternoon mumble mumble sergeant
works every time.
>>27924797
This guy gets it.
>insane clown posse of staff and officers
>toppest of keks.
>>27924356
10/10
>>27926551
what's the original version of this? i laugh at these every time
>>27926551
>The Filipina girl at the counter
Damn slowest porno I've ever read.
>>27923382
>There's another lesson and it's don't post this gay boot shit, just go back to the barracks and jerk off.
This is true
>>27924731
>Don't do that. You come across as Spazz the Super Boot. Instead, give the proper greeting at a normal conversational pace. The effect you're aiming for is alert and composed.
This is also true. Chill the fuck out.
>>27924797
>(infantry chief warrant officer 5)
I think I've seen maybe half a dozen CWO5's, of which maybe two were gunners. Some guys I know claim they've never seen one. They're like unicorns.
>>27928970
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks about him whenever I see how to make a cocktail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu51rszgotI
Favorite comment:
I was in the peacetime Marine Corps in the 80s. Our master sgt(known as Top), a Nam vet was sitting in our office one day leaning back with his feet on the desk when a 2nd Lt. walked in and asked if we knew where the CO was. Top replied "The Hell if I know". The LT got mad and told Top to stand up at attention when talking to an officer. Us low ranks were watching intently. Top replied and this is a quote I remember to this day "I've had more time jumping out of the back of 6 bys(troop transport truck) then you have had in life". I remember the butter bar stuttering something about telling the CO about this before he walked out the door. We thought it was done when Top yelled down the hallway "GEORGE! YOUR BOOT LUEY WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!"
>>27929466
goddamn The Pacific was so good
>>27929125
Pretty sure it's Flylo
>>27922899
Let me digress on the subject of rate/rank..
The military is missing a golden money making idea here. Rank/rates with a generic name -- missing a good revenue stream..
What we need is to auction off the rank names to the highest bidder.
for example, instead of being a Petty Officer 3rd class, Doritos could buy the naming rights for 5 years.
lots of earnings potential here folks.
>>27922899
You marines and your "call every NCO rank by their full rank" silliness.
Sergeant
First Sergeant
Sergeant Major
The ones that matter.
>>27932835
Well, when it can take another six years to go from sergeant to staff sergeant, it's worth recognizing.
>>27922899
I call "Bull Shit".
You, sir, madam or just plain confused:
The address is "Gunny".
Which is perfectly acceptable.
For you plate wearing wanna bees
A gunny is a gunny for all of his life.
I have locked heels before an E-9 before.
>>27933396
>My daddy is Maj Gen. Stevenson. Remember our chat when I got here?
>sorry I F'ed your title; its my bad
>about the march for tommorow.. I'm not feeling it..
>>27932835
Haze yourself!
>>27923157
>I just gave a super-cheery GOOD MORNING!
lol that reminds me about our instructors at basic, they all wanted different sounding "YES SIR! GOOD MORNING SIR!", always one guy missing out which instructor it was fetching us every morning so we'd end up with the whole platoon saying "Good morning sir~" and one guy yelling "GOOD MORNING SIR!" every Friday.
