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Cut and paste from another thread - figured I'd consolidate my post with this thread:
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This one is about the AF.
A new Wing Commander took over Cold Lake and decided to leave his mark right away. He ordered all Non-Commission Members to clear the fields surrounding the runway each morning. The 1st morning, he looked out the window and to his surprise see his Captains, Majors, and Colonels right beside the NCMs picking up garbage. Flabbergasted he went out and grabbed the nearest Colonel and demanded what the hell is going on. "Sir, that's my clerk," pointing to a Sergeant. "He knows where my paper work is and what files are where. I can't start doing my job until I help him finish cleaning this field." Garbage detail cancelled. |
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Another one. This time at NDHQ.
A New Director (a Brigadier-General) noticed that almost all his NCMs come in at 08:00 while his officers come in at 09:00. Thinking that officers should set the example, he ordered all officers to come in at 07:00. Well, the 1st week, he noticed that the NCMs came in at 06:00. He asked a Chief Warrant Officer (Regimental Sergeant-Major rank) what's going on. He replied, "Sir, we need that extra hour just to prepare the stuff for the officers to do their job." |
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Does that mean your seargant or warrant officer left big red block texts telling you on how to improve your grammar , how to write a report and what a good job you are doing and ? ![]() |
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Believe or not, mimeographs (ditto machines) are still in the Active Army inventory. When I was the S4, we saw this lateral transfer of some weird line item number (LIN) to our HHC. When the other unit's supply SGT showed up to transfer the mimeograph, the HHC XO came and got me, saying "Sir, you won't believe what that XYZ actually is!"
We turned down the transfer - I think I hadn't seen one of those things in nearly two decades, and that when I was in grade school. Just to make you feel older Snipe, my PLs were complaining because they didn't have internet access on their computers in their PLT CPs. |
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Last edited by sappersgt : 04-16-2006 at 21:53 PM. |
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We'd occasionally get them still damp and naturally smelling strongly of whatever ink they used. Ahhh...memories. ![]()
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This one got to be added because it happenned here on the WAB.
The Brigadier and I were exchanging emails dealing with military publications. Inadvertingly, I used the term Indian "bellycrawlers." According to the Brigadier, that had him perplexed for a minute and he was getting a bit annoyed at this new Canadian being overbearing again. Then, he figured out that I was using the term for army chaps. I did not get the impression that he was impressed at first but eventually, the term got to him. At his Regt's Reunion, he started calling everybody a bellycrawler. At first, they were a bit insulted but by the end of the night, they were all using the "globblygook." Most particular, he introduced the term to the Indian VCAS, a felllow Engineer and told him it was a Canadian Engineer. Now, the VCAS uses the term and everyone thinks the man graduated from the US Staff School. Thanks to the WAB, an Indian General has graduated from one of the top military schools in the world without ever attending a class. Last edited by Officer of Engineers : 09-13-2006 at 10:03 AM. |
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