A little something for everyone to enjoy!

[Lazarus**]

saw this on facebook so I thought I'd share this with everyone here.
Hope you enjoy!

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CIVILIAN FRIENDS AND MILITARY FRIENDS::

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you're too busy to talk to them for a week.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having last time you met.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Never ask for food or alcohol.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food or alcohol.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. And Mrs.
POLICE FRIENDS: Call your parents mom and dad.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Bail you out of jail and tell you what you did was wrong.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Would be sitting next to you in jail saying, "Damn...we screwed up...but man, that was fun!"

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Cry with you.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds' ass that left you behind.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, "I'm home!"

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Are for a while.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are for life.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have shared a few experiences...
MILITARY FRIENDS: Have shared a lifetime of experiences no Citizen could ever dream of...

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will take your drink away when they think you've had enough.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will look at you stumbling all over the place and say, "You better drink the rest of that, you know we don't waste...that's alcohol abuse!!" Then carry you home safely and put you to bed...

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will talk crap to the person who talks crap about you.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will knock them the hell out for using your name in vain.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will ignore this.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will forward this.

 

[Eric_911]

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CIVILIAN FRIENDS AND MILITARY FRIENDS::

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you're too busy to talk to them for a week.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having last time you met.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Never ask for food or alcohol.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food or alcohol.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. And Mrs.
POLICE FRIENDS: Call your parents mom and dad.

Hmm.. Maybe a typo? Or maybe one of those "lists" where people just switch the occupation for whatever their target audience is?

Police Friends: http://www.libnot.com/2007/12/14/once-a-cop-always-a-cop/
Marine Friends: http://usmc81.blogspot.com/2007/12/civilian-friends-vs-marine-friends.html
Law Enforcement Friends: http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=48794402&groupID=101824343&adTopicID=16&Mytoken=B5BE759B-EB24-410E-B33DCBD553D0AE86947257930
Texas Friends: http://www.city-data.com/forum/texas/21372-texas-friends-can-t-beat-em.html

The list goes on....Jersey Friends, Mexican Friends, Fire Department Friends...

Its not bad, but i think its been done a little too much. :-\

Oh, also not the first on this site:

http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/59335.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/48661.0.html

 

[JBoyd]

Hmm.. Maybe a typo? Or maybe one of those "lists" where people just switch the occupation for whatever their target audience is?

I Believe I have seen this before as Friends/True Friends

 

[Cat]

Perhaps this one hasn't been seen as often - it's an old email I received from a friend a couple years ago, but I didn't see a site match for it...I apologise if it's been seen a ton.


>HOW THE MILITARY HAS CHANGED>>
1945 - NCO's had a typewriter on their desks for doing daily>reports.
>2000 - Everyone has an Internet access computer, and they wonder why no work is getting done.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - your girlfriend was at home praying you would return alive.
>2000 - she is in the same trench praying your condom worked.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - if you got drunk off duty your buddies would take you back to the barracks to sleep it off.
>2000 - if you get drunk they slap you in rehab and ruin your career.
>---------------------------------------------------------->
1945 - you were taught to aim at your enemy and shoot him.
>2000 - you spray 500 bullets into the brush, don't hit anything, and retreat because you're out of ammo.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - canteens were made of steel, and you could heat coffee or hot chocolate in them.
>2000 - canteens are made of plastic, you can't heat anything in them, and they always taste like plastic.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - officers were professional soldiers first and they commanded respect.
>2000 - officers are politicians first and beg not to be given a wedgie.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - they collected enemy intelligence and analyzed it.
>2000 - they collect your pee and analyze it.
>------------------------------------------------------------
>1945 - if you didn't act right, the Sergeant Major put you in the>brig until you straightened up.
>2000 - if you don't act right, they start a paper trail that follows>you forever.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - you slept in barracks like a soldier.
>2000 - you sleep in a dormitory like a college kid.
>---------------------------------------------------------->
1945 - you ate in a mess hall, which was free, and you could have>all the food you wanted.
>2000 - you eat in a dining facility, every slice of bread or pad of butter costs, and you better not take too much.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - we defeated powerful countries like Germany and Japan.
>2000 - we come up short against Iraq and Yugoslavia.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - if you wanted to relax, you went to the rec center, played pool, smoked and drank beer.
>2000 - you go to the community center, and you can play pool.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - if you wanted beer and conversation you went to the NCO or Officers' Club.
>2000 - the beer will cost you $2.75, membership is forced, and someone is watching how much you drink.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - the Exchange had bargains for soldiers who didn't make much money.
>2000 - you can get better and cheaper merchandise at Walmart.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - victory was declared when the enemy was defeated and all his things were broken.
>2000 - victory is declared when the enemy says he is sorry.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - a commander would put his butt on the line to protect his people.
>2000 - a commander will put his people on the line to protect his butt.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - wars were planned and run by generals with lots of important victories.
>2000 - wars are planned by politicians with lots of equivocating.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - we were fighting for freedom, and the country was committed to winning.
>2000 - we don't know what we're fighting for, and the government is committed to social programs (used to be called 'socialism').
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - all you could think about was getting out and becoming a civilian again.
>2000 - all you can think about is getting out and becoming a civilian again.
>------------------------------------------------------------>
1945 - we called the enemy names like "Krauts" and "Japs" because we didn't like them.
>2000 - we call the enemy the "opposing force" or "aggressor" because we don't want to offend them.

>>>What I wouln't give to have been around in World War II.

 

[boxseats]

Here is something.  Sorry about the America reference.  That's just how it comes.  Hope you enjoy it, anyway, and have not seen it posted elsewhere.

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A Marine

Marines come in all shapes, shades, weights, sizes, and states of sobriety, misery, and confusion. He is sly as a fox, has the nerve of a dope addict, the stories of an old sailor, the sincerity of a politician, and the subtlety of Mt. Saint Helen. He is extremely irresistible, totally irrational and completely indestructible.

A Marine is a Marine all his life. He is a magical creature. You can kick him out of your house but not out of your heart. You can take him off your mailing list but not off your mind. Marines are found everywhere... in love...in battle... in lust... in trouble...in debt...in bars and ... behind them. No one can write so seldom and yet think so much of you. No one else can get so much enjoyment out of a letter or clean clothes or a six pack.

A Marine is a genius with a deck of cards. A millionaire without a cent and brave without a grain of sense. He is the Protector of America, with the latest copy of playboy in his back pocket. When he wants something it’s usually 30 days leave, music that hurts the ears, a five dollar bill...or a woman he can count on.

Girls love them, mothers tolerate them, fathers brag about them, the government pays them, the police watch out for them and somehow they all work together. You can beat their bodies but not their minds. You can tame their hearts but not their souls.

He likes girls, females, women, ladies, and the opposite sex. He dislikes small checks, working weekends, answering letters, waking up, maintaining a uniform, and the day before payday. You may as well give in. He is your long distance lover...he is your steel eyed, warm smiling, blank minded, hyperactive, over reacting, curious, passive, talented, spontaneous, physically fit, good for nothing bundle of worry.....

And will always be there for you regardless of how long it’s been since you’ve last talked.

nick, as alway.  j​