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You are the expert when it comes to fitting as much as possible into a bag or the back of your families vehicle.
You know the army is getting into your brain when...
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-You end any explanation or instruction with the words, "DO THIS NOW".
-You, (without even thinking about it), reach out to straighten your buddy's collar, and tell them they look like a "bag of crap".
-Your spouse/kid/friend....etc drops something, and the only thing you say is, "get a grip on your kit".
-You get pissed when you see a guy wearing a hat in a restaurant.
-You are beside yourself with disbelief when it takes people more than 7 minutes to finish a meal.
-You, (without even thinking about it), reach out to straighten your buddy's collar, and tell them they look like a "bag of crap".
-Your spouse/kid/friend....etc drops something, and the only thing you say is, "get a grip on your kit".
-You get pissed when you see a guy wearing a hat in a restaurant.
-You are beside yourself with disbelief when it takes people more than 7 minutes to finish a meal.
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After 25+ yrs it was the hardest thing for me to un-learn, not the coming to attention but just the simple fact that I could go see my boss whenever I had something I needed to discuss with them. Not my direct super then his then someone else would talk to the Boss, just me, straight up the hallway and into the office, still feels kinda weird!NinerSix said:
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Hammer Sandwich said:
Full-on +1!!
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I was coaching a kids soccer team a few years ago and I guess I was slipping into NCO mode, absolutely spontaneously they all snapped to attention and saluted me. Parents thought it was hilarious (because coaching minor soccer is a spectator sport ya know!)
My addition to the thread -
You point at something with your entire hand and when you're getting pissed off trying to explain something that your pointing at, with your entire hand, you **** your trigger finger back and start to quake from your finger tips to your arm pit trying not to drive the point home with a little physical reinforcement!
Seriously? The PC cop software X's-out the reference to a rooster used in proper context???
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When you can recite all 154 of Murphy's Military laws... Like #87
"You will always lose a battle if the CO is watching."
"You will always lose a battle if the CO is watching."
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When you take your brand new "field hot beverage container" (aka Tim Horton's thermos or the like), and wrap it in gun tape, so it's more "tactical". :camo:
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When you ALWAYS use military time and get annoyed at people who don't
For the ladies - When you have a tube of camouflage face paint in your make up bag ;D
For the ladies - When you have a tube of camouflage face paint in your make up bag ;D
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You attract attention at the local sports field when your kids run full tilt down the length of the top row of the bleachers and launch themselves head first into space (to be caught by you) screaming 'AIIIIRRRRBORRRNNNEE!!!!
When you put them down you direct them to 'recover'.
Other people's kids whine to their parents that they want to do the same thing. They look at you like you're insane then lead them off to somewhere safer.
Pussies.
When you put them down you direct them to 'recover'.
Other people's kids whine to their parents that they want to do the same thing. They look at you like you're insane then lead them off to somewhere safer.
Pussies.
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You're a member of a military internet forum. And you've never even been in the ******* army.
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daftandbarmy said:
:rofl:
Too true.....people often look at me like I've got dicks growing out of my eye sockets when I'm speaking to my kid, but I find simple, to the point directions to be much more useful, and effective when dealing with kids.
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My (then) 4 yr old daughter took a flying leap off the top of the stairs into my sister-in-law's arms screaming like a banshee all the way. My sister-in-law was not expecting such behaviour form a demure (ya right!) little 4 yr old however she caught her. My daughter was giggling and my sister-in-law was freaking out!!daftandbarmy said:
What my sis-in-law didn't know was that my daughter and I had been practicing this since she could walk. One step, two steps etc until she could nail it off of the top of the stairs.
Maybe we're all a little touched but I wouldn't change a thing.
There's no greater feeling for a father than watching the smile on your child's face grow until it can't get any bigger as they exercise complete trust in their "daddy"BernDawg said:
A small piece of my wife dies every time my daughter jumps from step 4..
We'll see how things go when she drags her brother up the first tree ;D
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When you yell "Deploy! Deploy! Deploy!" when you want your kids to get out of the vehicle in a hurry.
When, after buckling the kids in their car seats, you accidentally leave the van doors open and your CF member spouse asks you as he backs out of the driveway "What?! Are they helicopter gunners now?"
Your entire family answers the phone saying "Send" instead of "Hello".
When, after buckling the kids in their car seats, you accidentally leave the van doors open and your CF member spouse asks you as he backs out of the driveway "What?! Are they helicopter gunners now?"
Your entire family answers the phone saying "Send" instead of "Hello".
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CdnArtyWife said:
Excellent. My preferred phrase is 'Down Ramp, Out Troops!'. At least they'll be checked out in case we need to go on holiday by Landing Craft.
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