Funny military memes, B.S., and shotgun club!

I had person in boot camp say they were going to the Marine Corps band. Awful lot of shit to put up with, to join a band.

 

Dude I joined with ended up in the band and was E5 when I saw him about 18 months later.

 

Now someone tells me how to make rank....... I played saxophone in Jr/Sr High (and later in college after I ETS'd). I should have tried our for Army Band.

 

I had a guy in bootcamp (MCRD SD) who wanted to be in the band. He Wanted President's Own, but at that time he didnt qualify or didnt pass audition or something. Anyway, he had a master's degree in music. He eventually made it to President's Own, his life goal.

 

The Heroes Highway at Balad 2008.

The first thing injured troops would see upon Dustoff's arrival to the theater surgical hospital was the American flag flying above them, a symbol they made it to safety. Seeing the flag, they knew their chance of surviving was high, and if need be, they could be back in the United States in just a few days.

The flag that hung over the Heroes Highway is now on display at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center- Lackland AFB, Texas.

Coalition Casualties totaled roughly 4,800 killed and 37,000 wounded- many of those troops being stabilized and recieving emergency care at Balad.

Notably, the ratio of combat-zone deaths to those wounded has dropped from 24 percent in Vietnam to 13 percent in Iraq and Afghanistan. In other words, the numbers of those killed as a percentage of overall casualties is about 4,100 deaths lower than they would have been in 1970.

 

Thanks for posting this! I actually just arrived in San Antonio from Washington state for a short getaway and now thinking I have to swing by and see this amazing symbol.

 

I was stationed in Balad from 2009-2010. Base was huge. I never knew that it was the medical center for the theater. I'm both glad that it was so close and thankful that I never had need for it. Thanks for the history lesson.

 

This is awesome! I love Tabasco sauce

 

For that type it’s Crystal for me.


Around the house it’s Bunsters.