View Full Version : What's The Worst/Dumbest Thing You Got Your A-- Chewed For???
SgtBoyed
03-09-10, 07:14 PM
I honestly didn't get chewed out very often. I think the worst thing was probably getting chewed out for wearing my cell phone on my MCMAP belt under my blouse, lol. I know...completely stupid. All I could say was..."Roger that Gunny" with a dumbfounded look on my face.
When I was a young Cpl the average grunt had two ribbons ... a SSDR and a Good Conduct. I got reemed by Sgt Maj Kellog for having them on upside down ie the SSDR was inboard. He nailed 2 or 3 of us at a parade practice. It was quite the ass chewing too.
SgtBoyed
03-09-10, 07:28 PM
Upside down? Lol...did you put your ribbons on while you were wearing your uniform or something?? I can imagine a SgtMaj chewing ass. I heard sometimes stories from Marines in Okie about a time when they had Japanese nationals visiting the island. All the Marines were given word to be on their best behavior. As always, some sh*tbird didn't follow instructions...got drunk...hit and killed an Okinawan. Subsequently, there was was an all hands formation called for the Battalion by the Base General. The General, apparently, made Lt.Col stand at attention while he chewed his ass in front of his entire battalion!!!! We all know sh*t rolls down hill...so you can guess what happened after the General left. I would have loved to see that Lt.Col get his ass chewed...would NOT have wanted to be apart of the games that battalion played afterward, lol.
Sgt Major Kellog actually liked Corporals and when we would get a break he would walk around and talk to Marines. He only wore one ribbon. Not too hard to do with only two ribbons to get them reversed from lack of attention to detail. The worst part of the whole ass chewing was when he asked who my Sgt was .... gulp uhhh umm ahh ohh.
Garyius
03-09-10, 07:57 PM
We were at a Cobra Gold in Thailand and on the afternoon/evening shift. It was a small crew because it was during the training portion. Me, another lance who was on his second year overseas, some...
SgtBoyed
03-09-10, 08:21 PM
Lol, sometimes Boot Loots are worse than Privates...smh.
When i was first got to wounded warrior at balboa, i was being checked in with the assistance of a LCpl who had severe nerve damage to his right arm from 2 seperate grenade blasts, he was getting out that week and he wore a sleeve on his arm, encouraging blood flow or something.
I was in my neck brace and my right arm was dangling limply by my side, i was unable to move it above the elbow as it was still healing from the nerve damage i sustained in the wreck.
We walked by an ensign, and both gave him the greeting, but neither of us saluted, do to our injuries, this caused him to poop his pampers.
We got an ass chewing for a few moments, till the LCpl showing me around, stopped him and lost his mind on him. It was fun to witness an e-3 lock on an 0-1.
SgtBoyed
03-09-10, 08:34 PM
Lmao...the Navy just love to try and fu*k with Marines, especially on ship. The Navy Chiefs are especially bad. They do all types of silly stuff like try to purposely cut through our formations or whatever.
Speaking of salutes ....
I got roped into drawing someone elses rifles from the armory. I think it was the platoon Sgt and the guide. Anyway I'm shuffling from the armory carrying 3 rifles and 3 bayonets and encountered my company commander. I gave him the most pathetic 3 bayonet in hand rifles on each shoulder rifle salute you have ever seen in your life. It was like 0430 in the morning. This captain lost his freakin mind. Then I made the mistake of looking at my watch while he was chewing me out. Holy cow you'd thought I had shot the pope or something. I'm suprised the guy didn't have a stroke.
SgtBoyed
03-09-10, 08:42 PM
Lmao @ looking at watch
In boot camp i got ripped for drawing sharp teeth on the H of my vampire Honcho paper cover while working the chow hall. The drill Instructer made me eat the cover. funny thing was that paper hat was the best meal I had in a while
SgtBoyed
03-09-10, 10:32 PM
You must've went to boot a little bit before I did because half way through my cycle they switched over to civilians in the chow hall. Maybe that was a good thing, lol.
Izzame2
03-10-10, 03:17 AM
I recall a couple of times I got chewed out for what I thought were ridiculous things.The first time was when I was in boot camp and I was making my way back to the barracks after going to the dentist to have a tooth filled.I had a mouth full of Novocaine and happened to run into a Lieutenant and I saluted him and said good morning thir! He went ballistic on me and said "thir? thir? want the f**k is that? Are you a spaz? Is that how you speak to an officer?" I obviously couldn't speak and I had a hell of a time trying to explain to him that I had just come from the dentist and had a mouth full of Novocaine.
The second time occurred when I was stationed on Camp Hansen in Okinawa.I was on fire watch and a number of guys burned incense to keep the mosquitoes away during the night,which is pretty common.The O.D. on this particular night happened to be my platoon officer and he came into the barracks and he wondered what that smell was and I told him it was incense.He began to chew me out for the next ten minutes or so that incense is against regulations because it's a fire hazard.He then ordered me to stand duty along with the fire watch the following night as a incense burning control N.C.O.The following day he gave me a log book that I had to fill out every hour on the incense control situation.That night I was standing watch with the fire watch and the O.D. walks into the barracks and says " Who the hell are you?" I told him I was the incense burning control N.C.O. He looked at me kind of funny and realized that my Lieutenant was just f***ing with me and he told me to hit the rack.We continued to burn incense in the barracks afterward.
commdog7
03-10-10, 05:55 AM
I was licensed HMMWV driver while in Fallujah and had to participate in the HMMWV course as the trainer/verifier. I was a Lance Coolie at the time and I was riding with my Cpl and Sgt who were the students. Well, I had this really crazy Sgt who liked to have fun, and since he was proficient at driving, I let him do his thing. We had an awesome time! The course was all dirt road; we were speeding, fish-tailing, riding the side of the berm, and even went airborne at one point.... we really pushed the HMMWV to its limits. Once we stopped, I got the worst ass-chewing of my life. Me and my Sgt got pulled out of the vehicle by some very p!ssed off NCO's who were riding in a vehicle behind us. I got it worse since I was the licensed driver, but my Sgt stepped in and tried to take the blame since he was the driver. They almost kicked us both out of the course... thank God they let us stay, I would've come back to a very angry MSgt.
It was the most fun I had in Iraq.
Jlynch31
03-10-10, 07:28 AM
SO, my friend graduates from PI, of course myself and a bunch of friends want to see this so we drive down from Mass. One 700 dollar ticket and about a dozen hours later we are in the land that god forgot. Being an infantry reservist and not use to wearing charlies, I pin on the seven or so ribbons from deployment double and triple check the guild book for Marines and thrown on my tie....yes my tie in charlies. just before the Iwo statue I get the "Hey Marine!" from a pair of Corporals ( I was a lance at the time). They both had two ribbons and one of them is running up one side of me down the other. He then throws out the line "Did you just get out of boot camp yesterday?!" The Corporal next to him stops him, and literally points to my ribbons, naming them off. After naming them and effectively shutting the other Corporal up as well as making me smile, he chuckles a little takes my tie off and tells to me have a good day with my family.
Kegler300
03-10-10, 07:44 AM
When I was the Admin Chief at HqCo, 7thMar, one payday the CO told me to go pick up the checks for pay call, because the 1stSgt hadn't shown up yet, and the CO was unable to get ahold of him by phone. So, I did as I was ordered to do, only to be encountered by the 1stSgt on the 1/7 grinder who chewed my azz for picking up the checks, telling me that no one but he will pick up checks. Of course, I told him the CO ordered me to, but in a typical 1stSgt response, he said he didn't give a schit what the CO said, and that he was next on his list to get his azz chewed.
stretchusa
03-10-10, 07:50 AM
Whe I was in Iceland we went to Germany to do some training at an Army base. We were practicing clearing rooms and CQB stuff, well I was a SAW gunner my acting team leadergives me his rifle so that I can get in on the training telling me "I got your SAW, don't worry". Well 15 minutes into room clearing I hear my 1st Sgt screaming "whose SAW is this?" I stick my head out the door, and sure enough it is LCpl Baumann's SAW. I speak up and my team leader speaks up, as soon as we got back to the squad bay's The 1st Sgt takes us on a little PT session with my SAW. To his credit he did everything my friend and I did. When we got back my buddy the team leader looks at me and go's "my bad".
AKA HITMAN
03-10-10, 08:10 AM
I as at Mateo '77 to '78 and was driving the gamma goat for Recon. We were at Buffalo Springs and I got called to go back and show my wall locker for IG inspections. My Gunny was the meanest SOB I'd ever seen, big,black and blocked out the sun. The Col. inspecting asks me to open said wall locker, gives it the hmmmm, yes, hmmmm. Looks at me, all filthy dirty from being in the field, looks at Gunny and asks "why isn't this Marine squared away?" Gunny said "he knew about this", I replied "Gunny you sent me to the field" To which he replied..."your a MFing liar Private".
The Colonel takes another look at my gear and tells his assistant 'give this Marine a noteworthy' on the wall locker and told the Gunny to see about promoting me to PFC asap. Got my stripe the next week.
GSEMarine94
03-10-10, 08:17 AM
Me and another CPL were towing old gear down to DRMO on Geiger with a shop tug (had a Ford 302 with no govenor). Well there was a dirt road that went beside base housing that cut straight over to Geiger, so on the way back we decide to see what the old tug had in her. By the time we got back to New River we notice a white Jeep sitting at the intersection. When we get there a Maj gets out and begins chewing our azzes for driving like idiots, then rips our patches off our flight suit (has our name, rank and squadron). When we get back to the shop our NCOIC tells us to get into our Alphas and follow him and the OIC to the AMO's office. We got chewed out by 2 Maj's, the SGTMAJ, our Gunny and 1LT for over an hour.
MontezumaCpl
03-10-10, 01:41 PM
When we get back to the shop our NCOIC tells us to get into our Alphas and follow him and the OIC to the AMO's office. We got chewed out by 2 Maj's, the SGTMAJ, our Gunny and 1LT for over an hour.
:evilgrin: Ouch, thats a long ass chewing! Damn Funny Stuff!
Semper Fi!
Wheels123
03-10-10, 01:57 PM
I walked into work one day just in time to be called into the Gunny's office. I then got myself a good a$$chewing for being drunk and disorderly and giving the DNCO $hit after he tried to get "me" to stay in my room and hit the rack. Only problem is, I was married at the time and didn't live in the barracks, and there was another Cpl in one of the squadrons with the same last name as me who was the offender. Got a nice apology from my Gunny for jumping the gun on that one. It was pretty damn funny though
I got my ass chewed up one side and down the other for saying "Hi" to a Colonel in the hallway at HQMC. Told my OIC about it -- he said don't worry, the guys a dick anyway.
Almost forgot about this one. I used to drink Captain Morgan and Coke, and the pilots in my squadron would give me crap about going out to drink with the "Captain" tonight.
Well, there was one little sawed-off f*&ckhead F-4 Captain who didn't know about or get the joke and had me locked up tight while he chewed me out because I was fraternizing with an officer, blah, blah, blah. The whole time, I was trying not to laugh.
SgtBoyed
03-10-10, 05:20 PM
I can just imagine you saying, "Hi Sir." lmao...I guess that one deserved an a-- chewing.
rktect3j
03-10-10, 05:30 PM
I was put on international legal hold once.
That sure was fun.;)
The very last night on Okinawa. We were stationed on Camp Schwab. Did our year long tour. Was going home. Short timers on the rock. So instead of staying on Schwab we asked if we could be cut loose one night early and stay at Kadena Air base. A friend who was nototrious for getting into trouble, and who was not done with his tour and going home,and who was also already in trouble as in had been to the brig, busted for doing dumb schiat usually involving alcohol, decided to see us off that evening even though he was technically not allowed off Schwab. Well, we all got drunk that night. In the morning the airbase rooms were trashed, signs of fighting outside the rooms, vending machines broken and a blood trail leading back to our rooms. Well, to make a long story short, the Marine who should not have been there had gotten drunk, gotten into a fight with one of us, gotten hungry, smashed a Navy vending machine with his fist on the Air Force base in another country, then took off back to Schwab cuz he realized how much schiat he'd get into if caught again leaving US in the lurch. Well, we wake up to MP's questioning us. Only once back at Schwab did we finally realize what happened. Instead of dropping the manhole sized dime on our friend, we ended up in Okinawa for another week while our lawyers hashed out the deal to pay for the vending machine and all other damage. Then we could go home. Of course we were escorted all the way to the airplane this time.
I don't really remember the asss chewing though but remember how long a week can last.
Fun times.
Rocky C
03-10-10, 05:41 PM
Chewing Gum in formation.
I had a good excuse I thought because my left ear was blocked.
After removing it and placing it on my nose and receiving an azz chewing in that ear from my Platoon Sgt. for 15 minutes, my ear was good to go :)
Semper Fi,
Rocky
Cleared that ear right up, huh?
Rocky C
03-10-10, 05:51 PM
Cleared that ear right up, huh?
HAHAHAHA!!!
It started off as a faint yelling and by the time it was over I was good to go and he had a new Knickname.
Sgt. Q-Tip :banana:
Payback was a MF :D
ggyoung
03-10-10, 05:55 PM
Would you beleve 135 MPH in a 35 MPH zone in Hawthron, Nv.
Rocky C
03-10-10, 05:56 PM
Would you beleve 135 MPH in a 35 MPH zone in Hawthron, Nv.
Yes I would :thumbup::D
I once shrugged at a Staff Sergeant, nothing malicious and he had been ****ing around with me in my room and as i followed him out he said something to the tune of "go **** yourself" in what to those who had been in the room with him could tell was a joking tone.
As he turned away i shrugged and said ok, and next thing i know some random ass Cpl is all up in my butt. Of course i didnt bother to explain, nor could i have got a word in, and ended up picking up cigarette butts an hour before formation for the next week.
polizei
03-10-10, 07:34 PM
Cpl's are the devil!
Wheels123
03-11-10, 02:03 AM
most CPLs are dbags
Don't be a $hitbag and they don't have to be.
Th3 Maelstr0m
03-11-10, 06:30 AM
I think my most epic debacle was involving my woefully inadequate platoon sergeant during my 2nd deployment in Iraq. it all started with him running around yelling, waking me up. I had just got off post an hour prior & had no clue what was going on. next thing i know, i spend 6 hours raking about one square foot of rocks. i didnt find out until the next day what happened:
We lived in a FOB, & our SSgt saw a few guys leave their rooms & go to the bathroom (which was right next door) without their rifles. so he went into their rooms, disassembled their weapons, & hid the parts, then made them search for them. his logic was we should have weapons on us at all times, which is understandable. however, most (& one squad leader imparticular) failed to see what sense it made to break down someone's weapons and hide the parts, & then it made even less sense when he himself did not carry a weapon anywhere. so apparently this squad leader decided to go into the SSgt's room while he was off dilly-dallying & break down his weapons, then hide the parts. of course, this did not go over well & a$$ chewings ensued (particularly for the squad leader). this went on until the SSgt threatened the squad leader, to which he replied "SSgt, you are the worst platoon sergeant i have ever served under. if you want to fire me, go ahead, but im the best damn squad leader in this company. but if you wanna threaten me, drop your blouse, & ill beat your a$$ up and down this FOB."
needless to say, it was quite the debacle. i personally have rarely been chewed out, but this was one of the more memorable ones i was a part of.
GSEMarine94
03-11-10, 08:14 AM
Remembered another incident I was involved in. My wife had just gotten all 4 wisdom teeth pulled. Well she is of Irish ancestry so she of course had bruises all over her face from the surgery. That Sat we are in the commisary on Lejuene and along comes my OIC. That following Monday Morning I am ordered to his office where he begins chewing my ass for being a wife beater and he plans on sending me to the brig. The ass chewing gets bad enough that he gets up and pulls my chevrons off and throws them on the floor. My wife ended up coming in and showing him where she had her teeth pulled before he would believe me.
polizei
03-11-10, 09:00 AM
Wow, I probably wouldn't have been able to keep my cool...probably would have told him to STFU and let me explain the situation...and we all know that wouldn't be good either. But he completely disrespected you, that's garbage.
Seems like all of us have had the experience of someone jumping to conclusions and handing out an ass chewing just to show how big "it" is.
GSEMarine94
03-11-10, 09:16 AM
Wow, I probably wouldn't have been able to keep my cool...probably would have told him to STFU and let me explain the situation...and we all know that wouldn't be good either. But he completely disrespected you, that's garbage.
The part that really ****ed me off and made me lose all respect for the man was he didn't man up and apologize.
lastcigar
03-11-10, 10:37 AM
I was at MCRD and we were policing the living area. We were getting ready to water the grass (those of you who went to San Diego know what that means) so I went to get a bucket of water. Double time of coarse. Filled the bucket and started double timing back and of coarse as I did our series commander (a Captain as I recall)walked thought the area. Running with a full bucket of water didn't worry me however, I just slowed down and gave what I figured was my snappest salute. He must of figured so also because he stopped me and had me take him to my DI. He then had me repeat my performance, which my DI was suitably impressed with also. He had me repeat it for other DIs after the Catain left. I figured I'm going to get some real aknowledge of my military asututness. Maybe even get out of boot camp as a PFC. Afer about an hour of holding the bucket of water straight out from my body while at attention and God knows how many squat thrusts he explained you never salute with your left hand no matter what you are carring in your right one. Oh, well--at the time it seemed to make sense to me but go figure.
GSEMarine94
03-11-10, 10:45 AM
I was at MCRD and we were policing the living area. We were getting ready to water the grass (those of you who went to San Diego know what that means) so I went to get a bucket of water. Double time of coarse. Filled the bucket and started double timing back and of coarse as I did our series commander (a Captain as I recall)walked thought the area. Running with a full bucket of water didn't worry me however, I just slowed down and gave what I figured was my snappest salute. He must of figured so also because he stopped me and had me take him to my DI. He then had me repeat my performance, which my DI was suitably impressed with also. He had me repeat it for other DIs after the Catain left. I figured I'm going to get some real aknowledge of my military asututness. Maybe even get out of boot camp as a PFC. Afer about an hour of holding the bucket of water straight out from my body while at attention and God knows how many squat thrusts he explained you never salute with your left hand no matter what you are carring in your right one. Oh, well--at the time it seemed to make sense to me but go figure.
LMFAO :D
I was at SOI in the broked**k platoon a few weeks after arriving there and a Marine comes through and lets me know that another Marine, LCpl Whoever was looking for me because he needed me to fill out some paperwork. No problem. I go up to the front desk in the barracks to find him. "Hey, Whoever, I hear you were looking for me, what's up?" He turns around and says "I believe I'm a Lance Corporal". I'm kinda confused by his statement so I respond "...ummm...correct, I believe you are". I'm still kinda mentally scratching my head from what seemed like an extremely unusual and random statement. About this time, he and four other Marines come unglued on me and proceed to rip me up one side and down another about not showing respect and thinking I was above the rules.
Apparently at SOI, we were to refer to LCpls by rank. Kinda wish somebody would've let me know about that.
AKA HITMAN
03-11-10, 01:21 PM
When I got orders for the Stumps, I threw a party and forgot to show for a week. Naturally when I did show up, I had this little Philipino 1st Lt. lite me up and before I even got my ass out the door, he had this hillbilly S/Sgt. take me to the barracks at the Tanks grinder. Keep in mind
I did not even get billeted yet and was a little on the drunk side.
Well the S/Sgt told to strip to my skivvies and get a cold shower surprise. At the time I was dating this older woman who got very emotional in the sack and when she busted a organism, she'd dig into my back like I was a scratching post, sometimes drawing blood. Ol' boy took a look at that and said "what bobcat lit into you?", called the Lt. from the Motor Pool who proceeded to lite my ass up for having open sores on my back and acting like I was carrying the creeping crud. S/Sgt informed him I recieved those in the course of duty (wink,wink). so naturally I got the business from the Lt. and when all was said and done, I got 1 week taken off my leave. And believe me, I got watched like a hawk.
Being a hard charger and having my laundry squared away I had all everything marked. At the time we had a 2 inch stencil on the back of our t-shirt with our name on it. Mine said Quinn ... them...
cantonmark
03-11-10, 05:44 PM
Checked in to a new duty station as a young PFC. Went to admin, got my paperwork done. A Corporal told me to go to the Sgt. Major's office and have a seat and wait. When he walked in I was still sitting. First words out of his mouth, Are your legs broke? No Sgt Major, Then get your a$$ on your feet. A$$ chewing commenced. Dang how dumb. About a week later saw him at the e-club and got to buy him a beer. Only took me one time to learn my lesson.
SgtBoyed
03-11-10, 05:45 PM
Lol...Priceless
I like these "ass chewings," from your other thread. :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGn2FL4UJtg
msboy249
03-12-10, 12:13 PM
I haven't really been on the recieving end of a lot of a$$ chewings, but the dumbest one happend my first day in the fleet. I was getting hit pretty hard with a lot of info from my fireteam leader, who was a Cpl, about our upcoming deployment to the sand box in less than 2 months. Well this other Cpl thought it would be funny for me to tell my team leader to f*** off. My response was always, "no Cpl, I can't do that", so he kept on. After about 45 min of this carrying on, the other Cpl said he wouldn't let my team leader chew my a$$. Well I got to thinking that this wouldn't be such a bad idea, like an idiot. Finally, I broke down and told my team leader to f*** off, thinking that the other Cpl would step in and take up for me. Holy sh*t was I wrong! Both Cpl's took me outside and killed me for about 30 min. Then I had to go report in to my Sgt, and tell him what I did. My first night in the platoon was pretty long to say the least.
390 Mach I
03-12-10, 12:44 PM
I was still a LCpl but I was on duty at our barracks on Lejeune. I had stood my watch and it was my time to rack out. So, I am in my room, shades closed on my rack with my boots on, feet hanging off...
While in Quantico, I had just picked up Sergeant and I guess I wanted to show everyone what a badass WM I was. I then got assigned as Deck NCO so on the first Friday morning for inspection, there was one room with 2 LCpls in it that was completely trashed -- absolute pigsty so I got a small chewing from the 1stSgt for that.
Well, one of the LCpls was a well-known sh!tb!rd, so I, eh hem, "assumed" it was him and proceeded to rip him a new orafice. Well....turns out it was the other Marine who decided he wasn't going to be ready for inspection.
My Gunny (an 03 in a B billet) lliterally ripped me a new one! -- jumping to conclusions, assumptions, abuse of rank, disrepectful regardless of rank, you name, I got it. I felt like a total ass. I soon apologized to the young man, but it was certainly a lesson I never forgot.
Zulu 36
03-12-10, 01:08 PM
Remembered another incident I was involved in. My wife had just gotten all 4 wisdom teeth pulled. Well she is of Irish ancestry so she of course had bruises all over her face from the surgery. That Sat we are in the commisary on Lejuene and along comes my OIC. That following Monday Morning I am ordered to his office where he begins chewing my ass for being a wife beater and he plans on sending me to the brig. The ass chewing gets bad enough that he gets up and pulls my chevrons off and throws them on the floor. My wife ended up coming in and showing him where she had her teeth pulled before he would believe me.
Obviously he didn't know Irish women either. If you had smacked her, you would have had matching bruises (and maybe more besides).
This reminds me of one when I was at SOI. The guard platoon was across deck from us at the time. Basically these were young Marines who got to SOI before pick up or something along those lines and...
I had surgery to repair the bad scarring on my tracheotomy sight (the scar tissue had grown attached to my adams apple and made it near impossible to swallow.)
Well i got it on a monday, and was back at base later that day, but my convalescent leave had not been approved for wahtever ****ing reason. My section leader says go sleep, stay in civvies, we'll get it figured out. I go, close my blinds, and rack the **** out.
I couldnt have been asleep for more then five minutes when my window and door start getting pounded on. I open it to see my platoon sgt and another section leader out there. They demand to know why im in civies and sleeping. I explain to them my situation, point out the 15 stitches poking out of my neck, using hand signs and what raspy voice i could muster.
They dont give a ****, my convo leave was not approved yet, so i need to be in cammies and get the **** down to the formation being held in 10 minutes.
Well, i go down to this formation, and start feeling like im passing out, so i fall to the back of formation in the middle of the first sgts libbo brief. This is not taken well by anyone higher ranking then me. First Sgt calls me out, because he sees me stumble to the back, assuming i am drunk or something. SO he tears me a new ******* in front of everyone.
He apologized to me after the fact, but at the time i was ready to murder a mofo.
Marine84
03-12-10, 06:20 PM
The barracks in Millington was right beside the Squid Pen. First thing we were told was we had better not get caught on the other side of the sidewalk. What's the first thing a child does when you tell him NOT to do something?
Needless to say, me and a couple other WM's were not only on the other side of the sidewalk but one of us was 1/2 way through the window on the first floor. One of the firewatch's had gone inside and snitched on us. Next thing I know I hear our Deck NCO "GREEN! You know you're not supposed to be over there! Ya'll better get your a$$e$ in the barracks N O W!!!!!"
She made us sweat it out too. She didn't tell us for days what our punishment was going to be. Finally one Saturday morning she handed us razor blades and made us scrape wax along the floor in the barracks, strip it, wax it again and make it shine so good you could see your reflection in it. SHE thought it was punishment, WE thought we got off pretty damned easy. I almost asked "is that all?" but I knew enough to keep my pie hole shut.
HawkerOneNiner
03-13-10, 04:52 PM
Getting chewed up by the CO Gunny for carrying around my SRB when the IPAC outbound Marines told me it was alright until I completed my PCS worksheet. I think that gunny is honestly stupid...
Integrity57
03-13-10, 06:18 PM
[quote=Marine84;616668]The barracks in Millington was right beside the Squid Pen. First thing we were told was we had better not get caught on the other side of the sidewalk. What's the first thing a child does when you tell him NOT to do something?
Needless to say, me and a couple other WM's were not only on the other side of the sidewalk but one of us was 1/2 way through the window on the first floor. quote]
Just couldn't resist a man in dungarees could ya? lol ;)
ABrevik
03-16-10, 04:54 AM
Two of my Marines and myself were chewed and had a written counseling done for being 10 minutes early to a formation vice 15. I took the blame, naturally, since I was in charge of my shop (LCpl at...
kenrobg30
03-17-10, 11:59 AM
I was working as Col. Martins radioman. We were watching Easy Co., taking another damned ridge. There was one of our tanks, sitting there, as back-up for the troops. Every now and then , they'd swing their turret, and take out a hard site. The Col, and his staff, sat on the ground on the sheltered side of the tank. I was standing out in the open, Giving them a blow by blow account of our peoples progress. I wasn't paying any attention to anything else, until the Col. called out to me, telling me to, "Get the hell behind the tank!" I looked around me, and saw dirt and rocks flying, and I heard that angry bee-buzzing that ricochets make. Somebody up on that ridge, didn't like me! I stepped behind the tank, out of the line of fire, and the the Col. said, " Ken, if you want to get shot, go ahead, but leave the radio here. You never know when I might need it." Now that was embarrassing!! :evilgrin: S/F!!! Ken
Reddog48
03-17-10, 01:55 PM
I found a WWII hand grenade, with missing fuse, in the jungle on Okinawa and brought it back to the barracks. I eventually turned it in to EOD, a Gunny, who ripped me good. Then the battery gunny had his turn with me too. The conversation started like this "Simpson, what are you doing with a bomb in your wall locker?"
AKA HITMAN
03-18-10, 05:16 PM
When I was at San Mateo (70's) my buddy Scott Stone who we called Scorch and I got into a fix pertaining to something about a lawful order. We got called into the CO's for NJP proceedings, Captain Kunkle (who we lovingly called Uncle Kunkle...great CO) started to read us the riot act with the Sgt. we disobeyed, well good old Scorch pull out his Zippo and flips the top open and says 'beam me up Scotty, we're in a world of ****'..for about 10 seconds it was dead quiet, then we were excused. Our Plt. Sgt. got ahold of us outside and just turned as red as a beet, veins popping the whole 9 yards. Then he just started laughing so hard he about fell down. We both got 30 days base restriction, it was ok tho..the E club was right next door....
Reddog48
03-18-10, 08:52 PM
No. Its Bartman, avenger of evil.
micarr57
03-18-10, 09:35 PM
when i was a boot got to replace a short timer on guard duty before he got in trouble didnt help me much after a 4 hour walking post 2359 to 0400 about 0500 they had a reactionary drill they woke me up once not quite successfully then the corporal of the guard woke me having a reactionary drill at the club if you dont get up ill have to write you up still half asleep i told him there is a pen in my walllocker if you need one to write me up. he didnt need my pen but he did write me up disobedience of a direct order. at my office hours after braceing in front of the co getting my reaming and punishment was pronounced my co asked me about having a pen in my walllocker asked if i had said that i said i had there was a look of amusement on his face and i was dismissed to get my paperwork done for my restriction and epd after about 45 minutes withno progress on my paperwork i asked what the big deal was had important things to do to make a long story short i ended up filling out my own paperwork then had to get it approved by the first sgt then signed by the co the look on his face was priceless worked out well tho ended up working in co office for about year n half the a year for the co when he got moved to battalion round and round we go where we stop who f'n knows
I plead the 5th on this one. Mess duty in bootcamp we had to wear those stupid freakin ice cream suits and paper hats. In order to take a dump you pretty much had to take the dam thing off. This one lad was finished with his bizzness and realized he had no chit paper. He asked his neighbor in the next stall to share and was told no. He then reached down and used the sleeve of the other guys ice cream suit to wipe his ass.
We all got reamed for that one. Again I plead the 5th.