It’s week 3 of boot camp in the South Korean Marines. Range week! Or rather, more like range half-week, followed by classroom half-week. For our sister training company it was classroom half-week followed by range half-week.

But who cares? The point is we finally got to shoot the old ass K2 rifles we’d been carrying around for the last half-month, and do what we came to do when we joined the...

Yup so; I volunteered to go with my unit one last time to Afghanistan with the condition that I leave with at least 6 months to get out (only leaving from that deployment 2-3 months early) coming back around February-March, since I was supposed to get out in October. My Commander is well beyond a stand up guy and this 1SG while his is a hardass.. and a bit of a gangster to tell you the truth, and...

Getting your ass chewed is a universal experience in the Marine Corps. Whether you are a private or a colonel, you will at some point find yourself facing down the ire of an annoyed senior Marine who very explicitly wants you to understand that they are upset.

“HEY THERE YOOHOO. YOU MUST’VE LOST YOUR ENTIREMIND! DID I JUST SEE YOU WALKING ON THE SERGEANT MAJOR’S GRASS WITH YOUR DAGGONE HANDS IN...

I served in the IDF and my second birthday in my service was towards the end of winter but still with plenty of rain. We were doing several months long exercises and drills in the Golan Heights at the time.

On my birthday my platoon was taking part in a night long drill and during a brief break found ourselves in a trench, knee deep in mud, with the rain coming down on us.

One of the guys came...

So I'm the supervisor for my whole flight since it consists of 5 SrA (E4) and the rest where A1C (E3) and Amn (E2). So I'm talking to one of my SrA whom I'm getting ready to send to Airman Leadership School. I needed to finish his EPR and we went and knocked out alot of good bullets but he needed one community service bullet. I didn't want the typical BS bullet of DD or habitat for humanity that...

Overseas, my buddies and I frequented a bar that was a good distance off post. Before that, we'd all hit one of the bars that was close to post, usually packed with service members. This is the story of how someone led us to Jesus, and that bar.

When I was in service, I typically hung out regularly with only about 3 or 4 guys. Anyone who wanted to hang out with us was welcome of course, but I had...

Cross posted from r/MilitiousComplaiance. First time poster here so I hope I didn't break any rules.

Back in the 70's things like safety rules were a little different than today. For example, when we received our first C-131's they were already ancient. We reactivated them after sitting in Arizona's boneyard for years. Almost all of them had leaky fuel tanks. I as the newest (and smallest) member...

Greetings everyone!

Once a few years back I was stationed aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, deployed out of Yokosuka Japan. At the time, I worked as a COMM's watch officer (CWO). This means that I had fully qualified in our radio shack and was the lead for the watch floor during my shift. This isn't to brag, simply to point out that this position was of a rather sedentary nature. Most of my day...

So having spent some time in the Australian Army and some time in the Royal Australian Air Force, I have over the years spent some time in foreign lands working with military people from several other countries, which is awesome. My last overseas trip was a couple of years ago working with the USAF and the Japanese Air Force in Guam and one or two of the north Mariana islands for an exercise. A...

So there i was, sitting in the office with my buddy, Kevin. We’re humble wheeled mechanic, and its just after lunch so we havent gotten to work yet. Our gen mechanic comes in and asks us “hey can you guys grab a truck and tow in this generator?” Me and Kevin are like sure!

So we grab a humvee from in the bay. It was done with services and ready go back out on line. I drive the truck out to the...