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Comment by Dave Gettman 10 hours ago

I guess I have lost my touch. I can't make her groan.

Comment by Harry Warner 11 hours ago

Thank you, Dave!  I thought I was losing my touch.  

Comment by Dave Gettman 11 hours ago

Oh Harry, even my wife groaned!

Comment by Harry Warner 13 hours ago

A man boarded an airplane and took his seat. As he settled in, he glanced up and saw the most beautiful woman boarding the plane. He soon realized she was heading straight towards his seat. As fate would have it, she took the seat right beside his. Eager to strike up a conversation, he blurted out, "Business trip or pleasure?"

She turned, smiled, and said, "Business. I'm going to the Annual Nymphomaniacs of America Convention in Boston."

He swallowed hard. Here was the most gorgeous woman he had ever seen sitting next to him, and she was going to a meeting of nymphomaniacs. Struggling to maintain his composure, he calmly asked, "What's your business role at this convention?"

"Lecturer," she responded. "I use information that I have learned from my personal experiences to debunk some of the popular myths about sexuality."

"Really?" he said. "And what kind of myths are there?"

"Well," she explained, "one popular myth is that African-American men are the most well-endowed of all men, when in fact it is the Native American Indian who is most likely to possess that trait. Another popular myth is that Frenchmen are the best lovers when actually it is men of Jewish descent who are the best. I have also discovered that the lover with absolutely the best stamina is the Southern Redneck." Suddenly the woman became a little uncomfortable and blushed. "I'm sorry," she said, "I shouldn't really be discussing all of this with you. I don't even know your name."

"Tonto," the man said, "Tonto Goldstein, but my friends call me Bubba...

Comment by Dave Gettman yesterday

Comment by Dave Gettman yesterday

The only uniform dad kept was the sergeant major uniform he retired in and was eventually buried in.

I had a squashed bug insignia in his shadow box, but I bought it online and have since removed it and a lot of the other stuff because it was too cluttered. Considering doing a separate box for each war he was in.

Comment by George Crump (Chief) on Friday

Hi Dave- yes the Army still has warrant officers but there is no more a Warrant Officer Corps - or if you want to call it branch, your father and I  back in the days, applied for warrant because of our experience in maint, or whatever  field that you had a high degree of experience in. Another words you did not have to go to school and/or special training to become a warrant, and now you do and it's just like OCS. Even are distinct warrant officer insignia is no more.and it didn't matter if you were a helicopter pilot or whatever we all had the same Badge. (we call it a squash bug) see attached, Dragoon for life - Chief

Comment by Harry Warner on Friday

Chief, I tell ya all those uniforms look familiar.  The “uniform” I usually wore while at Camp Gates might be considered less than regulation as evidenced on my photo page.  I had a problem complying with the dress code.  

Comment by George Crump (Chief) on Friday

Dave, neat story, it must've meant something to you because you kept it all these years. Forgot to mention their also bring him back as part of  Old/new uniform the Ike jacket and tankers jacket. Harry, what type of uniform did you wear? when I joined up in 1963 we were issued the heavy green uniform and the khaki uniform for summer. The boot/shoes I was issued were still Brown, we had to die them black. see attached picture. Dragoon for life - Chief

Comment by Dave Gettman on Thursday

Chief, when I was taking basic training at Ft. Campbell, KY in the winter of 1972 I got really sick. Requested to go on sick call but had to go see 1Sgt first. He screamed and yelled and spit on me and called me every kind of lowlife he could think of before he let me go to the doctor. He even swore I would not graduate, which meant going to Ft. Polk because this was the final basic training class at Ft. Campbell.

I ended up spending 3 or 4 days in the hospital with a high fever and hacking up my lungs. I was still pretty sick when they let me go back to the company but I toughed it out and made it through the last weeks.

During the graduation ceremony they called me out of formation and I thought, "Damn, off to Ft. Polk".

Instead I got this funky little trophy for finishing first in the class.

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