Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
I thought, “this is going to come to no good,” until you mentioned the photos.
A-ha! The photos! Proof against retribution – I must remember that.
LOL
hmm…. nowadays you’d be court-martialed for hazing.
Althought you’d probably get off on a techniality – it should be impossible to haze a senior.
Hmmmm. All this was affected without one broken nose, crushed foot or broken rib?
I guess when you go to Harvard you learn to talk your way outta trouble.
B2
Note to self: Do NOT let Lex know of any upcomin’ nuptials.
That’s some funny stuff Guy. I thought *I* was pretty good with the “jokes”….
Court-martialed indeed.
For *NOT* having a fully-thought out plan, complete with frag order, comms, bail budget, prior notification of security and back up medical support. With a PowerPoint brief of the PrankEx delivered to higher 30 days in advance.
That way the senior’s colleagues can say: “Heard you had some evasion training last weekend. Your people are showing real initiative. Good work!”
um.
Give ya $5 for one of those pictures, Lex.
*sigh*
Oh Kitten, I’m with you and I’ll raise you $10!
CPT J, too funny! I’m so glad I swallowed my drink just before I reached the punchline of your comment!
*LMAO*
Great story!
In other news please advise milbloggers
that: “San Bernardino deputy to face
charge in airman shooting”
Sometimes the system does work especially
if there is a videotape…
Kris, I think we were separated at birth.
Kitten – great minds think alike, seems to apply to us. Now if we could only just get Lex to cooperate and let us have our fun.
I am _so_ glad I was off active duty by the time I got married…
Oh Kitten, I?
Oh Kitten, I’m with you and I’ll raise you $10!
Lex, Did you leave his cover on while taking the pix? Just asking…
I had heard of the JO gang doing something similar happening in El Sweato with a DET OIC for an attack squadron just after Marine Barracks were attack in 1983. A bunch of his JO’s had heard the Det OIC screened for CMDR. They all went to the local quik-mart picked up a bunch of towels, some squirt guns, and Krylon Black. Taking a 1970′s VW bus that was assigned as the squadron’s personal transport, come running up on the OIC as he was running past the Base skipper’s home, grabbed the guy with towels around head screaming like one would. wrap up said OIC and go racing out of there like a bat out of hell. Freaked said base CO out and in turned lead to a chase through El Sweato with a VW bus and base police. That ended peacefully, but lead to a very stern lecture about rights and responsibilites and conduct while on said base. Nothing has ever been confirmed beyond stories told over many a San Miguel or Miller.
Understand the towels and squirt guns……please explain the Krylon Black.
Black spray paint and toy guns. Mixed together almost look like the real thing
Thanks Charles. I don’t know that words can adequately express my relief. After all, Lex’s story involved nudity. Then yours had spray paint………..add in my twisted overactive imagination……….
I suspect those JO’s were just jealous.