Military Bearing at it's best

[HueyCobra8151]

USAF Color Guard.

Awesome bearing.

 

[Fly Navy]

If you DIDN'T look at that, you'd be teh ghey.

 

[Texan]

Gotta love my 'Girls!!!

Now the 'Boys... the past coupe of years... Not so much.

Speaking of... I'm about due for the 2006 Cowboys Cheerleaders Calendar... a winner every time.

 

[Texan]

Fly... you must be as runk as me

 

[mmx1]

Tsk tsk, look with the eyes, not the head.

 

[fc2spyguy]

All you need in a situation like this is a Marine Corps Drill Instructor, make that several Drill Instructors, at the end of this line of cheer leaders, then lets see what these airmen and sergeants are looking at.

It's still worth the up close and personal look

 

[Fezz CB]

terrible bearing. definite no-no if u smiled just like the dude at the end. but funny nonetheless.

 

[HAL Pilot]

All you need in a situation like this is a Marine Corps Drill Instructor, make that several Drill Instructors, at the end of this line of cheer leaders, then lets see what these airmen and sergeants are looking at.

The only way the DI's wouldn't be looking a these girls too is if they were gay. Sometimes it's acceptable to relax the military bearing a little....

And seeing as these guys were Air Force, they would probably just ignore the Marine DIs anyway. Coming from a prior Army enlisted background, and being an Army Drill Sergeant myself, I had a little bit of a problem with the Marine DIs at AOCS. Some of the stuff they said and threats they made were so outlandish, I occasionally found myself laughing (and doing extra push-ups). Most non-Marines with more than a year or two of service couldn't give a crap about what a Marine DI thinks is proper.

Once you are out of their grasps, the fear of DIs quickly wears off.

 

[phrogpilot73]

Most non-Marines with more than a year or two of service couldn't give a crap about what a Marine DI thinks is proper.

I would say that a good portion of Marines who have been on active duty for more than a couple of years, couldn't give a crap either.

 

[Goober]

WTF, are those guys not even wearing shirts with their dickies...I mean ascots?

 

[Jolly Roger]

WTF, over! Is that a crevat?!

 

[gregsivers]

WTF, are those guys not even wearing shirts with their dickies...I mean ascots?

How the hell did you notice that? I was too busy staring at all the hot cheerleaders. There's AF guys in the picture?

 

[Goober]

It's kind of like a car accident. It's ugly, but you look anyway.

 

[FlyingBeagle]

HAL,
I'd be interested to know why you left the Army instead of applying for a commission with them or going for a CWO spot. I'd just assume an Army drill instructor of all people would be too loyal to the green to even consider going blue. Also, everything I hear now is that it's easier to transfer to Army or Marines than it is to Navy or Air Force. Have times changed that much? I would obviously agree with your choice if for no other reason than service bias, but I'd like to hear what your reasoning was.

 

[HAL Pilot]

I was an Army brat growing up and joined the Army Reserves right out of high school. I was also in Army ROTC in college but dropped the last semester for a Navy AOCS slot. I originally had a waiver for my eye-sight to be a helo pilot, but than got a new adviser in ROTC the fall of my senior year. Before he killed himself to keep from being arrested for raping and murdering a female ROTC cadet, my adviser managed to get my helo waiver pulled and my commission changed from a Regular Army in Armor (who flew the attack helos back than) to a Reserve commission in the Medical Service Corps. Yup, you guessed it, he didn't like me. More precisely, he did not like any Cadet who had a Dad that was a senior Army officer. Besides the girl he killed, there were 6 or 7 of us that he screwed with. The LTC in charge of the ROTC was worthless and did not care.

So after he killed himself, I had already graduated and was waiting to start AOCS. The Army Inspector General completed their investigation of the ROTC unit (the LTC was relieved and retired for lack of leadership) and sent me a letter. I was offered a commission as a Regular Army officer, Armor and helo pilot school. The commission was to be effective the date I would have originally graduated with back pay. No need to finish the last semester of ROTC. Obviously I passed and opted to go Navy.

Back to the Drill Sergeant question. My reserve unit was a training unit that taught Infantry basic and advanced. As soon as I made E-5, I was sent off to Drill Sergeant school. Then in the summers, I spent 3 months at Ft. Jackson every year instead of 2 weeks for my annual training. It was my summer job to bank money the next school year. I did 3 summers at Ft. Jackson as a Drill Sergeant. I also did a 5 month stint after college while waiting to go to AOCS. It was quite fun....

I enjoyed growing up around the Army and enjoyed my time in the Army reserve. I'm glad I went Navy for my officer career. This was greatly reinforced during my time in the joint world at U.S. Southern Command. Those Army dudes need to learn to relax and get a sense of humor.