What question could I ask someone I believe is lying about being in the Military?

[dropzone]

Originally Posted by Capitaine Zombie

[Brain explosion]Wh-What??[/Brain explosion]. But, what's the diff??!

Captains eat good food. Swabbies eat food that is not so good.

Pardonnez-moi. I know the French have been known to feed their enlisted men food that is not pig slop, so this may be hard to understand. I declined Uncle Sam's invitations to the party (there was a shooting war going on and Sam wasn't insistent), but my brother said that some carrier captains believed it a way to bond with the enlisted men was by the officers eating the same slop as they. Others thought their men deserved food as good as what their officers ate. Still not Michelin level, but probably better than what they ate at home.

[Balthisar]

Originally Posted by Sicks Ate

I don't care how long it's been, you're going to remember your drill instructors and specialty school instructors.

Just for the record, I don't remember any of their names. None of the drill sergeants, none of the instructors, and most of the people I'd ever reported to.

[TruCelt]

I'm always on for bashing pretenders. I especially enjoy nailing West Point pretenders to the wall, and have had to perfectly delicious opptunities to do so.

But just to be certain: He doesn't have a palsy or anything does he? Or eyes that track strangely? One would hate to find that we'd been bashing some poor guy with a brain injury from Iraq. . .

[aruvqan]

Originally Posted by dropzone

Captains eat good food. Swabbies eat food that is not so good.

Pardonnez-moi. I know the French have been known to feed their enlisted men food that is not pig slop, so this may be hard to understand. I declined Uncle Sam's invitations to the party (there was a shooting war going on and Sam wasn't insistent), but my brother said that some carrier captains believed it a way to bond with the enlisted men was by the officers eating the same slop as they. Others thought their men deserved food as good as what their officers ate. Still not Michelin level, but probably better than what they ate at home.

LOL you can actually find the US navy recipe cards online ... some of them are amazingly horrific [I am specifically looking at Beef Roulades]

Subs are supposedly the best food in the Navy [as compensation to being stuck incommunicado for months at a time, or so hubby tells me] and the captains can be widely different. Wingnut Murphy refused to let the cooks modify recipes to make them more palatable, while Bremmerton let the cooks change up the spicing or prep methods to suit the crew. Bremmerton did actually do the banhammer on making of beef 'rolaids' [the roulades were battered and deep fried ] [warning PDF and scary recipe]

[shiftless]

Originally Posted by RadicalPi

I don't get this at all. Could you explain?

Chesty Puller is the most decorated, bad-assed marine of all time, or so I hear. It has also been explained to me that EVERY Marine knows who Chesty Puller is. Those of us who have never served have probably never heard of him as he wasn't a famous general on the scale of MacArthur or Patton.

So, if you want to identify all the marines in a room, just mention loudly that you could kick Chesty Puller's ass.

[Sicks Ate]

Originally Posted by dropzone

Captains eat good food. Swabbies eat food that is not so good.

Pardonnez-moi. I know the French have been known to feed their enlisted men food that is not pig slop, so this may be hard to understand. I declined Uncle Sam's invitations to the party (there was a shooting war going on and Sam wasn't insistent), but my brother said that some carrier captains believed it a way to bond with the enlisted men was by the officers eating the same slop as they. Others thought their men deserved food as good as what their officers ate. Still not Michelin level, but probably better than what they ate at home.

The food that is served while a ship is underway is far from 'slop'. I recall having lobster aboard a Navy amphib ship.

[kopek]

Originally Posted by T. Slothrop

But Fort Bragg was a basic training post. Been there, done that in 1969.

But you are right, the guy is lying.

Ask him to name one famous murder and at least three hookers from Foxfire Drive.

(Military dependent not long after you)

[guestchaz]

Originally Posted by T. Slothrop

But Fort Bragg was a basic training post. Been there, done that in 1969.

But you are right, the guy is lying.

Respect for ya then, I did not know that. Probably if I had been stationed there instead of Stewart (which used to have an artillery school) I would have known that

[Zsofia]

Originally Posted by Sicks Ate

The food that is served while a ship is underway is far from 'slop'. I recall having lobster aboard a Navy amphib ship.

Depends on when you served - my dad was in Korea and the food was nasty, my ex's dad had gotten out much more recently and wouldn't even eat lobster anymore because he got sick of it.

[Daylate]

"This is my rifle'
This is my gun.
This is for work,
This is for fun."

Even in the Corps of Engineers back in 1953 I had that one memorized.

Three guesses what the "gun" was.

[dropzone]

Originally Posted by Sicks Ate

The food that is served while a ship is underway is far from 'slop'. I recall having lobster aboard a Navy amphib ship.

Wouldn't be surprised if your captain got his way. All I know, following several years in the 70s of earnestly NOT learning more*, is what my brother said.


* - Y'know, that shooting war and all. Bro actually was 4F because of some preparations involving amphetamines, but enlisted out of guilt--after the shooting stopped.

[dropzone]

Originally Posted by Daylate

Three guesses what the "gun" was.

A shovel? No, a shovel? Really, was it a shovel?

[BMalion]

Originally Posted by dropzone

A shovel? No, a shovel? Really, was it a shovel?

The Uvula?

[mlees]

Originally Posted by RadicalPi

I don't get this at all. Could you explain?

"Chesty" Puller was a Marine Colonel in WW2. Wiki says he was the most decorated (medals) Marine in US history.

He has an iconic status amongst the Corps, sort of a "John Wayne of Marines".

[Cat Fight]

Originally Posted by TruCelt

That bugs the crap out of me as well. "weapon" is extremely vague, and in no way preferable to "gun" as a descriptor of the object in question. "Weapon" could mean anything from an intercontinental ballistic missile to an aluminum baseball bat.

Yeah, but weapons are for training, guns are for fun.

It sounds like the OP is trying to be somewhat delicate in his or her queries. I suggested testing the guy with one the suggestions above, but framing it differently. 'Hey I'm doing the crossword – marine Chesty [blank]. Can you help me out?' 'My friend's thinking of signing up. Can you tell me more about your training and who he can get in touch with?'

[Sicks Ate]

Originally Posted by mlees

"Chesty" Puller was a Marine Colonel in WW2. Wiki says he was the most decorated (medals) Marine in US history.

He has an iconic status amongst the Corps, sort of a "John Wayne of Marines".

If you have mad Google-fu, you might be able to find a video of John Wayne talking about Chesty Puller.

[Algher]

I always ask when I think that I am being lied to, "What was your MOS?" I might follow that with a joke of "I hope your DD 214 is better than mine!" - (I had issues with authority figures). These two work with all branches.

For Marines - Chesty Puller is the ONLY answer.

[mlees]

Originally Posted by Sicks Ate

If you have mad Google-fu, you might be able to find a video of John Wayne talking about Chesty Puller.

Nope, "the force" is weak with me. All I found was this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065541/

[Capitaine Zombie]

Originally Posted by mlees

"Chesty" Puller was a Marine Colonel in WW2. Wiki says he was the most decorated (medals) Marine in US history.
He has an iconic status amongst the Corps, sort of a "John Wayne of Marines".

You mean he was a big fake?

[mlees]

Originally Posted by Capitaine Zombie

You mean he was a big fake?

I mean the iconic status.