So, are you in the National Guard, have changed your mind, and are looking for an out? Try wearing a dinosaur hand puppet while taking an oath for a quick career ender.
It doesn’t say what day this happened but last Friday was Prehistoric Creatures Day.
I saw that article. Bunch of morons all around.
There are few things I have ever been solemn about. The military oath found me very quiet and introspective, though. You’re part of an incredibly powerful and destructive force, continuing to remain so is worth thinking hard about from time to time.
“Are you allowed to eat jelly donuts, Private Lamb Chop?”
“SIR, NO SIR!”
“And why not, Private Lamb Chop?”
“Sir, because my mouth is sewn shut and I lack an alimentary canal, sir!”
In case they ever draft old, fat guys, I’ll break out this guy:
*Croc-a-Gator. * My kid’s childhood buddy. Still got him around, somewhere.
There’s a better way to get out when your enlistment is coming to an end. Don’t reenlist.
She didn’t also get kicked out. She lost her full-time position with the Guard. That whole one weekend a month, two weeks a year, and whenever the Governor or President activates her still applies unless they follow on by kicking her out. She presumably signed the paperwork so it applies longer than it did when the video was filmed.
Does “defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic” include Velociraptors?
looks more like a velcroraptor
This is an excellent thread title.
The Colonel did get kicked out, though. Demoted and retired effective immediately.
Stole the idea from an old MASH ep.
Bravo!
It’s worth noting these were the most senior leaders of the unit.
The colonel, his First Sergeant, and senior NCO.
very surprising.
My dad’s last assignment was First Sergeant. I regret not asking him more about it.
Embarrassing the service with public stunts is never a good idea.
Well done.
In the whole disturbing panoply of “career limiting moves” I witnessed in my life-long military career, that is one I never saw or imagined I ever would.
In the parlance, WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT OVER
I was talking about this with a friend, and she mentioned re-enlistment ceremonies that were done while scuba diving, sky diving, and on horse back. So I guess it’s not all THAT out of the reach of the sane.
My first reaction is, “How do we end up with someone who has a job in public affairs not knowing that this would be a bad idea?” I mean, I can understand that an engine mechanic might think it’s a funny thing to do, but a Joint Public Affairs officer?
OTOH, I’ve noticed that a lot of journalists can’t write, a lot of academicians can’t seem to do honest research, a lot of Christian ministers can’t teach love and acceptance, etc., so I guess she’s got company.
Those seem to me to be odd but not necessarily disrespectful. I do wonder, however, how you recite the oath while scuba-diving.
I asked the same exact question. She said they held up cards.