theonlyski 8 #1 March 8, 2011 This morning, driving on to Macdill, they scanned my card, and informed me it was expired as of today. They proceeded to turn me around and confiscated my ID card. Guess that means I'm a civilian now!"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 898 #2 March 8, 2011 I had a Chief in the Navy that used to love to mess with us..."You're fired!" all the time. I regularly offered my ID card and would state "I quit!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #3 March 8, 2011 Quote I had a Chief in the Navy that used to love to mess with us..."You're fired!" all the time. I regularly offered my ID card and would state "I quit!" They really didn't need the armed escort to turn me around... Especially since I just parked outside the gate, called my boss and had a ride in a few mins, to take me thru the gate."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #4 March 8, 2011 Ahhhh...MacDill AFB....my old stomping grounds that area. Which gate? Dale Mabry?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #5 March 8, 2011 QuoteAhhhh...MacDill AFB....my old stomping grounds that area. Which gate? Dale Mabry? Yup, those guys don't fuck around... Damn Air Force!"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #6 March 8, 2011 Quote Yup, those guys don't fuck around... Damn Air Force! But sometimes they don't have a clue. I was working as a civilian at Andrews AFB in the mid-eighties. For some reason whenever I drove onto the base on the Air Force side, where I worked on the Army GIIIs, the guys would snap to attention and salute. On the Navy side they just looked and waved. I kinda enjoyed the snap-to. jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #7 March 8, 2011 QuoteQuote Yup, those guys don't fuck around... Damn Air Force! But sometimes they don't have a clue. I was working as a civilian at Andrews AFB in the mid-eighties. For some reason whenever I drove onto the base on the Air Force side, where I worked on the Army GIIIs, the guys would snap to attention and salute. On the Navy side they just looked and waved. I kinda enjoyed the snap-to. jon I went up to Washington (state, not DC) as an army e-3, the navy guards at the post saluted me as I drove in... Was pretty weird."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #8 March 9, 2011 We're at a navy base right now... and my wife gets saluted all the time... I find it very strange... and so does my wife... they also salute the cars... which I find odd as well...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #9 March 9, 2011 Quote We're at a navy base right now... and my wife gets saluted all the time... I find it very strange... and so does my wife... they also salute the cars... which I find odd as well... Well, if they're flag officers, I think you're technically supposed to. Of course, at group... you're pretty surprised to see someone salute someone lower than a Lt Col."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #10 March 9, 2011 Quote Quote We're at a navy base right now... and my wife gets saluted all the time... I find it very strange... and so does my wife... they also salute the cars... which I find odd as well... Well, if they're flag officers, I think you're technically supposed to. Of course, at group... you're pretty surprised to see someone salute someone lower than a Lt Col. ok, let me clarify... they regularly salute my car and my wife's car... and last I checked I'm not a flag officer... far from it...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #11 March 9, 2011 Quoteok, let me clarify... they regularly salute my car and my wife's car... and last I checked I'm not a flag officer... far from it... Weird. I've seen them do it if you have an officer decal on the car (blue bar with the post name) but never without that and/or an ID that says O-something."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #12 March 9, 2011 QuoteQuoteok, let me clarify... they regularly salute my car and my wife's car... and last I checked I'm not a flag officer... far from it... Weird. I've seen them do it if you have an officer decal on the car (blue bar with the post name) but never without that and/or an ID that says O-something.Oh, we have stickers... which I don't like... but that a whole other vent... and I find it to be strange because... imho they're saluting the object (my car) not me... and as for saluting my wife... when she shows her dependent ID that's just odd... and frankly it's only happened since we've started working at a navy base... it never happened at Air Force Bases...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #13 March 9, 2011 QuoteQuoteQuoteok, let me clarify... they regularly salute my car and my wife's car... and last I checked I'm not a flag officer... far from it... Weird. I've seen them do it if you have an officer decal on the car (blue bar with the post name) but never without that and/or an ID that says O-something.Oh, we have stickers... which I don't like... but that a whole other vent... and I find it to be strange because... imho they're saluting the object (my car) not me... and as for saluting my wife... when she shows her dependent ID that's just odd... and frankly it's only happened since we've started working at a navy base... it never happened at Air Force Bases... Yup, and even then, it depends on if its a civilian gate guard, or an MP. I won't have that problem. No more 'Good morning, Sergeant' when I go thru the gate."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayneflorida 0 #14 March 9, 2011 If in doubt salute. Never heard of anybody getting in trouble saluting the wrong person stateside. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #15 March 9, 2011 One of the Tom Clancy books had a line that said something like "when in doubt, a Marine will salute a lamppost just to make sure..."--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #16 March 9, 2011 Quote Yup, those guys don't fuck around... Damn Air Force! Well, they got all those nukes, right? Which they can neither confirm nor deny. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #17 March 9, 2011 Quote One of the Tom Clancy books had a line that said something like "when in doubt, a Marine will salute a lamppost just to make sure..." A guy goes into the army with these simple rules. 1. If it moves, salute it. 2. If it doesn't move, pick it up and move it. 3. If it's too big to move, paint it. He was doing fine until he painted the general's wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
