Papa Tango Whiskey
Airman 1st Class
US Navy. '75 to '92. GMG1
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My boot camp company commander was a GMGC. We used to call him "Gunny". Somehow it didn't seem to please him; can't understand why. In fact, it seemed to downright piss him off! "I ain't no damn Jarhead!" We ran a lot of laps, did a lot of pushups, laughing all the way. Chief Narvesen could make difficult things fun. He never went away mad, and never let us do it either.US Navy. '75 to '92. GMG1
Gunny is marine short for a gunnery sergeant. Guns or Gunner is short for a gunners mate that's why you pissed him off.My boot camp company commander was a GMGC. We used to call him "Gunny". Somehow it didn't seem to please him; can't understand why. In fact, it seemed to downright piss him off! "I ain't no damn Jarhead!" We ran a lot of laps, did a lot of pushups, laughing all the way. Chief Narvesen could make difficult things fun. He never went away mad, and never let us do it either.
Cheers,
Wes
Yes, as he pounded into our heads as we marched endlessly back and forth across the grinder to his own invented cadence based on the USMC "This is my rifle, this is my gun", but repeating the corrective lesson you just stated in his own distinctive language.Gunny is marine short for a gunnery sergeant. Guns or Gunner is short for a gunners mate that's why you pissed him off.
Ahoy, shipmate! Looks like your timing was poor. You were one of those 6 year instant E4 nuke sub guys, right? Promotions must have slowed way down post-VN. When I went in, early '70, people were making rate real fast. 2 1/2 years, SR to TD2. Could have made 1st Class for a one year extension, but I was hot to put my brand new Commercial Pilot License to work. Turned out to be a mixed blessing in the long run; sometimes I think I should have stayed in. One of the TDs I worked with stayed in, retired as a Senior Chief, and earned a college degree and Airline Transport Pilot License along the way. He got hired by USAir while I was still flying for a back country commuter airline. He retired from American, set for life, and my airline went bankrupt, taking our 401Ks with it.US Navy, 1975 to 1981, ETN2(SS). Spent 3 1/2 years on a fast attack based out of San Diego.
Ditto. As soon as I got to Avionics A School, I got hit with the "sign for 6, and be an instant petty officer" push, but all of the six year wonders were becoming ATs, AQs, and AXs, and I had flight simulators on the brain, so I hung out for TD, and scored high enough to get my wish.In hindsight though I have absolutely no complaints about going in. I met friends that I'm still close to, and received very specialized training and skills that allowed me to have a good career after the Navy, that I am now retired from.
To you too, brother!Fair winds and following seas.....
Navy, Air Force and Marine is it here? Ex and still in service....8)
Looking back, We actually landed March 21st. That makes the math and timeline right.
I did a rescue into downtown Bacuba one time. Fortunatly a few minutes out we got the call that they had allready been rescued. I was not looking foward into flying into the town square full of insurgents.
I was medevaced out of Baqubah in 2004, yep the town was full of insurgents! Maybe it was the same day, June 24?
No, different day. Big attack following an ambush, Bradleys (me and mine), Abrams, F16s, Kiowas, and a buttload of ieds and rpgs rolling around! Lost my Bradley and my gunner, great kid, and also our CO. but we dealt more than we took.I could not tell you the day anymore. It was an OH-54D that went down into the town.
No, different day. Big attack following an ambush, Bradleys (me and mine), Abrams, F16s, Kiowas, and a buttload of ieds and rpgs rolling around! Lost my Bradley and my gunner, great kid, and also our CO. but we dealt more than we took.