Konigstiger205
Staff Sergeant
Good one A4K
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 1993...
During some weekend time, we headed to the PX and picked up a couple bottles of Rum and some Cokes.... Gonna hit the beach, get drunk, snorkel some, and BBQ some meat...
After we get sidetracked on the way to the beach, and much Rum consumption, we show up.... A small commotion goes on as we make our way to the little cabanas on the beach.... I run into my buddy Cooksie at one of the cabanas, wasted and wobblin all over the place... His feet are bleedin all over the place from several sea urchin spines that tagged him earlier....
At one point, I asked him how the hell he's dealin with the obvious pain in his feet, he pointed to this red gallon sized Thermos bottle with the sip spout on top.... He says "Take a couple swigs.."
So I tilt it back and start chuggin.... Several good gulps... Then take a breath and hit it again.... Gulp gulp gulp....
Then, that wonderful little reality check light comes on behind my right eye at the same time that the almost PURE 151 Bacardi Rum/Coke combination hits my gullet....
I ask Cooksie, "What the hell is this???"
He grins and says "Theres alittle Coke in there, the rest is 151..."
I knew at that very moment that I was in for an interesting evening.... Unfortunately, it also happens to be the one time in my life where I actually blacked out for a period of time... That is, being semi-functional and not remembering a thing....
We did some snorkeling on the reef, and I remember eating some cookies at the Cabana....
Reality came back around 8:30 or so, and I was on the Shuttle Bus back to the pier...
With a pair of shorts on....
And nothing else....
No ID card... No flip flops... No backpack or shirt, no wallet or hat... Just me, my nipple ring and my swim trunks....
I got off the Bus, and made my way to the beer tent and got a beer off a deck ape buddy of mine... Told the short story from above, and started scheming on how to get back on the ship without my ID....
Along come these 3 fu*kin Jarhead as*holes, drunk like everyone else, running their chaw-chewing mouths about my gay nipple ring... It didnt take long before I knocked one out, had the other in a headlock while his buddy was screaming for help....
Turns out, a Senior Chief on Shore Patrol I knew from another Cruise comes up and breaks this up... He knows me by name and gets me outta a hornets nest of drunk Marines before I get my ass stomped...
I found my way back onto the ship without my ID card.... Shore Patrol Escort....
I didnt get into any trouble, but man, the hangover I had the next 2 days more than made up for it...
Once the notice came down from Division that we had to have a Drug testing officer, I jumped at the chance to make the Lt a real p*** boy.
DBII
In a very loud voice, he said, "I'd fire one".
At first the skipper wanted to put everyone on report, but the Ops Officer and others got him calmed down. I heard this was the topic of the day in the ward room, and the general mess.
I got off in Rota, Spain with a nice "Letter of Commendation" for my "tireless efforts" in repairing their crypto gear. After reporting in at NavSta Rota, I got a flight back to Newport, R.I. and a bus ride to Quonset Point.
I often wonder how much of this went on to initiate a new skipper.
Charles
have you seen the movie "the Bedford Incident"? Great movie with a similar punchline.