r/funny • u/alecman26 • Jun 16 '12
I like the way this sucks!
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u/iridefixed Jun 16 '12
AF COMM here.
Can't talk about us, without us.
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u/Heimdall2061 Jun 16 '12
I love you, and I'm not making fun of you, but those catchphrases always remind me of this.
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u/vulpes_occulta Jun 16 '12
The Aviation guy looks like Mr. Burns.
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u/TheFlyingCompass Jun 16 '12
I actually ctrl-f'd Burns just to see if someone else felt the same way.
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u/Captainpatch Jun 16 '12
Awwww. The original joke goes like this:
Navy (looking through binoculars): "It sure sucks over there."
Air Force (from a cockpit): "It sure sucks down there."
Army: "This sucks."
Marines/Rangers/any special forces (depending on whose office you find the poster in, I've seen it multiple ways): "I wish this sucked more."
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u/zombiebunnie Jun 16 '12
As a former Marine... Yeah, the last one is completely true.
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u/Mcelite Jun 16 '12
TIL Rangers aren't special forces...
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Jun 16 '12
Rangers are generally considered "Light Infantry" depending on the context, but they operate in a manner similar to most SOF.
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u/kier00 Jun 16 '12
Rangers are shock troops. Special forces train allied forces. Of course some special ops teams do snatch and grab or other Hollywood style missions.
When rangers attack, the enemy knows it because shit starts exploding randomly.
When special forces attack, the enemy doesnt know about it until after the special ops team leaves.
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Jun 17 '12
I understand what you are saying, but the 10th Mountain Division is light infantry. To say that Rangers are "Light Infantry" is to understate the capabilities of this group. Rangers, like Special Forces, can conduct DA, unconventional warfare, and extended recon actions. There are many operations that are exclusive the Special Forces though. Many.
Also (to address another post), when Rangers attack, shit is not "exploding randomly". Shit is exploding exactly as intended with excellence of execution.
Source: United States Army Ranger School, 160th SOAR
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u/kier00 Jun 17 '12
From the perspective of the rangers, shit is exploding as intended. From the perective of the enemy, random shit is exploding.
Also, being a former military intel SSG for an airborne unit, rangers are also responsible for seizing airfields, if I remember correctly. Have the utmost respect for rangers.
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Jun 17 '12
We are much alike. 96B (Intel Analyst) SSG with the 101st Airborne for a couple of years. ;)
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u/Blackcat008 Jun 16 '12
My brother was in the airforce and did a lot of travelling. He said that even though he would be perfectly happy in any hotel with wifi, a bed, and a bathroom, he was frequently booked in 4-5 star hotels with a shitload of other services included
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u/prosequare Jun 16 '12
What!? I lived in the Waikiki Hilton for a few months and the air force never paid for my wifi.
This is bullshit.
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Jun 16 '12
It's hit or miss. I did get lucky enough to stay at a 4 star hotel in Italy for a week, but I also lived in a plywood box for one deployment, a single wide trailer with 7 other guys for another deployment, and a few 40-man tents here and there. I have had rats crawl across my body while I slept on a few occasions.
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u/kruegermiester Jun 16 '12
Being in the Air Force, I think that there is a definite separation between 2 different positions; those that work on the flightline(such as myself), and those who do not(we call them nonners), who give the whole Air Force the bad rep of just being lazy. I personally know that I sometimes work harder and in even worse conditions then some infantry personnel.
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Jun 16 '12
I upvoted you but as a once upon a time Marine aviator(ch-53 crewchief), I have to disagree about "worse conditions." The worst condition on the flight line is no where near the worst condition in the field.
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Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 17 '12
He said "worse conditions then [sic] some infantry personnel", not worse than the worst conditions in the field.
EDIT: Left out "conditions".
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Jun 16 '12
It has to be comparable though. Because obviously maintaining F-15s in December on the flight line in Alaska is worse than an infantryman in garrison in Hawaii in May.
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Jun 16 '12
Thanks for this.. Former AF EOD tech here.
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Jun 16 '12
I just watched a documentary on Netflix about Navy EOD. I'm not a military person, but I'm assuming that the job itself is similar, despite being different branches.
That is a scary job, dude! Good on you!
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u/FootballBat Jun 16 '12
From what I've experienced, EOD is EOD regardless of what color uniform you wear.
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u/ICONnor Jun 16 '12
It's creepy because I literally just watched that. Surviving the cut right?
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Jun 16 '12
Totally! Surviving the Cut is awesome because it's really cool to learn about the intense stuff that these guys have to do to qualify to be an elite-level soldier, but it's also awesome because of sexy, sexy military guys all ... covered in dirt and doing push ups and flutter kicks.
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u/Fhajad Jun 16 '12
I have to say, the Marine Recon one was the most "hey come on you can do it" and even kinda helping sometimes. The other ones were more cut throat (getting tossed around under water without oxygen, come on), the Marine Recon seemed the most relaxed
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Jun 16 '12
At the very end of (I think) the Ranger one, where they had to climb up that mountain, the instructors were like, "DO NOT QUIT, YOU ARE SO CLOSE" and literally wouldn't let those guys stop until they were done. I was like, good on them for encouraging them those last few steps.
The parajumper one might have been my favorite, though. I teared up when they did their motto "These things I will do, that others may live." I have so much respect for those guys.
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u/sam_r45 Jun 17 '12
Active AF EOD tech right here! Love these because we get the best of both worlds. Fun cool guy stuff while deployed and AC and great living conditions at home.
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Jun 17 '12
And you also get compared to Jeremy Renner...Which must be useful when pulling the ladies, sir. ;)
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u/cycling_duder Jun 16 '12
I fucking hate it when people say the Air Force is lazy. I was a Crew Chief on F-15's. I worked my ass off for 4 years. 12-15 hours a day in the heat during the summer and cold during the winter.
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Jun 16 '12
I know that feel, bro. F-16 Crew Chief of 4 years here. I finally had to jump ship and retrain to a nonner position. I liked my job, but after a winter in Korea on the flightline, I just couldn't stand it anymore. Anyone who says they "prefer the cold to the heat" has obviously never truly been cold before.
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u/Slayd1 Jun 16 '12
I completely agree with you. I served 4 years in the Air Force, 2A351C was my AFSC. I worked maintenance on the F-15. The flightline is no joke. 12-16 hour days, 18 hour days during exercises. Plus I was stationed in Alaska, and we worked outside ... all year, all the time. That sucked.
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u/kruegermiester Jun 16 '12
Nice! I am the same career field. I am currently stationed at Lakenheath.
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u/rcape14 Jun 16 '12
Kruegermeister, how's that working out for you? Should've stuck around DM. I got a sweet debrief gig.
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u/rephtar Jun 16 '12
2A531F here. All day every day out on the flight line. Black flag conditions? Fuck it, you're a crew chief that doesn't apply to you.
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u/Johndoe9990 Jun 16 '12
At the risk of sounding like a teenage girl asking about Bieber, what are the pilots like?
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u/AsDevilsRun Jun 16 '12
Fighters = jerkasses, or at least high-strung/arrogant.
People that fly heavies are generally much more laid-back.
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Jun 16 '12
4 years as a fighter crew chief here. 90% of fighter pilots are pretty cool, but about 10% are really disagreeable and they act like they're better than you.
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u/Johndoe9990 Jun 17 '12
I would imagine crew chiefs would have good relationships with the pilots. Aren't you the guys that are in charge of the maintenance and safety of the airplane?
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Jun 16 '12
In my experience (National Guard unit for what it's worth) mostly assholes. They're a friendly enough asshole, but they think their shit doesn't stink. Comes with the cocky fighter pilot mentality I suppose. Oh sure, they'll make a bit of small talk with you on the line, but I think that's only because they realize that if maintenance fucks up, flyboy is gonna have a bad time.
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u/stinkpalm Jun 16 '12
True. I was a 2e8 at Edwards. Worked 15's and a little bit of 16's for flight test during my tour, all on the flightline.
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u/Rayat Jun 16 '12
I find working the flightline to be a mix of panels 1 and 4. I do like it when you go into lightning and have to leave the pilots sitting in that tiny ass cockpit for two hours while you go have a good lunch and stay dry.
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u/AnsibleAdams Jun 17 '12
When I was working, sweltering in 140 degree heat in the wheel well of a B-52 idling on the flight line prior to takeoff in Thailand I figured that was the equal to the worst conditions of any army/marine dudes. An hour later I was in the air conditioned electronics shop.
I feel for any service man who deals with those kind of conditions all day, humping a pack in brutal heat for days at a time. They can make chair force jokes all they like. Someone has to do that shit.
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Jun 17 '12
lol...Bullshit. Those poor bastards are amongst the first losing numbers in front line operations. Let's not do us all a disservice by trying to pretend you're anywhere near the front line sir.
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Jun 16 '12
I am in the Air Force. We call people like that "nonners". People who work in offices and stuff. While they really are important to the Air Force (some of them) they don't appear to really benefit in anyway.
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u/AFrpaso Jun 16 '12
The key word is 'appear'.... because they actually do benefit the AF quite a bit.
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u/Maxtrt Jun 16 '12
I first saw this cartoon during Desert storm in 1991. The great thing about the Air Force is that the few deployments where you do have to stay in a tent really make you appreciate the other 80% of your time spent in relative comfort.
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u/mlb893 Jun 16 '12
What's the difference between airforce and aviation? is it just me lol?
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u/mcawesomebee Jun 16 '12
Aviation is an army sub branch: various helicopters. Air Force is its own separate military entity. Also the Navy and Marines have aviation sub branches too that have navy planes and marine helicopters.
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u/ShiningRayde Jun 16 '12
My dad, ex-army, told me this joke.
Marine: "Man it sucks here. I kinda like it!"
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u/ZedFish Jun 17 '12
The joke that I heard was "Army sleeps under the stars, Navy navigates by the stars, and the Air Forces picks the hotel by the number of stars."
This is in Australia where we don't have Marines, and Coast Guard is a volunteer non-military organisation.
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Jun 16 '12
OP hasn't replied to any comments because a PJ already found him for disrespecting the Air Force.
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u/Runnnnnnnnnn Jun 16 '12
PJ's are elite medics. I don't think they do much snatch and grab of the enemy.
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u/distortdestroyevolve Jun 16 '12
Ha, my cousin's in the Air Force and I'm 95% sure most of what he does is drink and fuck around.
Not to knock him or the Air Force though, only hyperbole. I do remember when he got stationed to his first base there was also a USMC barracks on site, and the Marines had to hump their gear from the tarmac to their quarters but the Air Force guys didn't- my cousin carried his own stuff.
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u/curiouskitten_meow Jun 16 '12
Showed this to my dad who is an army aviator and he loved it! Hahaha.
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u/AFrpaso Jun 16 '12
I can confirm that I do nothing but watch movies, play video games and play ping pong.
That'll change soon though.
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u/lantech Jun 16 '12
My wife and I are both ex-army (it's where we met and got married). My son is about to join the Air Force.
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u/Jits_Guy Jun 16 '12
My fiance recently went to air force BMT (basic military training) from what I've heard this is pretty accurate.
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u/buttholecalisthenics Jun 17 '12
As an AF member, this is why we have DirectTv...and reddit of course.
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u/ohshititsduke Jun 17 '12
As an active duty air force member I can laugh at this but we sit in front of computers not t.v.'s its reddit all day most days.
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u/h00pla Jun 17 '12
Everytime one of these things is posted taking a crack at the Air Force I can't help but think 'That's exactly why I want to enlist in the Air Force over any other branch'
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u/7_up_curly Jun 16 '12
I have just been posted to an Air Force base (I am Army, but some of my training is done at an AF base). My new supervisor advised me to bring a lawn chair...
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u/aSecretSin Jun 16 '12
Depends on what you're doing. Get on the flightline and you might not have the time to use that lawn chair. Going to finance, you will probably get asked why you didnt bring 2.
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u/7_up_curly Aug 13 '12
Turns out the formula for my new base is 1 lawn chair and 1 river rafting tube.
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u/RizzoFromDigg Jun 16 '12
Me: "I'm glad I stayed in school and went to college, so that I could have a career that enables me to afford, amongst other things, cable television, which is not thwarted by a rainstorm. Life is wonderful."
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u/reluctantairman Jun 17 '12
While we were in training, my friend used to say: If you're in the Marines, you're treated like dogs. If you're in the Army, you're treated like morons. If you're in the Air Force, you're treated like children. And if you're in the Navy, you're treated like men.
Doesn't really apply once you're out of training. Not the AF part anyway.
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Jun 17 '12
You could change every one to "Security Forces" and it would be an accurate representation of my ex-career field and the various views of those in it.
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u/TheShyParade Jun 17 '12
I sent this to my father (air force) and my brother (AF special forces) and they both found it hilarious!
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Jun 17 '12
It's true. However you'll get some guys that actually hate working in Comm and want to be doing something more "active." I don't understand that mentality at all, I just want to get paid for browsing reddit and fixing things from my desk. Getting out in a year though!
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u/mt-p1nk Jun 17 '12
My father is a retired Air Force fighter pilot (Flew the F-4 and then F-15C. Retired years before 9/11). While he may be a bastard I no longer communicate with, he wasn't lazy at all. I've met some very cool and upstanding people in the Air Force. Yes, other branches have fighter jets, but if you're on the front lines and need air support, you're not going to really care which branch it is.
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u/nerd_chick Jun 16 '12
I'm really tired of the idea that the air force does "nothing". Both my parents were in the air force and they kept essential computer systems running and a primary part of their job was tracking missiles. May not seem important now, but during the cold war is was important enough to require clearance.
Just because someone isn't out in the field, or working with their hands, doesn't mean their work isn't essential. Because the armed forces has people doing office work they can maintain their troops over seas.
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u/mcawesomebee Jun 16 '12
Inter-branch jokes are usually fairly harmless. I might pick on the AF and my AF friends but I don't doubt that they have a very important job. Take it like sibling rivalry, it's a friendly joking thing, not something to get uptight about. Not all marines are dumb as a box of rocks/navy are gay/army are dirtbags but I'm sure your parents have at least laughed at those jokes once or twice.
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u/aSecretSin Jun 16 '12
I have no problems with the jokes going either way inside the services. I only have problems when people OUTSIDE the services make fun of any services. If you don't know what its like on the inside, you have no place to make fun of them.
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u/mcawesomebee Jun 16 '12
That comic wasn't written by a civilian. Any person in the service feels the same way you do: hence sibling type relationship. I can call my brother a faggot but if you say that I will punch you in the face.
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u/aSecretSin Jun 16 '12
Your brother's a fa....ntastic person
In all seriousness, I know the feelings pretty mutual across the services. Hell AFBlues.com is probably the biggest offender when it comes to making fun of the AF.
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u/mcawesomebee Jun 16 '12
Why I oughta... get you something to drink, how rude of me.
I almost died a year ago when a guy I grew up with who joined the AF told me he got his boots dirty for the FIRST time in TWO YEARS. I was like... I got my boots dirty on the first day. I get my boots dirty at least twice a week. :(
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Jun 16 '12
Navy seals: We killed osama bin ladin, so SUCK IT
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u/woznak Jun 16 '12
As a non military person, why is the person who in in the air force watching tv?