Air Force Intelligence


There is no doubt at all in my military mind that, of all the Services, the
Air Force has the most intelligent enlisted people. This is not just theory,
it's provable fact:
Take the Army, for instance. When the stuff hits the fan, the young Army
private wakes up from a bellow from the First Sergeant. He grabs a set of
BDUs out of his foot locker, gets dressed, runs down to the chow-hall for a
breakfast on the run, then jumps in his tank. Pretty soon, the Platoon
Commander arrives, gives him a big salute, and says, "Give 'em Hell, men."

Now take the Marines. When the stuff hits the fan, the young Marine recruit
is kicked out of bed by his First Sergeant, puts on a muddy set of BDUs
because he just got back in from the field three hours before. He gets no
breakfast, but is told to feel free to chew on his boots.


He runs out and forms up with his rifle. Pretty soon, his platoon commander
comes out, a young Captain, Gives his Marines a Sharp Salute, and says,
"Give 'em Hell, Marines!"
Now take the Navy. When the stuff hits the fan, the young Sailor is eating
breakfast in the messroom.. He walks 20 feet to his battle station, stuffing
extra pastries in his pocket as he goes. There he sits, in the middle of a
steel target, with nowhere to run, when the Captain comes on the 1MC and
says, "Give 'em Hell, Sailors! I salute you!"

Now the Air Force. When the stuff hits the fan, the Airman receives a phone
call in his off-base quarters. He gets up, showers, shaves, and puts on a
fresh uniform he had just picked up from the BX cleaners the day before. He
jumps in his car, and stops at McDonalds for a McMuffin on his way into
work. Once he arrives at work, he signs in on the duty roster and proceeds
to his F-16. He spends 30 minutes pre-flighting it, signs off the forms.
Pretty soon the Pilot, a young captain gets out and straps into the Plane.
He starts the engines. Our Young Airman stands at attention, gives the
Captain a sharp salute, and says, "Give 'em Hell, Sir!"

Yep.

Oxymoron - - Military Intelligence. Don't start picking on me for that. I've done my time in regulars, reserves and combat.

And I thank you very much for that

Dave

[b]Dave and BGunner:

My first duty assignments were in the USAF SS - had a great time flying recon. At my level "Military Intelligence" was NOT an oxymoron. However, when the people higher up, not only in the USAF but also at NSA, when people didn't hear things that agreed with their preconceived notions information did "Get lost." I think this was a contributory factor in 9/11 - upper levels didn't believe what they were being told.

Bill.

Hi Bill:
Thats a spot on assessment

Dave

Bill - - You have hit on the root of the problem.

Thats right Bill. The root of the problem is at the top of the tree.

Leadership reflex attitude

I don't know anything about the currently used MRE's, but 30 years ago the C rat's were only marginally better than boots. If you chewed on your boots too much, they wouldn't pass the next inspection.

[b]FS:

Living in Florida, I've eaten quite a few MREs in the last couple years. The old ones, in the olive drab packazges, were no better than the C rats and K rats. The new ones in the tan packages are actually pretty good. But I miss the cigarettes that were in the C and Krats.

D**n the PC-Nazis and Eco-Freaks.

Bill.

MRE's are gut bombs. Lots of dehydrated stuff that is on the level of the C-Rats. The difference is that it is in a plastic bag instead of a tin can. No cigarettes though. If you eat MRE's without hydrating first, it will go off in your tummy and suck all the juices up, if it gets further down the GI tract it can tie up your system. Each MRE is about 3500 calories, some more and some less, but a lot of calories. I think the dehydrate strawberrys are the best.

Personally having tasted both, I think C-Rats are better.

Cheers,

Chip

Those little packets with two Chickletts each were pretty good too!

In January, 1955, I found myself living in a tent in five foot of snow near the top of Mt. Fuji in Japan, U.S. Army "winter training". We were given C rations, including cigarettes, that were dated 1944-1945. Most of us were then smokers, and using those old cigs was actually somewhat comical.....none were filtered, of course, and one had to hold them level or all the dried tobacco would run out of them! And when they were lit they tended to flame up as though there was gas in them......but they still provided a stiff shot of nicotine, one of the few "comforts" we had in those six weeks.

Wouldn't want to do all that again, but wouldn't take any amount of money for the experience!

Clair