Kinnikinik
08-11-2005, 08:36 PM
I have not met a boat guy who does not have a funny story to tell about being on the boats. After a while, funny stuff just starts happening. So, share a sea story... or five.
Here's one of mine,
I was in Crete with my MKV Det enjoying the sun. We parked our boats in a lagoon next to where the Carriers would pull in. My OIC was a great guy, but he was a SWO, and not only that, but he was an ultra religeous, conservative type SWO. We would go running on the beach in Rhodes and he would put his hand up so that he wouldn't have to see all the topless women on the beach. Duh... thats why we were PTing there... anyway, the time came for me to reenlist. Well, I am not one for Pomp and Circumstance, but the LT was adamant that I could do whatever I wanted wherever I wanted, in whatever uniform I wanted for my reenlistment (for the record, as long as you submit the request and do the paperwork, you can reenlist just about wherever you want with whomever you want doing the job). Well, I said we would just do it simple and climb up on the canopy of the MKV and do it there.
He must have practiced the Oath of Enlistment for three days making sure he got it right. The day came and he was standing tall and proud on top of that MKV. Well, he had said I could do it however I wanted in whatever I wanted to wear. Well, I chose to wear a 2 inch by 4 inch strip of rag tied to my naked *** with a length of 550 cord. I have to give that guy credit. After the initial shock, he called the Detatchment to attention. It was a bit windy on top of the boat, so I had to be in a modified position. Namely, I had to hold that skimpy piece of fabric over my Johnson because the wind kept blowing it up. I raised my right hand and did my Oath right there, one hand in the air and the other holding down my loin cloth. The LT never missed a beat. I did get him when afterward I went to do the traditional wetting down from a nearby barge and made him look up at me while I climbed up the ladder. That couldn't have been pretty.
Anyway, that enlistment went pretty well... we'll see what I can think up for the next one.
Here's one of mine,
I was in Crete with my MKV Det enjoying the sun. We parked our boats in a lagoon next to where the Carriers would pull in. My OIC was a great guy, but he was a SWO, and not only that, but he was an ultra religeous, conservative type SWO. We would go running on the beach in Rhodes and he would put his hand up so that he wouldn't have to see all the topless women on the beach. Duh... thats why we were PTing there... anyway, the time came for me to reenlist. Well, I am not one for Pomp and Circumstance, but the LT was adamant that I could do whatever I wanted wherever I wanted, in whatever uniform I wanted for my reenlistment (for the record, as long as you submit the request and do the paperwork, you can reenlist just about wherever you want with whomever you want doing the job). Well, I said we would just do it simple and climb up on the canopy of the MKV and do it there.
He must have practiced the Oath of Enlistment for three days making sure he got it right. The day came and he was standing tall and proud on top of that MKV. Well, he had said I could do it however I wanted in whatever I wanted to wear. Well, I chose to wear a 2 inch by 4 inch strip of rag tied to my naked *** with a length of 550 cord. I have to give that guy credit. After the initial shock, he called the Detatchment to attention. It was a bit windy on top of the boat, so I had to be in a modified position. Namely, I had to hold that skimpy piece of fabric over my Johnson because the wind kept blowing it up. I raised my right hand and did my Oath right there, one hand in the air and the other holding down my loin cloth. The LT never missed a beat. I did get him when afterward I went to do the traditional wetting down from a nearby barge and made him look up at me while I climbed up the ladder. That couldn't have been pretty.
Anyway, that enlistment went pretty well... we'll see what I can think up for the next one.