HUMOR Digest - 6 Apr 1998 to 7 Apr 1998

Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 03:52:45 -0400
From: Jim Moore Jr
Subject: JimJr's Navy

Marksmanship rated very low on most Aviator's priority lists, and I guess it irritated the hell out of our Range Instruction, a Marine.

A bunch of us were trying to qualify one afternoon, and of the six men firing, not one even hit the target from 100 yards.

The Sergeant shouted, "Cease firing !!! Cease firing !!! Fix bayonets and charge !!! It's your only chance."

Back then the theory was that if Aviators were fed saltpeter it would reduce their sex drive.

Wouldn't ya know, here it is over 30 years later and the damn stuff's just starting to work.

Some of those simulated tactical situations that they gave us were so easy though. One instructor said, "You have two enemy craft on your tail closing at 400 knots. What's the very first thing you do ?"

I mean, how simple can you get ?

The obvious answer to anyone should be: "do 450 knots".

(a knot = about 1.15 miles per hour)

Because of the unusual duty hours at a Naval Air Station, you could pretty much find something to eat at almost any hour.

At one Chow Hall the Chief in charge always used to post a sign: "Sorry, we're open !"

While I was never the best pilot the Navy had ever seen, I did at least manage most of the time.

You'd never know it though from listening to my Flight Instructor.

He once told me, "Tell ya what Moore, if they ever expand the list of the 'Seven Wonders of the World', I'm gonna make damn sure that you're on there -- twice !"

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