[grace522]

Witticisms from our Bros in the field

[grace522]

It should be noted, these are only the typical gripes from overworked soldiers, the majority of which are very proud and dedicated to the cause in Iraq.

[Lekker 1]

Man...my eyes are still full of tears from laughing so hard. I never knew our boys could be so clever!

[mad puppy]

"I'll be right back. I have to go pound my nuts flat..." Lt Col (EUCOM) after being assigned a difficult tasker

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I'm telling you in advance.... I'm stealing the above. As soon as I regain my composure, I'll use that line.

[The SISU kid]

Bump 4 bookmark

[bmwcyle]

bttt for later

[ArGee]

I knew there would be ONE I could use at my job.

"I'll be right back. I have to go pound my nuts flat..." Lt Col (EUCOM) after being assigned a difficult tasker

Shalom.

[The SISU kid]

FF (Favorite FReeper) ping.....

[gondramB]

This might help with interpretation

Acronymicon:

JS=Joint Staff

EUCOM= US. European Command

OSD=Office of the Secretary of Defense

OUSD=Office of the Undersecretary of Defense

CENTCOM=US Central Command

GO/FO=General Officer/Flag Officer (since generals have flags, they're called flag officers)

DIA=Defense Intelligence Agency

CJTF=Coalition Joint Task Force

NIPR=Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router (The Web in Mil-Speak)

JOC=Joint Operations Center

SHAPE=Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

GS-##=General Schedule- Civil Servant Ranks. Higher is better

USAREUR=US Army Europe

LATAM=Latin America

DOS=Department of State

SOCEUR=Special Operations Command Europe

MARFOREUR=Marine Forces Europe

USSOCOM=US Special Operations Command

OBE=Overcome By Events

COA=Course of Action

NAVEUR=US Navy Europe

SVTC=Satellite Video-TeleConference

TRANSCOM=Transportation Command

JFCOM=Joint Forces Command

OER=Officer Efficiency Report

[OldCorps]

"His knowledge on that topic is only power point deep..

Back in the day, that sentence described about 80% of the field grades and above.

[Iron Matron]

The only reason that anything ever gets done is because there are pockets of competence in every command. The key is to find them ... and then exploit the hell out of 'em." CDR (CENTCOM)

LOL! This is my favorite.

Our Soldiers seem to have an uncanny ability to call a spade a spade..I found no disrespect in these quotes, only grains of truth..

[The Grammarian]

Kind of reminds me of the absurdity of the book Catch-22.

[The Grammarian]

Ping.

[kalee]

My brother is at CENTCOM, I wonder if any of these gems are his. lol

[Excellence]

bump for safekeeping

[Feiny]

So many possible taglines....

[EverOnward]

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[EverOnward]

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[Dashing Dasher]

"We're from the nuke shop, sir. We're the crazy aunt in the closet that nobody likes to talk about ..." Lt Col (EUCOM) in briefings

Crazy Aunt Ping?

[Dashing Dasher]

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[Ramius]

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