A Little Humor for Friday 13th

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> There Is No Other Rank In Any Service Like It:
>
> REAL GUNNYs think Lieutenants should be seen and not heard, and
> never, ever, be allowed to read books on leadership.
>
> REAL GUNNYs don't have any civilian clothes.
>
> REAL GUNNYs don't remember any time they weren't GUNNYs.
>
> REAL GUNNYs favorite food is shipboard SOS for breakfast.
>
> REAL GUNNYs don't know how to tell civilian time.
>
> REAL GUNNYs call each other "GUNNY."
>
> REAL GUNNYs greatest fear is signing for property book items.
>
> REAL GUNNYs dream in Marine Corps Scarlet and Gold, cammy
> earthtones, and occasionally green.
>
> REAL GUNNYs have served in places that are now war memorials or
> tourist attractions.
>
> REAL GUNNYs can find their way to the SNCO Club blindfolded, on 15
> different bases.
>
> REAL GUNNYs have pictures of weapons in their wallets.
>
> REAL GUNNYs don't own any pens that do not have "Property U.S. Govt"
> on them.
>
> REAL GUNNYs don't voluntarily get the mandatory flu shots.
>
> REAL GUNNYs don't order supplies, they swap for them.
>
> REAL GUNNYs think excessive modesty is their only fault.
>
> REAL GUNNY's last duty station was always better.
>
> REAL GUNNYs know that the black tar in their coffee cup makes the
> coffee taste better.
>
> REAL GUNNY's idea of heaven - Three good Sergeants and a Lieutenant
> who does what he is told.
>
> REAL GUNNYs think John Wayne would have made a good GUNNY, if he had
> not gone soft and made a Seabee movie.
>
> REAL GUNNYs use the term "Good Training" to describe any unpleasant
> task. Policing the parade ground is "Good Training." Having to
> sleep on your seabag in the parking lot because there was no room in
> the barracks is "Good Training."
>
> WALT SHAUER, LtCol., USMC (RET)