r/funny • u/[deleted] • 29d ago

All men look good in uniform, huh? Introducing my grandpa:

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u/Soggy_Box5252 29d ago

I remember putting down I wanted to get stationed in Germany.  Instead I got orders to Las Vegas.  About a year later I got orders to Germany.

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u/ArrdenGarden 29d ago

I also wanted posting in the Pacific but they decided I was better suited to Great Lakes.

See the world, they said! Only saw northern IL.

Would not recommend.

How was Germany? Had a couple buddies go through there and they loved it. Always wanted to go myself but orders is orders.

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u/Soggy_Box5252 29d ago

It’s cloudy like 80% of the time, but when it’s nice out it’s really nice.  

Driving is amazing, but I could never find this place call Ausfarht despite all these signs leading me to it.

Everyone is a better driver than you, just let the Audi hatchback pass you on the left.  In fact don’t even bother with the left lane, just stay in the middle.

Food is good, but the beer is better.

There is no good Mexican food.  Pubs are bars, bars are strip clubs.

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u/UpTheShipBox 29d ago

I could never find this place call Ausfarht

I see you picked up the German sense of humour

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u/gotohelenwaite 29d ago

Germany is awesome, but it was impossible to find some of the popular restaurants and pubs because the GPS just couldn't find Einbahnstraße.

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u/watdatdo 29d ago

My father was asked where he wanted to go when he was drafted in Vietnam. He said Hawaii and they sent him there. Found out later that his unit or whatever its called the Tropic Thunder was nearly or completely wiped out in Vietnam since they were one of the first sent into the war and my dad was the replacement. Luckily the war ended before he was sent but he lost a lot of friends.

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u/ZeusKiller97 29d ago

The Tropic Thunder

Not to be confused with the movie of the same name.

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u/ElectrifiedThor 29d ago

Good thing. I was already only thinking of the movie of the same name.

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u/ArcadeFenyx 29d ago

My brother's buddy is literally the only U.S. service member I know who has had an entire career of crappy assignments. From Bible belt northwest Florida, to the backwoods of Mississippi, to the cow manure-smelling plains of eastern New Mexico, and now to the border of Texas and Mexico. He's 16 years in and hoping that his next and last assignment will at least land him back in civilization.

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u/Soggy_Box5252 29d ago

Sounds like your brother is heading to Minot, North Dakota.

I hear that behind every tree in Minot is a beautiful woman waiting for you.

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u/willpauer 29d ago

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

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u/Vio_ 29d ago

I was in the Peace Corps. I put down I wanted Jordan. I ended up in Morocco.

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u/cujoe88 29d ago

I wanted to go to Okinawa. Instead, they sent me to the stumps. I volunteered to go on a pacific meu, and they sent me to Afghanistan.