Featured in the Sgt Grit Newsletter - 23 OCT 2014 Private Talkative And Sgt Quiet By Bruce Bender, USMC 63-67, Vietnam Era Veteran We had a few funny incidents at this place - one Sgt and a private shares a cubicle - he insists on the top rack after the private makes up the bottom rack - they argue and the Sgt relents and takes the bottom one - real different people - Sgt Campbell is a hillbilly from Kentucky - and in charge of a office at Hdqrs MC - and the private is a nice guy but uneducated from Chicago - private talkative and Sgt quiet. Private goes to Club after payday - comes back sh-t-faced and climbs into top rack fully clothed and falls asleep - at 2 or 3 a.m. he awakes leans over the rack and pukes on the Sgt who is sleeping - Sgt who is usually quiet goes nuts - and yells and screams and wakes up squad bay? A lot of us has been there and done that - so a few of us throw the private in the shower fully dressed and run the cold water on his sorry azs. Sgt also takes a shower and really relishes the discomfort of the the private. The next morning the private wakes up to a pounding headache - he says that some little people are playing a bass drum in his head and someone is blowing a bugle too! Private goes to work and Sgt also arises and goes to work. That day after work (the Sgt is a little wiry guy and the private a big dude from the streets of Chicago) Start To Talk About The Night Before - the private tells him where to go and how to do it - and tells him he can stick his Sgt chevrons where the sun dont shine! The Sgt says I can take you to the first Sgt - __________ - let me digress for a minute - the Company A offices for Hdqrs. MC are in the barracks - so we have officers and high staff NCOs coming in and out - usually using our heads - and sometimes walking in our squad bays too - our floors are linoleum - but we have them buffed to a high shine that you can see your reflection in - very spit and polish squad bays. Now the private says to the Sgt... Read the rest of this submission at: grunt/corps/newsletter/10270/#private Subscribe to the Sgt Grit Newsletter and Special Offers at: grunt/subscribe/ Submit your Marine Corps related stories and images at: grunt/corps/stories/post/
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:00:00 +0000