Just to prove we’re not only about the stupid
My son Jon plays the trumpet and recently performed with his school’s band at their annual Spring concert.
I thought some of you might appreciate their choice for the first song.
This is the second concert I’ve attended in our city’s school system where they played this song. The previous concert, with the band made up of kids from all of the schools in town, played this, as well as the songs of the other branches of the military. At that concert, the band director asked for those who had served in the military to stand when their branch’s song was played.
It warmed my cold, pessimistic heart to watch as the audience loudly applauded the veterans, one of whom was my Viet Nam war veteran father-in-law, as they stood.
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How did something sooo adorable come from the loins of a complete and total beast?
He’s adopted, you insensitive, heartless bitch.
Don’t you have to work or something? Why are you even listening to this conversation I’m having with myself?
I know wiser-jon has to be the cutest one up there, right? Opposites and all…
Okay, seriously here, they did a great job and I know you must be proud of him. Thank you for sharing a good day with us.
We have similar activities in our schools. Annually, veterans are asked to participate in Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day celebrations in the school system. I’ve had the privilege of speaking to both our middle school and high school.
As to the song, I have but one reply:
” Stand Navy out to sea
Fight our battle cry:
We’ll never change our course
So vicious foes steer shy-y-y-y
Roll out the T. N. T.
Anchors Aweigh
Sail on to victory
And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray!”
wiser-jon is the kid who was trying to speak over the audience in the beginning
MCPO…HAH!
Brother and nephew in the Marines
Father and other brother in the Air Force
Used to make for some really fun conversations around the holidays…..
I knew he’d be a leader
C3PO, you are Navy? My 2 BILs are retired Navy. I married the Army brother. The one I could live with
You know I’m really surprised you adopted a white kid. I would have thought you’d prefer the young Thai boy kind.
PA - MCPO stands for Master Chief Petty Officer. I spent 30 years in your United States Navy. I had the privilege of leading young American men and women on 5 different aircraft carriers, starting with the USS Saratoga and up through the USS George Washington.
Yeah? well what’s the airdale part stand for? huh? huh?
Airdale is an affectionate term used to describe someone who endeavors in the field of Naval aviation.
As opposed to a Blackshoe (Surface Navy) or a Bubblehead (Submarine service)
I would have thought you’d prefer the young Thai boy kind.
Not to adopt, you idiot.
sheesh, what a maroon.
Wiserbud - You don’t have to take this abuse from these women. . . I could give you my ex-wife’s phone number.
that’s all I need. One more insane woman to try and “fix” me.
Thanks but I think I’ll pass, MCPO.
My BILs are definitely bobbleheads, but I don’t know if they were Bobbleheads, or Blackshoes or what. I’ll find out when I talk to them. They’ve both been out about 10 years now.
PA - I was retired in 2003. Worked for a military contractor after that. Now I play golf, annoy bloggers, drink and tell lies.
If either one of them was ever on a ship you were on, I will never tell. I don’t want you to think I’m like them
PA - HA!
PJM - Still have that, “Welcome Home 6th Fleet” stencil on the bottom of your shoes?
Still have that, “Welcome Home 6th Fleet” stencil on the bottom of your shoes?
Nah, she’s now got that tatooed on her lower back.
I love Fleetweek.
“I love Fleetweek.”
EEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW
I love Fleetweek! - PJMomma
So do we!
And, Ms. Momma, based on our latest figures, you have been promoted to a a Platinum member! Congratulations!!!
You’re very own, personalized needles will be sent you you very soon!
PA - My motto has always been, “Any storm in a port. . . especially if she’s a redhead!”
I think Fleetweek must be the new version of the Warrior Diet.
I think this is an integral part of PJM’s version of “Fleetweek”
Airdale is an affectionate term used to describe someone who endeavors in the field of Naval aviation.
Heh, right.
is there something I should know mesa?
This is an airdale:
http://www.dog-breed-training.com/dog-breed/images/airedale-terrier-breeders.jpg
PJM, it just depends on who you ask.
No Bart, that is an airedale, not an airdale. Can’t you even read your own URL?
Bubbleheads. Heh. Including my dad, a sonarman.
I think I read somewhere that the missile sub fleet slogan is “We Hide with Pride” (a cause nuke subs are supposed to be sneaky and shit, yo), but the rest of the Navy calls them “Chicken of the Sea”.
airdale airedale, what’s the diff?
lulz
Don’t argue with me. I wear a unicle.
unicles are very intimidating in a Colonel Klink sort of way.
OOOOHH, the unicle is as scary as Paris Hilton in “House of Wax”!
The unicle is as sexy as Helen Thomas’ ass.
Don’t mock The Unicle(tm)
The unicle is as manly as Rosetta.
The unicle is as charming as Abbadon
okay, diamond-shaped traffic-sign head
The unicle is as economically astute as MAVERICK!
the unicle is as butch as Bart
the unicle is as chaste as PJM
The unicle is as charming as MCPO
bastard
The unicle is as deadly as a night with Patty Ann
the unicle has been destroyed as utterly as Barry Obama debating an 8th grader on international strategic interests.
the unicle has been destroyed as utterly as Barry Obama debating an 8th grader on international strategic interests.
So destroyed, it’s as if it were destroyed twice!
After lolcats and .gifs, funny photochops make me lol
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5096/1210532165308sb1.png
Musli - Lo siento mucho. Yo tengo la culpa.
This site is really weirding out on Firefox. . . looks ok on Explorer though.
Don’t apologize to The Snarker™
It’s not allowed.
Musli - Shut up! I posted it twice so Bart could understand it!
mesa- More better?
Si
more, much more
bring it
more, much more
bring it
I so did not do that twice. there’s sumpin wrong here
Nice Job, Wiser’s son.
By the way, did Rosetta put that new header up to commemorate his/her monthly visit from “aunt flo”?
PJM - Toldja!!
more, much more
I tink you mean:
http://pr0n.be/MOAR.jpg
OK, now it’s totally whacked out. All of the recent comments, blog roll, etc have moved from the right-side top of the page to the bottom left of the page! Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Oscar?!
That should be “Sí”. “Si” (that is, without an accented “i”
means “if” in Spanish.
Sí, señor, si usted lo comprende. O mi favorito: si usted comprenda de qué estoy hablando y yo sé que usted lo puede. (Discúlpeme si mi gramática no es correcto.)
Oy, I spent almost an entire afternoon trying to translate complicated stuff into Spanish easy enough that our client can understand it what with all my errors.
Why you asking, Oscar, MCLMNOP?
mesa, do you have other affectionate terms for Navy types? Anchor Clanker comes to mind. So does Swab Jockey.
PJM - Toldja!!
You told me nuffin.
Welp, got back from swim. Kids are totally out of shape.
I tried to enlist in the Navy but they wouldn’t have me. So I joined the Army. I asked my recruiter why the Army would take me and not the Navy. He told me it was because I knew who my parents were.
Just kidding, Chief
I worked with a few Naval Security Service types and they were stand-up men and women.
Brewfan - My dad was a LtCol in the Army and was married to my mom. That’s why I was allowed to enlist in the Navy.
Do you know why the Marine Corps is part of the Dept of the Navy? It was a coin toss with the Army. The Army won and took the mules.
haha! Here’s another one for mesa; How can you tell if a Marine has been in your backyard? The garbage is gone and the dog is pregnant.
My favorite of all time: Why did the Marine cross the road? His dick was stuck in the chicken.
I’m sensing a little military rivalry here.
Ok boys, take it outside.
*tosses MCPO football
PJM - It’s OK ’cause all of us dislike the USAF!!
yeah, lets rag on Cranky for a while
Its hard to break bad on the USAF though because they’re not really military.
When the Navy secures a building, they turn out the lights and lock the hatches.
When the Army secures a building, they post sentries and check I.D. cards.
When the Marines secure a building, they call in air strikes and assault through the objective using fire and close combat.
When the Air Force secures a building, they get a 4 year lease with the option for 4 more years.
Yep, my brother who was a Marine, but is now National Guard told me if I was ever going to go into the military, go into the Air Force. It was a cushy job he said.
Just now watched it (can’t do youtubes at work SUCK IT YOUTUBE WORK NAZIS).
Nice wiser. Kid’s got a good clear tone on that thing.
The only reason that boy has talent is because he’s adopted.
PJM - When I was stationed in England, we called the Air Force, “General Motors with uniforms.”. They call their officers by their first names, they stand no watches, no duty, go nowhere without air conditioning and a “cuisine specialists”. Finally, they don’t fly on holidays. For some reason, the E-2 Sentinels were down for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years when we were engaging the Serbs. . . good thing the Navy carrier had Hawkeyes and the Navy and Marine Corps Hornets didn’t take those days off.
I went to the USAF School of Applied Cryptologic Sciences at Goodfellow AFB. The mess hall DELIVERED BOX LUNCHES TO THE BARRACKS! Unbelievable.
Shirt folders.
hahaha!
PJM, we never called our officers by their first names because we knew they had a rank demonstrating our cognitive abilities. We once had tan uniforms but we gave them up because we didn’t want to be mistaken for the bathroom cleaning crew at the bus station the way the Navy always were.
And it is an E-3 Sentry, not an E-2 Sentry — who is actually a gate guard with one stripe on his sleeve. The E-3 Sentry, also known as AWACS, is a surveillance and battle space management aircraft built on a Boeing 707 airframe. NATO also operates the E-3 Sentry, and since the USAF doesn’t permanently base any E-3s in Europe it would seem that the missing E-3s on the holidays were probably the NATO birds. Imagine that, our NATO allies not picking up their piece of the burden. Shocking.
And if the Air Force was tasked on those holidays it was probably a scheduling conflict with one of our golf tournaments that caused the no-show. Tough titty.
God bless the Marine Corps but they do wear a nice uniform. Very GQ (that’s Gay Quarterly for you metrosexuals). And the Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy. So who’s the bear and who’s the twink in that long relationship?
The number of times I tickled the nose of some sleeping Army dude with the barrel of my M-16 and greeted him with a ‘Good morning, sunshine you poor dead moth*rfu**er” would warm the hearts of any Marine if the Marine wasn’t busy getting pouned in the butt by some Navy rump jumper and praying for a reach around.
Cranky - You did get the E-3 Sentry correct - my bad. I’ll blame a deficit of brain cells due to excessive consumption of vodka. As for USAF in sateens, how fucking old are you??
The E-3s were operating out of Aviano, IT. I assumed (maybe mistakenly) since they data-linked to our Navy/MarCorps jets that they were USAF assets.
Your AFESC must have been beyond 99.8% of most Airman I knew. With the exception of the guys patrolling the SR-71 hangar in England, most of them wouldn’t know the difference between an M-16, an M61A1 and an M-60.
Or a Rubber Duckie, even.
I heard that things changed a little bit in 2005 and that Air Force recruits now get to carry around non-firing rifles that they can practice their cleaning skills on.
There are just waaaay too many numbers in your post MCPO.
and big words. I don’t have time for that kinda crap
PJM - Hell, I’m just making stuff up now. I have no idea what any of that crap meant but, I figured, in lieu of shiny keys, it would keep cranky occupied for awhile.
And, didn’t Air Force basic training also get expanded to three entire weeks?
Oh Look! Shiny keys!
Hey Chief,
, we had tan uniforms (1505s) back in the 70s. I went in in July 1973 and got out in 1977 (went back in a two months after Reagan went into office in 1981). Our tans weren’t the same color as your chief’s uniforms and the fabric wasn’t anywhere near as good but they were comfortable as fuck, especially in hot weather. The Air Force always seemed to pick the cheapest and worst fabrics for uniforms. Stupid permanent press fatigues were awful as were the cheap blue permanent press trousers and dress shirt — hot and hard as hell to keep looking good.
I got to do some neat shit outside of my primary AFSC. I can patch a sucking chest, hit what I shoot at with an M16, M60, M9, or an M-79, and manage to make a parachute open so I didn’t go splat. I also learned to tell some officers to politely FOAD and they remained clueless. Went to embassys, met ambassadors and Admiral Crowe when he was Chairman, JCS. Also got to tour your Senior Enlisted Academy and Naval War College at Newport. Commandant was Command Master Chief Ginger (can’t remember her last name and no, I would never think of calling her by her first name). Newport was beautiful, the Navy knows how to do things with smarts, class, and style.
We’re all brothers and sisters on One Team engaged in One Fight and all of those young ones out there now in our place are our kids. I couldn’t be prouder of them nor more heartbroken when we lose one.
PJM -check yur email
Cranky - I was fortunate enough to attend the Senior Enlisted Academy (Class 088). I also was one of the team who overhauled the curriculum in 1991.
I’m with you on your last paragraph. I’m so proud of these young men and women serving now I could bust. I have the opportunity to meet many of their leadership here as they go through the Army War College here in my little ‘burg. For the most part, they are wonderful human beings and extremely dedicated to their profession. Makes the leftist hippie idiots all the worse for the comparison.
Although we relish our digs at each other, we all take it in the spirit in which it is meant; good -spirited esprit de corps. We don’t take kindly to those outside the fraternity of arms trying to play.
Michael Jackson spotted in Iraq — http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a98_1210308577
mesa - Hilarious!!!
Yeah, I got a kick out of that.
PJM -check yur email
You’re not the boss
AM TOO! *pulls on pjm’s pigtail and runz
My closest friend and the rhythm guitar player in our band was a weather observer in the USAF. Two tours in Vietnam. The funniest story he told me was when they inserted him somewhere in the weeds and kept calling him for updates, and he said he kept keying the mic and saying “SHUT UP DAMMIT I’M GONNA TURN THIS THING OFF”.
They wouldn’t let him have an M-16, when the base got shelled he said he grabbed a broom and sharpened a pencil.
I also learned to tell some officers to politely FOAD and they remained clueless.
Hey, wait a minute…
I also learned to tell some officers to politely FOAD and they remained clueless.
That reminded me of this old joke.
Army, Air Force, and Marine Generals were standing in front of a rappelling tower with a Navy Admiral. The Air Force General says to the others, “My men are the most courageous of the Armed Forces.”
“Ha!” said Army, “My men are the most courageous and I’ll prove it.”
Army calls a Private over from the tower. He tells the Private, “I want you to jump off that tower - no rope, no parachute.”
“Yes, Sir!!!” the Private yells and proceeds to climb the tower. The Private walks to the edge, yells “Hoo-ahh!” and jumps off the tower. He is killed instantly upon impact.
“That’s nothing,” the Air Force General said, bored. He calls a Senior Airman over. “Son, I want you to jump off that tower - no rope, no parachute and I want you to do it with style.”
“Yes, Sir!!!” the Senior Airman yells. He climbs to the top of the tower, walks to the edge and jumps. He executes a swan dive that would make Greg Louganis proud, hits the ground and dies on impact.
“Hmmph,” the Marine growled. “Ya’ll obviously forgot the Marine Corps were here,” he said (yelling “Marine Corps!” as all Marines tend to do.)
He calls a Lance Corporal over. “Marine, I want you to jump off that tower and make the Corps proud!”
The Corporal yells, “Ooh-rah!”, by way of response and runs to the tower. He grabs an M-60 and ammunition belt on the way and wraps the belt around himself in the Pancho Villa style. He climbs the tower and walks to the edge. Upon reaching the edge, he throws two grenades into the air, yells “Semper Fi Do or Die!” and jumps off. He starts shooting the M-60 in mid-air, clipping treetops and yelling the entire way down. His impact is obscured by the two exploding grenades. When the smoke clears, only little pieces of the Marine are left.
The others are impressed and nod their heads in admiration. Then the Admiral says, “That’s nothing.” The others turn to face the Admiral, their faces in disbelief. The Admiral calls a Seaman over who was cleaning latrines. “Son, I want you to jump off that tower- no rope, no parachute.”
The Seaman looks the Admiral in the face and says, “Screw you! You kiss my ass first!” and walks off.
The Admiral turns to the others and says, “Now THAT’S courage!”
Insider joke, just told this one to WP on the phone:
Back in 1775, in Tun’s Tavern, recruiting started for the new Marine Corps. The very first Marine enlistee came in, signed the papers and took an oath. He was then told to go outside and wait for the other enlistee’s to go through the process. They would assemble later on the front yard.
After a few minutes the second enlistee came out and had a seat on the steps, beside the first. The first man looked at the second and began, “Son, let me tell you about the Old Corps.”
Heh, more contemporary, hadn’t seen this one before —
News anchor Dan Rather, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, NPR reporter Cokie Roberts, and an American Marine were hiking through the jungle one day when they were captured by cannibals.
They were tied up, led to the village and brought before the chief. The chief said, “I am familiar with your Western custom of granting the condemned a last wish. Before we kill and eat you, do you have any last requests?”
Dan Rather said, “Well, I’m a Texan; so I’d like one last bowlful of hot, spicy chili.” The chief nodded to an underling, who left and returned with the chili. Rather ate it all and said, “Now I can die content.”
Jesse Jackson said, “You know, the thing in this life I am proudest of is my work on behalf of the poor and oppressed. So before I go, I want to sing “We Shall Overcome” one last time.” The chief said, “Go right ahead, we’re listening.” Jackson sang the song, and then said, “Now I can die in peace.”
Cokie Roberts said, “I’m a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape recorder and describe the scene here and what’s about to happen. Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job til the end.” The chief directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder, and Roberts dictated some comments. She then said, “Now I can die happy.”
The chief turned and said, “And now, Mr. Marine, what is your final wish?”
“Kick me in the ass,” said the Marine.
“What?” said the chief. “Will you mock us in your last hour?”
“No, I’m not kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass,” insisted the Marine.
So the chief shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the ass. The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9mm pistol from his waistband, and shot the chief dead. In the resulting confusion, he leapt to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine, and sprayed the cannibals with gunfire. In a flash, the cannibals were dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the Marine was untying the others, they asked him, “Why didn’t you just shoot them? Why did you ask them to kick you in the ass?”
“What!?” said the Marine, “And have you jerks call ME the aggressor?!”
Ok, last one –
Two airmen were driving across country on leave. They come to a Marine Corps base and decide to visit. They approach the gate and the Marine Guard walks up to the driver’s window, and taps on it with his nightstick. The driver rolls down the window, and the Marine smacks him in the head with the stick. The driver says, “Why’d you do that?”
The Marine says, “You’re on a United States Marine Corps Base, son. When I come up to your car, you’ll have your ID card ready.”
Driver says, “I’m sorry, We’re in the Air Force, and we didn’t know.”
The Marine examines the I.D. card and gives it back to the driver.
The Marine walks around to the passenger side and taps on the window. The passenger rolls his window down, and the Marine smacks him with the nightstick.
The passenger says, “What’d you do that for?”
The Marine says,”Just making your wishes come true.”
The passenger says, “Huh?”
The Marine says, “I know that as soon as you pull away you’re gonna say, ‘I wish that sucker would’ve tried that stuff with me!’”
The Marine says, “I know that as soon as you pull away you’re gonna say, ‘I wish that sucker would’ve tried that stuff with me!’”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
“Yes, Sir!!!” the Senior Airman yells. He climbs to the top of the tower, walks to the edge and jumps. He executes a swan dive that would make Greg Louganis proud, hits the ground and dies on impact.
Did you just call the Air Force gay?
Did you just call the Air Force gay?
Yeah, did you?
No, did you?
That was directed towards mesa, not you. Careful, or Rosetta will start saying you spent too much time in the sun without a hat.
I do need to wear more sunscreen. I hate my freckles.
Good jokes, Mesa!
Just repeating them, cranky.
But, if the shoe fits…
The unicle is as manly as Rosetta.
Asshole. That was a great video. wiser-jon did great AND he had the speaking part. I’m sure his real father would be proud.
And how is he already playing trumpet that well in 5th grade? I was still learnig not to stick rocks up my nose.
Good job, young wiser-jon!
Also, Nice Deb, KISS MY
GRITS, ASS!!!