I got this in an e-mail from a friend I hadn't heard from in a long time. It really made my day! If you are or were ever in the military, you will undrstand it. If not, it's still worth reading.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you are too busy to talk to them for a

week.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after many years; and will happily

carry on the same conversation you were having last time you met.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Never ask for food.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr and Mrs.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Call your parents Mom and Dad.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Bail you out of jail and then tell you what you did

was wrong.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Would be sitting next to you saying, 'We

fucked up... but wasn't that fun!'



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Cry with you.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it is yours.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Could write a book with a shed full of direct quotes

from you.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is

doing.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Will kick the backsides of whole crowds that left you

behind.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, 'I'm home, do you want a beer!'



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Share a few experiences.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Share a lifetime of experiences no civilian could ever

understand.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will take your drink away when they think you've had

enough.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Will look at you stumbling all over the place and say,

'You had better drink the rest of that, you know we never waste it.' Then

they carry you home and put you safely to bed.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will talk crap to the person who talks crap about you.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Will knock the crap out of people who use your name in

vain.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Are for a while.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Are for life.



CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will ignore this.

MILITARY FRIENDS: Will forward this to their military friends.

 

That is a great post and so true.

 

very true

 

ive seen that elswhere but instead of military/civilian it was something like true friends/normal friends

 

i would totatlly make a smart ass comment..... but you guys are all in the military it seems!

 

What?!?! What's with the lock?

 

wow this couldnt be more on the money, late nights a ft benning lol

 

Great post,I'll show this to my brother

 

Yep, and yep, and yep. All of that is true. Forget military friends will kill to protect you without bating and eye, help you hide a body without asking any questions till after, share their last beer with you, and are perfectly willing to get their ass kicked beside you instead of you getting beat down alone. The last assumes it is more than 1on1. If it is only 1on1 and you get your ass kicked, well your bad. We'll pick you up, get you cleaned up and in bed.

 

^ That about sums it up!!

 

Infinity, right on!! Where in Iraq are you?

 

I'm at Camp Slayer Mag. Working at the Pimp... errr.. Perfume Palace. Used to hold Saddam's combination personal harem and "special reward for followers" ***** house.

 

Throw it out there, one thing the military does best is sh*t talk. Havent met a Sailor, Marine, Soldier, Airman, or Coastie that couldn't make a convict blush when he/she wanted to. Just stand by to stand by if someone throws it back at ya. Dont go whining to mommy when they stomp a hole in your @$$.

 

Doesn't work as well on da interweval as it does face to face. Face to face not only can I make your mind spend a few minutes making full sense of the insults I just hit you with, but I can scare the **** out of you with the POed NCO routine.

Ask any junior enlisted in the military what a really POed NCO about to stomp a mud hole in your ass is like.

 

This list sounds like barracks life every where I have been.

 

lol that list is absolutely true.

 

haha good post. I can't wait to get back to the states. 320 days, 97 and counting to go Hopefully I don't catch you guys going on the flipside.

 

320 days there? and 97 to go till you come back? damn. good luck man, hopefully you get back in one piece.

 

Q: Whats the worst thing in the world?
A: A bored pi$$ed off NCO

 

that is all very true...i'm not in the militay but have many friends that are, and they are my friends for life, and are always there when you need them, even if they can't be!!!

 

You know thats right. Anyway, I'm off to bed. It is freaking late and the connection in my hooch sucks.

 

thats how i seen it to.

 

I think my wife got this a while back from one of her good friends. I think it fits for my military friends better though. All of my military friends are true friends. I still keep in touch with 22 people scattered throughout the country. 12 of my friends are still serving. All of them would protect me with their lives as I would protect them with mine. I don't think you can find the same comraderie anywhere else.

 

You got that right. 360 days down, 95 days left till I *GET THE **** OUT OF THIS HELL HOLE!* There, I feel better now.

 

haha....nice....ive seen it before...only with submariners/surface guys....