You know the army is getting into your brain when...

[Nauticus]

Now that I am retired these are the ones I have noticed:

First thing you do when you wake up is make your bed.
Have lost the knowledge of how to mix and match civies.
Always arrive at an appointment 15 minutes early.

This.

15 minutes early is on-time. On-time is late.

 

[Old Sweat]

You can swear in Serbo-Croat, Creole, Arabic and Pushtu.

(In the bad, old days troops could swear in German, Norwegian, Turkish and Greek.)

 

[Container]

My nicest set of clothes ARE my DEUs.................

I agree. Its why I pay such close attention to how I present myself while I wear it, and make sure I take care of its small details.

 

[Jeremy360]

My nicest set of clothes ARE my DEUs.................

And I own more pair of military footwear than civilian...... :-[

The wife commented on this last night.

Two pairs of ankle boots, Oxfords(white and black), combats, wet weather, sea boots, overboots and two pairs of civilian running shoes. 

I have more military footwear than civilian shoes, even with both of us combined.  :

 

[nomij]

My nicest set of clothes ARE my DEUs.................

And I own more pair of military footwear than civilian...... :-[

Actually, when we got married, he wore his DEUs.  Now every mess dinner he goes to, I get all sentimental!!!  I think I will un-cross that one out!  Thanks Jim!  AND when I was worrying about place settings, and decorations, and flowers, he was polishing polishing away!!!
And I was only counting the combat boots... how much footwear does the army issue!  (I like the running shoes logitex sends out though...)

The others are great too!!!  Awesome!  Thanks so much everyone!

 

[Sythen]

Keep the DEU one as that was definitely true for me..

 

[GnyHwy]

You've used a LSVW as an IFV.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

You can swear in Serbo-Croat, Creole, Arabic and Pushtu.

(In the bad, old days troops could swear in German, Norwegian, Turkish and Greek.)

Some of us in uniform still can

 

[GnyHwy]

Gun tape, 5-50 cord and bulldog clips are your most cherished possessions.

 

[GnyHwy]

You've been in shit at least 5 times for wearing nonissued kit.

 

[OldSolduer]

You've been in crap at least 5 times for wearing nonissued kit.

Got 7 for wearin non issue boots.

 

[GnyHwy]

Great idea for a thread nomij.  Genuis.

Here's one more.

You think the sleeping bag hood is the greatest invention ever.

 

[The Bread Guy]

You just CAN'T step off on the right foot during dancing lessons.

 

[OldSolduer]

Here's one more.

You think the sleeping bag hood is the greatest invention ever.

It is ONE of the greatest ever.

 

[Jeremy360]

Actually, when we got married, he wore his DEUs.  Now every mess dinner he goes to, I get all sentimental!!!  I think I will un-cross that one out!  Thanks Jim!  AND when I was worrying about place settings, and decorations, and flowers, he was polishing polishing away!!!
And I was only counting the combat boots... how much footwear does the army issue!  (I like the running shoes logitex sends out though...)

The others are great too!!!  Awesome!  Thanks so much everyone!

Does he wear the Army uniform?  I'm pretty well set on wearing mine for the big day as well.  I'm still trying to pick a date, but getting married in navy whites seems like the way to go.  They're dead sexy...and white Oxfords are a lot easier to polish. 


You might be in the Canadian Army Forces if...you've been jacked up under the assumption that your NCD jacket is "Canex kit."

 

[Old Sweat]

You might be in the Canadian army if:

you have crapped in a garbage bag on a winter exercise;

you act relieved when the air temperature rises to minus 20; or

you say things like "let's pull pole" instead of "it's time to go."

 

[Brutus]

You might be in the Canadian Army if...

you know how to play Euchre

 

[The Bread Guy]

You might be in the Canadian Army if...

you have to ask which toque you can wear today, and where.

 

[Strike]

You might be in the Canadian Army if...

You honk the horn before you back up.

You run in step with:
- the music in your iPod
- the guy in front of you on the trail
- the guy you're about to pass.

 

[chrisf]

You own more pairs of boots then pairs of pants.