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

[Superman]

55. You wake up at 05:00 and have morning PT.

 

[Franko]

56. You wake up at 0630 and panic because you think you‘re late for PT...then realise it‘s Saturday.

 

[chrisf]

57. You can make complete scentences using nothing but acronyms.

 

[slans]

58. Refer to all your other clothing other than Combats as Civi Clothes.

59. Start thinking that 5 clicks isn‘t that far.

 

[Franko]

60. You start replacing months with taskings IE: as soon as this tasking is done I‘m on block leave.

 

[patt]

61. Think about the military 24/7

 

[JasonH]

Originally posted by patty:
[qb] 61. Think about the military 24/7 [/qb]

And I‘m not even in yet

 

[stukirkpatrick]

62. To be clear, you use the phonetic alphabet for those especially important things to say.

 

[Pte. Bloggins]

63. you manage to polish off a meal that would take anyone else 45 minutes to eat in 30 seconds. You find this perfectly normal.
64. when someone (in the civvy world) calls you ‘sir‘ or ‘ma‘am‘ (out of politeness,) you reply ‘don‘t call me sir/ma‘am, I work for a living!
65. when you hear anyone call ANYONE ‘sir‘ or ‘ma‘am,‘ you jump 10 feet in the air and look around in fear.
66. your bed has hospital corners.
67. lacking a rifle, you carry a 1-m long, 3.34 kg. stick around with you everywhere, including the john. You make sure to shine and polish your stick to perfection daily.
68. you refuse to turn on the light after dark to be ‘tactical.‘
69. you dry the sink/drinking fountain after every use.
70. when entering a room, you automatically look for places where dust might be hiding.


lol this is great keep ‘em comin‘!

 

[Franko]

71. Meeting someone for the first time you look at the length of their hair.
72. You no longer look at the ground when walking (hunting mode)
73. You walk at a pace that nearly kills anyone walking with you.

 

[Slim]

74. Diving into a ditch at the side of the road when the local bus comes up behind you as it has the same engine as an AVGP.

75. Never, ever, EVER walk on the grass.

76. refer to consuming food and beverage as " putting it downrange."

 

[big_castor]

77. You make your neighbour sign a DND 638 when he borrows the lawn-mower.

 

[Franko]

78. Refering to empty beer bottles as "Dead Soldiers" and forming them into full squadrons...complete with 3 troops and an assault troop, adm troop, SHQ etc.

 

[big_castor]

79. You stop private school students on the street and tell them to tuck in their shirts, straifghten their ties and shine their shoes.

 

[nbk]

80. You skip from number 33 to 44 in this list and screw up the enite order of the numbering without anyone noticing. :warstory:

 

[mattoigta]

hahaha

 

[fusilier955]

81. You also repeat numbers 50. and 51.

 

[Slim]

82. When going out of Friday night you ask your buddies if they have 404‘s to see who will drive.

83. When eating fruit, pulling the stem off and yelling "grenade"

84. When someone is angry and brings you a problem they are dealing with you tell them," Stop whining and soldier on!".

 

[Danny]

And 2 14‘s!

 

[Danny]

And 2 14‘s!