Generals totally watch new recruits shoot for the first time.
Anon goes to boot camp
Submitted 10 months ago by MacNCheezus@lemmy.today to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ochi_chernye@startrek.website 10 months ago
I mean, occasionally they do. Always popping up where you least expect (or want) them, in my experience.
stoy@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Would you say that it happens in…
…general?
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, had a navy friend who met 2 different admirals during boot camp and 2 more at their first training command. Some times the sharks like to swim in the ponds
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
I have heard in eastern countries its a bit more common to see them compared to western ones
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And the recruits shoot for their first time at 300 meters
Akasazh@feddit.nl 10 months ago
My dad had a similar story. When he got recalled they had to shoot a bunch of nearly depleted ammo for 155 mm arty.
They sit in the field waiting for the command to fire. Guy that has the pull cord had been smoking some weed and was sitting behind the gun drumming.
One of his beats is with the hand in which he has the cord, it was slightly to strong. The gun fires and he gets the recoiling breech block in his face.
My dad jumps on him and keeps his tongue from sliding back in the guys throat. Shouts at the commanding officer to get a medic, finally the guy gets wheeled out by an ambulance. Nothing heard from the guy.
Years later, in a bar he hears some drumming he recognizes. It’s the same guy, he got small fracture at the base of his skull and got an army pension for life. Buys the beers for my dad the rest of the evening.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
That guy must have an amazingly thick skull.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 10 months ago
He was incredibly relaxed, which might have saved him. You see this with drunk drivers too.
GNUmer@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Unless Anon served in the Russian army, accidentally shooting a rock 10m away would be quite a serious safety breach leading to a good amount of investigations.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Anon is on 4chan and mentioned mandatory service…so yeah, probably Russia or a former Soviet state.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 months ago
That’s why anon is going to that guy’s wedding next week; both were kicked out of army.
jaybone@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In Russian army, rock shoots you.
OwlPaste@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In soviet Russia the pension will get you for life… Jokes aside he won’t get any pension or medical in russian army, just get sent to Ukraine. Cheaper
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I wonder what country this is that has conscription, speaks English and uses meters.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 10 months ago
It might come as a surprise to you, but quite a lot of people in the world learn English as a second language, and terminally online 4chan anons tend to get quite good at it, so this doesn’t narrow it down much.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yes that’s why the drill sergeant yells in English too
jmastajay@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Singapore
bstix@feddit.dk 10 months ago
Læffy?
Wutchilli@feddit.org 10 months ago
I want to belive that this is true (and gay)
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Anon is attending the guys wedding bc theyre the ones getting married.
jaybone@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Directed by JJ Abrams.
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Nah… He’s marrying the drill sergeant.
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
It would be great but OP would be from a country that doesnt speak English and the theme song probably wouldn’t be English either. I’ve watched Bob l’éponge and the song is French.
Lyre@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I learned today that Singapore has mandatory military service and a majority English speaking population… So there’s a chance
b0gl@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Vem bor i en ananas djupt i det blå? Svampbob Fyrkant!
Yorick@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Reading this I’m pretty sure that’s the kind of goofing you end up in at the Swiss army.
Tho having a 300m target distance on your first rifle shooting test seems far to me.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Wer wohnt in ein Ananas ganz tief im Meer? (SpongeBob Schwammkopf)
Maalus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Russian army is big on spongebob songs.
Manzas@lemdro.id 9 months ago
Idk the Lithuanian one translates to about the same in English and service is mandatory in Lithuania.