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2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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7. Yup. We're getting really short now.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:45 AM

Nov 2016

At the remote AFB in Turkey where I was stationed, guys (all-male base) wore baseball caps that just said "SHORT" on them for the last week. When all you had was a wake-up, you'd hand your cap off to someone else.

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Anyone who was in the military has heard [View all] The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 OP

AKA..........Gettin' Short! HAB911 Nov 2016 #1

SHHHHHOOOOOOORRRRRRTTTTTTT! TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #3

So short I have to stand on a dime... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #2

I forgot that TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #4

So Short The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #5

That's good. TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #6

Yup. We're getting really short now. MineralMan Nov 2016 #7

Nice The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #8

Samsun. TUSLOG Det. 2-3 MineralMan Nov 2016 #9

On Okinawa we were called short timers at one year to stateside workinclasszero Nov 2016 #10

Gonna rock that shit The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #11