Whadda ya gonna do? - The Firearms Forum

susie · 04-18-2003, 11:17 PM

A US Air Force C-141 is scheduled to leave Thule Air Base, Greenland, at midnight. During the pilot's preflight check he discovers that the latrine holding tank is still full from the last flight.

A message is sent to the base, and an airman who was off duty is called out to take care of it. He finally gets to the air base only to find that the latrine pump has been left outdoors and is frozen solid so he must find another one in the hangar, which takes even more time.

He finally arrives at the aircraft and is less than enthusiastic about what he has to do. Nevertheless, he goes about the pumping job deliberately and carefully (and slowly) so as to not risk criticism later.

As he's leaving the plane, the pilot, an Air Force Major, stops him and says "Son, your attitude and performance has caused this flight to be late, and I'm going to personally see to it that you are not just reprimanded, but punished."

The poor guy says, "Sir, with all due respect, I'm not your son. I'm an Enlisted Airman in the United States Air Force. I've been in Thule, Greenland for eleven months without a furlough, and reindeer are beginning to look pretty good to me. I have one stripe, it's two thirty in the morning it's twenty degrees below zero and my specialty here is to pump $hit from an aircraft. Now just what form of punishment did you have in mind?"

dcd_enterprises · 01-06-2008, 01:05 PM

I think he's got the Major on that one.

Nighthawk · 01-06-2008, 07:22 PM

catfish83861 · 01-07-2008, 05:25 PM

Dang, Can I ever relate this to my younger years as an enlisted member in the U.S.Navy

catfish

Bruce FLinch · 01-07-2008, 09:22 PM

How about 11 more months in Greenland?

04-18-2003, 11:17 PM	#1
susie Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 8	Whadda ya gonna do? A US Air Force C-141 is scheduled to leave Thule Air Base, Greenland, at midnight. During the pilot's preflight check he discovers that the latrine holding tank is still full from the last flight. A message is sent to the base, and an airman who was off duty is called out to take care of it. He finally gets to the air base only to find that the latrine pump has been left outdoors and is frozen solid so he must find another one in the hangar, which takes even more time. He finally arrives at the aircraft and is less than enthusiastic about what he has to do. Nevertheless, he goes about the pumping job deliberately and carefully (and slowly) so as to not risk criticism later. As he's leaving the plane, the pilot, an Air Force Major, stops him and says "Son, your attitude and performance has caused this flight to be late, and I'm going to personally see to it that you are not just reprimanded, but punished." The poor guy says, "Sir, with all due respect, I'm not your son. I'm an Enlisted Airman in the United States Air Force. I've been in Thule, Greenland for eleven months without a furlough, and reindeer are beginning to look pretty good to me. I have one stripe, it's two thirty in the morning it's twenty degrees below zero and my specialty here is to pump $hit from an aircraft. Now just what form of punishment did you have in mind?" __________________ *KATN* -->

01-06-2008, 01:05 PM	#2
dcd_enterprises Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Wheatland, Iowa Posts: 1,313	Re: Whadda ya gonna do? I think he's got the Major on that one. __________________ A veteran - whether active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand that - Author unknown

01-06-2008, 07:22 PM	#3
Nighthawk Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Central Texas Posts: 3,330	Re: Whadda ya gonna do? __________________ Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives." --John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush, April 18, 1808 NRA Life TSRA Life GOA Member

01-07-2008, 05:25 PM	#4
catfish83861 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Idaho Posts: 2,018	Re: Whadda ya gonna do? Dang, Can I ever relate this to my younger years as an enlisted member in the U.S.Navy catfish __________________ 'Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.' - David Hackworth

01-07-2008, 09:22 PM	#5
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: Whadda ya gonna do? How about 11 more months in Greenland? __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.