A fake post, deleted now…but still funny as hell.😂 Probably a Marine trolling the Navy.
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Funny, but we had to run 4 miles,, No real PT as your running up and down ladder wells all day to get anywhere on the boat. Fail test and they get Mando PT LoL.. Chiefs, never seen one run, they had there own mess and berthing cause there special.
Yeah, but the Bosun chiefs could hold their coffee level in ANY sea or ship manuver. 🤣
I worked with an ex COD (C2 Greyhound) pilot. He said they used to put a cup of coffee on the dashboard of the plane and do a barrel roll without spilling it.
They would also send the new guy to the back to get more coffee and roll the aircraft.
Then, an ex-Marine aircraft electronics guy would send the new guy to the quartermaster to requisition 50ft of flight line.
The boss was a retired navy chief lifer, Great Lakes class of '38 and only hired guys out of the service or the college I went to. I heard lots of sea stories.
How many times do you have to run the length of a ship to rack up 3 miles?
I guess fewer laps on a carrier...
Must suck in a sub.
I was Air Force and we only had a 1.5 mile run to do (at least when I was in). I only ever had 1 time I failed. I had been stationed in England for 2 years and changed duty stations to NORAD in the winter. I went from sea level to over 6,000 feet above sea level. I had to do my run the 1st week I was there, and it had to be a bunch of laps around inside the gym because everything else was covered in snow. My lungs felt like they were going to burst and I failed the test. The guy that gave the test told me not to worry - I would get to do it in another 30 days. He said most people had a hard time passing it their first time - especially coming from sea level. They gave people a chance to see if they would pass it or not right away. I think it was to laugh at us trying to breathe.
Once I acclimated I passed the run easily (and it was outside by then).
Treadmill. But yes. Running on a ship at sea is hard. Our gym was aft so every movement was larger. Each time the ship bobbed up you feel heavy, when it bobbed down you were light as a feather.
Cleaning a compartment near the bow was fun-going up the ladder when the bow was rising was hard, but going down the ladder was a weightless delight.. 😁
That's funny. I came in one very rainy morning to work and the hangar bay which had no planes in it was full of soldiers with all their gear. Got to the office and asked my retired Marine boss what all those Marines were doing there. He was outraged. "Marines! Those aren't Marines. Marines would be outside doing push-ups and loving every minute of it."
It was the Army.
I would rather run than do cherry pickers until the sergeant decides he is tired of seeing your face. JS
Are you sure it was a Marine? It wasn't written in crayon?!