[that feeling when you are trying to beat a dude who is twice your size with your baton and he doesn’t seem to notice]
“I need your clothes, your boots and your unmarked minivan.”
turns out that dude getting whaled on in Portland by feds was a Seabee
this explains a fuck of a lot to anyone who has spent time around Seabees on shore leave... 😂
and yes, he is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate
friend of mine now chasing it so i won’t share more
this explains a fuck of a lot to anyone who has spent time around Seabees on shore leave... 😂
and yes, he is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate
friend of mine now chasing it so i won’t share more
to those unfamiliar...
Seabees are basically... uh... construction workers, in combat
they’re combat construction workers
like... they’re grunts... but also... construction workers...
are ya getting it now?
not my first choice for a barfight
(unless they’re on my side)
Seabees are basically... uh... construction workers, in combat
they’re combat construction workers
like... they’re grunts... but also... construction workers...
are ya getting it now?
not my first choice for a barfight
(unless they’re on my side)
[recruiter] we need someone who wants to operate an armored bulldozer and build a road during an invasion while taking machine gun fire & arty
[normal person] hard pass
[future seabee, takes triple shot of bourbon, takes bite out of glass] fuck it i’m in
[normal person] hard pass
[future seabee, takes triple shot of bourbon, takes bite out of glass] fuck it i’m in
[future seabee, picking his teeth with a tenpenny nail] how long?
[recruiter] uh it’s a six-year contract
[future seabee, spitting out iron filings] no how long do you want the road to be
[recruiter] uh it’s a six-year contract
[future seabee, spitting out iron filings] no how long do you want the road to be
[old Seabee joke]
Q: SEALs versus Seabees in a barfight: who wins?
A: How many SEALs are fighting the Seabee?
Q: SEALs versus Seabees in a barfight: who wins?
A: How many SEALs are fighting the Seabee?
strangely enough it was actually a SEAL who told me that joke during a SOCEX with the 31st MEU - on Iwo Jima, of all places - as we watched some Seabees... do whatever it was they were doing... (i have no idea it was never my tribe)
