How to Tell That You're No Longer in the Military

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Uncle emailed me this...
He was NAVY, Alot of military in my fam, whatever LOL
Enjoy Veterans!

How to Tell That You're No Longer in the Military

1. I call my boss Mike, his boss Larry, and his boss Bob.

2. Kiwi regains its meanings as a flightless bird native to New Zealand.

3. I'm now making full use of both arms for carrying items, and save loads of time not looking for my hat (once I realized I don't wear one anymore).

4. One look at my new paycheck and I now know why they called it the L.E.S.(S). figure out what to wear to work.

5. I can again use the "passive" voice in my writing without the grammar police smacking my knuckles.

6. Forget to shave? Just tell 'em you're starting your beard that day! Haircut? Ha!

7. Can walk to the right side of Mike, Larry, and Bob without violating some medieval concept of courtesy.

8. Have finally worked "Airborne", "Hoo-Ah", "OORAH", and "High-Speed" out of my daily vocabulary.

9. Business lunches, golfing, and baseball season tickets are considered an essential part of work.

10. The ability to run long distances quickly and do many push-ups or sit-ups is not confused for intelligence, leadership potential, or degree of motivation.

11. Have determined brown T-shirts and OD Socks go with nothing in the real world.

12. Can fly to New Zealand to see small flightless birds without having to get permission and a bunch of signatures on an DA Form 31.

13. Can't remember the last time the shoes I wore to work got any mud on them.

14. Office empty at 5:15 PM. Only people left behind are ex-military whose wives couldn't take the shock of seeing their spouses before 7:00PM.

15. No guards at the entrance to my subdivision.

16. All the years of learning great cadences wasted on the civilian world.

17. Discovered jumping out of a perfectly good plane on a business trip is a federal offense.

18. If a cannon goes off at the office at 6:30 AM or 5:00 PM you call 911.

19. No harassment from people with nothing better to do than worry whether my coat is zipped or not.
 
Come on you miss the Army really!

Lol.

There was a list similar to this for Paramedics in the UK.

Only been medically retired a year and still see Ambulances and rapid response cars going past wondering what they are going to deal with.

I think any kind of service wether it be military, police, fire or ambulance should be better rewarded and more recognition for the skills we have tgat can no longer be used.
 
I know it took me about 6 months of working on an Air Force base after I got out of the Army to stop reflexively saluting senior officers and wondering why junior officers and enlisted didn't salute me, LOL.
 
Originally Posted By: javacontour
I know it took me about 6 months of working on an Air Force base after I got out of the Army to stop reflexively saluting senior officers and wondering why junior officers and enlisted didn't salute me, LOL.
The Scare Force, that's barely military.
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Funny you should say that. When I worked in an office with Air Force folks, they called one another by first names. In the Army is was Sgt Last_Name and Sir (or ma'am) but in the AF, it seems in many places, the military formalities I was accustomed to were not present.
 
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