Paratrooper takes fish on parachute jump

Practical Fishkeeking ^

[tumblindice]

I remember seeing a photo of a WWII British paratrooper (REd Devils?) jumping with his pet hen.

[Larry Lucido]

Sounds like fishful thinking.

[Larry Lucido]

“What’s a henway?”

“About 2 pounds!”

[Gamecock]

I can’t tell you what I did in the Army. It’s classified.

[Daffynition]

Someone say fish?

[tumblindice]

What’s a Grecian urn?

Not very much.

[Slings and Arrows]

Don't tell Bernice.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

That's my pet fish named Willy MakeIt...

The famous author of "Dashing to the Outhouse". His girlfriend Betty Dont did the illustrations.

[GreenLanternCorps]

[Slings and Arrows]

Yep!

[Slings and Arrows]

I wonder how he typed with those little fins?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He dictated to the cat.

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty ping.

[cardinal4]

Wasn’t the 505th the Pathfinders who jumped into Normandy before D-Day?

[Future Snake Eater]

What do you recommend? Firing squad? It was harmless fun. I think the essay is too much, personally, but the 82d notoriously has no sense of humor.

[Gamecock]

Yup.

[TADSLOS]

Meanwhile, back at the barracks shower, unit LBGTQ Officers SGT Rock and SPC Bruce are conducting hands on training with newly assigned PVT Smith. No small animals were used in the training scenario. Safety First.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I wouldn't think any punishment is required -- a couple hundred push-ups, but nothing major or formal.

What I take exception to is that any offense in the military carries the punishment of writing an essay about safety. I read that you now get a medal for emailing your superiors if you see or hear sexually inappropriate jokes or behavior. Drill instructors aren't even supposed to cuss at recruits these days. The ongoing pussification of our military continues.

Making a paratrooper write a paper about safety is just plain GOOFY.

[Future Snake Eater]

A female 1SG received an ARCOM for that, yes. And she’s an Army-wide joke because of it.

Drill Sergeants were technically never allowed to swear, but they did anyway. Some drill sergeants, even when I joined in the late ‘90s assigned essays as punishment—drove the dumb kids nuts. That’s the Army that took down Iraq in three weeks, so we’re doing something right.

I fail to see why he needs an essay or a couple hundred push-ups at all, but I guess the Army will always be better “back in my day” than it is now.

[EveningStar]

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