LFMF - Learn From My Fail, Military Edition. What's the worst/funniest fails you've seen in the military?
I want to Laugh, I want to cry, I want to shake my head until my neck hurts...
Humor
Too many to tell, but let's start with this one.
I had an E5 report first day onboard in his Trops (summer dress uniform). I knew he was to report that day, but he fell into formation for Colors with the rest of the crew so I didn't notice him immediately. Once "Carry on" was sounded, the boss had everybody gather around for a quick brief on the Plan of the Day. Once she was finished, she asked if I had anything for the good order and discipline of the unit so I called this guy out to introduce himself. His ribbons were on the right side of his shirt along with his Boat Force Insignia, his name tag was on the left side of the shirt, and his belt was put on backwards.
Once the meeting broke, I had him accompany me to my office where I asked the question "Who dressed you this morning?"
First day on the job at a new unit with a new boss showed up looking like crap on a cracker!
Perhaps he was just dyslexic, or had a problem understanding how a mirror works...
Great story, Senior Chief!
He took credit for dressing himself. Not sure I would have done that. Maybe I would have blamed it on the wife (as long as she wasn't there to hear me do that...I'm crazy, not stupid!), the kids, the dog, the next door neighbor's kids....almost anybody else in the world, but saying after almost six years in service that I couldn't properly dress myself isn't the way I would like to start my first day at a new unit.
I'm the same way about my dress uniforms. I keep a set of Trops(summer) and SBDs (winter) ready. They're in the plastic bags from the dry cleaners dressed (ribbons, insignia & badges) and ready to go every day. Never can tell when you'll get that last minute call to do something where you need to look official.
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