What is your best deployment funny story? (either combat or not)

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:28:13 -0400

Mine has to be when I was Deployed to Italy. we were in the bar which was a stone throw away from the Marine and SeaBee barracks (literally). and Cpl.. we'll call him nate was trying to get with a navy female personnel and the SeaBee's there I guess had been trying and didn't want a marine to show them up so they bring him outside and they start fighting. soon enough the entire platoons of marines and Seabee's start an all out brawl in front of the barracks about 30 seconds in our company GySgt comes out and tries to break it up, he get hit in the face and he starts to brawl with everyone (this is where our platoon's song "Gunny suplexed a SeaBee" came from).

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 30 at 2015 3:43 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:43:07 -0400

I was on my second deployment, the first to Iraq and they pulled 20 Marines from all over the Bn to for a platoon for an in country requirement. On the first day of our left seat/right seat we are on a vehicle patrol going over this floating bridge when the VCs HMMVW seat starts touching the battery under it. He sees that its sparking and I guess he saw a flame because he hit the in vehicle fire suppression system. The driver was a kid from Admin who had volunteered to come out with us, anyways, the fire suppression system goes off with a bang and filled the inside with smokey white powder. He yells IED and as the driver jumps out the moving HMMWV and starts to panic. This was hands down the funniest thing I ever saw on deployment. Needless to say he never went out on patrol with us again.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jul 2 at 2015 12:09 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 00:09:41 -0400

Two Colonels were sitting at the O'Club bar at Monkey Mountain, just outside of Da Nang, trying to figure out where they had served together before. They would name a year, like 1944, and compare where they had been assigned.

A LT at the end of the bar made some comment about their memories and age, and the Col. asked the LT where HE had been in 1944. The LT said "Sir, I wasn't born yet in 1944"

The Col. said in a stage whisper that all could hear "Son, does your mommy know where you are?"

Response by Cpl John M Dutrow made Jul 2 at 2015 7:53 PM

Cpl John M Dutrow — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:53:56 -0400

Vietnam are corpman was burning the head 8 ft deep he had a stork of genius why not use gas ! Well he poured about a gallon in .Now this is hard work right by the way he was FNG . So he takes a break and he comncus to take a dump .Well there noting like smoke when your taking a crap he was finished his smoke and dropped in the shitter.BOOM everyone yelling incoming and doc flew up in air.HE a babbone ass all red he's yelling they blew me up. .Doc was lMedaced Never to return .He iced up in C Med for next 11 months were he was given the name babbone ass