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YOU
MIGHT BE AN AGE TROOP IF… You’ve ever
said, “Yes sir, it’s supposed to look like that.” You know what 5606
and JP-8 tastes like. Made an entire
shift of aircraft maintainers stay late because they didn’t wrap up
your equipment when they were done. You know where all
good hiding spots are in the sub-pools to park and sleep. You put your brick
by your head as an alarm to wake up. You’ve stretched
out a heater PMI for two weeks (and got away with it) You
“McGuyvered” all of your practical jokes with every bench stock
item possible. You’ve ever used
safety wire as a toothpick. You’ve ever had
to say, “Wow, my boots are still black?” You believe a
jammer has a soul. You talk to your The only thing you
know about any city is where the good bars are. You know more
about your coworkers than you do about your own family. You can’t figure
out why maintenance officers exist. You’ve ever been
told, “Get some prop wash, a yard of flightline, or muffler
bearings.” You consider TDY a
paid vacation. The phrase, “Oh,
by the way…” makes you twitch uncontrollably. There’s little
yellow earplugs are all over your house. The fridge in your
dorm room is only stocked with beer. You can’t figure
out why two weeks of advance per-diem is gone in two days. You have ever used
dykes to trim your fingernails. You have ever
wiped your hands on your pants. You have ever worn
someone else’s hat or Gortex just to go to the chow hall. Everyone you know
has some kind of nickname. You hate that
people working at the gym handing out towels get the same pay as you. You have ever been
tackled, duct taped to chair, covered in PET and sand, egged, sour
milk, peanut butter and jellied, and slid under the emergency shower
in 30 degree weather. You have lookouts
for QA. You hate Ops, MOC,
QA, SP’s, Finance, MPF and the Hospital. You think JP-8 and
wintergreen Skoal taste good together. You know the words
“beer”, taxi”, and “hotel” in three different languages. You can’t
remember half of your coworkers real names…only their nicknames. |