Happy Birthday Army
On 14 June, 1775, Congress “Resolved, That six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in Virginia… [and] as soon as completed, shall march and join the army near Boston, to be there employed as light infantry, under the command of the chief Officer in that army.”
247 years young, and here’s to many more. Happy Birthday to the Senior Service.
Category: Army, Bravo Zulu
To my Fellow Soldiers, Happiest of Birthdays. Keep your hatchet sharp and powder dry!
Rogers’ Rules:
21.If the enemy pursue your rear, take a circle till you come to your own tracks, and there form an ambush to receive them, and give them the first fire.
And the Army goes rolling along….
HOOAH!
Look at that Dedicated Infantry Combat Killer!
Don’t look now but the Captain’s Jumpwings are off centerline. Get him to EIB testing ASAP!!!
Said(typed) out of love and respect, it’s an Army thing.
Thanks Roh-Dog! He’s out now, pursuing a Masters in Nursing with the intent to become a trauma/flight nurse. But I’ll pass on that guidance
Happy Flag Day
Sung to the tune of the Caissons Go Rolling Along
Was it high
Was it low
Where the hell did that one go
As the caissons go rolling along
To the rear of the piece, FALL IN!
Hooah!
“…mustache with titties” –Action Figure Therapy
When would ANY Troop talk to a 1SG, let alone before coffee? BS flag!
We had Marines assist with training the underclass when I was in school. Walking through the “quad” (parade deck) to the mess hall one morning I passed the Gunnery Sergeant who was on his way to his office in one of the battalions. I looked at him and prepared to say good morning, but before I could make a sound he curtly started my day with “fuck off, Deckie.”
Same guy who when we made noise in the dorms at night would stomp around the corner screaming, “lights out means shut the fuck up or I swear to Christ I’ll play whack-a-mole with yaw asses!”
We Were Soldiers was more realistic about SCNOs as a work of film than “Be All You Can Be,” I must admit:
Ah the Gama Goat. Designed by a female automotive engineer to meet a requirement for a articulated, wheeled, amphibious, airdrop capable, squad vehicle. My unit received six of them in 1987 as we converted from a armored cav troop to a combat engineer company. Not knowing any better, we then proceed to drive them in convoy on the interstate from Morristown TN to FT Stewart GA for annual training. Five of them made it under their own power. We line hauled them back home.
Happy Birthday Army.
Happy Happy Birthday Baby by the Tuneweavers 1957 on the Checker label. Substitute ARMY when you hear the lead say Baby.
Happy Birthday, Army. Thanks; my 33 years, and counting, have been a helluva ride but wouldn’t change a thing.
Today is Ftag Day
PLEAE NEVER FORGET;
A short 3 minture video well worth watching,
Salute our Red, White and Blue Fiag.with 50 states
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9Fa6IFM8Q
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Ugh!! PTSD flashback from seeing a Gama Goat again. Talking about a POS that would soak up the quarterly budget just on Class IX repair parts alone, ugliness not withstanding./s
In keeping with the theme of raising 10 companies of expert riflemen, does anybody out there know the answer as to why in the WWII/Korean Era heavy Army Infantry Regiments, there was never a lettered “J” (Juliet/Jig) Company?
Anyway, Happy Birthday, Army.
Sure, Bill Murray made ’em look cool in Stripes, but…
What do you call a nonfunctioning English teacher that never leaves the teachers’ lounge?
A grammar goat.
Happy Birthday Army.
Claw the reason there are no Juliet companies is that in the good old days BT/BC (before typewriters/before computers) everything was done by hand. Given the lack of penmanship in the early Army, J was not used because it could be confused with I.
Yep, that’s right. I knew there was somebody out there who would come up with the right answer. Thanks.
Not to mention full payroll signature style naming; e.g., Smith, John Q. …from when the Army had 9 million folk in World War II.
Interment babies revert to only First and Last like grade school today, then wonder why (especially when no SSN or DoD ID# gets used on paperwork for “privacy”) they can’t tell which of the umpteen “John Smith” folk (just for Army) on the Global directory of our small <1% military they want. That’s why the FBI uses full middle name for perps, I tell ’em.
P.S. Grouchy old codger, I know…
I’m forever getting official paperwork without my middle initial on it (even though there’s a space– left blank– ignored by admin kiddies who don’t know or ask). They leave it off their signature blocks, along with not generally not doing them right (“you’re FA, not Fires” or “use USA for NCOs,” etc.). Folk generally seem to be turning into over-regulated Europeans who don’t use middle initials and sign everything in blue pen because (shrug) it doesn’t matter… until that doesn’t work (shrug again) then it still doesn’t matter for ’em (oh, well… ).
Happy birthday Army!
This is when Airborne Son returned from Iraq (pre-Airborne days)
Mrs. GB and I arranged – very last minute due to OpSec – to fly her to JBLM to surprise him. The Capt’s wife took this pic when he first saw his mother.
Happy Birthday Army. And to my fellow Blue Cords.
Happy birthday, Army!
And just for the record, contrary to anything my Soldiers may have said, I was not on the rolls for the first Army birthday.
Yeah, but that second birthday party was something else, right?
I admit nothing. Call my lawer.
Happy Birthday US Army and The Stars and Stripes! “This We’ll Defend!”
Artillery Punch and grilled Omaha Beef Beast for all hands @ Firebase Magnolia. Artillery Red Velvet Cake and Lime Sherbet for dessert. :saluting: 
Orange creamsicles for the Signal!
“YOU CAN TALK ABOUT US BUT YOU CAN’T TALK WITHOUT US!”
Ol’ Poe will wish his fellow Army compatriots Happy Birthday with the best Army song EVAH:
Blood on the risers LYRICS (Gory gory what a helluva way to die) – YouTube
The Birthday of Flag Day.
Never Forget.14 minute powerful tribute to our Red, WhIte and Blue sung by Michael W. Smith.
Please enjoy. We Did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9Fa6IFM8Q
#Psalm 37 Fret not because of evildoers, neither be though envious against the workers of iniquity .For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord and do good so shalt thought dwell in thy land, and verily though shalt be fed. Delight thyself in thy Lord; and he shalt give the thy desires of thy heart…..”
Salute. “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Never Forget.
Happy Birthday Army!
There’s nothing in the world like an Army artillery massed fires TOT mission.
All the best to our Soldiers on Team TAH!
Happy Belated Birthday, President Donald J. Trump.
We Miss You.