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From my USN pilot friend, Fred Sanders, CDR, USN, (Ret.)

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There is a very special relationship that survives the Navy's Aviation Candidate Officer School at Pensacola, FL, with the charming USMC Drill Instructor who is our "mother" for 16 weeks.

I made contact with my Marine Drill Instructor after 30 or so years. He retired as an 0-5 from the USMC. We exchange emails. When we meet, this is the way is will happen:

Him: On the ground!! Right now!! Give me 20 (push-ups), you g*dd**m maggot!!
Me: Pardon me, Sir, but I am a Commander in the US Navy!
Him: Oh s**t! Well, get up and let's go have a beer.

(I stand up, still squirming, as I did in AOCS. ((THIS IS TRUE - HE ACTUALLY SAID THIS TO ME - "G*dd**n it, Sanders!! You're squirming like a dog trying to sh*t a peach pit!")) )

Me: OK, the beer sounds good, but you're buying, a**hole.
Him: Yessir. You're an a**hole too.
Me: Yeah, I know it, Col.

Then we go in the O Club and make crude remarks about the Air Force. Everyone there yells in affirmation.

USAF: 8,000 ft. runways beside golf courses. Parachutes to slow the planes. Easy landings.

Navy: 400 ft. steel deck with planes parked on both sides. Rain. Night. Low fuel. Controlled crashes. Another day/night in the life. We signed up for it, and we do it. And, we love it. FLY YOUR OWN JET!!!!

Fred Sanders
CDR, USNR, Ret..............A-7carrier pilot
 
That's great NC... that the 'special' bond between a DI and Grunt still exists after 30 or so years. Suckin suds together and sh*ttin peach pits at the thought of it, wonderin if all is well. ;)
 
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