Submariner [was "thousand-yard stare"] (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Dave Wilton]

I remember a manual for US Army chemical officers (officers, not enlisted)
that detailed all the tasks that a chemical officer needed to know. The one
for donning chemical protective gear included instructions such as "put on
pants one leg at a time, fly facing front." The only non-intuitive step in
the task that actually required some instruction was lacing the chemical
protective overboots--which were not like standard boots--and the
instruction for that was simply "lace boots."

I'm convinced it was written by a captain who had been passed over for
promotion and was exacting a bit of revenge.

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Bill Palmer
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Subject: Re: Submariner [was "thousand-yard stare"] (UNCLASSIFIED)

yes, that's one of them.  Never heard it before, though.

Why do they paint "TGIF" on Marines' boots? To remind them "toes go in
first"

Bill P
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