Category: Military jokes

Sargeant Williams was the newest drill instructor at AOCS, Aviation Officer Candidate School and as such was always trying to impress his company commander and the other officers in the Command. Daily he was seen jumping all over his officer candidates and yelling at them as he supposedly developed them into future Naval Officers. We were lined up behind his company awaiting our turn to go into the mess hall for lunch. We all listened as Sargeant Williams yelled at his company, ” you will eat in a military fashion, enjoy this delicious meal and fall by in formation at 1215, do you worms understand me?” “Yes drill sargeant.” “There are only three rules in this galley, shut up, eat up and get up, do you pukes understand me?” “Yes drill sargeant.” “Then proceed. Company forward march.” When they got inside, they were surprised to see several Miss Florida contestants getting a tour of the mess hall. Not one to let an opportunity slip by the drill sargeant yelled at the top of his lungs, ” bravo company what is the first rule of the mess hall?” To his chagrin, his company all yelled out in unison, “shut up drill sargeant!”

Soldier Ivanov was ordered to peel a barrel of potatos. – In this day and age, the army should have a machine to peel potatos, complains Ivanov. – Absolutely, answered the sergeant. And you are its latest model.

Colin Powell, once USA’s highest ranking military officer, (now Secretary of State), loves to relate this incident from his Vietnam days. It shows the importance of clear objectives. Finding an outpost at a very vulnerable spot, Powell decided to investigate why it was location was chosen. He was assured that it was a very important outpost. “What’s it’s mission?” ” To protect the airfield!” “What’s the airfield here for?” “To resupply the outpost!”

A draftee went in for his physical wearing a truss and with a little convincing acting got his papers marked M.E. for Medically Exempt. Afterward a friend borrowed the truss to wear for his physical. At the end of the examination the doctor stamped M.E. on his papers. “Does that mean I’m medically exempt?” he asked. “No,” answered the doctor. “M.E. stands for Middle East. Anyone who can wear a truss upside down can certainly ride a camel.”

#NAME?’t show. The sergeant gets nervous and every hour reminds the sentry to report about the general’s arrival. Finally, the general comes in. – Where have you been? asks the sentry. The sergeant has already asked about you four times.

Short-sighted sarge: “Attention! You also, you little one in the back row with the red cap!” “But sarge, that’s a hydrant!” Sarge:”Anyway, in this place academics have to obey as well.”

A destroyer pulled into a foreign port, and put down maximum liberty. The skeleton crew didn’t notice a chimpanzee, escaped from a nearby civilian transport, crawled up the ropes and up to the smokestack. Down the stack, it made its way into the engine room. It came across a power panel opened up for maintenance, couldn’t read the warning signs, and with a bright blue blast shorted out the ship’s electrical system, and plunged the ship into darkness. A little bit later, two junior Hull Technicians wander down with their flashlights, looking for the problem. They come upon the blackened body of the chimp. They shine their flashlights on its long, burnt arms. They look at each other. They highlight its short legs and odd feet. They look at each other. Finally one says, “Well, it’s too hairy to be an Electrician, the legs are too short for a Hull Tech, and there would be more tatoos on a Bo’su n. Call the wardroom, see if one of the duty officers is missing.”

During the Vietnam War, a hillbilly soldier shot about a dozen of the enemy during his first battle. The Sergeant said, “How’d you learn to shoot like that ? Have you ever been in combat before?” “Well suh,” drawled the boy, “To be honest, this is my first public war.”

Q: How many military information officers does it take to change a lightbulb ? A: At the present point in time it is against policy and the best interests of military strategy to divulge information of such a statistical nature. Next question, please.

Q: How many Pentagon procurement officers does it take to change a lightbulb ? A: Look, for only $87 billion, we can put up this chain of fluorescent satellites that will illuminate the whole planet.