Gone down on more sailors than a submarine gay joke
Itwasquite the romantic scene at the Naval Submarine Ground in Groton, Conn. on Aug. 12, when a sailor on the USS New Mexico popped the question to his longtime partner after six months at sea.
The Modern London Day reports that Petty Officer 2nd class Jerrel Revels dropped to one knee before proposing to his partner, Dylan Kirchner, at the base's Pier 31. As the publication pointed out, the scene is emblematic of the nation's post-"Don't Question , Don't Tell" mindset, nearly two years after the controversial U.S. military policy's repeal.
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"It kind of tickled my mind every now and then that (he would propose) but I never expected this," Kirchner, a Connecticut resident who was introduced to the Texas-born Revels last September, told The Day's Kerry M. Flynn. "I didn't really care everybody was around. It felt just prefer the two of us."
To read more about the proposal, click here.
Same-sex proposals and weddings among U.S. military personnel are continuing to make headlines since the 2011 repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Earlier this year, an active U.S. Marine and his partner tied the kno
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On their way to get married, a young Catholic couple is emotionally attached in a fatal car accident. The couple find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting, they commence to wonder: Could they possibly receive married in Heaven? When St. Peter showed up, they asked him.
St. Peter said, ‘I don’t know. This is the first age anyone has asked. Let me leave find out,’ and he leaves.
The couple sat and waited, and waited. Two months passed and the couple are still waiting. While waiting, they began to wonder what would happen if it didn’t operate out; could you get a divorce in heaven. After yet another month, St. Peter finally returns, looking somewhat bedraggled.
‘Yes,’ he informs the couple, ‘you can get married in Heaven.’
‘Great!’ said the couple, ‘But we were just wondering, it’s always been our think to get married on a ship in the ocean, do you possess any ships in heaven?’
St. Peter says “Yes we contain ships but…” then he becomes red-faced with anger, slams his clipboard onto the ground.
‘What’s wrong?’ asked the frightened couple.
‘OH, COME ON!’, St. Peter shouted, 'It took me three months to find one p
Before R., a Marine Corps officer, leaves Camp Pendelton, he changes out of the starched camouflage suit that is the everyday uniform of marines into ”civvies” — in R.’s case, jeans and a T-shirt. It is normal for a marine to change clothes before vanishing the base; by shedding his ”cammies,” R. leaves behind the obligation to salute other marines in uniform. But for R., the change is also symbolic: as a marine who is gay, he looks forward to the end of each workday as a reprieve from hiding part of himself from everyone around him.
Most days, the marines in R.’s battalion are not in the field but at their desks in a modest office building, set amid scrubby Southern California coastland, where images of wives and crinkly faced infants smile from picture frames and desktop screens. In R.’s office, the decor is strictly military: photographs of his various units over the 12 years he has been a marine, a picture of the general whom he served as an aide — a demanding and highly prestigious job. (R. has also been a commanding officer, bearing ultimate responsibility for a unit.) R. wishes he could place on his desk a photograph o
Military Jokes
The one about the carrier and the lighthouse is an amusing one, but 'tis an 'urban myth'. Here is another amusing one along similar lines:
It is 1968, and the Vietnam War is in full flight. Off the coast of the DMZ, a US Navy Destroyer is patrolling. Dominant is a zealous new officer, this being his first major command.
One dim night, he was on the bridge, when a large shape was picked up on radar, coming towards them. "Unknown vessel, this is United States Navy ship USS Sampson. Determine yourself." No response. So, the captain tries again: "This is the USS Sampson. Spot yourself immediately. No response. The captain gives the order to prepare for action, and gives a final challenge: "This is Navy Destroyer USS Sampson. Identify yourself or we will energy upon you!" The response comes across in a laconic voice: "This is the Battleship USS New Jersey. You may fire when ready."
Rules of Combat
1. The only things more accurate than enemy fire is amiable fire. 2. Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo. 3. Teamwork is vital. It gives them more targets to shoot at. 4. No inspection-read