Prior military, what did you do on your first day out?

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Just wondering...

 

[djheater]

My expereince with recent ex-military is that they all really like sleeping in. Seriously.

 

[acemcmac]

I'd wake up and leave my bed unmade, dirty laundry on the floor and walk to and from the shower neekid

 

[olds]

Looked for a job

 

[PrinceofWands]

Got up in late morning, me and my friend put the last of my stuff in my new 64 1/4 mustang, headed out to spend a few weeks driving back from virigina to washington - seeing everything along the way. Other than being depressed over my failed marriage, it was an awesome day.

 

[nutxo]

First full day? The day I got out I went otu with my buddies and drank hard till 2am. Then passed out at the Y to save money. The next morning I decided I was gonna thumb it to Sacramento from San Diego. I got a ride as far as bakersfield and then ended up in a club till closing, then a party till 5 and back thumbing. Half drunk and half sick.

When I finally got home I slept for a week. ( Due to all the drinking yadda yadda I saved no money)

 

[BoomerD]

Put in my application for an apprenticeship in the international Union of Operating Engineers. Hmm, maybe that was my 2nd or 3rd day...I think I got blitzed my first day out...

 

[SilentZero]

Got very drunk and slept for about 30 hours

 

[OutHouse]

Drove home to Colorado from North Dakota.

the only time i iron a shirt now is when its really wrinkled and i sure as hell have not touched a can of starch. I shine my work shoes like once every 3 months.

 

[DCFife]

I drove from North Carolina to Nevada, dropped off my car and hopped on a plane and went overseas as a contractor.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Citrix
the only time i iron a shirt now is when its really wrinkled and i sure as hell have not touched a can of starch. I shine my work shoes like once every 3 months.

Ditto.

And I took great joy in not having to do military creases.
What the hell is that anyway?
Deliberately iron a big fvckin crease all the way up and down your shirt?

DUMB! And ugly too.
I still havent figured out why civilians and military think thats so damn cool.

EDIT: I didnt use that whole "X days and a wake up" thing. I heard everybody on the ship use it, but I got discharged from a very relaxed shore station and it didnt seem to matter much.

 

[Horus]

Relaxed. Just relished a day without doing pushups. But then found myself WANTING to do them. Then wondered to myself what the fvck was wrong with me, wanting to do pushups.

Then I went drinking.

So, besides the relaxing, it was exactly like still being at boot.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: Citrix
the only time i iron a shirt now is when its really wrinkled and i sure as hell have not touched a can of starch. I shine my work shoes like once every 3 months.

Ditto.

And I took great joy in not having to do military creases.
What the hell is that anyway?
Deliberately iron a big fvckin crease all the way up and down your shirt?

DUMB! And ugly too.
I still havent figured out why civilians and military think thats so damn cool.

EDIT: I didnt use that whole "X days and a wake up" thing. I heard everybody on the ship use it, but I got discharged from a very relaxed shore station and it didnt seem to matter much.

We've gotten rid of the creased uniform. We're actually ordered NOT to iron the ACU's and they have the brown boots. Life is so much damn easier. I'm sure I'll drink a lot whenever I get out though.

 

[Horus]

only creases I need is in DEU's. When I'm wearing combats, you get in crap for ironing them. and technically you're not supposed to polish the boots, because they're combat boots. But, whatever.

 

[shortylickens]

What the frig is an ACU?
WTF IS A DAMN DEU?

Why cant you wear dungarees like a normal person?

 

[fitzov]

i got FUBAR and then tried to find a job

 

[Killercavecow]

Loaded the U-haul and headed north to Wa. State. Spent the night in Grangeville, Id. Good times, I guess.

 

[jersiq]

I was on an Amtrak train from Camp Pendleton,CA back to Hartford,CT.

I will never again take a train cross country without a sleeper car!

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Just wondering...

I just drove from Washington D.C. to Connecticut. That was 50 years ago so my memory of events is not THAT good.

I will say this - it was very difficult sleeping on a soft bed. I slept on the floor for months. Eventually, I got used to a civilian bed.

 

[FoBoT]

my discharge date was 20 jan , 1996, that was a saturday, so my last day was friday, i picked up my papers friday morning i think

so i had a "normal" weekend, i started my civilian job on monday

 

[TreyRandom]

Spent my first day out driving from Ft. Lewis, WA to somewhere between Salt Lake City and Cheyenne. I stopped after about 28 hours of driving in Laramie, WY, on my way home to Nashville. Took me 2 1/2 days, and I even stopped to see a friend for a few hours at Ft. Riley, KS.

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
EDIT: I didnt use that whole "X days and a wake up" thing. I heard everybody on the ship use it, but I got discharged from a very relaxed shore station and it didnt seem to matter much.

I didn't have any "...and a wake up." My butt was in the car driving home right seconds after I signed out at the PAC at 12:01am.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Well, I have been wondering what in the hell to do on Saturday, my first official day as a civilian, in 8+ years. I have a batch of limecello brewing (two actually: one with Everclear, one with vodka), and I found some interesting drink recipes using lemoncello. I have this feeling that it should be some kind of momentous occassion, atleast to some degree. But I'm at a loss of something to do. Just more moving and packing really. Oh well. Yeehah.

 

[GrassR00t]

Flew home from Okinawa Japan

 

[bennylong]

started to smoke crack

 

[Linflas]

Drove from Jacksonville, Florida home to Springfield, Virginia. Partied non stop for a couple of days then had the sober realization that there were no more Uncle Sugar paychecks coming in until I started college full time so started looking for a job.