Helicopter/Helo/Chopper

**jgcunningham** · 17th September 10, 07:12 AM

My dad, a 15 year USAF vet, told me this one:

What does the Air Force call a helicopter?

A helicopter.

What does the Army call a helicopter?

A chopper.

What does the Navy call a helicopter?

A helo.

What does a Marine call a helicopter?

Nothing. He just points at it and goes "Ungh! Ungh ungh!"

**zjrog** · 17th September 10, 10:37 AM

Retired Navy, but when on the beach with Marines, I called the helo, my ride home to a warm shower and a hot meal... See ya tomorrow guys!!!

**ohiopiper** · 19th September 10, 07:44 PM

Worked with a bunch or marines at one time. They spent a lot of time pointing and grunting. Lots of inter-service rivalry, but...

Let an interloper come between and watch the place get turned to rubble. Kinda like a family squabble. Ma and pa will have at each other, but if an outsider steps in they gang up one them.

I believe it was Elanor Roosevelt that said "The United States Marines have the lowest morals, highest morale, cleanest bodies and filthiest minds of any men I have ever met. Thank God for the the U.S.M.C."

But I'd still not let one wrench on a jet without adult supervision.

**zjrog** · 19th September 10, 10:17 PM

Hahahaaa... And don't you DARE mess with a Marine's Corpsman... he is NEVER alone.

**Geoff Withnell** · 21st September 10, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by ohiopiper

Worked with a bunch or marines at one time. They spent a lot of time pointing and grunting. Lots of inter-service rivalry, but...

Let an interloper come between and watch the place get turned to rubble. Kinda like a family squabble. Ma and pa will have at each other, but if an outsider steps in they gang up one them.

I believe it was Elanor Roosevelt that said "The United States Marines have the lowest morals, highest morale, cleanest bodies and filthiest minds of any men I have ever met. Thank God for the the U.S.M.C."

But I'd still not let one wrench on a jet without adult supervision.

Hey! We do just fine wrenching on jets! Jets are weapons! We like weapons! We treat weapons real good! (Geoff scratches and belches)

Geoff Withnell Marine Aviation Maintenance Tech in a previous existence.
And I second the comment on Corpsmen - after good-looking blonde ladies who like kilt-wearing men, corpsmen are my favorite people.

**Old Hippie** · 23rd September 10, 12:17 PM

Wanna REALLY mess up some Army folks? Hand them over to a fresh loo who went to OCS after a stint in the Marines.

Single-service folks don't understand this, but not everybody calls orders on the same cadence when marching. Poor guy would get under stress and revert to Marine cadence and the platoon would look like the Keystone Kops trying to get out of the station.

**Geoff Withnell** · 24th September 10, 07:58 AM

There are differences between officers based on how the got their commission, one of the academies (West Point or Annapolis) OCS, or ROTC. This difference is best described by example. Given the mission of taking a hill:

OCS officer - "Men, follow me up the hill!"
Academy officer - "Sgt, take the men up the hill"
ROTC officer - (Looks around frantically) "What hill?"

Geoff Withnell

**Detroitpete** · 24th September 10, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by jgcunningham

My dad, a 15 year USAF vet, told me this one:

What does the Air Force call a helicopter?

A helicopter.

What does the Army call a helicopter?

A chopper.

What does the Navy call a helicopter?

A helo.

What does a Marine call a helicopter?

Nothing. He just points at it and goes "Ungh! Ungh ungh!"

I spent 8 years in the Navy, jumping out of perfectly air worthly helicopters> I referred to them as giant, slow flying targets

**macwilkin** · 24th September 10, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Geoff Withnell

There are differences between officers based on how the got their commission, one of the academies (West Point or Annapolis) OCS, or ROTC. This difference is best described by example. Given the mission of taking a hill:

OCS officer - "Men, follow me up the hill!"
Academy officer - "Sgt, take the men up the hill"
ROTC officer - (Looks around frantically) "What hill?"

Geoff Withnell

I know this was meant as a joke, but a number of the ROTC cadets I taught in my military history classes last fall and this spring had prior service as enlisted personnel in Iraq & Afghanistan. One of them was born in Mexico, and had become an American citizen before serving overseas.

The cadets as a rule were great students, and speaking as a civilian, it was an honor for me to hopefully give them an appreciation for the proud history of the US Armed Forces.

I didn't mean to be pedantic or a "kill-joy" -- just wanted to say some good things about "my" cadets.

T.

**ohiopiper** · 24th September 10, 09:41 PM

CajunScot, this is due to the shift in society, and it's a good thing I think. Used to be that a man (or woman) would do their stint and go back to civilian life for good. More and more we are seeing folks get out of an enlistment, go to school on the MGIB and return as officers with a previous military history. Good for them and even better for the military. The best officers I had the pleasure of serving under were BOOST and OCS. Not to say all the Academy grads were bad seed, but seldom would you find a rotten apple amongst previous enlisted.

And now back to humor:
How to secure a room.
Army - Post a guard
Navy - Put a lock on it
Marines - Shoot it full of holes and toss a grenade inside
Air Force - Sign a six month lease