Once again, some of these might only be funny to veterans or those currently serving. Enjoy!
- You call the barracks home.
- The girl that was a 2 is now a 5.
- You use words like "roger", "negative", and "say again" in normal conversation.
- You go home for vacation.
- The girl with the hairy legs and upper lip is the hot one.
- Card board boxes are your desk.
- You're over 20 years old and sleeping in a bunk bed.
- You buy a DVD with 5 movies on it for $5 and feel like you got ripped off.
- You don't pause your game because of mortars.
- You lose weight because "I just can't eat that again."
- You never know what day it is.
- Getting a good meal involves a quarter-mile hike.
- You get called a hippie because your hair is 1 inch long.
- You're happy when it's ONLY 110 degrees.
- Going to the bathroom involves shoes, a flashlight, and body armor.
- Seeing a tank roll past is no longer cool.
- All your clothes look the same.
- You don't fix the hole in the crotch of your pants because "it's good ventilation."
- You walk into a store with a rifle and nobody cares.
- Your family knows what's going on before you do.
- Everything you own fits in a 3 foot by 3 foot area.
- 80 degrees is cold.
- A man in a dress doesn't seem wierd.
- Good sleep is 5 hours.
- Someone gets shot and you're mad because now the phones will be down.
- You've read more books in 3 months than you did in the rest of your life.
- You're so bored that you hope someone will start shooting at you today.
- You can't pronounce your interpreter's name, so you call him "Bob".
- You wish that the guy you're searching ONLY had B.O.
- 30. You hear a boom and you know if it was a mortar or a rocket.
- After almost being hit by a mortar, you and your buddy start laughing.
- Half of the people you meet are named "Muhammed" or "Ali."
- You catch three of your buddies watching "The Notebook", and without making fun of them, you sit down and watch.
- You shower with shoes on.
- You're so bored that you don't stop your buddy from telling a story that you've already heard 10 times this week.
- The snoring around you is "soothing".
- Listening to the radio is less important than watching the fly strip.
- The mouse in your area is now a pet.
- You buy Gold Bond powder in bulk.
- You can tell the difference between American and Iraqi Pepsi.
- You hear a familiar rap song, but you don't understand the words.
- You bet on when and where the next rocket will hit.
- You feel naked without your rifle.
- You buy a Rolex that's not a Rolex on purpose.
- Your favorite food is Cup 'O Noodle.
- You haven't seen a cloud in months.
- Your buddies help shave each other's backs.
- You dream in night vision.
- The last time you were home you didn't have kids.
- All you see are trash drifts instead of snow drifts.
- If you have ever said, "It's not that bad here."
- Farting is a contest.
- You don't notice the 40 lbs of body armor anymore.
- You know what a "Hesco" is.
- Privacy is a sheet.
- You see an E-7 working.
- A plate that holds food is the "hook-up".
- You dress up for Halloween in your normal clothes.
- You spend large sums of money to buy your favorite TV shows on DVD.
- You rely on the food you get in packages you get from home for survival.
- All your white socks are now tan.
- You go to the Port-O-John to get away from the smell outside.
- You wear your clothes for four days to save on wash time.
- You know your friends by smell.
- The sight of a man's naked but is no longer alarming.
- You have ever yelled, "Who took the last can of Beanie-Weenies?"
- You don't need an interpreter to understand your interpreter.
- You will put your life on the line to get a good picture.
- You buy an Airsoft pistol because the Army won't give you a real one.
- You have huge speakers that you never use.
- Your wife asks you what time it is there and you answer, "Twenty-one hundred."
- You really would kill for Burger King.
- The last forest you were in was a camo net.
- You take bets on what gridline the next IED will explode.
- When it feels good to patrol the MSR just to get off the FOB.


Comments: 13
Now that is bad.
Great List .