Military Field Humor

The strangest things become humorous when you're out in the field and things are sucking (ie: you've been land nav'ing all day and night, its below freezing, you're cold, hungry, tired, etc). I don't even recall the conversation this came up during, but one of the guys (ironically enough, my shelter buddy) says, "Its not rape. Its surprise sex!" Of course I gave him the "What the heck did you just say?" stare, but I started laughing shortly after. When you're out in "the suck", as we came to call it this past exercise, what is considered socially acceptable under normal circumstances goes right out the window. I think the only thing that really limits people is 1) how tactical the situation is and/or 2) whether or not there are any superiors around, which in some cases doesn't much matter, either.

So, don't be terribly offended when you're around some military personnel and they look like they've been to heck & back and they start saying some of the worst stuff ever. They probably just got out of the field and haven't gotten quite back to "normal" (at least normal for us) yet.

Speaking of "the suck", I was told that phrase came from the movie "Jarhead". Is there any feedback about the movie? If so, include your opinion of the movie and WHY you liked/disliked it. I've heard opinions from one extreme to the next.

Crispy