You've been operating too long when...

[T. Cole]

I had a dream last night that @HMC (FMF) Parker was made a LTJG, and for some reason this terrified me and I woke up in a cold sweat

[LtCol (Ret) Makowski]

On 8/31/2017 at 3:15 PM, Sgt Cole said:

I had a dream last night that @HMC (FMF) Parker was made a LTJG, and for some reason this terrified me and I woke up in a cold sweat

I have this same dream every night.. old I don't wake up in that fasion 

Edited September 2, 2017 by 1stLt Makowski

[Capt (Ret) Kardnal]

When you think about ACE Interacting with things around you.

[Maj (Ret) Ray]

When you think of mod pack updates as "new kit."

[A. Johnson]

When you ask if someone needs either CAS or Artillery and to submit a 9 line when they said they needed support in a medieval era game...

Edited September 19, 2017 by LCpl Johnson

[MSgt (Ret) Carter]

When you accidentally tell your girlfriend during sex "Nice rig" instead of "Nice rack".

[LtCol (Ret) Makowski]

35 minutes ago, LCpl Carter said:

When you accidentally tell your girlfriend during sex "Nice rig" instead of "Nice rack".

"When your girlfriend uses your nick name from your team leader rather than your own name during sex." -@Cpl Kardnal aka "Kar Kar"

[Maj (Ret) Whelan]

When somebody asks you what you do and you have to stop yourself from saying Aviation 

[Capt (Ret) Kardnal]

When you give out the wrong frequency instinctively because your last set of  muscle memory freqs are still ingrained into your gut reactions

Edited October 25, 2017 by Sgt Kardnal
autocorrect

[T. Cole]

When double goggles give you aneurysms 

[Capt (Ret) Kardnal]

When you have common drunken thoughts of resurrecting this damn thread

[Sgt (Ret) Yildirir]

When you say "Copy" to your girlfriend on video chat and she gives you a puzzled look...

[K. Cooper]

You’ve been operating too long when you get sudden urges to exclaim “Hooah”/“Hooyah Navy,” quote Generation Kill, Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, and Jarhead while at Work, The Grocery Store, Pet’s Mart, or Burger King whilst conversing with ‘Humans.’ fml

Edited January 10, 2018 by Cpl Cooper

[MSgt (Ret) Bingham]

When you recognize and know almost everyone in this photo yet only 4 remian

 

The ol OGs 

 

Courtesy of @Cpl Gwynne

 

 

Edited January 20, 2018 by GySgt Bingham

[SSgt (Ret) Herrick]

On 7/28/2017 at 7:53 PM, Capt Hart said:

When you spend a half hour giving the ITC Prowords lecture to someone at work because they said repeat on the radio.

Feels Bad

[Capt Carrera]

[Capt Hart]

When you've finally joined the exclusive 3000+ hours club....

 

[Maj (Ret) LaPrade]

When you call your OCS Plt Trainer... Mako.

 

Edit: Also when you hijack SOPs from here for OCS. STOLE = Strategic Transition Of Logistical Equipment. Thanks, Arma.

Edited May 28, 2018 by Maj LaPrade

[Maj (Ret) LaPrade]

On 1/19/2018 at 11:33 PM, 1stSgt Bingham said:

When you recognize and know almost everyone in this photo yet only 4 remian

 

The ol OGs 

 

Courtesy of @Cpl Gwynne

 

 

PFC LaPrade? *Pukes*

[SSgt (Ret) Anderson]

When @LTC Brueske plays arma to much

 

"Oof.. When your so tired the last thing you can remember from your dream before you woke up is attacking an enemy airbase with like 4 zsu-23 statics, 3 tunguskas and an anti air radar plus an enemy tank Column and the last thing you remember before waking up is "thunder 1-1 stand by for nine line""

 

[Capt Hart]

When you have a stress dream about operational logistics and getting arma-ed....

[MSgt Van Dyke]

When you have actual nightmares about arma not letting you board the evac bird...

[Specter]

When this is the third thread of these I've seen and all the posts are relatively the same.

[Sgt (Ret) Hastings]

When every other game that is even slightly related to modern combat reminds you of ArmA and all your friends, and you realise all your teammates are dead because they don't have hundreds of hours of training in a virtual combat simulator and you sigh cos the game you're playing doesn't have smoke grenades to represent a mass casualty

[Maj (Ret) Whelan]

When I have to backspace “Regards, CW4 Whelan” on every email I send