Home in the LAV

[Panther Al]

Strangely enough it doesn't surprise me the CO had an "appointment" in the rear that night. Of course, who would be silly enough to ask the First Sergeant for money, that why everyone else was charged an extra 200 bucks to cover his free loading...lol

We'll, that and the fact that I didn't have pay him for the beer. A fair trade I think.

[dragoon500ly]

When I was in the 1st Marine Air Wing on Okinawa, I had a box made up for the Headquarters Squadron TV, with a seperate shelf for the VCR. We would take it on Team Spirit exercises. I think I had the packing list made up as "Health & Moral Supplies".

Speaking of Team Spirit, I was the Embarkation clerk for the Squadron. We would bring huge crates (8'x4'x4') full of consumables- toilet paper, office supplies, whatever. After they were empty, I would charge to ship stuff back to Okinawa.

Had a platoon sergeant that would always stuff an extra duffel bag with civilian type toilet paper before every long FTX....then he would charge 5 bucks a roll and make a killing by the 3-4 day...by that time, the C-ration TP had rubbed your tail raw!

[Panther Al]

Had a platoon sergeant that would always stuff an extra duffel bag with civilian type toilet paper before every long FTX....then he would charge 5 bucks a roll and make a killing by the 3-4 day...by that time, the C-ration TP had rubbed your tail raw!

*blinks* Damn. I wish I thought of that. I could have made a mint overseas if I did that myself.

[HorseSoldier]

Now that is truly the worst sort of war profiteering I've ever heard about . . .

[Abbott Shaull]

Gee I bet everyone in the Company and maybe Squadron would know where to go and get the soft civilian tp...lol

[Legbreaker]

I was the Company barman... Enough said I think on that except to say the old "two cans, per man, per day, perhaps" rule didn't really apply to "close friends with open wallets".

As for toilet paper, after being caught out on one of my earliest exercises, I never left home without a roll or two of mankind's softest in my pack. The ration pack supply had more in common with greaseproof paper and I swear could well have been coated in teflon!

[Abbott Shaull]

The company barman. Gee to think if the Uncle Sam Ain't Release Me Yet had caught on to that. Darn 1920s and the Prohibition Era.

[dragoon500ly]

Now that is truly the worst sort of war profiteering I've ever heard about . . .

Worked out in the end, he would throw a platoon BBQ using his "profits", still....5 bucks a roll!!!!

[Abbott Shaull]

Worked out in the end, he would throw a platoon BBQ using his "profits", still....5 bucks a roll!!!!

Yeah, but first couple rolls, three tops, would of cover all the costs for the TP. So everything after that was profit...So yeah throwing a platoon BBQ is as my old Platoon Sergeant us to claim, a small price to pay...lol