2016 Postmortem

The Polack MSgt

(13,190 posts) Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:01 AM Nov 2016

Anyone who was in the military has heard

this countdown phrase "x number of days and a wake up".

Usually you start counting when you get orders to relocate. Maybe your return from deployment date gets announced or you get a new assignment or complete training - whatever

Once you know the date you start the count... 28 and a wake up, 27 and a wake up etc. etc.

Well folks all that's left now is the wake up.

If Democrats GOTV, the Republicans must GTFO.

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Anyone who was in the military has heard (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 OP

AKA..........Gettin' Short! HAB911 Nov 2016 #1

SHHHHHOOOOOOORRRRRRTTTTTTT! TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #3

So short I have to stand on a dime... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #2

I forgot that TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #4

So Short The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #5

That's good. TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #6

Yup. We're getting really short now. MineralMan Nov 2016 #7

Nice The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #8

Samsun. TUSLOG Det. 2-3 MineralMan Nov 2016 #9

On Okinawa we were called short timers at one year to stateside workinclasszero Nov 2016 #10

Gonna rock that shit The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #11

HAB911

(8,904 posts)

1. AKA..........Gettin' Short!

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:04 AM

Nov 2016

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

3. SHHHHHOOOOOOORRRRRRTTTTTTT!

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:08 AM

Nov 2016

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

2. So short I have to stand on a dime...

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:07 AM

Nov 2016

to piss on a nickel.

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

4. I forgot that

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:10 AM

Nov 2016

So short I had to sit on a dime to lace my boots.
Of course we started out lower than whale shit.

The Polack MSgt

(13,190 posts)

5. So Short

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:11 AM

Nov 2016

I play handball on the edge of my ID card.

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

6. That's good.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:12 AM

Nov 2016

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

7. Yup. We're getting really short now.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:45 AM

Nov 2016

At the remote AFB in Turkey where I was stationed, guys (all-male base) wore baseball caps that just said "SHORT" on them for the last week. When all you had was a wake-up, you'd hand your cap off to someone else.