<p>I am wondering about that. I am completely confident that there is some kind of special dispensation for FENCERS. Especially one who has a tendency to wear a NAVY hat during fencing bouts.</p>
<p>They do plan to trim their hair before BCT. That way, their complete coolness won't be quite so obviously to those cadre types who might want to make their lives miserable off the fencing strip.</p>
<p>In another topic: are you 2012's wearing your boots around the house? I want some for myself so my kids can say "My mother wears Army boots" and they won't be lying. :)</p>
<p>...well, you'd have to get tan boots, if you want to wear Army boots.</p>
<p>The AF sage green boots definitely blend in better with...uh...erm...ah, the ABU colors!</p>
<p>Of course, you are correct Raimius, the Army boots are definitely a flat tan in color. However, most normal people won't notice. Sheesh!</p>
<p>Well fencer, if you want a couple of prs in desert tan, I have several pr lying around the house, size 12 mens! Worn only rarely (ea time he went to the sandbox). Of course you will have to give me awhile to find them nd dust them off!</p>
<p>Also have a pr of AF issued Sorrells...when we lived in AK they issue them and I still remember if I had to run out to the mailbox I would slip them on...I looked hysterical in them, b/c they were so big on me and weighed so much I walked like Frankenstein!</p>
<p>If your DS's ever get into the fighter world, they typically have a warrior banquet every yr. The banquet is to recognize the flyers they want to go to war with. Everyone votes for the top Pilot and WSO in their squadron and the Pilot or WSO for the wing, after it we go to the club and play crud! S.O. get to go and show up wearing flight suits, so you can have your chance then to wear the boots...Beware if you go, take a poncho with you(you put it in one of those many pockets that you can grab quickly)...this is when it is held in a hangar, squadrons sit as a group, and every flyer brings silly string, water pistols and the S.O. bring water balloons that we fill up in the bathroom...I can tell you there is nothing more disgusting than wet bread rolls! The only way you survive is to hide under the table as soon as you hear incoming! The S.O. job is to hand the water balloons off to the flyers to protect you while you hide :eek:</p>
<p>haha. Nice. I love reading about fighter pilot traditions. :)</p>
<p>Best tradition in the AF that I love the most is the EOT or Finny flight (they are different EOT = End of Tour, Finny is the very last one evee). I am sure DS will agree that at the end of each the fire trucks show up and the crew member is hosed down with chamagne and the fire guys are too sweet to help the kids hold the hose as they hit their parent. It is hilarious to see a 60 lb kid trying to keep aim ( if those guys weren't there I am sure they would go flying up in the sky :))</p>
<p>When Bullet did his EOT, in Dec in AK, they had to pull the jet into the hangar b/c it was so cold..that fact did not stop anyone from hosing him down...by the time he walked from the hangar to the squadron he had icicles(sp?) on his eyebrows and his flight suit was crunching! When our dear friend had his finny (the best finny anyone could ask for...did the missing man for Ford's funeral) Bullet went up to the fire fighters and asked if they could show our friends DD how to get her Dad, they did and she got him GOOD</p>
<p>Another great tradition is to wet down the guys flight jacket(not the leather one) and put it in the freezer! When Bullet went to CGSC (AF=ACSC, Maxwell, Maj In residence) somebody did that to a guy and he sent a mass email to 1000 people complaining ...at graduation the SEC of the ARMY said "I found a jacket in my Freezer" </p>
<p>My absolute favorite story, is that many squadrons now have a "history/heritage" hallway/room. This is an area with pics of all the planes the squadron ever flew. One of our friends (his DS will be going USNA in July) Took down a pic and photo-shopped himself into the plane and replaced the original! :eek: BTW it took weeks b4 people realized he was in it! He did eventually put the original back! This is the same guy who auctioned off Bullets parking space for 1 month at a squadron party while he was in the bathroom...yes, I sat at the the table and laughed my a** off..afterall it didn't effect me...Bullet walks back in and hears "A" FCC spot sold for $125, totally confused as he looks at us all just ROFL. Did I forget to say it was the for the month of January in AK? Nobody wants to walk further then they have to, and FCC, ADO, DO, CC all have spots 10 ft from the door! Bullet smiled and muttered under his breath for 31 days when he had to park 30 - 50 feet away!</p>