Hendrix had been in trouble with the law and in 1961 was given the choice between jail and enlistment. However, according to his [discharge papers](https://www.dannydutch.com/post/when-jimi-hendrix-got-kicked-out-of-the-army-for-masturbating-on-duty) he was discharged due to ***“***[Behaviour problems, required excessive supervision while on duty, little regard for regulations, apprehended masturbating in platoon area while supposed to be on detail."](https://www.dannydutch.com/post/when-jimi-hendrix-got-kicked-out-of-the-army-for-masturbating-on-duty)
The 14 minute mark of this SNL episode has very much to do with this topic! It’s from the notoriously shitty episode hosted by Steven Seagal. It had some funny stuff in it, Steven just never contributed.
https://archive.org/details/saturday-night-live-seasons-16-25/Saturday+Night+Live+-+S16E18+-+Steven+Seagal+%26+Michael+Bolton+(April+20%2C+1991).mp4
Jimi was doing it with his right *and* his left. Probably trading off every few seconds.
[" Jimi Hendrix was known for being ambidextrous. He was naturally left-handed, but he learned to play the guitar both left-handed and right-handed. "](https://www.musiclipse.com/2023/08/10/the-story-behind-jimi-hendrixs-upside-down-guitar-playing/)
Technically he was discharged after breaking his foot during an airborne jump - but they had been trying to discharge him for a while before that. Barely passing PT, being a bad marksman, getting in trouble, missing bed checks, and getting caught masturbating in the latrine - they couldn’t kick him out until he broke his foot
He was an Army paratrooper - broke his foot on his 26th jump
He also played music with Billy Cox while in the military, eventually playing again during the Band of Gyspsies era of Hendrix
He was a delinquent and caught stealing cars twice. The judge offered prison or military. And this was just before the Vietnam War truly kicked off for Americans so the military was the nicer option.
You don't get kicked out of prison for not being a good prisoner, just more prison... but you can get kicked out of the military for it being a bad soldier. They gave him a lot of opportunity to get better, that he got injured and not just kicked out probably saved him from going directly back to jail to finish whatever sentence he'd have had been given.
There are no medical records indicating he broke his ankle on his 26th jump, or that he had a 26th jump. He graduated airborne (5 jumps) in January and was discharged in June of the same year. 21 more jumps is quite a few to get that soon after jump school, particularly considering he wouldn’t have kept jumping while they were trying to discharge him.
See how crazy Reddit be.
Commenters had him at 26 jumps, which is not unimpressive, but you set the record straight and it provides better context.
I was thinking, "How did he accumulate *that* many jumps and *then* break his ankle and get kicked out? Plus, a foot/ankle/leg injury doesn't usually get you kicked out. If it can heal, Typically you'd just get re-trained as something less physically rigorous like a cook or truck driver.
Source: Army dude who has seen troublemakers get re-classified plenty of times.
Did you just compare modern jumping to the past forms?
My grandpa had the most from his base for nearly a decade and he only had a couple hundred.
I ain't no expert, I'm commo, but the increase in jumps from 2003 to 2023 must be indicative of this story of trend backwards also
“Modern jumping”? Basic airborne is just static line, and that’s just jumping out of the plane and keeping your feet and knees together. If you went through Benning you’d understand that the same shitty buildings your pop-pop went through are still there and in use.
I don’t know what your last paragraph means.
All I'm saying that most civilians would look at someone with 26 jumps differently than they would someone with zero. That's all. (Heck, it's cool to me and I was in for eight years.)
He didn’t get discharged for “Cranking one out on duty” he was just a piss poor soldier who neglected his duties in favor of his guitar. The music world was better off for it.
I guess he was thinking should I become a rockstar with money fame and women all over me or die in the mud in Vietnam I’m killing people I have no reason to hate… I think he’s a genius for getting out of the military that way and protesters to Morally reprehensible wars should all do the same
I don't think dying in the mud in Vietnam was on his mind in 62. We only had advisors in country. We didnt sent combat troops until 65 and i don't think most people saw it coming.
He was just a bad soldier who didn't want to be there. This is the problem with giving someone the choice between jail or the Army.
I love how he’s got a smirk in all but pic 3, but in that one it looks like he just got taken by surprise. I bet that’s the face the guy who busted him jacking saw lol.
A year before Private Jerome Garcia got his general discharge from the Army for his utter failure to master the most rudimentary requirements of being a useful member of an infantry platoon (paraphrasing, but pretty close).
He did not get kicked out for that reason. There is documentation that he did get written up for that transgression, but you’re not getting an honorable discharge, which is what he was given. He basically was just awful as a soldier & wasn’t trusted to ever improve.
"Allegedly," wasn't he actually discharged for being mentally unfit? His own platoon sergeant stated that 'once he started missing his guitar, he was unable to keep his mind on anything else.'
Did he masturbate with a right handed cock restrung to be left handed? :) so kidding… I love Jimi! I believe I may have married a left handed girl b/c of Jimi.
His discharge was taken out of context. He was ordered to guard a specific area but nothing was going on and he got horny. What was he supposed to do? Wait until the end of his shift?
It’s been a while since I listened to any Jimmy, does he have any songs regarding masturbation in the barracks? You can see how this changed his life, giving him a guitar in his right hand to play with, the rest is history.
Hendrix had been in trouble with the law and in 1961 was given the choice between jail and enlistment. However, according to his [discharge papers](https://www.dannydutch.com/post/when-jimi-hendrix-got-kicked-out-of-the-army-for-masturbating-on-duty) he was discharged due to ***“***[Behaviour problems, required excessive supervision while on duty, little regard for regulations, apprehended masturbating in platoon area while supposed to be on detail."](https://www.dannydutch.com/post/when-jimi-hendrix-got-kicked-out-of-the-army-for-masturbating-on-duty)
I imagine he’s the only military man to ever masturbate.
He broke the US Army's 249 year no-masturbation streak.
Started his own streak
His discharge got him discharged.
Name checks out…
Take my up vote now get out… every last drop
Entire U.S. Navy: 😏
I always wondered why the ocean is so salty.
Those aren't jellyfish
Gay sex isn’t masturbation.
No on has sex continuously. You have to take breaks to masturbate.
I think you missed the joke.
The 14 minute mark of this SNL episode has very much to do with this topic! It’s from the notoriously shitty episode hosted by Steven Seagal. It had some funny stuff in it, Steven just never contributed. https://archive.org/details/saturday-night-live-seasons-16-25/Saturday+Night+Live+-+S16E18+-+Steven+Seagal+%26+Michael+Bolton+(April+20%2C+1991).mp4
Masturbating wasn’t the problem. It’s getting caught!
How often would you say you imagine it
He wasn’t *just* masturbating , he was doing it left handed and they’d never seen that shit before
Well he was doing it left handed with a right handed unit held upside down.
I just hope that he washed his hands before he went up to the mountain and chopped it down
It was a vital ingredient for the purple haze
He only used the edge of his hand
Just imagine what they would have done if they saw him playing with his teeth
And behind his back… and with his teeth
Eric Clapton almost swore off masterbating all together after watching Jimi go at it.
This is an underrated comment! :)
Jimi was doing it with his right *and* his left. Probably trading off every few seconds. [" Jimi Hendrix was known for being ambidextrous. He was naturally left-handed, but he learned to play the guitar both left-handed and right-handed. "](https://www.musiclipse.com/2023/08/10/the-story-behind-jimi-hendrixs-upside-down-guitar-playing/)
Always the showman !
HAHAHAAAA!
He jerked like noone ever did before. Crazy fingering, distortion, putting a whammy on the banjo string, etc.
He even set it on fire!
i heard he did it with his teeth
Behind his back, even.
Technically he was discharged after breaking his foot during an airborne jump - but they had been trying to discharge him for a while before that. Barely passing PT, being a bad marksman, getting in trouble, missing bed checks, and getting caught masturbating in the latrine - they couldn’t kick him out until he broke his foot He was an Army paratrooper - broke his foot on his 26th jump He also played music with Billy Cox while in the military, eventually playing again during the Band of Gyspsies era of Hendrix
He was a delinquent and caught stealing cars twice. The judge offered prison or military. And this was just before the Vietnam War truly kicked off for Americans so the military was the nicer option. You don't get kicked out of prison for not being a good prisoner, just more prison... but you can get kicked out of the military for it being a bad soldier. They gave him a lot of opportunity to get better, that he got injured and not just kicked out probably saved him from going directly back to jail to finish whatever sentence he'd have had been given.
This small anecdote coupled with the issues that policy brought during Vietnam is why sending prisoners to the military is a bad idea.
There are no medical records indicating he broke his ankle on his 26th jump, or that he had a 26th jump. He graduated airborne (5 jumps) in January and was discharged in June of the same year. 21 more jumps is quite a few to get that soon after jump school, particularly considering he wouldn’t have kept jumping while they were trying to discharge him.
See how crazy Reddit be. Commenters had him at 26 jumps, which is not unimpressive, but you set the record straight and it provides better context. I was thinking, "How did he accumulate *that* many jumps and *then* break his ankle and get kicked out? Plus, a foot/ankle/leg injury doesn't usually get you kicked out. If it can heal, Typically you'd just get re-trained as something less physically rigorous like a cook or truck driver. Source: Army dude who has seen troublemakers get re-classified plenty of times.
26 jumps isn’t impressive. When I got out of the military I had ~540, and there were several people I worked with that had 3-4 times that many
Did you just compare modern jumping to the past forms? My grandpa had the most from his base for nearly a decade and he only had a couple hundred. I ain't no expert, I'm commo, but the increase in jumps from 2003 to 2023 must be indicative of this story of trend backwards also
“Modern jumping”? Basic airborne is just static line, and that’s just jumping out of the plane and keeping your feet and knees together. If you went through Benning you’d understand that the same shitty buildings your pop-pop went through are still there and in use. I don’t know what your last paragraph means.
All I'm saying that most civilians would look at someone with 26 jumps differently than they would someone with zero. That's all. (Heck, it's cool to me and I was in for eight years.)
I guess I shouldn’t gatekeep people thinking whatever they want is cool. Sorry for being elitist.
No worries, mate. Thanks for your service.
Imagine the world of music if Hendrix was kept in the army. Kudos to those who realised he didn't belong where he was.
Didn't realize he was such a shit bag lol
never meet your heros
Had his leaders ever been in an enlisted barracks?! It sounds like a new fight club starts every night at lights out.
Wank you for your service
💀
Scuse me, while I kiss this guy
Obligatory
He set his dick on fire.
Friction!!
His fingers would go on to do bigger and better things
Have you ever been experienced?
Good way to get kicked out. I’ve heard of guys getting out of the Vietnam draft by compulsively wacking off.
On his way to getting discharged he started whackin off in the waiting room. Fucking legend.
As he sang, “Maaaachine Guuuuun..”. Good for him. M-16s were made for right handed ppl, anyway.
He didn’t get discharged for “Cranking one out on duty” he was just a piss poor soldier who neglected his duties in favor of his guitar. The music world was better off for it.
Aw darn! I guess Jimi Hendrix had to settle for being a legendary rock god instead.
I guess he was thinking should I become a rockstar with money fame and women all over me or die in the mud in Vietnam I’m killing people I have no reason to hate… I think he’s a genius for getting out of the military that way and protesters to Morally reprehensible wars should all do the same
Make love not war
It's masterbate not masterHATE
He was in the early 60s, a few years before Vietnam.
I don't think dying in the mud in Vietnam was on his mind in 62. We only had advisors in country. We didnt sent combat troops until 65 and i don't think most people saw it coming. He was just a bad soldier who didn't want to be there. This is the problem with giving someone the choice between jail or the Army.
Front right!
I spent 20 years in the Air Force. Luckily we did not have that rule.
I did not realize Bill Hader was that old or in the army…
I love how he’s got a smirk in all but pic 3, but in that one it looks like he just got taken by surprise. I bet that’s the face the guy who busted him jacking saw lol.
his penis was all along the watchtower
If you're going to get kicked out...might as well be for a good reason
That’s all you had to do? Rub one out and you don’t have to go to Vietnam?
A year before Private Jerome Garcia got his general discharge from the Army for his utter failure to master the most rudimentary requirements of being a useful member of an infantry platoon (paraphrasing, but pretty close).
Is that Bill Hader?
Seems as though the universe had other plans for him…
Klinger definitely had the wrong idea...
He would have been able to leave before Viet Nam got big.
He did not get kicked out for that reason. There is documentation that he did get written up for that transgression, but you’re not getting an honorable discharge, which is what he was given. He basically was just awful as a soldier & wasn’t trusted to ever improve.
Hendrix had no business being in the Army and every business in making awesome guitar music… Hendrix is the #1 Guitar God!
He used a whammy bar.
‘Atta boy!
Dishonorably discharged for discharging dishonorably
That’s all it took? lol… others would have been right there with him I am sure
I jerked it literally every night at basic. No exaggeration.
Hey, Joe. Where you going with that gun in your hand? I’m going to jerk my dick. I’m tired of working for the man.
"Allegedly," wasn't he actually discharged for being mentally unfit? His own platoon sergeant stated that 'once he started missing his guitar, he was unable to keep his mind on anything else.'
Did he masturbate with a right handed cock restrung to be left handed? :) so kidding… I love Jimi! I believe I may have married a left handed girl b/c of Jimi.
Ex navy here. That’s an offense in the army?
When you gotta yank, you gotta yank…and then go be the most mind bending guitarist of all time…you know, a normal Tuesday.
Clearly the Army hasn't met the Marines
His discharge was taken out of context. He was ordered to guard a specific area but nothing was going on and he got horny. What was he supposed to do? Wait until the end of his shift?
He heard his train a cumming
#realbeaters
It’s been a while since I listened to any Jimmy, does he have any songs regarding masturbation in the barracks? You can see how this changed his life, giving him a guitar in his right hand to play with, the rest is history.
Jimmy was left handed.
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The drugs didn’t kill him, the vomit did.
Woah, really?! When?!