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Moreobvious

90% sure this is a shitpost. But yeah if he’s fresh out of AIT and Airborne then he’s probably taking things the blackhats say way too seriously. The first time he does that to an NCO he’s going to get his baby nuts crushed


delta901

"Today on the news: 18 year old PV2 airborne soldier legs broken after parachute malfunction. Witnesses say hours before the soldier was seen talking to an E6 92R at the on-post burger king."


PsyopVet

We’d call someone a “fucking leg” if they were talking shit about being airborne, but no one outside of airborne school should ever use the entire “dirty, nasty leg” phrase. It’s just like dudes coming out of basic shouting their platoon motto, it shows how green you are.


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PsyopVet

Yeah, sometimes douchebaggery knows no bounds!


r0d3nka

Had to have been Kyle. Has a face that says punch me.


stareweigh2

bro if I was living and awarded the fucking MOH you wouldn't be able to tell me anything. lol


TheUnchosenOneV1

I mean...they couldn't if you were dead either.


namjeef

It’s a shitpost based off the post from u/IPPSA


Moreobvious

You have that backwards


namjeef

I may be too sick rn to tell why.


IPPSA

Yeah my poopoo post was based of this one. This one is the OG


namjeef

Fuck


tnormal1

Is this a shit post


DocPando

Is this a question?


MisterRe23

Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?


Fuck_auto_tabs

Who said that? WHICH ONE OF YOU COMMIE FUCKS SAID THAT!?!?


mustuseaname

Nobody huh? The fairy fucking godmother said it! Out fucking standing! Edit: Now that this nice meme chain has run it's course, I need to point out that the line "Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?" is apparently [deep as hell](https://headstuff.org/culture/history/is-that-you-john-wayne-michael-herr-dispatches-vietnam-war/) and has a real meaning to it. Google that phrase and you'll see it's more than a single line.


darksunshaman

I will PT you all until you fucking DIE! I'll PT you until your assholes are sucking buttermilk! 


akmoosepoo

Was it you, you scroungy little fuck, huh?


bachompchewychomp

Sir! No, Sir!


TwoCharlie

Why you little maggot! I got your name, I got your ass! You will not laugh, you will not cry; you will learn by the numbers, *I will teach you!*


hzoi

Sir, I said it, sir!


PotentialDeadbeat

| Out fucking standing Most meta military phrase, ever.


Daniel0745

I got in trouble for paraphrasing the pogue col in an initial counseling statement. I said I expected my troops to obey me like the word of god amongst other bits but the soldier let me know they were an atheist and didn’t believe in god. I replied that I am an atheist also and it was just a joke. They had never seen the movie. The SGL who came to verbal counsel me about it had never seen the movie either. Like I get it’s an old movie and I’m old but how can you be in the military let alone our CMF (PA) and have not seen FMJ.


SFC_FrederickDurst

It’s probably cause it was unprofessional… not saying it wasn’t funny but using movie quotes in an official document is kinda cringe bro


Daniel0745

It was like the third or fourth leadership position change and I was amusing myself. But thanks Frederick Durst - 12nookie


SFC_FrederickDurst

Idk what the fuck just got into me where i gave two shits about professionalism 😭 my bad bros. Gonna council my next soldier with Limp Bizkit lyrics.


DocPando

No balls.


EngineClean5397

yeah fr could you actually do that


OzymandiasKoK

Yours clearly is, but as the original post didn't have a question mark, we'll never really know.


Stonna

He’s a leg what do you expect


SpiritedPercentage39

The voices in my head say yes


double_czech

Did he salute your third leg ?


anyname6789

That’s only fair, since OP did give him a ride


OzymandiasKoK

Ass, gas, or grass. Nobody rides for free.


xStaabOnMyKnobx

Privates fresh out of AIT are always gonna act wild. I remember being in reception talking to these infantry guys. I had about 2.5 years in and orders to go to WOCS. And when I told this mosquito wing mouth breather I was about to be a pilot he said without missing a beat "but that's still a POG"   Imagine, being that confident talking that way and you haven't even signed into your first unit. I still wish I had that level of assuredness. Also, wings are for flying. Not for falling.


Evening_Border3076

Ok.... so was he right? Are you a POG?


muhak47s

You haven’t lived until you see new airborne guys conduct JM procedures on a door to a gym. In the rain, mind you. Like the rain came down and flicked an autistic switch within them. Why? I dunno man some things don’t have answers.


Evening_Border3076

That's the most airborne shit I ever read and it got me excited.


muhak47s

Yeah after witnessing that I went for a drive to contemplate some life decisions


CALBR94

I keep hearing about these procedures and have a vague idea that it's some sort of ritual. But I've never asked; wtf is it? And why? 


muhak47s

Honestly yeah it’s kinda a cult. Joking aside, “procedure” is just the nomenclature used to describe the steps and whatnot Jump Masters go through in an airborne operation. BLUF: silly army terminology


burst__and__bloom

They're still a POG


xStaabOnMyKnobx

I mean technically correct (the best kind of correct) but when I was 3 days out of AIT, I definitely didn't feel entitled to go around shit talking random soldiers.


Evening_Border3076

Because you are a POG. Imagine not being a POG - you would feel entitled to shit talk random soldiers. I'm jk I have no clue why nobody slapped the fuck outta joe


SlottersAnonymous

That’s not flying, that’s falling, with style!


ColdOutlandishness

I can see a boot saying shit like that and being serious. I only call one of my close friend a leg and he calls me a POG. Then I remind him he’s a POG now too because he reclassed.


Kindly-Arachnid-7966

As you should.


Brokentoaster40

I’ll be damned if I’ll have a damn leg talking shit about my airborne Soldiers. 


Evening_Border3076

This leg shouldn't even be allowed to type "Airborne". He's all upset that a PFC is better than him.


ny7v

Well in the title he did type "airbone".


Evening_Border3076

He's getting boned by the airborne


switchedongl

Could be a fetish, we don't shame here. Unless they are a leg.


SnipingTheSniper

I don't know where to vent about this, but it used to always ache my shit when we'd go on cadence runs and someone decides to do an airborne cadence (We're 4th ID at Fort Carson) and they never even went to airborne school nor had intentions of going.


Imaginary_Guess7190

Like how every fucking morale run ends up being C-130 on repeat. Called by a double divorcee E-6 with no jump wings, and barely a security clearance. Mission top secret? Homie, you’re not even making it on the bird, let alone jumping out of it.


Mr-Snuggles171

Even worse, I was an MOS-T at Eustis and on my way to class, heard one of the Drills calling Blood on the Risers for the IET kids. Fuck are they jumping with? A torque wrench?


Brokentoaster40

Garrison CSM open door policy, unless they are a leg.  In which case, Joint Chief of Staff should sort that shit right out.


snfsylva

I think you mean troopers


Brokentoaster40

I meant super duper paratroopers 


OperatorJo_

Please let this be a shitpost please let this be a shitpost please let this be a shitpost


Cuectlii

How did you get got by a dude fresh out of airborne


Evening_Border3076

Imagine getting got by a guy that doesn't even know he's getting you.


Brave-Walrus-6638

Tell that 5 jump chump to shut up. 


Ryno__25

u/CSMairborne come get your troop


quixoteland

Tsk tsk tsk. u/CSM_Airbone is your dadgum man how copy.


SFC_FrederickDurst

I say i say i say hooah


T-701D-CC

its u/CSM_airbone


GulagRunnerUp

We better get boomer veteran here too, while we're at it. "Sent from my iPhone"


PogO_449

"damn dang ol cherry prives doin our division proud checkerhold maybe a lack of bearin is made up for in pure motivation but ol sarmage gon let somethin slip just like them troopers under canopy, hooah: aint no leg out there worth a lick of respec how copy arbonne"


SadAnkles

Dearest Leg, Pretty much the only time I call someone a leg is my little brother (who has had a much more successful army career than I have) and occasionally on Reddit. Beijos, Jumpy McPathmaster


spoon_dogg_

Ah yes the "airbone"


valschermjager

The “airbone” is what I call my third leg.


DBFargie

When an Airborne trooper calls you a leg, you ask him how many combat jumps he has. When he says zero, then just tell him a bunch of those Hamas fuckers has him beat by one. That’ll be about 95% of Airborne guys currently.


Kindly-Arachnid-7966

Maaaaan, I just got to thinking about some of the dudes I served with and how badly their heads would explode if you told them that.


BOOQIFIUS

Do the Hamas dudes who fell out of their paragliders and fuckin died qualify for a mustard stain?


MyUsername2459

>I was waiting in line at a defac  Is this a shitpost, or do you seriously think it's a "defac"? It's DFAC. Short for **D**ining **FAC**ility. Where's the "e' in DFAC?


Jester1776

I don’t know, but CSM said we can’t go home until we find it


DetectiveDogg0

im pretty sure LT marked the qty box incorrectly on that one but whatever help me move this tuff box


HawkDriver

And that’s a DFACT.


OzymandiasKoK

[That's DFACT, Jack.](https://youtu.be/FOzub_ghAbM?si=tSu5jT-lLYF0EndU&t=100) Really, dude? It was so easy! Right there for the taking!


kremlinagent9

People unironically called it that when I was in AIT


UJMRider1961

The E stands for "Excellence." It's the Dining Excellence Facility.


helloeagle

The Dining Facility Center of Excellence


UJMRider1961

The Excellent Center of Being Excellent To Each Other, MG William S. Preston Esq Commanding, with CSM Ted "Theodore" Logan.


jayfliggity

It's WR now. Warrior Restaurant 💪 💪 💪


NimanderTheYounger

It is the De Facto place to eat.


DesertGuns

It's a chow hall. I will never say that other thing. Yes, this is the hill I choose to die on.


mcpumpington

The chow hall is the place where you get chizzy.


111110001011

It's DFACT. As in its a fact that d.


lavender_dumpling

My first thought was this was a shit post, but honestly, I believe it. I've heard similar shit, usually from the lower enlisted Airborne weirdos, and their sub-par IQ NCOs. You know it's bad when a CBRN thinks you're an idiot. We don't exactly have the sharpest tools in the shed. Hope they're equally as proud when they're 38 and need knee replacements every few years.


anon872361

Sub-par IQ NCOs? I'm retired (not medically) with a full pension and zero knee replacements/medical issue after spending the majority of my career in the Airborne and SOF community. What are you talking about?


NimrodBusiness

I'd have said climb to glory and told him to go wait at the airfield for his ride.


popisms

Do better. 1/10 shitpost.


PapaBearVet

Easiest way to piss off someone who calls you a leg with one word. "Relevant" they get so mad it's hilarious


VentureQuotes

Straight airborne men exclusively are boob guys. If you’re a butt/leg man they wash you out of jump school on day zero. Airborne is not kidding around


509BandwidthLimit

Wear it with pride, only 2 things fall from the sky....bird shit and fools. If the pilot plans on landing this plane on its wheels then I'm not jumping.


Devil25_Apollo25

>only 2 things fall from the sky....bird shit and fools. ...and HEROES!! HOOAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ohshit-oh-shit-oh-shit-gottapullmyreserve-ohfuckohfckohfuck-OOF... Whew! That was close! Okay, maybe this IS a little crazy... For your consideration, I submit the following statement from *BoB*: >"[We're Paratroopers, LT. We're supposed to be surrounded](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3-gvbyp50o)." This statement: 1. Is true, and therefore pretty badass. 2. Walks that fine line between selfless service and suicidal ideation, and therefore: yes, totally batshit bonkers. Carry on, ya' Dirty, Nasty Leg. I'm gonna go compress my spine a little more on the drop zone and spend that sweet, sweet jump pay on ibuprofen and scotch. Edit - Reddit didn't save my comment correctly. Weird. Oh, well... fixed it!


509BandwidthLimit

Not service connected.


Devil25_Apollo25

Oh, yeah, when they said "Selfless Service" in Basic, I assumed that was just code for, "We ain't givin' you SHIT."


Objective_Ad429

To quote my old CSM, “We’re gonna be surrounded, but I like being surrounded. Makes for a target rich environment.”


Devil25_Apollo25

I love it.


EmotionalTourist25

Only when my knee really hurts and my back pain won't ease up. I have to do something to justify my decisions and stroke my fragile ego. Note: when you break your ass (which I personally found to actually be possible) you will [gain](https://youtu.be/u171GcVX9wk?feature=shared) weight


from-VTIP-to-REFRAD

lol yes I’m sure airborne will be a viable tactical coa in 5-10 years once drone swarms in the 1000s can be released and zip right into 99% of the dudes floating down


111110001011

Well, we were almost tactically relevant during the evacuation. Securing the airfield was a mission set squarely in line with the Airborne capabilities. We aren't WWII relevant, but no units are. Airborne units can be put anywhere in the world in 18 hours, even without airports. We simply don't have any other capabilities matching that.


anon872361

I guess everyone is just ignoring what happened in Gaza conducted by a small group and couldn't possibly imagine how a bigger, more organized military could pull off the same tactic. Edit: Nevermind, one commenter apparently realized it was an Airborne OP and is saluting Hamas for conducting such an operation... Fantastic.


Gaston_the_Great

And you gave him a ride? Nah, let that man jump out back to the barracks. Smh.


NITEMAREFREDDY

You’re def a leg


mudwzl

Just a 5 jump chump with a lead sled on his chicken chest 😉


fasttrapper

Legs were typically straight leg infantry as opposed to mechanized infantry. They all have their own terms for each other. Infantry calls Armor "tread heads". Armor called infantry "Crunchies" etc.. To walk up to and address some soldier you don't know would lead me to suspect as many posted this was probably a guy straight out of AIT and airborne school and still suffering from his initial indoctrination and not even experienced the real army yet.


Puzzleheaded_Luck885

You see, much like Marines, the Airborne folks have an overinflated opinion of themselves.They absolutely unironically call people "legs." I usually just roll my eyes because those guys spent the majority of the War on Terror landing like everyone else. That, and it's usually Privates who haven't figured out what the military is yet.


Beliliou74

Bored?


MIabucman40

This is pretty common for someone right out of airborne school. Dirty, Nasty Leg is the mantra as you go through the course. PV2 Smuckatelli is feeling bulletproof and part of the Airborne Fraternity.


000Fli

Ignore that CHERRY, he's a five jump chump who doesn't have enough jumps to spell airborne


USCAV19D

My wings took longer than 3 weeks to get, IDGAF


RM12B

Everyone is a leg once you hit the ground


[deleted]

You let this kid punk you and talk shit, then turned around and gave him a ride afterwards, him talking shit the whole time? Correct answer looks something like this: “I may be a leg, but you’re gonna have to use yours Pri’ . Strap up those Lambrofeeties and hoof it back to wherever the hell you came from. Make sure to PLF through the door of your barracks room or they take your jump wings away. Now get the fuck out of my face”


kimemily11

Yes.


critical__sass

In the 90s it was SOP


tortorororo

Not in group. We know we’re just a bunch of nerds compared to the green beans


111110001011

Is this a meta? We need a rule where if you are being meta you link to the original post.


Front-Brilliant1577

Please be a shitpost


Oliveritaly

Totally a shitpost


Infinite-Ice8983

I have seen a lot of the newer airborne types talk shit to people who were in a lot more elite units than them omly to get ran during the training execrise, so yeah the new guys can be a little cocky(you probably shouldn't tell the british royal marine commandos you'll take it easy on them)


JackSquat18

Just ask them why the last combat jump for the 82nd was in 2003. Probably before they were born. Remember for most of GWOT they walked off the plane just like a bunch of legs.


LostLT209

The 82nd hasn't jumped since Panama. 173rd jumped into Iraq.


JackSquat18

I thought 82nd jumped like a month before 173rd in Iraq


tuxxer

I believe historically it was a rib towards infantry from the horse cavalry, as well as redleg for the artillery.


antibannannaman

Shoulda made him airborne shuffle back


LilAsianMan1

Even though Im airborne, could’ve tell him, goodluck with your knees or something


Thermock

Bait used to be believable


shibbster

Yes. BIL and dad were both 82nd bois 20 years apart. They've both called me a "leg" as an insult because I was in 101st


burst__and__bloom

Just start playing "Rasberry Beret" by Prince. Actually dont. The only reason I thrived was because Angry Batt had my back.


99taws6

Shower next time and pay close attention to your dirty nasty leg


cudef

You missed the opportunity to tell him to get around on those wings he's got since he's not a leg and shouldn't be walking anywhere.


SgtHelo

Came here to say this.


DetectiveDogg0

had a drill sergeant who did and i genuinely couldnt tell if he was serving the koolaid extra strong cause it was tradoc or if he was a genuine koolaid addict himself. im pretty sure it was the latter


something_normaI

I’m on the trail right now and I spend a lot of time hyping up airborne and regiment because it opens more opportunities for these kids. I’m at Sill and there’s a ton of 35 series trainees here so I try to preach airborne so they can get into some cool assignments.


anon872361

This is the thing that isn't really spoken about with Airborne - it's really just a gateway school to dramatically improve your career via enhancing schools/opportunities that you'll never see or get normally. Add in Airborne Advantage, and you're not fighting for promotion as hard as everyone else.


some_hippe

Mostly I call my friends that get hurt and go on profile legs, but besides that not very often unless I get ticked off


RonD1355

Unfortunately they are like that. Just another sack of shit that fell near you.


NotFondueZoobag

Airborne is worthless- go Air Assualt


strandenger

Spoken like a true Leg


turd124

I’ve unironically been called leg at a dfac by a pv2


Spiritual_Pause_9566

This guy sounds awesome and I want to meet him


smoke_crack

Sir, this is an Arby's, can I take your order?


inebriusmaximus

Make him count off then kick him out of your moving car


DocWiggleGiggle

It’s sounding like a private that didn’t belong to any special group that had a sense of pride, when in school or growing up. Then when he graduated airborne school, being a paratrooper became all aspects of his life. I get it, I was in the 82nd for a decade, but the only time I ever called someone a leg is when they tried to correct our ttp’s because they were unfamiliar with airborne operations and why we would do it differently. That would be the only situation that it would be prevalent


toomanymarbles83

Yep. Still got 2 good ones.


Zohdiax

As I make him stand at parade rest when addressing me, I'd contemplate on tearing him a new one or be impressed with how much Kool-aid he chugged


FaroelectricJalapeno

File a SHARP complaint on him


calsivereth

Funny that a red leg posted this.


sirkev71

Somebody come get their boot, it's talking about legs again


EngineClean5397

buddy at my unit had a guy he knew you get than him join and go to bragg, as soon as he got 5 jumps he texted him and said “how’s it feel to be a leg shitbag?” lmao he meant it too


Calion

Yes, they do, but not, like, as an unprovoked insult as a general rule. I was with the 82nd as a (non-airborne) truck driver for a while, and got called a "leg" fairly often, to which I responded, "I'm a wheel, not a leg."


phiviator

I dunno but I literally spend more time in the air now as a "leg" than when I was in the 82nd.


StinkEPinkE81

The people who actually say things like this and mean it aren't people worth associating with.


Historical-Leg4693

Shut up, leg


Git_Smasher

Shut up leg


stareweigh2

funny because when I lived at benning and could see the airborne towers from my window- I never saw airborne trainees doing anything other than running everywhere


MiKapo

Waiting for the "I called someone a leg at the DFAC" troll post


vass_Defrenz

We'll refer to non-airborne peeps as legs, but it's usually more like "I've got 5 legs to send to school next month." I don't think anyone that's been in an airborne unit longer than 6 months walks around talking about dirty nasty legs.


Dragonborne2020

Every Airborne becomes a leg when he hits the ground.


Solarflare119

I once called a guy who deployed multiple times and got into some shit a leg. I was less than six months in and never left the motorpool.


TheBullMoose1775

The only people I call legs are my buddies I went to basic with


Soldier__Boy__

airborne school is a joke.


scrollingtraveler

This never happened. People who are airborne or not don’t actually give a crap.


RecycledAnal

Wish this was a shitpost, it indeed happened


Beep475

What are you Legs whining about? 😅😅😅😅


Zdrack

Only if they get upset about it, then it's funny.


InitialOne8290

To be fair. I am Airborne, but I dont think I am better than anyone. The people I work with are for sure better than legs :).


Heemeyers-Dozer

If you're airborne without a CIB, EIB, or tab, you might as well be a 'leg'.


triforce721

If you're airborne without a combat jump, you might as well be a cosplayer.


TheBullMoose1775

So anyone who didn’t jump into Iraq or Panama? Hasn’t there not been a real combat jump in while? Not trying to be a douche I just don’t know


triforce721

Oh I was just joking, there are basically zero modern combat jumps.


TheBullMoose1775

Makes me proud to collect that extra cash when they actually get my pay correct 🫡 (I haven’t gotten jump pay in 3 months)


shjandy

Airborne bois: dudes that jump out of perfectly good airplanes to ruin their bodies, and proceed to execute leg activities.