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Continuing on with your Naval education we bring you another installment of MSW’s Navy Word of the Day.

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Alas, "Never Again Volunteer Yourself" is the mantra now in the Reserves... its been used up to the bone... my medical/health unit was 120+, dwindled to 30 post-deployment, was merged with 3 other units to bring manpower to 140 again... a year later, down to 90. They had to increase for the third time enlistment bonuses (also for Os). Many veterans are coming back from deployment and just put in the VTU (no pay billets) so they cant retire with full pay.Oh well!

We have something similar in the Army. The "U.S. Army" tape on our blouse stands for "Uncle Sam Ain't Released Me Yet" or backwards "Yes, My Retarded A$$ Signed Up". The Marines (USMC) are, of course, "Uncle Sam's Misguided Children"! Sorry, couldn't resist.

Jim

I am trying to keep the Marines out of this, even though they are part of the Navy, they just don’t like to admit it.