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Originally Posted by GySgt1811
...I was Battalion OD. (Yes, a Gunnery Sergeant as Battalion OD!
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This was common on Okinawa in 1971. We didn't have enough officers (lieutenants) so SSGT's and GYSGT's stood OD. My LT somehow got the idea that when he was OD I would be happy to be the Duty Driver, and spend the night driving him all over the battalion.
Duty Drivers never got ANY sleep. Post inspections, picking up msgs at BnHQ, officers mail call & individual letter delivery
(they got two mail calls to our one), picking up midrats at the mess hall, manning the radio/phone (call ins every hour)...Duty Driver sucked the big Juan!!!
Demi-tasse sized coffee...Never had any; but I keep seeing TV news and TV show depictions of Iraqi & Afghani civilians drinking these Barbie-doll-sized cups of coffee and wondering how they keep from just chugging them non-stop until they get 12 or 16 ounces worth...
