"Why do you carry THAT?"

offsetlover said:
whats going to kill me is when i join the navy. im going to have some of my knife collection with me (to keep me company :D) and some guy or girl on the boat or base sees one of my knives and freaks. my response will be "for crying out loud! your in the MILITARY! are you scared of the guns too?" of course they would prolly respond with "no". to which the response would be "then why the heck did you sign up? your not scared of the guns, yet you are scared of a knife? that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard."

being scared of knives and not guns is one thing in the civy world (i have a friend who is scared of knives, yet collects guns), but in the military its very weird and stupid.
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I wouldn't plan on taking much in the way of knives on board ships. When I was in the navy, out captain, on USS White Plains, authorized Buck 110's and Case Trappers to be worn on board. Anything else, you're off to Captain's Mast. It doesn't make sense, but the military ais more paranoid about personnel having knives and guns than most civilian companies.
 
In the navy, there's a long tradition of keeping weapons under lock and key except when ordered by the captain. For some reason, Captains used to have an unnatural fear of mutiny. Probably had to do with pressed crews, floggings, and all the other fun stuff that used to happen on navy ships. Anyway, they do like their traditions, so I wouldn't expect to have much by way of peronal weaponry at sea.

On my boat, the cutlass/pistol rack is unlocked, the Swivel gun is in plain sight, and the crow's nest is open to anyone willing to lay aloft. Funny how nobody messes with my boat. :-D
 
garageboy if your asking me about the sub, no i dont, and wont. im too tall for them anyway. when i go in (via ROTC) im going to go for surface.


im going to have to ask my cousin mike what the rule is generaly. he's a noncom (forget what rank, but close to CPO). he would prolly know.
 
Why do you carry THAT???

I just say, "because the voices in my head told me to". Then after a pause, I say, "what do your voices tell you?"
 
"Why do you carry that???"

For Murder!!!!! (then screech at the top of your lungs and wave the knife menacingly, with a crazy look in your eye until the person leaves) "I love muuuuuuurrrrrrderrrrrr!"
 
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