Friday, June 04, 2010

Sal, what were you like at the C.U.B. ?

Ah, the Commander's Update Brief. Always a multiplayer show. Though PPT can drain the life out of anything - in my own self-delusion - I hope I was the drummer.



Yep, it was time to retire and find another career.

Hat tip HotAir.

21 comments:

Kevin said...

Animal from the muppets must have been his idol.

DeltaBravo said...

LMAO!  I.so.want.his.jacket.  That is an inspiration to me.  I need a set of drumsticks.  I need to act more like that in life.  Preferably when out in public with my youngest teenager.  She has it coming.

Pete said...

Waves them sticks like a signalman.

AW1 Tim said...

Oh yes. They all do. My youngest seems to feel that I was placed upon this good earth to be an embarassment to her. I see no reason as yet to desprive her of that sentiment.  ;)

AW1 Tim said...

I saw this video and my first thought was "This guy needs a better band".

Grumpy Old Ham said...

<span>Hey, be nice to us comm geeks... </span>
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<span>"You can talk about us all you want, but you can't talk without us!"   </span> ;)

butch said...

Liberating when they feel that wau, ain't it?

Byron said...

I bet Phib is wicked good with a pair of #2 pencils :)

LT B said...

I worked for a CDR who had a teenage daughter.  I asked him if he did stuff to get attitude from her.  He said, "B, I have a teenage daughter at home.  A day w/o an eye roll is like a day w/o breathing." 

Phib, we all wish we were like that drummer.

UltimaRatioRegis said...

Best guy I ever briefed was LtGen Rollings when he had II MEF.  I was in G-3 FUOPS, and had a cameo in the daily brief.  Rollings was a Navy Cross winner in RVN, lost two fingers to an NVA grenade, prior enlisted Drill Instructor.  He of the 40,000 situps.  Always gave the impression that these briefs were as painful for him as for the rest of us, but a necessary evil. 

One memorable morning someone from the G-2 shop who liked to hear his own voice was at least 2 minutes past the 2 minute limit, blathering about some trivial matter.  The conversation went something like this:

"Hey son?"

"Yes sir?"

"Do me a favor and get to the f*ckin' point!"

The Eleventh Commandment:  Thou shalt not run off at the pie hole when briefing LtGen Wayne G. Rollings, USMC.

In those briefs, NOBODY was the drummer.

Grumpy Old Ham said...

BTW, I wonder how many sticks, snare heads, and crash cymbals that guy goes through in a year...

Grumpy Old Ham said...

I've found that to be true of most Marines...once or twice through personal experience, even... :)

butch said...

Today, sir, I will conduct the CUB through the use of interpretive dance ...

SCOTTtheBADGER said...

All I can think of to say, is " My Goodness".

Mary Alpha said...

OMG! Mr. Drum Man must have been indulging in a little something back stage before this gig. He is in his own universe. Somewhere. Out there. 8-)

Kristen said...

I laughed all the way through.  Where do you find these things?  Those jackets are a fashion felony, but the drummer is awesome.  We should all go through life with that attitude.

MR T's Haircut said...

simple fix... MORE COWBELL!!!

DeltaBravo said...

You know what you have to do to get attitude from a teenage daughter?




Breathe!

C-dore 14 said...

Is it just me or does the drummer look like Gary Busey's kid brother?

Salty Gator said...

You guys have obviously never heard a Marine tell the "clown story."  Some day when I find the appropriate disguise, I will v I will post it. 

WESTPAC Warrior said...

The three front guys are musicians.  The drummer is a ROCK STAR!