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Would be a LOT easier to get through the one in the cartoon than the real ones!aka "Knee-knockers."
And if you hurdled too high... "head knockers."
This happened at the beginning of almost every General Quarters. Over the "1-MC" (announcement PA system)...
"General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands, man your battle stations. The route of travel is forward and up to starboard, down and aft to port. General Quarters, General Quarters! All hands man your battle stations. Set Material Condition Zebra throughout the ship. General Quarters."
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Over the 1-MC: "Medical emergency, medical emergency... (location on the ship)."
Someone invariably injured by a knee-knocker.
Would be a LOT easier to get through the one in the cartoon than the real ones!
Same as the corporate world...only you do have the option to quit.
The guy that used to call our monthly rifle matches was a 40 year Marine Vet. He would occasionally tell us of his experiences. One of those stories involved a night of drinking and whoring and waking up with 20 minutes to formation. He gives the cabbie all his cash if he can get him to formation in time. He said the cab screeched to a halt, and he bails out and runs to the end of the line. He said, "If my name wasn't York, I'd have been late."
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