the Military/War Jokes Thread!

PO2GRV

Member
I figured I'd try to bring some levity to the Defence Talk forums by starting a military/war/service jokes and humor thread. Try to keep them clean though!

Post your best ones. I'll start off with one of my favorites

Two Soviet generals are strolling through the Champs-Elysees. One turns to the other and asks, "So who won the air war?"

Your turn!
 

SStotenkopf

Banned Member
A little boy and his father are listening to the Fuhrer's speech on the radio as Germany declares war on the USA. The boy asks his father where the USA is. The father takes down a globe and runs his hand across the USA, saying "All of this area of North America, son".

The boy looks at the globe and asks "and where is the British Empire?". The father indicates Britain, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and India on the globe.

"I see", said the boy. "And where is Russia?" The father showed him the sprawling mass of the USSR on the globe. The boy's eyebrows furrowed with concentration.

"And where is Germany?", he asks. His father points at the area of central Europe where the Reich is located. The boy looks very concerned and says "Dad, has Hitler seen this?"
 

Waylander

Defense Professional
Verified Defense Pro
Seriously, do you have any idea what kind of units SS Totenkopf was compromised of and what they did?

Using this as your name here is disgusting.
 

SStotenkopf

Banned Member
3rd ss panzer division , they fought strong and fast with less tanks and men then any of the allies

The ss totenkopfverbande was the camp guards , which i would never use as a name im not racist or a skin head. The SS totenkopf is the 3rd ss panzer division and has nothing to do with the sick crimes the totenkofverbande did..
 
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T.C.P

Well-Known Member
Joke answering machine of the British army-

Thank you for calling the British Army. I'm sorry, but all of our units are out at the moment, or are otherwise engaged. Please leave a message with your country, name of organisation, the region, the specifics of the crisis and a number at which we can call you. As soon as we have sorted out the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, the Millennium Bug, marching up and down bits of tarmac in London and compulsory Equal Opportunities training we will return your call.


Please speak after the tone, or if you require more options, please listen to the following:

If your crisis is small and close to the sea, Press 1 for Royal Marines.


If your concern is distant, with tropical climate and good hotels, and can be solved by 1 or 2 low risk bombing runs, please Press 'hash' for the Royal Air Force. (Please note that this service is not available after 1630hrs or at the weekend).


If your enquiry concerns a situation that can be resolved by a bit of grey funnel, bunting flags and a really good marching band, please write well in advance to 'The First Sea Lord, The Admiralty, Whitehall'.


If your enquiry is not urgent, Press 2 for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.


If you are in real, hot trouble please Press 3 and your call will be routed to Sandline International (mercenary services).


If you are interested in joining the Army and wish to be shouted at, paid little, have premature arthritis, put your wife and family in a condemned hut miles from civilization, and are prepared to work your arse off daily, risking life and limb in all weathers and terrain, both day and night whilst watching the Treasury eroding your original terms and conditions of service, the please stay on the line... Your call will shortly be connected to a bitter passed-over Recruiting Sergeant in a grotty shop down by the railway station.


Have a pleasant day and thank you again for trying to contact the British Army.''
 

Waylander

Defense Professional
Verified Defense Pro
The ss totenkopfverbande was the camp guards , which i would never use as a name im not racist or a skin head. The SS totenkopf is the 3rd ss panzer division and has nothing to do with the sick crimes the totenkofverbande did..
Bull!
All Waffen-SS-Verbände were formed out of the the SS-Verfügungstruppe which went into eastern europe behind the Wehrmacht for "clearing" the conquered territories. Additionally to this stands the fact that guards regularly rotated into frontline Waffen-SS units and vice versa.

You can't seperate the 3. SS-Panzerdivision from the rest of the lot. Not one inch! I have no problem with the poor young guys which got drafted into SS-formations late in the war but the SS in general and with it the whole Waffen-SS was an evil and monstrous organization which isn't changed a bit by some of them fighting well on the frontlines.

I am sorry for having to derail this thread which is meant for humour but I just can't stand people thinking that parts of the SS are somewhat cool. Is it the shiny uniforms? The classic black? Them thinking that they were some kind of elite?

Naming myself SStotenkopf is a bit as if I would myself 9/11 Hijacker and be proud of it.
 

T.C.P

Well-Known Member
Time to steer the thread back into what it was really meant for-

Requesting a three day pass


An Israeli soldier who just enlisted asked the Commanding Officer for a 3-day pass.

The CO says "Are you crazy? You just join the Israeli army, and you already want a 3-day pass? You must do something spectacular for that recognition!"

So the soldier comes back a day later in an Arab tank!

The CO was so impressed, he asked "How did you do it?"

"Well, I jumped in a tank, and went toward the border with the Arabs. I approached the border, and saw an Arab tank. I put my white flag up, the Arab tank put his white flag up. I said to the Arab soldier, "Do you want to get a three-day pass? So we exchanged tanks!"
 

PCShogun

New Member
Zane Zelenski joined the army. Since everything in the army is done in alphabetical order, Zane was constantly missing out when the equipment was assigned.

When rifles were being assigned, they ran out. His Sergeant said, "Don't worry,everything is fine and we will never go to war anyway. But for training, here is a broom. Just hold it to your shoulder and yell BANG, that'll do you just fine."

Next came fighting knives, but they ran out. His Sergeant said, "Don't worry,everything is fine and we will never go to war anyway. But for training, here is a stick. Just hold it up and yell STAB STAB, that'll do you just fine."

Next came Grenades, and like before, they ran out. His Sergeant said, "Don't worry,everything is fine and we will never go to war anyway. But for training, here is a twig. Just break off the end, throw it, and yell BOOM, that'll do you just fine."

The next day, war was declared. Zane soon found himself at the front surrounded by his dead comrades.

He saw an enemy crawling toward him so he put the broom to his shoulder, aimed and yelled BANG! His enemy dropped dead.

He saw a machine gun team trying to get their gun into action against him so he grabbed his twig. He broke the end off and threw it at them. He yelled BOOM, and pieces of dead enemy rained across the sky.

He then saw one enemy walking toward him at a deliberate pace.

He aimed his broom and yelled BANG, but it had no affect.
He threw his twig at him and yelled BOOM, dirt flew up but it also appeared to have no affect.
Zane thinks to himself that he needs to go hand to hand to stop this guy, so he jumps up with his stick and stabs at the enemy yelling STAB STAB, and Zane is promptly ground into a bloody pulp under the enemies heels.

The enemy, unaffected, kept moving forward, all the time whispering Tank, Tank, Tank, Tank.
 
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lucinator

New Member
Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center, where he advised new recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance. It wasn't long before Captain Smith noticed that Airman Jones was having a staggeringly high success-rate, selling insurance to nearly 100% of the recruits he advised. Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood in the back of the room and listened to Jones' sales pitch. Jones explained the basics of the GI Insurance to the new recruits, and then said: "If you have GI Insurance and go into battle and are killed, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have GI insurance, and you go into battle and get killed, the government only has to pay a maximum of $6000. Now," he concluded, "which group do you think they are going to send into battle first?"
 

STURM

Well-Known Member
[Mod Edit: Text deleted. The Mod Team is not going to tolerate racism or hero worship of geocidal murderers. There will be no further warning to lucinator, PCShogun or SStotenkop. Especially since both PCShogun and SStotenkop have not responded well to Mod/Webmaster warnings. Further, SStotenkop is required to change his nick or face a perm ban. ]

Mine is based on warriors of Japan. Do I need to change mine also?
[Mod Edit: No.

BTW, during WWII members of my family were killed by the Imperial Japanese Army and I'm in no way offended by your handle. So please do not compare your screen name to his. They are different issues.]


The Japanese did some pretty bad stuff during that war also.
[Mod Edit: Not relevant to the issue at hand.]
Not my intention to derail the thread or get off topic but I would like to make a brief comment. First of all I think ''SSTotenkopf'' should realise why his choice of an ID would be questionable or distasteful to most. Unlike the other Waffen-SS divisions, the Totenkopf division's initial cadre came almost exclusively from former concentration camp personnel, and so did most of its replacements up to 1943. Its first CO and creator was the head of the concentration camp system and unlike many other Waffen-SS senior officers, some of who were former Heer, Thedor Eicke was an ardent Nazi - the ideal National Socialist.

What I find curious about is, if ''SSTotenkopf'' had chosen the name of a Fallschirmjager division, who's members were photographed smiling whilst executing males over 16 in an olive grove in Crete, would this have led to the same response? If his ID was that of a Heer infantry division, who's members willingly assisted Einsatzsgruppen units in liquidating people, would it have led to a similiar response?

Back to topic - A U.S. pilot climbs in his cockpit and find a sewing pin on the seat. He chucks it out. An Israeli pilot finds the same, he keeps it in case he might need it later. An Russian pilot finds the same, he leaves it as it is, assuming its part of the plane.

From ''The Last Battle'' by Cornelius Ryan. When the Soviets arrive at the gates of Berlin, they will take 3 hours to break through the weak defences. After seeing the state of the defences they will spend 2 and a half hours laughing and half an hour of fighting.
 
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T.C.P

Well-Known Member
Military Talk

One reason the Services have trouble operating jointly is that they don't speak the same language.

For example, if you told Navy personnel to "secure a building," they would turn off the lights and lock the doors.

Army personnel would occupy the building so no one could enter.

Marines would assault the building, capture it, and defend it with suppressive fire and close combat.

The Air Force, on the other hand, would take out a three-year lease with an option to buy.
 

lucinator

New Member
On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the middle. One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, "What time is it?" The tower responded, "Who is calling?" The aircraft replied, "What difference does it make?" The tower replied, "It makes a lot of difference. If it is an American Airlines flight, it is 3 o'clock. If it is an Air Force plane, it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraft, it is 6 bells. If it is an Army aircraft, the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 3. If it is a Marine Corps aircraft, it's Thursday afternoon."
 

T.C.P

Well-Known Member
On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the middle. One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, "What time is it?" The tower responded, "Who is calling?" The aircraft replied, "What difference does it make?" The tower replied, "It makes a lot of difference. If it is an American Airlines flight, it is 3 o'clock. If it is an Air Force plane, it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraft, it is 6 bells. If it is an Army aircraft, the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 3. If it is a Marine Corps aircraft, it's Thursday afternoon."
You missed the last part of the joke-

'If it is the National Air Guard, its still a couple of hours till quitting time';)
 

gf0012-aust

Grumpy Old Man
Staff member
Verified Defense Pro
3rd ss panzer division
Your handle is banned.

Come back as something else or don't come back at all.

I suggest that you think long and hard about whatever new handle you may choose to use, a "sleight of hand" handle will trigger the same response from the Mod team.
 

lucinator

New Member
Navy Retirement

The Navy found they had too many officers and decided to offer an early retirement bonus. They promised any officer who volunteered for retirement a bonus of $1,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between any two parts of his body.

The officer got to choose what those two points would be. The first officer who accepted, asked that he be measured from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. He was measured at six feet and walked out with a bonus of $72,000.

The second officer who accepted was a little smarter and asked to be measured from the tip of his outstretched hands to his toes. He walked out with $96,000.

The third one was a grisly old Chief who, when asked where he would like to be measured replied, "from the tip of my weenie to my
testicles."

It was suggested by the pension man that he might want to reconsider, explaining about the nice big checks the previous two officers had received But the old Chief insisted and they decided to go along with him, providing the measurement was taken by a medical officer.

The medical officer arrived and instructed the Chief to "drop 'em," which he did. The medical officer placed the tape measure on the tip of the Chief's weenie and began to work back.

Oh Man!" he suddenly exclaimed, "Where are your testicles?"

The old Chief calmly replied... "Vietnam."
 

T.C.P

Well-Known Member
There's a guy from ARMY driving from West Point to the Meadowlands, a guy from the NAVY was
driving from Annapolis to the Meadowlands, and an Air Force guy who's driving from McGwire in
South Jerz to the Meadowlands just to watch the Jets.

In the middle of the night with no other cars on the road they hit each other and all cars go
flying off in different directions. The squid manages to climb out of his car and survey the
damage. He looks at his twisted car and says, "Man, I am really lucky to be alive!" Likewise
the ARMY guy scrambles out of his car and looks at his wreckage. The Air Force guy just shakes
his head and says to himself, "I can't believe I survived this wreck!"

The NAVY guy walks over to the ARMY and Air Force guys and says, "Hey guys, I think this is a
sign from God that we should put away our petty differences and live as friends instead of
arch rivals." The ARMY guy thinks for a moment and says, "You know, you're absolutely right!
We should be friends."

The Air Force guy says "Let me see what else survived this wreck." So he pops open his trunk
and finds a full unopened bottle of Jack Daniels.

He says to the NAVY and Army guys, "I think this is another sign from God that we should toast
to our new found understanding and friendship." The Swabbie says, "You're right!" and he grabs
the bottle and starts sucking down Jack Daniels. After putting away nearly a third of the
bottle the Squid hands it to the ARMY guy and says, "Your turn! The ARMY guy sucks down a third
and hands the bottle back to the Air Force guy.

The Air Force guy puts the cap back on the bottle and says, "I think I'll wait for the cops to
show up."
 

PO2GRV

Member
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And then the designer of the 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger put his draft pencil down and admired this work of art and warfare. A fellow engineer comes up to him and says, "Wow whee, what on earth are you going to do with a gun that size?"
The designer replies, "I'm going to make it fly."
The second engineer, astonished, asks, "You mean you're going to attach that gun to a plane?!"
"No, man, I'm going to attach a plane to this gun."
 

PCShogun

New Member
And then the designer of the 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger put his draft pencil down and admired this work of art and warfare. A fellow engineer comes up to him and says, "Wow whee, what on earth are you going to do with a gun that size?"
The designer replies, "I'm going to make it fly."
The second engineer, astonished, asks, "You mean you're going to attach that gun to a plane?!"
"No, man, I'm going to attach a plane to this gun."
And thus the A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" was born. ;)
 

T.C.P

Well-Known Member
Change your course now

This is the transcript of an actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995.

Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations on November 10, 1995.

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS, AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
 
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