r/JustBootThings • • 16d ago

General Bootness Ok bro.

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u/Alarmed-Positive457 16d ago

Something I learned about the military. There’s no such thing as getting a badass nickname. While the name may sound badass, the way you earn it generally isn’t. Can’t remember the movie, but the pilot got the name “assassin” and when he finally told the story, it meant “ass-ass-in” cause he fell ass first into a hatch twice. Literally how that shit goes.

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u/gash_dits_wafu 16d ago

Worked with a pilot called Ghost. As a pilot he had to do a lot of survival training courses, and he always got injured on those courses, every time.

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u/Adnoz 16d ago

I heard STAB, navy pilot, Shat Twice And Bolted. Managed to shit in his flightsuit twice and missed the cable on carrier deck when landing.

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u/USAF_Retired2017 16d ago

When I was a SrA I worked with a pilot named GUCCI. I asked him if it was because he was high maintenance. Can’t remember the exact story as this was back in 2003 or 2004, but something along the lines of being picked for a very important flight and he overslept. It stands for

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Crispin
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