Funny Military Stories | Gary Owen

I remember my first Navy check after boot camp. I was thrilled that I had GUARANTEED WORK for the next 4 years (unless I did something stupid), a roof (so to speak) over my head and 3 squares a day. Better than many 19 year olds today. AND bc I did it for 24 years, the gift keeps on giving.

Happy Veterans Day Sailor!!! 32nd Street, I was there!!! Everything Gary says is true lol. I remember talking for hours to Shore Patrol for hours drunk AF after being in TJ. Thanks Gary for cracking jokes until 6 a.m. and not giving me hell coming back crossing those tracks at the shack LMAO. I forgot about that, until I saw this 🤦🏿‍♂️

The marine joke's had me in tears ☠️😂☠️

😂 You must have been the cop on North Island that ran me through a sobriety test ages ago. I had no clue how I passed. Now I do! Thank you!!!

My first year in the Navy, I was making $99/month. I got a check for $38 every other Thursday. I was 17. I'm 77 now, and from that day to this, I've never been as financially independent as I was in those days. I went three years without owning civvies. Good days.

Thank you for your service Gary.

The candance call had me rolling 😂😂😂

Gary is spot on. I was a Corpsman for 5 years, Camp Pendleton, CA. I laughed so harrrrrd 😂

This shit accurate as hell. Being a former airman,this happens alot

I wrestled for the Army back in 96, back when we were at Ft Benning before we had the team move to Carson. The current wrestling coach for the Army, Shon Lewis, was one of my wrestling partners. Our program is basically an Olympic training program, and we wrestle against NCAA teams all the time as well as international tournaments. Hometown heroes aren't always the ones that succeed as you get all sorts of wrestlers that come to tryouts. During my tryouts we had 160 people try out and after about 30-45 days you end up with about 30-40 wrestlers, and you have to know/learn Greco Roman and freestyle. It's a meat grinder. I wrestled in the 52kg category and wrestled dozens of NCAA wrestlers, foreign opponents. I was ranked # 3 in the US for Greco, and I placed 3rd in the Olympic trials in 96 but failed to place in the team tournament. It was a great time on the team, and saw a few friends make it and place in the Olympics.

Gary is the MP we all want but don’t deserve. A true hero! Hahaah thank you brother! Love you

My parents threw me into the military saying 'See what you can do with this one'. Well they did a great job and made my life hell and then heaven as I learned how to behave, how to unlearn stuff I'd been taught and how to be a success. Everyone should have spell at it and learn that being a YT influencer or Only Fan is not life.... it's horrible

It’s great to see a vet make it to something more than just what we did while we served. Not to say there’s anything wrong with that, that’s what I did. But be able to make it like him and then share our stories of actual military life lmfao I can relate to pretty much every story after 9 years in. Best worst times of my life, I wouldn’t give it up for anything

Yeah, I was driving back on base at Cory Station Pensacola after out drinking with the boys. Gate SP guard was grilling me about a report of someone driving on officer housing yards. I denied, denied, denied. They let me on base. When I parked and got out I saw there was a huge bush stuck under my car and hanging out in clear view of the SP. Yeah, I'd been doing donuts in officer yards, but they let me thru. Guess too much paperwork.

I was stationed in San Diego at that same time as Gary and these stories he talks about hits close to home for me and brings back memories from then!! LMAO USS Ranger CV-61 VF-1 NAS Miramar ATC Second Class

They gave you the answer! I was an instructor in AIT, we would tell the students “you may see this again” and stomp our boot three times. It never failed that someone would miss the question and want to argue. We would go over the test at the end of the day on Friday. We would tell the students that since PVT Smith had a question we will stay until he’s satisfied. It was amazing how quickly PVT Smith’s was convinced by his classmates.

My first paycheck in the military was $325.00. Loved it.

Happy Veterans Day Gary we ❤ U and thank U for your Service God bless U. 😊

I knew a guy on Fort Carson that tried out for the Army wrestling team. He was apparently state champion before. He tried out and came back. He said he had is ass handed to him.

You brought back some good memories of my time at Lackland Gary. I was there for Basic and then stayed there for the SP academy. I had my first taste of Texas brisket during that time. 👍🏾