Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
Sad to hear this. I was active from 84 to 91, and the "buddy" culture was still very strong. Combat Crud (with actual fist fights) in the old Nellis bar, the one with Vietnam Aces sigs scratched into the wood, driving blue steelies across West Germany, getting stupid, TDY name tags, all the goofy bar rules. Any time someone stood up for any sort of massed briefing or announcement, calls of "Faster and funnier" rained down upon him while he tried to speak.
The squadron tap opened after last step, and we'd have pigs and high-stakes dice well into the night.
I wonder if it slowly ground to a halt when women were given full access to these male-only positions?
I read about the Combat Crud and it brought back great memories of a TDY trip my unit made to OSAN AFB in '99. We learned the game from some USAF folks in the O'Club there and started playing. We had too much fun and ended up putting one of our guys elbows in the wall and cracking another ones ribs. Great times, especially since my ribs were intact.