10 Habits From The Military That Stay With You Forever

[longknife]

Military service can be a life-changing experience. As a thread on Reddit asked:

"What *subtle* habits do you still have, even years after leaving the military?"

This proves that military culture and training sticks with you

This is me -

Read more: 10 Habits From The Military - Business Insider

 

[PredFan]

Thanks.

 

[SFC Ollie]

I can think of so many more......

 

[tjvh]

The ability to drink large amounts of alcohol and still function has definitely been a product of military service that has stayed with me after all these years.

 

[Oldguy]

Still gotta have my boots right by the bed, with socks stuffed into them to keep out bugs.

 

[Missourian]

Saying "say again" instead of "can you repeat that" is a dead give away.

Using the words concur, behoove, highspeed, ate up and goonygoogoos

 

[9thIDdoc]

Never sitting with your back to the door.
Never going someplace and returning by the same route.
Ketchup on scrambled eggs.

 

[SFC Ollie]

Never sitting with your back to the door.
Never going someplace and returning by the same route.
Ketchup on scrambled eggs.

4 years as a TS courier in Europe.....We saw some really different back roads.....

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

do not question superiors and following orders?

us against them thinking?

viewing people as enemies to be disposed of and not as opponents to be reasoned with?

add 7 more?

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Never sitting with your back to the door.

you had to be in the military to learn this?

 

[SFC Ollie]

Still step out with the left foot first......

 

[Toome]

Yeah, guilty as charged. I still wake up at Oh Dark Thirty and start my day with a cup of hot coffee; I use the knife hands; I still put tabasco sause on my food; I still check the gig line before walking out the door; and the f-word is a noun, verb, adjective, pronoun, subverb, adverb and, at times, a dangling participle when it needs to be.

 

[longknife]

Yeah, guilty as charged. I still wake up at Oh Dark Thirty and start my day with a cup of hot coffee; I use the knife hands; I still put tabasco sause on my food; I still check the gig line before walking out the door; and the f-word is a noun, verb, adjective, pronoun, subverb, adverb and, at times, a dangling participle when it needs to be.[/QUOTE

Mine is oh-four-thirty, shower [long and hot], steaming coffee.

Only difference is the hours spent on the computer.

 

[birddog]

Still step out with the left foot first......

So do I, but I'm also a Freemason, and I'm reminded there.

Sometimes when I see someone walking, but not often, I will count cadence.

 

[daveman]

do not question superiors and following orders?

us against them thinking?

viewing people as enemies to be disposed of and not as opponents to be reasoned with?

add 7 more?

If you haven't served, mocking those who have is a particularly dick move. You will NOT win any cool points, except from your fellow non-serving dicks.

 

[daveman]

I wear my Belleville desert tan steel-toed boots every day to work. Light, cool, and far more comfortable than anything made for civilians.

 

[SFC Ollie]

I wear my Belleville desert tan steel-toed boots every day to work. Light, cool, and far more comfortable than anything made for civilians.

I still wear my Jungle boots.....Not the ones that were issued to me, I've had to go to clothing sales and buy a few pair since retirement....

But i do have my low Quarters...issued in 1971 and I still wear them for formal occasions...

 

[daveman]

I wear my Belleville desert tan steel-toed boots every day to work. Light, cool, and far more comfortable than anything made for civilians.

I still wear my Jungle boots.....Not the ones that were issued to me, I've had to go to clothing sales and buy a few pair since retirement....

But i do have my low Quarters...issued in 1971 and I still wear them for formal occasions...

Cool. I tried to buy some Bellevilles at Fort Campbell a few weeks ago, but they have to special-order steel toes. Can't buy 'em on-line at AAFES, since I'm no longer active duty. There's other places I can get them, though.

 

[Katzndogz]

Never sitting with your back to the door.
Never going someplace and returning by the same route.
Ketchup on scrambled eggs.

The first two are also a consequence of living in a major urban area. I never sit with my back to anything but a solid WALL. I never go someplace and return by the same route. I never enter a room without stopping and assessing who else is in that room first. Never leave the house without some kind of weapon readily available on my person. Was I in the military or just a street gang?

 

[birddog]

Knowing my service number(prior to using SS) stays with me.