Thread: Water survival

Originally Posted by Glenn54

Very good information guys. Thanks for sharing. In the Air Force, they just taught us to wear a life jacket. Just kidding.

Classic AF comment. 😊

Originally Posted by Jamesdean

Didn't need to be in the Navy to know about the Shot Gauntlet...I know the Army had it too...

Yep, they sure did !! And the "don't look at the shooter, don't talk to the shooter, and hold your arm dead still" rule applied there, too. The warning about moving your arm or flinching could cause the vaccine gun to slice you open was the first thing I heard when I got in the line

Didn't see anyone faint or get sick from those inoculations, but I did see several pretty big guys try and climb over the desk when receiving the Gamma Globulin shot in the buttocks (at my overseas station).

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

Yep, they sure did !! And the "don't look at the shooter, don't talk to the shooter, and hold your arm dead still" rule applied there, too. The warning about moving your arm or flinching could cause the vaccine gun to slice you open was the first thing I heard when I got in the line

Didn't see anyone faint or get sick from those inoculations, but I did see several pretty big guys try and climb over the desk when receiving the Gamma Globulin shot in the buttocks (at my overseas station).

Oh yes, the Gamma Globulin shot (I couldn't remember the name of it) was much like getting an injection of winter time gear oil in your back side... and then they'd take you out and run you like a greyhound, claiming that muscular exercise was the only way to dissipate the heavy consistency of the compound. Honestly, you could feel the lump of vaccine in your back end... that felt much like a handball embedded in your muscle tissue. Oh, the memories.

Wow brings back memories..SD boot camp,NAS North Island, NAS Lemore,VN,USS Oriskany,USS Bon Hom Richard,Yuma az,Fallon nv,29 Palms...Just a few memories of places that I got to Go and serve and do all the stuff mentioned above ....Other than VN it was all good memories... AO 2 USN 64-68

Originally Posted by Cray

Yes, March to a grinder with several other company’s. Then when it came your co’s turn get in single file, dungaree shirt removed sleeves tied around waist, t shirt sleeves rolled up, single file March through a gauntlet of hospital corps men trainees with needles and shot-guns. Getting al inoculated up. Made that pass 3-4 times. Then form up March to chow hall. Standing on grinder and watch guys start passing out. This was back in the days when the first started using those guns. If you flinched or he slipped you got a slice on the arm along with the shot. Making me sick thinking about it.

Did that in 66 at basic training, Ft. Ord California.


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