whitebb2727
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Lol. I think I saw just as much, if not more drugs, in the service.
Some of the best smoke I have had came back with soldiers.
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Some of the best smoke I have had came back with soldiers.
whitebb2727
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I was on a naval station. That may be why the boxing was allowed.
too larry
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The Saipan was a Fuck Up ship. You fuck up anywhere else, and they sent you there. Almost all the electricians smoked dope.
whitebb2727
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I had to walk a tight rope. I had a clearance.
too larry
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I was only ashore for bootcamp and my A-school. Didn't hear of any sanctioned boxing there, but I wasn't there long.
too larry
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I should have. Although I don't think I would have liked the nuclear field for a lifetime of work. Would have been cool to have the training.
Lots of piss tests in the early 80's. Lots of drug searches when we were in the Med.
whitebb2727
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I don't know that it was sanctioned. I do know higher ups over looked it and even attended sometimes.
Our piss test were random by computer. Might do three in one week and then go a year or more.
too larry
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We only had them at sea. When a few fights broke out, the Captain would decide it was time for Smokers.
BarnBuster
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Last living MOH recipient from Iwo Jima offers graveside salute to ‘guardian angel’
"Seventy-three years ago on the island of Iwo Jima, Hershel “Woody” Williams randomly chose several fellow Marines to give him rifle cover as he made a one-man charge with his flamethrower against a network of Japanese pillboxes.
He spent four hours unleashing flames into the pillboxes that had stymied advance for days, racing back to the Marine Corps lines to refuel the flamethrower, and then running again into battle — all while covered by only four riflemen.
At one point, Williams mounted a pillbox, stuck the flamethrower’s nozzle through an air vent and killed the enemy within it.
Two of the Marines covering Williams died that day, but he never knew their names, and never knew where their remains rested until just a few months ago.
On Saturday, Williams, with the Medal of Honor hanging around his neck, stood over the Hawaii grave of Charles Fischer, one of those “guardian angels” who helped him survive that day and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, nicknamed the Punchbowl. He saluted the Marine, who died a private first class that day, and then slowly bent down and placed a purple lei upon his headstone."
“I have always said I’m just the caretaker of it,” Williams said later of the Medal of Honor. “It belongs to them. They sacrificed for it. I didn’t.”
https://www.stripes.com/last-living-moh-recipient-from-iwo-jima-offers-graveside-salute-to-guardian-angel-1.517509?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines
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doublejj
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The draft pretty much negated any drug testing when I joined the army lol....the army was just happy to have a volunteer.
whitebb2727
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I reckon.
I also reckon that some of you guys came back with a habit without one when you went in.
I knew guys who got caught with marijuana and were offered the choice of army or jail.
Singlemalt
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Other than for heroin, I don't recall any drug testing(biological). There was the testing of, say pocket lint, for residue. Hell it was almost 50 yrs ago and I don't remember everything lol
whitebb2727
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What was the movie, platoon? Where the guy od's on heroin and they shoot him to make it look like an enemy kill so he wouldn't be disgraced?
Think stuff like that really happened?
I've seen active duty combat guys with a needle problem.
Singlemalt
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too larry
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BIL #2 came back from the East Asian Conflict {as he calls it} with an addiction to Opiates.
whitebb2727
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Fucked up stuff.
BarnBuster
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The USS Juneau – the Navy’s storied Atlanta-class light cruiser – was found recently by the expedition crew of Research Vessel Petrel. The ship was resting on the ocean floor off the Solomon Islands, more than two miles below the surface.
The Juneau became a symbol of wartime sacrifice after it was sunk by a Japanese torpedo during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. Nearly 690 sailors – including five Iowa brothers known as “The Sullivans” – went down with the ship.
https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/uss-juneau-final-resting-place-of-the-sullivan-brothers-found-off-solomon-islands-1.517725
http://www.historynet.com/a-band-of-brothers-the-sullivans.htm
The Juneau became a symbol of wartime sacrifice after it was sunk by a Japanese torpedo during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. Nearly 690 sailors – including five Iowa brothers known as “The Sullivans” – went down with the ship.
https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/uss-juneau-final-resting-place-of-the-sullivan-brothers-found-off-solomon-islands-1.517725
http://www.historynet.com/a-band-of-brothers-the-sullivans.htm
bigfattone420
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Thanks to all that served/Still serving.....Smoked/did lots of drugs in the Navy..1972 Nam was going on 2 brothers/cousin were in the Corp(Jar Heads,hehe) I was 17 they told me do not come into the Corp.(Had a different way of thinking,hehe) ..Living in Conn Navy/Coast Guard all around ....See the Squirrel hehehe Join the Navy!!!....No drug testing at that time...Actually knew guys shooting up Heroin onboard.LSD,Speed,Mescaline weed/Hashish etc;etc all was available.They would wait until we were gone out to sea for months...Hit of Acid $5.00/10 it was who you knew.....No drug test 
..Shit ..We hit the Mediterranean Hash City...Istanbul,Greece,Spain,etc;etc..Your ass had to make sure you weren't set up or we'd leave your ass over there,remember being in Istanbul,Turkish Guys coming up to me with bags full of Hashish, i was like Hell naw..We left couple folks over thereWasn't going to be part of that 
......On The Ship....We got blitz daily ....Always trying to stay 1 step ahead of the Master At Arms....
Smoking on a Aircraft Carrier there was a lot places to hide/get blitz ...Salute to all who've serve or family who did...
..Blessings to all of y'all....
..Shit ..We hit the Mediterranean Hash City...Istanbul,Greece,Spain,etc;etc..Your ass had to make sure you weren't set up or we'd leave your ass over there,remember being in Istanbul,Turkish Guys coming up to me with bags full of Hashish, i was like Hell naw..We left couple folks over thereWasn't going to be part of that ......On The Ship....We got blitz daily ....Always trying to stay 1 step ahead of the Master At Arms....Smoking on a Aircraft Carrier there was a lot places to hide/get blitz ...Salute to all who've serve or family who did.....Blessings to all of y'all....
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bigfattone420
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Back in the day when Nam was going on that was a main offer....Jail or service ...Many i knew took service & end up washing out