Out of step – Military jokes and military humor blog

One of the problems of the so-called ‘Human Operations Research’ (HuOR) was formulated as follows: “Alternative coordinated movements of right and left feet as a decisive factor in moulding the soldier’s will-power,”

Seems there was a young soldier, who, just before battle, told his sergeant that he didn’t have a rifle.
“That’s no problem, son,” said the sergeant. “Here, take this broom. Just point it at the Germans, and go ‘Bangety Bang Bang’.”
“But what about a bayonet, Sarge?” asked the young (and gullible)

Twas the night before Christmas and all through each state,
Coast Guard families were starting to celebrate.
Just then from the white House came an urgent call,
A crisis had arisen that would affect one and all.
In fact the U.S. State Department was frantic,
For Santa Claus had just landed in the Atlantic!
It Was foggy as ever;

Two mates met at an Army renunion. ‘G’day you old bastard’, they greeted each other.
‘What have you been doing?’ One said, ‘Well, you know I played the violin in the Regimental band? Well I married a girl who plays the harp really well. We have two children, a boy who plays the flute and a [...]

You’ve all heard of the Air Force’s ultra-high-security, super-secret base in Nevada, known simply as “Area 51?”
Well, late one afternoon, the Air Force folks out at Area 51 were very surprised to see a Cessna landing at their “secret” base. They immediately impounded the aircraft and hauled the pilot into an interrogation room.
The pilot’s story [...]

In September of 1864 Confederate General Wade Hampton led one of the most daring and successful cavalry raids of the war deep behind enemy lines. Hampton’s raid delivered thousands of beef cattle to Lee’s starving army in the trenches around Petersburg. This narrative explores the hidden story behind the “Beefsteak Raid”.
The War Between the States

Dear Editor,
Today is Veterans Day, so I asked someone who had been in the Armed Service what he did in the military. He said, “I was in the Pacific Theater.” I asked him if any other GIs were with him. He said “Yes, there were thousands of us in the Pacific Theater.” I asked him [...]

An officer was on a detached mission and was held up by a storm and flood. He wired his commander: “Delayed by storm send instructions.”
His Old Man wired back: “Commence vacations immediately.”

In a heroic dogfight, fought over international waters off the mainland China coast, a 60s era American-built Lockheed Electra propeller airliner with 24 US Navy passengers/observers aboard chewed up one of China’s best state-of-the-art supersonic fighter aircraft.
The Americans utilizing the infrequently seen combat tactic of straight and level flight, often

Off an invasion beach the captain of an assault support ship noticed that one of his assault landing craft was in trouble drawing particularly heavy fire from the enemy. The Captain directed his ship to the craft.
As they drew alongside the man in charge of the landing party said, “I’m glad to see you, skipper.”
It [...]