You Might Be an
Auxiliarist.......
By courtesy of the Author,
Steve
Reams, DCO 8WR
Ø If you’re talking to your buddy on the two-way radio and you know dang well his name is Fred, but you keep saying “Roger,”
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you’ll spend 750 hours folding newsletters, stuffing envelopes, and licking stamps for a 34-cent ribbon to put on your shirt,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you’ve spent your time messing with boats, ever since CB radio went out of style,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you think shirts with epaulets are a fashion statement,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you’d apply for a job with long hours, crummy benefits, and no pay, then feel really disappointed if you didn’t get it,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you spent your youth trying to stay away from the Army, and now you spend your time and money getting closer to the Coast Guard,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you own a steel-belted radial-ply cummerbund,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If your spouse seems to have left you for something on the computer called the Members’ Forum,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you open your mouth and acronyms fly out,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you’d read every word of a 3-inch-thick government manual,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If, every time something bad happens, you blame it on AUXMIS,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you drive a boat like an expert, but can’t seem to work a lawn mower,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you think a red and yellow flashing light would make a really swell Christmas present,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you’ve ever worn black socks with Topsiders,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you’d spend fifty hours teaching boating classes, on the off chance it might save somebody’s little girl,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you love to help others, when others are helping themselves,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you get an inch taller when they play the National Anthem,
You might be an Auxiliarist!
Ø If you were one of the many who phoned or emailed me on September 11, wanting to support the war effort,
You might be an Auxiliarist!