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Best Captions Contest #53

Official U.S. Air Force Photo

The Winners:

As airman McConell found out earlier, the planes dont hurt as much when you were proctective gloves. - Devil Dogg

An airman still attends to his duties in spite of the unexpected Viagra side effects. - Chief(ret) kvb

When asked by the General to join him in his golf game, the airman thought he might play along with him, or possibly carry his clubs, but little did he know he would be used as a driving range marker. - Zeb

Honorable Mentions (in order of receipt:)

$500.00 TO FLY ME OUTTA HERE!!!! - Em222

"Aren't pilots suppose to have great vision" (Maybe I should get off this deck) - Future NSWC

HEY MOM THEY REALY FOUND A JOB I CAN DO. - RUNNINGBEAR

YEAH My Girlfriend likes them too! - RADDARR

HEY! Can you give me a hand? - G-man

go-go gadget giant hands! - USCG3232

Only 500 more day's honey and I can use these hands on you again. I know you love them!!! - Checkmate

Dang, Dad always said this would happen if I didn't stop it. - Maggie

My husband,and his Christmas hat while deployed. - Shelly Ann Van Camp

Only 500 more taliban to go and we are coming home! - Christine

I was told these magical gloves will allow me to catch the 500 pound bombs, if they break loose when the aircraft returns with a load. - Paul Falk

Let's give him a BIG HAND! - Hugh

Saying he would do anything to see Tiger Woods hit the ball, this airman volunteered to stand at 500 yards. - Paul Falk

If only my sweetheart from H.S could see me now>>>>>I am not the average man anymore. - Ice

I went to college to be an OB/GYN but somehow I never got any patients.....uhmmm I wonder Why? - Bronco

Yeh man, the mosquitos here are REALLY big. I only got tagged ONCE on each hand two days ago! - Retired Eagle

"HAHAHA...Those taliban guys are gonna be shaking in their turbins when they see this eagle shadow-puppet on their cave war. - Cadet PO3

Goooooo Patriots!! Now all I have to get is some body paint. - Semper Fi Falco

Airman Smith learned the hard way not to try to catch the Acme 500# weights when they fall off the end of the bar. - Ian

Throw it to me Sarge, throw it to me Sarge! I've been practicing the B52 catch all week. - Frances M. Hackerman

Away from home, Away from home, cold and tired and all alone, yes I'm 500 miles away from home...(for those of you who remember the old songs)
- AF GAL

"Will you Air Force guys ever learn what high fives are?" - Cecilki

I am here to check your tank treads. - Lifer

I want this many pounds of fuel. - Lifer

Here's a high five for you, American style. - Lifer

Captain Lewis knows what most women know...big hands equals warm heart. - phideltwolf

The product of scabs workin' during the "Foam-Finge-Maker" factory strike! - Hock07

Man, NOW I know what the guys were talkin about when they asked me if I was sure or not. - jw

Tell me truthfully, do this outfit make my butt look fat? - Maggie

When the MWR driving range asked for volunteer distance markers, Private Briggs didn't know what he was getting himself into... - futureusmarine

After Cooper's incident working with the reactor core, he was switched to signalman for obvious reasons. - Ryno

This past mousketeer didn't make the cut with Britany, Christina and Justin. - hotdawg

Mike discovered that his hands could be used for good and not evil...on the flight line! - Cruiser

CPL Jones demonstrates REALLY BIG shadow butterflies on the flight line. - Cruiser

Last night Mark's wife read in a woman's magazine about the possible link between proportions of hand size and manhood. - Cruiser

I'd hate to see what number 69 is holding up for us all to see! - Cruiser

Following the enormous ENRON scandal, The Fortune 500 Club set up new, considerably tighter limits on their advertising budget. - Ronn M.

".... and for this dictionary of large, impressive words previously owned by George W. Bush we'll start the bidding at $500. Do I hear $500? I have $500 from the man with elephantiasis of the hands... do I hear $600? - Scott

Cprl. Big Hands, will down demonstrate the "throw-the-500-apples-at the target" manuver. - Col. DarkFire

Pvt O'dell's momma would never buy him novelty foam hands when he went to the baseball. so he just had to improvise. and sleep without a matress. - urban cowboy

so carter wants to steal my goddamn paddles huh? lets see how he likes sleepin tonight without a freakin mattress!! - urban cowboy

"As private nelson demonstrates the use of our new 500 series paddles you can definitely see the secret improvements in our design" "such as general..?" "well sir they ..ahh.. theyre so secret we can't even tell you about them. ahh sir." - urban cowboy

Mom told me I would go blind and HAIR would grow on my hands! Heeeellllp! - Likkimon

Private Ramis decided that sticky notes just weren't enough as reminders. - Likkimon

Airman Douglas was chagrined when the new US survival gear wasn't his size. - Likkimon

I thought the Captain said 500 big hands for the homecoming, but he said big bands ! Duh - rodspats

Stay away from the Stings, pal. I still owe you 500 bucks. Come back and get it! - Robert Hui Hong Kong

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