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1997 Vintage: The “Tailhook” Long-Term Memory

Why was Navy leadership still sweating in ’97? Because they realized that in the “New Military,” a bad party in 1991 can still sink a promotion in 1997.

Part of the 35 Military Jokes: The 1997 “Cyber-Strike & Global Hawk” Edition archive. Historically Verified

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⏳ Time Capsule: This is how we rolled in the first two decades of the internet

@Hotmail_Original11/16/2008 19:16Sent this to 10 friends via chain mail. Sorry!
@Baxter_The_Dog12/19/1997 15:52Bark! (He says it’s funny).
@Step_Brothers_B06/21/2003 01:04Did we just become best friends? Yup!
@Charlie_Bit_Me02/20/2010 17:03Ouch, Charlie! That was a funny one!
@Bad_Luck_Brian12/19/1997 02:17Tells a joke... everyone laughs at him, not the joke.
@Habbo_Hotel_Bob12/31/2013 17:17The pool is closed... but the joke archive is open!
@Lag_Victim_0104/27/2001 15:30I... laughed... with... a... bit... of... lag!

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