Pissgate

[ORAC]

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-air-national-guard-urination-20190210-story.html

Who urinated in her boots? A mystery at a California military base brings cover-up claims

For Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pineda, a 15-year veteran of the California Air National Guard, the military was a family calling. She followed her older sister and brother-in-law into the guard, where she now holds an administrative position at the elite 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno.

On a March morning four years ago, Pineda was about to dress into a uniform she had stored overnight in a stall in the women’s bathroom when she made a foul discovery. Someone had urinated in her boots.

The incident left Pineda humiliated and frightened and would trigger a series of behind-the-scenes investigations whose scope has come to extend beyond what happened that day at the Fresno base.

The defiling of Pineda’s boots has led to allegations that high-ranking officers tried to bury the incident, including by destroying evidence that could have potentially identified a suspect through DNA, and retaliated against a male pilot who supported her efforts to find the perpetrator, according to interviews and guard records obtained by The Times. Some in the wing have begun calling the ongoing saga “Pissgate.”............

[thunderbird7]

Thought pissing in boots was a well know technique for softening the leather :)

[ShyTorque]

That's not so bad. I once arrived at a hotel for an overnight stop and went to make a cup of tea, only to find that someone had pi$$ed in the kettle!

I only discovered it after I'd boiled it....it really stank. After that I never use the kettle in a hotel unless I've rinsed it out really well!

[dead_pan]

Sounds more like the sort of thing that would happen in the Navy (the Phantom Sh*tter and all that..)

[dead_pan]

Thought pissing in boots was a well know technique for softening the leather

Great cure for athlete's foot too

[AARON O'DICKYDIDO]

PISSING IN BOOTS

That's a Pantomime isn't it?

Aaron.

[A_Van]

A real (very old) funny story on this "piss-matter" from the Russian campus...

Once a transport aircraft had to land somewhere on the route because of a terrible weather at the destination point. The crew was told that they would stay there for more than a day. As there was nothing to do in the middle of nowhere they started consuming spirits, until losing conscious. In the middle of the night one of the crew (yet in somnambulate state) decided to go to toilet but opened a wardrobe in the darkness and just pissed somewhere down, into the co-pilot's shoes.

No doubt, there was some fought in the morning and both guys were finally left quite angry at each other. After the plane returned to the base the pilot submitted an official report to the station commander applying that because of "psychological incompatibility" in his crew he needs substitutions to be made.
The commander's written resolution was fascinating, smth like (his original language was more offensive than the one that follows): "F.. your psychology and you all, I have no time and staff to deal with such childish issues. Let X piss into the Y's shoes in return and get the problem closed" .

[hoodie]

Aaaron: Oh, No It Isn't.

[treadigraph]

Oh yes it... now, let's not get into a pissing contest! (Slaps thigh)

[downsizer]

I don't understand why people feel the need to post these stories? What do they bring to the forum.

[Pontius Navigator]

Happened years ago in Aden one of our crew had a spare bed in the room. Someone, not on our sqn, did exactly that.

[NutLoose]

I don't understand why people feel the need to post these stories? What do they bring to the forum.

Some light relief?

[NutLoose]

I won't mention Chief Tech R C plunging his hands into the tin of Swarfega at shift end many a moon ago and to his delight...not....... pulling out a Swargega covered turd

[charliegolf]

I'm obviously the out-of-step curmudgeon who er, disapproves of this behaviour?

CG

Edit: spotted Downsizer's input.

[Training Risky]

This behaviour is disgusting! I think more modern risk management techniques should be used to deal with such inappropriate behaviour.








By using a Flow Chart.

[NutLoose]

I see the Irish have already aquired the film rights and are working on the title as we speak.

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[BEagle]

A Van, I applaud your Russian commander's pragmatic solution!

I recall reading some book describing escapees from a German PoW camp who had made it close to the border with the Baltic and were holed up in a small hotel. Outside one bedroom door was a pair of highly polished jackboots...

...which were then treated to the contents of their brimming chamber pot as they hurriedly left.

[meleagertoo]

In times past rig workers on the N Sea were issued with an immersion suit for the helo trip out to their rig.
These paragons would fall out the dockside bars of Footdee at 0500 and taxi to Dyce where they would struggle into their immersion suits and zizz off in the helo. On longer trips the inevitable often happened and with no other option many arived onboard in a swampy condition.
As if this wasn't bad enough these were suits were not personal issue but pool items which they had to hand over to one of the offgoing crew they were replacing. There were no spares...if you wanted to go on leave there was no option...

[Parson]

'Pool items' in more ways than one then......

[weemonkey]

Could have been worse.

[langleybaston]

I don't understand why people feel the need to post these stories? What do they bring to the forum.

It said PISSGATE and you opened it.

Caveat emptor.

[alwayslookingup]

In times past rig workers on the N Sea were issued with an immersion suit for the helo trip out to their rig.
These paragons would fall out the dockside bars of Footdee at 0500 and taxi to Dyce where they would struggle into their immersion suits and zizz off in the helo. On longer trips the inevitable often happened and with no other option many arived onboard in a swampy condition.
As if this wasn't bad enough these were suits were not personal issue but pool items which they had to hand over to one of the offgoing crew they were replacing. There were no spares...if you wanted to go on leave there was no option...
Never heard that story, and I've done plenty of trips offshore. Thankfully now you are issued with your survival suit at the embarkation heliport and that is yours for the entire trip. It sits in your cabin and it's what you would use if you needed to evacuate from the accommodation. If out on deck in an emergency you help yourself to one of the suits in lockers on deck. Life jackets, however, are exchanged on deck between incoming and outgoing personnel as the chopper arrives.

[Always a Sapper]

At least it was just a No 1, could have been worse, far worse.

Early 80's at a certain not so secret RE base/engineering school somewhere near Chatham the students were entertained by attending a weekly Co's parade at stupid o'clock, No 2 Dress was naturally required.

One L/Cpl (not me I hasten to add, nor was I involved in the planting/laying of the items ) having been out on the lash the night before and getting in latish or was it earlyish… got up far too late and rushed to get ready... Got the kit on, looked well smart too all things considering and was a sure fire for complements from the inspecting officer.

It went downhill and just kept going when he quickly put his best boots on... Should have looked first, he really should have looked first... The feet went in to a sort of cold squishing sensation (his description later, but it may have been put more colourful at the time) and the smell..... So here he was, dressed to impress, just enough time to do the laces up and get out there and smelling like.... Well, I'm sure you can imagine.

An impression was certainly made. Wasn't the one he hoped for mind and the Provo Sgt had a certain knack of putting it over in a way that you couldn't fail to understand..... but then when a serial practical joker who had spent most of the course inflicting things various on the rest of the course fails to check his boots for a revenge No 2.......

Right, now I've managed to lower the tone in a true squaddie fashion I'm off for a brew and ten minutes on ARRSE....

[lancs]

Caveat emptor.

Hopefully he didn't buy anything from the helpful adverts offered....

[NickB]

Many moons ago, in the middle of the night I was fast asleep in my room at RAF Laarbruch when I was suddenly awakened by someone switching on my room light. My room was slightly partitioned by a supporting wall, so I couldn’t see my door from my bed. I quickly got up to find someone standing up and p*ssing on my sofa! What in the **** are you doing says I to the man standing there, who seemed oblivious to what he was doing (it was no-one I recognised either). He suddenly woke up, stopped the stream and bolted out of my door. Next morning, much embarrassment and laughter at breakfast in the mess – it transpired that he was a visitor on a course and suffered from sleep walking (& p*ssing by all accounts) and at the time of the ‘offence’ thought he was in his bathroom at home!!

The fine was a case of Becks or Wobbly which in hindsight probably wasn’t a good thing, given I’m sure I shared a can or two with him the following night!

[ShyTorque]

I once suffered a similar problem at RAF Mountbatten, where I'd gone for a sea survival refresher course. I had travelled back from abroad so was very tired. I booked into my room (which had twin beds) at the end of the afternoon and went for an evening meal. When I returned I realised that someone else had been booked into the same room (I had been told this might be necessary when I booked in) and had put their stuff on the other bed. I later went to bed, only to vaguely become aware of someone coming into the room and getting into the other bed.

After a while, I woke up with a start, sensing someone standing right next to my bed. What was worse was that he was obviously worse for drink and he was trying to pee in the adjacent sink. My soap, flannel and toothbrush were taking a real soaking. I just said "OI!" and he jumped a foot. Next day the bar steward completely denied it.

[downsizer]

It said PISSGATE and you opened it.

Caveat emptor.

Yet more great banter on the mil history forum.

[Ascend Charlie]

Was it just a miss-spelling of Puss-in-Boots?