Please stow all weapons...

Most airlines deal with bags, my biggest source of grief is the weapons. They must be stowed with the butt to the aisle and the barrel to the wall, no weapons including rifles, handguns or knives may be placed in the overhead bins (although considering the amount of knives some of these guys have I'm sure a few sneak by us in their luggage). It sounds simple enough but you wouldn't believe how difficult some soldiers find these little rules...

Also, a few things for your listening enjoyment:

The Marines got a huge kick out of Shirley Q. Liquors pre-flight briefing even though no amount of begging on my part or on theirs could entice my purser to play it over the PA. So instead I offer it to you:

Shirley Q. Liquors Pre-flight Briefing for Ebonics Airways

And The Rage Against the Machine version of the Imperial March from Star Wars. We were stuck on the ground for waaay too long in JFK (almost 8 hours) so some of the Marine officers and I pulled out our Ipods and started comparing music. The Imperial March was a big hit.

Take and Enjoy.