Military

[candlebox]

Army nerds

[Kruschpakx4]

Here is me drinking beer. Because thats what sailors do.

we know what u're doing!

[Fat Tire]

67T - Army Blackhawk Crewcheif

10 years 93-03 - was stop loss the last 18 months. Would have done the full 20 but had issues arise.

Was a nightstalker 1/60th and during 98-00 was a sere-c instructor for the navy/marine school in Coronado island, San Diego.

I like to say I was in Afghanistan before Afghanistan was "Afghanistan" at fob.

I still visit fitzsimmons in Denver every 6 months or so for my service related disability.

I have a fondness for a little airfield in Katterbach Germany. It just a few hangers, flight lines and barracks surrounded by german farmers but it was my first duty station and it was a huge culture shock, being 17 and allowed to drink only added to it. I still drink pils and hefe to this day. This was before the euro and you got 3-4 marks to 1 us dollar.

I also have a warm spot for thunderruns in korea. If anyone remembers those. Good times.

I highly recommend that every vet gets thier full beneifts and compensation. It doesnt matter how long ago your ets was, there are plenty of VA volunteers that will walk you thru the process.

Edit: Love the fng jokes. I fell for the jesus nut one myself

[Starbuck_Jones]

While you're out, make sure you get a quart of 10 amp blinker fluid too.

[F9thRet]

Beginning to understand why your sense of humor is so delightfully warped.

Hehe, I think that started a long time before the Marines, But Military life sure did help it along.

Speaking of Army, as a kid, me and a bunch of friends, used to go every week with the Army explorers, a youth group done by the NG up in Rogers County, OK. (I grew up in Verdigris , OK, just a hic cup away from Claremore, Will Rogers, Stuart Roosa, and Bell Star. ) Every one in my little town, I think learned, roping, Shooting, and uhm Flying just through osmosis.

Now one year, before I shipped off, we decided to go camping out on Goose Island, which is up near Oolagah lake. Only one road in, one road out. And of course that weekend it rains, and the road get's flooded out. Running out of food stuffs, on our three day trip now turned into 6, we took to fishing what we could, and shooting blackbirds. It was getting pretty damned funny, as we started taking black bird skulls and putting them around the barrels of our .22's and 30-30's for example.

That is also reason # 2 why I can't eat any kind of bird to this day. But anyways, we got smart, and took an old hippy bus out there one weekend, and stocked it full of MRE's, supplies, etc. and buried it out there on that island. It's closing in on 30 years now, and I've often wondered if it is still there. Hell, I was prepping before prepping was even a show on Cable.

Stephen

[moosejaw]

Here you go, from my time on SSBN 617. We were entering the canal going east>west, summer '91.
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Look at all the shiny brass in the torpedo room.

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