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I'm sure his parents named him when he was born.
I'm sure his parents named him when he was born.
Oh God...Oh God.
You just made me groan with that joke lol.
be careful, man.
I got slapped in the face last night when I tried to use that one.
Where's the poll?
We all train and pray for war.
No, it's the only way to keep them, and their family safe, and I don't think they would like it too much. No one joins the Seals for the glory.
Oh, and you should be able to add a poll, it should be an option under "Thread Tools" at the top of your OP.
I am saying yes just to be different.
Thats all well and good, but it doesn't answer my question.
In the Navy the Mayor and his shipmates knew what it meant if we unleashed our weapons, and not a single one of us, except for one idiot from Texas, wanted anything to do with a real war. Target practice an drills were fun, but nobody wanted to shoot any of the TLAM-N's.
I am saying yes just to be different.
But what do you really think?
It does answer your question. My little story is complete. He didn't see combat either.
That's nice, but you were a squid (no offence). We were elite infantry - shock troops. We spent weeks and months in the field training to fight. Ambush, move, ambush, move... all night long. We were cold, hungry and tired for days at a time as we honed our killing skills. We were not interested in wasting government money and we were anxious to put our hard training to use. Each time we got "called out", we hoped it was a real mission. Maybe you liked training and training with no real action because you just pushed buttons that could kill many civilians, but we wanted to use the very hard work we put in - up close and personal. If anyone in my unit did not want to fight - for real, they were invited to leave.
Our cadance went like this: "1, 2, 3, 4! Somebody anybody start a war!"
ps. When I say "we" I mean troops, not REMFs.
It does answer your question. My little story is complete. He didn't see combat either.
That's nice, but you were a squid (no offence). We were elite infantry - shock troops. We spent weeks and months in the field training to fight. Ambush, move, ambush, move... all night long. We were cold, hungry and tired for days at a time as we honed our killing skills. We were not interested in wasting government money and we were anxious to put our hard training to use. Each time we got "called out", we hoped it was a real mission. Maybe you liked training and training with no real action because you just pushed buttons that could kill many civilians, but we wanted to use the very hard work we put in - up close and personal. If anyone in my unit did not want to fight - for real, they were invited to leave.
Our cadance went like this: "1, 2, 3, 4! Somebody anybody start a war!"
ps. When I say "we" I mean troops, not REMFs.
RDF forces served in many low intensity conflicts all around the world, most of which the public has never heard about. If you were in the 82nd for any amount of time and never "got" to go, it's probably because your commander deemed you unfit and thought that you would be a danger to your fellow soldiers.
91-94, peacetimeIf you were in the 82nd for any amount of time and never "got" to go, it's probably because your commander deemed you unfit and thought that you would be a danger to your fellow soldiers.
I give a crap what you "know". We had DRF 1-9, each third being a different general status. When on DRF 1 we had 2 hours (1?) to be in formation after battalian was notified of the call-out; we were not permitted to go more than ~30miles from base when on DRF1.Since you apparently want to play this little game I'll point out a couple of things to you.
One. Brigades from Divisions in the Rapid Deployment Force at that time (10th Mountain, 7th Light Infantry, 24th Mech, 82nd Airborne) were assigned RDF status, not DRF status. Ask me how I know that
Paratroops are a shock troop. High casualities are expected. Paratroops specialize in taking airports in enemy territory, leg marines are not easy to get to such a place. We are the vanguard. Friendly birds land after we've secured the strip and others carry on the mission.Two. You were not a shock trooper. The vanguard of the US military was, is, and always will be the Marine Corps. Anyone who ever served knows this. In fact, the mission of American paratroopers is to drop into areas where there is not heavy combat in order to secure strategic objectives.
We had DRF. My bat was DRF1 for Somalia (the other bats of the reg being DRF 2 and 3). We also had a Thanksgiving dinner are our platoon sgts house because of heightened DRF1 status, one year.RDF forces served in many low intensity conflicts all around the world, most of which the public has never heard about. If you were in the 82nd for any amount of time and never "got" to go, it's probably because your commander deemed you unfit and thought that you would be a danger to your fellow soldiers.