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  • 2A_Tom

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    This is to get the military talk out of the Political Funny Pictures thread.

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
     

    2A_Tom

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    Moved these over here.

    This is what I wish I could still do. It's just slightly edgy.
    Yep, what a blast. Ft. Benning 1969. C119 and C141. 173 Airborne 1970 -1971. AIRBORNE!

    March of '74. I had many friends in the 82nd that had 173rd combat patches.

    C130, C141, C7A, UH1B, and C141 Stretch across the pond to Germany in '82.

    Fort Benning June/July 1981, C-130 and C-141. Just a five-jump chump, but was a great experience. AIRBORNE!

    Were you one of those Air Assault guys that we wasted a bunch of money on.

    Nope, was an AFROTC cadet. :)

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    For me, every day was leg day.

    Airborne, we call everybody a leg that wasn't active Airborne.

    Yes, it did occur to us that EVERYONE else had vehicles to ride in and we were the only large unit that actually legged it EVERYWHERE!

    I was an enlisted 11B MING (Michigan National Guard) member and an Army ROTC Cadet at the same time....but always a leg.

    I went in the Army in 1970, assigned 76Y near the end of Basic but never worked a single day in that MOS.

    I started as a 11B and wound up as a 76Y. When I reenlisted a became a 96B.
     

    KellyinAvon

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    I could tell you, but then...

    Yeah, it's always super secret-secret squirrel stuff. Nobody ever makes up stuff about driving a forklift in the rain, or loading a truck in a snowstorm, or what you got at a DRMO sale, or going to meetings.
     

    actaeon277

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    Yeah, it's always super secret-secret squirrel stuff. Nobody ever makes up stuff about driving a forklift in the rain, or loading a truck in a snowstorm, or what you got at a DRMO sale, or going to meetings.

    Those don't sound "heroic".
    Though, that seems to be most of my military experience.
    When the recruiter points out those nice clean, freshly painted ships.
    He didn't tell you how they got that way.
     

    actaeon277

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    MOS and Ratings change over time. Just because their isn't a MOS now, doesn't mean there wasn't one 30-40 years ago.
    Blue Falcon is not exactly young.



    Neither am I.
     

    2A_Tom

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    Thanks Act, I have been out for 37 years come Feb 2.

    You gotta be patient with kids, they think that history began when they were born.

    92YUNIT SUPPLY SPECIALIST I was an armorer Used to be 76Y
    35FINTELLIGENCE ANALYST Used to be 96B
     
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    lovemywoods

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    Side comment:
    I'd like to publicly thank member "blue falcon" for starting a separate thread to host an offshoot topic. That's exactly what should happen.
    Well done! :yesway:
     
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