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Active duty wise, nothing comes to mind right away. But when I got off active duty a buddy of mine was a 1st Sgt in a Field Artillery reserve unit close by. He talked me into joining his outfit as a medic. Being prior active service picked up an extra stripe, so the pay was pretty good.
Anyway, we our doing our two week training up at Fort Drum, NY, popping off 105 rounds. They assign a bunch of active duty types to straighten us out (think it was the 5th Division). So we've got a bunch of PFC's and 2LT's walking around like roosters, telling us weekend warriors what to do.
Our Battalion would usually hold a ceremony passing out medals, letters of commendation, etc at the end of the 2 weeks. So their we are in our sun tans, two groups....the active duty types with their national defense service ribbons, and us weekend warriors with CIB's Combat Medic Badges, Bronze Stars, you get the drift. It was pretty funny, never saw fruit salad send the message "F#$% YOU" so well in my life.
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I have to tell this one because....well....because...
My son is a tank commander, cav outfit, so far two tours in Iraq and headed back for three very soon. He is a squared away, common sense kinda E-6. Shoot it first, question it later.
One of his 'kids' was a screw up. Try as he might he couldn't stay out of trouble. This time back, between marrying a ******, always malingering, AWOL, and two drug charges, the Army finally had enough and he received a Bad Conduct. Being that my son was his NCO he personally walked him through out processing (what a pain THAT is). After it was all over the ex-trooper asked my son for a ride into town. My son said sure....hop in.
They got as far as 40 feet past the front gate.
My son slammed on the brakes, drug the numb***s out of the car, ripped all the tags and badges off the guys utilities and told him to start walking.
That's my boy!
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Okay, here is one for you...
setting: Platoon strength Night jump training exercise.
transport: C-130
Crew: All regular Airforce EXCEPT navigator, who happens to be air force reserve.
Target area: One of many drop zones on Fort Stewart.
DZ is bordered on south by SWAMP, north by Georgia Piney woods, West by cypress swamp, and east by, you guessed it, more swamp.
Weather conditions: CAVU, no moon, wind out of north northeast at 10 to 15.
Approach to DZ from North east at 5000 feet.
Now, here is the question for you.
C-130 is flying at standard drop speed, Navagator hits ready light 3 minutes from drop point..... IF THERE IS ZERO WIND.
So, if LT is first out, and a spec 4 sniper type is last out, where does the spec 4 end up landing?
Part two of said question:
If the LT has landed just short of the outer edge of the DZ to the southwest, where would that place the rest of the string of jumpers?
Part Three:
If these spec ops types could have located the Navagator in question, and dealt with him accordingly, what charges under the UCMJ would have been appropriate to place, if any?
Hints to the answer for parts one and two:
Does the words cypres trees, mud, stagnant water, aligators, and fighter jet sized mosquitos bring to mind any images to anyone?
Now thinking back on this incident, I can only think that the fact that none of the men involved were really in any condition to locate the navagator, and therefore incapable of removing parts of his anatomy with dull butter knives either A) saved us from a life in Military Prison, or B) saved the navagator from a life without a spleen, eyes, testicles....
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Its a quiet evening at the "Sky Walker" so Deepbluewolf tell's the band to go on stage and play something "cool" or he will fire theyre six faster then lightning...and they answer " Yes captain DBW...we will do our best...please don't fire us...we have kids..."
"ok ok..." says our hero, "just play something that sounds like music this time..."
And as the band sets up, he orders the Go go girls on stage too...
You have to understand that our hero has had a difficult day, he got some Navy pilots to train and they had a complicated time around the airport..."hopeless" he thinks....
The same 3 sailors that Lane sent on a cab to the Sky walker...and have been calling it home ever since...take a look at the GO GO girls and hastilly check the NAVY manual to see what kind of life forms are those strangly shaped sailors wearing bikinis... we have to take pitty on them...they spend to much time at sea
jlf1961 and some snake eater's arrive at the same moment still in jungle fatigues......they don't go out much...so just ignore them...they're harmless...
While outside some of JLF1961 ex wifes and ex girlfriends wait lovingly for him....
By the Pool Realjambo is spoted wearing is infamous "speedos"
Some squids arrive and try to look "inconspicous" and inteligent.
while another goes to the dance floor to try to impress the GO GO girls
pharmman17 is in the "heads" trying to give a drunk hely pilot his orders....
oh man!!! Lane is destroying the grass againwith his killer track machine...damn...where's the water hose?
And last but not least...Vietvettwo is AGAIN showing pictures of the time he was in "NAM" and the machines he flew...
All in all just another quiet night at the "SKY WALKER" the best Bar in town.
P.S.-Having been briefed by the secret service, the commander in chief himself decides to check out the amazing action inside of the Sky Walker...but from a safe distance lest the pappers find out...
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it was not you in the M4....the Barman just told me that you were having some problems Parking your vehicle doan the street...