Civil Air Patrol Cadet! - Aircraft of World War II

P38 Pilot · 05-11-2006, 07:10 PM

Hi guys,

Im proud to say that Im going to sign up for CAP this summer as a cadet. Having the chance to fly in Blackhawks, C-130s, etc, is something too tough for me to pass up.

Im also going to become an Army JROTC cadet this year in 9th grade.

FLYBOYJ · 05-11-2006, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by P38 Pilot

Hi guys,

Im proud to say that Im going to sign up for CAP this summer as a cadet. Having the chance to fly in Blackhawks, C-130s, etc, is something too tough for me to pass up.

Im also going to become an Army JROTC cadet this year in 9th grade.

OUTSTANDING!!!!!

lesofprimus · 05-11-2006, 09:03 PM

Good for u...

evangilder · 05-12-2006, 04:26 AM

Good. Enjoy!

lesofprimus · 05-12-2006, 08:17 AM

Enjoy...... HA!

Wait until they start dropping u for pushups once the reality of how much of a meatball u are becomes evident.....

"I want to lead my troops into battle...."

Yea OK.... They're gonna pound that bullsh*t mentality right outta u -38.... Atleast I can only pray they do...

P38 Pilot · 05-14-2006, 10:13 AM

I can handle what comes my way Les because I dont give up or ***** about what I have to do.

evangilder · 05-14-2006, 11:45 AM

Oh the naivete. You don't know what could be coming at you, so it is incredibly naive to say that. Don't think we haven't heard that before...

lesofprimus · 05-14-2006, 02:38 PM

Dont think we haven't SAID that before either...

evangilder · 05-14-2006, 08:35 PM

Indeed.

Wildcat · 05-17-2006, 03:36 AM

Yup!!

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-18-2006, 01:55 PM

Well either way congrats P38.

I was a Civil Air Patrol Cadet and enjoyed it. It was a good time and I found out a lot about myself which I am sure you will also.

P38 Pilot · 05-18-2006, 03:28 PM

Thanks Alder. For the rest of you: Some of you were in the military! Why are discrediting me for joining or at least wanting to do something and keep my Patriotism!

Les, you may THINK im a meatball, but im far from it. Im tough, athlectic and hell if im a wuss! So you just keep saying what you want because I know you are wrong.

plan_D · 05-18-2006, 03:34 PM

They are not discrediting you for joining. They are discrediting you for being a f*cknut. You're ranting about how amazing you are going to be, and how you'll lead your men into battle. That's just bullsh*t , even I know that ..simply from the stories of the Gulf from my dad. People like you , who are the macho "I'm so ready for combat" type are the first to cry and winge when you get sent to the real combat zone.

These lads are telling you ... you may think you know what's going to happen, but you don't. Don't get too excited about it all until you're there, then you'll know what you're going through. Listen to these lads, they've been like you, they've said it all, they've heard it said, they've jumped on meatballs twice your size and three times your age for being the same type of person... You don't know **** 'til you've been through it, that's what they're saying.

evangilder · 05-18-2006, 04:36 PM

Well said, D. The point is that you say you can handle what comes your way. You don't even know what's coming. And until you stand over someone you just shot and killed, you have NO idea. When you see helos come in over a refugee camp and blow away a bunch of women and kids just because of where they are from, there ain't no way you are prepared for it. When one of your best buds dies in your arms and you watch him helplessly slip into death knowing there isn't a damn thing you can do, you aren't ready for that either.

THAT is what I am saying. You THINK you are ready, but you are helplessly naive, and could come into a big shock one day. Nothing will prepare you for what you will see, hear, smell and taste on the fields of fire. They train you for what to do and how to stay alive, but there is nothing they can do to prepare you for the horrors of combat.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-19-2006, 10:02 AM

I am not discrediting you for you patriotism, but in my experience the guys like you that dont know what they are talking about but talk what if like you do are the first ones in combat that I saw piss in the pants and cry for mommy.

What I am saying is learn before you think of what you are going to do. You dont know what you are talking about.

05-11-2006, 07:10 PM	#1
P38 Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA Posts: 1,822	Civil Air Patrol Cadet! Hi guys, Im proud to say that Im going to sign up for CAP this summer as a cadet. Having the chance to fly in Blackhawks, C-130s, etc, is something too tough for me to pass up. Im also going to become an Army JROTC cadet this year in 9th grade. __________________ Its better to have an Army of deer being led by a lion, rather an Army of Lions being led by a deer...

05-11-2006, 09:03 PM	#3
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,506	Good for u... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

05-12-2006, 04:26 AM	#4
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	Good. Enjoy! __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

05-12-2006, 08:17 AM	#5
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,506	Enjoy...... HA! Wait until they start dropping u for pushups once the reality of how much of a meatball u are becomes evident..... "I want to lead my troops into battle...." Yea OK.... They're gonna pound that bullsh*t mentality right outta u -38.... Atleast I can only pray they do... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

05-14-2006, 10:13 AM	#6
P38 Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA Posts: 1,822	I can handle what comes my way Les because I dont give up or ***** about what I have to do. __________________ Its better to have an Army of deer being led by a lion, rather an Army of Lions being led by a deer...

05-14-2006, 11:45 AM	#7
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	Oh the naivete. You don't know what could be coming at you, so it is incredibly naive to say that. Don't think we haven't heard that before... __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

05-14-2006, 02:38 PM	#8
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,506	Dont think we haven't SAID that before either... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

05-14-2006, 08:35 PM	#9
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	Indeed. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

05-17-2006, 03:36 AM	#10
Wildcat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland Posts: 4,543	Yup!! __________________

05-18-2006, 01:55 PM	#11
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	Well either way congrats P38. I was a Civil Air Patrol Cadet and enjoyed it. It was a good time and I found out a lot about myself which I am sure you will also. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

05-18-2006, 03:28 PM	#12
P38 Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA Posts: 1,822	Thanks Alder. For the rest of you: Some of you were in the military! Why are discrediting me for joining or at least wanting to do something and keep my Patriotism! Les, you may THINK im a meatball, but im far from it. Im tough, athlectic and hell if im a wuss! So you just keep saying what you want because I know you are wrong. __________________ Its better to have an Army of deer being led by a lion, rather an Army of Lions being led by a deer...

05-18-2006, 03:34 PM	#13
plan_D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11,978	They are not discrediting you for joining. They are discrediting you for being a fcknut. You're ranting about how amazing you are going to be, and how you'll lead your men into battle. That's just bullsht , even I know that ..simply from the stories of the Gulf from my dad. People like you , who are the macho "I'm so ready for combat" type are the first to cry and winge when you get sent to the real combat zone. These lads are telling you ... you may think you know what's going to happen, but you don't. Don't get too excited about it all until you're there, then you'll know what you're going through. Listen to these lads, they've been like you, they've said it all, they've heard it said, they've jumped on meatballs twice your size and three times your age for being the same type of person... You don't know **** 'til you've been through it, that's what they're saying. __________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club.

05-18-2006, 04:36 PM	#14
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	Well said, D. The point is that you say you can handle what comes your way. You don't even know what's coming. And until you stand over someone you just shot and killed, you have NO idea. When you see helos come in over a refugee camp and blow away a bunch of women and kids just because of where they are from, there ain't no way you are prepared for it. When one of your best buds dies in your arms and you watch him helplessly slip into death knowing there isn't a damn thing you can do, you aren't ready for that either. THAT is what I am saying. You THINK you are ready, but you are helplessly naive, and could come into a big shock one day. Nothing will prepare you for what you will see, hear, smell and taste on the fields of fire. They train you for what to do and how to stay alive, but there is nothing they can do to prepare you for the horrors of combat. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

05-19-2006, 10:02 AM	#15
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	I am not discrediting you for you patriotism, but in my experience the guys like you that dont know what they are talking about but talk what if like you do are the first ones in combat that I saw piss in the pants and cry for mommy. What I am saying is learn before you think of what you are going to do. You dont know what you are talking about. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

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