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05-14-2006, 06:14 AM
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#151 | | World Traveler
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05-15-2006, 07:02 AM
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#152 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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08-02-2006, 05:12 PM
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#153 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kiwi Land
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Country:  | Ex RNZAF Military Police Dog Handler.
Base Security, and tracking/manwork specialist.
Did heaps with the green machine. At the time we were the only ground combat capable unit in the AF. All 6 of us.  It has now been expanded into a complete mixed Dog/GRUNT unit based along the lines of the RAF Regiment or the Ausi Ground Defence Unit.
And the only unit whose work clothes were green camoflage in colour.
Para trained. All Arms Medic Qualified.
The trick with attack dogs is simple, they have two ends, don't get close to either of them.
Currently I am a Voli Firefighter with the local Brigade, well its over the back fence, and it seemed the decent thing to do with my training.
I will admit it is a damn site more satisfying getting someone out of a car wreck than hunting them down. But some of the times I could really use the dog on drunk drivers.
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08-03-2006, 09:44 AM
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#154 | | "Shooter"
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07-14-2007, 07:21 PM
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#155 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Louisville, KY
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Country: | '77-'81, 11c1P, Indirect Fire Infantryman, back then it was 81mm mortars, the M29A1s, served in B Co. 2nd Bn. 325 Abn Inf. 82nd Abn Div. It was fun while it lasted, and it lasted "long enough" to get unfun. | |
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07-14-2007, 07:43 PM
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#156 | | Minister of Whoopass
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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07-14-2007, 08:49 PM
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#157 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC
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Originally Posted by glennasher  '77-'81, 11c1P, Indirect Fire Infantryman, back then it was 81mm mortars, the M29A1s, served in B Co. 2nd Bn. 325 Abn Inf. 82nd Abn Div. It was fun while it lasted, and it lasted "long enough" to get unfun. | Welcome GN. I always wished I got to work with mortars more when I went through infantry training. Although, I'm not sad I missed humping with them
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07-15-2007, 03:46 PM
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#158 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Louisville, KY
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Country: | Three words, jeeps and trailers, made our life a lot easier than the "mules" we had when I got there to Division. After about a year, we got the jeeps and our lives got better by far. We seldom humped the tubes, luckily enough. The stuff would have been "heavy dropped" if we'd gone hot, supposedly. My guess is, it would have frapped in, and we'd be instant 11Bravos, not much fun since I was issued a 1911A1 and it was worn out. So were our M16s at the time, though later we got brand new M16A1s to replace the Vietnam era stuff we mostly used. The mortars had a lot of rounds thru the tubes, too, they were replaced with the 60mm after I left. I haven't heard much about them, so can't offer an opinion. Not a proud moment in time, Jimmy Carter was President, so we sat out the Iran hostage thing, we were on " Alert Status" but nothing came of it.
Later on, the guys went to Grenada, the company had some casualties there, so I read, and recently, they've had some serious casualties in Iraq, a New Yorker article about the company was in the news for awhile. Kinda glad I missed out on that, I'm too old and fat for such shenanigans now. | |
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07-16-2007, 10:34 AM
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#159 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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Country: | Flew around some of the 82nd guys in Iraq. They were a wild bunch. I am glad all I had to do was drop them off.
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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