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To: Enlightened1

Humping the hills and live oak groves of Fort Hood with an M60 machinegun, fighting off chiggers and armadillos ...


18 posted on 07/12/2017 5:24:55 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: BlueLancer
"Humping the hills and live oak groves of Fort Hood with an M60 machinegun, fighting off chiggers and armadillos ..."

Hah, future FRiend.

I was a few valleys over, flogging an M113 around Cowhouse Creek.. At least we can say the Commies didn't overrun central Texas on our watch!

33 posted on 07/12/2017 5:34:35 AM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: BlueLancer

Did the M60 work well at keeping the chiggers away?


56 posted on 07/12/2017 5:45:14 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: BlueLancer

17yo, humping the swamps of Ft Polk/Peason Ridge, JOTC-Panama(77&79), first time away from home.


93 posted on 07/12/2017 6:52:17 AM PDT by coincheck (Time is Short, Salvation is for Today)
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