Posted on 04/02/2003 7:46:57 AM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
Yesterday morning I was grabbing myself a morning cup of coffee and a bagel at one of my favorite morning stomping holes and while standing in line I witness a stomach turning scene.
Small coffee shop in Burbank,
One person behind the counter, myself two uniform cops and another guy with a small child standing waiting our turn at the counter. In the background was a TV tuned to CNN showing footage of our troops clearing houses and moving among tanks in the streets of an Iraqi town.
The guy with the child was well-dressed, American flag lapel pin, clean shave and short hair, small guy wiry build but by the look of his neck definitely someone I would not want to go a round or two with.
Two cops, uniformed, typical LAPD types. Big built, high-n-tight hair with wrap around gargoyles worn indoors.
One of the cops says to the other out loud
“Man we use to get the biggest rush doing that shit when I was in the teams”.
“I’ve been on so many missions doing stuff like that man it was a rush”!
Then he went on to detail some “black op” he and several other guys had gone on just after Somalia, he was rattling on and on about doing this and doing that and how he was with a group that went back into Mogadishu with some Delta types after Task Force Ranger pulled out of there on some snatch and grab mission.
I was looking at the guy the whole time out of the corner of my eye actually more interested in the CNN feed and making sure the young lad behind the counter prepared my order correctly and didn’t torch my bagel in the oven he had just placed on HIGH when the small guy finally spoke up.
He asked the cop who was spouting off…
“So you were in the SEALS?”
Cop: “Yea that’s right”
Guy: “When?”
Cop begins to shift a bit and said “late 80’s to the mid 90’s”
Guy: “Really, what team?”
Cop: “Well I actually spent time with three different teams, why do you ask?”
Well, the guy at that point called his bluff, asked him which team he served last in, the cop said four, guy asked him who was the senior enlist man at four during 92-94 and the cop shot back at him,
“Oh, your one of those types!”
And the guy responded, “Yes sir, I am one of those because you are one of them”
By this time I’m looking on, coffee in hand while the cops partner was giving me a really nice WTF are you looking at stare, the conversation ended when the counter guy placed everyone’s order on the counter and the cops left.
I just smiled at the guy, shook my head and asked him if he was a vet, he said he was. I didn’t ask him any more than that I just thanked him, shook his hand and bought him breakfast over his objections.
I don’t have any idea if the guy was a SEAL, but I’ve bumped into several SEALS, both officer and enlisted in uniform around Southern Cal so it would not surprise me one bit if the guy was one and sniffed out the lying POS.
TMMT
Laughed my ass off, then got to the last item and smiled through tears.
AWESOME POST
P.S. My dad was forty years in the corps. He never brags about it - so I do for him!
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