Posted on 09/30/2001 2:28:55 PM PDT by kattracks
INCOMING...................hehehehe :-)
One of the first things I learned as a young soldier is that the army would provide all the discomfort neccessary. There was no reason for you to add to this yourself.
Words to live by for those of you who are still young enough to be "in the game".
Never stand when you can sit,and never sit when you can lay down. Never run when you can walk,and never walk when you can ride. Never be awake when you can be sleeping. Never refuse to eat when you have the chance because there is no telling when you will get this chance again. The army/USMC will provide you with all the exahustion,hunger,and discomfort you will ever need.
ROFLMAO! "Classified" shooting scores? HOO,BOY!
Ahhhh,BAR's! (best Homer Simpson drooling voice). Be still my beating heart!
Semper Fi!
I'm not who you addressed,but please allow me to answer.
Since when did Charlie use 50's as ordinance,
Hard to narrow it down for certain,but probably sometime in the mid to late 1940's on a regular basis. They probably had a few captured M-2's they got from the French or other sources even earlier. This doesn't even begin to address the FACT that most people refered to the 12.7's as "50 Cal",oddly enough because they ARE "50 Cal's". 52 Caliber to be exact,if I remember right.
or did I miss something?
I'd say "several somethings". Especially if you are trying to claim you are a old VN SF vet.
BTW,chances are the guy driving the airboat he was talking about was from the SF camp in that area. Most others didn't have that much freedom of movement or the ability to act without receiving 17 layers of permission. He MIGHT be able to find out who it was if he goes to the URL below and leaves a message on their message board.
http://teamhouse.tni.net
Uh, I dunno. The one on the Perfume River?
One of the first things I learned as a young soldier is that the army would provide all the discomfort neccessary. There was no reason for you to add to this yourself.
LOL! If the SF dining hall was army 'discomfort', what was comfort?
Don't let him worry you. He is just jealous because they had to wear that "Band Conductors" hat with their dress uniform.
Thanks.
Well,IF I remember correctly,we didn't even have waitresses until I went to VN,never mind maids. The damn camp cook wouldn't even get out of bed to cook us steaks at night unless we had just been pulled out of the jungle! If we were hungry after midnight or so and the NCO club at the camp was closed,we either had to raid our teamhouse refrigerators or go hungry until morning! I know,I know. That's hard to believe,but why do you think so many people say "War is heck!"
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