It is not hard to impress hippies.
Yes seems that once again people flock to street theater as some how showing up “the Man”. In out lates one shows a guy claiming to be a Marine Sgt with two tours in Iraq braving shouting at Police nearby.
United States Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas from Roosevelt, NY went toe to toe with the New York Police Department. An activist in the Occupy Wall Street movement, Thomas voiced his opinions of the NYPD police brutality that had and has been plaguing the #OWS movement.
Thomas is a 24-year-old Marine Veteran (2 tours in Iraq), he currently plays amateur football and is in college.
Thomas comes from a long line of people who sacrifice for their country: Mother, Army Veteran (Iraq), Step father, Army, active duty (Afghanistan), Grand father, Air Force veteran (Vietnam), Great Grand Father Navy veteran (World War II).
Yea cause I am sure that the Police were not simply acting professional and not falling for you antics at trying to be a martyr for the cause. Nothing like a Rodney King incident to fill the coffers for the protest. I guess that this was the back up plan since the original one failed.
Here is a screen shot in case the video disappears. It shows a CAR so that should qualify for Stolen Valor. Is there anyone in the Marine Community that can check to see if this guy is a poser?
October 17th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
I will wager a beer next time any of you are in the DC area for anyone who wants to take the bet that this dude actually went to Iraq! How many of those Cops are Vets I wonder…..
October 17th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
I was skeptical at first too, and I think his age has been misreported. Earlier today, I found where he had commented below one of the videos of him claiming that he got his CAR in Fallujah in 2004, which would have made him 17 at the time (the comment and the account have since been deleted; I saved a screenshot on my work computer). I was ready to run up the bullshit flag, until I found this, from May of 2005.
http://192.156.19.109/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005512182236?opendocument
If this is the same guy (it was taken in NYC) then he seems legit. It says he was in 3rd LAR, and they were indeed part of Phantom Fury.
The only other thing that gives me pause is that it kind of looks like he’s wearing the POW ribbon on the top row, right side of his stack. Could just be the light though; I can’t find a good shot of it in any of the videos.
Either that, or he’s someone else entirely and he’s just full of shit.
October 17th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Scott the Hi Res pic at the bottom gives a better view.
October 17th, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Yeah, I know. I meant in the video it looks like he’s wearing the POW ribbon. Poor phrasing.
October 17th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
I like how at one point he seems to forget where he was deployed and almost says Afghanistan when he originally said Iraq, and I can’t guarantee it, but im pretty sure no self respecting former marine would disgrace his uniform by wearing it all fucked up like that
October 17th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
I wonder what he was smoking/huffing? And, looking at the video and the pic, even the high res one, I can’t say for sure it’s the same guy.
October 17th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Screenshot from Marine Online:
http://i.imgur.com/mjQuf.jpg
His MOS is 3051, which is a Warehouse Clerk… aka Supply… probably a lying POS Fobbit who never got shot at.
October 17th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Withdraw the NYPD, call up the Ohio National Guard and deploy them to Wall Street. Problem solved.
October 17th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
That’s right because if people don’t 100% buy into you’re idealogy they couldn’t possibly be vets. This guy has sacrificed more for this country than 99% of the regular posters on this site but since he does something you dissaprove of his service is insulted and dismissed.
This site makes me ashamed to have served in the same uniform as some of you.
October 17th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
I guess his military bearing has worn off since he is wearing a uniform with the US Marine tape still on it, along with putting his ribbon rack on fatigues ala John f-ing Kerry. Why didn’t he go home and get his dress blues and parade around in them, instead?
October 17th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
I’m guessing that NYPD Lieutenant in the background is himself a veteran, judging by the pure look of disgust on his face.
October 17th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Nobody said he WASN’T a vet, OG. However, there is a question as to his bona fides–you know, people who claim they’re high-speed, low-drag ODA types when in reality they never served, kinda like your boyfriend?
October 17th, 2011 at 8:05 pm
OB
When you link yourself to groups like VFP that has had a real problem with people lying about their military service yours can be put into question. Also actively trying to pick a fight with the police in uniform is the reason why people will question you.
Oh and you know what each of us has done or what he has done? Because I would really like to know how you know this.
Also I feel like a owe you a apology. Because some how you were led to believe that we care what you think about us. We do not. So I apologize for any misconceptions that you had until now.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Judging from the comments and the photographic evidence, this dude is either the second coming of Jesse Macbeth, or seriously misrepresented his service to his country!! That is it, pure and simple!! OG, screw him, and screw you, for your seriously ignorant attitude. Just because someone does not agree with you does not make them a non veteran, talk about ignorance, and you call us the ignorant pigs, you fat, man looking, disgrace for a human being
October 17th, 2011 at 8:19 pm
More regulars on this site lie about their service than Veterans for Peace which I am proud to say I am a member and proud to say that I took part in a occupy wall street protest after my gender studies class the other day
October 17th, 2011 at 8:21 pm
@14 Somebody obviously can’t read. That’s you by the way Lucky I know you’re not the brightest bulb in the box :-p
October 17th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Obama girl, I am meeting more and more females who served. You, ma’am do not have to come to this site. U r probably an over weight desert queen (those who have been there know the meaning) who is angry because u r back in the states where selection of a mate is easier and you aren’t getting any action. Go find a pecker flavored Lilly-pop and stay off this f’ng site if you don’t like what everyone has to say you communist piece of uniform disgrace. It’s shitholes like you who preach about having your say then cry when u hear or read something you don’t like that makes eugenics worth another try. If u need this explained further you dumb arctic tundra pig, let me know and we can converse just a little bit more. By the way ……I served in Iraq…came home and one of the 99% percent gave me job as an aircraft mechanic. I worked my butt off to get federally licensed. If I can do it anyone can, you overbloated mongoloidic syphalitic sea cow.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
OG must be a fakin’ troll. Nobody actualy takes a gender studies class.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Really? Can you prove that OG? Name any one person here you have evidence to suggest that any one of us has been lying? Go for it, give it your best shot.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Here we go!! You guys can’t make a decent argument to debate me so you resort to name calling well you’re not going to ruin my great day!! B-)
October 17th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
bobgirl said: “More regulars on this site lie about their service than Veterans for Peace which I am proud to say I am a member and proud to say that I took part in a occupy wall street protest after my gender studies class the other day”
Why do you need a “gender studies class”? Are you confused about yours? Are you going to be another one of those people that get a degree in basket weaving and then bitch about not being able to find a job?
Which regulars lie about their service?
October 17th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Nobody who wants a job outside Starbucks or the janitorial staff of a porn theater, anyway.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Jester, I think you’re holding back, man. Why don’t you tell OG what is REALLY on your mind?
October 17th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Which regulars lie about their service?
I can think of at least one, who didn’t show up in MN a while back.
And I’ve yet to see any evidence of OG’s bona-fides.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:46 pm
Spark, I have never hit a woman…….but…..I’m not sure OG truly qualifies. All she ever does is talk smack. I want to see her service records. I’ll let John…you…TSO have my info to check my records. Yall can post them here and she can print them, shape them into a phallus and let a real American hero pleasure her. Unlike her bf, communist liberal college friends or her stank hippie freaks.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
OG
Your dodging. Name the people here who have lied about their military service and post anything as to why you think so.
If your serious about having a debate you will answer my question, if not we will know your just trolling.
Your call.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
ComE on OG…..LET’S BOTH PUT’EM ON THE TABLE! PUT UP OR FUCKIN SHUT UP!
October 17th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
wanna hear something that will pods OG off guys. I just got a cousin rug, 2 axis deer rugs. I am buying kutu horn mounts this weekend and I ate Whataburger for supper. I drive a v-8 truck. I’m white. I’m male. I make good money and I am middle management. Plus OG. I work a 50 k a year job. I own my house, my vehicles and my Harley-Davidson. Plus I love to hunt. I also work overtime at my job to make more money when I want more toys. Plus, it makes THE MAN happy. Go suck on it you communist libby trash.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Cow skin…not cousin. Angry typing….lol
October 17th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
I can’t speak for anyone else, Obama Girl, but I got a DD214 that I had to scan and send to OpsNCO to qualify for membership at ArmyParatrooper.org Wanna compare DD214′s?
Two enlistments, 57 months active duty, finished in Vicenza, Italy, B 1/509th Airborne Infantry. No combat, though it was a near thing in the fall of ’73 in the Yom Kippur war.
Your words remind me of a little pearl of wisdom I received many years ago. “A thief will always believe he is being robbed by an acquaintance, because it’s what the thief would do.”
Your kind always likes to throw out accusations of poseur, racist, running dog imperialist lackey (a favorite of your kind in the 60′s) … did I miss any?
Because like the thief, it’s what you would do.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
But I have to say having a cousin skin rug would make family reunions a lot more interesting.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
I have a ERB ready with all the supporting documents to go along with it.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
SporKmaster…..I’m from Arkansas. Stuffed cousin=sex toy. LOL
October 17th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
>Why do you need a “gender studies class”? Are you confused about yours? Are you going to be another one of those people that get a degree in basket weaving and then bitch about not being able to find a job?
Of course she is.. She is going to have a Masters degree in basket weaving and blame the “Wall Street greed” as the reason she is poor and can’t pay her student loans.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
I still have the scan, Obama Girl. SSN photoshopped out, but everything else is there.
Put up, or shut up.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Where ya at OG? Looking up the big words in a dictionary?
October 17th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
“Gender studies” is just the $30K a year way of saying the line from Kindergarten Cop:
“Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina.”
October 17th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Melle…at least she will have a nice basket for you to not put change in.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Where ya at OG? Looking up the big words in a dictionary?
Give the girl a break. After all, it’s Happy Hour at the truckstop and she’s got to earn a living somehow.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Whoa….give the truckers more credit than that…..lol….SPORKMASTER. next time u r in Texas and can make it to beeville, let’s have a beer at the V.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
I will gladly put up, with my DD214, and the biography I have from the VFW post I belong to that is writing a book, complete with my CAB from 2005, my two tours, to Afghanistan and Iraq respectively, where I went on close to 300 missions, as PSD, and a 240B gunner, as a CA Soldier too, so eat it you miserable excuse for a women’s lib r-tard! Do you seriously feel morally upstanding for whining and complaining about nothing in particular, otherwise known as OWS? I mean, if you are going to be proud about something, at least make sure that something has a unified message! And VFP is such an upstanding organization, right guys?
October 17th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Sporkmaster, what was your fucking GT score? You’re completely incapable of forming a sentence without making an error that you should have learned to avoid somewhere between 2nd and 3rd grades. See what I did there? “Your” is used for establishing possession while “you’re” is a contraction of you are.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:06 pm
OG leaves, King shows up. Amazing, isn’t it?
October 17th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Wow, we are grammar Nazi’s now, huh King? Or is it OG in drag?
October 17th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
King
I must have missed something, I believe it the part were you think I care about perfect grammar.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
King, are you a sad lil desert queen as well? Go eat a bowl of dicks the wash it all down with a glass of bleach right before your nice, relaxing acid bath. Douche. That’s shower in French, homme.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Oh, and as long as we’re comparing ASVAB line scores, I’ll dance with ya, dickweed. Gonna have to pull them out since the only thing I remember off the top of my head is AFQT of 99.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Jester, he did, and thats why King hates Thursdays………..
October 17th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
SPORKMASTER…..Come to beeville the next time you are in TX and ill buy you a round or two.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
No where near on topic……but….I hate the N.Y. Jets.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
Don’t know what gender studies is, but I know what Women’s Studies courses were. I took a few of them during my undergrad–nailed a few girls in each class, got my easy As, and went on to bigger and better things. Hell, most of college was studying women in some form or fashion. Still don’t know shit about them though.
And even though I’m not a regular commenter, I’ve got a stack of 214s to add to the pot if anyone wants to call me out.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Sparky—it’s not a toomahh
October 17th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Hmmm…….only OG ain’t offering to put down any records…….usually means poser.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Raven–Now we’re going to play a wonderful game, and it’s called, “Who is my daddy, and what does he do?”
After all the shit that came out with Arnold and the maid, that line gets funnier every time I hear it.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:58 pm
Tell me why it would be smart of me to give my records to somebody like Lilyea?
October 17th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Get to the Choppah! Do Eet Now!
October 17th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Spork, it’s a pretty simple distinction to make, and it makes you look stupid not to make it. But I guess I shouldn’t seem surprised.
Sparky- Congrats on the high AFQT, too bad it still doesn’t stop you from being complete human shit.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
You have a regular poster on here who says he did Thai stick fighting with a guy named Storm maybe you should look in that direction
October 17th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
You also have a regular poster on here who claims to have been to many Islamic countries but his service in his own words basically entailed putting miles gear on helicopters and now he runs an American Legion in the Minneapolis area. If he had been to so many Islamic countries perhaps he would be a VFW member? Maybe you should look in that direction.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
You would be the shit expert, son. Now open wide and take another bite, mkay?
And OG, you do realize you can redact them, right? But then again, you wouldn’t be able to make your bullshit claims anymore, kinda like your little shitstick buddy who makes a big fucking claim then never shows.
Yeah, you and King are both in that little clique. Congrats.
And Happy Hour at the truckstop ends so soon? Or did you run out of Altoids?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
King, it’s a pretty simple distinction to make, I do not care.
OG, because he is going to do what? Remove all the SSNs and personal info like the do at pow.net.
Show proof or move on. Do not make excuses.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
You have another regular poster who claims to have been on over 300 combat missions yet it took him several years to get his CAB an award that doesn’t even cover his MOS if he was actually in all the “SHIT” He claims to have been in he would have been awarded a Combat Medic Badge no?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
You have another poster who boasts how 9 westpacs are much more demanding than any deployment to Iraq Afghanistan or Viet Nam could ever be and that just because they only had one latrine on the sub he has been through more than most. Such sacrifice getting to eat hot chow every night and sleep in a bed how did you do it Sparky?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Very good Sparky you have proven to me that you know that there are turck stops on the turnpike. Would you like to make that insult again? Last time I was in there I saw something written on the wall that said for a good time call the Randy Ryder you know anything about that?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:16 pm
And once again we see reading comprehension isn’t OG’s strong suit. Don’t worry, maybe you should hide behind a proxy like your asshole buddy King. At least he has the sense to pretend to be off a Czech server, unlike you, OG.
Comcast–pfft. Seems to me you’d be protesting by NOT posting using “the man’s” cable modem and servers.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Hey King What was YOUR GT Score? It is somewhat rich that you would correct anyone on grammatical errors. There were several in your spittle laced diatribes in that other thread about the Coastie.
OG, Not to put too fine a point on it but you put nothing out there to debate unless you want to debate how much we have sacrificed in service to our country, which I’m sorry to say is a discussion for the VFW, AL or other similar organization, and LOTS of beer. Seeing as I’d NEVER invite you to my post in a million years, there’ll be a fat freaking chance of that happening.
Raven- COME ON! Do it NOW! ha ha just kidding.
I’ve offered to throw down my DD-214. Hey if OG/King are willing to throw down theirs I’ll throw down mine. We can even have John or Zero put a thread on. Picture (then/now), DD-214, awards authorized, Tours, etc. Since OG/King/what was that other guy’s name keep calling the regulars out, and they’re needing body guards or some shit, I’m fine with blacked out SSNs and partial names.
So King. OG. Put your 214 where your mouth is.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:20 pm
@57 WAIT WAIT WAIT, are you telling me that NOW you’re saying that it doesn’t matter how in shape you are? What about all that “he’s fat” crap on that other thread?
@59 Ah yes that would came up. I worked with storm for 2 months back in ’04. Haven’t seen him since I thought I made that clear.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Same here, OG. You show me yours and I’ll show you mine.
Come to think of it, I think I already saw yours over at Bluewaffle.com. Get that thing looked at, hon.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
OG
Your sense of subtlety is amazing since you cannot have the nerve to call me out by name.
1. I am not combat arms. I was assigned with a engineer company. I went on over 165 + missions while I was in Iraq. But I never took part in any raids or assaults. We had a indirect fire attack that landed within 50 meters from my location in the convoy. For being hit by a small ied after another vehicle passed us while we were not moving. The vehicle set it off.
2. The reason that my CAB was delayed was because I did not realize that there was a error at HRC. It seems that I was incorrectly put in for a CMB. Because of that my CAB was delayed. A lot of the waiting came from trying to follow up on this with the formal channels. I managed to get this fixed finally when I contacted HRC directly. ( I can send you the email conversations if you would like.)
3.Because I am not part of a combat arms unit I am not able to receive the CMB. Also the CAB is open to all MOSes even 11Bs. Here is the documentation to elaborate further.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/julqtr/32cfr578.71.htm
Anything else?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:22 pm
@62 Oh and you DO get a CAB if you are not preforming MEDICAL duties. Also, because there was a HUGE backlog of CABs from about ’05-’06 its not surprising.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:24 pm
It’s also a pretty easy distinction to make. You’re a fucking idiot.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Lemme guess, King–you’re really fucking good at Airsoft, right?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
King
Again you think I care because?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:28 pm
You can Get a CMB, if you are in the 68 (formerly 91 series MOS) or similar equivalent, if you’re in another service. The reg is rather unfortunately written in that anyone O-6 or below in an “infantry regiment or smaller” preforms their medical duties while in combat. . . Dentechs can get it, but since its HIGHLY unlikely they’d be drilling on people’s teeth while under fire, they tend to get awarded CABs now a days.
Qualifications for CAB, much like the CIB tend to be pretty vauge and nebulous, thus something goes boom near you, you get one. I do not know the regs for the CAR and CAM, but I’d assume they’re similar.
See AR-670-1
October 17th, 2011 at 11:31 pm
I don’t see you guys posting yours I am not going to post mine first because I know mine will be misused if Lilyea gets a hold of it.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:34 pm
Misused? Pray tell, how?
Or does your definition of “misused” include exposing you for a phony-assed fraud?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
I like how you keep coming out to sporkmaster’s defense. He’s a big boy, granted one who can’t write, but a big boy nonetheless. Look at that shiny cab. Anyway you’re just reinforcing my theory that he’s sucking your dick, or you’re sucking his. Or maybe you’re both just doing gay 69.
And sporkmaster, let me know if you need a block of instruction in the differences between there, their, and they’re, or a and an, or it’s and its.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Here is a copy of my current ERB. Now post yours.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
King who are you (mis)directing this tirade at?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Your still talking? I guess that part were I said “I do not care” was not direct enough.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
I don’t have my 214 on digits sorry you’re just going to have to wait
October 17th, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Shocking.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:45 pm
Color me surprised. Hell, all you’d have to do is authorize Jonn to do a FOIA, but nah, that’d be too easy.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Hahaha more of the ‘I will shoe you mine, but I want to see yours first’ crap, right before you claim it burned up in one of those records building fires no doubt. And, you don’t have to be combat arms to get a CAB, that’s kinda the point of the award right? I tend to believe Spirit, as I got my CAB in 2006 for actions in early 2005 in Afghanistan and there was a serious paperwork backlog at the time. I know what I did over there twice, and cam produce both 214′s and a biography from my VFW post that will be published soon, as part of a book that the post is putting together to capture the member’s oral history for posterity. It’s being done by the post, but we are working with The American Wartime Museum in Nokesville to help get their oral history project off the ground. And yes OG, I went on close to 300 missions, that’s what happens when you do two tours in two different warzones. Hell, I even put off my senior year of college a few months, because my country asked me to, and I still came home with a college degree. So, eat me you stupid ungrateful, uninciteful, apologists widowlickimg Fobbit
October 17th, 2011 at 11:49 pm
OK, here’s what my professional “Guess” is: I’ve worked 32 years in police patrol etc, did over 20 years in the Army/ Natioanl Guard and was assigned to work the the USMC a few times in Iraq.
I think this guys is a BSing Homeless bum who picked up an too small of a Marine outfit in the Goodwill store and put it on.
Most former grunts and stuff would avoid getting into some shit for no reason like that….
But I can say the cops look a little stunned and need some better supervison.
When I ran into posers like that, the first thing I asked was: “what was your MOS?”
October 17th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
after all the hateful things Lilyea has said to me you think I would authorize him to do anything?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:52 pm
@85 I thought I smelled bacon lol!!!
October 17th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
I am in the process of blacking out mine right now. I’m surprised OG, if you’re a vet you should know you should have 50 freaking copies of that thing(and on digits too).
October 17th, 2011 at 11:59 pm
All I see is excuses. Proof or GTFO.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:03 am
@88 I don’t live on the computer like you do
October 18th, 2011 at 12:03 am
My word, king. I bet you get all the pussy with oh so correct English. Get dick off your mind long enough to debate the facts. OG, quit making excuses. I don’t have a scanner. I will however give jonn my info for a foia check. I have been nothing but honest. You know, marching band and rotc doesn’t count until you are contracted, right? Put your real DD214 down. Jonn can throw both of mine down. Or, ill fax them to him. Whatever. You and your pet bitch, king can go fuck yourselves in my opinion until then. My military.com page has everything on there as well. I was there when Radney Foster sang angel flight for my friends who came home in boxes. Wanna challenge that? Go to THE CEMETERY right outside of my old unit and argue the tombstone. Go to my old unit…d co 2-149th. Check the fucking memorial. Check under your nose for a Dick and check between kings legs for a pussy. Fuck you both. Both of you are poser pieces of shit.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:09 am
So OG, If I were to comment on you smelling like an unwashed body, I’m sure you would be fine with that. Seeing as you just referred to a Cop as a pig.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:13 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68775022@N07/6255983375/#/photos/68775022@N07/6255983375/lightbox/
King/OG you’re turn dipshits.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:16 am
I will post my stuff in the morning, with a picture of my shadowbox to boot.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:18 am
@91 Who did you steal those stories from some gay dude you were trying to pick up at applebees? You’re a joke!!
October 18th, 2011 at 12:20 am
Ooooohhhh…this is getting fun. Will scan and post a copy of mine too. This oughta be good.
King/OG. Post proof or bag ass.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:24 am
Oh see also:
“The Good Soldiers” By David Finkle ISBN: 978-0-374-16573-4
see pgs 83-123 most specifically chapter 6 and the appendix on P 275. Back up everything I really talked about regarding my second tour. Seeing as the guy was a WaPo writer, are you going to claim he’s lying out his ass?
October 18th, 2011 at 12:24 am
Thejester, try using a fucking space and some fucking capitalization. Nobody gives a fuck about your faggot ass aviation unit, come talk to me when you want to be a real soldier. Fucking pussy ass bitch.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:25 am
@93 good job hiding your seperation code Bailey somebody must have gotten chaptered. What happened you start stealing meds?
October 18th, 2011 at 12:26 am
King,
Proof or GTFO.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:27 am
King, son. Airsoft does not make you a soldier.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:27 am
OG–like you’d fucking know what they mean.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:29 am
King, I FUCKING CARE. I care about who supported me. I care about the birds that took my guys to the CSH. I care about the Quartermasters who gave me beans and bullets, I care about the Mortuary Affairs guys that did a job I wouldn’t be able to. I care about the recovery teams that took the burned up vehicles back to the FOB. I care about the MPs that guarded the FOB and the EPWs. We all had a job to do. If they did it with honor, then I FUCKING CARE.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:30 am
Well said Doc.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:30 am
nope. I never made bones about my seperation. You see that “HONORABLE” part. Yes I’m an RE Code three. It kind of happens when you get sent to a WTB for a year.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:33 am
Well put Doc!!!!
October 18th, 2011 at 12:33 am
@102 Yeah sparky I would know what they would mean, just like I know Bailey was chaptered because he got over 8 grand in seperation pay. I like how it’s ok for you to suckle at unlce sugars tit but when anybody else does it they are freeloading pieces of shit.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:36 am
You spent over a year at a warrior transition battalion? You really need to give the thai stick fighting stories with wolverine a rest pal.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:37 am
OG
Please tell me your experience with the chapter process and what you can chaptered for. It is not like I work at a Troop Health Clinic and deal with stuff like this.
Proof of GTFO.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:37 am
Good thinking, Doc.
Here’s mine.
Your turn lady.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:38 am
Well put OG!
Sporkmaster, learn to fucking write or GTFO.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:39 am
Again what is you experience with WTU?
Proof or GTFO.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:42 am
Doc, Sporkmaster, and all the other regulars on here: you’re wasting your breath and your time. Obamagirl, King, Richter, and whatever else name this legion decides to call itself, don’t care about anything but spreading their poisonous hate as far as they can. If they did wear the uniform, they have divorced themselves from what that uniform stands for. The ones that didn’t are eaten up with envy, and hatred of men better than themselves.
Let them howl in their impotence. They aren’t worth the bandwidth it takes to answer them.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:45 am
Howling in impotence is pretty much what every doucherag on this site does.
And sparky polishing other men’s torpedoes while 20,000 leagues under the sea doesn’t make you worthy of any respect.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:46 am
Suckle Uncle Sam’s Tit. WOW. Ok so not to get too much into detail I had some guys die on me. It was bad. It was gorey. I questioned myself as a medic, as a soldier as a human being because in my mind I LET THEM DIE. It took me a long time to break myself out of that.
(Kids this is also a quick class on Combat Stress/PTSD)
Now with this in mind, I was suffering nightmares, sever depression, and generally medicated like crazy. Now those medications had side effects like oh say sleep walking. Well When I ended up in a buddy’s room with no idea how I got there, things got. . . interesting with the command. Keep in mind that Jan ’09 was the highest number of suicides in the Army. So somehow or another I was flagged as a suicide risk (and theres a rather humorous tale to be told of a news story about a russian man that downed a bottle of Viagra and died of a heart attack after 24 hours strait of sex)
My Bde spinning up for a deployment to OIF ’09-’10 decided to chapter me. for “conditions other than disability”. I tried to fight it but after fighting a med board for a year my heart wasn’t in it. Good news is I will, rather soon, be going into the WVARNG, where I can yet again life the life of danger.
But seeing as I’ve explained my whole life story, and you have yet do more than come up with sketchy stories about a BF who bitched out after coming here, but is also an ODA, and service as an MP which I also think is a bit sketch. . . Proof or GTFO.
I put mine out there What’s your excuse?
October 18th, 2011 at 12:48 am
Hey Doc Let me know what the ARG is like. I may be trying to get into it later.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:49 am
I hear what you are saying P.N., but I had to call BS. I recognize this crap from the 60′s and 70′s. The ball’s in their court. Put up or go back to occupying Wall Street.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:52 am
Yeah arguing on blogs was all the rage in the 60s and 70s
October 18th, 2011 at 12:53 am
OH and a year in the WTB is actually short. You wait months for appointments, and eventhough you have to have monthly and sometimes weekly apts with a case manager, if you need to see a specialist you’re screwed. I know, well knew an KSARNG soldier that went into terminal Colan cancer because he ad to wait so damn long. I’m not kidding when I say being in a WTB is horrible. They fill you up with drugs, and stick you in a room. . .guys are just messed up, and, yeah its bad. I’d really rather not talk about it.
No guy’s name was Storm. He also taught me some CQB, and basic unarmed comparatives.
I’ve not lied once about anything that’s happened to me. I’ve actually downplayed a lot.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:53 am
Amusing. Did I mention blogs?
October 18th, 2011 at 12:56 am
Doc, that is jacked up. I freakin’ HATE bureaucrats.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:56 am
I like how it’s ok for you to suckle at unlce sugars tit
Suckle how, exactly? Like you suckle on truck driver’s dicks? I earned every dime I ever made in the Navy, whether base pay, sea pay, sub pay, or SRB.
And sparky polishing other men’s torpedoes while 20,000 leagues under the sea doesn’t make you worthy of any respect.
Spoken like a guy who would be scared shitless to even be seen anywhere near a submarine. Just remember, at test depth, nobody can hear you scream…
You and OG can be summed up in one word: bitter.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:57 am
you know PN. I am sick to fucking death of these dipshits. I will stand my ground. I am fine with debate. I am fine with a little shit talking, but these fucksticks to none of the former and far too much of the latter. King is not some Savant that happens to be a grunt. OG is not a well endowed highly perceptive “truth seeker” they are both Ideologues and trolls. And if I have to point out their wrongness on every issue I’ll freaking do it, so adults can get back to banter/debate.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:58 am
Alas, I’m old and the rack beckons … L8r
October 18th, 2011 at 1:00 am
Sparky I think the uncle Sam’s tit was directed at me. I didn’t ask for the separation pay. It was given. you’ll note that I also had 41 days of Leave accrued.
October 18th, 2011 at 1:04 am
Fair enough–and I won’t begrudge selling leave back and taking separation pay. I do, however, take major fucking issues with little shitsticks who claim you were chaptered for stealing meds.
OG, for that you owe Doc an apology, but not like we’re going to see one coming from your worthless clam anytime soon.
October 18th, 2011 at 1:21 am
You’re right sparky, I would be scared to death to be on a sub. Just like the thought of working in an S-shop would fill me with dread. I didn’t join the military to be bored. You know what’s really scary. The thought of losing a limb or two and being permanently disabled. When’s the last time that happened to a bubblehead? Maybe there’s an accident and it happens a few times a year? You want to tell me how many combat arms soldiers and marines it happens to. Yeah, a lot fucking more.
DocB, it’s a pretty shitty hand you’ve had to deal with. A kid in my platoon popped a teenager one day. We thought he was part of group that was had just launched an attack on us, and he actually probably was. He was about 150 meters away when we opened up on him. This kid Stuart was convinced he was the one who nailed the kid. When we walked up to inspect the body the kid was drawing his last breaths and we realized how young he was. Our medic treated him for a CSW, but we were out on QRF and couldn’t bring him back to our FOB for treatment. An old man came out, we think it was his father or grandfather and we helped put the kid into the back of his car so he could take him to this hospital, but I doubt the kid made it. Stuart went nuts, blamed himself. As if he knew how old the kid was when he pulled that trigger. Afterwards our PSG tried telling him that he shouldn’t feel too bad, because he couldn’t of known, that’s war, and it was just shitty luck. Easier said than done. Stuart took to drinking heavily when we got back and dropped off the radar for a bunch of years. He’s supposedly doing much better. I guess the point of all this is, I doubt that you did anything wrong. You’re probably a good medic who just got stuck with some rotten luck. The Army shouldn’t have chaptered you because they think you dealt with it the wrong way. I mean how the fuck are you supposed to deal with something like that? Even if they didn’t think it was appropriate to send back in theater, I’m sure they’ve got CONUS medic jobs they could have used you in.
October 18th, 2011 at 1:36 am
@127: There are many. But I would never accept such a thing. I could never sit still knowing “my guys” were out there. It is not simply a Job but a calling, maybe once it would have been, could have been a job, but it became who I am. I can no more divorce myself from that calling than I could rip out my bicuspid valve.
Two quotes sustain me in hard times. The first a little more recently found
In the middle of the journey of our life,
I found myself in a dark wood,
where the strait path had been lost.
-Dante.
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I, I took the one less traveled,
and that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost
October 18th, 2011 at 1:57 am
Sorry CSW should’ve been SCW, but you probably figured that out.
Haven’t read Dante, but I like Frost. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is probably my favorite. Another good one is Desert Spaces. Check that out if you haven’t already. I’m sure you can relate to it.
October 18th, 2011 at 2:44 am
Sgt. Shamar L Thomas was an 3051 which is Warehouse Clerk. He’s in the reserves and his phone number is: (removed)
Any smart Marine would know that you never? lie around with the camera’s around. Because there are tons of Marines with Marine Online that can search up the Distro and call your bitch ass out.
Sorry POG, you ain’t no bad ass Marine.
Sporkmaster- No personal info such as phone numbers unless the person in question agrees to release it.
October 18th, 2011 at 6:02 am
Thanks S_O… I posted that at comment #7 but everyone went off on this crazy tangent and dick measuring contest.
October 18th, 2011 at 6:51 am
!119 – “I’ve not lied once about anything that’s happened to me. I’ve actually downplayed a lot.”
I don’t know Doc personally, but since he and I were in the same BDE during the Surge, I know where he was, and I know the casualties sustained by 2/16, including a good friend of mine.
I’ll vouch for his shitty times in a shitty place.
October 18th, 2011 at 7:18 am
@ #59: Bobogirl; do you even understand that people can go on missions to other countries without being engaged in combat? Have you ever heard of Operation Bright Star? It’s called “training”, many units take part in training in other countries all the time. As such an expert on the military that you are, I’m surprised you didn’t know that. Besides, I had my bona fides verified in person by several Veterans and yet, like another poster on here, who failed to show when challenged, you want to use the same lame ass excuse as he did by saying “I am not going to post mine first because I know mine will be misused if Lilyea gets a hold of it”. You’re full of shit. You talk a good game, but when it’s time to put up, you crawfish and attempt to use any and every excuse you can so that you don’t have to back up your own bullshit. Then, like a good poser, you go after a guy who has much more combat time than you and has seen more shit than you could handle, as though you’re the arbiter of who is worthy of being able to speak on military matters.
Yeah, I’m the Post Commander of my Legion Post, district Vice Commander, department chairman for the Legacy Scholarship Fund, past district assistant director of the Legion Riders, as well as a member of the Patriot Guard. What the fuck have you done, or do, for Veterans, their families, and your community, other than bitch and complain and join a protest against Wall Street?
October 18th, 2011 at 7:39 am
Sorry I went to bed. Doc, I blamed myself for over a year over the RE44 incident. I was the last one to work on aircraft 267. I know how shit plays in your head. My mentor, and several friends were on that aircraft. OG, maybe you need to look shit up before you start calling me a lier. 3rd, king, without aircraft, the modern battlefield is terrible. Supplies, troop movements and dustoff help save lives. How would you like to be shot and bleeding out and know that you won’t live due to having to drive for hours in hostile territory? Stupid poetry reading faggot. I figured you to be more of a Whitman fan. Weird…..you liking straight authors and all. At least you can suck as much Dick as you want to now in uniform. That must be a loss of your shoulders and into your mouth. Spormaster, TANG is good and bad. We will talk sometimes about the goods and bads. BTW, OG and king, go fuck yourselves. YOU haven’t showed ANY proof.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:11 am
I’m not interested in proving myself to a third rate cocksucker like yourself. DocB is the one who brought up poetry in the first place, does your poetry reading faggot line extend to him or is that just something selective you drop against people you don’t like? I rode on a chopper 1 time during my time in the Army, and the only time I saw them being used for a casevac wasn’t in Iraq, it was at NTC on a BLUFOR rotation, and it was part of training. So once again, sincerely Go Fuck Yourself jester, you Top Gun watching faggot.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:16 am
That looks nothing like a POW medal. It is a NUC.
Here is what I see: NAM, CAR, NUC, GCM, NDM, ICM, GWOTEM, GWOTSM, SSDR.
Seems pretty legit to me, especially when lined up with his story. He would have gotten the GWOTEM for his 2004 deployment to Iraq, and then the ICM for a subsequent deployment (I got mine from a 2005 deployment).
At one point he says, “I’ve been to Iraq 14 months.” That sounds about right to me for two standard six/seven month Marine deployments.
I’m not going to judge the guy based on the MOS listed in MOL. My PMOS during my two deployments was 3043, but if you looked at that and thought I did supply on deployment you’d be wrong.
Now if we’re on the subject of making judgements about who is more hard than whom, I’m going to come out and say that the NYPD officer at 1:20 is probably the least hard person in the video. Yes, I am including the protestor. He looks like he’s pissed that he might be missing his next eyebrow shaping appointment.
Oh wait… He might be in the army.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203791904576609163401024594.html
October 18th, 2011 at 9:47 am
Again King…you should know about cocksucking and the rating systems involved.
Whenever you want to post up, fucktard.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:04 am
Here is my 214:
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7vn1ikFuapYZDk3YmM4MGMtZWE0OS00MjllLTlhN2YtYWUwOWUzNjBkY2E3&hl=en_US
October 18th, 2011 at 10:37 am
So, about Wall Street?
October 18th, 2011 at 10:52 am
This guy needs to get over himself. I love the NYPD’s “Yeah, whatever. . . ” reaction to his theatrical street preaching. Hell, they see guys like this everyday in New York.
As far as his military cred, why does he think wearing his Marine uniform supports the Occupy (Wherever) antics? You can wear the uniform of a Marine, but if you act like a whiny, selfish lunatic, people will only see you as the latter.
He needs to get over himself.
And as far as Obamagirl, did I miss your comments in support protesting when the Tea Party conducted civil and meaningful demonstrations?
If you can, please direct me to those comments in support of the Tea Party’s right to demonstrate (even though you disagree). Thank you.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:56 am
Lucky, the Google Docs page is not available.
October 18th, 2011 at 11:26 am
My bad Dave, here is a better link:
http://therantingsofaginger.blogspot.com/2011/10/dd214.html#!/2011/10/dd214.html
October 18th, 2011 at 11:38 am
#139 AS: what about Wall Street? It’s a feint. If these jokers were serious in their complaints, they’d be marching on K Street and their university’s Admin building. Since they are doing neither, this whole alleged movement is not meant to accomplish anything that it has stated is a goal.
And sweet, sweet irony of the day: headline at Hotair: “Celebrated redistributionists discover healthy respect for private property” http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/18/celebrated-redistributionists-discover-healthy-respect-for-private-property/
Heh!
October 18th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
King, you are right. I DO ONLY think you are the faggot here. Sounds like u never deployed if you didn’t see aircraft, skippy. I never saw you suck Dick, but, I know it happened. We didn’t convoy anywhere. We always flew. No ieds in the air. Did they forget to tell Yall that in training? BTW, Jester is my name. It isn’t from top gun. Dumbass. There was a Gov. Jester from TX as well. Retard.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
@ Doc… does that DD-214 mean Medic? Just curious, awesome if so.
@ OldSoldier… sweet Wpns Co? AND Ft. Dix! (NJ guy here..) and yeah, you are old…hahaha
Lthrnck1775 (2537 Radio Chief)
October 18th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
King in #98: Fuck you. I was combat aviation and without my birds (attack helicopters) covering the infantry, there would be a lot more casualties. Go ahead, you mealy mouthed fuckstain, pump up your chest, stick you dick out, and shit on the honorable service of others, because everyone knows that sooper trooper King is on his way to save the day because he’s a “real soldier”. What a punk ass bitch.
October 18th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
@ OldTrooper
…. I can assure you, any groundpounder would LOVE him some TAR/HR air sppt. (preferably USMC, but we’d take anything)
hahaha
Lthrnck1775
October 18th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
@ #147: Yeah, I know the grunts appreciated the air support; unfortunately, someone like King thinks that only the infantry fights a war.
BTW I did my basic at Ft. Dix as well. C-3-5, Cobra Charlie
October 18th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
…but you guys got the cool shades, … and a bunk, and cold beer nightly (part of the Union contract, right)?
Lthrnck1775
October 18th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
“but you guys got the cool shades, … and a bunk, and cold beer nightly (part of the Union contract, right)?
Lthrnck1775″
Um, that would be negative, Ghostrider. We were combat aviation, so no bunks, no cool shades, no beer, and no females. We were in the field right next to the infantry and armor, instead of in the rear with the gear. But I’m sure things have changed some since the old RDF days.
October 18th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
I will check with some of the recent aviation types and see if they get the beer, now, after renegotiating their union contract.
October 18th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Haha…..I was at Balad. We had CHUs. No women n no beer. I suspect the nice digs were because we were on an air force base. BTW…..I saw king sucking Dick behind the PX for MRE candy. Cheap slut.
October 18th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
I went to basic training (WTC when it was actually like BMT) at Ft. Knox. Lackland AFB the first time thru BMT.
October 18th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
OldTrooper, still in the aviation game? I work on h-60s as a civilian now.
October 18th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Jester; only as a hobby these days. I work in engineering and have for about 25 years. Still have some friends working in the aviation industry. I worked at an aerospace company back in late 80′s to early 90′s.
October 18th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
I’m looking at moving to another company. Went and got my a&p. I want more civie aircraft exp. I have pretty much worked on every military helo in the US inventory.
October 18th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Jester… there’s TOO many nuts and bolts on one of those rorary bricks… i wind up with extra parts field stripping and re-assembling my lawn mower! lol
Lthrnck1775
October 18th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
….oops Rotary-Winged bricks….
October 18th, 2011 at 3:46 pm
That’s the sign of being a good mechanic…extra parts….that’s called being economical. Lol. I love helos.
October 18th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
@CI I’m assuming Sgt Crow?
Lthrnck1775, Yes 68-Whiskey Healthcare Spc, is indeed Medic.
@146 OT has a point, on 12 July 07 the attack birds of 227 Avn saved my company from guaranteed casualties.
Notice that the regulars threw out their DD-214′s right away. Still nothing from King or OG
October 18th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
That is quite telling Doc! Still nothing from the trolls…. Maybe they OD’d on Matthis’ mushrooms?
October 18th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Well, Doc, I haven’t posted mine, but as I have said before, it was vetted in person by several Vets, including Jonn, TSO, and Mr. Wolf.
October 18th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
OT–damn, forgot to dig mine out. Maybe it’s because the plant isn’t up and running yet and I’m still working 12-14 hour shifts (plus hour commute each way.)
Back that fuckin Brinks truck up to my garage, boys!
October 18th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
I think it’s fucking disgusting that he is using his uniform while he’s doing this retarded #occupywallstreet “movement”. I am busting my ass and making ends meet. Sure, it’s hard, but I am not walking around with my fucking hand out asking for free money from people who have busted their ass and make a bit more than you and I. I feel his message, but I feel that he is disrespecting his E.G.A. and as a soldier, I feel that he does not need to be in uniform while demonstrating. Need I also mention that he is violating the military dress code by being in his uniform when not on military duty. As a Marine, he should have been aware of this and instead of screaming at the cops (who I am not too fond of), he should have been much more disciplined. I am thankful for his time, but there are many other avenues he could have taken to get his message across. Again, thank you for your service Sergeant, but find a much less disrespectful and effective way to show the violence that the NYPD may/may not be imposing upon these people. #occupywallstreet? How about #occupycompetence?
October 18th, 2011 at 7:26 pm
Sorry, I placed the info in the wrong field. here was my comment, sorry about the double post:
I think it’s fucking disgusting that he is using his uniform while he’s doing this retarded #occupywallstreet “movement”. I am busting my ass and making ends meet. Sure, it’s hard, but I am not walking around with my fucking hand out asking for free money from people who have busted their ass and make a bit more than you and I. I feel his message, but I feel that he is disrespecting his E.G.A. and as a soldier, I feel that he does not need to be in uniform while demonstrating. Need I also mention that he is violating the military dress code by being in his uniform when not on military duty. As a Marine, he should have been aware of this and instead of screaming at the cops (who I am not too fond of), he should have been much more disciplined. I am thankful for his time, but there are many other avenues he could have taken to get his message across. Again, thank you for your service Sergeant, but find a much less disrespectful and effective way to show the violence that the NYPD may/may not be imposing upon these people. #occupywallstreet? How about #occupycompetence?
October 18th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
@160 – “@CI I’m assuming Sgt Crow?”
No, Jim Doster. Came to B/2/16 from BSTB at Falcon to take a Platoon not long before the IED strike.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
I knew him too. 3rd Platoon Bravo co. I saw him on the table, There wasn’t anything anyone could have done. It was a real shame he was a good NCO
October 18th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Doc, CI. We lost 7. Being a guard unit, especially aviation, you get to know everyone. Me and Tommy Gun Thompson broke red leg rules at ft. Sill and drank together. Me and Eshbaugh shared USAF backgrounds and got along well. Mason was a Hell of a guy. Top Ordonez was cool and took care of US at sill even though he was bravo company’s top. He was our floor daddy in the barracks. Corey Edwards was my maintenance officer who took me under his wing to teach me hydraulic. There isn’t a day that goes by that a small part of my brain doesn’t ask itself if I did or didn’t do something that killed those heroes of mine. Report stated pilot error….but…I still ask myself…..the point is that they will always be with US. They were….ARE….our family. We honor them by remembering them ourselves and to others. Thank you for honoring your friends guys. Thank you for letting me honor mine.
October 18th, 2011 at 11:33 pm
I remember when Cajimat died. Alpha was devastated. It was worse that the locals knew it was going to happen (beds on the windows). But I thought, no that’s not us. That’ll never happen to Bravo. Then Craig died. That was rough. What really gets me is that he and another guy were playing “company of heroes” on a laptop. I kept telling to “hurry up and die already” so that I could play before I had to go on guard. Its funny how innocent words come back to haunt you. I couldn’t do anything to save him. then the 12 July incident (wikileaks video), and then Harrelson died. The guy had just turned 19. Good kid. Smart ass, I remember he said his Zune had been stolen so the platoon turned out all their stuff looking for it. Turned out it was in his laundry bag. OOOO was Jubi pissed.
then SFC Doster died and (i hated myself later for this) at the time I was thankful it wasn’t MY platoon. It was a bad time in a bad place, but we tried to do a good thing. I hold onto that. Perhaps one of the reasons that I loathe so vociferously that vile scum that is the hippie/anti-war protester, they are trying to sully the name of good men, men who can no longer speak for themselves, and try to take from me, the goodness I tried to do for a people that were less fortunate and ungrateful.
October 18th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Doc, I know about those little words. We had just got into Iraq. 2nd day for me. I had worked a 16 hour shift. They called a company formation at the airfield. I had been asleep for 15 minutes. While walking to the airfield I was pissed. I said ” someone better be dead for waking me up”. God, I still feel ashamed and guilty for that. That was September 18th, 2008. Them I found it it was the first helo I had ever done a hydraulics job by myself on. Fucking crushing
October 19th, 2011 at 1:38 am
#97 Hey Doc, read it awhile ago, will pull out of box and check pages. I thought, from commentating back and for with you awhile back, you were in said unit(the “Rangers” right?). Colonel’s name started with a K’ right? Did you do two tours with the the 1st ID?
Glad to see you made it back. Good luck, to you in you future endeavors.-Cedo
October 19th, 2011 at 2:41 am
#171. No 2-16 got stood up in ’06, I did only one tour with them. I showed up in Jan ’07 just in time to enjoy one more trip before I got out. What I got was well the Surge.
My first tour was with C Co 225th FSB, where I got tasked out to HHC 1-14 In, B AND C Bty 2-11 FA, and C 1-27 IN. Pretty much all I DIDN’T get attached to is 1-21 In. I was on FOB Warrior on 02 Jul 04 when the AHA blew. BIG BOOMS. Very memorable.
October 19th, 2011 at 6:22 am
#172
First tour, is that 2nd Stryker brigade 25th ID? The support units identifications I’m not as readily knowledgable about.
October 19th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Well BEFORE they had strykers but yes.
October 19th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Do not get me started on Stryker units, 4/2, and 4/9 INF I mean, negligent discharges on a weekly basis, speeding and recklessly driving at high speeds, then there are the numerous times that they rolled their vehicles for crying out loud….
October 19th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Lucky, I’ve never been anything BUT a lightfighter.
October 19th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
aside from one 13 month stint in Darnall which I couldn’t get out of fast enough.
October 19th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Good answer, I loved working with the 25th in RC West back in the day!
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