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Offline Flyin6

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A word about grunts...From a guy who knows ya
« on: October 07, 2014, 03:47:00 PM »
As for you combat pukers
You are ah-plenty
(You see, the DOTs have sucked me down into their pointless, mindless pit of debauchery and wasted prose!)

Anyway, doing the young pilot thing, which most Armee Aviators are you want to be Tom Cruise for a moment. Hey, it's training so who cares if the troopers arrive at the LZ totally sick and unable to do much or are only about 20% effective due to your antics.

Then for the few who make it to mid grade. You see being an officer , there is so much B.S. that the real McCoy's are eaten quickly by the OER (Officer Evaluation Report) monster for being frank and pointing out the fact that this commander or that is a farking fool. It's the way of the Warrant, sa' Live'
At this point you start to be an officer. I mean you start to care about those boneheads in the back. As an officer we are charged with taking care of our men, and for the brief time these warriors climb into the back until they get out again, they are yours. It is this time when you only jink when you really need to and you make the flight warm, comfortable and as safe as you can.

Then comes old age AOL (Army Officer life) Not many survive to reach this point. Out of my graduating class of 54, only 6 of us remained when I got all senior and wise (Or at least I thought so) Now this is the pilot all you combat pukers want to fly with. This guy now has become the father of all you good-for nuthins'. He will do everything he can (and usually succeeds) in getting you safely around the AO. He is not kind, nope approach him and he will snap your head off.

He has become that way because at this point in his career at least half of the officers around him are his sworn enemy. He routinely has to contain himself in front of you crunchies, but rip some Colonels head off behind closed doors. So he's in a constant state of anxiety, but above all he loves all of you pukers because finally, and it has only taken 20+ years, he knows the nations safety is at stake and worse that that, the fate of these precious foul smellin' hopelessly overloaded young men arrayed in the back of his aircraft.
Find him and fly with him. He will have a SFC or SSG crew chief, because those guys want to live as well, and survive in comfort until the RPG makes everything white and fluffy.

So in closing God Bless all you good for nuthin' stinky, unwashed, unshaven, scarred, bleeding, tobacco chewin', med kit stealing, grunts and all those who hang around you!
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Re: A word about grunts...From a guy who knows ya
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2014, 01:28:28 PM »
So in closing God Bless all you good for nuthin' stinky, unwashed, unshaven, scarred, bleeding, tobacco chewin', med kit stealing, grunts and all those who hang around you!

If you guys left snacks within reach they might disappear as well.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are.  Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!

 

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