Military personnel, "Count off...."

OK.OK. I'll have to type my response as I can't resist, even though my head is bouncing off of my monitor right now. There's a personal habit of mine that I've given up, I love to headbutt! Seriously though:

I left the USAF as a MP sergeant or "Security Policeman" as we say. I was stationed at Malmstrom AFB, MT, for the majority of my time. I worked on a four-person security team unit in which we provided security for our ICBM nuclear missiles surrounding the countryside of the beautiful state of Montana (I miss the gophers!). We also escorted the actual nuclear warheads from site to site and from our base to sites. I was also on the airborne crew in which we provided surveillance from a UH-1N for our ground warhead convoys. My team was supposedly the first to deploy the MK-19 grenade launcher from a Huey.

After the AF, I worked five years for the US Postal Service before resigning last fall to go back to school full-time. Currently, I'm a student at my local community college, and I graduate this May. I will be attending a local University this fall to finish the last two years of my computer science degree. Nothing like free college from the state of Illinois for veterans! All I pay for is books! My GI bill money that I get is for whatever else I need (like more knives!).
 
All hail Bruce! All hail Bruce! Omelet with Ham just wouldn't be edible without the tabasco...

Spark

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Okay, It was pointed out to me in the nicest possible way that I was being a bit of a PITA.
So,
6 years US ARMY "Stationed" at Ft. Bragg. I actually spent about twenty months there. The rest of the time was all TDY. "Been everywhere, done everything, won't go again unless it's Max PerDiem!" Spent time in every country between Brownsville and Bolivar! So I know what Spark means about seeing more of the world than he expected!
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THEN
4 years USMC I decided I'd see what it was like to be a REMF, MOS 2111/Armorer 4th echelon Limited 5th. (This is as good as it gets without being a civilian working at a Depot.) Was at Weapons Training Bn, Camp Pendleton CA from 88 to 90 and Marine Corps Security Forces Rota Spain 90 to 92.
If you went to Marine Boot Camp on the west coast between 88 and 90, I was the guy standing on the red table behind the Armory yelling at you about weapons safety and maintenance. I was also the guy who gleefully told you you weapon still wasn't clean enough! I was an occasional Rifle and Pistol coach. Taught a lot of kids how to shoot. Great fun and very satisfying!
What do I miss most about the military?
Free travel and
FREE AMMO!!!!!!

BRUCE, You did that? I always figured that it was some sort of mistake on the Army's part. Made too much sense to be intentional! Now I understand. Gracias Amigo!
BTW, knives that catch my eye? All the good ones! Love Randalls, some of the more reasonable Al Mars. I keep saying I'm going to get a CS Trailmaster one of these days, but I always get distracted by something more expensive. Go fig!
PS
If my life suddenly turns into something out of that TV show "The Net" you guys are gonna hear about it!
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I cut it, and I cut it, and it's STILL too short!



[This message has been edited by Ken Cook (edited 06 March 1999).]
 
Ken,

Couldn't stand it any longer, huh? You had to succumb to the peer pressure.
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Bruce,

I think you've earned a special place in the hearts of the members.
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Take comfort in the fact that you are responsible for making an MRE edible.

You didn't have anything to do with the drywall compound and crackers....I mean cheese and crackers, did you?
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Mike
 
USMC 60-64 6631/11 Avionics [helos]
20 years general contractor,15 years
union carpenter
daily carry "cuda" spearpoint,previous
old timer
bm autos,daltons,mt autos,corby autos,
vallottons,custom autos,pardues,parkers
SEMPER FI
 
USMC 60-64 6631/11 Avionics [helos]
20 years general contractor,15 years
union carpenter
daily carry "cuda" spearpoint,previous
old timer
bm autos,daltons,mt autos,corby autos,
vallottons,custom autos,pardues,parkers
SEMPER FI
 
USMC 60-64 6631/11 Avionics [helos]
20 years general contractor,15 years
union carpenter
daily carry "cuda" spearpoint,previous
old timer
bm autos,daltons,mt autos,corby autos,
vallottons,custom autos,pardues,parkers
SEMPER FI
 
USMC 60-64 6631/11 Avionics [helos]
20 years general contractor,15 years
union carpenter
daily carry "cuda" spearpoint,previous
old timer
bm autos,daltons,mt autos,corby autos,
vallottons,custom autos,pardues,parkers
SEMPER FI
 
Bruce,

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY LIVES YOU"VE TOUCHED WITH THE GIFT OF TOBASCO SAUCE IN MRE's?!!

GOD BLESS YOU!!!

BRUCE HAS SINGLEHANDEDLY DONE MORE TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF LIVING IN THE FIELD THAN ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS PUT TOGETHER!!!!

really though Bruce,

Good call!!
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Chris Canis
 
Four years USAF (46150) Munitions Systems E-4/Sgt. Other than training, Guam & Spokane WA.
Eleven years USCG (no#) Food services currently E-6 in Eureka CA. Previously, Oregon, Virginia, New york, L.A.
I only seem to like blades I can't afford.
 
It's kind of like meeting the guy who invented "100 mile and hour" tape (green duct tape) and the Triangular bandage! Somebody who thought of something usefull! This is the stuff military legends are made of!

I don't succumb to peer pressure, I just do what everybody tells me to do!
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I cut it, and I cut it, and it's STILL too short!

 
Was enlisted in the Navy for five years. Now an 0802 (artillery) serving both as a guns platoon cdr E 2/11 and forward observer with A 1/5 (boat co).

Mainly into autos although have a fondness for the usefullness of CS and spyderco stuff.
Current daily carry is a BM AFO at work and a GT California the rest of the time and, I have a CS Recon Scout and a Gerber multi-plier (in a single mag pouch) on my duece gear.

One more salute for Bruce. Semper Fi
 
USAF, 1961-1982
Started out as flying bedpan jockey (air medical evacuation technician - Scott AFB), then weapons control systems (F4 radar - trained on the 'B' model! - George AFB), a year in SEA loading bombs ('65-'66 - still in the good times), Nellis AFB, then figured out that officers had more fun (or at least more money). AF sent me to school for an EE, then MSEE, specializing in computers. Offutt, Nellis, NASA/Houston, then out. Still working in computers.
Knives - current carry-favorite is an A. T. Barr 4" liner-lock of ATS-34. Current collector-favorite is a Johnny Stout Ambassador, damascus blade, mammoth ivory - a real beauty. Current camping favorite is a Newt Livesay 1095 differentially tempered machete - does a JOB on branches and pretty good for splitting firewood.


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sorry about extra posts.e/mail messed up this morning.all better now.
 
4 1/2 years USCG, got out as GM2. 3 years part time in the Ky Army National Guard, 95b10.
 
1974-1980 US Army, 3rd ACR Ft Bliss, 3rd ID Germany.
Currently CW2 , 913A Armament Tech, National Guard.

Longtime knife interest. Bought first Randall while in Germany in 1978.

Usually carry large Senenza while in jeans or BDUs, mini-SOCOM without clip in dress cloths.

Partners in a knife business. Love them Chris Reeve. Also fan of Bill Maynard knives. Bill makes lots of knives for the guys at Ft Bragg. STAY SHARP !!
 
Michael Kintner, what do you mean "dry wall compound," that's the crust and cheese for an MRE pizza! I know, I know, guys use the crackers to give traction to a 5-ton in the snow and the cheese makes a good waterproof sealer for your boots! Just don't get any on ya cause it will eat holes in your skin!

The reason it is "Tobasco" brand and not some other lesser brand is I did a field survey of consuming troops and Tobasco won out by a large margin. Also the reason it's in a little glass bottle is because the stuff will eat right through the little flexible single serve pouches in a couple of months.

I appreciate your praise but if I told you the part I had in tray-packs (food in those big square cans, heat and serve) you wouldn't let me back on this forum!
 
19 yrs in the Army now, 1 to go. Turned down MSG (basically said screw the records updates and photo BS!), will retire SFC. Can't wait to get the hell out! Tired of the minutia and a CinC that's a piece of ****.

15 yrs SF, ops/intel, currently doing ops. Former 11B in the 82d back in the EARLY '80s ('80-'82).
Currently at Ft. Lewis, WA and will retire here. Got webbed toes!

Daily carry: Lg Sebenza, Kit Carson SD1 (#4 made), 5" Bud Nealy Damascus Kinzhal, WAVE.

Field carry: Drop the Nealy, pickup my custom #14 Randall. Everything else remains.

Interests: Randalls, Kit Carson, Bud Nealy, Chris Reeve, and numerous others of quality. Also, ethnic blades from world travelling, especially in SE Asia and South Pacific. Bona fide knife snob. Love Guns, Formula One, and most of all, my family.

Cheers,
Mike


 
Well since this is a military only thread, here is a little humor!

Murphy's Laws Of Combat!
1. You are not superman.
2. If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
3. Don't look conspicuous - it draws fire. (This is why aircraft carriers are called, "Bomb Magnets".)
4. When in doubt, empty your magazine.
5. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.
6. Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
7. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.
8. No plan survives the first contact intact.
9. All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds.
10. Try to look unimportant because the bad guys may be low on ammo.
11. If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short.
12. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.
13. The important things are always simple.
14. The simple things are always hard.
15. The easy way is always mined.
16. If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in combat.
17. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.
18. Incoming fire has the right of way.
19. Friendly fire - isn't.
20. If the enemy is in range, SO ARE YOU!!!!!
21. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
22. Beer math is: 2 beers x 37 men = 49 cases.
23. Body count math is: 2 guerillas + 1 portable + 2 pigs = 37 enemy KIA.
24. Things that must be together to work, usually can't be shipped together.
25. Radio's will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately.
26. Anything you do can get you shot - including doing nothing.
27. Tracers work both ways.
28. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
29. Make it tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out.
30. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share of objectives to take.
31. When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they are both right.
32. Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs.
33. Murphy was a grunt.


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Mike Turber
BladeForums Site Owner and Administrator
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Make hole every one for the King Of Battle is here! Wrapped up Battery Command at Ft. Sill, B-Battery 1-12FA (MLRS)last August. Now in Korea as a Resource Manager for the 2d Infantry Division, Second to None! HOO AH!!!
 
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