Random Thought Thread

Blues said:
Reminds me of a story...

Back in late 1987 or so I had transferred to Customs from my old outfit and had to go to their service academy in Marana, AZ, northwest of Tucson.
(It was on a base owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs...and their tribal police would train there as well. The CIA had an operation on the other side of the flight line.)

When we got there we were briefed that if we heard any loud thumps on the roof of our barracks, we should not go out and confront anyone, as they would be friendlies.

The SEALs would use the base and surrounding area for HALO jumps and occasionally land on the roof. It was pretty comical. (Except for the one poor SOB that I saw have a streamer...that didn't work out too well. Marcinko talks about it in one of his books. That was a sad day.)

Fun times in the desert.
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And as I was reading I kept thinking. That it was going to be Santa and his reindeer on the roof kinda joke 😳😆


That had to be a tough day :-( :-(
 
duramax said:
And as I was reading I kept thinking. That it was going to be Santa and his reindeer on the roof kinda joke 😳😆


That had to be a tough day :-( :-(
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I reported it to the base commander and he tried to tell me it was a wind dummy. I looked at him and told him not to treat me like an idiot. I had TS clearance and knew the difference between a wind dummy and someone flailing as they fell to their death. (He had a streamer and didn't jettison his chute before pulling his reserve.)

But anyway, the SEALs who landed on the roofs were squared away and we'd share a beer or two with them in the base pub when the opportunity arose.

We had a great time in Marana, overall. It should probably have been illegal.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
This DEK3 is going to be sick. I like this well enough to venture outside of my comfort zone a little bit. This is going to be pretty ridiculous.
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Oh fcuk! I have already gone from none for the preorder to at least 2. Keep posting like that and I'll blow the entirety of the $ reserved for my other vices tomorrow on yours!
 
yoko said:
Oh dear lord don't tease!!!!

I'm in for one OG dek3 in d3v! Lol
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The loss of John Lennon right when he was getting into a dark and experimental point in his creative career is one of the greatest losses and wastes of talent of the 20th century. I'm so sorry for your loss. Really, it is all of our loss.
 
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