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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2007, 12:11:16 PM »
Seagoon,

If MAC stops by your church, you'll recognise him. He looks like his avatar. No really he does!  :D
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« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2007, 12:36:45 PM »
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Seagoon,

If MAC stops by your church, you'll recognise him. He looks like his avatar. No really he does!  :D


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« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2007, 01:46:21 PM »
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Seagoon,

If MAC stops by your church, you'll recognise him. He looks like his avatar. No really he does!  :D



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« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2007, 04:35:42 PM »
Seagoon,

Long deployments not just for small, special, or support units any more.  8 to 12 month tours not going be the norm for large units.

Just from Carson, 2nd BCT looks to be staying 15 or 16 months total this time, and the 3rd Hvy BCT is looking at a 15 month tour - for their THIRD Iraq Tour, with only 9 months stateside dwell time.  3rd ACR moved to Texas from here in '06, but they will be due for a tour again soon at this rate, and I'm betting a long one.

That's from one post.  Over the next couple months you will be hearing about a lot of Guard and Reserve units called up for their second deployment.  If they do long tours on the ground, plus up to 6 months train up time, their tours could be 2 years total.

There's talk about longer dwell time and more leave and more pays, but it's all been said before.  As you've said, most career military have seen this coming since the announcement of "the surge".
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« Reply #19 on: April 13, 2007, 04:37:09 PM »
Thanks for the offer Seagoon, I will pass it on to my son and his wife.  They live off Raeford Rd.
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« Reply #20 on: April 13, 2007, 08:39:14 PM »
Hi Mac,

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Seagoon,

If MAC stops by your church, you'll recognise him. He looks like his avatar. No really he does!  :D


Thanks for the headsup Mav, I was always wondering who Bill the Cat was based on. I have however spoken to Mac on a number of occasions and usually he says more than merely >ACK< and >Phbbttt<

Hey you know as of now I believe you're the only AHer who has actually met me and vice versa (If you ever need me to for tax purposes, I can vouch that you really do live out of your personal vehicle. ;) )


Dago, please do let your son and his family know - our congregation really does try to bend over backwards to support families with deployed husbands. The F.R.G.s are nice, but they just aren't enough by themselves.

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« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2007, 09:16:48 PM »
Hey Seagoon,

I got to meet Mac twice while visiting Tulsa. That's how I know he resembles his avatar. He does have a more sophisticated vocabulary than ack or phbbbt :D

I've also met several other folks from the board, mostly from my old squad, 13th TAS both current and past mempers. I'm always interested in meeting others from the O'Club but haven't had much success in the last few months I have no idea if any are in the Lafayette LA. area where we are visiting grand kids. We just found out grandkid #7 here is a boy and is due in 4 or 5 months. We won't stick around here that long to see him arrive.
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