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Offline milnko

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« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2002, 05:59:11 PM »
Lemme see...

Goin' to the head to take a cold shower (cuz' there ain't no hot water) and having pissy saltwater slosh and slop over the tops of your shower shoes...

1 month into a 6 month deployment, and having no more fresh milk, bread, or soda...

Bug Juice sans sugar (I once saw the cooks using a packet of bug juice to scrub the grills)...

Drinkin' water from scuttle mixed with JP5...

Tryin' to sleep in a 7' long, 2'foot high "rack" while someone buffs the floor and slams the lockers and bunks with a power buffer...

Waitin' in a loooooong line to eat "sliders" on hard as rock "homemade bread"...

Drinkin' coffee so black, strong, and thick, some use it for shoe polish and others as 'Never Dull'...

Listening to the same roadkill stories from your shipmates, over and over and over again...

And who can forget... The Phantom toejamter?
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Offline Kanth

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« Reply #16 on: August 22, 2002, 06:09:16 PM »
Thank you :)

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One term applies to all branches:

Hurry up and wait.

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Offline fdiron

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« Reply #17 on: August 22, 2002, 06:15:03 PM »
I heard the military is for people who can't get jobs at McDonalds.
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Offline easymo

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« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2002, 06:20:05 PM »
That must be good news.  Your job is safe.
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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2002, 06:28:41 PM »
Milnko wuz a squid..!!

LOL.. hey, how'd you get those square hats down on yer pointy heads?
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« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2002, 06:34:41 PM »
Goin' to the head to take a cold shower

They told us squids wern't to bright :)  All you had to do was fill a black container with water, and leave it out in the sun.  We used inner tubes in the army.  The water would get hot enough to scald you.
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« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2002, 06:38:28 PM »
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I served during the cold war as a flying crew chief on an RC135 in Alaska.  missions were exciting as hell but the rest..


s n o r e


Wlfgng......... you were an IMT? 6th? What years?

I dodged the 6th but spent a few years in the 55th.
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« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2002, 08:44:08 PM »
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I was at Mt. Home from 86-90 MajTom.  366th EMS... in the weapons release shop.

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I work with a few guys that used to be stationed in Mt. Home.
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« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2002, 08:45:03 PM »
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Depends on where you work, and what you do.  I would not characterize my job as boring, drudgery, and countless inspections. Far from it.  I work at a headquarters for the AF's Intelligence agency.  We are also teh service cryptologic element for thje national intelligence community. I get to see and do some pretty neat stuff.  I see and read things that the public will either never see, or will see at a much later time:)


Rear echelon is where the excitement is, obviously. :D
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« Reply #24 on: August 22, 2002, 09:10:06 PM »
Cheap booze, grass, and hookers. Extreame bordom 99% of the time, knowing you're gonna die any minute the other 1%.

Looking back now I don't regret any of it, but I'm sure I don't ever wanna do it again.

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« Reply #25 on: August 22, 2002, 09:30:21 PM »
Dont forget the warm beer in the rusty cans. To this day I cant wire brush the rust off of anything, without getting that taste in my mouth. uaaak!
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« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2002, 09:33:34 PM »
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Rear echelon is where the excitement is, obviously. :D


Well I have done both now;) and I must say that I am enjoying being a REMF moreso than I doing hands on flight line work in the field. Well, that isnt exactly true either. I have some great mem's of that work and my deployments that I wouldnt trade for the world.  Each is good in its own right.
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« Reply #27 on: August 22, 2002, 10:41:49 PM »
I think the military is many things to many people. I spent 5 years as a helicopter crew chief and loved the toejam out of it, even the hairy flights that left you soaked in sweat and wore out. For the last 4 years I've been a counselor in military hospitals and most recently a military prison. Basically, I have the same 9-5 job a civilian counselor would have, except I get to wear cool clothes. Took the job so I could have time to finish my degree. Planning on going back to aviation within the next year. That's what I love about the military, if you know how to get what you want out of it, you will never be bored. Always something new and interesting out there if you go for it. Also get to move every few years and see new places. I actually got out of the Army for almost 4 years in the mid 90's and went back in. Guess I'm a glutton for punishment :)
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« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2002, 11:13:10 PM »
I was at Eilson crewing RC VC models during uh.. let's see. (damn, has it been that long ?)
1978-80.  Obviously SAC but damned if I can remember the unit right now.  Spent some months in Shimya from time to time on deployment.

It was awesome in some respects... sucky in others.  I'm sure you know what I mean if you've been there!
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« Reply #29 on: August 22, 2002, 11:17:40 PM »
Yeah, been to Eielson a lot... '75-80.. but I was based at Offutt.

If you were an IMT you were probably 6th Strat Wing.

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