Skuzzy

[mjolnir]

GScholz, go here and you can see what I mean.

[vorticon]

those soldiers in pic 1 must be boiling there tulips off...it looks as if its only -10 (centigrade) in wich case there way over dressed...

[Preon1]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
It has to be the incredibly difficult to be a SERE instructor, knowing what they have to do to the trainees.  I couldn't do it and I went through the school too.

Skuzzy, you should suggest to him that he try to be one of the instructors that go work at USAFA for a summer.  I speak from 3 years of experience: he'll have...   ...fun

[Skuzzy]

He enjoys being an instructor at SERE.  Talked to him last night and they have a 3 day break this weekend, so all the instructors are going out camping and do a 'break-a-thon'.
This is a contest event where they all try to evade each other and be first to make it back to base camp without being detected.

This will be his first one, so he is looking forward to it.

On a side note, he got a letter from the base commander which was written by a one of the pilots he trained.  Went along the lines of his professionalism and tenacity reflected well on the SERE school and he is a shining example of what a trainer should be.
The base commander added a note letting him know that letters like that are very rare.

He is going to frame it.  

Damn, I am a proud daddy.

[Ripsnort]

Ah man, you must be proud, Skuzzy!  Tell him "WTG" from "the people you support, that are supporting him"

[LePaul]

I don't know if this still applies but due to my high school involvement in ROTC, I was able to enlist and start as an E3 (A1C).  A year later, I was E4 (SrA) where I was "stuck" until I got out in 1994.  They had just dumped the buck sargeant rank and since i was an admin/tech guy, they weren't sure if my field allowed me to jump into Ssgt or not.  

Air Guard was interesting...in those days, overfilling a field was OK.  I recall being transferred to Security Police, where I wasn't really needed...so they had me tag along with the guys for shootin' and blowing stuff up.  Not bad...55wpm on the keys, and could reassemble an M60 or wire up C4     You never know when you'll need these skills in the office, right?

[Preon1]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
He enjoys being an instructor at SERE.

I wasn't saying he change his profession.  The Academy imports airmen from SERE to help out with the Combat Survival Training in Colorado.

Anywho, if he ever runs into SrA (maybe SSgt) Walker and calls him "A-dub" (pronounced ay-dub), he should get a torrent of stories.

[Skuzzy]

Sorry Preon,..I misunderstood.

I'll pass on the name to him.  


I am working to get him Internet access up there.  I have to get a computer to him.  Once he gets online, I'll point him this way.

He has a lot of stories to tell already.   Pretty funny stuff.


Hmmmm,..he does have some stories about me....maybe I should rethink.

[-Concho-]

that aint nuthin.

In the Marines you have to kill your mother to make NCO.



Skuzzy, Dago, and everyone that has a child in the services.

Its one thing to go in and take care of yourself, but its a whole other ball of wax to send someone you love very much into the fray.

[-Concho-]

Didn't imply you were.

[Maverick]

Skuzzy for the job you did as a Dad. Your job performance has paid off. Try and talk jr. into getting a degree and going for officer!

[Dago]

Thanks Concho

[Skuzzy]

Thanks Concho.

Maverick, he is going to be starting college in the fall, but he does not want to be an officer.
He cannot be a SERE instructor if he chooses the commissioned path.

He'll get his degree and stay a non-comm.

[1Duke1]

Skuzzy and to your son ,


Having  been through the Navy's SERE program, I have to say it was the best training....(well, except for flight school ) and hardest training I have ever had to go through.  It is training I will never forget, and hope you never have to use.

The instructors the military has running these programs are the BEST at what they do, and he should be extremely proud of his accomplishment.  Again <>!!