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Offline strk

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« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2003, 11:13:27 AM »
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« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2003, 11:29:44 AM »
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Why do they have to die to be hero's? I just dont understand

Yes they are hero's just like every service man and woman.


Your right, you don't have to die to be a hero. But it's what you do that makes you a "hero". Each member of the Task Force don't really think they are. They just did the mission that they were ordered to do. When it went down the drain, it's what they did and how they didn't it that makes the differance.
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« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2003, 12:17:10 PM »
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Ya, I would think ROTC at MIT is a waste.


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In today's modern battlefield?  They may be winey geeks, but they are the best at what they do.  The military needs guys like them given all the modern technology they employ now.
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« Reply #18 on: October 04, 2003, 12:22:43 PM »
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In today's modern battlefield?  They may be winey geeks, but they are the best at what they do.  The military needs guys like them given all the modern technology they employ now.


Ain't no "Dollars" in the Military my friend. ;)
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« Reply #19 on: October 04, 2003, 12:58:51 PM »
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Ya, I would think ROTC at MIT is a waste.


Silliest statement today... and your prize is..... A giant guffaw from the Pentagon!







I will visit the local MOH Memorial today. Rangers
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« Reply #20 on: October 05, 2003, 02:44:56 AM »
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I will visit the local MOH Memorial today. Rangers
:rofl ........ya right.
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« Reply #21 on: October 05, 2003, 05:42:01 AM »
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Silliest statement today... and your prize is..... A giant guffaw from the Pentagon!


Actually, not all ROTC cadets and/or programs are created equal and some schools have a definite reputation in terms of cadet 'quality'. Sure, there will be 1 or 2 cadets a year that 'buck the trend' but there are a couple of 'martially extreme' ROTC programs that regularly send a vast majority of their graduating cadets into one of the combat arms. 'This shows that as a group they are lacking in common sense'. :)

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In today's modern battlefield?  They may be winey geeks, but they are the best at what they do.  The military needs guys like them given all the modern technology they employ now.


There are plenty of dedicated and intelligent and tough 'non-winey geeks' that can handle any technology you give them. Just because a guy is a technician does not mean he is smarter than every guy in the field. It means he wanted to be or was forced to be a technician as opposed to a soldier/operator/combat Marine/etc.

And for any OS reading this - no I don't think all technicians are 'winey geeks'. :)

Mike/wulfie
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« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2003, 06:12:33 AM »
I was stationed at the 101st when this all happened, and really it wasn't big news at the time.  We kinda heard stories of this and that but nothing compared to what really happened.

I was in  the medical station waiting room sitting across from one of the nightstalker pilots and he was telling some of the stories of what happened.  Pretty intense stuff hearing it from the actual pilot who was there.

to all who were there

Tapakeg
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« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2003, 10:40:25 AM »
My unit at Ft. Lewis was packing it gear in preparation for a November deployment to Somalia when this happened. Watching those heathens drag our servicemen through the streets made me furious at first, then really really freaked out. I was newly engaged to my now wife, and wondered what the hell I was getting thrown into. Even though I had been through Desert Storm not more than 2 years earlier, I wasn't prepared for something like that. A few weeks later the drawdown in Somalia started and our unit's mission was cancelled.

Those men fought bravely and did the best they could with the crappy hand they were dealt. I think it's a testament to their training and courage that we didn't lose more of our men that day. Task Force Ranger and the 160th SOAR.
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« Reply #24 on: October 05, 2003, 11:24:13 AM »
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:rofl ........ya right.




Monk, you are completely out of line here. I went, it's about 5 minutes from my home. Are you suggesting that a liberal viewpoint is mutually exclusive from a patriotic feeling? If so I feel sorry for your head. It must rattle excessivly with all that empty space inside.
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Offline Monk

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« Reply #25 on: October 05, 2003, 11:48:54 AM »
Well if you went, good for you.

You can check this one out too.Why my head rattles
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« Reply #26 on: October 05, 2003, 11:51:08 AM »
I appreciate both the psuedo apology and your service.
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« Reply #27 on: October 05, 2003, 01:51:13 PM »
Here is a link to the

Task Force Ranger, Somalia Site: it's well worth the time it takes to load,

http://www.bravo57.com/tfr.htm
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Offline mrblack

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« Reply #28 on: October 05, 2003, 08:23:14 PM »
Hey cant everyone just pay there respects without fighting?
This subject deserves better than that.
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