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Offline lunatic1

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The Ballad of The Green Berets
« on: March 03, 2018, 09:40:59 AM »
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2018, 09:08:21 AM »
I hear those guys are some real bad asses.
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2018, 10:29:05 AM »
The real ones are the quiet pros. They don't brag.
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2018, 10:32:13 AM »
Quote from: Maverick on March 23, 2018, 10:29:05 AM
The real ones are the quiet pros. They don't brag.


Ditto!  A close friend is one from back in the day.  A gentle giant that you would never guess about.
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2018, 11:16:26 AM »
Quote from: Maverick on March 23, 2018, 10:29:05 AM
The real ones are the quiet pros. They don't brag.

I'd say the real ones are the real ones - the ones that completed a tough Assessment and Selection course followed by a long, intense period of training and then normally deploy to a foreign country shortly afterward where they put their lives on the line. Remember that 90% of them are strong Type-A personalities and with that comes a bit of cockiness. Some are louder than others but they've all earned the right to say or do whatever they would like.
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2018, 12:09:28 PM »
Quote from: Puma44 on March 23, 2018, 10:32:13 AM
Ditto!  A close friend is one from back in the day.  A gentle giant that you would never guess about.

I have two childhood friends who have Green Beret dads from the Vietnam era. The only way you know is their eyes.  Dripping wet they way a buck forty each probably, but all lion. 
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2018, 03:37:48 PM »
Quote from: WpnX on March 23, 2018, 09:08:21 AM
I hear those guys are some real bad asses.

You tell em Elvis  :lol
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« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2018, 03:56:27 PM »
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God bless you Vraciu, you never disappoint. 
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2018, 07:16:35 PM »
Only dweebz do that kind of stuff. Coast Guard Reserve all the way.
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2018, 08:12:22 PM »
Didn't VC's call them "The Green Death", or something along those lines? :headscratch:
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2018, 05:13:38 PM »
Quote from: Gman on March 23, 2018, 03:56:27 PM
God bless you Vraciu, you never disappoint.

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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2018, 05:14:22 PM »
Quote from: USRanger on March 23, 2018, 07:16:35 PM
Only dweebz do that kind of stuff. Coast Guard Reserve all the way.

Guardians are no slouches. 
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Re: The Ballad of The Green Berets
« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2018, 10:59:44 AM »
Quote from: Vraciu on March 23, 2018, 12:09:28 PM
I have two childhood friends who have Green Beret dads from the Vietnam era. The only way you know is their eyes.  Dripping wet they way a buck forty each probably, but all lion.
A month in the jungle humping heavy rucks and grunts-n-gyrenes managed weight control that would make weight watchers jealous.  Beret A-teams and Ranger (LRRPs) had to manage really long stretches working fast and light without resup. The thousand yard stare that combat troops develop can be sobering if you'd never run across it before.  GB's and Rangers were hard for a reason.
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