i dunno, like anythin interestin i guess, just stuff that happened, i never met an enlisted american u see? just wonderin if its the same as my army
Too many interesting stories to really pick one. What branch / nation do you work? Conscription recruit?
I spent 5 years in the service. My home station was on the East Coast of the U.S.
I worked on an aircraft called the A-10 Warthog. My unit was the 23rd Fighter Group which is a famous U.S. military unit. They started as an American Volunteer Group fighting in China. Maybe you're heard of the "Flying Tigers?"
This is my current desktop. The prop fighter in front is what the AVG guys flew in WWII. The Jet in back is the A-10. The unit is very distinctive with the shark teeth.
(Sorry about the picture size. Hopefully Tim will swing in and change it for me? [I have no photo SW on my machine])
I spent about 6 months every year I was in over in the Middle East. Kuwait mostly, but I've been to Saudi, Oman, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc... Basically if it was sandy, we spent time there. Our primary mission was flying "Sandy" C.A.S.
When I was in Afghanistan, we were working closely with a group of British Royal Marines who gave us a great 4th of July present (U.S. Independence Day) by letting us load and fire their Howitzers on a fire for effect mission. Had some enemy recon elements blow themselves up in the Russian minefield outside of our base.
A poor Polish officer managed to find a mine left over on base, and lost his leg while out for a jog.
Lots of good times. Working all night, but still having the energy to play bones until the sun came up. Launching missions in 20*F freezing rain weather.
Great friends. Good times and hard times. Young drama with new families going through long bouts of separation.
What about you?
