I would like to invite everyone to check out and join if you want a new group here at G&G. It is for military members current and veteran and any other patriotic American wishing to show support or learn more about the members here who have military background. Thanks for your time and for looking!!
I would like to invite everyone to check out and join if you want a new group here at G&G. It is for military members current and veteran and any other patriotic American wishing to show support or learn more about the members here who have military background. Thanks for your time and for looking!!
Monster, hear anything on the orders? Would make me and others here proud to send "care" packages and keep you and the others in magazines and other "junk" (as in food)! PM me when you get an address please. aj b
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Monster, hear anything on the orders? Would make me and others here proud to send "care" packages and keep you and the others in magazines and other "junk" (as in food)! PM me when you get an address please. aj b
As of right now I have found out what FOB ( forward operating base) i will be at and the month I will get there. Gonna be close to Iran though Wont be till october though with an address.
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I'd love to join,unfortenatly I am still bound by mandate and oath not to disscuss most of my military service,even my wife is in the dark about it.
I can tell you that I was hand picked and trained at Fort Benning for a specific purpose.Four more years and some aspects will no longer be c-12 sensitive.Even still, its not something I'm comfortable disscussing.
As of right now I have found out what FOB ( forward operating base) i will be at and the month I will get there. Gonna be close to Iran though Wont be till october though with an address.
It will be cold and rainy while you're there, at least from November to April/May. Cold windy nights and a stunning night sky awaits you. (Sounds almost like a travel brochure, doesn't it? )
Anyway, you'll be on the route that the Persians and the Meads under King Cyrus rode down on when they attacked Babylon 2600 years ago. Things there haven't changed much since then. I was in western Iraq in Al-Anbar before the surge shuttling by air between Fallujah, Ramadi, Taqqadum, and Al-Asad. The ground there was sort of rocky too with reed marshes, date palm orchards, and some wildlife along the Euphrates. The people there were almost entirely Sunni. They were actually a pleasure to be with when they stopped shooting at us and formed up to help eject al-Qaeda from the region. Where you'll be will be predominantly Shia (Shiites). That's who makes up most of the Iraqi government, and almost all of the Iraqi Army and police in the north. I heard that they refuse to be influenced by their Shiite Persian neighbors to the north and have worked pretty well with U.S. and Coalition Forces. If you are like most Westerners, you'll be amazed at the sites unless you've been there before. Travel as light as they will let you. You can get anything you want from the military exchanges downrange, even a laptop to write home. Remember AAFES motto. "We Go Where You Go."
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Lexicondevil, Don't need to discuss your job, just be here and chip in when you can, lend as much support as you can and ALWAYS remember we ALWAYS HONOR THOSE THAT SERVE! As a Navy spook had requirements to keep it zipped for 10 years after discharge. aj b
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Lexicondevil, Don't need to discuss your job, just be here and chip in when you can, lend as much support as you can and ALWAYS remember we ALWAYS HONOR THOSE THAT SERVE! As a Navy spook had requirements to keep it zipped for 10 years after discharge. aj b
Thank you for understanding,you are a true brother in arms.
Steve, shouldn't he keep his head down too? At least after he squeezes off a round or two? But what do I know, spent 1/3rd my life in buildings with no windows and lots of cipher locks! They don't call us spooks for nothin'! aj b
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Yeah, after 40 years I'm still kinda jumpy about sudden bright flashes of light!
Thanks for the link. I put my name in the hat.
99z28monster and anyone else here that's active duty - Thank you for serving our country and for allowing old geezers like me to sleep safe at night.
ya'll keep safe now, ya hear?
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GOD Bless America
Wont be till october though with an address.
