Leaving soon, thanks all

[GermanFreak]

just wanted to say thanks to all who've helped me over the years, thanks. I'm gettin ready to go back into the service, i miss it. life is boring to me on the outside, so i'll be back with my buds doing what i love to do. i'm not leaving for another few weeks but till then i've put up the weights and began doing push up, pull ups and sit up combined with swimming and running like a machine. again thanks guys, peace all
greg

[DriverDan]

Are you going overseas?

[Sonny]

Best of luck in your decision to go back, sounds like it is the right choice for you. God Bless if you come in harms way.

[Paladin]

Best of luck man, for some there's just that calling.

Hope it turns out good for you.

[snakemw]

God bless and hope everythings works out good for you man.

[wedgylx]

Best of luck brother!

I have so much respect for people like you who dedicate thier lives to protect my freedom!

[NightTrain]

good luck my brother, i think anyone that makes a consicious decision to join the service right now has BALLS THAT CLANK!!! you must know that you are about to do what only 1% of the population of America has every had the opportunity to do.... serve your country in a time of war. GOD BLESS YOU. i welcome your readmitance to the service of our great country. and if you ever get stationed near me, give me a look up and i'll buy you a beer, coke, or gatorade whateva you want to drink.... your Brother in service..... John

[DriverDan]

I'm going to the local recruiter tomorrow to ask a few questions. I don't think I qualify for service due to past legal troubles. If I can get a waver I may join up.

[NightTrain]

DAn you would be surprised who they are letting in now a days.... just check your options and get what YOU want

[GermanFreak]

thanks guys, and no problem, its nice to hear that there are "americans" out there who support there service members and understand and recognize where their freedom comes from. oh and john, i'll definately take you up on that beer :D i'll be leaving kentucky here shortly and do some base jumping getting re-qualified on everything before i see combat, but i can't wait to go. It'll be a big moral boost too for my buds stationed over there, plus i'll be bringing a few items from home to help moral also :D :D
and dan, if you do sign up man, get EVERYTHING in writing your recruiter will outline it and when you go to MEPS they'll actually write up your contract. later guys, just worked a 14 hour shift at the detention center......greg sleepy.....
later guys,
greg

[NightTrain]

thanks guys, and no problem, its nice to hear that there are "americans" out there who support there service members and understand and recognize where their freedom comes from. oh and john, i'll definately take you up on that beer :D i'll be leaving kentucky here shortly and do some base jumping getting re-qualified on everything before i see combat, but i can't wait to go. It'll be a big moral boost too for my buds stationed over there, plus i'll be bringing a few items from home to help moral also :D :D
and dan, if you do sign up man, get EVERYTHING in writing your recruiter will outline it and when you go to MEPS they'll actually write up your contract. later guys, just worked a 14 hour shift at the detention center......greg sleepy.....
later guys,
greg

DUDE your in KY? im stationed at FT KNOX.........

[DriverDan]

DAn you would be surprised who they are letting in now a days.... just check your options and get what YOU want

I read that they increased the number of wavers they're giving out, but a lot of those are for drug convictions. I'm still on probation so that may be a no go anyway.

and dan, if you do sign up man, get EVERYTHING in writing your recruiter will outline it and when you go to MEPS they'll actually write up your contract. later guys, just worked a 14 hour shift at the detention center......greg sleepy.....
later guys,
greg
For sure. I always get everything in writing and read it all. I have an associates and 120+ college credits so I could be an officer if they let me in.

[wedgylx]

thanks guys, and no problem, its nice to hear that there are "americans" out there who support there service members and understand and recognize where their freedom comes from.

Man, I'd like to slap some people in the face for thier lack of support for our soldiers - and I'm not even in the forces so I can imagine how you feel!

Even if you don't support the war, you should be ashamed of yourself for not supporting the soldiers!

[DriverDan]

Man, I'd like to slap some people in the face for thier lack of support for our soldiers - and I'm not even in the forces so I can imagine how you feel!

Even if you don't support the war, you should be ashamed of yourself for not supporting the soldiers!
100% agreed. Always support the military, even if you don't support the operation.

[NightTrain]

100% agreed. Always support the military, even if you don't support the operation.

HELL YEAH!!!:cool:

[TheKoos]

Man, I'd like to slap some people in the face for thier lack of support for our soldiers - and I'm not even in the forces so I can imagine how you feel!

Even if you don't support the war, you should be ashamed of yourself for not supporting the soldiers!

DITTO!!!!!


Best of luck Greg, take care.

[usf97j4x4]

We're a green beret family :D and if you have to ask:

Civilian: Runs away from the snake screaming.

Paratrooper:Lands on and kills the snake.

Armor: runs over snake, giggles, and looks for more snakes.

Infantry: "Look, a putty cat. Come 'ere kitty....Ouch! Hey, that's not a putty tat."

Infantry (alt): "Ugh! Me See Snake. Me Like Snake. Ouch! Me No Like Snake."

Army Aviation: Has GPS grid to snake. Can't find snake. Back to base for crew rest and the club and some sort of drink called "The Snake"

Ranger: Plays with the snake, then eats it.

Ranger: (alt): Assaults the snake's home and secures it for use by friendly snakes.

Military Intelligence: analyzes all available intelligence and national asset input on the reptilian situation; reports sighting of Godzilla to National Command Authority.

Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG Corps): Advises the snake on the rules of engagement and the law of war as it pertains to the snake and its defensive posture.

Army Quartermaster: Captures snake and applies a National Stock Number (NSN) to it (that's got to hurt!). Implements a Found On Installation (FOI) procedure and picks up snake on property book. Has company commander sign hand receipt for "Snake, Green, One Each," as non-expendable unit property.

Chemical Corps: Starts to gas the little booger, but then realizes that there is an M-18, A-2 Respirator especially made for snakes, remembers the Chemical Corps Motto, "UTRWBAG" (Up Their Rear With Bugs and Gas), and conducts three experiments on it that have been strictly prohibited by the Clinton Treaty of 1999.

Navy SEAL: Expends all ammunition, several grenades and calls for naval gunfire in a failed attempt to kill the snake. The snake bites the SEAL then retreats to safety.

Corps Artillery: Kills snake, but in the process kills several hundred civilians with a massive TOT with three FA BDEs in support. Mission is considered a success and all participants(cooks, mechanics, clerks) are awarded Silver Stars.

Marine Recon: Follows the snake and gets lost.

Combat Controller: Guides the snake elsewhere.

Air Force Fighter Pilot: Mis-identifies the snake as a Russian HIND helicopter and engages it with missiles. Crew chief paints a snake on airplane.

Air Force Pararescue: Wounds the snake in first encounter, then feverishly works to save the snake's life.

Green Beret: Makes contact with the snake, builds rapport, wins its heart and mind, then trains it to kill other snakes.

[DriverDan]

LOL! That's great.

[usf97j4x4]

Hehe.. to kill a snake!

My brother is a green beret, everytime he goes away for a few weeks I read about something crazy happening in Iraq or Afghanistan in the papers. When he gets back he's all like, yea I was there, thats not really what happened. :D

[RisingAgainst]

DAn you would be surprised who they are letting in now a days.... just check your options and get what YOU want
Lies.. all of my crap is on my juv. record and it was ridiculous crap... and I still can't get in... been trying for 6 years now, I got a 87 on my Asvab, had all kinds of recommendations from respected heads of the community and got NOWHERE!... if they try to draft me later on, I'll flip out on em for not taking me when they had the chance.

[NightTrain]

Sorry i can't help you out man.... i'd LOVE to do some time together in the same unit...

[B-natural]

Sorry I missed this one. Good luck bro, be safe, be smart, you do us all proud man, you've got more balls than most of us, more heart as well.

[LivenLarge]

To German and Train

You both Rock,

Givem hell and get back safe.

You make America PROUD!!!!

[NightTrain]

thanks LL, but i have been doing this a long time... the guys that really rock are the ones choosing to join the service NOW, knowing damn well that they well more than likely be put in harms way....

[6pakguy]

good luck semper fidelis OOOORRRAAH!!!!!!!!!

[KinesitionChirossage]

German Freak, I just want to tell you that I am very greatful for your servitude to my (our) great country. I too miss the military, so I can relate to the wanting back in. Raise hell! Give 'Em Hell! And show the world what a true American soldier is like.

I'd also like to throw a belated thank you Vet's Day to you too Night Train! You said you're stationed @ Knox, what's your MOS? I did my OSUT training there. 19D Cavalry Scout.

"Scouts on the warpath! Scouts on the hill! Scouts in the desert, rackin' up kills! With two sets of tracks, tearin' up the sides. We Are the Cavalry! MOUNT UP!
It has now been three years, so I hope I remembered that well enough.

[NightTrain]

KC, im a 63M, bradley mechanic.... and thanks for the thank you

[GermanFreak]

you guys rock, thanks for all the support!!

[KinesitionChirossage]

I see a Special Forces avy. Are you an 18 series, or is that the whole goal? My cousin has the "tower of power" and I pretty much look to him as a god. Special Forces, Ranger, Airborne on the shoulder, then Pathfinder, HALO, and Combat diver on the front with the obvious Expert Combat Infantry. <---------I think I just combined two different patches, but I don't remember all the nomenclature from my days. He's pretty much a badass badass on steroids (not really, but you get the point:o ) and he doesn't even look like it. He looks like a typical tall guy you'd see around your gym doing cardio. Nothing special looking, but it's interesting to watch him fight.

I've got SOOO much respect for my fellow man and comrades who are willing to enlist, or re-enlist in your case to fight for there country during a time of war. Knowing full & well that your ass will end up in the big sand box, or the rugged mountain terrain of Afghanistan. Especially those that enlist into a combat MOS. When will you be leaving for training, deployment, or whatever it is you will be doing soon? Thereagain, I cannot reiterate it enough that it's awesome what you're doing. If you ever catch yourself feeling down, or alone in your decision, I find that listening to Toby Keith's "American Soldier" is a great way to alleviate that. Not that you need it anyways, but yeah....

[GermanFreak]

i was prior navy, navspecwar dept, seal team 3, and now i'm going into the army. Blue to green program, i'm training for the army special forces, i have some friends in Delta and would love to be apart of their team, so if all goes as planned i should have my delta patch and be in the sandbox in a bit over a year, plus going to the army i got a phat bonus, more than the navy would offer, and i don't have to swim my ass off as much anymore, the water was fun, but not that much fun lol i'm going in as 18X with airborn, should be fun :D
i thought about going ranger, which is actually what my recuiter told me i had to go, because prior service couldn't sign up for 18x, but they pulled some strings for me and now its contracted. rangers sounded fun, but to me it would be more of a side path to my goal, and now i can just pass it.

[GermanFreak]

oh and yea, as far as most spec ops guys look, they all look like norm dudes, not the huge body builder types the movies make them out to be. We do SOO much running its hard to stay big, plus i would have trouble carrying out a teammate that was wounded if he weighed 300lbs, ya know and you don't get a huge amount of calories to eat when your in the field to maintain all that muscle, hell i'm lucky to get one or two MRE's a day in the field lol Thats why you see more and more spec ops recruiters at triathalons and such. anyways gotta go guys, time to train

[KinesitionChirossage]

i was prior navy, navspecwar dept, seal team 3, and now i'm going into the army. Blue to green program, i'm training for the army special forces, i have some friends in Delta and would love to be apart of their team, so if all goes as planned i should have my delta patch and be in the sandbox in a bit over a year, plus going to the army i got a phat bonus, more than the navy would offer, and i don't have to swim my ass off as much anymore, the water was fun, but not that much fun lol i'm going in as 18X with airborn, should be fun :D
i thought about going ranger, which is actually what my recuiter told me i had to go, because prior service couldn't sign up for 18x, but they pulled some strings for me and now its contracted. rangers sounded fun, but to me it would be more of a side path to my goal, and now i can just pass it.

That sounds awesome man. Yeah Ranger school would be pretty fun and you would get some decent training whilst in Ranger school, "but that old gal, she ain't what she used to be!" It's kind of turned itself into a joke. Since enlistment is the lowest it has ever been per capita, the Army has drastically lowered their standards acrossed the board. Unfortunately their special operations training has also taken a major hit. I have a few friends that are tabbed Rangers and they said that it is and was absolutely nothing like they expected it to be. It is drastically different than how it was even in the '90s. Even with all I've said, being a tabbed Ranger still means you crawled through the depth of hell's shit and came out clean!

The beauty of putting on that green beret opens up so many doors for you, as far as schools are concerned. As long as your unit is not deployed, they could/may/would/probably not send to to Ranger School, Sapper School, Pathfinder, Air Assault, etc. I imagine all of that would be child's play if you have already earned your trident at some point in your life. I find it hard for anything in the world to compare to SEALS and Army's Delta. The group that I always hear of being as badass, if not moreso, are the Israeli special ops guys. I forget what they're called, but the handful of SEALS I know say that they're more hardcore than themselves! And that's sayin' an awful lot. Our dynamics are much different. We weren't born here in America with an M-16 in our hands unlike the poor Israeli people. Sorry for all the ranting. I just miss the military and good military conversation.

What all training do you have to go through? What do you have to get requaled on? I'm just curious, because SF was an option that I thought strongly of before I enlisted. Unless things have now changed, it used to be no-less-than a minimum of two years training. Three if your a delta, which is medical.

[6pakguy]

ranger school isnt that hard.not that much different from the same basic training any marine gets.ive worked with marine recon and they blow the seals and the rangers out of the water

[solomon1979]

ranger school isnt that hard.not that much different from the same basic training any marine gets.ive worked with marine recon and they blow the seals and the rangers out of the water

Kind of an inappropriate place for you opinion, don't you think?

[NightTrain]

Kind of an inappropriate place for you opinion, don't you think?

Agreed....... ;)

[6pakguy]

Kind of an inappropriate place for you opinion, don't you think?
i didnt mean any disrespect by it i was just saying

[llllern]

i didnt mean any disrespect by it i was just saying

GLAD TO HEAR YOU WERENT DISSING

[GermanFreak]

ranger school isnt that hard.not that much different from the same basic training any marine gets.ive worked with marine recon and they blow the seals and the rangers out of the water
i have no clue how, why or where you get the info to make a statement like this!
actually rangers is very different than marine basic. the training is longer and much harder than most think. they are considered a special force, and actually have a seat representitive in the special forces community, along with the navys seals and even the air force as a unit, the para rescuers, and the army has SF (green berets) and delta, but the marines have none. yes recon is hard core and yes there training is intense but they don't come close to seals man, sorry. their training is hard and selective, i should now, i'm friends with a couple of the units. I've trained with all types of special forces teams, even sas from over seas and we all respect each other, i have never heard of one saying to another that they're better...we're all better than that. the ones you hear fighting like kids, "my training was harder than yours" is the basic soldier, marine. trying to convince themselves in their own mind that their badass enough i guess. you've said you've trained with recon? were you one? or just worked out with one at a gym. each unit has they're strengths over others, but they ALL go to the same schools at one time or another. the most elite of the elite is devgru (seal team 6) and delta. even seals, recon, ranger, whatever respect those guys.
i know you didn't mean any disrespect, but ignorance pisses me off, sorry.
now, unless you, yourself have gone through marine, ranger, seals and recon training then i apologize for its "your personal opinion" but make sure its known that its an opinion and not a statement.

[solomon1979]

i have no clue how, why or where you get the info to make a statement like this!
actually rangers is very different than marine basic. the training is longer and much harder than most think. they are considered a special force, and actually have a seat representitive in the special forces community, along with the navys seals and even the air force as a unit, the para rescuers, and the army has SF (green berets) and delta, but the marines have none. yes recon is hard core and yes there training is intense but they don't come close to seals man, sorry. their training is hard and selective, i should now, i'm friends with a couple of the units. I've trained with all types of special forces teams, even sas from over seas and we all respect each other, i have never heard of one saying to another that they're better...we're all better than that. the ones you hear fighting like kids, "my training was harder than yours" is the basic soldier, marine. trying to convince themselves in their own mind that their badass enough i guess. you've said you've trained with recon? were you one? or just worked out with one at a gym. each unit has they're strengths over others, but they ALL go to the same schools at one time or another. the most elite of the elite is devgru (seal team 6) and delta. even seals, recon, ranger, whatever respect those guys.
i know you didn't mean any disrespect, but ignorance pisses me off, sorry.
now, unless you, yourself have gone through marine, ranger, seals and recon training then i apologize for its "your personal opinion" but make sure its known that its an opinion and not a statement.

I'm no longer in, but you pretty much said every single thing that I was feeling the other day. Its not until you actually go to war and have to deal with the other branches that you truly appreciate what they have to offer. That being said, the USMC has now become a member of SOCOM. They have a unit that is in its infancy as a member of special operations.

[6pakguy]

i have no clue how, why or where you get the info to make a statement like this!
actually rangers is very different than marine basic. the training is longer and much harder than most think. they are considered a special force, and actually have a seat representitive in the special forces community, along with the navys seals and even the air force as a unit, the para rescuers, and the army has SF (green berets) and delta, but the marines have none. yes recon is hard core and yes there training is intense but they don't come close to seals man, sorry. their training is hard and selective, i should now, i'm friends with a couple of the units. I've trained with all types of special forces teams, even sas from over seas and we all respect each other, i have never heard of one saying to another that they're better...we're all better than that. the ones you hear fighting like kids, "my training was harder than yours" is the basic soldier, marine. trying to convince themselves in their own mind that their badass enough i guess. you've said you've trained with recon? were you one? or just worked out with one at a gym. each unit has they're strengths over others, but they ALL go to the same schools at one time or another. the most elite of the elite is devgru (seal team 6) and delta. even seals, recon, ranger, whatever respect those guys.
i know you didn't mean any disrespect, but ignorance pisses me off, sorry.
now, unless you, yourself have gone through marine, ranger, seals and recon training then i apologize for its "your personal opinion" but make sure its known that its an opinion and not a statement.
all i ment is that the ranger training is very similar to our boot camp.i have a couple of friends of mine that went to ranger school they were in the 10th mountain division.i know that our physical fitness test is harder than theres.its actually one of if not the hardest one sin the armed forces.although i am proud to be a marine and of the high standards we uphold i am not"bashing"any other services.i have been in for awhile now done 2 tours to iraq and have had many oppurtunities to work with many different units.we're all on the same side brothers in arms nothing wrong with a little competition or trash tallking once in awhile it is to be expected.my last deployment i was attached to 3rd recon bn.although my mos is not recon i trained and pt'd with them everyday and went out on all the same missions they went on.alot of the guys i worked with are with MARSOC now the new marine corps spec ops command.

[NightTrain]

EASY boys....... cant we all get along????? hell ive been doing this for the last 17.5 years and i cant say i have ever been in a bind and asked anyone from the other branches for help and been denied....... remember we all BLEED RED............

[solomon1979]

EASY boys....... cant we all get along????? hell ive been doing this for the last 17.5 years and i cant say i have ever been in a bind and asked anyone from the other braches for help and been denied....... remember we all BLEED RED............

Lol, its easy to get into these kinds of arguements. We used to always fight the marines from Camp Lejeune in Myrtle Beach, S.C. during Spring Break. Everybody has to have the bigger penis:D :eek: :o . That being said, I respect everyone who continues or currently serves in any branch. Most will never know the sacrifice that you guys dish out for little recognition.

[NightTrain]

right, the bigger penis thing is always the case....... kinda like my daddy can kick your daddys a$$......... lol

[GymCandyKid]

Good luck man glad to hear your happy to serve again. Love you guys serving our country. best of luck to you and your mates.

[llllern]

good luck be safe

[MAD DOG]

Thank you and be safe will talk to u soon.