PowderRiverCowboy

I had to correct a civilian on IG that said the US Military would protect him from the Government as we swore to do so . Not one place in the Oath of Enlistment does State "Protect the Citizens of the United States " as most already know it does state " Against ALL enemies Foreign and domestic "

Company we hire from trucking , Had tickets for the Local Hockey game (they suck the last couple years but Hey ) So veterans day In a Air Farce town took my Girls and you know that Bear meme of looking then looking away ? Well that was them looking at me last night when they announced their "Heros" one was a Airman First Class her big accomplishment was She was airman of the Qtr and the other had "deployments to Qatar and Kuwait LOL and one to Iraq well Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan Didnt even have to carry weapons > I was 13 months into a 15 month deployment Tal Afar / Mosul /Sinjar nasty area and finally taking R&R (back To Germany ) You get the dont drink on plane safety brief in Kuwait and well Going to Germany to fly out of Kuwait International Airport they drop you off in Civvies and tell you blend in Umm okay about that I am White and in Jeans and these Kuwaitis Go shopping at they Mall Airport at 10pm at night in pressed white man dresses with their family dont think I will fit in waiting 5-6 hours Anyway back to the Flight was on a Lufthansa (great airline ) Beer and wine rolling down the aisle before the wheels are up . I look at my XO he grabs a couple beers , I was across from some Air Force chick e-5 and when I ordered 2 beers , she was like hey "safety brief " said no drinking and so on I need you name rank Unit ect so when I get to my next duty station in Qatar I can report you .LOL Okay buttercup let me know how that works out for you . My Xo overheard her and was Shut the hell up I am His XO (He's in full beard no hair cut in months ) and He just spent over a year in the (at the time ) nastiest part of Iraq there is kicking doors and clicking triggers If he wants 20 beers he can damn well have them and you mind your own business . She was pretty quiet the rest of the flight

The stumps is Kind of a love hate type relationship , After Beirut , HQMC decided that many of us needed to be split up They sent me a hog to none other than MCAS El Toro for 2 years I loved going there it got me out of alot of the BS games of details because of well not much need for a hog on a air base LOL . For those Not knowing what a hog is well its a school trained 8541 , Pigs are unit trained to fill a spot

Its Not there but then again neither is the old PX

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Please Excuse Our Aussie friends they have always been just a touch different

I am one of those that never knows how to answer that "Thanks for your Service " mainly I feel so many feel like they have to say It , I did my job , and I dont feel like I did anything special. I do miss the nights after a mission all BS'ing about whatever and the training . Wasnt a better thing than taking a basic group and working with them for a week in tactics of CQC and shoot house going from crawling and saying bang bang and explaining their reasoning to full speed live fire shoot houses .

That time of year of Thank me for my service , but lets cancel The most Important Drinking fest of the Year The Marine Corps Birthday Ball Has been canceled due to upcoming "operational demands "