Military Roll Call! Veterans, GTFIH!

[My Spot]

"Essential" personnel hard at work. Good to see some things never change.

 

[San Marino]

General Stanley McChrystal. At 55, the man ate 1 meal a day, slept for 4 hours, and ran 7 miles every morning. Ranger and Special Forces qualified. Sacked by a Rolling Stone magazine article...

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Then the author of that article got “sacked” as well. RIP

 

[San Marino]

Then the author of that article got “sacked” as well. RIP

Michael Hastings was killed in a car accident in 2013 at the age of 33. This was the book that he wrote:

 

[heavyarms21]

In two weeks I get to run around Recuit Training with my Mortal Combat Mask.

 

[SwampThing]

Yup! 1987 to 2011 for me.

Cool. I was at RAF Lakenheath for most of it, then Ellsworth

 

[My Spot]

In two weeks I get to run around Recuit Training with my Mortal Combat Mask.

Are haircuts being enforced right now?

 

[Mike Hagger]

General Stanley McChrystal. At 55, the man ate 1 meal a day, slept for 4 hours, and ran 7 miles every morning. Ranger and Special Forces qualified. Sacked by a Rolling Stone magazine article...

Stan the Man was his moniker, I liked his standpoint. He lost his opportunity to make any difference by speaking so candidly to a fucking reporter. I struggle with whether that was a purposeful decision or if he was convinced that was a conversation that was “off the record.”

In the end Afghanistan was a complete junk show, probably didn’t matter who was in charge, politically there was a) lack of understanding b) lack of support for a c) agreed upon end state.

For certain large books is what it’ll take the unravel how we screwed up that war so badly, then there might be a longer one written for Iraq...

 

[heavyarms21]

Are haircuts being enforced right now?

On PI yes Barber shops are still Open.

Also look on Twitter The Sec Def and the Chairman of the Jointsl Chiefs of Staff had an argument about Haircuts , Hilarious.

 

[Stoic1]

Everyone looking like they just outta basic. Clippers and a #1. Fuck it. Let's roll.

 

[San Marino]

Stan the Man was his moniker, I liked his standpoint. He lost his opportunity to make any difference by speaking so candidly to a fucking reporter. I struggle with whether that was a purposeful decision or if he was convinced that was a conversation that was “off the record.”

I'm surprised McChrystal has no CIB. He commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, from 1994 to 1996. I guess he just missed his window of assignment to an Infantry unit during wartime. Still, odd for a Ranger and Special Forces qualified 4 star General. He does have his EIB which is harder to get. You have to work for that one...

 

[My Spot]

I'm surprised McChrystal has no CIB. He commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, from 1994 to 1996. I guess he just missed his window of assignment to an Infantry unit during wartime. Still, odd for a Ranger and Special Forces qualified 4 star General. He does have his EIB which is harder to get. You have to work for that one...

I guess he was already an O7 when 9/11 happened.

 

[San Marino]

I guess he was already an O7 when 9/11 happened.

He could have gotten the CIB in Grenada, Panama, or the Persian Gulf War.

McChrystal's dates of rank:
2LT: June 2, 1976
1LT: June 3, 1978
CPT: August 1, 1980
MAJ: July 1, 1987
LTC: September 1, 1992
COL: September 1, 1996
BG: January 1, 2001
MG: May 1, 2003
LTG: February 16, 2006
GEN: June 15, 2009

 

[heavyarms21]

DOD is authorizing we can go Past 60 days of leave saved up , up to 120 due to the Corona Virus halting travel for people wanting to go on leave.

 

[San Marino]

Hey @Strychnine, you should check this movie out on Amazon. "The Last Full Measure", 2019.

A true story and great cast. I had no idea U.S. Air Force PJs were involved with the rescue of U.S. Army soldiers in the field during the Vietnam war. This guy volunteered to be inserted into a rifle Platoon/Company to help out with the wounded during a firefight with the Viet Cong. The Platoon's medic had been wounded and evacuated. A great Airman and human being...

Airman First Class William H. Pitsenbarger

"The true story of William Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescueman who personally saved over sixty men. During a rescue mission on April 11, 1966, Pitts (as he was called) willingly chose to leave the relative safety of the rescue chopper to aid people on the ground when he saw how bad the situation below was. When others in his team declined to go, he put himself at risk to do more to help his fellow Americans. After saving many already, he was ordered to take the chance to escape on the last helicopter out of a combat zone heavily under fire, but he stayed behind to save and defend the lives of soldiers of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, before making the ultimate sacrifice in one of the bloodiest battles of the war."

 

[Bunk Moreland]

He was awarded the Medal of Honor for that.

 

[Strychnine]

Oh yeah!

Pitsenbarger and A1C Levitow are required knowledge when it comes to USAF PME. There is even the Airman Levitow award for the top performer in Airman Leadership School.

 

[SwampThing]

Oh yeah!

Pitsenbarger and A1C Levitow are required knowledge when it comes to USAF PME. There is even the Airman Levitow award for the top performer in Airman Leadership School.

I did not win those

 

[Strychnine]

I did not win those

Me neither...

 

[Mike Hagger]

He could have gotten the CIB in Grenada, Panama, or the Persian Gulf War.

McChrystal's dates of rank:
2LT: June 2, 1976
1LT: June 3, 1978
CPT: August 1, 1980
MAJ: July 1, 1987
LTC: September 1, 1992
COL: September 1, 1996
BG: January 1, 2001
MG: May 1, 2003
LTG: February 16, 2006
GEN: June 15, 2009

I always say everyone sits at the table and gets a hand dealt, sometimes you’re on the LZ that is in contact for 12 hours and sometimes you beebop in the streets, and walk with your hands up hoping to draw contact lol... I ended up with my CIB on my first mission, I learned that if the round hisses or zings it’s close is bullshit, even 15ft over your head in a pit holding up targets you hear those noises, however when the dirt next to you slaps you in the arm while you’re prone... that’s goddamn close.

The shortness of Grenada, panama, and the gulf war, also Mogadishu, meant CIBs missed an entire generation of soldiers.

You ought to see the new guys now big slabs of velcro real estate with no patch. Soon there’s to be a shortage of CIBs.

I think some envious soldiers will eventually grow tired of that big worthless piece of Velcro and no combat patch. They’ll probably make a new uniform sans Velcro.