Random thought of the moment.

[CharlieRanger1FFV]

Slowpoke, we did almost the same thing. They were trying to bribe us to bring back live prisoners. We hit this NVA payroll officer & his gaurds in the bush north of Tuy Hoa. Blew the gaurds away & medivaced the officer back to the rear area to get patched up. Got a three day pass for this action, spent the next 6 days outside of Cam Ranh Bay in a cat house. When we got back, the Plt Sgt wanted to bust us for being AWOL & sent us to see the old man for charges. We went to the TOC & were sitting in front of Top's desk waiting to see the old man. Something big was going on at the TOC, officers were walking in & out of the old man's office. Then he walk out like had something important to do, right passed us. We looked at top & said what do you want us to do? Top said the Maj will call for you when he needs you, just go back to the Plt area. When we got back the Plt Sgt ask us if we saw the old man & we said yes sgt, we saw him ( we saw him walk right by us . . . hehehe). He said well what did he do, we said nothing! We could see the smoke coming out of his ears at this point. He then just turned around & stomped off.

Six days in a cat house, of which three days were AWOL & nothing happened . . . .hehehehhe
One couldn't do that in todays Army, too much spit & polish, we would go to jail for sure for the stuff we use to pull.

RLTW!!!

[IEDmagnet]

I have a friend in the 25 ID- Wolfhounds who was at Camp Striker and Liberty. Every time he IM'd me he was eating freaking Taco Bell or Burger King followed by Baskin Robbins. And you guys are picking on the zoomies? Sheesh.

I was in Iraq in '05, we got a Burger King on Striker right before the "Screaming Chickens" replaced us. Over on Liberty there was a shopping area with all kinds of crap on it. The zoomie post had the best selection though. I think it was Slayer that had KFC. I remember after a long mission my platoon leader sent a squad over to KFC, bought three or four buckets of chicken and the sides. They brought it back to the platoon area and it disappeared in a matter of minutes. One of my fondest memories. That was (for many reasons) one of the best Plt Leaders I ever had. He's got a company now...if the Army is smart he'll climb to the top. Good ole' "Gunslinger 6" (our call sign for him-not his real one).

Oh yeah, I love the Zoomies, someone had to give me a ride there.

[Ranger Ron]

Six days in a cat house, of which three days were AWOL & nothing happened . . . .hehehehhe
One couldn't do that in todays Army, too much spit & polish, we would go to jail for sure for the stuff we use to pull.

RLTW!!!

If I had been lucky enough to spend 6 days in a cat house I sure as hell would have done something!!!!

[merlyn]

Slowpoke, we did almost the same thing. They were trying to bribe us to bring back live prisoners. We hit this NVA payroll officer & his gaurds in the bush north of Tuy Hoa. Blew the gaurds away & medivaced the officer back to the rear area to get patched up. Got a three day pass for this action, spent the next 6 days outside of Cam Ranh Bay in a cat house. When we got back, the Plt Sgt wanted to bust us for being AWOL & sent us to see the old man for charges. We went to the TOC & were sitting in front of Top's desk waiting to see the old man. Something big was going on at the TOC, officers were walking in & out of the old man's office. Then he walk out like had something important to do, right passed us. We looked at top & said what do you want us to do? Top said the Maj will call for you when he needs you, just go back to the Plt area. When we got back the Plt Sgt ask us if we saw the old man & we said yes sgt, we saw him ( we saw him walk right by us . . . hehehe). He said well what did he do, we said nothing! We could see the smoke coming out of his ears at this point. He then just turned around & stomped off.

Six days in a cat house, of which three days were AWOL & nothing happened . . . .hehehehhe
One couldn't do that in todays Army, too much spit & polish, we would go to jail for sure for the stuff we use to pull.

RLTW!!!

Reminds me of the time we borrowed the Colonel's jeep (just like Hawkeye) and went to fill an 80proof request list for the other officers.
On our way back to camp, the MPs were waiting for us. We passed them on the road, and the chase was on. I said to my buddy, Brian
Casserelli, watch this....that is when I turned off the lights and headed for the wood line. The MPs looked for us with their searchlight
for a while, but our cover and concealment was good. When we got back to camp, Top was waiting for us. We got a very thorough
cussing, then he asked us if we got his order. Needless to say, the Colonel was already half in the bag and was just happy to receive
his much awaited order. We liked the old man, in fact we kept a bottle of Jack in the TMC just for him. He would occasionally stop by and reagale us with a war story or two.You are right....you just can't have fun like that anymore.

[C-MAC]

I have a friend in the 25 ID- Wolfhounds who was at Camp Striker and Liberty. Every time he IM'd me he was eating freaking Taco Bell or Burger King followed by Baskin Robbins. And you guys are picking on the zoomies? Sheesh.

I was in Iraq in '05, we got a Burger King on Striker right before the "Screaming Chickens" replaced us. Over on Liberty there was a shopping area with all kinds of crap on it. The zoomie post had the best selection though. I think it was Slayer that had KFC. I remember after a long mission my platoon leader sent a squad over to KFC, bought three or four buckets of chicken and the sides. They brought it back to the platoon area and it disappeared in a matter of minutes. One of my fondest memories. That was (for many reasons) one of the best Plt Leaders I ever had. He's got a company now...if the Army is smart he'll climb to the top. Good ole' "Gunslinger 6" (our call sign for him-not his real one).

Oh yeah, I love the Zoomies, someone had to give me a ride there.

Dude you were in the VBC before it became vogue and the natives were still restless. I had a family member that just left the 3 ID and his brothers had a tough time during that stretch. I am surprised they even had a KFC at that point.

Nice of the Screaming Chickens to come in and mop up at that point.

Oh and my old friends in the USAF called. They want to know who to send the KFC bill to.

[IEDmagnet]

Dude you were in the VBC before it became vogue and the natives were still restless. I had a family member that just left the 3 ID and his brothers had a tough time during that stretch. I am surprised they even had a KFC at that point.

Nice of the Screaming Chickens to come in and mop up at that point.

Oh and my old friends in the USAF called. They want to know who to send the KFC bill to.

Yeah, Striker was still tents and etc when I was there. The hard shelters (once again) came with the 101. I was in the 48th BCT in '05, but our MACOM was 3ID (so a broken TV is what we got on our right sides after Iraq).

As for the bill, uh... send it to a guy named Barrack on Pennsylvania Ave in the DC area. Maybe he'll throw some stimulus on it.

[C-MAC]

Dude you were in the VBC before it became vogue and the natives were still restless. I had a family member that just left the 3 ID and his brothers had a tough time during that stretch. I am surprised they even had a KFC at that point.

Nice of the Screaming Chickens to come in and mop up at that point.

Oh and my old friends in the USAF called. They want to know who to send the KFC bill to.

Yeah, Striker was still tents and etc when I was there. The hard shelters (once again) came with the 101. I was in the 48th BCT in '05, but our MACOM was 3ID (so a broken TV is what we got on our right sides after Iraq).

As for the bill, uh... send it to a guy named Barrack on Pennsylvania Ave in the DC area. Maybe he'll throw some stimulus on it.

Chickens built the coop? That was awful nice of them.

Oh, and there is no way I am sending the bill to that guy. Everybody knows he's a deadbeat and credit risk.

[IEDmagnet]

Oh, and there is no way I am sending the bill to that guy. Everybody knows he's a deadbeat and credit risk.

Classic

[merlyn]

Emotions of the moment:
:o :? :( :? :) :D
Get over it....life is good.

[Slowpoke]

Why is it that our children can't read a Bible in school, but they can in prison?

[mortar_guy78]

I pay an arm and a leg for Catholic school just so my kids can read the Bible there. I'm not Catholic (I'm Eastern Orthodox) but I like the fact that my son learns about religion every day, not just Sunday.

[IEDmagnet]

...but I like the fact that my son learns about religion every day, not just Sunday.

x2 (but mine hears it from their mom)

[mortar_guy78]

To express myself further, I don't think that prayer or religion should be compulsory, but the fact that kids are expressly forbidden to express their religious convictions in a public school is a bunch of crap. What the hell does restricting my rights have to do with preserving them? Seems like an oxymoron to me.

[merlyn]

To express myself further, I don't think that prayer or religion should be compulsory, but the fact that kids are expressly forbidden to express their religious convictions in a public school is a bunch of crap. What the hell does restricting my rights have to do with preserving them? Seems like an oxymoron to me.

There is a young woman in our church, who has actually been denied her hard earned degree because of her stand (and testimony) for her belief in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. We stand against dark powers and principalities that are far beyond our mortal comprehensions. This presence
of such powers has been on this earth, since before the creation of man. They have always influenced and effected the nature of man, thus, we
come to present day and your questions of why. The forbidence of religious expresion in schools, the restrictions of prayer and Bible reading (wheather by one or colectively) in schools and your question of why can a Bible be read in prison but not in school are all the products of man's
perception of the world around him as dictated by society.
When I was in college, I was an active member of Campus Crusade for Christ's Athletes in Action. I wrote an article for our school paper (The
Colligian) in which I shared my testimony. This article was responded to by a PhD in the history department. He scolded me for my ignorance of
man's futility to be in the image of God. His comment was that all this has achieved is war after war in the nane of all that is right and holy.
This was 36 years ago, and I believe that the years have leant credence to his comments. I continue to see society more and more turning
it's back on what is right and holy.
I appologize if I appear to be pointlessly rambling on. Reading your post just sparked this feeling in me. I will close this post by saying that
religion is man's attempt to reach God, and theology is God's attempt to reach man. Take care, Rangers.