The extremes of the armed services
10-28-2003, 10:19 PM
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The extremes of the armed services
A Navy S.E.A.L. is dropped behind enemy lines at midnight in foul weather and says " I love this ****! " An Army Ranger is penetrating an enemy stronghold and says " I need this ****! " A Marine is storming a beach head with fifty foot swells and says " I can't get enogh of this ****! " An Air Force Staff Sergant is sitting in his air conditioned office and when his cable t.v. goes out he says " What's up with this ****!? "
10-29-2003, 08:12 AM
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do you realize you just said combat weather.....when the marines have T.W.A.T (tactical weather assualt team)....and that is very true bc we were on an airforce base in kuwait b4 we went into iraq and let me tell you....if i would have joined the plush life i would have joined the air force
10-29-2003, 08:16 PM
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I actually am in the Air Force. I know full well about para rescue , combat control. What I do is just as dangerous though, I am a fuel systems mechanic on C-130 Hercules. Gotta have some guts and stupidity for that job.
10-29-2003, 08:35 PM
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A lot of AFSC's in the Air Force aren't as cushy to live up to the stereotype. Like EOD, SERE, any maintenance job is serious and has long hours, and they say security forces is a bitch and fuels.
The AF's spec ops ain't ****? huh? You give props to Pararescue but not to Combat Control? The pipeline for the two are almost identical, just substitute the Paramedic courses for ATC. What the hell is the difference? :confused
And I tend to believe that Combat Weather is elite in itself, they provide a vital role to Army Airborne units. We have a small weather flight with Combat Weather assigned at our ANG unit in Pittsburgh.
I'm joining just for Pararescue, and it is harder to get into than the Marines, believe me, I have been the other route.
The AF's spec ops ain't ****? huh? You give props to Pararescue but not to Combat Control? The pipeline for the two are almost identical, just substitute the Paramedic courses for ATC. What the hell is the difference? :confused
And I tend to believe that Combat Weather is elite in itself, they provide a vital role to Army Airborne units. We have a small weather flight with Combat Weather assigned at our ANG unit in Pittsburgh.
I'm joining just for Pararescue, and it is harder to get into than the Marines, believe me, I have been the other route.
10-29-2003, 09:57 PM
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I think that all the branches of the military get props for being dumb enough to sign up. ( like me ) My AFSC in every branch just about does the samething. Except for Marines. For some reason their ARFF truck has a hatch to shoot out of. Firefighters know what I'm talking about. By the way I'm Air Force too.
10-30-2003, 12:11 AM
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I guess a button and a switch for a roof turrett on a P-19 is too complicated for the USMC. I know what you are talking about bones, was in tech school with some marines and well I had to teach these guys everything. these guys were full of rocks. But hey I give them props for doing what they do besides the fire fighting.
10-30-2003, 07:08 AM
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Hey Pal! I spent 10 months in 29 Palms studying circuitry and signal flow for the TRC-170 radio. Let’s see you troubleshoot a fault in a radio you have to climb into to service. And for "full of rocks", you can fu*k off, I bet my GT and EL scores blow your line scores out of the water! I bet $100 your scores barely reach 100 vs. my 130s. I'm sick of the Marine Corps getting trashed on for being dumb. EVERY service has their members that barely pass the ASVAB, and EVERY service has their geniuses at the same time. You disgust me for your generalizing of an entire branch of service. You know nothing of the Marine Corps, and until you do some research on something you plan on bashing, shut the fu*k up.
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10-30-2003, 07:44 AM
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all i have to say is that the air force 'aint ****'....i have worked with eod in iraq (army, marines, air force)..i also have worked with rangers, delta force, seals and para rescue...and we blow all those elite crews out the water in the marine corps with recon!
as for the dumba$$ that is talking about weather...well let me tell you right now its over cast...amazing if you look at the sky you can tell the weather. they aint **** bc there title says combat weather.
do you realize that all the services cross train there elite crews but that i have rarelly seen any thing but marines on a mrine base for sotg training!!! (spec ops training group)
as for the dumba$$ that is talking about weather...well let me tell you right now its over cast...amazing if you look at the sky you can tell the weather. they aint **** bc there title says combat weather.
do you realize that all the services cross train there elite crews but that i have rarelly seen any thing but marines on a mrine base for sotg training!!! (spec ops training group)
11-01-2003, 05:27 PM
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I worked alot of joint missions when I was in Air Force Combat Comms. The way I look at it is, we were all in a shithole location, we all wore BDU's , wore Kevlar helmets and vests, same shitty chow. Only difference I saw was that I had strips on my sleeves instead of on my collar. And believe it or not, we all got along well. None of that We are smarter, or are living better bullshit.
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