Memories

[atilla]

Last week I found one of my Brothers I served with in Korea in '88-'89. Talked to him for a bit. It was great talking about the crazy shit we did over there. My buddy was our company FO RTO, crazy little Hawaiian named Pena. I've been thinking alot about those days, some of the finest days of my life. The days pass, but the bond of Brotherhood does not fade. I'm on a mission now to find the rest of the guys from the 1/5 inf, Camp Howze, Korea..'88-'89. My Bro sent me our yearbook the company put out when we were there..damn..almost 30 yrs ago. You never forget the crazy f*ckers you served with. So, I have a bottle of 100 proof vodka, and a bag of mmj, my yearbook, and I'm going to drink and smoke to my Bros..Hooah!"WILD BUNCH".

 

[atilla]

Damn..25 years has flown by..happiest and saddest time of my life. 101st RAKKASAN! A pic of me from Basic and a couple when I came home from the sandbox..1985 basic, 1991 just off the bus coming home...love those chocolate chip bdu's..lol.

 

[vikingr24]

Couple years back I saw two guys that looked to be SF. You can't tell much from a distance these days. But I recognized them when they both shook hands and started to Indian wrestle who could get the other guys hand to the crotch. We used to do that all the time. I knew a lot them since I went to Ranger school with them.

When I saw those two crotch grabbin', I just went to a quiet place and cried like a baby. I remember when that "tradition" started. Afterwards we would give it a thumbs up and say "The Ranger" in admiration of the Great Ranger in The Sky, whoever that was. Now that there are female Rangers, that tradition could be a lot more fun. Hehe

 

[atilla]

View attachment 3599 View attachment 3599 A few minutes before my squads first patrol on the DMZ, Korea 1988.

 

[atilla]

 

[Sarg]

Sometimes, I wish I could just turn off my mind. Flip the switch. Off button.

I was shooting my mouth off on Facebook and typed out a response to one of the posts. It was a deep dark thing, I had successfully parked off on an side street and outta sight, outta mind. It was disgusting. I just sat and stared at it. Not only had it taken up residence in my frontal lobe, I had admitted a horror that I'm sure turned off a bunch of folks I'd rather be friendly with.

This shit is memory foam.

Sarg

 

[atilla]

I am on FB, but almost all my friends are either currently serving in the military, or are veterans, most with ptsd. Sometimes it gets too much to handle. I have to back off a bit sometimes, stay off for a couple of days. Brothers get it Sarge, so whatever it was, if it turns people off, I wouldn't let it eat at you. Easier said than done, I know. If I don't offend someone every day with my opinions, somebody should take my pulse and verify I'm alive.

 

[Sarg]

That was the only redeeming value in alcohol. When you drank heavily, you forgot. Now I don't drink that much anymore. The shit rises to the surface like shit always does. Luckily, I've a good therapist. She sorts this stuff out.

Sarg

 

[Friday]

Oh those BCGs! :D LMAO. f*ck I love contacts. Especially in the field.

Loving these pics here, man.

 

[Kaishi]

Sarg, I tend to treat it if I can't share even the shade of dark, them suckers ain't worth my time, because this is shit I've lived, I can't magic amputate part of me that made so much of who & what I am, today. So they better learn to deal.

Atilla, so cool pics and deeply honored you're sharing with us, man.
And I love your expression. Pure cute & mischief & badass.

 

[atilla]

Spec. 4 Mafia. 2/187 inf. 1990. Saudi Arabia, before the ground war.

 

[Sarg]

There are rumblings of "delayed onset". I used to think it was a bullshit way of going after a compensation claim. I'm beginning to give it more serious thought. Things that I had packed away long ago, gaining legs again. If it was one memory, a faded feeling, thought long forgotten, it would be bearable. And completely doable, I've been at it for what, forty years?

No, it's coming back in groups and clumps. Bam, bam, bam, "Why am I dredging this up", I ask.

I did group therapy today and it has me thinking in circles.

No brass ring.

Sarg