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[tho9900]

Medic here as well... green side with the Marines my tours.. I am old so Lebanon and Kurdish territory on the Iraq border, and ya if you wanna talk for real I think the forum is called "Members Only" the spiders cant crawl that... (google, yahoo etc has "spiders" that index known webpages at night, unless you physically exclude them in a script file like that particular forum)

 

[abnvet]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Need an Oasis]

Medic here also, welcome!

 

[Sarg]

Welcome, Josiah! After a while, you don't give a rat's ass who is watching/listening to our convos. They don't matter, they don't have a clue and there ain't a damn thing to worry yourself about.

All I know about artillery is that I damn near had a heart attack at An Khe when they set off their 155mm. Trust me, diving to the floor of a C-130 with a 463L rail system on the floor is not the least painful thing I've ever done.

If you are so concerned about security, post in the closed forum as suggested. Hell, I've got the NSA, the DHS and god knows what other "security agency" watching my ass, on their list dontchaknow. At my age, my state of health and my state of mindlessness, I must be some kind of suspected terrorist! Sarcasim.

Sarg

 

[Barberian]

Welcome! Feel free to just hang out or share as much as your comfortable with.

As others have said.... I don't give a shit anymore either who reads these posts. It's not like I'll bump into them at Wal Mart. And I've said my piece and will again about Mr. Bush Jr. and his company of fools. I'm sure I've landed on a few lists as well. It's not like I can qualify for a security clearance again, being 9/10's crazy far too often and 10/10ths crazy once in a while.

My wife still loves me and that's all that matters. I have a quote on the Bio on one of my game characters - "Once you've gone crazy you discover that everything that matters... doesn't.

 

[Tim Cake]

My TSC documents were used as bird cage liner after my retirement. The Federal Govt can kiss my ruby red ringpiece...

 

[Sarg]

I didn't want the damn secret clearance. I didn't want to know any "secrets". I kept thinking that if I ever got captured, I wouldn't have a damn thing to tell them! And they kept sending me to nuke school (loading, transit, unloading) and they sent me to the starlight scope briefing. I kept saying, I don't wanna know. HA! A few months after they sent us to the scope school, the Popular Mechanics did a complete story on it, how it worked, dimension, optics, everything.

And I had been sweating this damn secret for months.

Sarg

 

[Tim Cake]

You are required to get a TSC when you receive your commission. It is now a BIG BLOODY DEAL.... PHOOEY!

 

[Barberian]

I've been thinking about my post above. I'm sure everyone is aware the comment about not caring was targeted to outsiders, not fellow members of the forum. Just wanted to be clear and not offend anyone here.

 

[Tim Cake]

No offense taken!

 

[Sludge]

Welcome to the only port in the storm where you can work through things with like-minded folks! I was a squid, but you hole-patchers saved my ass a few times. My advice, jump on in and get a feel for the place. The water is just fine.

 

[TankerMedic]

Thank you, guys. I really appreciate it. I just got to Walter Reed. I report in tomorrow morning and start my in-processing. and I guess I am supposed to start mental health in a few weeks.