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centermass181
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wheres this railhead? looks Baumholder-eyLoading up to go to REFORGER... I think
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centermass181
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Good luck, Witchdoctor.
Celtic 3-7 (ret)
Does it look it?
You may understand guys getting rocketed & shot at on a regular basis developed quirky 'luck'. Well my 'luck' was my boots until my luck ran out during Tet. But I see where your going with this Sir...
Now look at my ammo box in the picture, all belted tracers
more surprised you didn't comment on that. Love ya papHaha, no it doesn’t look it. But I wasn’t sure if you did it like once a month or two or something.Does it look it?
You may understand guys getting rocketed & shot at on a regular basis developed quirky 'luck'. Well my 'luck' was my boots until my luck ran out during Tet. But I see where your going with this Sir...
Couldn’t see that on my phone, but very nice.Now look at my ammo box in the picture, all belted tracers
On my gun truck I just ran the regular tracer interval. We did delink and go with 100% tracers for some 4th of July celebrations… until we set a nearby palm grove on fire.
But yeah, you get back to the patrol base/outpost and it’s always weapons maintenance and getting your kit ready for the next patrol/attack. … then you rest, and joke around until you do it all again hours later. I’m glad we were far from the flag pole and I never had to worry about the anger from Sergeants Major with too much time on their hands.
In the MP's VN spit-shine everyday, went to Army Aviation never polished after I survived a 8/7/67 'cluster-F', see front page on NY Times, Hi Mom
Of course, we ran regular tracer 4/1 M-60 load out. But all tracers could light up some very flammable hooches in a mission into Iron Triangle 'free fire' zone. Yes it was legal at the time
![[cheers]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/018.gif "Cheers [cheers]")
I haven't been in, or under, an aircraft that had its doors open, or off, in over 20 years. I miss it so.
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About 20 years for me also. The Huey pilots used to take us for rides a couple times a week down the cape. Doors open in the summer, flying over all the beaches waving to the ladies in bikinis. Good times.
NHKevin
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What is that? A 53?
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I thought the same answer only instead of a 53 I thought it couldn’t be a 47 as there is not enough hydraulic fluid in the pic.Not enough hydraulic oil on the ramp to be a '53.
That joke works for just about every military aircraft.I thought the same answer only instead of a 53 I thought it couldn’t be a 47 as there is not enough hydraulic fluid in the pic.
In a '53 you can see the tail boom and skid from the ramp.
Parachute jump in the Sierras, July 1997; the DZ was at 6700'.
I was the #1 jumper in the second stick and was able to snap a quick photo before we came around for the second pass.
Ramp jumps from the '53 (and the '46) could suck real bad as the static line cable was rigged to the floor, which put the deployment bags right in your face during exit.
This problem was exacerbated if jumpers didn't walk straight off the ramp, but instead "drifted" to their left in an effort to avoid the flapping deployment bags.
This made the deployment bag situation even worse for the jumper behind them and was compounded as more and more jumpers drifted.
Good times!
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