tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4032060694262260069..comments2024-03-28T08:07:03.254-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Patrol - MorningOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10549457184703522642020-09-20T06:47:07.231-07:002020-09-20T06:47:07.231-07:00The smoking lamp is lit.The smoking lamp is lit.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57956341482161876222020-09-19T23:33:42.420-07:002020-09-19T23:33:42.420-07:00Cigarettes, oh the wonder of them all. What comfor...<i>Cigarettes, oh the wonder of them all. What comfort. These guys smoking whilst running up a hill. Hands free smoking - an art form in and of itself. Paper sticking to your lips. Tearing the flesh when you try to remove it. I could go back to them in an instant if I didn't know how they stink.</i><br /><br />Smoke em if you got 'em, bum em if you don't! Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55775951221424307062020-09-19T17:58:11.126-07:002020-09-19T17:58:11.126-07:00This is my skeptical face...This is my skeptical face...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79551664784880411022020-09-19T16:31:53.522-07:002020-09-19T16:31:53.522-07:00(Don McCollor)...I think it was in "The Misfi...(Don McCollor)...I think it was in "The Misfit Brigade" (about a SS penal unit) where two of them are marching with one smoking a cigarette. On meeting an officer, the smoker flips it end for end into his mouth out of sight (no hands), salutes the officer, then flips it back out and resumes smoking...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81111979643143626312020-09-18T16:14:41.617-07:002020-09-18T16:14:41.617-07:00Good eye, John.
I shall endeavor to continue.Good eye, John.<br /><br />I shall endeavor to continue.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90344547850906143282020-09-18T14:48:19.152-07:002020-09-18T14:48:19.152-07:00Just noticed the lead guy has the M7 Grenade Launc...Just noticed the lead guy has the M7 Grenade Launcher installed on his M1 rifle.<br /><br />Good writing, keep it up.<br />John BlackshoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35881467151223348322020-09-18T11:04:53.185-07:002020-09-18T11:04:53.185-07:00My Great Uncle John (Gammell BTW) was wounded in t...My Great Uncle John (Gammell BTW) was wounded in the Huertgen. A very tough fight.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48080412633118156052020-09-18T11:03:36.634-07:002020-09-18T11:03:36.634-07:00Thanks!Thanks!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72701415737255149432020-09-18T10:49:42.364-07:002020-09-18T10:49:42.364-07:00Awesome post BTW :)
Awesome post BTW :)<br />MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-243869584579737472020-09-18T10:49:04.211-07:002020-09-18T10:49:04.211-07:00Hey AFSarge;
Aachen was Urban fighting, and ...Hey AFSarge;<br /><br /> Aachen was Urban fighting, and yes so was Hue, the South Vietnamese forbad us leveling the city because of the historical significance of the city so we had to take it back block by block so the NVA had spiderholes and ambush positions everywhere. 1st Infantry Division(My Division, Yes I'm proud to be associated :) but the Huertgen forest really tested the metal of the division. MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62459533379360342052020-09-18T10:23:24.674-07:002020-09-18T10:23:24.674-07:00Old school!Old school!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17092052674256277862020-09-18T10:22:27.422-07:002020-09-18T10:22:27.422-07:00I think you would have, we humans are pretty adapt...I think you would have, we humans are pretty adaptable.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17550243586306647532020-09-18T10:21:21.445-07:002020-09-18T10:21:21.445-07:00Cannon fire does carry. The guns at Waterloo could...Cannon fire does carry. The guns at Waterloo could be heard in Dover.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46581589869826033282020-09-18T10:18:47.836-07:002020-09-18T10:18:47.836-07:00Looking at the photo, I wonder if I’d have been a ...Looking at the photo, I wonder if I’d have been a decent grunt.<br />I liked what little autonomy I had in the Navy.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17651077748993524092020-09-18T10:01:09.626-07:002020-09-18T10:01:09.626-07:001st Infantry Division was heavily involved in Aach...1st Infantry Division was heavily involved in Aachen.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50860410271070648792020-09-18T09:55:46.837-07:002020-09-18T09:55:46.837-07:00Mail took awhile to catch up with picket and patro...Mail took awhile to catch up with picket and patrol ships in WestPac.<br />Then, when it did arrive, it took awhile for it to be sorted because postal clerk was a secondary duty. <br />About the only real advantage to operating with a carrier was regular mail deliveries.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-92086960078301604672020-09-18T09:53:06.173-07:002020-09-18T09:53:06.173-07:00@ Skip, +1. We could hear tham as well in Chico. C...@ Skip, +1. We could hear tham as well in Chico. Closer than Redding, but still, those low frequency sounds echo through the mountain valleys.RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21613695389044589062020-09-18T09:44:08.261-07:002020-09-18T09:44:08.261-07:00From the Redding, CA area, on many days, we could ...From the Redding, CA area, on many days, we could hear the detonation of old munitions in Herlong, east of Susanville, over the mountains, about 125 miles away.<br />(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64054346706441736812020-09-18T09:41:09.860-07:002020-09-18T09:41:09.860-07:00Glad you didn't do too much damage to Brandt&#...Glad you didn't do too much damage to Brandt's spine. Spinal cords are weird. One person will get a nick and lose all control past that point, another will take significant damage and recover, even to the extent of the nerve tissue growing back or rerouting signals. <br /><br />Hmm... pulling everyone back for mandatory training. Going to do a round of city-fighting? Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18352071614841633782020-09-18T09:38:50.139-07:002020-09-18T09:38:50.139-07:00All. It's been a very long time, but I remembe...All. It's been a very long time, but I remember that if you walked into the M & B division offices, (Main Propulsion and Boiler) the niches for mail were on your left as you came through the door. <br />Each main and auxiliary space had its own mail slot. <br />The mail Petty Officer would go to the ship's post office after mail call and get the bag of Engineering Department mail, and then the mail would be subdivided in the Engineering Logroom. <br />Mom told me if I wanted mail, I had to write mail, we both kept up our ends of the bargain.<br />The only time that the mail cycle went overlong was when we were orbiting Cyprus during the dustup.<br />That was also when I switched to black coffee because we ran out of sugar and creamer for the coffee messes. <br />When the messenger shakes you awake at 0315 to go on watch, you are going to drink coffee, and when the supply of sugar and creamer caught up with us, the coffee just seemed way too sweet. <br />Navy coffee is in a class of its own. <br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80377974992040701482020-09-18T09:38:10.013-07:002020-09-18T09:38:10.013-07:00Ah, Morgenthau... As that plan to make the fallen ...Ah, Morgenthau... As that plan to make the fallen be an agrarian society worked so well after the American Civil War, which damned the South into basically malnourishment until around the mid 30's and the introduction of fortified bread and the move away from cornmeal as the basic food staple.<br /><br />FDR (and Eleanor, can't forget her puppet-running of FDR in the later years) and his administration made a lot of mistakes in planning for the end of the war.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51931182502295086932020-09-18T09:33:45.929-07:002020-09-18T09:33:45.929-07:00One of the first things stolen or liberated off of...One of the first things stolen or liberated off of jeeps, even before they were issued (like straight out of the box) was... the lowly shovel. For some reason, we made darned good shovels back then. Though the pickaxe was also a popular tool to liberate in North Africa and Italy, not as popular in Northern Europe, I guess due to lotsa rocks in the first two locations and less rocks in the third.<br /><br />My first armor kit in the SCA used WWII type load bearing equipment. And, yes, cotton straps. Surprisingly strong and comfortable, and very well thought out. Not like US WWI equipment, which sucked to high heaven, as it was designed to only allow the front pockets to be accessed during battle, while the WWII stuff allowed all the pockets on the LBE to be accessed, and stuff to be relatively easily removed, and stuff in the backpack to be accessed.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75086777105714865692020-09-18T09:30:36.797-07:002020-09-18T09:30:36.797-07:00I remember lighting cigarettes from a glowing wire...I remember lighting cigarettes from a glowing wire in the control room because there was not enough O2 to support a flame from a match. The cigarettes tasted horrible. Once we put the pipe up and started snorkeling things improved. Old GunsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690195704568635237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69377692956599540882020-09-18T09:26:22.181-07:002020-09-18T09:26:22.181-07:00From where I am, if the wind conditions are right,...From where I am, if the wind conditions are right, you can hear the tanks firing at Camp Blanding. Sound is funny that way.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27234674055620573572020-09-18T09:09:13.845-07:002020-09-18T09:09:13.845-07:00I started smoking in the Air Force, while statione...I started smoking in the Air Force, while stationed on Okinawa, didn't quit until eight years ago. There were times on active duty when having a smoke really made things better, looking back on it, really crappy habit. Yes, and smelly too!<br /><br />Society has indeed changed, some parts for the better. Some parts...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com