tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post7711771757054508437..comments2024-03-29T05:28:17.263-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Vive l'ArméeOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75610358031775786152013-06-21T04:17:19.743-07:002013-06-21T04:17:19.743-07:00Now that's a post I look forward to!Now that's a post I look forward to!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67113372509724353702013-06-20T22:22:13.110-07:002013-06-20T22:22:13.110-07:00I'll have to write my experience once I am bac...I'll have to write my experience once I am back on my computer. On first ship the Air Boss was a LCDR with dozens of medals and he hated the Army. He was an Army helo pilot kicked to the curb after the war because he was not a college grad. I started air then went navy after I was told no flying for me at all. I enjoyed what I did in the navy. Interesting stories about HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4022699782030644822013-06-20T14:36:42.882-07:002013-06-20T14:36:42.882-07:00I am a special kind of moron!
Oh, and thanks Greg...I <b>am</b> a special kind of moron!<br /><br />Oh, and thanks Greg. I'm blushing over here.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70404384184900309932013-06-20T13:31:04.969-07:002013-06-20T13:31:04.969-07:00"Now look here son, I can get any moron into ..."Now look here son, I can get any moron into Armor" ....geez didnt that recruiter know you were a special kind of moron?... anyway I was not in the least surprised that you had been in the service for 20+ years (even though I hadnt seen you nor talked to 35 years. Anyone that knew you growing up would have assumed that. The Air Force was well blessed to have you and so was our country, thanksGreg Peaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983526350040615801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4927027755922290042013-06-20T07:31:08.728-07:002013-06-20T07:31:08.728-07:00Seems to me ya done good Buck.
As good NCOs we ra...Seems to me ya done good Buck.<br /><br />As good NCOs we raised our kids in such a way that they would be good officers.<br /><br />Things turned out the way they were meant to.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2276308464428906362013-06-20T07:00:42.651-07:002013-06-20T07:00:42.651-07:00I never gave any other service a thought. Not one...I never gave any other service a thought. Not one. I wanted to be Steve Frickin' CANYON. Or my father. I didn't come close to either one.<br /><br />Oh, well. Things turned out OK, considerin'. <b>;-)</b>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46523308744952275952013-06-20T04:19:50.707-07:002013-06-20T04:19:50.707-07:00Ah, close order drill. I loved it. Both in ROTC an...Ah, close order drill. I loved it. Both in ROTC and in the Air Force.<br /><br />Life on a carrier is preferable to life in an infantry platoon. No mud for one thing. <b>That</b> I have experienced. But that's another story for another day.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38116769748724825762013-06-20T04:17:51.137-07:002013-06-20T04:17:51.137-07:00Different strokes like they say.
Looking back at ...Different strokes like they say.<br /><br />Looking back at things, I'm not sure why I never even looked at the Navy. Probably because of the heavy Army influence in the family and both of my male cousins (older than me) had been in the Air Force. I knew no sailors back then. Now my whole family are sailors.<br /><br />Go figure.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35921952431885759622013-06-19T22:31:08.968-07:002013-06-19T22:31:08.968-07:00Dad would bring C and K rats home for me to take o...Dad would bring C and K rats home for me to take on Boy Scout camp outs.<br />The Troop I was in had all WW2 and Korea Vets for Scoutmasters. We were run like an infantry platoon. We did close order in the street along side Messiah Lutheran Church, circa 1965-1966.<br />Could have been a trigger for me to go to sea. Three hots per day plus midrats aboard a Bird Farm.Glenn Mark Casselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21311288547078634452013-06-19T19:45:52.709-07:002013-06-19T19:45:52.709-07:00I chose the Navy, but my brother, with a wife and ...I chose the Navy, but my brother, with a wife and baby on the way, decided on the Army. He thought that with a family, an Army life would offer him a bit more time at home, back in garrison. Little did he know that they'd almost immediately send him to Korea for a year unaccompanied. After returning for 2 years to the motherland, they again sent him to Korea for a year unaccompanied. In the first 4 years of his career, he'd have done maybe 12 months at sea had he followed me into the sea service. Choose your rate, choose your fate. He's about to retire now though and he's happy with his choice. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21458936814103758472013-06-19T16:30:45.371-07:002013-06-19T16:30:45.371-07:00Actually Skip, Boy Scout camp was tougher. Just sh...Actually Skip, Boy Scout camp was tougher. Just shorter. OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82043240958228393952013-06-19T16:19:25.292-07:002013-06-19T16:19:25.292-07:00"...Air Force Basic Training look like a Boy ...<i>"...Air Force Basic Training look like a Boy Scout camp..."</i><br /><br />I've heard that ;-)(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.com