N.C. Man empties .45 on brat's laptop!

[PhantomOfTheBumpside]

Yeah I'm the "Friendly New Guy" here... even if my beard is goin' grey.

I guess it is past the cat's bed time.

Speaking of after hours... Columbus... remember the Traffic Light on VD? What exit was VD?

I've got lots of questions... instant answers should be possible for most of those, even for the REMFiest of REMFs that happened to be near the same places/people... missing them or answering them poorly a week later after exhausting internet searches, well that just means one thing.

 

[Jimbo45]

Yeah I'm the "Friendly New Guy" here... even if my beard is goin' grey.

I guess it is past the cat's bed time.

Speaking of after hours... Columbus... remember the Traffic Light on VD? What exit was VD?

I've got lots of questions... instant answers should be possible for most of those, even for the REMFiest of REMFs that happened to be near the same places/people... missing them or answering them poorly a week later after exhausting internet searches, well that just means one thing.

I doubt he's going to know any of those answers. Maybe he will offer to post a pic of himself holding a sheet of paper saying "straycat" in one hand, and his beret in the other.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I've read enough of straycats posts to believe he is who he portrays himself to be. No 12 year old would be able to carry on that long of a con. I may not agree with everything he says, and I don't, but I believe he truly cares about people.

Richard

 

[mud junky]

damn them are some tough questions. i was there and i cant answer 1/2 of them.

 

[PhantomOfTheBumpside]

FlOoReD, I don't think he is 12, I think he is misrepresenting himself and probably his service, IF he did serve.

If someone was claiming to have jumped with 2CDO, and then acted like a total clueless prat about any details that couldn't be picked up from an action movie then you'd probably have suspicions as well, and would start asking questions yourself... like What are the names of the dumbasses who helped kill the Canadian Airborne Regiment? Not the MPs, the soldiers... How is that related to the continent of Africa and the color Blue? Who did they borrow the equipment from recently when they brought them back online? SBC? Princess' Own? Get the picture aye?

Mud Junky... You were at Benning? Mid 80's early 90's? Was that you at the post car wash stripping the paint off your F150 back in 86?


Some questions are period specific... some are Ranger specific... some are Secret Squirrel specific... some are trivia that anyone should know if they were there... others are subjective, but the individual answers should prove enlightening... some you'd know if you ever drove or marched or ran PT anywhere near them, but you'll never get to see it with google maps satellite view... which ones do you know the answer to?

And here are a couple of answers... VD = Victory Drive... called VD Drive for the obvious reason of the many establishments located there which were rather notorious... The Traffic Light was not a Traffic Light, but was one of the more infamous strip clubs... The Traffic Light Lounge.

The Regiment I was referring to was 75th. When they brought it online in **** , they wrapped a nice fence around it with **** privacy slats (bird cage) similar to what they did with ******* at Bragg (where they called it the Bird Cage as well, we'll call Bragg's the more famous one). Regiments ** front doors were pointed *****, along with the gates toward the *****. 2BN's doors up at Lewis are also pointed ****** at the ****** but their ****** is mostly INSIDE their cage which is the same color *****, so the gates are on the ***** side pointed at the *********.

Regiment's neighbor to the ****** was ****** which was HQ for *************, and ran various and sundry things all over post such as OCS, ABN School, INF Board and even ******* RTB.

This neighbor could see over the fence as the buildings were both basically the same and were ** stories tall. The difference in the two buildings was that Regiment had a bunch of **** in the **** end of the building instead of a ***** so they visited their neighbor ***, at their D**C for ****,**** and ****.

More goodies...

What is the Benning Stack? The Bragg Stack? The Campbell Stack? Who are those hippies? Where could you find a proper beat down to make you feel lucky to be in the US Army instead of one of those "SA" countries?

How many times a day did you break starch? What is the wear measurement for those heels anyway? Did you wear knee high panty hose with your moleskin?

Some of Mud puppies neighbors run the only Mountaineering school in the Army these days... Reservists are in charge of it and it is mainly used by 10th Mountain Division which is now located at Ft Drum NY. Back in the day (1980-something) when they brought 10th Mountain back online... where were they, how did they do it, and what did they do to get to Drum?

There used to be another US Army Mountaineering school on an island in the 80's in a different country with the highest training rappel cliff we had...The cliff was the final part of graduation day training but was so dangerous it was OPTIONAL. The only school I know of where such a thing existed.

Where was that? And how high was the totally dangerous and totally optional cliff. And does the certificate on my "I luv me wall" from this school give you any way to know whether or not I actually completed the final rappel?

 

[Will]

She got everything she deserved with that. My parents made me get a job helping out a retired vet who was disable when I was 14. Bought myself a bike off the money. Paid for school lunches etc.

All you need is a pair of bolt cutters and you can have all the bikes you want.

Seriously, when you are using a gun to discipline your child, you need to be behind bars. That's not right thinkin'. If you need to destroy it, just stomp on it. You don't want a bullet fragment bouncing off of the harddrive or something and putting an eye out. Using a firearm in that way clearly violates every principal of firearms use. It's reckless and dangerous and stupid.

 

[straycat]

All you need is a pair of bolt cutters and you can have all the bikes you want.

Seriously, when you are using a gun to discipline your child, you need to be behind bars. That's not right thinkin'. If you need to destroy it, just stomp on it. You don't want a bullet fragment bouncing off of the harddrive or something and putting an eye out. Using a firearm in that way clearly violates every principal of firearms use. It's reckless and dangerous and stupid.

Thanks, Will. This was my point to begin with and most posters spat all over me. Time to stop this and look at the eral hard facts about shooting into the ground. It was a strange thing to do and he or anybody else did not get hurt.

 

[straycat]

I've read enough of straycats posts to believe he is who he portrays himself to be. No 12 year old would be able to carry on that long of a con. I may not agree with everything he says, and I don't, but I believe he truly cares about people.

Richard

Haaaaa, thanks, Bro!!! I have never lied on this site. I served my country and I retired at MacDill AFB from USSOCOM. I started as an EOD diver 2nd class, (combat diver at MacDill AFB from USSOCOM. I started as an EOD diver 2nd class, (combat diver classifacation) and I later took my courses and training to become an OS1 and went to many different training programs. I was in combat as I stated. I have shrapnel wounds to prove it as well. I was in Kabul in 86 and 87 I was in Operation Bright Star Egypt, a Joint Exercise with the Egyptian military . And I was at Fort Bragg Green Ramp…I was there back in 1988 for a U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force joint operations training) and I later took my courses and training to become an OS1 and went to many different training programs. I was in combat as I stated. I have shrapnel wounds to prove it as well. I was in Kabul in 86 and 87 I was in Operation Bright Star Egypt, a Joint Exercise with the Egyptian military . And I was at Fort Bragg Green Ramp…I was there back in 1988 for a U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force joint operations training. That was fun. Nobody got injured and that is a god day. I was stationed in California (Coronado/San Diego, and Alameda). I was station on Diego Garcia (Indian Ocean), and my last duty station was USSOCOM. I also was in over 10 different countries on deployment and spoke several different languages.
I had one of the the highest TS clearance you can get and I also was a Targeting Specialist at USSOCOM. I had a special Nuke clearance and did the tracking location of warheads around the world. Way too much info to tell anybody. But I loved what I did. My wife did not like me having to go someplace never knowing what might happen or if I was coiming home while I was stationed at USSOCOM. I am a DAV member for life and another thing I am, and that is I am an American Legion member…..I paid my dues!!!!!

Most of the questions I can answer for exercises and conflicts that I was in. If they happened before my time of after I might not have heard of them or locations. Sorry about that.

 

[PhantomOfTheBumpside]

Thanks, Will. This was my point to begin with and most posters spat all over me. Time to stop this and look at the eral hard facts about shooting into the ground. It was a strange thing to do and he or anybody else did not get hurt.

I do believe that I called him a moron. Then I moved on to the real hard facts about how sorry it is for people to exaggerate their service claims. That kind of thing is the equivalent of spitting on everyone's service.

No real PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER that I have known would have any problems with a little bit of simple vetting and they would know the answers to the majority of those questions + a hundred more.

 

[straycat]

I do believe that I called him a moron. Then I moved on to the real hard facts about how sorry it is for people to exaggerate their service claims. That kind of thing is the equivalent of spitting on everyone's service.

No real PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER that I have known would have any problems with a little bit of simple vetting and they would know the answers to the majority of those questions + a hundred more.

Thanks for saying guy was a moron. I never disputed what you said. I said that the guy could have hurt somebody with a ricochet shooting into the ground and a few posters spat on me for saying this. I served my country and I know about what went on when while serving within my time frame and the loacations I was stationed in or about. If something happened before that or after I might not know about it. I was way too busy working and being deployed to enjoy much family time. I worked around the clock and never really got much sleep while being deployed at sea. I was lucky for an hour or two a week. My family can vouch for that. I spent 3 months in a Fast Attack sub (USS Whale) and then I was assigned aboard to my first amphibious assault ship and then on to my last ship (USS Carl Vinson). When I got out I went to disbursing at USSOCOM and they handed me a large lump sum of cash and I was shocked at the amount. I asked what was this cash for and they told me for never taking a day off. I had so much leave time accumulated. I thought about it then….I was lucky when my chief or commander said take this weekend off you worked 45 days straight…..yea…I remember those days……and those were my shore duty days...'Haze gray and Underway'.

How about you? When were you in and what was your designation/duties job code? Peace!!

 

[Jimbo45]

Haaaaa, thanks, Bro!!! I have never lied on this site. I served my country and I retired at MacDill AFB from USSOCOM. I started as an EOD diver 2nd class, (combat diver at MacDill AFB from USSOCOM. I started as an EOD diver 2nd class, (combat diver classifacation) and I later took my courses and training to become an OS1 and went to many different training programs. I was in combat as I stated. I have shrapnel wounds to prove it as well. I was in Kabul in 86 and 87 I was in Operation Bright Star Egypt, a Joint Exercise with the Egyptian military . And I was at Fort Bragg Green Ramp…I was there back in 1988 for a U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force joint operations training) and I later took my courses and training to become an OS1 and went to many different training programs. I was in combat as I stated. I have shrapnel wounds to prove it as well. I was in Kabul in 86 and 87 I was in Operation Bright Star Egypt, a Joint Exercise with the Egyptian military . And I was at Fort Bragg Green Ramp…I was there back in 1988 for a U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force joint operations training. That was fun. Nobody got injured and that is a god day. I was stationed in California (Coronado/San Diego, and Alameda). I was station on Diego Garcia (Indian Ocean), and my last duty station was USSOCOM. I also was in over 10 different countries on deployment and spoke several different languages.
I had one of the the highest TS clearance you can get and I also was a Targeting Specialist at USSOCOM. I had a special Nuke clearance and did the tracking location of warheads around the world. Way too much info to tell anybody. But I loved what I did. My wife did not like me having to go someplace never knowing what might happen or if I was coiming home while I was stationed at USSOCOM. I am a DAV member for life and another thing I am, and that is I am an American Legion member…..I paid my dues!!!!!

Most of the questions I can answer for exercises and conflicts that I was in. If they happened before my time of after I might not have heard of them or locations. Sorry about that.

Ok, so above you mention Kabul in '86, in what capacity did you participate in Grenada, Panama, and the Gulf War in '91, as stated below? By my count that is 4 conflicts, not three? And why is there a double dose of words in your above post? Cut and paste?

I know better and I know more about 75+ different weapons then most people will ever know since I am retired Special Ops. I served in 3 different combatant units in 3 different conflicts in my career and you are defiantly not aware of ricochet bullets. Shooting into the ground is the stupidest thing you can do. You can hit a buried rock or buried metal and the ricochet can hit you are somebody close by. Ask my buddy who lost his 17 year old son 6 years ago to a ricochet. Somebody shot 3 rounds into the ground and my buddy lost his son to a ricochet…..I was releved that as I watched the vid that he was the only one there...I at fist thought he was doing this in front of his daughter and I thought...'I hope she is not nearby while he is shooting into the ground'....but she was not there...whew....still stupid to do this...he should have put the laptop on a post or a target holder...just shows he was not thinking...

What you have described in the above two posts doesn't equate to a soldier, airman, or sailor with specialized training in "75+ weapons systems". Nor is that a description of the typical "Special Ops" soldier's duties or training, that one commonly thinks of. You insinuated that you had tremendous training in small arms, which would be relative to your point you made in this thread. The above service description doesn't indicate to me that you had all that much small arms training. If I am wrong, well I can't read between the lines.

I have a 'Vette with 640 rhp that runs 10.29. I posted my buddies 'Vett runs 9.10...not mine. I was in Granada in 83, Panama in 89 and the gulf war in 91. I was an Operation Specialist. I posted my photos some time back. I took everything off after 2 posters said I was a photowhore of showing my wildlife photos on my properties I have owned for over 30 years now. I fought for this country and I have a pension that I earned and was wounded several times.

So I don't come off as the bad guy here;
Bottom line...if you served as claimed, then thank you. Thank you even more if you were wounded. But, you have to admit, there is some misrepresentation on your part, as far as terminology, and vague description. That tends to rub some people the wrong way.

Oh, and I think we have settled that some folks feel the act of the Dad in the video was unsafe or unnecessary. That is an opinion, some folks just aren't as comfortable with small arms, as others may be.

 

[straycat]

Ok, so above you mention Kabul in '86, in what capacity did you participate in Grenada, Panama, and the Gulf War, as stated below? By my count that is 4 conflicts, not three? And why is there a double dose of words in your above post? Cut and paste?



What you have described in the above two posts doesn't equate to a soldier, airman, or sailor with specialized training in "75+ weapons systems". Nor is that a description of the typical "Special Ops" soldier's duties or training, that one commonly thinks of. You insinuated that you had tremendous training in small arms, which would be relative to your point you made in this thread. The above service description doesn't indicate to me that you had all that much small arms training. If I am wrong, well I can't read between the lines.



So I don't come off as the bad guy here;
Bottom line...if you served as claimed, then thank you. Thank you even more if you were wounded. But, you have to admit, there is some misrepresentation on your part, as far as terminology, and vague description. That tends to rub some people the wrong way.

Oh, and I think we have settled that some folks feel the act of the Dad in the video was unsafe or unnecessary. That is an opinion, some folks just aren't as comfortable with small arms, as others may be.

Yes...stupid Ipad...I will get use to it....lol!!

Thank you for serving as well. My dad was an AF pilot fro 33 1/2 years and he has always been so proud that I served as well. He was able to go on 2 Tiger Cruises from Hawaii to California and that was two 7 day cruises. He get to see what we did at sea.


Training exercises and conflicts are different as night and day. I served in 3 different conflicts as I stated. The others are training exercises. In Kabul I was an observer and watched the area for any insurgent activity and reported the conditions. This was a 1 month deployment/training exercise, not a conflict. This is what we were supposed to do. This was classified and I will not get into any more details about it.
I was direct support for our troops. I got wounded blowing up an underground amo dump. No more info on this as it is classified as to when and were. The VA has my history since I am a DAV life member and go the the VA Hospital when ever I need to or I am scheduled for a DR's appointment.
I brought in supplies, ammo, weapons etc. I helped with plotting our targeting areas, our deployment approaches, brought troops into and out of landing areas from our landing craft boats and was aboard 2 of our E2C Hawkeyes (early warning defense) and Helicopters to bring in and pick up troops and drop off supplies and munitions.
I served my country and that is what matters. As I stated I used over 75 different weapons in various training exercises and leaned how to use what was needed when asked to do so. Most was just to get the feel of what is out there for our troops to use so it was a onetime deal on many of the weapons we got to handle. That included RPG, Phalanx CIWS, 20mm and 50mm weapons, H&K MP5 (my buddy), various pistols, shotguns and of course AR15/M16, etc. and a few sniper rifles as well.

Sorry for any re-typed stuff I might have done....as I am using this IPAD I really love and hate at the same time....lol But...it is so light weight and I can walk around my property and that is cool!!!

Peace!!

 

[Will]

I don't see the point of arguing over what a guy says his service was. We had a master guns that used to get drunk and tell everyone he was called The Machete Kid after he chopped up a bunch of North Koreans with an E-tool. We never believed him, but we bought him more beers anyway. I've met people who said they were Navy Seals and I just said Okay. I've met people that said they got kicked out of bootcamp for beating up their drill instructor. I said Okay. I've heard every goddam story in the world and I said Okay to all of them. Some, probably were true, some were false, certainly. Who cares. I don't have a dog in their fight. They can take it up with their VA adviser.

The point here is, does that loser IT guy in cowboy get-up, smoking a cigarette for his daughter's Facebook community and posting a video on his daughter's Facebook page know how to properly use a pistol? It's pretty easy to see how his daughter turned out the way she did. He's having this conversation about 14 years too late. His words and actions amount to terrorism, in my opinion. Here is the military's definition of terrorism: The calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological. I don't find his behavior worthy of a country song, it's revolting. If you are a lawful firearms owner, carrier, he's your new ambassador. If you are proud of him, don't be surprised if actions such as his lead to eventual unwanted new restrictions. Responsible gun owners should be throwing rocks at that some-bitch, not saluting him.

 

[doorgunner]

Awwwww.....you guys got nothin on me....War stories...HAAAAAAA....I laugh you to scorn....sit back and learn......

1.The first day in combat as a doorgunner.....I deficated on myself.

1A. The first time we flew into a hot LZ, I recited the Pledge of Allegiance to remind me why I was there.

1B. The 1st time I became confident with my M60, I carried on the tradition of yelling "Get cha some!" until i lostt my voice.

(1C. I lost my voice a lot in Nam)

2.The first time I had to kill an NVA...after I killed him, I cried like a 5 year old who watched his puppy get ran over by a truck.

3.The 1st time I had to carry wounded men into the helicopter, it took a rifle butt to my jaw by the flight engineer to "unfreeze" me when I saw the piles of meat that were supposed to be men.

4.The first time I saw NVA soldiers slaughter women and children I cried like a .....see #2 .

5. The 1st time I had to collect body parts from a burned Chinook, the soles of my boots began to melt because the ground was so hot.

6. The 1st time I ran out of ammuniton I cursed Congress until I lost my voice.

7. The 2nd time I ran out of amm...see #6.

8. The 1st time I ate a bowl of rice at a mountaintop outpost, the rice had ******s in it.

9. The 1st time I had a chance to "lose" my virginity, I decided the trade-off for VD wasn't worth it.

10. The 1st time I had to stand in a line naked in a combat zone was to get sprayed for lice.

11. The 1st time I saw an NVA soldier get cut in half by a M60, I vomited my guts out.

12. The 1st time I ate a meal after loading bodies into the helicopter, I waited for the blood to dry on my hands so I could flake it off before I ate (water was for drinking only).

13. The 1st time I took a dump on a mission, I cut the back pocket out of my flight pants to wipe my behind cause toilet paper wasn't a Priority for Congress--but neither was ammunition...see # 6 & 7.

14. The first time I remembered any of this stuff was 13 years after I returned from Nam....seems I have some amnesia problems.


and in my own idiotic way, I appreciate what that fool did to his bratt's laptop!

 

[Jimbo45]

Awwwww.....you guys got nothin on me....War stories...HAAAAAAA....I laugh you to scorn....sit back and learn......

1.The first day in combat as a doorgunner.....I deficated on myself.

1A. The first time we flew into a hot LZ, I recited the Pledge of Allegiance to remind me why I was there.

1B. The 1st time I became confident with my M60, I carried on the tradition of yelling "Get cha some!" until i lostt my voice.

(1C. I lost my voice a lot in Nam)

2.The first time I had to kill an NVA...after I killed him, I cried like a 5 year old who watched his puppy get ran over by a truck.

3.The 1st time I had to carry wounded men into the helicopter, it took a rifle butt to my jaw by the flight engineer to "unfreeze" me when I saw the piles of meat that were supposed to be men.

4.The first time I saw NVA soldiers slaughter women and children I cried like a .....see #2 .

5. The 1st time I had to collect body parts from a burned Chinook, the soles of my boots began to melt because the ground was so hot.

6. The 1st time I ran out of ammuniton I cursed Congress until I lost my voice.

7. The 2nd time I ran out of amm...see #6.

8. The 1st time I ate a bowl of rice at a mountaintop outpost, the rice had ******s in it.

9. The 1st time I had a chance to "lose" my virginity, I decided the trade-off for VD wasn't worth it.

10. The 1st time I had to stand in a line naked in a combat zone was to get sprayed for lice.

11. The 1st time I saw an NVA soldier get cut in half by a M60, I vomited my guts out.

12. The 1st time I ate a meal after loading bodies into the helicopter, I waited for the blood to dry on my hands so I could flake it off before I ate (water was for drinking only).

13. The 1st time I took a dump on a mission, I cut the back pocket out of my flight pants to wipe my behind cause toilet paper wasn't a Priority for Congress--but neither was ammunition...see # 6 & 7.

14. The first time I remembered any of this stuff was 13 years after I returned from Nam....seems I have some amnesia problems.


and in my own idiotic way, I appreciate what that fool did to his bratt's laptop!

Thank you brother.