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lol Here you go Clay, here's a special treat - pretty easy to spot me, I'm the white boy in the pic! ;)
It was actually a real education for me, my unit was made up of Cape Coloureds (hence the Cape Regiment), but served in Black townships (in South Africa 'coloured' and 'black' are definitely NOT one and the same).
I hope the sight of me in uniform doesn't get you too excited Justin!
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Did ya actually have to jump that thing?

Nah. I used a tape recorder. It is the only way to deal with the incoherant babblings of infantry (and the Air Farce). Once I had the recordings, I'd have them translated later. Sometimes, the only word I understood amongst the chatter was the word "sheep" over and over again. When were you in the military? :)Justin
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Nope, I just got to walk around on 9 day patrols - luckily Natal is really really flat! ;)(but looking on the bright side, I didn't have to carry a type-writer either - those things must weigh a TON).
So where did you see active duty, Justin? Get a purple heart for getting RSI in your wrists from all that typing?

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"When were you in the military?"
From 4 Jun 91 to 9 Dec 2000
Assignments highlights....91-94 Aircraft Mechanic on B-52, KC-135, UH-1, T-37, C-12, Nuclear cruise missles, and transit aircraft.
94-2000 ROMAD/ETAC (Enlisted Terminal Attack Controller) or Forward Air Controller for you Army types.I.E. I dropped bombs on stuff. Assignments included 101 Abn 1/502, 3/502 ...2ID (Korea) 1/72 Armor, 1/9 Mech Infantry, TROKA (Third ROK Army) Liason and advisor (Babysitter) to numbered ROK Army commanders on Close Air Support. 82nd ABN Division TACC/TOC/ACP/JACCP Division TACP NCOIC. I was in for 9 years 6 months and 6 days total. I did a lot of other stuff besides the boring conventional things listed but I like my resume to stick to permanent assignments. It was fun...but it also got old after almost ten years...

"Shut up Dummy!"- Fred G Sanford

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Nope, I just got to walk around

Ah. A leg. That is a military whuffo, in case you weren't aware. I think even Clay jumped, so the standards couldn't have been that high. Still, I understand the rejection you must have experienced. Is that what caused you to begin your romantic liasons with fauna of the veld? :D
Justin
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"airborne"
Uhhh.......I'm with the SEAL's when they say if you have to jump in find another way!!! Let's face it.....it's not the best way to get to work. Plus.....I never got shot at by anyone besides the Army guys I was there to protect??? I'd venture to say that isn't Creamers experience......:o
"Shut up Dummy!"- Fred G Sanford

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He was/is just a wannabe

Oh, you got me there, Justin - I really wish I could have been in the 82nd Airborne Secretarial Division!
What the hell did your Battle Orders look like anyway? :D
What did a bad day in the field mean to you? Having to use a manual type-writer because there were no power points for the electric kit that was issued to you?
Typical day at the 82nd Airborne Secretarial Division :
General Bloggs : "We need a secretary at Brigade HQ (10 miles behind the front line) ASAP - who's the best we've got?"
Bloggs aide : "Uh, General, we've only got Fields and his short-hand isn't up to scratch and he's having his period"
General Bloggs : "Fuck it, send him in!"
:D

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Skreamer,
This might be more like it:
Private Skreamer: Sir, I'd like to request a transfer to France for training.
General Bloggs: Why is that soldier?
Private Skreamer: They are experienced in soldiers overcompensating for natural deficiencies.
General Bloggs (to aide): What is Skreamer's specialty?
Aide: Gazelles and wildebeasts, sir.
General Bloggs: What the hell. He is useless. Might as well send him.
Private Skreamer: MMMmmmm. French poodles......
General Bloggs: PRIVATE, STOP DROOLING!
:D
Justin
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Or......
Private Fields: Do you like it like that sir?
General Bloggs: Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhh Beeeeeaaaaatttttttcchchhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Aide: How can he fit that down his throat like that??????
Private Fields: MMMMM...UUgghghghh....Sluuuuurrrrpppppp.....
"Shut up Dummy!"- Fred G Sanford

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Or......
General Bloggs: Welcome to Ft. Detrick. You'll be working in the anthrax division.
Private Fowler : Uh.... Yes sir.
General Bloggs: You know, private, that means researching the transmission from sheep to humans.
Private Fowler: Oh. Why didn't you say so, sir?
General Bloggs: Report to the lab, private.
Private Fowler : YES SIR!
:)Justin
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