tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post7406033675751286419..comments2023-06-25T20:42:38.014-07:00Comments on CI-Roller Dude: Useful things I learned in 11Charlie AIT (Infantry mortar school)CI-Roller Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-40153046799438421812012-08-16T14:38:36.894-07:002012-08-16T14:38:36.894-07:00AG&HG,
Yep, and her other grandpa will teach h...AG&HG,<br />Yep, and her other grandpa will teach her trap shooting....although right now she doesn't seem to want much help...she keeps saying what sounds like "I do." when we try to help her do something. <br />Stubborn little Irish girl. PerfectCI-Roller Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-67203279685692571692012-08-16T10:04:07.699-07:002012-08-16T10:04:07.699-07:00Ahh, the lessons of life we all have to learn. Tha...Ahh, the lessons of life we all have to learn. Thankfully she has someone to teach her and someone to catch her. agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-66239975705985747822012-08-13T08:38:22.446-07:002012-08-13T08:38:22.446-07:00C.S. I think they meant to say "Lite"C.S. I think they meant to say "Lite" CI-Roller Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-57669853948965767412012-08-13T04:47:08.010-07:002012-08-13T04:47:08.010-07:00I was stationed at Ft Ord from 87 to 90. I was one...I was stationed at Ft Ord from 87 to 90. I was one of those legs you talked about. We were light infantry but cverything we carried was heavy. Gravity sucks just look where your chest ended up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-24892792411480875532012-08-11T08:29:25.080-07:002012-08-11T08:29:25.080-07:00Comming soon: "More Lessons from Grandpa- how...Comming soon: "More Lessons from Grandpa- how to fight gravity and win"CI-Roller Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-75509705299778171182012-08-10T12:52:59.557-07:002012-08-10T12:52:59.557-07:00ok, so i've read the book "How to teach p...ok, so i've read the book "How to teach physics to your dog", but never heard of "How to teach physics to your infant granddaughter".<br /><br />i remember my big brother (at 8 years of age) explaining to me (5 yrs) that the reason we didn't float off the surface of the earth was because of gravy - it's magnetic, you see, and makes us stick to the ground.<br /><br />So as long as you keep your grenades out of your dinner, you'll be fine.newmagoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908047032396357342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-30491477949894339032012-08-10T10:01:38.303-07:002012-08-10T10:01:38.303-07:001. The sign at the gate said "Welcome to Tige...1. The sign at the gate said "Welcome to Tiger Land."<br />2. We were housed in WWI barracks set in a plain that was dirt with about two blades of grass.<br />3. Across the street was a PX that sold pitchers of 3.2 beer. The different ethnic groups would meet up, get slammed and go to war on one another.<br />4. Later on, in the USMC, my smart superiors would get on my case and that of my NCO's. We all knew how to fight in VN -but they were trying to get us ready, per doctrine, to deal with other types of conflicts.<br />5. They were right -but it took some effort on their part before that message began to percolate.<br />6. The USMC did not need platoons and companies primed with VN tactics and slang and whatnot, as we were not going back there. <br />7. You say duh. Most of us were hard sells. Have the fitrep scars to prove it.<br />V/R JWestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-67654170535320372282012-08-09T14:46:22.359-07:002012-08-09T14:46:22.359-07:00Mr West, as per standard Army SOP, when I went the...Mr West, as per standard Army SOP, when I went there we were still being trained to fight in the jungles of Nam...then I got sent to Germany. What would have been really useful was some cold weather training. <br />For some really odd resaon, we went back to Fort Puke for training for Bosnia! made no sense. Then for Iraq, we went to Fort Lewis, WA. <br /><br />Coffey, I didn't explain the grenades to her. <br /><br />Old NFO, yep, we were trained in "Tiger Vill" always train for the last war...not the next.CI-Roller Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-49041515356724920622012-08-08T16:08:04.811-07:002012-08-08T16:08:04.811-07:00Ah yes... Ft. Polk... :-) ONE of the reasons I wen...Ah yes... Ft. Polk... :-) ONE of the reasons I went in the Navy; well, that and I didn't want to walk to work!<br /><br />One of my cousins was an instructor there back in the late 60s early 70s in Tiger Village. He'd just come back from Nam as an 'advisor' and told us then we were going to lose over there.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-86552124058202381872012-08-08T15:57:50.504-07:002012-08-08T15:57:50.504-07:00Sadly the way the world is today, she may need to ...Sadly the way the world is today, she may need to know this. Until then, just hug her and play on the floor with her...if you can still get down there.Coffeypothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02944074653548750642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486091724602248905.post-52934592998052332092012-08-08T14:14:56.160-07:002012-08-08T14:14:56.160-07:001. Fort Polk was a hellish place.
2. Competed with...1. Fort Polk was a hellish place.<br />2. Competed with Vietnam favorably, but VN won because of the higher body count.<br />3. Seriously, VN sucked worse, but Polk was just about totally bad.<br />4. Never saw so many snakes anywhere. Someone said Oklahoma was worse -a really dubious distinction.<br />5. Shortly after I departed, the base commander was relieved for placing Leesville (Diseaseville) off limits.<br />6. Law enforcement was in cahoots with the bar owners and prostitutes. Troopers tended to get robbed, beaten up and then jailed for their trouble. <br />7. The off-limits edict caused the local scum to complain to their Congressman and, voila: new base commander and town on limits.<br />8. The icing on the cake was a walk I took through New Orleans on my way from Fort Polk to Benning.<br />9. Was derided for being military and, at one point, spat upon.<br />10. Went back to the airport after about fifteen minutes of that.<br />11. When Katrina devastated the place, felt appropriate emotions.<br />12. BTW, agree on grenades. If you needed them, you were in a world of hurt already. Our combat load was two of the things and any squad leader worthy of the title made sure the levers were taped down. <br />V/R JWestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com