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I just pray that we dont' do it too soon nor too late, IE we have the right timing to make this thing work.

When you have a govt run by an idiot that legislates things like worthless healthcare, AND then shoves it down your throat but exempts themselves, thats a dictatorship and time to cleanse everything and start over again.
 
Lt. Col. Comdt. William Barret Travis said:
"To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World":

Fellow citizens and compatriots;

I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual Bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours and have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch. The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country.

Victory or Death.

William Barret Travis
Lt. Col. Comdt.

P.S. The Lord is on our side. When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn. We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.
Travis
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aware of that, it was a courageous sacrafice that paid off. I"m just not all about choosing to stand and die, I'm more of the poke and stroke kind.... but if it comes to it, so be it.
 
Yep, right on that.... but again, to choose the time and place where it actually matters.... its kinda like the tree falling in the forest making noise... you want the noise heard, not missed.

Its also like shooting at a deer or duck, better that you have a target you can hit, rather than fire a round over there and hope it finds a deer or duck.
 
rost495 said:
aware of that, it was a courageous sacrafice that paid off. I"m just not all about choosing to stand and die, I'm more of the poke and stroke kind.... but if it comes to it, so be it.
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I agree with that... hit & run tactics are in my repertoire... "SCOUTS OUT" :twisted:
 
Back in '67, when Lyndon Johnson was on the TV telling the American people that we were
not involved in any sort of a conflict in Cambodia, they woke me and two other crews around
4am and we went to a meeting with the company commander. Just before daylight the three
of us lifted out and flew dead West for nearly an hour and a half.

We were told that it was an 'extrication', and that there would be a radio sonde signal
that would home us in when we got within range of the objective. I was a scared to death
22 year old kid, but I was the lead ship. My crew chief actually heard it first, and then my
co-pilot, a 20 year kid old from Iowa. We went in and landed on a river bank, and in a little
bit (it seemed like hours!) twelve boys came running out from the tree line and grabbed a ride. We didn't have charts for where we were. It was all basic pilotage, and a good compass was
all you really needed. Then you just fly the bi*ch.

They were obviously Special Ops. warriors, and they looked like they'd been in a long time with no support. But Quack, there have been 'Scouts Out" in every conflict. Garryowen.

I realized much later that the real reason they'd used MedEvac ships instead of gunships was
so that, if the mission had failed, the politicians could say that there was no 'aggression'
involved. :evil:
 
Olf Art said:
Back in '67, when Lyndon Johnson was on the TV telling the American people that we were
not involved in any sort of a conflict in Cambodia, they woke me and two other crews around
4am and we went to a meeting with the company commander. Just before daylight the three
of us lifted out and flew dead West for nearly an hour and a half.

We were told that it was an 'extrication', and that there would be a radio sonde signal
that would home us in when we got within range of the objective. I was a scared to death
22 year old kid, but I was the lead ship. My crew chief actually heard it first, and then my
co-pilot, a 20 year kid old from Iowa. We went in and landed on a river bank, and in a little
bit (it seemed like hours!) twelve boys came running out from the tree line and grabbed a ride. We didn't have charts for where we were. It was all basic pilotage, and a good compass was
all you really needed. Then you just fly the bi*ch.

They were obviously Special Ops. warriors, and they looked like they'd been in a long time with no support. But Quack, there have been 'Scouts Out" in every conflict. Garryowen.

I realized much later the the real reason they'd used MedEvac ships instead of gunships was
so that, if the mission had failed, the politicians could say that there was no 'aggression'
involved. :evil:
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I hear ya Olf Art... although that was before my time, during my time I rode in the door of a few "slicks" with "the pig" across my lap with my PVS-2 mounted... night insertions/extractions were the norm for us. Other times we "roped" in with some bad dudes & sometimes with some real bad dudes. We also played with Marine Scout Snipers & Force Recon from time to time.

I wasn't a Ranger, Special Forces or even in the Infantry, for that matter. I was just a 19 year old kid fresh out of Joshua, TX that barely shaved 2x a week. I was crosstained from a 19E to 19D, upon arrival to my 1st duty station from Basic/AIT, due to a "slot shortage" & woke up one day on a "LRRP" that turned into a "hasty" ambush. Then it all kinda went to $#!^ from there... kinda like a soup sandwich.

"SCOUTS OUT"

Godspeed & Garryowen!!!
 
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