amcflyboy

Oh man that's an understatement, especially when returning from Antarctica!

Favorite line in Roadhouse: "YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO HAVE A GOOD TIME!!" To the leader of the "Wolverines", R.I.P.

HOLY SHIT...that very thing happened to me!!! Dushanbe: "Torque XX, Dushanbe" Me: "Go ahead Dushanbe" Dushanbe: "I told you to contact me over PINAX!!! Why you no call me!!??" Me: "Uh yeah, sorry about that...we checked PINAX at 21:45"

Same boat as Kayla...I was a Junior at URI on my way to my first class of the day, which started at 9:30am. I was also a SrA with the Rhode Island Air Guard at the time as well. I was driving along the main road to my college when the first tower was hit by American Flt 11. Had no idea, had the radio on and all, and I don't think anybody else knew what was going on. 10:45 rolls around, and my class had ended. I was on my way to the Student Union and I overheard a couple of people talking about a collision, and NYC and the like. Not thinking anything of it, I go into the student union and no kidding there were radios blasting and people surround it. At this point I'm thinking something bad is definitely going on. I go downstairs to get lunch, and see a mob of people surrounding the television in the nearby coffee lounge. I ask somebody what had happened, and the rest is history. At that point, both towers had fallen, the Pentagon was hit, and United 93 went down in P.A. I frantically called my fiancee, now wife, where she was because her job required her to make occasional visits to the Bronx and Queens. I remember the cell phone networks being overloaded, and people freaking out because they had family members that worked in NYC. Thankfully my wife was in Hartford at the time. I had a summer job slinging luggage for American Airlines in Providence, and a ticket agent who worked the check-in counter in Providence was on American Flt 11 on her way to L.A. Small world, right? The following weekend was my drill weekend, and the whole base was in Threatcon Charlie and nobody was allowed to park on base but to park in a vacant lot across from the main gate. Can't believe it's been 8 years either!

Granted, I owned a Nissan when I was there back in 2004, and took my car to a foreign auto expert on the other side of town. I know it's not a German car, nor do I know if this garage knows German automobiles, but I sort of remember how to get there, but funny thing is is that I forget the name of the garage. If this might help, PM me.

I WAS in the desert...back in June. I have an IP that told me a funny little piece of advice...Go ugly early!

What's the matter slacker, feel intimidated?? That's fine, more for me!!

Whoa whoa whoa, back the truck up! Don't be hating Antarctica! And for CA who said he hopes to the fly the C-17 because it doesn't go to Antarctica, well you're slightly wrong. If you fly out of McChord and are lucky enough to be assigned to the right squadron, you can make runs to Antarctica from Christchurch, just not to the extreme parts of the continent. That's our job. By the way, I'm AIRLIFT!!!

Hey, at least you got something out of it!!

Sometimes, that's all you need.

Obviously the ones that were banned from the clubhouse/treehouse during their childhood!

I thought you couldn't do that anymore, no thanks to the assholes of 9/11

or how about Neil Anblomi

MONEY!!!

Now there's another good one for my bag of sarcasms! I'm off to Bagram in two weeks!

Is that you Kayla, taking a picture??? (Sorry, I keed!)

Oh man...hang in there bro! I know you mentioned it a while back.

Oh man, THAT was quality!

Whoops, my bad! Got caught up in the moment! Easy with the "moran." Don't be hatin'....

SHACK!!

Lets role bro!

Thread Revival....these dumb$hits were in my area today, protesting at a local High School. These assclowns had the nerve to say that the school was teaching homosexuality and the likes. They were counter-protested by other groups telling them to get the hell out of town! Needless to say, the Superintendent delayed the opening of the school so the students can avoid seeing these protests. Apparently they're on the road, spreading there word. What a bunch of fanatics!

My bad, I see what you're asking. It depends on how qualified they are, i.e. One is an Aircraft Commander, the other just a Copilot; one has been involved with a lot of projects on the base, as opposed to the other; one has been "playing politics" better than the other, etc. Yes, Guard Bums do generally get treated like shit, but that's also unit dependent. Most of the Guard Bums at my base have been hired first over Guardsmen who have a civvi job and have been doing just a little bit more than the "minimums." Does this help now?

Pics of when I deployed to Christchurch, NZ a couple of years ago. We made stops at Travis AFB, Hickham AFB, Pago Pago, and flew the New Zealand coastline for the remaining 60 miles north of CHC.

Yes, the current bums stand a better chance of getting hired than someone off the street. They know the mission, the unit's standards, plus they've been "pledging" their loyalty to the unit. When it comes to getting hired in a guard/reserve unit, you need to "pledge" the fraternity first. That's not to say that you can't interview. Put in a packet anyway, and show them that you are interested in working fulltime with them. Now, coming from a Guard Bum who's been applying for the past 2 1/2 years, don't just give up after being rejected your first time. I'm getting ready to apply for the sixth time here very soon. Hope this helps.