Apr 01, 2003 06:36 am My best wishes. Stay safe. -j
time to roll boys
Posted on Apr 01, 2003 05:59 am
Geoff
SM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic's
Contributor Since: Jun 20, 2002
well i knew the time would come , and now it has I'm taking off again , to um.. well you all can guess , i can't really say for one I'm not all sure where i just have a when . I'm 90% sure that i'll have my ever trusty computer so and i hope i'll be able to give you all heads up and do a bit of my own reporting on this happy little war of ours . I'll tell you what i can , with no fluff or BS , but you know there are always thoughs things you can't say , DB , noize , you guys have been great with supporting and need i not for get walt whom also has been very insightful . I just thought I'd drop a line a say whats up and Hope to see this site keep up the good work and maybe one day i can be home long enough to finish one of my many workings .
peace out all , I'm going to go try enjoy CA a bit before i take off .
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Apr 01, 2003 06:55 am hay jamie can you move this to talkin smack for me ?
Apr 01, 2003 07:01 am I got 'er moved.
I dunno whats up with the forum cateogry Talkin Smack. but there are some code fixes to the forum in the next website release, so maybe that will help...
Apr 01, 2003 07:03 am Geoff, Godspeed, friend, hope all is well where ever they send you.
Apr 01, 2003 07:03 am right on the ball guys. this time it wasn't a program error it was human , me being sleepy and reading one forum and posting in the wrong place , silly rookie mistake hahaha . thankx
Apr 01, 2003 11:18 am hey Geoff,
Best of luck to you! We'll be looking forward to hearing from you along the way and especially to hearing that you're back home again. You know where to find us!
Apr 01, 2003 02:42 pm come back when you can. and be safe man.
you all have my full support and thoughts over there.
Apr 01, 2003 03:55 pm Good luck dude. While I don't support the war, I totally support you guys risking your asses over there. Be safe.
Apr 01, 2003 09:00 pm Geoff, keep it tucked in at night. Dont go out to far with out your flash light and pistol. dont forget to brush your teeth twice aday, and floss after every meal. And most of all , keep the sand outa your short, I hear it chafes.
Stay safe dude, and keep in touch as much as ya can.
Peace,
Noize 2 U
Apr 02, 2003 11:32 pm Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your comrads. Hell, I'd go with you on this one if they would let an old fart. I've been in that neck of the woods and met a lot of wonderfull people there. Hate to see them suffering under the current government,
Apr 03, 2003 01:32 am Stay Safe. Give everyone our best wishes.
Apr 03, 2003 02:20 pm aye geoffe. make those IRAQI's pay for what they have done!!
May 06, 2003 12:08 pm I'm back to HRC and man I see some changes . I like what you've done with the place DB, noize and Blue . I'm not back at home , and will not be for some time , i just thought i'd drop a line being that this is the first time i've been able to get any Com. Things are well , as they can be Tallil Iraq is ..... not on my top 10 "to visit " spots. For all the happy peace loving people at this forum I'd like to say as one of you ( a member of this kick *** site ) we are doing a humanitarian mission now , food , clothing ( better food than we are getting too) and medical attention to the people here , it's a real big trip and a half , i feel lie i'm part of something good now and that's the truth . The living conditions are not the best by far , we just got shower tents in about 2 weeks ago and that was the best thing , but this place is being buit up faster than anything , we even , get this have buger king comming ,the only war i see is a franchise war starting hahaha. As i said in the past i'd keep you posted when i could and i wouldn't BS anyone , Iraq is still in a terrible state , it's broken and the people are , we still get pot shots fired at us , nothing big , the land is full of wrecks mainly from 1991 , and it's hot , very hot . all i can say is there is nothing like spending your summer in a 3rd world country !!! I could go for a beer :)
May 06, 2003 12:56 pm Geoff,
As odd as it sounds, I am very happy to hear that you where able to experience that. I was up in Kahasakstan just about the time of it's inception and it broudened my perspective of peoples greatly. It's a little odd to me, but I am not able to share the impact of the experience with anyone here at home. My words are absorbed as tripe and common knowledge, but the response I get is that nothing was absorbed at all. Oh well, nothing serious. Welcome back! Have a beer for me!
PS: Burger King has gotton no better in your absence!
May 06, 2003 01:06 pm Well, today is my birthday, I planned to hoist a couple tonight with my wife and later this week with Noize, and we will surely hoist a couple for you :-)
It is seriously very good to hear from you, Noize and I were talking about you the other day hoping things were OK. Glad to hear you are in humanitarian mode vs. bombing and fighting mode. Tho in major disarray, it sounds like it had to get worse before it gets better. I hate listening to the network news because we all know full well it is a very tainted broadcast.
Just remember, there are many of us back here supporting you and your mission.
Godspeed, friend, keep the faith, we are waiting to welcome you home with open arms and cold beer :-)
May 06, 2003 01:26 pm Here here! It's great to hear from you Geoff! We'll all be even more glad to hear that you're back in the comforts of your own home and in the midst of your family and friends. But until then, your in our hearts and minds. You've got a tough job and I'm very thankful that we have people like you willing to go get it done. Take care.
May 06, 2003 11:38 pm Indeed good to hear form ya Geoff. Glad you got some showers in now, I guess. And it is good to hear things arent getting any worse. Burger King? Now that will be kinda funny, I wonder if they will be making em with ground goat? And sorry to hear you arent getting the best food service over there.
But as dB said, I believe we will swill a couple for ya this week. So in parting, keep the sand outa yer drawers and may ya git back here soon.
Peace
Noize 2 U
May 08, 2003 03:24 pm the love , the support ..ahhh...I almost shed a tear in my MRE ( walt can explain hahaha) . It's good to be back online doing stuff again . Happy B day DB ( late as it maybe). If you are having a few have a Sam Adames for me . Hay walt I can understand , I have a few stories of my travels from Sadi to Uzbek and pakistan and what people listen to is taken as just stories . As I said I'd do a bit of reporting for HRC and here it is : at tallil AB it's kindA slow , this place is growing by the #'s and looks to be here for a while , rumor has it they are slowly bugging out of saudi (Prince sultan AB) and that has been around for about 10 years . They are closing down a few places out here and settling down in more of a central area ( news might say that) . We treated about 50 Iraquis the other day for minor and major health issues , they flew in from Kwait and had to sit on the plane for 4 hrs because the plane had problems and the kwait government wouldn't let them out of the c-130 , as i said a few of them had major problems and after they arrived here one man had heart falure and died due to many issues , if they would have treated him @ Kwait city he might have lived . So far that has been the only loss since I've been here a few troops have gone home because of burns or broken bones , mainly due to stupidity not war . There are lot's on UXO's (unexploded ordinance) laying about around here and tons of bnuilding damage from 91-september of 02 ( yeah they stopped bombing this place only 6 months before we came here ) . I'm out have a few beer , relax enjoy your selfs , keep playing and stop and just take a break for a min , look up at the sky or at a park full of kids and remember ( this is great if you're having a bad day) lifes not so bad , we have it good for the most part .
May 10, 2003 11:06 am Hey! Tillil...thats where I was supposed to go. Our mission was cancelled five hours after we got it on April 22 and now we're still sitting here at Fort Campbell. (we run interment and resettlement camps) We just got a demob order and it looks like we'll be back home in time for memorial day... though they are basically telling us to enjoy the six months off and be ready to go to cuba in january... Atleast I should have my commission by then. :)
May 10, 2003 02:59 pm are we "liberating" cuba too?
May 12, 2003 11:02 am well zek you're not missing much . It was 110 today and trying to load a c-130 with engins running it's almost 200 degrees behind that thing . I hope to be out of here around october , maybe sooner . enjoy your time at home man .
May 13, 2003 12:03 pm you know...i was just kidding about that cuba remark, but read these:
www.sun-sentinel.com/news...=sfla-news-cuba
www.sun-sentinel.com/news...a%2Dnews%2Dcuba
looks like your "terrorists" will speak spanish, zek.
May 13, 2003 10:07 pm Geoff, I was drinkin Killians Red. But I will definately have me a Sam Adams for ya. And ya, we do have it good, I tell myself that everyday. You take care, and get your but home when the time comes. And stay out from behind those C-130s.
Peace
May 14, 2003 11:46 am mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm killians ...my red ale of choice
May 16, 2003 10:33 pm Although the last beer that night was something else, not as stout, but a heavy bitter taste. i ran em out of Killians, and I cant remember what the hack it was called as it was the last beer of the night.
May 17, 2003 06:34 am HAHAHAHA , I needed the laugh , sometimes that's how it goes man , you end up drinking what's in frount of you , not always the best choice but always interesting.
May 17, 2003 11:16 am heh, I just finished Unit Prevention Leader certification and was identified (as was almost everyone else) as having tendencies of a phase 4 alcoholic ... makes you feel confident to know that alcoholics are administering the drug tests :)
YaY! we finally got a demob date, the 21st of this month is when we're due back home...though we are staying on active duty until the 29th and working out of the reserve center.
... and heh no we arn't liberating cuba (yet) ...and it does seem like everyone is kicking everyone elses diplomats out reciently.
peace
sam
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May 17, 2003 02:31 pm that's great sam , it's good they are having units demob , that mean most of the reserves that have been activated will be relased in the up comming months . Zek enjoy your time at home man , are you in the Army Reserves by chance just wondering . As far as me it looks like the AF is going to keep me here until october and then i get a whole week off then back to work . I'm givin my 2 weeks .
snoogins
May 17, 2003 06:48 pm yep, I'm the Legal NCO for a reserve Military Police Battalion (Internment/Resettlement). They are still sending some MP units over though as we lost 30 people to various other units in the past few days. All volunteer stuff though...as the unit is trying to retain people so it can redeploy later...sence we've had people on stoploss sence last august :)
May 19, 2003 05:00 am stoploss , now that's the mother of all bad words , it's odd we haven't seen it happen to our job , it happens about every summer regardless of Afaganistan or Iraq . Oh well it's all good , I'm gald you got to stay home , there is not much the MP's do around here , most of em are board and don't have a job , because the SP's are the primarys now that this is an Air base , so hopefuly they'll get to go home because I know some of em have been out here a bit . I'm done in a few years anyway 10 years is about all i'll give , it's been a fun and interesting time .
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