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Originally Posted by alelks
....He was speaking about CPT Realini at the time.....
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Ah, yes, the Bn S-4.
Our team was packing up to go to the Carrib as the rest of 3rd Bn was going off for a winter warfare FTX.
We took out pallet up to Green Ramp and I went over to ADAG with my -2s. SCUBA Team loaded out to the Max. After a bit of chit chat with the Air Force guys we handed over the -2s and asked for help to make sure everything was straight. In less than 5 minutes we were good to go.
As we were finishing Cpt Realini rolled up with a small detail and all of the Bn's pallets. He walked in, handed the -2s to the ADAG and said something to the effect of "Sign 'um, they're good to go."
The Air Force guys slowly looked through the stack, asked the Cpt if he had proper -2s for everything and the Cpt said he did. I was headed for the door as the AF guy said "I don't see any -2s for the propane bottles". Got to be a right good pissin' contest but I guess the Cpt lost because the AF said "break 'um down we want to check the pallets & team boxes for items that require -2s ".
Not a good day to be a small pallet detail member. Us? We beat a hasty retreat after a wink and a wave to the AF guys.
2nd story on the same S-4
For some reason the good Cpt hated to order in flight meals from the Air Force. He liked to pass out MREs for long flights. Our 180A hated MREs and kept telling the S4 how to order in flight meals. Talk about a downer for the rest of the troops, another trip, another MRE, land for fuel, an AF truck drives up "Is Chief C. here? Here are the 10 meals you ordered." Next stop "Here are the 10 meals you ordered." The rest of the guys looked on as we chowed down.
One time we landed in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night with a 141 full of Bn guys. The Chief, who carried many copies of our travel orders, simply called up the in flight kitchen, said he had orders for something like 60 guys and asked if they could come up with some food. By the time the plane was ready the food truck rolled up. The AF guys kept saying how sorry they were for the quality of the meals and that we could have gotten better if they had had more time. Heck, we were happy for what we got.