04-06-2007, 05:20
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Welcome all.
RTK be mindful of Roguish Lawyer, we're not too sure about him.
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I'm automatically skeptical of anyone who would broadcast the fact they're a lawyer. Even worse now that I know he's a Kings fan.... 
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04-06-2007, 09:06
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ohio
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Introduction
Hello all,
My name is SGT Bousquette (go ahead laugh and make jokes....I am used to them). I am currently serving in a Minimal Care Detachment in the Reserves. I served on Active Duty at WAMC in 1998 and 1999. I left AD and was in the IRR until March of 2004 when I was called up and told that I had two options volunteer and come back into the Army or be recalled and sent to Iraq. I chose to volunteer to return to service and have the option to pick my job and my unit.
I am 68W (91W/91B) Combat Medic and I am interested in continuing my journey in the medical field working with the Best of the Best and becoming an 18D. I have wanted to do this for some time now and have just recently gotten the support of my wife to do this. I am here to learn and not to talk. I am coming in here knowing nothing and wanting to learn everything I can.
I was also wondering if anyone knows of some one I could talk to that is from the 2/19th B Co. in Ohio since that is where I am going to end up. I want to thank everyone in advance for all of their help and all of the knowledge that is contained here.
Thank you again,
SGT Bousquette
369th MCDet
68W Coordinator
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04-06-2007, 09:11
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
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Originally Posted by RTK
I'm automatically skeptical of anyone who would broadcast the fact they're a lawyer. Even worse now that I know he's a Kings fan.... |
And this one can shoot.
Lawyer with a gun.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
TR
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04-06-2007, 09:49
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#124
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Location: LA
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Originally Posted by RTK
I'm a US Army Armor Officer .
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GAWD!!!! 
Welcome aboard Sir.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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04-06-2007, 10:16
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Greetings ,
My name is Jim I have no military background.
I am attempting enlistment (with the National Guard or Reserves) now and am working through the waiver process.
I have been a Police Officer for 18 years, currently assigned to K-9 as a handler/instructor.
Here to stay in my lane, be a sponge and learn.
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04-06-2007, 10:40
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#126
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Guerrilla
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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
GAWD!!!!
Welcome aboard Sir. |
I appreciate being aboard. In here, though, it doesn't need to be Sir. Ryan does just fine. I don't dig hiding behind the officer status on a board. It's bad enough with 72 new LTs every day. I come here and smallwarsjournal to relax, learn, and professionally develop with like minded individuals. I'm just another dude here. 
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04-06-2007, 10:42
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Guerrilla
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And, oh yeah, I guess I'm proof they'll let almost anyone in here - If an armored cavalryman can be here, damn near anyone could
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04-06-2007, 10:58
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Originally Posted by Doggiecop
Greetings ,
My name is Jim I have no military background.
I am attempting enlistment now and am working through the waiver process.
I have been a Police Officer for 18 years, currently assigned to K-9 as a handler/instructor.
Here to be a sponge and learn.
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Welcome, but your age and time are against you.
I personally think your time in the military has passed, but I would recommend that you search here for the topic and see what others think.
We are not looking for someone who can give 100% for an eight hour callout. We need people who can do it for 180 days, 24/7, alone or with a small group, in another country, without their teammates having to carry them.
Best of luck.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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04-06-2007, 11:01
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#129
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Originally Posted by Doggiecop
Greetings ,
My name is Jim I have no military background.
I am attempting enlistment now and am working through the waiver process.
I have been a Police Officer for 18 years, currently assigned to K-9 as a handler/instructor.
Here to be a sponge and learn.
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Hey! I know you! Welcome aboard.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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04-06-2007, 11:01
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#130
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Originally Posted by RTK
I appreciate being aboard. In here, though, it doesn't need to be Sir. Ryan does just fine. I don't dig hiding behind the officer status on a board. It's bad enough with 72 new LTs every day. I come here and smallwarsjournal to relax, learn, and professionally develop with like minded individuals. I'm just another dude here. |
Yes Sir. Whatever you say Sir.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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04-06-2007, 11:02
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#131
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Welcome, but your age and time are against you.
I personally think your time in the military has passed, but I would recommend that you search here for the topic and see what others think.
We are not looking for someone who can give 100% for an eight hour callout. We need people who can do it for 180 days, 24/7, alone or with a small group, in another country, without their teammates having to carry them.
Best of luck.
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Not looking for a Green Hat Sir. I told him to come for general info.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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04-06-2007, 11:24
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Consigliere
Join Date: Jan 2004
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And, oh yeah, I guess I'm proof they'll let almost anyone in here - If an armored cavalryman can be here, damn near anyone could |
Well, you're not a leg . . . 
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04-06-2007, 17:47
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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
Well, you're not a leg . . .
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and where did you get your wings...?
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04-06-2007, 18:17
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#134
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And, oh yeah, I guess I'm proof they'll let almost anyone in here - If an armored cavalryman can be here, damn near anyone could |
You're not the only one that started out in one of those units that roamed the battlefield enveloped by 62 tons of homosexual steel. We do fight in the combined/joint/and task force arena also. All though I would never wear a stetson and spurs with dress blues, I have been known to mubble through a few verses of Gary Owen. Welcome aboard
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04-06-2007, 18:50
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Gun Pilot
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Location: Iowa and New Mexico
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And, oh yeah, I guess I'm proof they'll let almost anyone in here - If an armored cavalryman can be here, damn near anyone could |
When I accepted a direct commission in VN, I presumed infantry; it was not to be...I was flying Cobras and Armor Branch considered Cobras flying tanks. I hadn't read the fine print in my contract!
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