What is the worst Detail you ever had in the Military?

I was in the USAF. Did have any bad details.
Was on a bus one to an F15 crash site in Germany. But by the time we got there, the irrevocable crews found everything they were looking for. Heard that some guy found the pilot's scalp. The pilot stayed with the plane to avoid a populated area.

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Fingerprinting 2 hands/arms from a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. Had to print him for the BAT/ HIIDES. Probably not the worst, but worth mentioning due to the hilarity and gagging that ensued.
 
DZST during a really gruesome jump fatality.

Other than that, mucking out the drainage ditch behind the bleachers at Victory Pond before Ranger graduation. By hand.
 
I was a very young Hull Maintenance technician on an aircraft carrier. Two civilian ship yard workers were crushed in one of our aircraft elevators and needed to be removed. One of the workers had just recently retired from the Navy, he was still alive. I made eye contact with him several times. We knew once we started to cut material away that he would not survive. He did not. I was one of the lucky people to cut away some of that material.

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Funeral Detail. The old retired Marines and Sailor funerals were not horrible. Funerals for active duty Marines were pretty difficult to get through. I was honored to be part of them but heartbroken to see the families in so much pain.
 
I was a very young Hull Maintenance technician on an aircraft carrier. Two civilian ship yard workers were crushed in one of our aircraft elevators and needed to be removed. One of the workers had just recently retired from the Navy, he was still alive. I made eye contact with him several times. We knew once we started to cut material away that he would not survive. He did not. I was one of the lucky people to cut away some of that material.

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Sad. Same thing happened on my 1st cruise except it was a weapons elevator. Elevator came down on his head. He was talking until the elevator was finally moved off his head. The swelling was immediate and I have never seen anything like it. I wont go any further with the details. I was one of the 1st Corpsman on scene.

2nd cruise, had a cable from a drone that was severed come whipping back into the flight deck and decapitate one of the Master at Arms. He must have saw it coming as he put his hands up to block it/protect his neck because it took off his fingers too. I was one of the 1st Corpsman on that one too.
 
And the general public wonders why soldiers, cops, firefighters, doctors, nurses, paramedics, EMT's. etc. don't like to talk about their jobs to people who don't have to deal with or have a clue about real reality shows.
 
Funeral Detail. The old retired Marines and Sailor funerals were not horrible. Funerals for active duty Marines were pretty difficult to get through. I was honored to be part of them but heartbroken to see the families in so much pain.

I did that too, Viet Nam veterans KIA. Stationed in Alabama and traveled to adjoining states for military funerals. Only did it a few times, but not much fun.
 
Standing in formation in Afghanistan listening to the 13 names of the soldiers and contractors who were on a armored bus that got hit by a car bomb. Bus flipped on its side and doors were too heavy to open and everyone except one burnt to death. The other one has 3rd degree burns over 90 percent of his body and he died a few days later. I drove over the filled in bomb crater a week later. I still remember the face of one of the contractors in the chow hall the night before.

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Worst and the best all in one. Flying "Dustoff" (aka medevac) from Jul '67 to Jul '68 in Vietnam. The best of it was the satisfaction of helping to save lives, the worst of it was seeing far too many young and once healthy young men, women, children, and dogs (yep, scout dogs) in various forms of trauma enroute to an aid station or hospital.
 
Worst and the best all in one. Flying "Dustoff" (aka medevac) from Jul '67 to Jul '68 in Vietnam. The best of it was the satisfaction of helping to save lives, the worst of it was seeing far too many young and once healthy young men, women, children, and dogs (yep, scout dogs) in various forms of trauma enroute to an aid station or hospital.

Providing armed escort for DO22 was a bit of a challenge.....somebody had to do it
 
Cleaning the Machinery room bilge... b/c some MM's pissed into it on watch.

The main engine condenser tube bundle and sea chest were pretty bad too with the rotting fish.
 
On patrol in Central America, we came across an underground bunker up in the mountains. After forcing our way in found about thirty 50gallon drums of mustard gas powder that had been hidden away there for years.

We had to roll them out by hand with no protection but our old leather gloves and drive on rags over our faces and wait for some certain folks with trucks to come get them. Was an interesting day to say the least, but then it always is in a hostile jungle.
 
Gotta love those "certain folks." They're everywhere.

Or nowhere. Wink wink, nudge nudge.
 
Gotta love those "certain folks." They're everywhere.

Or nowhere. Wink wink, nudge nudge.[/QUOTE

What's your point?

I assume he's talking about OGA or Delta guys. They're always a blast to have around.

Or not to have around. Since they're not really there. When I worked with them, they were notable for their refusal to admit they had .50 cals on the upper corners of our building, which they didn't bother integrating into my defensive plan. I just shrugged and wished them a nice day.

Wouldn't even give give me a headcount.
 
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