I would have to say the worst was burning the shitters on the Firebase!
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Having to put on my blues and go deliver a death notification in the middle of the night.
Having to put on my blues and go deliver a death notification in the middle of the night.
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.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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I would have to say the worst was burning the shitters on the Firebase!
I would have to say the worst was burning the shitters on the Firebase!
That was us.That was you? Lol.
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.
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.
Gotta love those "certain folks." They're everywhere.
Or nowhere. Wink wink, nudge nudge.[/QUOTE
What's your point?
This. So much fun mixing in the diesel then lighting it up like a caca souffle.I would have to say the worst was burning the shitters on the Firebase!
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.