Class 11-74 During the Mountain Phase, I was a squad leader. One morning for inspection, a Ranger in my squad had clipped his flashlight to his rucksack strap, instead of clipping it to his webgear strap -- a silly little error. Ranger Instructors swarmed the guy, then swarmed ME. I had to report for counseling by our TAC Sergeant -- you'd think I had committed a felony. The TAC Sergeant's scolding to me was sparkling clear: ATTENTION TO DETAIL.... and SUPERVISE!
I hate when your stories end!! You're a good story teller :) Your last story reminded me of a story my son shared. It's a warming trick that he said he couldn't believe it took him until Swamp phase to learn and that was gathering all the expelled shells and hugging them to his freezing cold body. :)
I frequently fish the remote small streams in the north Georgia mountains. Several years ago while fishing I came across several US ammo cans buried in the creek. Most of the cans had belt blank ammo in them. Still to this day I wondered where they came from 😂
When u graduate Ranger school, everyday is in slow motion, at nite in bed my wife told me I got under the blanket and mumbled as though I was reading a map, or that I got up went to a corner and ate the best tasting hamburger I ever had, to bad it was not real.
In General Norman Schwarzkopf's autobiography, he told of the introduction of MREs -- Meals Ready to Eat. They were roundly condemned as "Meals Rejected by Ethiopians."
After I finished RIP, stayed in the program till my school date, my fighting weight 155Lbs ripped, after RANGER school, 137lbs, got my civilian clothes, clothes just draped on me, had to make a new hole on my belt, just to keep my pants on.
Yes! Been crushed with work lately. The woes of being an iron major on division staff. More videos will come eventually. In the meantime, you should catch up on my newsletter: thedistro.substack.com
Thanks for the well-told stories.
last patrol in Florida phase our PL and the golden walk RI had a lightsaber battle on santa rosa island. 05-18
Class 11-74 During the Mountain Phase, I was a squad leader. One morning for inspection, a Ranger in my squad had clipped his flashlight to his rucksack strap, instead of clipping it to his webgear strap -- a silly little error. Ranger Instructors swarmed the guy, then swarmed ME. I had to report for counseling by our TAC Sergeant -- you'd think I had committed a felony. The TAC Sergeant's scolding to me was sparkling clear: ATTENTION TO DETAIL.... and SUPERVISE!
I hate when your stories end!! You're a good story teller :) Your last story reminded me of a story my son shared. It's a warming trick that he said he couldn't believe it took him until Swamp phase to learn and that was gathering all the expelled shells and hugging them to his freezing cold body. :)
Thanks so much for your comment, Kathy :-) I am glad you enjoy the stories. More to come in the future! I just wish I had more time to make them haha
@@AustinCaroe me too!!
I frequently fish the remote small streams in the north Georgia mountains. Several years ago while fishing I came across several US ammo cans buried in the creek. Most of the cans had belt blank ammo in them. Still to this day I wondered where they came from 😂
When u graduate Ranger school, everyday is in slow motion, at nite in bed my wife told me I got under the blanket and mumbled as though I was reading a map, or that I got up went to a corner and ate the best tasting hamburger I ever had, to bad it was not real.
For some amount of time after Ranger School, I kept having dreams that I was in the Objective Rally Point trying to figure out what to do.
If you think MRE's were bad in 2012, you should have seen them in the mid-90's. Some of them were inedible no matter how hungry I was.
In General Norman Schwarzkopf's autobiography, he told of the introduction of MREs -- Meals Ready to Eat. They were roundly condemned as "Meals Rejected by Ethiopians."
I can't wait to hear about Mountain phase
After I finished RIP, stayed in the program till my school date, my fighting weight 155Lbs ripped, after RANGER school, 137lbs, got my civilian clothes, clothes just draped on me, had to make a new hole on my belt, just to keep my pants on.
O how I remember them days in the Battalion!
Are you going to have more in this series?
Yes! Been crushed with work lately. The woes of being an iron major on division staff. More videos will come eventually. In the meantime, you should catch up on my newsletter: thedistro.substack.com
I’m an ACOS on a JFHQ staff so I feel a little bit of your pain!
Welcome to TVD, don't talk to the Appalachia natives, do not point weapons at them, while u have blanks, they have real rounds.
I want my tab and my wings.
Why does the world have to be going to shit?
lol