Veteran AF

Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Looking Up--My View of Sling Load Training

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Six huge rotor blades whipped the humid August air, lifting and holding the Chinook helicopter just a few feet off the ground. Inside the ...

On Vacation

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For the past week I was on vacation in Utah with my family. I have a lot more pictures to post from the sling load. But in the meantime, I...

Monday, August 16, 2010

Two of My Favorite People Get Promoted

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At first formation on Saturday morning two of the best soldiers in Echo Company got promoted. Sgt. Jeremy Houck got promoted to Staff Sgt. ...

Sunday, August 15, 2010

More Sling Load Shots

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How close does the Chinook get to the soldiers hooking the payload?

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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Chinook Sling Load Training

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Today I got a call at 11 am from our Command Sgt. Maj. saying I needed to get to the south side of the airstrip as soon as possible. Our Br...

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Restrepo

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Yesterday I watched Restrepo, the movie about the worst corner of the war in Afghanistan. Here's the trailer: Both the movie and th...

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

More from Jim Dao, NY Times about Afghanistan

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Jim Dao of the NY Times is following a combat unit on their entire deployment to Afghanistan from pre-deployment through the getting back ho...

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