Sometimes I post on the blog where I work. This time about NASCAR and Octane.
And while I was looking up something else, I saw this: radio interview just for those of us who are well past the age to join AARP.
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)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Amazing Race
My sister is a personal trainer living in the Boston Area. She thinks that the two of us should try to compete in The Amazing Race which begins a new season tonight. I haven't ever seen the show, but will watch tonight's episode. If any of you are fans, let me know what you think.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Happy 50th Birthday Chinook! Flood Rescue Videos
Happy Birthday Chinook!! The big helicopters mark 50 years of service today.
You can follow links from my battalion's Facebook page if you want to know more.
Scroll down and you can watch videos of our helicopters rescuing flood victims two weeks ago.
By the way, if you have not LIKEd our page yet, please do so, and send the link to your friends. I post all the pictures from drill weekends on the battalion page and my page.
In Iraq, a very funny soldier who hated wearing PT belts on base created a PT Belt fan page that has more than 16,000 fans.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Firing the M203 Grenade Launcher
Continuing with my Heaven in Camo weekend, this morning I got to fire a half dozen rounds from an M203 Grenade Launcher--the standard grenade launcher for all army units. M203 is the designation for the entire weapon. The grenade launcher itself is the 12-inch tube underneath the barrel of the rifle or carbine it is attached to.
The weapon fires 40mm grenades and loads like a shotgun. We fired dummy rounds. The live rounds are high explosive and have a kill radius of 5 meters so you don't have to make a direct hit to be effective.
The weapon fires 40mm grenades and loads like a shotgun. We fired dummy rounds. The live rounds are high explosive and have a kill radius of 5 meters so you don't have to make a direct hit to be effective.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
300 on the Fitness Test!!
I got the maximum score on today's Annual Physical Fitness Test: 300! 55 pushups and 80 situps in two minutes each and 22 minutes to ride 10k on the bike. The bike is pass/fail. I had 28 minutes to pass. The last five times I took the test I scored between 288 and 297. It was great to finally get 300. If you are wondering how I could ride the bike--above age 55 I get my choice of running, walking, or riding. Once I got the max score on the other two events, I did not want to mess up like last time and run 20 seconds too slow and miss 300.
For the rest of the day, I took pictures of a blackhawk and a chinook picking up Officer Candidates School trainees and went to the battalion picnic with Nigel and Jacari. After that I talked to a couple of friends at the armory and rode 30 miles.
Life doesn't get much better than that!
For the rest of the day, I took pictures of a blackhawk and a chinook picking up Officer Candidates School trainees and went to the battalion picnic with Nigel and Jacari. After that I talked to a couple of friends at the armory and rode 30 miles.
Life doesn't get much better than that!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
PT Test and Picnic This Saturday
The first day of drill this weekend begins with the annual Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) in the morning, then the battalion picnic in the afternoon. My sons are going to the picnic. They will spend the morning at Jacari's former foster Mom, who lives six miles from Fort Indiantown Gap.
I have a lot of wonderful days in my life, but a day that includes working out, riding my bike, competing, eating grilled meat, hanging out with the boys--life doesn't get much better than that!
Except next month when will have a three-day drill and get to fire rifles and maybe machine guns.
When SFC Larry Christman said, "Gussman thinks all this training is an amusement park" he had my number.
I have a lot of wonderful days in my life, but a day that includes working out, riding my bike, competing, eating grilled meat, hanging out with the boys--life doesn't get much better than that!
Except next month when will have a three-day drill and get to fire rifles and maybe machine guns.
When SFC Larry Christman said, "Gussman thinks all this training is an amusement park" he had my number.
Monday, September 12, 2011
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