RE: The frogs kicked over a hornet's nest!
January 19, 2015 at 12:52 am
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2015 at 1:53 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(January 18, 2015 at 6:08 pm)Drich Wrote: I showed/ shared your post with my uncle (Air Force combat vet from Vietnam) who has had 2 f-4's shot out from under him as he was laying down radar cover for b-52's in an unarmed jet, He said you had a quite impressive chest full of 'ribbons.'
You have a south west Asia and short tour (reservist) ribbon. Small arms proficiency, and a general training ribbon, and a general unit citation. Couple that with your firefighters badge, he said you were probably one of the guys who pumped or processed jet fuel somewhere between where the navy drops it off to the planes being fueled on the ground. The reason he said that was "everyone with a pulse who passed basic got those same ribbons in that unit during that particular deployment"
Your "uncle", whose heroism you're trying to wear, is right: I'm no hero, I was in the rear with the gear. But "he" clearly doesn't know shit about flightline operations, because firefighters fight fire, pull standbys, and make sure his ass gets out of the plane in one piece. We never once pumped fuel; that was the job of the fuelies. I've never heard of any aircrew badmouthing firefighters before, either; your "uncle" would be the first. And I wasn't a reservist; I was active duty for my first four years. Short tour ribbons don't distinguish between active or reservist duty; anyone who had actually been in the service would know that short tour was less than two years on station (I earned mine deploying with to Spain with the 801st Bomb Wing (p) for eight months). Long tour ribbons are awarded for serving overseas for more than two years. Maybe your "uncle" should look up the qualifications before "he" tells you about them?
Also, the Navy never dropped off fuel to any of my bases.
(January 18, 2015 at 5:15 pm)Drich Wrote: He also wanted me to tell you: 'he appreciates you putting your life on the line pumping gas and acting like an offended POW who has had two planes shot out from underneath him in actual combat, Just so you can Look like a hero on some stupid web site. You make your country, and all the real soldiers who's backs your standing on to make your point, real proud!'
In that case, this "uncle" of yours can grow a pair of balls and tell me "himself". My phone number is [Not on my watch!]. I personally think "he's" a figment of your imagination which you're trying to trump up, basing my view on "his" obvious ignorance of flightline processes. Feel free to prove me wrong using the number above. Make sure "he" knows what model of F-4 he flew, when "he" flew it, and which tail number "he" flew.
No pilot I've ever met, and there have been many, ever talked shit about firefighters, because they knew who had their backs. Your "uncle" would be the first. Because of this, I think your "uncle" was no aircrew PoW.
Me, I think you're full of shit.
(January 18, 2015 at 6:48 pm)Nope Wrote: Drich, sometimes I believe that you are secretly one of the best trolls ever.
He's a hack, so transparent he can't see himself in the mirror --which is clear from his posting, so obviously missing the element of introspection. He telegraphs his punches, gets led around by the nose, and couldn't cobble together an artful troll in a roomful of kindergartners.
