[ProtoxxPaintball]

Originally Posted by NEp8ntballer

not every mission takes place in the air. I don't think a lot of people on base know what my Group does or who even occupies the big building without windows.

I have windows

They're actually pretty ****ty because on bright days, i can't see my screen.

[akward silence]

Flying to Doha later this year for vacation

edit: then deploying there next year.

[kapp_badbloodz]

So I got referred to an off base medical facility for some test... I got a letter in the mail today from tricare saying that I am covered however (and I quote)

EXCEPTION: This approval and coverage is conditional if Other Health Insurance (OHI) or Medicare coverage exists.


WHAT THE **** IS THIS BULL****!!!!!!!!!

[akward silence]

Got coined by a wing CC today. It made my day

[starkc]

Originally Posted by akward silence

Flying to Doha later this year for vacation

edit: then deploying there next year.

I like how you "deploy" to vacation spots.

[kapp_badbloodz]

Originally Posted by starkc

I like how you "deploy" to vacation spots.

dot :/

[akward silence]

Originally Posted by starkc

I like how you "deploy" to vacation spots.

Originally Posted by kapp_badbloodz

dot :/

Both trips are on purpose.

Wouldn't you want to deploy somewhere that you have family?

[kapp_badbloodz]

Yes and no...

It would be killer to see my family but it would suck to see my family in 'stan haha.

But for real... I like doing my job and being OTW all the time. I like immersing myself in the environment and taking the experiences home with me. Im not worried about my life... I am worried about the lives of my friends and in turn they do the same for me. Always seemed to work well for me.

[NEp8ntballer]

I'd rather be deployed into a place where people are trying to shoot you. Calling getting sent to AUAB or Manas a deployment cheapens what it means to deploy. If you're flying over the country but are based at AUAB or Dhafra then it's alright. but otherwise, not so much.

[starkc]

Originally Posted by akward silence

Wouldn't you want to deploy somewhere that you have family?

I have and wasn't crazy about it. It's distracting.

Originally Posted by NEp8ntballer

I'd rather be deployed into a place where people are trying to shoot you. Calling getting sent to AUAB or Manas a deployment cheapens what it means to deploy. If you're flying over the country but are based at AUAB or Dhafra then it's alright. but otherwise, not so much.

I'd like to be deployed to bikini Island to fight models infected with a nymphomania disease by terrorists.

Or Australia. The male to female ratio, cultural basis in violence and alcohol, and casual approach to cuisine appeals to me.

[*knock-out05*]

Originally Posted by starkc

I like how you "deploy" to vacation spots.

We deploy to Hawaii, PR, Guam, St Croix, Alaska, Homestead, Dallas.

[NEp8ntballer]

Originally Posted by starkc

I'd like to be deployed to bikini Island to fight models infected with a nymphomania disease by terrorists.

Or Australia. The male to female ratio, cultural basis in violence and alcohol, and casual approach to cuisine appeals to me.

there are way too many innuendos to be made involving 'fighting' and 'stabbing' for one response so just let your mind run wild...

[Crane]

Just had some kid in r/airforce tell me the AF is technical so PT doesn't matter.

Sure kid. While you're at it go tell your chief that.

[barrel roll]

WTF, over.

[Deathmoney07]

Originally Posted by NEp8ntballer

I'd rather be deployed into a place where people are trying to shoot you. Calling getting sent to AUAB or Manas a deployment cheapens what it means to deploy. If you're flying over the country but are based at AUAB or Dhafra then it's alright. but otherwise, not so much.

Yea...kind of like how 4N's(med techs) "deploy" to the ASF-Aeromedical Staging Facility for the wounded that arrive here at Andrews AFB...They call going down to the basement for 6 months a deployment, at least they are going to the desert and being seperated from the life of being stateside. Not to say that Abu Dhabi isnt lush and already americanized but still...

[NEp8ntballer]

Originally Posted by Crane

Just had some kid in r/airforce tell me the AF is technical so PT doesn't matter.

Sure kid. While you're at it go tell your chief that.

tard...

Originally Posted by barrel roll

WTF, over.

mmmmm unmanned space plane. Death from above... WAY above.

Originally Posted by Deathmoney07

Yea...kind of like how 4N's(med techs) "deploy" to the ASF-Aeromedical Staging Facility for the wounded that arrive here at Andrews AFB...They call going down to the basement for 6 months a deployment, at least they are going to the desert and being seperated from the life of being stateside. Not to say that Abu Dhabi isnt lush and already americanized but still...

that takes calling something a deployment to a whole new level...

[starkc]

Originally Posted by NEp8ntballer

there are way too many innuendos to be made involving 'fighting' and 'stabbing' for one response so just let your mind run wild...

You need to catch up, my imagination long since went wild and I had to change into looser pants. One of my last ideas was that our shipment of combat knives was accidentally switched with a shipment of novelty erm.. neck massagers.

Originally Posted by Crane

Just had some kid in r/airforce tell me the AF is technical so PT doesn't matter.

Sure kid. While you're at it go tell your chief that.

There are lots of intelligent and open minded people on reddit. Too bad they are all lurkers.

[akward silence]

Originally Posted by starkc

I have and wasn't crazy about it. It's distracting.

Where did you deploy with family?

[Mav]

Originally Posted by Crane

Just had some kid in r/airforce tell me the AF is technical so PT doesn't matter.

Sure kid. While you're at it go tell your chief that.

Went through SERE with a Flight Engineer who thought the same thing. He got put on an IV twice and we had to carry all of his ****. I really didn't want him to pass.

[starkc]

Originally Posted by akward silence

Where did you deploy with family?

I did a civilian job in Colombia in 08' and my mom rotated down for a TDY. Following was Iraq with my dad in 09' while my mom and brother were both in Afghan at the same time. Also I was In Cyprus and Egypt in 11' on a civilian job while my dad was in Egypt and Saudi. I worked the NEO and although I didn't take him to the airport, I got to have a drink with him before he flew back to Riyadh.

Suffice to say my family is heavily involved in American foreign policy (so to speak) and my immediate family is only the surface. I have been in ****ty places and ****tier situations where having family and/or friends present has presented obstacles (sometimes benefits, but usually obstacles) and I can safely say, from a position of experience, that I would prefer not to be deployed in a combat zone where I knew I had family. They are inevitably a distraction.

I hope that is adequate clarification. Because I don't know you and don't care to elaborate further.


EDIT:

I've been out drinking with an army bud for a bit (and drinking) and that might have come off confrontational. My bad if so. (and drinking) So who likes beer, tattoos, and whiskey? (and Smirnoff?)

[NEp8ntballer]

Originally Posted by Mav

Went through SERE with a Flight Engineer who thought the same thing. He got put on an IV twice and we had to carry all of his ****. I really didn't want him to pass.

he must have been really popular

Originally Posted by starkc

I did a civilian job in Colombia in 08' and my mom rotated down for a TDY. Following was Iraq with my dad in 09' while my mom and brother were both in Afghan at the same time. Also I was In Cyprus and Egypt in 11' on a civilian job while my dad was in Egypt and Saudi. I worked the NEO and although I didn't take him to the airport, I got to have a drink with him before he flew back to Riyadh.

Suffice to say my family is heavily involved in American foreign policy (so to speak) and my immediate family is only the surface. I have been in ****ty places and ****tier situations where having family and/or friends present has presented obstacles (sometimes benefits, but usually obstacles) and I can safely say, from a position of experience, that I would prefer not to be deployed in a combat zone where I knew I had family. They are inevitably a distraction.

I hope that is adequate clarification. Because I don't know you and don't care to elaborate further.


EDIT:

I've been out drinking with an army SF bud for a bit (and drinking) and that might have come off confrontational. My bad if so. (and drinking) So who likes beer, tattoos, and whiskey? (and Smirnoff?)

note to self: Stark comes from a long line of bad *****...