Here you go, ladies...



I'm on the right. The older gent is a mentor of mine; almost like a grandfather, actually. Dont mind the strange face - it was cold out there!

 

I guess I'll do my annual stupid Army picture...



I "get" to take one every year thanks to the army.

 

DA Photo...Must be getting ready for the SFC Board.

 

Correct sir....

 

Hopefully you'll get picked up...it would be nice to get my 6 though but I don't see points dropping anytime soon....

 

I guess it's as close to a uniform as i wear when down range. That's me on the left with two of the guess on my team.

 

You guys looks like Army Rangers to me................................oh yeah, you guys are, just noticed the avatar...lol

 

hahaha..I did start as a Ranger back in the day, but by the time this was taken I was in a unit that is a little more "Special".


on more for good measure.... Me on left little and little bro on the right (R.I.P.)

 

From an Army Ranger to a Special Forces is a bad *** son of a gun...lol

Anyway, never knew you could do both.

 

I'm gonna play it safe and assume you were in Group....3rd or 7th maybe? I only say that because there aren't that many of "us" (LOL) either in or attached to 1st, 5th, or 10th. I don't know too much about the NG groups...I've only been attached to (1st, 3rd, 5th, & 10th).

Bro most group guys are triple stacked as you typically don't find anyone with just the unit patch (includes Airborne tab) and their long tab (SF tab but only if an 18 series). Hell weirdest thing I was in the PX a while back and saw a triple stacked with a Sapper tab instead of a Ranger tab....prior engineer I guess but come to find out he was a Bravo LOL

 

At the time of this pic, I was in 10th Group, 2nd Batt, ODA 044. When were you attached to 10th? Hell, we could have run into each other!!

And I have to agree, I was the Team Sergeant (MSG) to be exact. But I can on ly think of one jr on the team that wasn't rocking the tower of power. A lot of the new 18X's are coming in with just a long tab. But they wont see the A-team for a while. They stay on the B-team for a long time and have to earn their way up do to merit,...or attrition.

Wait a minute, you say a Sapper with a long tab, and he wasn't a Charlie...hahahaha. Damn who the hell did he **** off???

 

Did he have a dive pin? If so I know why....

 

Damn you guys and your funny Army lingo I never could tell who was who with you guys when I was in Haiti. Go Navy.

 

I'm a 37 not an 18 so we're attached to everyone...I was attached to a 10th group team out of Germany and then 5th towards the middle of our rotation during the last OIF mission before it changed to that New Dawn crap. I can only remember names of their Alpha, Zulu, and Warrant. Well that and pics too...had some great times with those guys. But yeah that was in 2010. And yeah I'm sure he made someone angry but you know a lot of PSYOP and CA guys go SF and wash out (I haven't gone and don't plan on it...PSYOP is enough cool guy for me without the stardom from wearing a green hat LOL) and they were saying the Bravo course has swayed a lot of engineers to go that route as opposed to Charlies because most Charlies are leaning towards ASO too much after they leave SWTG and get to their teams.

Unfortunately he wasn't wearing any of his pins....what'd you have in mind?

 

Yeah, kinda curious myself. Don't know any Sappers in the community....

 

One of my good buddies, is a Diver/Sapper and now Green Beanie - 18 Bang Bang type at Bragg.

He went Bravo on purpose, us diver types aren't really into the Charlie stuff, with the exception of the demo part.

 

Damn, when I went through the Q I was told to what i was gonna be. I got assigned Echo, then after a few years and deployments I was transitioned to the team Foxtrot.
But I can see that. The only things my Charlies liked were the demolitions and breach charges and the like.

 

Typically, they see one of us go through and they say:

Yeah, 18D on a Dive team!

But sometimes we can talk them out of it. He even managed to stay off a Dive Team, which is practically impossible since so many fail the school, pre-qualified Dive Sups are fairly rare.

 

Kane no offense but an Army diver is not what you would think is common.....

 

Hey, there are 110 of us... we roll deep yo.

 

hahaha, is the MOS still called 00B? I don't think I have ever met an actual diver. And wow, he managed to stay off a dive team....while he already had his bubble.... that is crazy!!

 

They changed it from 00B to 21D and now 12D.

I liked the 00B, sounded cooler....

Hi, I'm a Diver - nice to meet ya. LOL

 

I guess I should feel lucky that I have met two of your guys then!

 

ODA dive teams....LOL supported a team out of 1st SFG this past rotation LOL ranger panties with every uniform...especially when we would go visit the bigger bases to resupply. Nothing like seeing a National Guard CSM confused because we were all bearded, full kit (peltors & all), ranger panties, Merrells, and green tees walking with our weapons into his shoppette. By far the best team I've ever worked with... When it was time to handle our business we did that and some but when we had time off we had a good time as well.

 

Haha. I meant I never met a 00B. I know plenty of my brethren that have their bubbles. I prefer being a free fall guy myself.