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Now if I were standing next to him next to a septic tank. . .ooops! niyad Aug 10 #1
Well, making him clean a tank after thirty days in the field would be a close second. Aristus Aug 10 #3
I don't think I could trust him even to do that! calimary Aug 11 #18
Thank you aristus. grumpyduck Aug 10 #2
I was a Heavy Equipment Operator in the Marines, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 10 #4
Right there with you, my dear Aristus. There is no way he could handle one of those jobs, never mind all. nt CaliforniaPeggy Aug 10 #5
We need to make election ads ecstatic Aug 10 #6
Excellent OP. MLAA Aug 10 #7
Vance was a POG (Person Other than Grunt) DinahMoeHum Aug 10 #8
And we used to call the sweet or salty snacks that we brought Aristus Aug 10 #9
That's not quite true, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 10 #10
Thank Faux pas Aug 10 #11
Thank you. Aristus Aug 10 #12
Kick dalton99a Aug 11 #13
You've got extraordinary cred! Thank you, oh BTW dobleremolque Aug 11 #14
Fuel tankers in convoy in Afghanistan - There's a high-value target. What a tense job that must've been. NBachers Aug 11 #17
Old M578 driver here KS Toronado Aug 11 #15
Well, if a tank tred gets stuck in a rut, thrown in there to give you traction. TheBlackAdder Aug 11 #16
If I were in combat, I wouldn't want him at the FOB Zoomie1986 Aug 11 #19
The way Vance feels about a veteran who spent Emile Aug 11 #20
I wouldn't have even wanted him in my ship's radio shack! IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 11 #21
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