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unhappycamper

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5. I was an REMF (both times) and was not out in the bush.

Reply to JimboBillyBubbaBob (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 10:41 AM

Nov 2013

I spent a few months (losing most of my high frequency hearing) at a base camp with 8 inch (!) howitzers blasting away.

My second tour was more interesting: NCOIC of MARS Station AB8AJ after I got out of Cambiodia.

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1st Cav ?? FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #1

No clue, but when they load your ass on LSTs runways are not required. n/t unhappycamper Nov 2013 #2

That is the concept of it yes. n/t shedevil69taz Nov 2013 #4

Hey Unhappycamper... JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #3

I was an REMF (both times) and was not out in the bush. unhappycamper Nov 2013 #5