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Posted on 3/31/20 at 12:08 pm to TDcline
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the Nepalese Gurkhas
Right after the invasion in Iraq, the company I was working for was contracted to replace the pipelines under the Tigris River in Baghdad by directional drilling. I guess blowing up crude lines was one of Saddam's parting gifts. We used these guys as security. You nailed it, they are pretty much savages.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 1:10 pm to MWP
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Right after the invasion in Iraq, the company I was working for was contracted to replace the pipelines under the Tigris River in Baghdad by directional drilling. I guess blowing up crude lines was one of Saddam's parting gifts. We used these guys as security. You nailed it, they are pretty much savages.
Yea, not sure I can even divulge or repeat some of the stories he told me about these guys.These stories are coming from a 6’4, tatted head to toe, 245 pound multiple deployment buddy of mine and he said the entire company wouldn’t really frick with those Nepalese dudes. I don’t have any first hand knowledge of them. Just stories from guys I know.
This post was edited on 3/31/20 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 3/31/20 at 1:11 pm to Poule Deau Gravy
Made it through hell week?
Posted on 3/31/20 at 1:34 pm to SulphursFinest
I may be remembering the details wrong, but I want to say it was 10 days of intensive weed out 'exercises' and he made it to day 9 before he dropped out. It's been a few years since we've talked about it.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 1:39 pm to MWP
I took care of a retired PJ in ICU ,toughest old guy I ever saw.According to his daughter he was in 82nd Airborne in WW2,jumped into Normandy early morning of D-Day.Also fought in Battle of the Bulge and on to Berlin.
After the war when Air Force split from Army me went with the Air Force as Pararescue,served in Korea and Vietnam Nam and retired with 30 years,lived in San Antonio.He was on his way to New Orleans for grand opening of D-Day museum and got creamed by a log truck on Hwy 28 West (log truck driver at fault).
Had multiple rib fractures on L with punctured lung and had chest tubes and on ventilator.Pelvis also fractured.
I explained to him sign language to use when he needed pain shot,he never asked for one.I would ask him if he was hurting and he would just shrug his shoulders.I would give him pain shots anyway but I would always tell him before and he would again just shrug his shoulders as if to say “ ok,whatever”.He stayed calm and cooperative throughout.
He was unbelievably muscled up,esp. for guy in his late 70’s.His daughter said he believed in keeping in shape.
He made an amazing recovery and went home.Sadly he died less than 2 years later.
After the war when Air Force split from Army me went with the Air Force as Pararescue,served in Korea and Vietnam Nam and retired with 30 years,lived in San Antonio.He was on his way to New Orleans for grand opening of D-Day museum and got creamed by a log truck on Hwy 28 West (log truck driver at fault).
Had multiple rib fractures on L with punctured lung and had chest tubes and on ventilator.Pelvis also fractured.
I explained to him sign language to use when he needed pain shot,he never asked for one.I would ask him if he was hurting and he would just shrug his shoulders.I would give him pain shots anyway but I would always tell him before and he would again just shrug his shoulders as if to say “ ok,whatever”.He stayed calm and cooperative throughout.
He was unbelievably muscled up,esp. for guy in his late 70’s.His daughter said he believed in keeping in shape.
He made an amazing recovery and went home.Sadly he died less than 2 years later.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 1:53 pm to Brisketeer
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Reads more like a CMH citation - probably deserves it.
The Air Force has a weird love/hate relationship with its enlisted fighting force.
It’s probably due to the service’s history of officers (pilots) being in combat rather than enlisted people on the ground. When I was AD I saw some guys do some pretty amazing things in battle outside the wire but they never got so much as an achievement medal. Just one of those things.
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Posted on 3/31/20 at 2:43 pm to SulphursFinest
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Made it through hell week?
That's the SEALS
Posted on 3/31/20 at 3:28 pm to double d
Yeah I saw pipeline and immediately thought BUD/s. Might have been Indoc he was in. PJ training is more strenuous water confidence.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 3:29 pm to brass2mouth
PJs and CROs get looked down on by other branches too, it seems. They are viewed by some as glorified ambulance drivers.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 3:31 pm to DeltaDoc
I don’t think that’s accurate. PJs are highly trained in everything. Their attrition rate is higher than BUD/s.
If you have a PJ attached to your unit, you’re in great hands.
If you have a PJ attached to your unit, you’re in great hands.
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Posted on 3/31/20 at 3:40 pm to SulphursFinest
Yeah but 18d's and the like like to talk shite 
"something something, slam 200mg/ket IM, slap on a chest seal and call for exfil" That kind of stuff.
"something something, slam 200mg/ket IM, slap on a chest seal and call for exfil" That kind of stuff.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 3:42 pm to LSUA 75
I knew a PJ when I worked as a contractor over in Saudi. He was Vietnam era and was one of the nicest, quietest guys you could ever meet. And while he was in his mid to late 40's when I knew him he was still as powerful a human being as I have ever known.
I have been around several active and retired Army Spec Ops guys growing up. While I knew all of these guys were true badasses none of them ever gave me quite the chill that my coworker in Saudi gave me when he looked directly at you.
I never asked him about Nam, and he never spoke of anything during his two tours there, but it was plainly obvious he had a left a part of his soul there. I can't imagine what he had seen/done to affect such an unbelievably strong character such as his.
My greatest regret during my time in was not trying out for the PJ/CCT test. Don't know if I would have made it or not but just the thought of the water test was enough to keep me from giving it a shot. My hat is off to all the Spec Ops guys, in all the services, but I know that all PJ's and CCT's are much more than a cut above.
I have been around several active and retired Army Spec Ops guys growing up. While I knew all of these guys were true badasses none of them ever gave me quite the chill that my coworker in Saudi gave me when he looked directly at you.
I never asked him about Nam, and he never spoke of anything during his two tours there, but it was plainly obvious he had a left a part of his soul there. I can't imagine what he had seen/done to affect such an unbelievably strong character such as his.
My greatest regret during my time in was not trying out for the PJ/CCT test. Don't know if I would have made it or not but just the thought of the water test was enough to keep me from giving it a shot. My hat is off to all the Spec Ops guys, in all the services, but I know that all PJ's and CCT's are much more than a cut above.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 3:44 pm to DOPEman
Yeah that’s true lol. They are all bad arse in their own right.
The Air Force is actually expanding how they use PJs. Some are getting sniper school now. Pretty cool.
The Air Force is actually expanding how they use PJs. Some are getting sniper school now. Pretty cool.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 3:50 pm to SulphursFinest
Combat Weather is now Special Reconnaisance. What exactly that entails is a bit murky. Not sure the AF has figured it out yet other than wanting a bigger slice of the SOF pie.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 3:57 pm to SulphursFinest
Interesting, wonder which schoolhouse they're going to.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 4:00 pm to DOPEman
Not sure. I heard it in a Podcast with Heath Kerns, he’s a CRO and said he sent one of his guys to sniper school.
Thought that was interesting for PJ
Thought that was interesting for PJ
Posted on 3/31/20 at 4:08 pm to DeltaDoc
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PJs and CROs get looked down on by other branches too, it seems. They are viewed by some as glorified ambulance drivers.
I think that’s more just the Air Force that gets looked down on. I respected the PJs. Their pipeline is no joke. The other pipelines teach you to become a critical skills operator. The PJs learn to be an operator and then a damn good field medic on top of it. Like I said, nothing but respeck for those dudes. They are skinny though lol.
This post was edited on 3/31/20 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 3/31/20 at 7:07 pm to TDcline
That’s probably fair to say.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:22 pm to NOLALGD
The night crowd downvoted me to hell and back awhile back for not agreeing with their sentiment that the PJ's were glorified medics.
My cousin is a PJ, and is in his 20s with 2 purple hearts and a Silver Star- they are some bad dudes. Their #1 priority is to get your arse out, and if they have to light Charlie's arse up to do it, they will, and they can...with extreme efficiency.
My cousin is a PJ, and is in his 20s with 2 purple hearts and a Silver Star- they are some bad dudes. Their #1 priority is to get your arse out, and if they have to light Charlie's arse up to do it, they will, and they can...with extreme efficiency.
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