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re: Veterans who feel entitled to discounts just because they are Veterans

Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:48 pm to
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
21044 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:48 pm to
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I dont disagree but the POG that never left the FOB thats "never going to be the same" because they had to take cover because of indirect heading to the DFAC. PX, internet cafe or MWR...drive me fricking crazy.


Well, yeah.
Posted by CobraCommander83
Member since Feb 2017
12556 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:51 pm to
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take cover because of indirect heading


Not to get off subject but every time we stopped by Bagram, I always laughed at the ones that freaked out when the incoming sirens went off. Nothing ever came within 100 yards of the outer wall.
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8748 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:54 pm to
I just put something like this on during Black Friday and make out like a bandit on deals with a veterans discount.

Posted by CobraCommander83
Member since Feb 2017
12556 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:56 pm to
I always laugh at that picture.
Posted by kilo
No block, no rock
Member since Oct 2011
30515 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:57 pm to
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Not to get off subject but every time we stopped by Bagram, I always laughed at the ones that freaked out when the incoming sirens went off. Nothing ever came within 100 yards of the outer wall.



I was in a Stryker battalion and we spent weeks at a time out of the wire and we always laughed at the hysteria when we were chilling when the indirect sirens went off when we were back at Liberty. POGS running for bunkers... You can tell by the PoO where its headed and how large the round is usually (mortars of course) those 105mm rockets sucked though.
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
21044 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:58 pm to
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I always laughed at the ones that freaked out when the incoming sirens went off.

The first day it happens, youre like oh shite oh shite.. After a month youre like fk it, if i die i die.
Posted by CobraCommander83
Member since Feb 2017
12556 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:01 pm to
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After a month youre like fk it, if i die i die.


shite at night, you don’t even get out of the bunk.
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
21044 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:02 pm to
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shite at night, you don’t even get out of the bunk.

Yep, wake up look around... fk it back to sleep
Posted by kilo
No block, no rock
Member since Oct 2011
30515 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:02 pm to
Haj is a smart cookie. He always knows the DFAC hours. He can take a break from work and pop an 80mm mortar tube out of his trunk and terrorize a few mechanics or finance types that are heading to get chow.

Never miss a meal
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
19122 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:02 pm to
I’ve never seen a vet get pissed about it. At an old job, I’ve had several ask and we didn’t offer a discount. They just said “okay” and went about their business.
Posted by Morty
Member since Feb 2018
2252 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:06 pm to
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I agree with Bill Burr that we’ve gotten a little carried away with our veteran love. Very few of them risked lives. The cook on an aircraft carrier does not need to be thanked everywhere he goes it’s a job.
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
21044 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:07 pm to
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He always knows the DFAC hours

We were there nearly 12-13 months before all the KBR shite started popping up. I think one was targeted by a bomber at lunch time, i remember hearing a story about it. We had MREs and any little haji special we could find before it got all McDs ect.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:08 pm to
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What about getting shot at for no reason other than to ensure pussies and figs like you have the freedom to cry on the Internet


voluntary too.

Posted by CobraCommander83
Member since Feb 2017
12556 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:08 pm to
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Haj is a smart cookie. He always knows the DFAC hours


One thing is for certain, those sorry bastards know all the hours, who’s coming and going, and Knew the whole setup.
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
21044 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:10 pm to
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One thing is for certain, those sorry bastards know all the hours, who’s coming and going, and Knew the whole setup.



Because half the time they were working for us as translators ect.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Mackinac Island
Member since Jul 2009
38566 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:10 pm to
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i remember hearing a story about it. We had MREs and any little haji special we could find before it got all McDs ect.
I was also there in 03. That first summer sucked arse.
Posted by kilo
No block, no rock
Member since Oct 2011
30515 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:11 pm to
Same here my first pop in Iraq in 2003. I remember top handing me a sat phone during XMAS in 2003 and told me to make this the best 5 mins of my life outside the first time I got laid. I think top overestimated my staying power as a young man.

Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
21044 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:12 pm to
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I was also there in 03. That first summer sucked arse.

I was there when we crossed into Iraq. We drove from Kuwait all the way through to Mosul. weekly/monthly Stops along the way ofcourse.
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
21044 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:14 pm to
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Same here my first pop in Iraq in 2003

Yep, no mail or phones for months. We were a ragtag looking bunch once everyone used their razors and soap up.
Posted by kilo
No block, no rock
Member since Oct 2011
30515 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:14 pm to
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We drove from Kuwait all the way through to Mosul.


What unit?
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