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Another One
Guys:
I knew Nguyen in the 1st SFG as he was an avid competitive shooter. We shot some High Power for a while and he branched off into Three Gun, IPSC and apparently Bullseye pistol.
When Nguyen got to the 1st, he had a reloading set up in the back of his little red pick up truck. He would sit in there under the cap and reload ammo because he didn't want to get caught with the gear and powder in his barracks room. He moon lighted at some gunsmith in Tacoma to learn gunsmithing and was a firearms and shooting fanatic.
We had a formal Rifle Team in the 1st SFG and could tap into ammo to practice and shoot matches. When I retired, Nguyen used this to get his hands on the loads of M-80 ball in stripper clips (A-130) and .45 ACP that Group forecasted but never used. Same with 5.56. He trained heavily in Three Gun and I mean heavily. Champion level training and discipline. He got real, real, good.
I retired in 1997 and Nguyen was heavily involved in running SFAUC courses for 1st SFG. CWO-3 Haugen used to have him demonstrate the draw and shooting of some plates or sils with an M-9 out of one of those idiotic Bianchi flap holsters we were forced to use. Nguyen was so good at that time that he would draw and clean five plates so fast that no one could really see what he was doing. Mike called it a draw in terms of training because guys were so stunned at his speed and precision with issued gear that they never focused on his technique.
Chapman first in the War on Terror, and now Nguyen out of the 1st Group. Mack, Plumendore, Gertsen, Jacobson, Davis, Solerio out of 1/25th SBCT (there are twenty four more who I didn't know as well). These guys were friends of mine and were professional soldiers.
And to be killed by his own?
What a terrible incident.
Well, at least I have someone I know to squad with on the firing line when I die.
This is real bad kaa-kaa guys.
Gene
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