Merry Christmas... to me.

J-Dub · 12-23-2005, 11:23

After 5 hours of riding in the shuttle van, we are less than 10 minutes away from our destination. It is about this time that the kid next to me decides he can't hold his lunch and just lets it go. We immediately pulled over to a gas station and waited for the kid to clean it up. Then we continued the last 3.5 minutes to the recruiters’ office. Let’s just say the recruiters were quite amused when we finally got home, and I feel sorry for the next shuttle group.

All in all, it was a good day and I enjoyed the experience.

BTW, I am under contract to my current employer until 20060601. It appeared, as he was testing for ship dates, that 20060712 was the first available. It surprised me that ship dates this far out were booked. I was curious if anyone knows if it is common to book up dates that far in advance.

**Kyobanim** · 12-23-2005, 11:45

Good Deal. Looks like a great Christmas present to me.

FearMonkey · 12-23-2005, 11:54

It must be a universal rule that someone has to toss their cookies at MEPS. My visit to reserve my slot at MEPS resulted with an 18X contract and a similiar story about a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit gone bad with the poor sap sitting next to me.

**The Reaper** · 12-23-2005, 12:01

I hope that these guys aren't 18Xs, or that they had the spins from celebrating the night before.

You can't hold your cookies on a bus ride, I really feel for you on a six hour C-130 low-level flight, on a Zodiac for a couple of hours in elevated sea state, or riding with the Nightstalkers on a cross-border NOE infil run.

TR

**Pete** · 12-23-2005, 16:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Reaper

.....riding with the Nightstalkers on a cross-border NOE infil run.
TR

Never did up-chuck but came close a few times on hot summer NOE flights when somebody else blew chunks and the smell drifted by. Got out every time before it hit me. Small boat ops, loved them, large or small sea state.

One night I did get to ride a Little Bird. The two pilots, the equipment stacked behind the seats and us two fools on each board. Both of us riders tried to wedge our bodies in behind the seats without moving our butts too much for most of the flight. The guys who have done it know what I mean about that issue. REAL GOOD view of the countryside, though.

I swear my boots kicked a few tree tops on the trip. When they pulled and banked into the LZ I put a real good set of finger indentations into the back of the pilot's chair.

**Ambush Master** · 12-23-2005, 16:42

Headed for Phase I, we were “inserted” into Camp Mackall by way of a full equipment jump. Only one problem, we were on a C-123, the weather was for shit and we were flown around for about 2-3 hours waiting for the weather to break. During the leisurely flight one of my friends got airsick and puked in his piss-pot !! He passed it down the stick for the JM to dump into the pisser in the rear and when it was about halfway back the RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED !!! EVERYBODY, STAND UP!!! The wayward helmet found itself being passed back to it’s owner, without having been DUMPED !!! As the jump commands proceeded, the helmet and owner were reunited and he donned it, puke and all. There was puke running and dripping off of his nose, ears, and chin. He was covered in it, and we were going to find ourselves without bathing facilities for the duration of Phase I. (He ended up having to wear those clothes for close to a week!!) When we finally left the airplane, all that broke the silence was his continued barfing all the way to the ground !!!

Doc · 12-23-2005, 12:05

I only saw people throw up a few times in the Army.

1. Once on a really bumpy flight when I was JMing a plane load of students. It was the AF CrewChief that threw up BTW.

2. Another time it was with some class mates of mine after breakfast during city week. We got to do a 5 mile run right after chow.

That's about it.

I may throw up after I get my Christmas Bill this month.

Doc

Doc · 12-23-2005, 12:12

Speaking of NightStalkers and throwing up.

We were in the Dominican Republic training years ago when the NS's came out to play with us. One of the DR Soldiers got airsick and SFC Pedro Munoz (RIP) put a plastic bag over his head before the soldier could spray the inside of the bird.

The pilot was Mike Durant by the way. Him and the CrewChief were very happy that Pedro showed such quick thinking.

RIP Pedro.

**Peregrino** · 12-23-2005, 13:28

Anyone who hasn't "blown chunks" flying NOE, riding in a Zodiac, or sitting in the back of a HN Land Cruiser barrelling through mountain passes just hasn't been living the good life long enough.

Don't let the medic BS you - Compazine is available in pills, injectable and suppositories. No matter how sick you are - stay conscious and fight for the injectable stuff. Otherwise the sick bas***ds always want to go straight to the suppositories. FWIW - Peregrino