So, I am talking with a youngster about, among other things, he had only 30 days after being awarded his service-connected disability to apply for life insurance, and said he missed it by two weeks. I urged him to find someone in the system to verify this as it seemed kind of arbritrary. The rest of the conversation, in order, as I recall it:
So, what was your MOS
18 Xray, Special Forces Engineer.
Hmm, I thought SF engineers were Charlies . . . you sure?
Yes, SF Engineer
(I explain what my understanding of an X-ray is, but never having served in the Grand Army of the Republic, I tread lightly, finishing up with "I thought you were designated Engineer, etc. after SFAS and the Q.)
Well, yea, I was selected, but then I pissed hot and was discharged.
Yes, it's different than back in the day. I hear one DUI will screw you.
So, what was your MOS before CMF18?
13(something) field artillery at Ft. Bliss. Two tours in stan and one in Iraq. I didn't do a lot of artillery firing, so I changed to 11B.
So, why don't you just apply for regular life insurance?
I have depleted uranium pellets in my head.
YIKES. That would definitely make you commercially uninsurable, what, you forgot to duck?
No, it's from the artillery range.
I heard that the A-10 uses 30mm DU rounds for AP. Is that what you were firing?
No, all artillery rounds are made from depleted uranium. The M-1 Abrams is made from depleted uranium. If our optics break it is a HAZMAT situation because there is radioactive material in those.
Geez.
I am pretty sure this guy was in, but based on just reading this board I think he was jerkin' me off about his SF connection, SO:
Is true that ALL artillery rounds have DU casings?
Is the Abrams hull DU?
Are the optics really radioactive?
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