02-06-2004, 10:00
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Originally posted by Ghostrider
of course we look like geniuses when it's cold and windy and we start up that turbine and all you see is a flock of grunts getting warmed up behind the exhaust
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You just haven't lived until you've been warmed up by the heat of a tank engine.....
The Team Sergeant
(I do not recall ever being refered to as a flock.)
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02-06-2004, 10:40
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Originally posted by AProfSoldier
The Team Sergeant
(I do not recall ever being refered to as a flock.)
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A gaggle, perhaps??
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02-06-2004, 13:56
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A gaggle, perhaps??
Terry
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Herd?
Pride?
Column?
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
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02-06-2004, 14:00
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Pack perhaps?
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02-06-2004, 14:13
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How about:
a cluster or huddled mass? Although I think gaggle is an accurate description. Btw, fwiw, I'm NOT one of those TCs who has the driver shut down the engine when said "gaggle" huddles behind my tank.
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03-11-2005, 10:58
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Bumping this thread.
NDD's story is funny as hell!
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03-11-2005, 11:21
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Great Story
That was a great story. You should send it to Texas Jim for the next Tales Book.
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03-12-2005, 14:43
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I remember reading this when you first wrote it, NDD. Great story.
Question: What exactly were you training for?
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03-12-2005, 15:34
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Originally Posted by Sigi
I remember reading this when you first wrote it, NDD. Great story.
Question: What exactly were you training for?
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Training to stop the Soviet Hoard at the Fulda Gap of course. 
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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03-12-2005, 19:15
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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
I've got tears in my eyes.... NDD that was funny as hell!!!!
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ME TOO!
Thanks NDD!
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