07-14-2005, 17:02
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
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Welcome, Gents!
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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07-14-2005, 17:19
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Occupied Pineland
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Originally Posted by KBAR_O4
Hello everyone. I have to say first off, this is the best run board Ive been on in awhile. I am a retired O-4/Intelligence officer. Half my career active/half reserve. I spent almost all my reserve time assigned to USSOCCENT and ended up being based at Khandahar, AFG during the early stages of Enduring Freedom. I worked extensively with TF KBAR (and all the associate allied forces) as well as 3/3 SFG and the 5th Group (Mullholand...). Now I have returned to running my family ranch in Montana and the only things I have to fight off are bears, wolves, coyotes, eagles, and the occasional inebriated native american.... Definitely a pleasure to be here.
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So is it elk and mule deer or antelope and jackrabbits? Montana's a big place. Welcome aboard. Peregrino
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07-14-2005, 18:06
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Florida
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Just like to thank all the current active duty and veterans for your service and for providing this site full of informative advice for future DEPs such as myself. I plan on enlisting in about a year from now with an 18x so im trying to soak up as much as I possibly can as my enlistment plans got delayed due to 3 surgeries in the past year (tonsils/deviated septom twice). Looking forward to meeting any other future or current 18xers.
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07-14-2005, 18:42
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Guerrilla
Join Date: May 2005
Location: The Big Country
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Originally Posted by KBAR_O4
Now I have returned to running my family ranch in Montana and the only things I have to fight off are bears, wolves, coyotes, eagles, and the occasional inebriated native american...
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As a former security guard in MT I empathize... 
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07-15-2005, 05:49
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: stevenage
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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
Welcome All.
Scopey_uk,
Maybe you could send the Team Sergeant here some Marmite in case he hasn't sampled this delicacy.
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Well it's def a love or hate thing... mmmm marmite on toast..
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07-15-2005, 07:19
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Just added my first post but wanted to intorduce myself in the proper forum...
*cut and paste*
I enlisted in the army with a RIP contract in 2002. I was fortunate enough to deploy with 1/75 into both Afghanistan and Iraq. Late 2003 I was accepted into a commissioning program and couldn't turn it down.
While still working towards my commission I earned the chance to go through SFAS with class 007-05. I had the best experience of my life and it only wetted my appetite to continue the training. Sadly, I have to wait until after I graduate and reach O-2 (P).....
I read over a lot of this site before registering and I'm really looking forward to learning from the experience of the others who post here.
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07-15-2005, 08:25
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Asset
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Missouri
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It's Elk and Mule Deer, the Antelope thing is the other side of the state....
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07-15-2005, 08:58
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Oregon, Land of the Silver Grey Sunsets
Posts: 3,886
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Welcome men.
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07-15-2005, 17:20
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Southern Puget Sound
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Molon Labe, welcome to the site.
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07-15-2005, 20:15
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Castle Rock, CO
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Originally Posted by KBAR_O4
Now I have returned to running my family ranch in Montana and the only things I have to fight off are bears, wolves, coyotes, eagles, and the occasional inebriated native american.... Definitely a pleasure to be here.
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what about BLM bureaucrats, USFS grazing inspectors and the like...?
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07-16-2005, 07:17
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Missouri
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Not much BLM land on this side of the state. Most of the feds know better than to pick on locals too much. I mean, we no longer have an open season if thats what you mean...
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07-16-2005, 09:32
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Castle Rock, CO
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Originally Posted by KBAR_O4
Not much BLM land on this side of the state. Most of the feds know better than to pick on locals too much. I mean, we no longer have an open season if thats what you mean...
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GTG...welcome...i once turned a modest nest egg into a goose egg running cows...rotsaruck...
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""A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.""- GEN George S. Patton
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07-17-2005, 10:53
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Missouri
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Well, if I could just win the lottery I could afford to ranch the rest of my life...
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07-17-2005, 14:59
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Asset
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NC
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Thanks for having me
Hello all
Just here to read and learn what i can...
Thanks to those responsible for a great board and alot of good info.
I enlisted active duty a bit over a year ago 18x. I was in the DEP program and had finished the Dlab, my apft test and all of that, was just waiting to ship. My recruter ok'd lasic surgery and i got it, and meps had a problem with that. My recruiters station commander also had a problem with him for obvious reasons after that.
At any rate, heard from a buddy that guard might be the way to go and 3/20th relocated to nc last october, so i am checking them out and trying to do some due dilligence.
I'll be around reading and what not so thought everyone should know who i am if i'm going to be lurking.
Thanks again for having me.
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07-17-2005, 17:41
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
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Welcome, and sorry for your misfortune.
That is why we tell people to follow AR 40-501 and wait to get any elective surgery, especially eye surgery.
It requires a waiver, and some people do not like issuing waivers.
Read and learn.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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