Viceroy808
New member
Aloha everyone;
This is the 2nd to last time before I ship out to Fort Benning that I get to cruise cyberspace. I will be back Thu 21 Dec 00 for one last check and that's it. Needless to say I missed being here at TFL. Still catching up on the strange new posts et al but somehow managing.
Thank you for the advice ... I'm a starting E-4 (Corporal) because of citizenship snags, but I'll make the age requirement for OCS. It'll be good to start as enlisted
On a sidenote, I did find out that the INS has swarms of venal, impertinent, rather terminally STUPID people ignorant of their own regulations or codes of civilized behavior. I never saw this during the Reagan years. I have come to the proper and inalienable conclusion that this lackadasial attitude and total professional incompetence is a result of the Clinton regime. I could quote a number of Chinese scholars on how the failings of leadership lead to moral rot throughout the Empire, but I will pass. Suffice to say, that the way they treated Elian Gonzalez already makes them dishonorable and fit for disbandment. In any self-respecting culture, most of our civil servants would have taken their lives out of shame. Never mind that wet leaf on a heel (Japanese expression for "persistent pain in the ass") half-president who has been overdue for an eviction.
It will be GREAT to serve under a REAL President.
Ok most of that belonged to General Discussion ... excuse me while I collect my thoughts ... oya Military Service.
I did a bit of research about Airborne/Ranger school over the past few weeks ...
Sleep deprivation? No problem. I was in a NASA/Harvard Medical School study last year that kept me 49 days in a room with no clocks, windows, or time cues. They rigged my wake/sleep cycle to induce serious discomfort ... to understate it by miles. I was the last of 6 test subjects in that particular study before it ended. Yeah I think sleep deprivation won't be much of a problem. I'll tell this story some other time.
Food deprivation? No problem. Living on one meal a day under conditions of strenuous activity? Lived as a runaway for weeks on end. I'll eat gravel if I have to (too bad I don't have a gizzard to store it in) ... I think this won't be too hard.
Heat exhaustion from the temperature at Fort Benning? I'm from Hawaii. It'll be GOOD to get away from this Midwest snow. I think people are crazy in Chicago. Four out of five major street gangs in the nation are represented here. Something is wrongp with this place. The cold exacerbates it.
Quitting? I don't think so. I already have no family, and if I quit it's ends right there. The only alternative is death. I prefer an honorable death. Washing out in training is unspeakable. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. I'm too damn hungry for that to come about.
I actually think I asked a stupid question: "Should I serve in the 75th Ranger Regiment?" Of course I'd serve. I must have been nuts to ask. I'd have to give up being in Hawaii but what was I thinking? The honor of it! As if it were actually an option to treat it as a non-choice. Sorry everyone.
I need to ask a few questions if that's ok?
(1) What can I expect at Fort Benning? I don't mean Basic. Any good eats around off base? Any special people I should say hi to on behalf of TFL? Lay of the land, please
(2) Same for Fort Bragg.
(3) Asides from the added weight, is it worth having either a 40mm grenade launcher or shotgun under an M16A2? Should I beg, wink, and claw my way to possession of an M203 if I can get assigned one? I'm assuming I won't get a SAW. Yes I know about the "The M16 is a POS weapon" threads ... honest answer, please.
There ... I think that's it ... will keep you updated. I'm keeping a log of everything that will happen and posting it in one massive thread once all is done. Cheers everyone ... happy snow days
[Edited by Viceroy808 on 12-07-2000 at 09:07 PM]
This is the 2nd to last time before I ship out to Fort Benning that I get to cruise cyberspace. I will be back Thu 21 Dec 00 for one last check and that's it. Needless to say I missed being here at TFL. Still catching up on the strange new posts et al but somehow managing.
Thank you for the advice ... I'm a starting E-4 (Corporal) because of citizenship snags, but I'll make the age requirement for OCS. It'll be good to start as enlisted
On a sidenote, I did find out that the INS has swarms of venal, impertinent, rather terminally STUPID people ignorant of their own regulations or codes of civilized behavior. I never saw this during the Reagan years. I have come to the proper and inalienable conclusion that this lackadasial attitude and total professional incompetence is a result of the Clinton regime. I could quote a number of Chinese scholars on how the failings of leadership lead to moral rot throughout the Empire, but I will pass. Suffice to say, that the way they treated Elian Gonzalez already makes them dishonorable and fit for disbandment. In any self-respecting culture, most of our civil servants would have taken their lives out of shame. Never mind that wet leaf on a heel (Japanese expression for "persistent pain in the ass") half-president who has been overdue for an eviction.
It will be GREAT to serve under a REAL President.
Ok most of that belonged to General Discussion ... excuse me while I collect my thoughts ... oya Military Service.
I did a bit of research about Airborne/Ranger school over the past few weeks ...
Sleep deprivation? No problem. I was in a NASA/Harvard Medical School study last year that kept me 49 days in a room with no clocks, windows, or time cues. They rigged my wake/sleep cycle to induce serious discomfort ... to understate it by miles. I was the last of 6 test subjects in that particular study before it ended. Yeah I think sleep deprivation won't be much of a problem. I'll tell this story some other time.
Food deprivation? No problem. Living on one meal a day under conditions of strenuous activity? Lived as a runaway for weeks on end. I'll eat gravel if I have to (too bad I don't have a gizzard to store it in) ... I think this won't be too hard.
Heat exhaustion from the temperature at Fort Benning? I'm from Hawaii. It'll be GOOD to get away from this Midwest snow. I think people are crazy in Chicago. Four out of five major street gangs in the nation are represented here. Something is wrongp with this place. The cold exacerbates it.
Quitting? I don't think so. I already have no family, and if I quit it's ends right there. The only alternative is death. I prefer an honorable death. Washing out in training is unspeakable. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. I'm too damn hungry for that to come about.
I actually think I asked a stupid question: "Should I serve in the 75th Ranger Regiment?" Of course I'd serve. I must have been nuts to ask. I'd have to give up being in Hawaii but what was I thinking? The honor of it! As if it were actually an option to treat it as a non-choice. Sorry everyone.
I need to ask a few questions if that's ok?
(1) What can I expect at Fort Benning? I don't mean Basic. Any good eats around off base? Any special people I should say hi to on behalf of TFL? Lay of the land, please
(2) Same for Fort Bragg.
(3) Asides from the added weight, is it worth having either a 40mm grenade launcher or shotgun under an M16A2? Should I beg, wink, and claw my way to possession of an M203 if I can get assigned one? I'm assuming I won't get a SAW. Yes I know about the "The M16 is a POS weapon" threads ... honest answer, please.
There ... I think that's it ... will keep you updated. I'm keeping a log of everything that will happen and posting it in one massive thread once all is done. Cheers everyone ... happy snow days
[Edited by Viceroy808 on 12-07-2000 at 09:07 PM]