tc237 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Originally posted by Splinty: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by tc237: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Splinty: 2006-present 31B Military Policeman 46 MP CO currently at FOB Rustamiyah Baghdad. Is that the FOB on the South East side, near the canal and the Diyala river? </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bailey Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 1992-94: 110th MI Bn, 10th Mtn Div, Fort Drum NY --Deployed 1993, OP Restore Hope, Somalia 1994-96: 312th MI Bn, 1st Cav Div, Fort Hood, TX 1996-98: US Army Intel & Security Command, Fort Meade, MD 1998-01 IRR Washington DC vic. 2001-2006: 3-116th Inf, 29th Inf Div, VA National Guard --Deployed 2005, OP Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan (TF Thunder, 25DIVARTY) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Originally posted by tc237: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Splinty: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by tc237: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Splinty: 2006-present 31B Military Policeman 46 MP CO currently at FOB Rustamiyah Baghdad. Is that the FOB on the South East side, near the canal and the Diyala river? </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirReal Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 1990-1991 National service, infanteriregemente 1. 10 months. 1994-current National guard, 23:e skghvkomp (archipelago guard company), as a sharpshooter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ng cavscout Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Originally posted by fritzthemoose: Could not avoid the mandatory draft here in Austria but was lucky to get a not fit for combat duty rating. Which is good However was unlucky enough to get a fit for admin duty rating. Which is bad. :mad: So as a good soldier I cut my losses and looked for another strategy Let some time pass and then before I had to report for service I told them that my eyesight deteriorated even more since the draft. So I got an appointment for a redraft and had to spend another 2 days in the barracks which was bad :mad: However, a eye specialist who is a friend briefed me well enough to get my eyesight result to a not fit for military service level which is good So mission accomplished wow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Originally posted by NG cavscout: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by fritzthemoose: Could not avoid the mandatory draft here in Austria but was lucky to get a not fit for combat duty rating. Which is good However was unlucky enough to get a fit for admin duty rating. Which is bad. :mad: So as a good soldier I cut my losses and looked for another strategy Let some time pass and then before I had to report for service I told them that my eyesight deteriorated even more since the draft. So I got an appointment for a redraft and had to spend another 2 days in the barracks which was bad :mad: However, a eye specialist who is a friend briefed me well enough to get my eyesight result to a not fit for military service level which is good So mission accomplished wow </font>LOL.... my reaction exactly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc237 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Originally posted by Splinty: That is all IA now,were you guys getting mortared alot back then? We're going back and forth with FOB Loyalty as the most hit FOBs in Iraq right now.Not really. The first half of our deployment (summer-autumn 2003)was fairly quite (for my unit, other then major events like the UN bombing). Don't remember the first time but it might have been in Jan 2004. And even then it was maybe once a day/night. I think our scouts from 2nd ACR setup an OP and caught the guy. I do remember it started raining on Nov 17 and did not stop untill late March. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpkev31b Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Currently, 31b mp 2003- present USAG aberdeen proving grounds 92mp co Hanau Germany- deployed to afghanistan OEF IV currently at ft benning, GA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 You know, all the guys finding out that they might have known each other is justification for these threads. At least that's what I think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavtroop Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Originally posted by sgtgoody (esq): You know, all the guys finding out that they might have known each other is justification for these threads. At least that's what I think. Yeah, I keep scanning the thread to see if anyone was in at the same place/time as I was. None yet, but still hope! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Dick Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Was anyone in Baghdad in 2003? During the mortar barrages that happened almost like clockwork. It would be around 1000, 1600, and 2200. They even had airburst rounds, which are crazy to see. Counterbattery couldn't pin them down exactly, and couldn't just level populated neighborhoods. Patrols couldn't catch them in the act, searches came up empty handed. Hell, we even snuck around at night like idiots trying to catch them. I think all the indirect fire from the leftover artillery had calmed down alot by 2005. We got mortared once, the whole tour. 2003 was a daily occurence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Originally posted by Bradley Dick: Was anyone in Baghdad in 2003? During the mortar barrages that happened almost like clockwork. It would be around 1000, 1600, and 2200. They even had airburst rounds, which are crazy to see. Counterbattery couldn't pin them down exactly, and couldn't just level populated neighborhoods. Patrols couldn't catch them in the act, searches came up empty handed. Hell, we even snuck around at night like idiots trying to catch them. I think all the indirect fire from the leftover artillery had calmed down alot by 2005. We got mortared once, the whole tour. 2003 was a daily occurence. Well I was there late 2003 / early 2004, and it mostly calm except for right after we moved in and right before we left. The times were usually around around 2300 and 0300, if I remember correctly. Usually small mortars, sometimes rockets. The rockets made a good light show. After a couple of attacks we got the tower observation and triangulation nailed down and we nailed them in a counter battery fire with the mortars (my FDC mission, thank you very much ). Then we started putting out small scout OPs and nailed some more before they could even set up. They left us alone after that. The rounds were always few and wildly inaccurate, although they did manage to pepper our shower room once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Dick Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 They were always wildly inaccurate, and less than 15 rounds. The rockets though! What a light show. I was near BIAP when they got hit by 27, I counted them, rockets. They were like giant bottle rockets flying over head. We went out every night, on foot, for months and only ambushed one mortar team. And even then, the snipers got all the kills. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KG_AGCent Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Sgt. USMC, 1988 - 1993 6672 Aviation Logistics 1988 - 1989 Marine Aircraft Group - 16 *Administrative reduction in rank from E-3 to E-2 for busting into the squid's supply holds on USS New Orleans. 1989 - 1990 MAG - 36 Okinawa (and a whole slough of Dets that I was really too drunk to remember) *Meritorious Mast for outstanding conduct and MOS field knowledge. 1990 - 1991 MAG - 16(Fwd) Riyad *Meritorious Mast for superior performance in job duties. 1991 - 1993 MAG - 16 *Meritorious promotion to Sgt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Ross Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 What's the point? Just because you guys spent some of your time in the army are you supposed to be bringing gravitas to this shambles? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ng cavscout Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Originally posted by Rob Ross: What's the point? Just because you guys spent some of your time in the army are you supposed to be bringing gravitas to this shambles? It's a man thing, you wouldn't understand... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Ross Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 No, it's an intellect thing, you wouldn't understand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Originally posted by Rob Ross: No, it's an intellect thing, you wouldn't understand. Can I be your student? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I don't know what Rob Ross is, but if he is going to be a troll much longer he won't be a member of this Forum no matter what he is in real life. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Originally posted by Rob Ross: What's the point? Just because you guys spent some of your time in the army are you supposed to be bringing gravitas to this shambles? Didn't start this thread for you. If you don't like it don't post. There is absolutely no need to be an ass when no one is pissing in your gravy. I do not believe that there is a single indication that this thread is supposed to somehow add something to the game or the forum. If you want to post something asking how many people have worked in fast food then by all means do so. As it stands I asked a question, people answered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Originally posted by sgtgoody (esq): </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Rob Ross: What's the point? Just because you guys spent some of your time in the army are you supposed to be bringing gravitas to this shambles? Didn't start this thread for you. If you don't like it don't post. There is absolutely no need to be an ass when no one is pissing in your gravy. I do not believe that there is a single indication that this thread is supposed to somehow add something to the game or the forum. If you want to post something asking how many people have worked in fast food then by all means do so. As it stands I asked a question, people answered. </font>I think only intellects can understand his motives. You are obviously not mentally equipped to understand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudel.dietrich Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I joined the Bundeswehr in 1996 when I was 17 years old just out of highschool. I avoided being conscripted August 1996-March 1997 Armoured Artillery Battalion 345/Mechanized Infantry Brigade 30/10th Armoured Division April 1997-August 2000 Fallschirmjägerbatallion 373/Airborne Brigade 31/Special Operations Division Squad leader from January 2000 until August 2000 August 2000-May 2003 BW reserves Attended the University of Munich June 2003-September 2003 Army Officers Academy in Dresden September 2003-September 2006 Platoon leader Fallschirmjägerbatallion 263/Airborne Brigade 26/Special Operations Division October 2004-September 2005 ISAF in Afghanistan working closely with the KSK And no I was not a member In September 2006 I was discharged and I began work for a private security firm near Washington DC Many fond memories and plenty of good stories over the course of 10+ years [ August 10, 2007, 09:35 PM: Message edited by: rudel.dietrich ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc237 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 BIAP did get hit a lot by rockets in late 2003 -2004. Don't know what they did to try and stop it. On our FOB Rustimayah/Cuervo we did pretty much what NormalDude describes. Scouts setup Op's and our TF mortars (M1064 120mm) fired some CB that put a stop to it for a while. Oh, watching those 120mm mortars fly out of the tube, they look like footballs sailing into the air. Awesome sight. Loud as Hell!! Don't worry about Rob Ross, he's just bustin' our chops... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 RVN 1 year with 101st Abn and 6 months with 82nd Abn. 11B 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargon70 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Joined the German Bundeswehr as a draftee in June 1989 for 15 months: first basic training at FMAusbKp 1/4 in Regensburg, the remaining time in 3. RakArtBtl 250 in Engstingen as a radio operator (VHF-Schreibfunktrupp). As a member of the reserve, I attended a sergeants course (Unteroffizierslehrgang) in 1992, the course for staff sergeants (Feldwebellehrgang) in 2002. Until 2006 I served in various reserve units, the last few years in the Heimatschutzbataillon 851 (HSchBtl 851), which was disbanded in 2006. The homepage of the remaining fellows is www.hschbtl851.de (in German). Since the end of 2006 my military home is the Ersatzbataillon 874 (ErsBtl 874). Sergeant First Class (Oberfeldwebel) since 2007. Awards: Ehrenmedaille der Bundeswehr Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in Silber Sargon70 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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