You the foremost goofy airforce guy on the cover?
You baby faced zoomy.
edited 29th Aug '11 8:12:08 PM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?Yes, I am quite baby faced.
I can grow a beard in days and suddenly look drastically different, this is unfortunately a luxury the military does not allow.
It's weird, people online get this idealized image of me as some green beret commando. I'm a little wirey dude IRL.
Also, I hate that picture. My gloves are out of regs and my kevlar doesn't match everyone else, although it does match the forest better than anyone else.
Should you decide to actually read the issue, the picture of me I liked is in there. The only problem is that I'm wearing my crappy E-4 blouse that I never got stripes tailored on.. We were out in the woods all day in the rain, so I wore it under my goretex figuring I'd slip by.
I didn't. I got shit for it the whole god damn day when we cancelled on a count of rain and took our goretex off for active shooter. Didn't live that down for some time.
edited 29th Aug '11 9:14:08 PM by Barkey
Well you do look pretty impressive in the other picture, even if the rifle seems to be held at an odd angle(assuming you're the guy with the more colourful vest). Also Security Forces -> SF -> Special Forces -> Green Beret.
edited 30th Aug '11 12:46:44 AM by mahel042
In the quiet of the night, the Neocount of Merentha mused: How long does evolution take, among the damned?I found more pictures that didn't get published and there is only one guy that looks even vaguely special forces like. Do you often build 3D maps out of kitchen utensils? or is it just not feasible outside of training?
In the quiet of the night, the Neocount of Merentha mused: How long does evolution take, among the damned?We aren't special forces.. We're Security Forces.
The Army refers to Green Berets/The 11X MOS as "SF" for Special Forces. In the Air Force we refer to our special forces very specifically, it's either Pararescue, JTAC's, Combat Controllers, etc.
Security Forces(AKA Military Police) are referred to as SF and Sec Fo in the Air Force.
The 3d maps with random bullshit is called a sand table. It's what you do to make a map of your plan for a mission when you don't have the resources to make a legitimate map, it's a sort of "We just got different orders while in the field.. So here's the closest thing to a good map that we can make.." sort of thing.
edited 30th Aug '11 2:28:17 PM by Barkey
Yeah, I know but you mentioned that people have a mental image of you as a green beret, and apparently no one looks like that IRL unless they actually try to cultivate that image(and unless they're the real deal they usually fail). Hell, most military types don't even look military without the uniform since they are normal people.
sand table, got to remember that-
edited 30th Aug '11 2:34:30 PM by mahel042
In the quiet of the night, the Neocount of Merentha mused: How long does evolution take, among the damned?

my hope is that all our servicemen get to do this.
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~