Women in Combat branches

[Bullet]

I would certainly prefer the face-to-face, myself. I would like it all the more with a beer in my hand. However, if you try to make me play that stupid game with the pool table you AF pilots seem to love so much, forget it.

You don't know what you're missing then. Great game, and most importantly the losers buy the winners beer when it's done. Win - win in my book. But I think we'd make you Cav guys take off your spurs first-- them's dangerous when your running around a pool table!

And just to clarify, actually a Weapons Systems Officer when I was in. Think "Goose", but I did a little more than tell the guy up front to "Do some of that pilot sh@#!" and tap the gas gauge.

 

[scoutpilot]

So I guess you can say I never actually led troops on the ground directly with them in combat, but I'm probably the closest that has posted so far, by a mile.

Yeah, I think I'll call "shenanigans" on THAT claim, boss.

Of course I've only led a team of Special Forces non-commissioned officers (and one angry CW2) in Mosul, though.

 

[vampsoul]

I guess this is the kind of debate going on among the head haunchos right now. Differing opinions are extremely important in an issues such as this one, because it ensures that more angles get explored. These debates are some of my favorite threads on SAF, because I learn a lot from everyone who contributes.

 

[Bullet]

Yeah, I think I'll call "shenanigans" on THAT claim, boss.

Of course I've only led a team of Special Forces non-commissioned officers (and one angry CW2) in Mosul, though.

I stand corrected.

In the immortal words of Agent 86 (Maxwell Smart): "Would you believe I once led a team of highly trained Navy cooks on a secret mission through the streets of Baghdad in the search for some good arugula? Well then, would you believe I once ran a camp for 4 disgruntled cub scouts in a intense field trip on the outskirts of Topeka to find 4-in-1 oil for their pinewood derby cars?"

 

[bruno]

You don't know what you're missing then. Great game, and most importantly the losers buy the winners beer when it's done. Win - win in my book. But I think we'd make you Cav guys take off your spurs first-- them's dangerous when your running around a pool table!

And just to clarify, actually a Weapons Systems Officer when I was in. Think "Goose", but I did a little more than tell the guy up front to "Do some of that pilot sh@#!" and tap the gas gauge.

Everytime I see that movie (TopGun) I think that if I were an NFO I would have really hated it. If you went with the movie portrayal- it would seem that at least on an F14, the single most important criteria for a RIO was to have a swivel head and play volleyball well.

 

[sprog]

Everytime I see that movie (TopGun) I think that if I were an NFO I would have really hated it. If you went with the movie portrayal- it would seem that at least on an F14, the single most important criteria for a RIO was to have a swivel head and play volleyball well.

You mean that you didn't play homoerotic volleyball games when you were on active duty? With Kenny Loggins music in the background? I thought that was SOP for everyone