Hey Ricci Nice SKS
Ricci that is another nice old beat SKS.
This is a good place for info on them:
https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=26665
I think that one has the long Barrel lug so it could be old enough to from VN.
I cannot wait to pick mine up from you. I have 1400 rounds of that old copper washed Chinese ammo I got from a guy in a trade. The tins are still sealed and it all on stripper clips. Now I need to find a gook chest rig and a VC pith helmet.
I am going to shoot it some then hang it on the wall. I will tell everyone I got it in Vietnam when I was a Special Forces SEAL assigned to the CIA. I picked it up when I was running through the jungle trying to get to My Lia and stumbled on a VC company that was protecting a VC General I killed with a spearun. Then I called in fire on my position and iced the whole company. I was supposed to get a Silver star and a good conduct medal but since I was agent Orange they could not confirm my presence in the area.
I figure it will get me a few beers at the VFW
This is a good place for info on them:
https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=26665
I think that one has the long Barrel lug so it could be old enough to from VN.
I cannot wait to pick mine up from you. I have 1400 rounds of that old copper washed Chinese ammo I got from a guy in a trade. The tins are still sealed and it all on stripper clips. Now I need to find a gook chest rig and a VC pith helmet.
I am going to shoot it some then hang it on the wall. I will tell everyone I got it in Vietnam when I was a Special Forces SEAL assigned to the CIA. I picked it up when I was running through the jungle trying to get to My Lia and stumbled on a VC company that was protecting a VC General I killed with a spearun. Then I called in fire on my position and iced the whole company. I was supposed to get a Silver star and a good conduct medal but since I was agent Orange they could not confirm my presence in the area.
I figure it will get me a few beers at the VFW
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...geez Sam, you really did get around back in the day...when you were assigned to a super secret unit that wasn?t even on the books. So secret ya aren?t allowed to talk about it to this day. Yeah, I?ve heard that one a time or two as well. Don?t leave out the time honored tale about being one of those on the very last helo out of Saigon! 0 -
Those were the good old days
I got around fast in those days you have to remember I was born in 1959 so I was a Young man back then :shock:0 -
ChrisStreett wrote:...geez Sam, you really did get around back in the day...when you were assigned to a super secret unit that wasn?t even on the books. So secret ya aren?t allowed to talk about it to this day. Yeah, I?ve heard that one a time or two as well. Don?t leave out the time honored tale about being one of those on the very last helo out of Saigon!
I have also been assigned to a Unit that did not want much illumination. (Site R/Raven Rock. ANMCC.)
It was Illuminating. Extremely Eye opening.
(Was on the REACT team for that deployment.)
Extremely impressive Establishment.
East Coast NORAD.0 -
Don?t leave out the time honored tale about being one of those on the very last helo out of Saigon!
Come on ChrisS I was flying the damn thing and shoot gooks with my 45 out of the window.
Then I was sent to NASA and trained as an Astronaut. I was the Door Gunner on the space shuttle.
Ken what is a REACT Team? ..........................0 -
Sam06 wrote:Don?t leave out the time honored tale about being one of those on the very last helo out of Saigon!
Come on ChrisS I was flying the damn thing and shoot gooks with my 45 out of the window.
Then I was sent to NASA and trained as an Astronaut. I was the Door Gunner on the space shuttle.
Ken what is a REACT Team? ..........................
Where I was located, (Site R/Raven Rock,) It was reffered to as a ("Rapid Engagement And Contact Team." )
Hence REACT.0 -
For contact with Aliens????
I thought it was for: Rear Echelon a-hole collecting trash0 -
Sam06 wrote:For contact with Aliens????
I thought it was for: Rear Echelon a-hole collecting trash
Yes,.............................. yes.
That is probably it.
There were about 24+/- of us who were high speed/low drag, assigned to that Team. Proud to have been a member. We were very good at what we did.
Also had a Company of the 572nd MP's, a very capable unit, backing us up. (Not your normal MP unit.)0 -
Come on man I was just hacking on you
You know what they say about MP?
You cannot spell wiMP without MP.
I am full of myself today!
84 Bravo is a photo guy isn't it? I cannot remember if you take pic's or interpret them.0 -
Sam06 wrote:Come on man I was just hacking on you
You know what they say about MP?
You cannot spell wiMP without MP.
I am full of myself today!
84 Bravo is a photo guy isn't it? I cannot remember if you take pic's or interpret them.
Yes Sir it was. I was detached from my original posting (was to be 82nd Airborne,) and side tracked to the Site R/Raven Rock establishment. Was initially not very happy about it. Also later, established a 54 Echo. Volunteered for every special school they would send me to. (5 years in.) Should have/wished I had stayed in.
572nd MP's were not wimps. Not your normal MP Unit. (Physical Security at a high Security endeavor.)
Not sure why I was detailed/pulled/asked to the REACT team, after a couple years there. (Except I excelled at every task job/MOS presented to me.) Honor Grad at every School/MOS, NCO Academy, excellent Marksmanship skills, highest ASVAB scores to come out of my State. (TN.) Etc.
Not saying I was at your level Sam06. Just did the job, I was asked to do.
I do remember impressing the CSM of the base when first arriving. "Why do you have a buzz cut soldier?"
I am just coming from Airborne/Jump school SM.0 -
Probably because you were Airborne Qualified and came from the 82nd. The figured you could shoot move and communicate and were a little harder than your average 84b.
5 years in what were you a Buck sgt when you got out?
I am teasing about MP's my neighbor was a MP assigned to the 82nd when lived in Fayettnam. He is a good guy and is now a 1SG 11 years ago he was a SP4. I had a MI guy on the other side of me and a SF Officer across the street. We were tight they knew what I did and I was gone the most but we all looked after each other, cut their grass helped out their old lady it was a good time.0 -
Said way too much about myself here. Sorry.
Sorry to hijack your thread Ricci. (My apologies.)0 -
I don?t believe a word any of you all say.
Back in the day I was one of the very few U S Army SEALS but I really cannot talk about that. We didn?t spend a dime on publicity.0 -
Sam, don?t forget how much you ?...love the smell of napalm in the morning? too!! 0
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