Belegriel Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Well, the time has come for me to repay Uncle Sam for the years that I drew taxpayers money and sat around on my duff doing little to nothing. Been busier than a one armed paperhanger the last couple of months training up and got my mobilization order yesterday. I leave for Mississippi in roughly 6 weeks and then on to the ultimate destination of the sandbox for a year if all goes according to plan. I will be doing alot of traveling to see some old friends from my active duty days, high school friends that have moved on and a few sights that I want to see in the good ol' US and I figure I better get it done while I have the chance. I'll be less than scarce until the latter part of '08 when we get back and I wanted to thank each and every one of the pbase, mortal and immortal, for giving me the opportunity to enjoy my off time with a second family. To each his own but you all hold a special place for me, nothing else I do allows me to completely escape the day in/day out routine of everyday life and allow my imagination to reach it's fullest potential. It has been, on a whole, a great 7-8 years, ups and downs and all arounds. I honestly and sincerely hope to return in 08 and get back into the swing of things and enjoy myself and also bring a snicker and a laugh to everyone who gets a PK on me. I am uncertain how much internet access time I'll have while over there so I won't make any promises as to forum posting or even lurking b/c from what little I have heard our duty schedule will be roughly 5-6 days on,1 off and I know housekeeping/sleepytime will be taking up most all of my off time if that is the case. Keep me and all the rest of my brothers and sisters that are going, are there, will be going, in your prayers/thoughts and to quote the GUV, "I'll be back." Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deptore Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Take care of yourself man, hopefully I'll run into you there when I go in Nov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I hope neither of your units or down a 92a or i'll prolly be getting pulled. My unit is dissolving in two months and my AGR orders haven't come through yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsestomp Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudder Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Good luck. Took the words from my mouth. Be safe man. We'll be waiting to hear from you in '08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Questioner Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Byes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangelion Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Be safe, and come back alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rensvert Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Best of luck over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rethrick Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 YUT!!!!!! Have fun over, there... I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savnt Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 You might end up seeing Grosek over there. Don't let the camel spiders bite you on the ***. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Just remember that the greatest act of patriotism isn't dying for your country. It's making the other bastard die for his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lemming Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Just remember that the greatest act of patriotism isn't dying for your country. It's making the other bastard die for his. Paton, a great movie. Quote is a bit off but still one of the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I've actually never seen it, simply I've heard the quote and like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Questioner Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 "Oh, and one more thing, I do not want to hear...that we are holding our position..no no...let the hun do that, we are going to grab them by their rear and kick them out. Shoot 'them' in the belly. Make 'them' run." "I know a lot of you are wondering if you will shoot those dam bastards. But, when you stick your hand...in some slimy green goo...that was once your best friend's face...you'll know what to do." Not exactly word by word quotes, but those are my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinicky Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Belegriel - you have been a great part of this mud, and I'll be sorry to see you go. Good luck, and come back to us healthy and ready to pick up where you left off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grosek_ Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 sandbox for a year if all goes according to plan. Isn't it like 15 months now? I heard that was the new rotation length, even for guys that are over here already, but I could be wrong. Since its something that doesn't affect my unit (thank god), its not something I've followed too closely. Good luck over here dude. Its a whole lot of boring, scary, hot, and stinky rolled up into one fabulous county. Grosek/Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Questioner Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Are you still around Grosek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grosek_ Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Just popping my head in, I may be back soon. I'm in Basrah right now, gonna be headed to Baghdad in a few days. Internet has been good here, so I've been playing WoW when I've had the free time(haven't had much). However, back north I'll probably have alot more free time, but I think I won't have crap for bandwidth, so it'll be a much more ideal FL environment. So we'll see just how back I am in a few days. EDIT: At the moment I am rolling up a char to toy around with for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Questioner Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Good luck out there man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balgashang Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Just wanted to say good luck to all of you that are going over there, and thank you. Much love and respect, I'm an army brat myself, my dad was with the 101st in campbell for a while. Would be with you guys but I couldn't get a waiver at MEPS. Take care, Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBwillie Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Take care man. It was fun having you Imm during the internship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Thank you for your service, Mike. If you ever run into a Sgt. Siddall over there, he's a good man. Been friends with him for years. He'll be with you in June. Thank you again, you'll be in my thoughts. a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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