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Old 05-26-2009, 01:08 PM   #9
JohnR
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Yes, his job is safe, but I wonder what nickname his rifle toting bubbas have given him.

Either way Stand up job!

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Originally Posted by Cool Beans View Post
I remember right after Iraq took Kuwait, I was over there on a FFG and, as I was in the shower, we get a F-4 going "feet wet" and inbound. The ships calls General Quarters, and in 45 seconds, I am. soaking wet, in my coveralls and flip flops sitting on the weapons control officers console, tracking with a "bird on the rail" waiting for the CO to give the order. Been many a time, that we go into harms way wearing a towel and flip flops...
You know that is old because "FFG" and "Bird on the Rail" are no longer found in same sentence.

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