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[pmulcahy11b]

One of the best leaders I was ever under was my platoon leader during the time shortly before until shortly after Desert Shield/Storm. This guy was in the Army for not quite 10 years, gets all the way to SFC (E-7) and 30 years old -- and then decides to go to OCS. He was just out of OCS when I showed up at the 82nd -- after a career in mech infantry, then at one of the Ranger battalions, then in SF. He was a real-life T2K munchkin character! More knowledge and ability than any of the platoon sergeants, platoon leaders, and even the company commander.

[dragoon500ly]

SFC Richard was...unhappy with him. Eric was essentially a limp body for that alert, and PFC Park (one of our Katusas) had to drive the Major's HMMWV, which upset Sergeant Richard and the Major since Park was a certified road hazard behind the wheel. I don't know, Eric may have been so hammered at the time the mask didn't bother him...

It's not that he wasn't allowed to clear the mask, he just had to wear the damn thing after clearing it as best he could. Puke doesn't blow out of filters that well. Eric caught hell from the NBC NCOIC for that one as well -- Sergeant Richard lent him to the NBC section to clean up the masks of people outprocessing and inprocessing for a day, and the NBC NCOIC was definitely a bitch. You didn't want to get on her bad side.

LOL There is just something about being the Bugs & Gas Puke for the unit that just ruins your day...must be that residue of CS...

One think I always liked about tanks is that we got to wear the old M25 mask...just a quick pinch and you can pull the filter off and leave the tube running into the ole mask carrier.

[dragoon500ly]

We had a 36 year old that was out for 10 years or so. Good guy, good to have around.

You can almost hear him "I'm too old for this shit!"