tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post4243605738085132733..comments2024-03-28T10:53:52.502-06:00Comments on Well Seasoned Fool: Range TimeWell Seasoned Foolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-23218489062376140002016-04-06T18:53:05.977-06:002016-04-06T18:53:05.977-06:00Great story WSF!Great story WSF!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-46319340407452027942013-03-01T19:09:44.895-07:002013-03-01T19:09:44.895-07:00@ NFO. Given enough time (and the money to buy the...@ NFO. Given enough time (and the money to buy the time) I could learn to do it. The Army would have washed me out - they had attainment goals that I wouldn't have reached during the time available.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-89896829805416032702013-03-01T18:02:08.875-07:002013-03-01T18:02:08.875-07:00Good story, and yeah they ARE a bitch to hover... ...Good story, and yeah they ARE a bitch to hover... Never could do that either... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-65445874075034336242013-03-01T09:59:39.455-07:002013-03-01T09:59:39.455-07:00@ Scotty. Would have taken them up if I could have...@ Scotty. Would have taken them up if I could have gone fixed wing. Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-53247860354126368612013-03-01T09:56:11.134-07:002013-03-01T09:56:11.134-07:00@ Scotty. Worse? All the paperwork the pilot (pres...@ Scotty. Worse? All the paperwork the pilot (presumably a WO) had to complete.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-6210244868856223282013-03-01T09:37:17.366-07:002013-03-01T09:37:17.366-07:00I forgot to add this piece of irony....after I was...I forgot to add this piece of irony....after I was injured, I spent almost a year in an Army hospital at Fort Devens, Mass. <br /><br />Lots of surgeries and physical therapy....what caused all those injuries?? The helicopter( our main mode of transportation for us grunts) I was riding in went down crashing pretty hard. About the only thing that didn't get broken was my left arm!!<br /><br />So how much worse than that would have been a warrant officer????Scottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121811949825846208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-60780786831658844502013-03-01T09:31:37.665-07:002013-03-01T09:31:37.665-07:00In hindsight of course....one thing I wished I had...In hindsight of course....one thing I wished I had done was take the Army up on becoming a Warrant Officer.<br /><br />I was drafted and the first thing that happen when I arrived to Fort Dix(after all the shots of course) was take test after test after test. Those tests included many things from math to logic.<br /><br />Half way through basic I was called to the CO's office and there were two Officers that really tried to sell me hard on going into helicopter training. They said it would only add two months onto my 2 year draft requirement and only after meeting all the qualifications and completing the 9 month school would I be required to sign up for another four year hitch.<br /><br />I was in love and the draft took me away from the love of my life. We later married and are still married to this day. I couldn't fathom six years in the military.<br /><br />It was 1970 and the war was already winding down and there would have been a good chance that after my training I would have never gone to Vietnam.....but hindsight is always 20/20. A part of me, after my leaving the Army, has always wished I would have taken them up on that offer.Scottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121811949825846208noreply@blogger.com