Hi guys, I was planning to spend my sunday morning griping about my week. Until I read the papers. Lifestyle section, about this girl from RJC. I'm sure you all have read it. If not, go now....

It was extremely moving for me. I almost teared up badly. I really admire the strength in that girl. She knows the worst possibility is coming and yet she remains a fighter and encourages her friends to remember her as one. If the same applied to me, I don't think I could hold up as well as her.

I've always wondered why this kind of things happen to the nice people of the world while the scum live on.... She's young too. 19 if I recall. That's like 5 years my junior and she's accomplished so much more than I ever have.

As I sit here and type, my mind is filled with swirling thoughts, such is it's effect on me that I can barely write how I feel.

The doc gave her a time period. Can you imagine that? God tells you that you never know when your going to go and here some mortal is telling you that you don't have much time left?!?
The doc said a few weeks to 3 mths. I have always rejoiced about these remaining 3 months before I finally ORD and leave army, and to me these 3 mths are eternally long, but to this girl, these same 3 mths are but a mere blip in the fabric of time. It's heart rending to just imagine the differences..

I pray for her recovery.

God bless, Joan...

Posted on 4/23/2006 by <$The One$>

He was just a cherry trooper and he surely shook with fright
as he checked all his equipment and made sure his pack was tight
He had to sit and listen to the awful engines roar,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.

CHORUS:
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

“Is everybody happy?” cried the Sergeant, looking up.
Our hero feebly answered “yes,” and then they stood him up.
He leaped right out into the blast, his static line unhooked.
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

CHORUS:
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock;
He felt the wind, he felt the clouds, he felt the awful drop;
He jerked his cord, the silk spilled out and wrapped around his legs.
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

CHORUS:
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

The risers wrapped around his neck, connectors cracked his dome;
The lines were snarled and tied in knots, around his skinny bones;
The canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground.
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

CHORUS:
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

The days he’d lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind;
He thought about the girl back home, the one he’d left behind;
He thought about the medics and wondered what they’d find.
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

CHORUS:
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild;
The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled;
For it had been a week or more since last a chute had failed.
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

CHORUS:
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

He hit the ground, the sound was splat, his blood went spurting high;
His comrades were then heard to say, “A helluve way to die”;
He lay there rolling ‘round in the welter of his gore.
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

CHORUS:
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute;
Intestines were a-dangling from this paratrooper’s boots;
They picked him up, still in his chute and poured him from his boots.
He ain’t gonna jump no more.

CHORUS:
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory, What a helluva way to die
He ain’t gonna jump no more

Posted on 4/15/2006 by <$The One$>

Hello there boys and girls, guess who's back from ATEC in Thailand..the unfortunate US!!! Yes!! Bring out the pom poms, break out the booze!! OUTFIELDS are a thing of the past!!

This was one hell of a trip. The first time i sprained my ankle badly. I've gotten twists and stuff, but never to this extent. It hurt like hell, I felt it crack 3 times going down. I thought I broke my ankle or something. Anyway, my csm pulled me out of the next two training sessions! YES!!! hahaha.. He had to, we were down on manpower and I had to fight the real thing.

But it's weird though, though the missions are over and I'm glad that they are, I can' help feel sad. Not sad as in no more outfields *are you friggin out of your mind???* but sad as in seeing the officers we fought with since long ago pack their stuff up and leave our company line.

See, here's the difference between our unit or rather our coy. and others. Here, the officers when they arrive, they are like strangers for the first few weeks or so. But after a while when we start the actual process of working together, everything becomes more like a level working plain, excusing OC, 2IC and CSM. And not to mention a few officers take a longer time to adjust to our workin pattern. Hahaha.

Anyway, yeah, after a while of working together, we get to know the working patterns of each other and usually don't intrude unless it's going to get us killed. We become more assimilated with each other rather than the 'almighty rank issue'. Even the regulars who join us as DS's also become more flexible. I can say our det was lucky to get Sgt Andy and Lta Alastair to take us.



Apparently, after this, they are going to leave us. Sgt Andy going back to the CRF and Lta Alastair going back to the civilain world. I'm probably gonna miss them.

That's me with them.


Miss you guys when your gone.










But the rest of the trip sucked..

ATEC...your a BUNCHA CHEATERS!!!
Tips for guys going against them...
1) They don't hide in their 'trenches' they hide behind the bushes nearby..and when you go and over run them..they come out..and go "10m rule..your dead"

2)They don't open fire..in the rare occassion they do hide in their trenches..i've seen 3 pple in one..as opposed to 2 to 1..the 3rd guys' reason...I'm the commander..sure..cheating buncha asses...anyway, they wait for you to approach before they 10m rule you again

3) Their weapons are not IR Linked...this one guy just tapped his TES set and it went off and hit me..and shouting 10m rule again.

4) They can 10m rule you..you can't 10m rule them. During the recent ATEC in thailand. My friend took down 2 trenches on his own and 2 clowns tried to flank, but didn't see him..blind idiots..they came close, he stood up and went "10m rule, your dead" They went "We don't play 10m rule" and shot back under 10m 5rds each which is a safety violation for them. The umpires on their side are bastards as well. They cheat too..

5)When assaulting an objective..e.g. Launchers.. Launchers in actual fact when in launch mode and transiting back to move mode does take some time..theirs can go on the dot. The drivers sleep in the 'launchers' and when we attack, the officers tap their windows and ask them to drive away without a realistic timing.

All in all...

ATEC YOUR A BUNCHA STINKING CHEATERS!!!! WHEN THE REAL BULLETS FLY, LETS SEE YOU HIDE BEHIND TREES AND OUTTA YOUR HOLES!! I DON"T TRUST TROOPS LIKE YOU TO WIPE MY ASS MUCH LESS COVER IT!!!

Ah...got that outta my system..feels good, like taking a good dump..like the shits they are..

The R&R was ...err... well..you get the drift..some parts were interesting..some were down right boring..

Went to a safari zoo with croc, dog and elephant shows, snake farm, floating market, a dam..yeah..

There are other things that I can't put online or I just get my busted...












Posted on 4/05/2006 by <$The One$>