It’s quite possible they kept on base especially in early days of transition from occupation and rebuild. Bases are like little American colonies with their own restaurants and supermarkets. The Japanese surely didn’t have the beef to be making much sukiyaki or Yakuniku. Even today there are Americans when I was…

Tragically he was killed in the crash of JAL 123. Deadliest single aircraft crash to date.

Many years ago I interviewed with APL for a job running dock operations. It was funny because I called them ISO containers since that’s what we had called them in the military where we used them and also similar containers as mobile facilities. They looked at me like I was crazy. The only thing they called them was…

Man can not compete with machinery!

More apropos perhaps.

Great interview Dustin from a former MMCO. I'm sure there will be some contract work at Yuma or Iwakuni if you're still interested in turning wrenches.

IIRC that was actually filmed in Spain. Those were tanks provided by the Spanish army.

All they needed was the ghost of Jeb Stuart to make it more believable.

I’m not saying it’s not a good thing but what civilians may not understand is this presents a management problem. Someone signs up for a 4 year contract. They spend the first year in initial training etc. You send them to their first duty station. Suppose their unit is getting ready to deploy and is doing work ups and…

No they were not already at the right place. What makes them so much better is they can GET to the right place at the right time. For Damayan they flew from Oki. For Nepal they happened to be at Clark for something else and flew to Nepal. Although that also highlights why we have III MEF in Okinawa. Forward basing in…

Just remembered similar mishap with a 46 in OIF. Single engine failure so phrog settled into Haditha lake. Grunts jump out and drowned meanwhile pilot water taxied the bird to shore. nobody complained the phrog was a Deathtrap as much then did they?

Wrong. The USMC as an institution absolutely loves the Osprey. It has given the combatant commanders far greater reach and agility than any helo ever could. Self deployed to the PI for operation Damayan and to Nepal before any other military assets. While Ospreys were flying 1000 lbs of supplies all over Nepal, the…

It's all good. Except when comm is down! The only thing I ever learned was use an eraser on the PRC-77 antenna socket.

Tinker toys that can't fly in the rain because of water intrusion in the TRB? Stick to motor t

The ALSS gear is usually thoroughly inspected and works if worn and used properly. Can't say if the gear truly malfunctioned or he had issues with the chicken plate etc. Maybe he panicked and didn't use his HABD from the sound of it. It is a challenge to be wearing combat gear and flying over water. My old sqdn put…

Naval Aviation. No easy days! I think it's far scarier watching a shitter trying to land in the aft spot.

Check his DD214.

Something ain't right with him. Name dropping a lot of units a regular grunt has nothing to do with.

Popular bar to visit while attending MOS school in Pcola. I think they were famous for a mullet tossing competition.

First one is already in practice. Can't bring anything in our workspace.