Well, some of the dust has settled
Well, I've been at Camp Lejeune for two weeks now living in a shitty squad bay wondering where the hell I'll be going and what I'll be doing.
I had figured I'd end up in Afghanistan with a firing artillery battery, because the combat environment is heating up there. But that means I have to TOTALLY relearn my job. Since I've gotten out, the Marine Corps has switched to a totally new howitzer, the M777 that is a world apart from the old M198, the cannon I worked with.
However, the Marine Corps had different things in mind for me.
Come to find out, I will be attached to the Personal Security Detachment of Regimental Combat Team 8. In simple terms, I will be a body guard for some Colonel or General.
From what I hear, it's a really cool assignment. Supposedly I get to pick out all my gun candy and get whatever I want. PEQ-15 laser/inrared sights? Scope? bipod? Whatever I want. I get picked up by the unit tomorrow and should find out a LOT more about my duties and deployment schedule in the upcoming days.
P.S. - Thanks for all the kind words in my last blog post!
I had figured I'd end up in Afghanistan with a firing artillery battery, because the combat environment is heating up there. But that means I have to TOTALLY relearn my job. Since I've gotten out, the Marine Corps has switched to a totally new howitzer, the M777 that is a world apart from the old M198, the cannon I worked with.
However, the Marine Corps had different things in mind for me.
Come to find out, I will be attached to the Personal Security Detachment of Regimental Combat Team 8. In simple terms, I will be a body guard for some Colonel or General.
From what I hear, it's a really cool assignment. Supposedly I get to pick out all my gun candy and get whatever I want. PEQ-15 laser/inrared sights? Scope? bipod? Whatever I want. I get picked up by the unit tomorrow and should find out a LOT more about my duties and deployment schedule in the upcoming days.
P.S. - Thanks for all the kind words in my last blog post!
17 Comments
gwiz665You're going on special assignment to get al-qaida scalps, and your colonel wants his scalps!
rottenseedNothing says bad-ass like bypassing all the fancy-shmancy pansy weapons with scopes or metal-piercing bullets and heading straight for the hunting knife.
volumptuous"But that means I have to TOTALLY relearn my job. Since I've gotten out, the Marine Corps has switched to a totally new howitzer, the M777 that is a world apart from the old M198"
You'll have no problem. I use one every day in Call of Duty for ps3. Pretty easy.
JAPRGet the shotgun and rocket launcher with infinite ammo to make the game into easy mode.
chilaxe"The Marine Corps has switched to a totally new howitzer, the M777 that is a world apart from the old M198, the cannon I worked with."
I'm not sure what that means, but I think it means you get to shoot big guns!
blankfist"Supposedly I get to pick out all my gun candy and get whatever I want."
You will want to bypass the Noisy Cricket and the Proton Pack and go straight for the Zorg ZF-1. Trust me, no one will fuck with you.
my15minutes>> ^chilaxe:
> I'm not sure what that means, but I think it means you get to shoot big guns!
he has a convenient instructional video for this.
chilaxe>> ^my15minutes:
>> ^chilaxe:
> I'm not sure what that means, but I think it means you get to shoot big guns!
he has a convenient instructional video for this.
^I was right!!
maatcGet a crowbar!
OrnthoronIf you are a bodyguard, does that mean you get to wear extremely dark sunglasses and a cool earpiece?
KevlarNiiiiiice.
dystopianfuturetodayEscort missions can be tough with any weapon. Hopefully the AI is good.
kulpimsgood luck
JAPR>> ^rottenseed:
Nothing says bad-ass like bypassing all the fancy-shmancy pansy weapons with scopes or metal-piercing bullets and heading straight for the hunting knife.
Definitely need one of those. Everybody knows you run faster with a knife.
MarineGunrock^That's why I have my trusty ol' KA-BAR.
rougyThat's a very good sign.
The brass doesn't pick just anybody for jobs like that.
Hang tough.
MarineGunrock^ It probably helps that my prior job in the Marine Corps was in combat arms.
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