Anybody hear from BERT.....Any news from the Drake clan????
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Anybody hear from BERT.....Any news from the Drake clan????
I spoke with Cory last night and he is doing well. Spent all day on the live fire range and is just getting ready for deployment. He said this week has been the longest month of his life... :)
Seemed in very good spirits and said BERT was doing well.
Seemed in very good spirits and said BERT was doing well.
Cory texted me a pic of him all suited up with a big SEG on his mug a few days ago. I haven't heard from the lovely Mrs since she and Cory stopped by about 2 weeks ago on their way up to NYC. Cory seemed to think it would be at least a 6 month deployment, if not a year.
He sent me that pic as well. The look kinda suits him.
At least BERT plans to be at Carlisle.
At least BERT plans to be at Carlisle.
Howdy!
I posted a Cory Update a few days ago in the "Put Her Up for the Year" thread.
He's in South Carolina, getting up at 0400, getting done at 2100, in bed at 2300. He'll be there for another two weeks or so. Then off to Africa!
I'll post some pictures that he's sent ...
I posted a Cory Update a few days ago in the "Put Her Up for the Year" thread.
He's in South Carolina, getting up at 0400, getting done at 2100, in bed at 2300. He'll be there for another two weeks or so. Then off to Africa!
I'll post some pictures that he's sent ...
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He looks a little chilled in the middle one - understandably as it's been unusually cold here the last few days. Too bad he won't have much time. It'd be nice to slide up there on a weekend and give him a boost.
Mike:
To the best of my knowlege, Cory was in the Navy reserves and chose to re-activate to go to the Horn of Africa to be part of the internationally-sponsored, anti-piracy force being assembled to quell (or at least apprehend some of ) the Somali pirates.
This will not be an easy job, as many feel that the ransoms being collected are flowing right into the pockets of Somali "officials" who are sponsoring the pirates, but without a formal government in that country, who knows where that money is going??
Teresa will be the best source of info in the coming months, and I hope that she will keep us all informed as best she can of his situation (sometimes you just can't say much....)
We're also hoping that she will be joining us at Carlisle in May, with or without the Hoopty, along with as many of you all as possible.
gn
To the best of my knowlege, Cory was in the Navy reserves and chose to re-activate to go to the Horn of Africa to be part of the internationally-sponsored, anti-piracy force being assembled to quell (or at least apprehend some of ) the Somali pirates.
This will not be an easy job, as many feel that the ransoms being collected are flowing right into the pockets of Somali "officials" who are sponsoring the pirates, but without a formal government in that country, who knows where that money is going??
Teresa will be the best source of info in the coming months, and I hope that she will keep us all informed as best she can of his situation (sometimes you just can't say much....)
We're also hoping that she will be joining us at Carlisle in May, with or without the Hoopty, along with as many of you all as possible.
gn
Good to see your still around and kicking......My best to you and Corey....
Most of the people I'm with will be filling positions for the Army, even though they're Navy. Navy reservists and active duty people are side-by-side here, all looking forward to their assignments in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africe (Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Kenya and so on). We're enthusiastic about how this is moving along.
I've been in the Naval Reserve sice I left active duty in 2003.
This is a volunteer gig for me, and it's going very well. Cold, but well. I'll be sure to post progress up as I go -- but right now, I don't really have a job description yet. We'll see what I wind up with. Gordon might be right ...
I've been in the Naval Reserve sice I left active duty in 2003.
This is a volunteer gig for me, and it's going very well. Cold, but well. I'll be sure to post progress up as I go -- but right now, I don't really have a job description yet. We'll see what I wind up with. Gordon might be right ...
Hey, guys!
I found a little base-run computer lab, and had to check in on you folks for a few minutes. I saw that I missed 1,700 messages while I was away, but I'm obviously not going to have time to read all that. Someone should hit the high points for me. ;)
Teresa's right. These have been some really, really long days. This getting up at four in the morning is crap. Really; that hour is unfit for man and beast, but it's the only way to cram all this stuff into a workday. I'm beat.
The training these Army drill sergeants are giving us is rock-solid, though, and morale is really high. The temperatures here have been in the low -- really low -- teens in the morning and evening hours, but this gear G.I. Joe's been issued for the last few years is fantastic. I'm out in that weather for about 12 hours a day, and apart from chilly fingers and toes I've been fine.
We've done some shooting, some cleaning, some more shooting, rolled over in a HUMMVEE (High Mobility Multi-wheeled Vehicle) simulator that literally had us suspended in our seatbelts like chickens on a rotisserie and a whole load of other stuff. We've been here a week, and we've covered two months' worth of material. Radios, encryption, medivac calls and smoke, lots of cold chow (I've had two hot meals in the last four days) and so on. I have to say, it's really good training.
This course is an encapsulation of six months' training that soldiers get at the Army's infantry courses. It's a blur, but most of the guys I'm with have not deployed with the Army before.
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I found a little base-run computer lab, and had to check in on you folks for a few minutes. I saw that I missed 1,700 messages while I was away, but I'm obviously not going to have time to read all that. Someone should hit the high points for me. ;)
Teresa's right. These have been some really, really long days. This getting up at four in the morning is crap. Really; that hour is unfit for man and beast, but it's the only way to cram all this stuff into a workday. I'm beat.
The training these Army drill sergeants are giving us is rock-solid, though, and morale is really high. The temperatures here have been in the low -- really low -- teens in the morning and evening hours, but this gear G.I. Joe's been issued for the last few years is fantastic. I'm out in that weather for about 12 hours a day, and apart from chilly fingers and toes I've been fine.
We've done some shooting, some cleaning, some more shooting, rolled over in a HUMMVEE (High Mobility Multi-wheeled Vehicle) simulator that literally had us suspended in our seatbelts like chickens on a rotisserie and a whole load of other stuff. We've been here a week, and we've covered two months' worth of material. Radios, encryption, medivac calls and smoke, lots of cold chow (I've had two hot meals in the last four days) and so on. I have to say, it's really good training.
This course is an encapsulation of six months' training that soldiers get at the Army's infantry courses. It's a blur, but most of the guys I'm with have not deployed with the Army before.
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Great to read your updates, my brutha! Stay safe and keep in touch!!
Stay safe and stay warm!
The last guy I ever worked for in Engineering was an Israeli guy who had once been a Major in the Israeli Army. We talked about a job description for me once and he told me to forget about it. "If you have a job description, people will expect you to do what's in it. If I don't give you a job description then you can do whatever you think is right to get the job done".
Never could argue with that one......
gn
Never could argue with that one......
gn
Corey.....Good to see things are tolerable out there......Thanks, and get your butt home in one piece.......As always...Leon
Leon,
I guess as a Spyder jockey, you're definition of tolerable is a little different than mine. There does not seem to be a whole lot of Cory's recent schedule that sounds all that tolerable. Least ways, not to me. My understanding is that this gig is his "retirement" job. When done, he retires (at the tender young age of -- what??) from the Navy reserve, as I understand it.
Cory: great to hear from you direct, compadre. As to the training: sounds like they believe in the axiom: whatever doesn't kill you is good for you. Pls continue to post up as the time and technology permit. As to the 1700 missed messages, well, I think you know how they run. A few great pictures from Vince, Gordon keeping all the children in line, and some chatter about Carlisle, plus an incredible thread on cup holders, with a model so perfect for the Hoopty, you will have to get one.
Kelly
I guess as a Spyder jockey, you're definition of tolerable is a little different than mine. There does not seem to be a whole lot of Cory's recent schedule that sounds all that tolerable. Least ways, not to me. My understanding is that this gig is his "retirement" job. When done, he retires (at the tender young age of -- what??) from the Navy reserve, as I understand it.
Cory: great to hear from you direct, compadre. As to the training: sounds like they believe in the axiom: whatever doesn't kill you is good for you. Pls continue to post up as the time and technology permit. As to the 1700 missed messages, well, I think you know how they run. A few great pictures from Vince, Gordon keeping all the children in line, and some chatter about Carlisle, plus an incredible thread on cup holders, with a model so perfect for the Hoopty, you will have to get one.
Kelly