Encounters with military divers

[Wildcard]

If Demi can make it through, how tough can it be?
Oh Wait, that was GI Jane.....
Fav line in Navy SEALS was whan they find the pile of wepons boobytraped and say "lets get the hell out of here and call EOD" or something like that. That was only the second time I had ever heard anyone mention EOD. Now it's the "cool thing" to do. No, now people have found out how much you can make on the outside with a crab.

 

[redrover]

DISCLAIMER: The following observations are not meant to be taken as actual opinions of Armed Forces capabilities or existence.

NAVY SEALS (released 1990)
I liked it when they hijacked a Mercedes in the armpit of misery and after flattening the top in a rollover and figured out how to shoot the stinger missile and got the tank; Charlie banged on the door and said, “Car’s on fire guys.”

Good beginning, Charlie Sheen jumped out of a jeep on the freeway into a river on the way to his buddy’s wedding that was pre-empted mid-aisle for “something has come up” on a lot of beepers.

The team is Bad Karma. Interesting choice. It’s a bit disorienting having seen Charlie in the Rambo type spoofs first, which role led to the next?

They wear lotsa black. Take off the hoods and move into light from the dark. Seems like a lot of radio chatter and shooting when it’s quiet, not so much in the war zones and then they whisper. Every one is looking in to the center and say clear and they get surprised a lot from behind.

Lieutenant approached civilian reporter (“Oh, you are a SEAL.” “Yes.”); and discussed “what the SEALS were up to”.

A rescued pilot said “you guys are incredible!”
“No reason to thank us because we don’t exist. You never saw us, this never happened.”

Uh oh, good guy died, looks like a bar fight. Yep. Nope, Vulcan death grip aborted free for all.

Now parachuting into the ocean from way above cloud base, that’s pretty impressive.

But buddy check caution ignored resulting fouled deployment. That looked like it wouldda hurt.

Sure could hold their breath underwater a long time. Couldn’t tell if Charlie had black Jets or Turtles but the pig sticker came in handy.

No body said if I told you I’d have to kill you.


Wow, what a night, Aliens is on next, Vasquez!
(Forgive me, it's all in the timing. Monday we were trying to identify something and the DM determined it was an A:martian:ien. Sounded good then but I think I found it in my book after all, Synaptidae, serpentine sea cucumber.

from day after day in with the Spinner's.

 

[james croft]

I worked with a SEAL in a law enforcement agency. He had just retired. I talked to him about diving and he told me that while he enjoyed skydiving as a hobby and liked ground operations he never really enjoyed being in the water and never planned to dive recreationally. Boy, did that pop my bubble.. Oh, by the way-Check out www.veriseal.org to read about wannabe SEALS.

 

[The Kraken]

Helicopter pilots don't really like having to go in and pick up SEALS, Lurps, Force Recon, on any other of those types . . . . trust me on this one.

 

[H2Andy]

Helicopter pilots don't really like having to go in and pick up
SEALS, Lurps, Force Recon, on any other of those types . . . . trust me on this one.

darg! the wee bit lunkers w' no mollocks! ya fly into the lz low enugh,
ther trees will clean yer bird for ya'

if them crab buggers can get to the lz, i can get them oot!

 

[redrover]

Oooo, what's a lurp?

 

[DennisS]

http://www.diddybop.demon.co.uk/lrrps.htm

 

[redrover]

Ahhh, mahalo.

 

[The Kraken]

Oooo, what's a lurp?

It's actually a misspelling for "LRRP" which is an acronym for "long range reconnaisance patrol".

Usually when those guys called us to come in and pick them up they were whispering on the radios because if they spoke any louder they were afraid the enemy might hear them.

Made for a testy mission.

 

[DennisS]

I wanted to be a helicopter pilot. A good friend of mine was a marine doing force recon work(late 60's). He had pictures of downed helicopters that he wasn't supposed to have. He came back and when he heard I wanted to be a helicopter pilot he explained to me what would happen. I would come back on leave, he would find me, he would break both my legs, because he was my friend. There is no doubt in my mind it would have happened. They came back back with a different viewpoint and can do attitude. He saw what being a helicopter pilot was.

I think that's called career counseling.