Where ya headed?
I was talking to some pilots (majors) ..........and we were talking about our responsibilities relative to our rank and i mentioned, thinking back... i had more responsibility as an E-2 than i do 12 yrs later, now as an e-6. We were just talking to talk...shooting the scheisse to pass the time...... and one of the pilots brought up...."i know a Lt with 3rd ACR with more responsibility than alot of our airforce Generals "
the other pilot nodded and said he knows it was true.
Anyway........So i'm getting ready to do an engine run on an airplane. I am the currently only one on my shift who is engine run quallified
The plane next to me is getting ready for takeoff. All the passengers, and flight crew are onboard except for the loadmaster who monitors engine start outside the plane. Everything appears normal.....then i notice a soldier standing next to the loadmaster. Then the expiditer drove up to ask what was up?....why was there a soldier wandering around the ramp in front of a plane getting ready to take off?.
So the guy drove up, and before he could say anything, the soldier asked.........."Do you have any planes going to Balad? " And the expediter asked...."well, where are you supposed to be?" The soldier....prolly all of 18yrs old......said.....".well i'm supposed to be going to Balad ....but this plane is going to Baghdad....." It was funny....it sorta came out in an accusatory tone like we had screwed up and the other 60 passengers going to baghdad should just go to Balad cuz that's where he is supposed to go. Maybe you would had to have been there to see the humor......but his innocence and confusion were so funny....
And so our expediter asked....."well then how did you end up with these guys....?."
and the little lost soldier said........ "i don't know, we were all just traveling together........and i was supposed to be on a plane going to balad at 0X00" and i noticed everybody had different kevlar covers than me so i asked where they were going and they said Baghdad , and i need to go to Balad.....that's where all my clothes are going......(at that point now the plane had took off two hours ago.......)
You'll be happy to know he was a 13 series mos.............(I forgot the alphanumeric, however)..........
So--------a bit of advice ---------don't forget to inventory your soldiers , .........'cuz if the kevlar covers are the same we will send them to the wrong place!!!!!!!!
the other pilot nodded and said he knows it was true.
Anyway........So i'm getting ready to do an engine run on an airplane. I am the currently only one on my shift who is engine run quallified
The plane next to me is getting ready for takeoff. All the passengers, and flight crew are onboard except for the loadmaster who monitors engine start outside the plane. Everything appears normal.....then i notice a soldier standing next to the loadmaster. Then the expiditer drove up to ask what was up?....why was there a soldier wandering around the ramp in front of a plane getting ready to take off?.
So the guy drove up, and before he could say anything, the soldier asked.........."Do you have any planes going to Balad? " And the expediter asked...."well, where are you supposed to be?" The soldier....prolly all of 18yrs old......said.....".well i'm supposed to be going to Balad ....but this plane is going to Baghdad....." It was funny....it sorta came out in an accusatory tone like we had screwed up and the other 60 passengers going to baghdad should just go to Balad cuz that's where he is supposed to go. Maybe you would had to have been there to see the humor......but his innocence and confusion were so funny....
And so our expediter asked....."well then how did you end up with these guys....?."
and the little lost soldier said........ "i don't know, we were all just traveling together........and i was supposed to be on a plane going to balad at 0X00" and i noticed everybody had different kevlar covers than me so i asked where they were going and they said Baghdad , and i need to go to Balad.....that's where all my clothes are going......(at that point now the plane had took off two hours ago.......)
You'll be happy to know he was a 13 series mos.............(I forgot the alphanumeric, however)..........
So--------a bit of advice ---------don't forget to inventory your soldiers , .........'cuz if the kevlar covers are the same we will send them to the wrong place!!!!!!!!
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