Some of the information given here may seem choppy or inconclusive.This is a “running blog” and a continuation of a much greater story.You are encouraged to go to the main web-site to catch-up or read previous blogs.These blogs tell the story of Christian I(100% DAV, homeschooling pastor-dad with M.S.)and Christian II (son 3 years old-T1 diabetic)-BOTH TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR SERVICE DOGS!
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Christian I – I spoke with an awesome friend yesterday, and
because of their input I would like to clarify a few things for everybody else.
These stories are not fiction. They happened about sixteen years ago. I
am also not one of those superheroes from a comic book or something! LOL These
missions are all "training"so far.
So far… they are OPFOR (opposing force) missions, where
me and my platoon were the teachers trying to instruct non-infantry personal (POGS)
on how to be combat soldiers. We did this by always playing the enemy! Good
training. We were mainly stationed at Fort Hood Texas for these missions but
also traveled abroad to meet other units (FT. Polk, LA, etc.)
If you remember, we left the last story where I just caught
up to SSG X after he took off running very wildly – LOL! We just hopped over
the POGS’s outer perimeter wire and were being searched for by their whole camp
(2000 soldiers), which by this time must have been entirely alerted to our presence.
We
marked several vehicles for destruction and booby trapped a few port -a- potty’s.
We did this by tying the inner strand of
550 cord (paracord) around the body of the port -a- potty, and attaching
the ends to a grenade simulator- so when "Johnny boy POG" opened up the latrine…
he got a little bit more for his money than just some relieveiation- LOL!
After we were finished booby trapping the second latrine, we
came upon another clearing and some POGS spotted us and started firing. It was
funny because, maybe about 100 yards away a couple of them popped up, shot at
us, and then ran away. This happened for several minutes and while they shot at
us, of course we shot back. This is very important information for you to
consider. I must have shot a whole drum of ammo(about 250 rounds for the S.A.W) by that time. So, THE BARREL OF MY MACHINE GUN WAS VERY HOT – AND ALMOST GLOWING RED! When I stopped to slap the next drum in, I heard an M16 bolt lock forward behind me. CLICK! Then a voice said, “Drop your weapons!” We were captured.
SSG X threw down his weapon, but I could not. You see, the
weapon that I was carrying (S.A.W) was so heavy that it was attached to my body
with a sling! I tried to explain this to the young private who now held us
hostage! But, he tried to flex his muscles, or show his manhood and shouted, “Take that weapon off now, boy!” I told him, “You’re going to have to come
and take it!”
So the poor private, with bare hands, just grabbed my weapon by
the barrel. Immediately there was a smell like frying bacon accompanied by a
scream “AHHH!”. He ran away, and we never saw him again. But, because the boy screamed,
someone else ran up and said, “What was that noise?” He thought that we were
POGS just like him!
So ...we played along, “Hey, buddy, do you have a lighter” we
tried to be casual. But it didn’t last long. He saw my weapon and said, “Hey,
man, where did you get that weapon?” SSG X said something about, “Didn’t you
know they are issuing these to us now?” (Because the POGS didn’t have these types of
machine guns...) Well, the officer figured out that we were lying, and held us at
gunpoint. Here we go again! Then he said, “You boys better come with me”-
SSG X
then held his chest and turned around- with his back to the man (LETTING OUT A GROAN). I didn’t know
what this wild man was doing now! Then I saw a small flash of light. SSG X
pushed me and said, “Run!” So I did! Just then in the darkness there was a
tremendous, earth shattering “Boom!” and the flash of light was absolutely
blinding.
SSG X just lit off a grenade simulator and that poor officer
screamed out, “Ahhh!”... “Which way did they go?” he yelled. But SSG X and I dove into some
bushes and stayed there until all was calm.
I absolutely love this story. I couldn’t believe how awesome
it was at the time. I have to stop here, but there is one more leg to this
mission that you need to hear about. I’m not kidding. We almost destroyed the
whole place. Well.. did we? I’ll tell you tomorrow. By the way, I feel great today. Can
you come over and have some coffee with me?
Christian II – Little Christian was all ready to write this
military blog with me this morning. I don’t know what happened! He stated out
well, but just ended up falling out – LOL (Please see pictures below). I hope the same thing doesn’t happen
to you as you read this blog. LOL. Today Little Christian is doing just fine. I
hope that you are doing the same!
God bless you friend... :)
READY FOR DAD'S BLOG....
GETTING TIRED...BUT STILL WITH YOU DAD!!
GOOD TRAINING !! - LOL
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