"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/08/2019 at 16:35 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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(U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dominic Romero)
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> ttyymmnn
03/08/2019 at 16:39 |
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alternative title “Six Feet from Certain Death”
(yes i know theyre wearing harnesses)
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ttyymmnn
> Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
03/08/2019 at 16:43 |
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True, but you wouldn’t want to be dangling out behind a C-130 at 20,000 feet (or whatever they are flying at).
MoCamino
> ttyymmnn
03/08/2019 at 17:05 |
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That reminds me of a flight I took in a K C-130 outfitted for refueling back in AFROTC during college. They had us up for a couple of hours and gave us a chance to go lay down on the bench where the boom operator does their job. (I was surprised how many of the other cadets passed on the opportunity, but I thought it was pretty cool.) Pro tip - the Grand Canyon looks like a drainage ditch from 30,000 ft.
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ttyymmnn
> MoCamino
03/08/2019 at 17:10 |
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Passed on the opportunity? I’d give my left nut to do that.
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MoCamino
> ttyymmnn
03/08/2019 at 17:18 |
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My thoughts exactly. I mean it’s not like we were operating the boom or anything, just getting a look out the boom window. But i t was still super cool for a 20 year old kid.
That same summer I got to spend a little time in a (primitive by today’s standards) flight simulator. That was pretty cool as well. I didn’t have to give up any reproductive organs for all this fun, but I definitely did a LOT of push-ups that summer. Outdoor PT in Wichita in July...I’m about to sweat just thinking about it.
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ttyymmnn
> MoCamino
03/08/2019 at 17:21 |
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I’m a 52-year-old dad-bod military history geek, but I’ve always wondered if I could have made it through PT. The sense I get is that it’s almost more of a mental challenge than a physical one. Of course, when I was 18, I was a scrawny asthmatic kid with bad eczema . They probably wouldn’t have taken me.
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MoCamino
> ttyymmnn
03/08/2019 at 17:32 |
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I was a skinny kid but in okay shape when I went to boot. Most kids dropped 10 pounds from the PT - I put on 10 pounds of muscle because I really didn’t have much fat to drop . (Don’t be impressed, it was mostly because I screwed up a lot and did a lot of push-ups.) But the reality is that since it was for ROTC I always got the impression we got it a lot easier than they got at “real” boot camp. But I’d agree, at least from my perspective, it was more a mental challenge than a physical one.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> ttyymmnn
03/08/2019 at 17:54 |
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I disagree. The best seat is found at the front of the plane on the left side. Sometimes it is located at the front of the plane in the middle. Occasionally, it’s located just behind the front seat.
xc90v8/I4 :(
> MoCamino
03/08/2019 at 18:16 |
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I walked 62 miles at a time and that to me was the definition of mental over physical.Because after like 30 you’re dead anyways so the rest is just not walking into cars cause you’ve fallen asleep again.
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MoCamino
> xc90v8/I4 :(
03/08/2019 at 23:19 |
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See, that's what I mean. They didn't do that kind of stuff to the ROTC kids. We had it really easy in comparison.