"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
09/04/2020 at 23:40 • Filed to: None
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
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Small town in Alaska drags everyone out of bed to make sure a plane can land and rescue a child in need of urgent medical attention.
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CB
> Just Jeepin'
09/04/2020 at 23:43 |
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I believe there is more good in this world than we give it credit for.
wafflesnfalafel
> Just Jeepin'
09/04/2020 at 23:48 |
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damn straight, that right there is America at it’s finest
ttyymmnn
> CB
09/04/2020 at 23:50 |
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There is. Assholes sell newspapers, though.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Just Jeepin'
09/05/2020 at 00:07 |
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That is awesome, there is still good in the world...
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Just Jeepin'
09/05/2020 at 00:10 |
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When I was in the Army, stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, around 1987, one of the guys had a seizure and had to be medevac airlifted . They needed an LZ for the chopper at an intersection way out in the range territory. I’d recently been relieved of duty as the company commander’s driver, so I knew my way around really well. I was out with the new chump CO’s driver and I heard the talk on the radio that they needed the LZ and I radioed and got permission to use actual headlights and we went to the battalion HQ and got a handful of chem-lights and went out to the intersection, which was just a couple of blacktop — “hardball” — roads. I had zero idea how an LZ ought to be set up, so I just made a circle of the chemlights around the intersection and put the last one down right in the center and that Huey landed right in the middle and I get sort of teary with excitement just typing this story. They got Danny to the hospital and he was fine.
I was awarded the Army Achievement Medal for my actions that night and since I was also the company clerk, I typed up my own award citation.
That s**t was f***ing COOL!
Noodles
> Just Jeepin'
09/05/2020 at 00:10 |
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Cool story. Small towns care.
AestheticsInMotion
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/05/2020 at 00:39 |
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Now that is one hell of a story
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> AestheticsInMotion
09/05/2020 at 00:44 |
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Thanks. It was very exciting and very satisfying. The first sergeant, whom I really liked, only fussed at me about it because I was actually supposed to be delivering reports when I was out being heroic. Took charge of the situation, I did.
RacinBob
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/05/2020 at 01:11 |
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In this world its up to you to know if you made a difference. Congratulations.
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RacinBob
> RacinBob
09/05/2020 at 01:14 |
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yo bro, I didn't know it was you cause this is on my phone. All the better.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> RacinBob
09/05/2020 at 01:28 |
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Thanks.
ranwhenparked
> Noodles
09/05/2020 at 01:33 |
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While there are assholes everywhere, anonymity does seem to encourage terrible behavior, and living in a place where everyone knows your name, where you work, and what you do for fun does create a certain level of social accountability you don't get in a larger population center
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> ranwhenparked
09/05/2020 at 02:16 |
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This. When everyone knows you, you adapt by growing
empathy for everyone.
hillrat
> Just Jeepin'
09/05/2020 at 06:32 |
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These are the stories that keep me from being completely cynical and heartless.