Me on my 40th birthday. 18" x 364 ring

Is that a cake? a cigar? Good photo too.....thanks.

It's a cigar cake. What other kind of cake is there for a botl/sotl to have? It's a domestic but at least it's a maddie!

Cigar cake.....that's cool.

Looks like a rum crook....LOL...

Happy 40th!

Johh

Hey redleg, who you calling a rum crook? I never stole any Rum and if i did, you can't prove it was yours! And if you can, too bad it's all gone! LOL Why redleg? were you a cannon cocker?

The proof is in the pudding, or cake in this case.

In regards to the cannon cocking - BIG CHECK! Still doing the National Guard thing for another 2-3 years. Waiting for the 20 year letter...

John

I was a 13b2p '84-'90. We had the m102 105mm back then.

What the heck is a rum crook anyway, if not a 40 year old fat guy who steals your rum?

A rum crook is an inexpensive dog rocket that is moist from being soaked in cheap, albiet sweet, rum. Not something that I'd brag about, but it works great when you're stuck in a bug infested area and it needs no special care.

The one 102 is a great pea shooter. Low maintenance and good mobility. I miss firing that gun. I'm shooting the M109 SP which means it spends more time in the maintenance yard than in the field.

Never had to do the sp thing. We hauled the piece with a gamma goat or a hummer at the end! What state are you in? I did 1 yr in the guard but it was too strang, my 1st Sgt wanted to be called Bob. I guess there's no rum crook in the pic. the warden had her friend make me a cigar cake.

Hey rugrunner

Very cool pic... nice to put a face to the name... thanks for sharing!!!

I carried a few 105's in my day with a CH-47. We used to put three in the cabin. The tube would sit right between us up front and come to within 4 inches of the windshield.

We'd carry M198's around. I had an engine drop off once with one of them below and a full load of pax....that was scary.

I like big guns.....

ROTFLMAO @ Adroomi! You're entertaining and terribly funny! Nice truck BTW

I don't get it....why is that funny? That's the truth. An M198 weighs in at about 15K lbs. Add a bag of ammo, and 20 pax and a CH-47 is pushing max gross weight. An engine failure when that heavy is a bad thing. At cruise speed I can keep it in the air, but at a hover, I smack the ground.

...and yes, we would put 3 105's in the cabin. They fit just fine for an air assault.

Adroomie isn't kidding. In my first four years in the Army, I was a crew chief on a CH-54, the Skycrane, and he sounds like he's on the money with the load capacity.

John

J,

54's eh? It was sad to see those go. I saw them phase out in Alaska, and then finally in Savannah Georgia. I always like them.

droomi, Everything you claim to have done makes sense.

If you say you put 3 m102 inside a chopper I'm sure it's been done. I have no reason to believe you, or to not believe you. I don't know you. I have meet so many people that make $hit up. I met 2 guys(seperatly) that told me they were on the helicoptor that resqued that pilot(O'grady?) that was lost in Kosovo(i think). One guy was army, the other marines. When I hear your tales and the drama you use to tell them, I am reminded of these 2 top notch BS artists. You are either a shoe salesman that lives in his mom's basement, or the most fascinating man alive. Satistically,It's more likely the former is the case.

No offense meant just telling you where I'm comming from. Bill

Rug,

You're a Field Artillery guy correct? If so, you should be very familiar with the CH-47 Chinook. It's primary mission is Air Assault, and it's most common slingload during air assault missions is an M105 with tow vehicle attached. Gun crew goes inside of course. In the 101st at Campbell we would put 3 guns inside the cabin. It's a common insertion technique. It's being done almost daily in the war even now.

I spent 13 years on active duty in the aviation and spl opns groups. Why would I NOT have experience in carrying gun tubes. Doesn't your unit ever get carried out to the field by helicopters?

Why do you find it so strange that I mention that I carried gun tubes as a former Army Aviator? I've even listed my MOS on a previous post as 67030F. This MOS is CH-47 Crewman. The 30 is my rank level, and "F" stands for "flight status."

Have a done a few fascinating things.....sure. Haven't we all? I'm still doing the too. I guess I'm lucky I suppose.

Would you feel better if I posted some photos of a younger Adroomi in his flight suit?

Droomi, I was i 13b2p (cannoneer e-5 pareachute qualified) on fort bragg in the 82nd my entire 2 enlistments. We never put a m102( I don't know what a m105 is)in a bird. We hung them from slings from crash halks ahhh black hawks. I jumped from hueys and the skycrane(think that what they called it in civilian lingo). We always used black hawks, as that what we deployed with, for airmobiles. Your tales have the air of the grandiose. That makes me suspicious. Don't need a pic, never doubted your service, just your exploits.

Bill p.s. check my pic post "my wife's floor" it's the tile I told you about earlier.

Field Artillery Kicks Ass.

All other services or branches are just assets used by the Field Artillery to get closer to destroy the enemy.

21 tears as a 13F.

I have never seen a cannon inside a helicopter. I guess you could fit a M102(105mm) inside, but why? Slinging them facilitates gun placement.

I believe I know Adroomi better than anyone else on this board. He may stretch a story about the ville, but most of his info is accurate.