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At least I can find it in the parking lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If it wasn't for you and your 'elves", we wouldn't have a site to make special.... thanks for all you do, Giz

Gosh, Sonny, that is very bad news...... I am sure I speak for everyone else on this site when I send my deepest condolences.....I don't think there is much we can say, except it sounds as if you had a good life together, and you can seek comfort in the memories. a terrible loss to say the least take care of yourself, brother Giz

Back at ya, ken. Be careful, rumor has it that you might find tinwhistle in your chimney load clear giz

Okay, guys, thanks for the clarifications.... But I do not remember any training, etc in reference to this situation, back in my day, I am, however, pretty sure a couple places we went to in South america was damn clsoe to this pressure altitude..... maybe this explains my dain bramage................Gotta remember this was so back in time that there were only eleven in a dozen... merry christmas to all, by the way and PISS ON THE MAYANS!!!! Giz

I guess I can see that, in-flight, but what about ground ops on fields at or above 10k????? Like maybe in the Andes or such places???

Yep, and this state is, beyond a doubt, one of the worst for it

well, maybe if Maryland made their people get their heads out of their asses, it would improve...still does not explain sendin' mine to kentucky.. I guess the only bright spot is this, if you live long enough, and successfully make any appeals, etc, etc, any monetary settlements are retro-active to the day you first file. Also, I learned that if you would die, in any way related to your awarded service connected in jury, make sure your survivors, usually your wife, has that disease, condition, etc placed on your death certificate, and they will continue to receive some benefits..........We alll earned this stuff, why the bastards, many of whom never were in the service, continue to deny and delay, I don't know............

I did not know that, but have seen other aircraft operated without the crew bein' on O2.......probably not a safe thing

I thought about T/O altitude too, but nobody I could see on the ground had any respirators, so I discounted that....Maybe just to keep warm???LOL Giz

Why the nose hoses?????????????? In my time in the dark ages, we wore them to pre-breathe for HALO and that sort of thing, occasionally did a smoke in cabin/cockpit drill, same for a decompression, and if the FE had partaken of too many eggs at the KPOB chow hall......worked wonders for Jack Daniels induced arthritis of the skull ( so i have been told).. but seriously why would they be wearin' them, something to do with the JATO or soemthing?? giz

I think my intent of the last mental spasm was to indicate to Becky that, even though it is all one VA, and supposedly we are all veterans of the UNITED STATES military, there is a wide spectrum of the quality of support and assitance available, some excellent, some mediocre, and some just plain incompetent.. She needs to know that she may have to whack away for quite a long time....... Shouldn't be that way, but it is

same for me, RD, but I have yet to get anything close to a settlement, shoo in or not..as for the VVA, I am a charter member of the biggest chapter of the organization. We have a young troop here, Iraq vet, who is the local Va rep. He has done a whale of a job for the guys around here, but it seems that the west Virginia guys don't have the issues that the maryland guys get. It is ALL because of how this POS state is run.. it is he who is going to get the Congressional intervention goin' for me. It is a damn shame. I feel sorry, very very sorry, for the guys who are so much worse off than I am going through the same bull shit... And IMHO, the VFW is good for selling C***caps and that's about it. I was essentially denied membership in the post in my hometown, because they were "at full membership level." I was later asked to join another post, aspart of a membership drive, then I was offered a good deal on life membership in another one, must ahve been called five times, after I transferred, was never contacted again. I do not belong to the one down the road from me because of the money management issues they had, the way they treat a couple of black Nam vets, both i call friend and there are no finer guys in the world, and the fact that they have a huge social membership, simply because there is no bar withi twelve miles in any direction.....sorry about the rant, but that is how I see things from here............ Giz

Just be glad you don't live in maryland.......don't guess a vet from here is the same as one from every other state.........I am type II diabetic, have submitted my stuff, filled all the squares, got copies of my travel orders showin' all the places in SEA I was at/in/on, and have had my claim goin' for 18 months. This POS we have for a VA administrator, appointed by King Obama, stated he wanted a vet's claim completed in 129 days.HMMMM, I have nearly 5 times that. But my wonderful state veterans affairs claims "workers" were so "0verwhelmed" that they sent my stuff to KENTUCKY, to get taken care of...............Guess they were afarid they would break a nail.....So now, looks like I have to play the Congressional card to get any action, and believe me, my reps don't carry much influence in Congress. So Becky, you can expect a whole bunch of delay, BS, and total incompetence from the VA. good luck giz

Thanks to all you crew chiefs for allowing me to borrow your airplane so three college graduates and a career NCO could take me and my cargo where it had to go......AND maintainin' it so it would be safe to do so, even though ocassionally she would create some "interesting" situations for us....... Giz

Spoken like a true West Virginian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Giz

Now, now................

Did I see somewhere there was an AC-130U model????

Chris, you are a freakin' poet..............and, guys, he's just like this in real life, just bigger!!!!!!!!!!!! Giz

Now that would be way cool........much better than a petrified bull pecker, that's for sure!!!!!! giz

same from me, Casey, thanks

I failed to specify my post, I was referring to Nam..................I woulda thought had the opposition had been so inclined, a great number of herks, hueys, goonies, Boo's, Pookies and chinooks would have been nothin' but big smokin' holes in the ground, and as far as that goes, the body count for them would have been much higher.Personally, I'm glad they didn't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Giz,

HMMMMM!!!!! 50's in turrets, etc???? Sure beats the hell out of a green flare from a flare gun out a paratroop door against an SA-7..... I don't know about the rest of you, but it crossed my mind on occasion what would have happened to us trash haulers in Nam if they had put a Mig on our ass. wonder why they didn't....just not worth it, and not that many opportunities?????? I have never heard of a fighter attack on a herk.... anybody know of one??????? The losses to ground fire and so on was sobering enough, just think what we would have felt if a .Mig took one out.......................Giz

Dan, why is it that I imagine your cane would look surprsing like a Ma Duece??????????? Just sayin'...................... Giz

The most important thing is this...........are you gettin' better?????? I, personally, cannot imagine goin' through all you have....... And still keep on keepin' on............. giz