Quote Originally Posted by cavscout View Post
I. . .While in the Army National Guard I was impressed to see that every member of my Scout Platoon was prior service from each branch. The depth of experience we had was impressive for what some call weekend warriors. . . .
Yeah, the reserves can have a host of very impressive people. Once at Twenty-nine Palms, there was a "C" Company made up of Viet Nam vets doing some training in the desert. A few were headed to mainside when an MP fresh out of boot camp and OJT stopped them for wearing field jackets. He told them that he'd probably overlook it if they were "regulars," but since they were reservists, they'd have to go back to camp.

This insult from a newbie brought the wrath of C Co. (about like the wrath of God, only more certain) their way as they went back and loaded a truck to head to the MP barracks for an attitude adjustment.

Fortunately, the CO got wind of it and talked them down. Not only were they almost all battle-hardened veterans from Nam, but many were also firemen in real life. What a great bunch of guys. They really knew how to watch your back, too (another story).

Joke: As the first wave of boats lined up for the assault on Tarawa, they got the GO and started for the beach, only to be recalled. You can imagine the confusion that caused. One of the boats came back along side the ship and the skipper asked, "What's the problem?"

"There's been a terrible mistake," the loading master answered. "There's a regular onboard one of the boats."