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11 years 6 months ago #22498
by Dabu
-agree:
I used to pick on the supply guys in my unit, they'd always have some gay saying like, "bullets don't fly without supply."
If I was the last guy on earth, I think I'd die of insanity because of loneliness. Especially after my nice dog dies
I'd like someone to bury me, or at least burn me like one of those cook viking funerals or something. I wouldn't want to be a zombie :laugh:
-agree:I used to pick on the supply guys in my unit, they'd always have some gay saying like, "bullets don't fly without supply."
If I was the last guy on earth, I think I'd die of insanity because of loneliness. Especially after my nice dog dies
I'd like someone to bury me, or at least burn me like one of those cook viking funerals or something. I wouldn't want to be a zombie :laugh:
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11 years 6 months ago #22499
by Siscowet
-agree:
Back in my late 20's I went through a loner stage. Not really antisocial, I just wanted to push myself and see what and where I could do alone. I had a lot of fun, learned to be pretty self reliant, as much as I wanted to be, but in the end I discovered I was more of a social animal than I thought. Being by yourself gets old after a while. Check out the show "Survivor Man" if you haven't already. It changes the social dynamic entirely.
Kind of like wolves. If you have ever seen a wolf in a trap, the way they act, you would never think they were a killer. They actually are very docile. Get them in a pack environment, that very docile animal is part of a larger whole that allows it to become a very efficient killing machine. The reason? It is genetically programmed to dedicate itself to the success and survival of the pack. I think humans have some of that same programming in our genes. We are programmed to be a social animal. I know back then, loneliness was the thing I struggled with most on extended wilderness trips.. After that I did a lot of the same trips and challenges as a group. I enjoyed it a lot more, and with division of labor it was a lot easier.
Dabu wrote:
I used to pick on the supply guys in my unit, they'd always have some gay saying like, "bullets don't fly without supply."
If I was the last guy on earth, I think I'd die of insanity because of loneliness. Especially after my nice dog dies
I'd like someone to bury me, or at least burn me like one of those cook viking funerals or something. I wouldn't want to be a zombie :laugh:
-agree:Back in my late 20's I went through a loner stage. Not really antisocial, I just wanted to push myself and see what and where I could do alone. I had a lot of fun, learned to be pretty self reliant, as much as I wanted to be, but in the end I discovered I was more of a social animal than I thought. Being by yourself gets old after a while. Check out the show "Survivor Man" if you haven't already. It changes the social dynamic entirely.
Kind of like wolves. If you have ever seen a wolf in a trap, the way they act, you would never think they were a killer. They actually are very docile. Get them in a pack environment, that very docile animal is part of a larger whole that allows it to become a very efficient killing machine. The reason? It is genetically programmed to dedicate itself to the success and survival of the pack. I think humans have some of that same programming in our genes. We are programmed to be a social animal. I know back then, loneliness was the thing I struggled with most on extended wilderness trips.. After that I did a lot of the same trips and challenges as a group. I enjoyed it a lot more, and with division of labor it was a lot easier.
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11 years 6 months ago #22503
by OleCowboy
My teen years spent on the ranch way out in the country. Nearest friend was well over a mile away. So I learned to do a lot of things by myself. Went in the Army and while its a team unit enviro there is still lots of individualism. Vietnam found me as an OpCon soldier bouncing from unit to unit albeit most of my time was with the 1st Cav but I was always being pulled for some operation...I was with the ARVN, Korean White Horse Rangers, 5the Mech, 173 rd Abn and a host of others that would take some time to remember even. And more than once in unit rotations I found myself sitting out in the jungle ALONE. Generally a Company sized element would leave out on the same helicopters that brought in the replacements...BUT NOT always. I remember the first time as I stood and watched the skids nose down off some hilltop we were on and suddenly the reality that I am there by myself. :ohmy: :ohmy:
Most often right after breakfast they would do the exchange and of course it was daylight, rare that VC/NVA attached by light of day and I was sitting in an emplaced position as we had been there for a week or so, but still a LONG way from anywhere sometimes as 30++ min helicopter ride to get back to the Bn location..
I also operated independently as I was my own show and not often did I occupy the same space on the LZ that the unit was at. I was sometimes even off the LZ in an OP alone. I remember one time I had been there since breakfast and it was now into the early eve and no unit. I spun the radio dial until I found some American traffic and requested a radio relay as to where the heck is the unit I did not relish being out there alone in a hot AO. Well they had sent out a company element but it was not laid out like the last unit. I was with a forward Plt on a hill top about the size of a 2 car garage and they had decided to not send anyone back...YEA, great idea except they forgot me...LOL. They ended up sending over a couple of squads who got there right before dark.
I would say you are right.Siscowet wrote:
Dabu wrote:
I used to pick on the supply guys in my unit, they'd always have some gay saying like, "bullets don't fly without supply."
If I was the last guy on earth, I think I'd die of insanity because of loneliness. Especially after my nice dog dies
I'd like someone to bury me, or at least burn me like one of those cook viking funerals or something. I wouldn't want to be a zombie :laugh:
Back in my late 20's I went through a loner stage. Not really antisocial, I just wanted to push myself and see what and where I could do alone. I had a lot of fun, learned to be pretty self reliant, as much as I wanted to be, but in the end I discovered I was more of a social animal than I thought. Being by yourself gets old after a while. Check out the show "Survivor Man" if you haven't already. It changes the social dynamic entirely.
Kind of like wolves. If you have ever seen a wolf in a trap, the way they act, you would never think they were a killer. They actually are very docile. Get them in a pack environment, that very docile animal is part of a larger whole that allows it to become a very efficient killing machine. The reason? It is genetically programmed to dedicate itself to the success and survival of the pack. I think humans have some of that same programming in our genes. We are programmed to be a social animal. I know back then, loneliness was the thing I struggled with most on extended wilderness trips.. After that I did a lot of the same trips and challenges as a group. I enjoyed it a lot more, and with division of labor it was a lot easier.
My teen years spent on the ranch way out in the country. Nearest friend was well over a mile away. So I learned to do a lot of things by myself. Went in the Army and while its a team unit enviro there is still lots of individualism. Vietnam found me as an OpCon soldier bouncing from unit to unit albeit most of my time was with the 1st Cav but I was always being pulled for some operation...I was with the ARVN, Korean White Horse Rangers, 5the Mech, 173 rd Abn and a host of others that would take some time to remember even. And more than once in unit rotations I found myself sitting out in the jungle ALONE. Generally a Company sized element would leave out on the same helicopters that brought in the replacements...BUT NOT always. I remember the first time as I stood and watched the skids nose down off some hilltop we were on and suddenly the reality that I am there by myself. :ohmy: :ohmy:
Most often right after breakfast they would do the exchange and of course it was daylight, rare that VC/NVA attached by light of day and I was sitting in an emplaced position as we had been there for a week or so, but still a LONG way from anywhere sometimes as 30++ min helicopter ride to get back to the Bn location..
I also operated independently as I was my own show and not often did I occupy the same space on the LZ that the unit was at. I was sometimes even off the LZ in an OP alone. I remember one time I had been there since breakfast and it was now into the early eve and no unit. I spun the radio dial until I found some American traffic and requested a radio relay as to where the heck is the unit I did not relish being out there alone in a hot AO. Well they had sent out a company element but it was not laid out like the last unit. I was with a forward Plt on a hill top about the size of a 2 car garage and they had decided to not send anyone back...YEA, great idea except they forgot me...LOL. They ended up sending over a couple of squads who got there right before dark.
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