[TML] New Member & the Sylean Rangers

[Douglas Berry]

Jerry W Barrington wrote:
> On 8/4/08 9:16 PM, "Douglas Berry" <penguin_boy at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
>> ... putting something that actually happened to me in the "So There I Was"
>> sidebar ...
> 
> The look-a-like for the general's car?  Or maybe the excessive force on the
> sniper...

The encounter between g-carriers in the training area. It really took 
place at Fort Irwin, Ca (the National Training Center, fondly known as 
"Planet Irwin") when I was there with the 197th Infantry Brigade 
(Mechanized) (Separate). I was on an ice and water run with my buddy, 
and we spotted an OPFOR deuce and a half. I had a .50 on the ring 
mounts, so I opened up on him. He fired back. We raced for about five 
miles before we both ran out of blanks. 2.5 ton trucks were *not* 
equipped with the MILES sensors that combat vehicles had.

Doug, who had to clean the damn .50...