Greetings Jay,The internet is a surprisingly small place, apparently; at least the gun blogosphere part of it. It's not terribly surprising that a 'net-savvy gunnie living in MA might happen across my blog; it is, however, pretty cool and amazingly coincidental that he happened to be placed in the same platoon as my brother-from-another-mother Heath. What are the odds that a gunnie from MA would wind up in the same platoon as a guy from OH that happens to be friends with another gunnie from MA?
I've been a longtime reader and gun nut who is also cursed by living in the People's Republic of Mass (and especially resentful after spending 4 years of college in the great state of Texas), though not for much longer.
I was never much for contributing or trying to introduce myself into the group but I recently had an experience too priceless not to share with a good friend of yours, a one Mr. Heath. I myself also just graduated from MCRD Parris Island in the same platoon as our friend Heath.
Our introduction was certainly memorable, out of all the people places and activities in the world the two of us meet in the middle of a pitch black, 5 mile, night hike through the piney woods of PI in the middle of the Crucible. Being a jovial fellow (and the hike being more than a bit boring) he came over and said hello to the new guy in the platoon (another long story). Guns and shooting soon came up and he asked if I ever read any blogs and who. The first one that came to mind was JayG....to which he of course responds "Oh really, yeah he's awesome. He stays at my house all the time." -insert jaw drop- Of all the things I didnt expect at boot camp, meeting another blogger who routinely hangs out with all the guys I've been reading for years ranks pretty damn near to the top. Needless to say the rest of the hike was filled with talk of 1911's, Monster Hunter, zombies, Larry C-George H-Marko-Sayuncle etc etc, why obama sucks, vicious circle, and even once (though im ashamed to admit i forgot the context) the epic "Take off and nuke the site from orbit...its the only way to be sure" was tossed out...i feel it may have had something to do with DI's. We even dubbed one of the guys in our fire team the Combat Wombat. Definitely one of the most memorable times of boot camp. Can't wait to delve further into this world where maybe for a change I won't be the most deranged person in the room...maybe
Chris, (now) PFC USMC (still kinda excited about that)
Like Stephen Wright would say, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it"...
That is all.
7 comments:
Heheh, yeah, that was too cool of a coincidence!
Chris, you definitely have to make it to a blogmeet/shoot, you're gonna fit right in brother.
Oh, smallish correction, we host the NC shoot out here, Breda gets the honor of hosting the guest of honor most times ;)
Semper Fi, Heath. ;) Too bad the easy part is over.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB!
Compare a guy with 4 years of college proud of the title "PFC, USMC" with the OWS pukes who want their college loans forgiven and to be handed a job with a fancy title.
I'm sure The Corps has plans for the young man that include TBS at Quantico.
Chris, if you do find yourself in Northern Virginia drop me a line. I'll show you where the first USMC Medal of Honor was earned.
Jay, please forward my e-mail if Chris asks.
Jay,
The world is indeed small . . . and getting smaller. My People, aka The Tribe, have a phrase to describe . . . Jewish Geography. I experience these weird coincidences with alarming regularity. Your Jewish readers know of what I speak. It's like we're a cult.
W.V. --> culta
- Brad
When I got on my first ship in the USN, one of my shipmates was in the same company with me in bootcamp, and another one went to high school in the same class as my sister and lived on the same road as we did.
Hey Stretch, YOU come up here for the next Blogshoot at Heath's and Amanda's place. You'll be surprised how many familiar faces you'll find.
And come Hungry!
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