SGT(P) Harry Clyde Jr. 327488 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wsaid halts an 18 year old private with an artillery battery in the 82nd ABD on guard duty in a Deuce 1/2 behind the battery. It was around 2 or 3 in the morning on a pitch black night and I had no nods ,when I hear a walking crunch sound coming from my left front. I turned in that direction and yelled "kief" meaning halt/ stop. It kept coming and though I had a round in the chamber, I charged my weapon and yelled loud and clear "I Said halt damnit!"<br />All I hear then is holy s..t, holy s..t. Who is that?<br />Its Clyde sir. <br />I then hear again "Holy sh.t!"<br />It was my battery commander checking the guard but not in a safe manner. He walked away from my position in a quick manner and I believe he shit himself again. He did so 2 times previously. Anyhow 10 minutes later I hear another crunching sound and from the way he walked I knew who it was. When close enough without looking in his direction I said "good morning 1Sg. He replied when he got to the truck"Clyde did you almost shoot the commander?" I replied that I did and explained why. He then said"Clyde the next time he does that just shoot the stupid son of a bit.h!" Roger 1sg, have a good morning. He then walked off. From that point on the commander did not say anything nor did he look at me. He even avoided me once we got home. He was gone about 3 months after. Later in the morning when everyone was up it had gotten around what happened. It got a laugh out of everyone. For almost two years that incident would come up in conversations and parties. I wont forget it and I doubt that commander has 23 years later.<br />What stories do you have to tell? 2014-11-14T20:03:52-05:00 SGT(P) Harry Clyde Jr. 327488

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wsaid halts an 18 year old private with an artillery battery in the 82nd ABD on guard duty in a Deuce 1/2 behind the battery. It was around 2 or 3 in the morning on a pitch black night and I had no nods ,when I hear a walking crunch sound coming from my left front. I turned in that direction and yelled "kief" meaning halt/ stop. It kept coming and though I had a round in the chamber, I charged my weapon and yelled loud and clear "I Said halt damnit!"<br />All I hear then is holy s..t, holy s..t. Who is that?<br />Its Clyde sir. <br />I then hear again "Holy sh.t!"<br />It was my battery commander checking the guard but not in a safe manner. He walked away from my position in a quick manner and I believe he shit himself again. He did so 2 times previously. Anyhow 10 minutes later I hear another crunching sound and from the way he walked I knew who it was. When close enough without looking in his direction I said "good morning 1Sg. He replied when he got to the truck"Clyde did you almost shoot the commander?" I replied that I did and explained why. He then said"Clyde the next time he does that just shoot the stupid son of a bit.h!" Roger 1sg, have a good morning. He then walked off. From that point on the commander did not say anything nor did he look at me. He even avoided me once we got home. He was gone about 3 months after. Later in the morning when everyone was up it had gotten around what happened. It got a laugh out of everyone. For almost two years that incident would come up in conversations and parties. I wont forget it and I doubt that commander has 23 years later.<br />What stories do you have to tell?

2014-11-14T20:03:52-05:00 2014-11-14T20:03:52-05:00 SrA Jay Strauser 403271

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was with the 1709th Air Refueling Wing and we were stationed at King Abdulaziz International Airport. EOD was running around blowing everything up that sat around too long. Just in case it was a bomb. One of the people I worked with used an Air Force Helmet bag (that the pilots use to carry their helmet in) as a purse. She left it laying around and it started clicking. A couple of us tried to save it for her but EOD was not having it. They had a bag in an airport that was clicking...MUST BE A BOMB. After EOD blows the thing up you hear on the radio someone call her and ask her if she had a Helmet bag that she left laying around. She said yes, it has my Walkman cassette player in it, why? Well EOD just blew it up because the cassette tape was clicking.

2015-01-05T18:03:05-05:00 2015-01-05T18:03:05-05:00 SrA Jay Strauser 403275

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Another time a gentleman was sitting around waiting for a flight. At least that was what most people were doing who were sitting around that area. Next to him he had a briefcase. The man was there for hours just sitting waiting for his plane to arrive or some one to arrive. Hours went by and the guy disappears but the brief case is still sitting there. Guess who gets called EOD. They come in and want to blow it up. Well this Saudi Arabian Air Force Sgt walks over and starts arguing with them. They are arguing back and forth and now everyone in that part of the airport is watching them. All of the sudden this Saudi Arabian Air Force Sgt grabs the briefcase and walks really fast to a counter. He slams the briefcase on the counter and starts to open it. Well the rest of us start running out of the building. Fortunately it did not explode.

2015-01-05T18:07:57-05:00 2015-01-05T18:07:57-05:00 SFC Joey Jimenez 467423

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Funny story! I can relate pulling hundreds of hours of guard, lookout in a pitch black desert. NODS worked like crap, batteries were usually dead. On guard you hear everything and it is terrifying especially in time of war...the funny thing is we were surrounded by our own men and it was usually somebody trying to take a dump in the middle of the night.

2015-02-10T10:43:47-05:00 2015-02-10T10:43:47-05:00 SGT Kevin McCourt 771739

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>During Desert Shield. We would go to the port and load up a HEMMT full of wood, old ammo crates. Bring them back and build picnic tables and such. One time, we ended up going through an ADA units AO. We ended up trading the truck load of wood, for a huge block of ice. We came back as heroes of the day. It was nice to finally cool off some of those free cokes that we had cases of.

2015-06-26T06:00:49-04:00 2015-06-26T06:00:49-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 1260669

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Absolutely. We had about 1300 M1s and 200 Challengers rolling and fighting in the Desert. The Iraqis had no chance against our air and ground power.

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