Posted on Feb 7, 2015
Is the Poncho Liner (Woobie) the greatest issue item ever? Or is it more than that?
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What is your favorite piece of TA-50? Personally, mine is the woobie. It has kept me warm many nights after some (enter explicative here) lost something on the DZ. How do you feel about the woobie? How do you feel that many don't even get it issued? How do you feel about those who do not know about the woobie?
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PO2 Steven Erickson
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Thank God I've never gotten hit harder than necessary for a "Hey! Moron!" message.
I was Calibration PO and Battery Records PO, so did LOTS of live work. I will say this... The stories about DC are NOT exaggerated. Without the cyclic changes, a hug by her is like a Full Body Cramp. I will never forget the feeling of having my bicep and tricep both trying full strength to bend my arm at the same time.
Never been tasered, but it's got to be similar.
Again... the Good Lord protects fools and children. Had my back TWO WAYS!!!
Thank God I've never gotten hit harder than necessary for a "Hey! Moron!" message.
I was Calibration PO and Battery Records PO, so did LOTS of live work. I will say this... The stories about DC are NOT exaggerated. Without the cyclic changes, a hug by her is like a Full Body Cramp. I will never forget the feeling of having my bicep and tricep both trying full strength to bend my arm at the same time.
Never been tasered, but it's got to be similar.
Again... the Good Lord protects fools and children. Had my back TWO WAYS!!!
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PO2 Christopher Morehouse
PO2 Steven Erickson and PO3 (Join to see)
I was asked by my chief to wrap up some work on fire dampers in the Chief's mess. He told me it was tagged out, and I took him at his word. I didn't even bother to check it dead. Darwin reached out smacked me that day.
I was asked by my chief to wrap up some work on fire dampers in the Chief's mess. He told me it was tagged out, and I took him at his word. I didn't even bother to check it dead. Darwin reached out smacked me that day.
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PO2 Steven Erickson
Every spark-jockey has done THAT damn-fool trust experience at least once, PO2 Christopher Morehouse!
Luckily for us, stupid hurts, but its mortality rate is low. Some say TOO low...
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Luckily for us, stupid hurts, but its mortality rate is low. Some say TOO low...
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There's a very good reason why I compare myself to Nitro in the movie Down Periscope. I was somewhat bad as an electrician. I'm not afraid to admit it. I was very good at the theory and book work but I just sucked in practice.
I was on the flight deck once replacing a light used to signal the pilot on the catapult when they were about to shoot. This thing was mounted on the port side catwalk all the way forward. The screw used to set it in place was rusted solid so I couldn't swivel the mount to face the catwalk to work...so I got on the flight deck. One foot on deck, one foot on the catwalk railing...90 ft or so above the water. I get the damn thing open, try to pull out the bad bulb and it breaks. Normally i'd use my fuse pullers to grab the base of the bulb and get it out but i was way down in there so I grabbed for my needle nose pliers...Zapp! My pliers were all insulated except I had just gotten this new pair and hadn't done that yet.
I fell into the wire netting on the side...I could hear the Air Boss telling someone to check if I'd fallen overboard. Anyway...yeah. I did better as a Master at Arms. LOL
Just to keep this on topic for the actual thread, I really wish I had a Woobie at that time.
I was on the flight deck once replacing a light used to signal the pilot on the catapult when they were about to shoot. This thing was mounted on the port side catwalk all the way forward. The screw used to set it in place was rusted solid so I couldn't swivel the mount to face the catwalk to work...so I got on the flight deck. One foot on deck, one foot on the catwalk railing...90 ft or so above the water. I get the damn thing open, try to pull out the bad bulb and it breaks. Normally i'd use my fuse pullers to grab the base of the bulb and get it out but i was way down in there so I grabbed for my needle nose pliers...Zapp! My pliers were all insulated except I had just gotten this new pair and hadn't done that yet.
I fell into the wire netting on the side...I could hear the Air Boss telling someone to check if I'd fallen overboard. Anyway...yeah. I did better as a Master at Arms. LOL
Just to keep this on topic for the actual thread, I really wish I had a Woobie at that time.
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Heard the reason it's called a woobie is because without it "you woobie cold"
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