What is the craziest thing a buddy has done for you?

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 May 2016 23:15:33 -0400

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 21 at 2016 11:17 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 May 2016 23:17:53 -0400

Talked me into becoming a combat engineer with him

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 21 at 2016 11:33 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 May 2016 23:33:47 -0400

I had a friend drive over 100 miles in the middle of the night to pick me and my wife up after we were involved in a car accident that our car undrivable. With no hotels, rental car places or any other way to get back my friend dropped everything to come get us now to me that is a true friend and I wait for the day that I can pay it forward

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made May 21 at 2016 11:39 PM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 21 May 2016 23:39:50 -0400

Oh My! Probably the most Notable would be my Relationship with HM3 Robert "Doc" Tulip. He was something else. Lots of Unique Events Involved him. Wiping out my Moped coming in Nimitz Gate and have him patch me up on the sly (He had a Minnie Emergency Room in his Barracks Rm) before I went on Leave. Another time going out with Doc and another guy to watch Blow Hole on the East Side and when we went to return (Drunk) I went to get in to the Van Grabbed the Pannel and the Front Door Frame to pull myself in and he jumped into the front and slammed the door on my Hand, It shut tight and secure with my hand in it. Took me a minute to get his attention to look down. Never a good thing to see a Corpsman Face go White. He Opened the door and every finger was dislocated and pointing backwards or reverse of where they should. He explained the Procedure for relocating fingers and asked if I wanted him to do it there, If I wanted to do it or wait until we got back across the island and go to the Dispensary to have it fixed. I took several more swigs of Whiskey and reset them myself. Another time we had to call the Ambulance for one our mates that drank too much at a Barracks Party and had Alcohol Poisoning. They loaded him up put an IV 1 in each arm and off they went. Several Hours Later he returned to the Party and we asked him what had happened. He said he has no idea. He woke up in Cripler Hospital, Pulled the IVs out of his Arm and walked back to the Party. Some seriously crazy times in Pearl.

Response by MAJ Rene De La Rosa made May 22 at 2016 12:03 AM

MAJ Rene De La Rosa — Sun, 22 May 2016 00:03:58 -0400

Craziest thing I observed in PLDC in 1997: We had just come in out of the field, and one guy had a tick on his butt. The other guy,, with tweezers in his hand: "Hope the SSG doesn't walk in on this." Hilarious.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made May 22 at 2016 12:44 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 22 May 2016 00:44:31 -0400

Mountain biking with me in Mosul.

Response by SSgt Terry P. made May 22 at 2016 9:06 AM

SSgt Terry P. — Sun, 22 May 2016 09:06:22 -0400

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member Found bird eggs and cooked them with some canned Danish bacon he had stashed away when we couldn't be supplied with rations for weeks on a hill in Vietnam.
PS--The eggs tasted like crap.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 22 at 2016 3:56 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 22 May 2016 15:56:20 -0400

when i recieved word of my daughters death in a car accident while i was in iraq, he relieved me of all my weapons, and stood beside me the entire time, untill my plane took off from iraq, i will never foreget 1fsg pinney now retired he helped me thru my issues from my ambush and the lose of my daughter