Which is your favorite moment from a deployment?

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:56:25 -0500

I was in sleeping on the floor of a mud hut in the middle of nowhere. I had with me a several senior ranking Italians and Afghans, MARSOF HQ detachment and leadership from the US Consulate and Italian Foriegn Ministery. We were strained and I had to take a piss. I walked outside in the cold air stretch and thought about a hunting cabin. It was a surreal moment with guards posted on the ridge lines.

Response by SGT Jim Z. made Feb 20 at 2015 8:42 AM

SGT Jim Z. — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:42:23 -0500

When the air war kicked off over Kosovo I was deployed in Hungary and saw one of the most awesome sights an USAF F-15 and Hungarian Air Force Mig-29 flying in formation.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 20 at 2015 9:05 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:05:36 -0500

When Joint Relationships work that well it is to everyone's benefit.

Response by LTJG Robert M. made Feb 20 at 2015 9:11 AM

LTJG Robert M. — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:11:27 -0500

Underway, bridge watch on the 4-8's. Walking the deck prior to assuming deck/con, and looking up at the vastness of the sky, seeing all the stars, no light pollution, closest point of land was 2 miles straight down beneath the keel. Peace of being only person on deck, and the beauty of the sky.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 20 at 2015 9:43 AM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:43:43 -0500

While on the flight deck of the USS Guam, I was walking fire watch; checking chains, ensuring hatches were secure, etc., when I see a Lear jet fly overhead. Within seconds of it passing overhead, I see a missile. I found it odd so I reported it. Unbeknownst to me, the ship was being tested and the ships crew failed to turn on the Phalanx.

While on the USS Saipan, a similar test occurred where the buzz-saw sounding R2D2's lit up said missile and little shards fell to the flight deck. As some Navy crew and Marines were picking up souvenirs; a tell-tell whistle and the 1MC sounded off, "please, take the depleted uranium out of your pockets."

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 27 at 2015 11:48 PM

SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:48:00 -0500

Smokin' and jokin' outside our shed in Taji in 05-06 watching tracers go overhead and thinking, huh- so THAT is what they look like when we shoot those . While wondering if I should take cover. Or the time we formed a HOOAH bar to look like human excrement and showing it to the Iraqi Jundi and then eating it. Never saw someone run away so fast. Never saw that guard again either.