looking for m21

7thsfsniper · 02-29-2008, 21:05 PM

I'm new to this internet chat stuff. I have spent some time reading other peoples posts but this is the first one I have chose to participate in. I was reading a "thread" about bullpup rifles and saw a "handle" of "M21 sniper" adn was interested in conversing with this individual. I am very familiar with the M21 and have been out of the military since 88. I am not very versed in the internet terminology but am a fast learner so bear with me. Just looking to chew the fat if anyone wishes to chat with an "almost" old timer.

BadKharma · 02-29-2008, 21:16 PM

Hey welcome to the boards. I am ex 5SFG, however I separated in 1986. I would say that anyone that served during the Cold War years as an old timer.

**Shek** · 02-29-2008, 21:19 PM

Welcome to the board! I sent you a PM (click on the link inside the bright yellow highlighted section of your WAB home page).

T_igger_cs_30 · 02-29-2008, 21:19 PM

Welcome ..........FEAR NAUGHT

7thsfsniper · 02-29-2008, 21:44 PM

Thanks for the warm welcome. Badkharma, '86 wasn't that long ago, right? Have you seen Bragg lately? I was on google earth awhile back. Looks like the old stockade is gone. I barely recognized anything. Longstreet didn't even look that long anymore(and it has a different name now, it looked like?) Are the good times really over for good? As Merle would say.

BadKharma · 02-29-2008, 21:49 PM

Your welcome. I havn't been around Bragg or Fayette Nam in long time. Twenty years qualifies as a classic for automobiles

. As far as good times being over I would say times have definitely changed.

Albany Rifles · 02-29-2008, 23:00 PM

Welcome

Sorry to sat that the old compound is now the US Army Garrison Unit HQ...i.e., the USAR guys who came on active duty to run FT Bragg since mobilization.

You should see the new building for the Golden Knights!!!

And most of the barracks in the Division are all brand new.

But at least the Thursday BBQ Buffet at McKellar's Lodge is good!!!

C/1/19 Grp waaaaaay back myself WVARNG Camp Dawson

7thsfsniper · 03-01-2008, 02:31 AM

USAR guys running Bragg!!! What the hell!! where have I been?! The place looked built up but whaaa? I gotta say this guys. I turned 40 last Jul and went to talk to the recruiter( I'm kinda bored with bein' a nose pickin civi and all!) I can be 45yoa and still re-up! What a deal! Yet....with my experience and quals I haven't recieved a sweet enlistment bonus. Cripes! I shoot better now than then...and then I was top of the game. What the heck! Any you other "almost too old" guys ever think about re-uppin?

Stan187 · 03-01-2008, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadKharma

Twenty years qualifies as a classic for automobiles

Twenty years qualfies as a classic or a piece of junk, its all in eye of the beholder

Stan187 · 03-01-2008, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7thsfsniper

USAR guys running Bragg!!! What the hell!! where have I been?! The place looked built up but whaaa? I gotta say this guys. I turned 40 last Jul and went to talk to the recruiter( I'm kinda bored with bein' a nose pickin civi and all!) I can be 45yoa and still re-up! What a deal! Yet....with my experience and quals I haven't recieved a sweet enlistment bonus. Cripes! I shoot better now than then...and then I was top of the game. What the heck! Any you other "almost too old" guys ever think about re-uppin?

That is really weird that they wont give you a sweet deal to re-up, have you tried several different recruiters?

Welcome to the board, by the way.

7thsfsniper · 03-05-2008, 14:42 PM

I hit up the hometown guy and got nothing. So I responded to an internet pitch at military.com. I know cmf18(I don't know what they call a weapons SGT now) is out because the Q-course was rough enough at 20. I started out as an MP and you would think that should have somekind of enticement(other than the glamorous adventure). I can't seem to find a reference for the MOS's that do provide. I have a cousin in 4th ID that got 15gs for a 5yr ext and a stepbrother that had been in 9(navy) and reupped for 5 and got a ridiculous 30gs. I think I'm barkin' up the wrong branch.

Ray · 03-05-2008, 21:36 PM

Welcome.

Rifleman · 03-16-2008, 17:56 PM

7thsfsniper,

Are you a product of the old XVIII Airborne Corps AMTU school?

7thsfsniper · 03-17-2008, 08:22 AM

I attended a school at FB when I was an MP there. The instructors were 5thgp. We were trained for urban scenarios in a LE role. It was a new program started by the PM at the time to build an SRT. After that I got bored, was fascinated by the stories the SF guys told so I thought I would find out for myself. I was a weapons Sgt and displayed a preference to work in two's(or better...alone) could shoot well and the rest is....

dark-alias · 05-09-2008, 15:50 PM

If you want to get back in the game and want a sweet nice pretty penny for it....i strongly suggest getting back into that 20 something shape haha

02-29-2008, 21:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
7thsfsniper DEVOUT BIKER *Military Professional* Join Date: 02-29-08 Location: Missouri, pron"misery" Posts: 480 Country:	looking for m21 I'm new to this internet chat stuff. I have spent some time reading other peoples posts but this is the first one I have chose to participate in. I was reading a "thread" about bullpup rifles and saw a "handle" of "M21 sniper" adn was interested in conversing with this individual. I am very familiar with the M21 and have been out of the military since 88. I am not very versed in the internet terminology but am a fast learner so bear with me. Just looking to chew the fat if anyone wishes to chat with an "almost" old timer.

02-29-2008, 21:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Shek Moderator Join Date: 02-23-05 Location: Krblachistan Posts: 7,253 Country:	Welcome to the board! I sent you a PM (click on the link inside the bright yellow highlighted section of your WAB home page). __________________ "So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand." Thucydides 1.20.3

02-29-2008, 21:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
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02-29-2008, 23:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Albany Rifles *Defense Professional* *Military Professional* Join Date: 04-27-07 Location: Prince George, VA Posts: 859 Country:	7thSPSniper Welcome Sorry to sat that the old compound is now the US Army Garrison Unit HQ...i.e., the USAR guys who came on active duty to run FT Bragg since mobilization. You should see the new building for the Golden Knights!!! And most of the barracks in the Division are all brand new. But at least the Thursday BBQ Buffet at McKellar's Lodge is good!!! C/1/19 Grp waaaaaay back myself WVARNG Camp Dawson __________________ “When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.” — Oscar Wilde

03-05-2008, 21:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ray Postmaster General *Military Professional* Join Date: 08-20-03 Posts: 24,972 Country:	Welcome. __________________ "Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination." I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. HAKUNA MATATA

02-29-2008, 21:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
BadKharma Patron Join Date: 01-18-08 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 154 Country:	Hey welcome to the boards. I am ex 5SFG, however I separated in 1986. I would say that anyone that served during the Cold War years as an old timer.

02-29-2008, 21:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
7thsfsniper DEVOUT BIKER *Military Professional* Join Date: 02-29-08 Location: Missouri, pron"misery" Posts: 480 Country:	Thanks for the warm welcome. Badkharma, '86 wasn't that long ago, right? Have you seen Bragg lately? I was on google earth awhile back. Looks like the old stockade is gone. I barely recognized anything. Longstreet didn't even look that long anymore(and it has a different name now, it looked like?) Are the good times really over for good? As Merle would say.

02-29-2008, 21:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
BadKharma Patron Join Date: 01-18-08 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 154 Country:	Your welcome. I havn't been around Bragg or Fayette Nam in long time. Twenty years qualifies as a classic for automobiles . As far as good times being over I would say times have definitely changed.

03-01-2008, 02:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
7thsfsniper DEVOUT BIKER *Military Professional* Join Date: 02-29-08 Location: Missouri, pron"misery" Posts: 480 Country:	USAR guys running Bragg!!! What the hell!! where have I been?! The place looked built up but whaaa? I gotta say this guys. I turned 40 last Jul and went to talk to the recruiter( I'm kinda bored with bein' a nose pickin civi and all!) I can be 45yoa and still re-up! What a deal! Yet....with my experience and quals I haven't recieved a sweet enlistment bonus. Cripes! I shoot better now than then...and then I was top of the game. What the heck! Any you other "almost too old" guys ever think about re-uppin?

03-05-2008, 14:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
7thsfsniper DEVOUT BIKER *Military Professional* Join Date: 02-29-08 Location: Missouri, pron"misery" Posts: 480 Country:	I hit up the hometown guy and got nothing. So I responded to an internet pitch at military.com. I know cmf18(I don't know what they call a weapons SGT now) is out because the Q-course was rough enough at 20. I started out as an MP and you would think that should have somekind of enticement(other than the glamorous adventure). I can't seem to find a reference for the MOS's that do provide. I have a cousin in 4th ID that got 15gs for a 5yr ext and a stepbrother that had been in 9(navy) and reupped for 5 and got a ridiculous 30gs. I think I'm barkin' up the wrong branch.

03-16-2008, 17:56 PM	#13 (permalink)
Rifleman *Military Professional* Join Date: 06-29-06 Location: The edge of the gene pool with a jug of Clorox Posts: 199	7thsfsniper, Are you a product of the old XVIII Airborne Corps AMTU school? __________________ "Aim small, miss small." - Benjamin Martin in The Patriot

03-17-2008, 08:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
7thsfsniper DEVOUT BIKER *Military Professional* Join Date: 02-29-08 Location: Missouri, pron"misery" Posts: 480 Country:	I attended a school at FB when I was an MP there. The instructors were 5thgp. We were trained for urban scenarios in a LE role. It was a new program started by the PM at the time to build an SRT. After that I got bored, was fascinated by the stories the SF guys told so I thought I would find out for myself. I was a weapons Sgt and displayed a preference to work in two's(or better...alone) could shoot well and the rest is.... __________________ *Don't run, you'll only die tired!*

05-09-2008, 15:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
dark-alias *Military Professional* Join Date: 03-28-08 Location: California Posts: 218 Country:	If you want to get back in the game and want a sweet nice pretty penny for it....i strongly suggest getting back into that 20 something shape haha

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