ParrotHead wrote: Jacklpe,
I live almost smack between Raliegh and Dunn, Clayton. I assume you're rolling down I40 or hwy70 when you come through. I'll PM you my cell. Next time you come through give me a holler/text and I'll see if I can break away for coffee, lunch or just a hand shake. Would be kinda cool to meet face to face.... In a safe, public place with plenty of witnesses that is 
Those anti-tank launchers remind me of watching the missile and and anti-sub rockets launch from the deck of the destroyer I was on. I'll try to find a postable video. You've all probably seen my ship launching tomahawks if you've even seen footage of a ship launching missiles at all. Our attack on Baghdad in 96 is still the stock footage for CNN and Fox News used today. Impressive all the same. I think we launched 29 tomahawks that day. Sept 3, 1996. Operation Desert Strike. We were the first if the Arleigh Burke Class of Aegis Destroyers ever to go into combat. Our Weapons Officer, Lt Erica Niedelmier (sp?) also became the first female sailor in official combat in the history of the US Navy that day. I'm proud to have been a part of that!
Strangely enough, I know the footage. That's an awesome thing to have been a part of.
I came through on 40 last night, and I'm about to head north to Halifax, and then deliver it in Pageland, SC tomorrow afternoon. Then reload back to TN and then home to FL....
Safe with witnesseses. That's too funny. I'll keep that in mind, and yea, if I get close I'd be happy to stop for a bit. Maybe I should be more scared of strangers and all, but after years and years of this job, I just take things as they come. Dr Dave can second that too... Unusual situations come with the territory, but it keeps it interesting.