"Risky business" Topic
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| Perun Gromovnik | 02 Dec 2021 12:04 a.m. PST |
Just after New Year's Day 1991, I headed to the Red Sea, where I was to conduct analysis to support commander of the Red Sea Battle Force aboard John F Kennedy. After a night in a hotel in Jeddah, I knew I had to get to a base in the morning to catch what's called a COD flight, or carrier onboard delivery — a small airplane that brings supplies out to carriers at sea. The hotel clerk could speak English, so I asked him to tell the cab driver that I wanted to go all the way to the airfield at Prince Abdullah Air Base; I didn't want to be left at the gate of the base for a long walk. Apparently he told the cab driver not to stop at the gate but to keep going to the destination. And that's what happened… link Hehe, I like this last sentence |
| Oddball | 04 Dec 2021 7:44 a.m. PST |
When you don't know who the other guy is and tensions are high, doesn't matter that the other guy is on the same side, til you get it figured out. One of the closest guys I came to killing was an FBI agent. What a moron. Almost got himself shot because he assumed I knew he was an FBI agent while he was in civilian clothes, no ID displayed, did not identify himself as an FBI agent and reached for his weapon. He complained to my LT and after my LT heard the story said "You're lucky he didn't shoot you. Get out". |
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