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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:05:58 AM EDT
AWOL Soldier Cites Army Inadequacies
HOUSTON — An Army National Guard soldier said Tuesday that the inadequate training and equipment he received had led him to abandon his unit rather than face deployment to Iraq (news - web sites). "I guess I'm AWOL right now," Spc. Joseph Jacobo, 46, said in a telephone interview from the Los Angeles area. Among his concerns, Jacobo said, was that he had been unable to find anyone at his Texas training base who could fix his M-4 assault rifle, the primary weapon he would carry in Iraq. The weapon jams, he said. "They try to put old parts in new rifles," he said. "It doesn't work. We're having all kinds of problems with our automatic weapons." http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&u=/latim... NICE TRY YOU FUCKING COWARD.............  CALIFORNIA BOY ......NUFF SAID
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:06:47 AM EDT
[#1]
You do realize that bold type is not neccessary in your titles right?
SGatr15 |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:08:54 AM EDT
[#2]
attention whore meet post whore
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:08:55 AM EDT
[#3]
46 y.o. E-4
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:10:12 AM EDT
[#4]
HABIT Sorry.............and thanks for the tip
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:12:16 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:12:43 AM EDT
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Reading the title of the thread, I thought his M4 was talking to him or something. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:14:31 AM EDT
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My M4 talked me into having another beer, and I ended up coming home late.
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:17:50 AM EDT
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lol ............there are many like it but this one is mine
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:18:22 AM EDT
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M-4s caused the tsunami as well as the mudslides in California recently.
Why are we still using this world-wrecking rifle??? |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:18:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:19:15 AM EDT
[#11]
Man, if you only knew how many times I've been down that road... |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:20:51 AM EDT
[#12]
His little shenanigan is probably an insite into why hes still an E-4. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:23:34 AM EDT
[#13]
Your right about that one
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Posted: 1/12/2005 6:24:24 AM EDT
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THE M4 GIVES YOU TEH GENITAL HERPES
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Posted: 1/12/2005 8:38:43 AM EDT
[#15]
Your name scares me....
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Posted: 1/12/2005 8:41:27 AM EDT
[#16]
My AK-47 talks to me, but I can't understand what it says, since it speaks in Russian.... 
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Posted: 1/12/2005 8:49:27 AM EDT
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If you ever figure it out, let me know. MY SKS always talks to me, wait, it's chinese....doesn't look like you can help me there....  Ben |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 8:52:05 AM EDT
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Yeah as a AK-47 lover, I have to say to you M-16 fools, HAHAHAHAHAHHA! you piece of imperialist American Garbage can not compare!
 If Woody had gone straight to the AK, this would never have happened. 
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Posted: 1/12/2005 9:13:36 AM EDT
[#19]
That says POS in of itself. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 9:22:08 AM EDT
[#20]
He's an E-4 because he just re-entered the military last year. He had been a Marine for some number of years previously, then entered the civilian world for a while before enlisting in the Guard.
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Posted: 1/12/2005 9:26:32 AM EDT
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My broomhandles whisper to me in German when they think I am asleep. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 9:27:00 AM EDT
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SO what's the rule about picking up an AK once he was over there? I have seen a few pics of Marines with a beatup AK slung over their backs with their M16 or M4s in their hands?
Is there a rule against it and some CO's just don't enforce it? EPOCH |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 9:53:44 AM EDT
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That was uncalled for you ignorant fuckwad. It disgraces the honor of 161 Californians who have lost their lives in Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
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Posted: 1/12/2005 9:56:06 AM EDT
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Well, better for the M4 to make him go AWOL than for it to sneak off on its own, steal an ice cream truck, and go on a rampage.......
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Posted: 1/12/2005 10:00:57 AM EDT
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A 46 year old Spec-4? Holy shit. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 10:33:23 AM EDT
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I cant believe it, some of the national guard members on tv say they joined the army to go to school on the gi bill but never expected to go to war,and their parents are saying the same. Folks you joined the MILITARY, what do you think was going to happen in war time! My brother-in-law is going next week to the sandbox, he is full time army scout recon out of fort stewart,ga. He has a 2year old girl ,and a baby on the way, hes nervous but hes is going, hes 27. He is sacraficing alot like the rest of the non cowards. 47 huh do you still live with your parents to?OH YEAH by the way your trained in hand to hand COMBAT so you can use your bayonet to fight with!
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Posted: 1/12/2005 10:35:26 AM EDT
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I just went through training with guys from 1-184 who were at Dona Ana who knew this guy. one word: Malingerer
Him and some other guy went off post when tehy were under lockdown to talk with msnbc. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 10:35:50 AM EDT
[#28]
probably "feed me" |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 11:28:03 AM EDT
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Great, the M16 made us lose Vietnam, now the M4 is going to make us lose the WOT.
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Posted: 1/12/2005 11:32:34 AM EDT
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Among his concerns, Jacobo said, was that he had been unable to find anyone at his Texas training base who could fix his M-4 assault rifle, the primary weapon he would carry in Iraq. The weapon jams, he said.
OMG At least give them the equipment to fight. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 11:37:10 AM EDT
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Stop pretending to be concerned.
You know damned well that if his rifle isn't functioning, the armory will fix it, or send it out to be fixed. A SPC doesn't look around his base, for someone to fix it. You CLAIM to have served. Therfore you know this. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 11:45:15 AM EDT
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No kidding I love the image of this guy desperately wandering around a base, randomly grabbing people and asking them to "fix" his M4. Oh - woe is him. Here's an idea, buddy - CLEAN IT! If you still have problems, go to the armorer for your company.  This is so obviously someone trying to get sympathy for his desertion based on the Jessica Lynch "all our rifles malfunctioned/jammed" bullshit myth. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 11:49:17 AM EDT
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For all of you ST:TNG fans…
 Will you fix my M16 – It no shoot. Make it go – it no shoot. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 11:56:07 AM EDT
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Cyanide, You're either the biggest s*ht stirrer on arfcomm, or the dumbest. The jury is still out... |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 12:02:33 PM EDT
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Either/or? Why do the two have to be mutually exclusive? |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 12:07:30 PM EDT
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That would not concern me. What would concern me is if you started talking back to them, in German. 
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Posted: 1/12/2005 12:21:56 PM EDT
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Ow! That's a dead ringer for my old metal shop teacher from high school......I always wondered what became of him... 
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Posted: 1/12/2005 12:23:41 PM EDT
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I knew what it was like over 30 years ago ------- not today. |
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Posted: 1/12/2005 12:31:09 PM EDT
[#39]
 wife didn't buy it did she?
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Posted: 1/12/2005 2:01:23 PM EDT
[#40]
Ah, yes. The Space Retards. Hilarious episode. |
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