Originally Posted by flybynuts

Pkola,
Question...are you staller and the other names that repeatedly gets banned? Just want to know who I am taking to. Our new hires need more than the info you provide.

Special and all. Nothing low about it and I appreciate your passion. I was mentioning several things that has changed our industry and country forever. Along with the other things I mention these hurt our industry. Would you not agree?

I take 9/11 very seriously. Little background and my picture of it. I was one of the first Marine units in country after 9/11. I spent almost a year there on the ground. I have had more friends than I care to count die there and Iraq (which I was there with the SAS for 10 months). I sat more times than I care being angry and wanting to kill those that harmed us and ALL those innocent civilians that perished. I was saddened that most people I know let this recent 9/11 just kinda go by. It's my personal Pearl Harbor because we lived it like the greatest generation did with their attack. Don't think for a second that I don't walk by the plaque at TK and not feel the sadness because I do.

The reason I left active duty was because I was told I could either go to Oki for two years without my family or do a 15 month tour with a special unit. I had a friend doing this and he got killed by a sniper. My wife and kids couldn't handle the idea of me leaving again.

Hope this helps paint my picture for you? I'm not some old scab and scabby Cal. I'm a young guy who has 27 years here and who cares about our pilot group and new company.