Originally Posted by
sigtauenus
Or until they get the opportunity to play with us, and witness 8 hours of mission planning and 2 hours of briefing for a 1 hour flight followed by a 2 hour debrief (ie, lessons learned). I think the exact quote was "holy ****, I had no idea you guys actually worked this hard..."
Sig, during a deployment you're never going to convince a grunt you work hard.
I really did appreciate all the CAS I got while I was over there, and I appreciated the hot food I got every once in awhile, and the ammo, mostly functional vehicles, and letters from home also!
I think a quote from another thread comes in to play here, "Am I down here because you're up there? Or are you up there because I'm down here?"
P.S - I really, truly did appreciate the air support!