On 1/22/2014 11:20 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 10:59:06 -0500, KC wrote:
On 1/22/2014 10:53 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:15:00 -0500, KC wrote:
On 1/21/2014 9:56 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:34:47 -0500, KC wrote:
On 1/21/2014 5:30 PM, wrote:
Your last sentence made the point I was making.
The guy on the ground with the laser designator does tho so it is not
just an Arc Light mission.
They call themselves "fisters" FO's... We have a good friend in MX who
is just finishing up a lot of training to be a Fister.. We are very
proud of him.
A 'fister' is a member of an artillery fire support team. 'FO' stands for 'forward observer', also
part of the team.
Yeah, our bud just went off to FO school, just made it in...
Is he an officer or enlisted? The actual FO is usually an officer, 2LT, but he has an enlisted
sidekick/driver/RTO who also needs to be able to direct artillery fire.
I really don't know.. I doubt he is an officer yet but I do know he is
flying through every course and school they send him to, top of the
class and will be someday... If you meet this kid you know. Atypical of
the stereotype "special forces", more typical of the guys you see after
serving that actually were special forces... spent his life serving
others as a young boy and man... Crazy skills, super smart, discreet,
unimposing (to a casual observer), selfless, but with a fire you can see
if you look in his eyes.
Probably smart, gung-ho enlisted. Sounds like he'll do well, if he stays away from booze/drugs.
Those get a lot of good soldiers in trouble.
I asked him to explain he said:
"I'm going to JFO school. So I control the airspace as I call in
artillery rounds"
As to drugs and alcohol.. not a chance in my opinion, not this kid, he
has plans... Had all the tools and resources to go to the top of our
sport (motocross) and compete on a world level and decided to go into
the military instead.... He comes from a family entrenched in both worlds.