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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. |
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