sorry i did't intro earlier
 

Been posting for a while and it dawned on me what a jackass I come off as since I didn't introduce myself first. Us old NCO's are like that.

Here's the basics:
--37 years old
--20+ years in the US Air Force
--two sons: 12 and 16 year olds (yard work ain't so hard anymore)
--roughly 200 pounds (wifey broke scale when she got mad at it)
--got to 225 at one point, but AF made me drop to "acceptable" weight
--6'1" tall
--about 16% bf
--been working out seriously (although on and off due to deployments, etc) since Desert Shield/Storm...been a solid year this time, since the AF now gives me 1 1/2 hours during duty hours three times a week for it

My goal: to get back to 225, since weight is no longer an issue, only waist size, so I gotta keep the bf down and keep the waist around 33-34".

My humble apologies for now doing this sooner.

welcome aboard, and good luck with the goals bro

welcome and good luck

Welcome aboard and thanks for your service to our country.

Thanks guys. I can tell being part of this forum is going to keep me enthused and striving to my goals.
Dr. X...my pleasure. It ain't always been easy, but I wouldn't take any of it back.
FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
Never forget those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms. A moment of silence, please.
Alright...let's sling some iron!

Welcome good luck finding new scale.

Welcome. Whether you're behind friendly lines watching me on CNN or were in the fight like myself you're still my brother. I'm a Marine, so you know the drill.... ;)

Thanks for serving, bro. The next time you see the B-2 fly overhead, that's my support to you guys.

Pilot or maintenence?

Maintenance...crew chief by trade. Helped develop that bad puppy from 1993 to 1997. Now I'm on the Predator B test program. Nothing like a RC plane that drops bombs.

I say since he took so long,he's gotta get paddled...or something.

Is that a come on or something?..just a friendly reminder that I'm living in a Bill Clinton "don't ask, don't tell" world. :rolleyes:
Although, if a firm paddling will help me regain the bulk I was forced to let go, I'm in!

Well...
 

I've never done a member introduction so....I should get at least 50 or 60 paddle whacks or something...someone private messaged me and said that "Rosie" would be the person to do this. I have no idea who that is, but "okay".

:D :D :D

Raven

Me, neither. Sssshhhhh! I was paddled once. Didn't like it. The dwarves in chaps, strobe lights and Village People music had me a little disoriented.

lmfao

I think i introduced myself awhile back but probably like in the training forum lmao.

Hey Badger, I was in the Air Force but I don't remember you.

Seriously, it makes me feel like I already know you. I obviously new here also but I wanted to say hello.

I left the Air Force a month before Dessert Storm cause I figured I would become a rock star. My squadron's (5077 TACC) area of operation was the Mideast (mostly Riyadh). All my friends shipped out a month after I left and I felt incredibly guilty. I wanted to call up and take it all back, tell them I wanted to stay in after all. I don't even know why.

I spent most of my tour in the Mideast, especially Saudia where my unit went. So I knew the drill (hell, I had in part deveoped the drill). I still feel that guilt. That I wasn't there helping them. I knew they were pretty safe there in Riyadh, so it wasn't that kind of guilt, it was this feeling of lost brotherhood that I can't fully explain.

Well, I'm a 35 year old man, and this is actually making me tear up. I guess I should have been a Marine. I'll leave off with another welcome, brother.

Thanks for the welcome Eric. I went to Shield/Storm in Aug 90 and returned in Apr 91. My oldest boy wasd only a year old. Took him a few months after I got back to figure out I was his Dad again.
I hear the same emotions from other guys who got out. They miss the esprit de corps, etc. that the civilian sector seldom has. It's funny...I can retire any day now, but I'm in no rush. I always figured I would be 20 and out, and I can actually see myself doing another 5.
Note to self: schedule psychiatrist visit ASAP.