I am one step closer to EOD school (Bomb Squad)!!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I got a call from Personnel today . . .

“Hey Tripler, as soon as February hits and your code gets lifted, I can get you sent down to EOD school lickety split!”

:eek: :slight_smile: :smiley:

SWEEEEET! All I have to do is keep myself all svelte an’ stuff for the next six months, and I’m in like Flynn at EOD school! Yes, EOD as in the Bomb Squad!!

Let’s face it, I’m not scrawny: I’m short and stout. I’m of ‘peasant stock’ and was genetically built to lift baskets of onions and turnips and take them to the market in town. I just gotta turn down the beer and turn up the hockey to keep from getting too fat and happy.

Gawd, I feel like I just won the Miss America prize or somethin’! :smiley:

Tripler
See? Look at my det-cord tiara.

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Tripler, congrats!! For some reason I didn’t figure you were on actdutra. Spend the next six months getting your butt in serious running shape, the first part of EOD is dive school. Pay now and enjoy the school or pay later and struggle.

BF
(SS/DV) EOD assistant, EODMU Six.

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D’oh. EODMU Ten was the home command, Six is in C-town, SC which is an excellent duty station, BTW.

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Can ya get me one of these t-shirts?

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I am active, but Air Force, not Navy. I don’t think we do the dive training, but I’m sure there’s plenty of running involved.

I’ve been doing 2 miles a day for the past 4 months. I better be like Emeril and ‘kick it up a notch’!

WOO!

Tripler
Hell, hockey twice a week helps too. :smiley:

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Yay! Congrats, Trip!

I’ll drink some beer for ya, since you gotta lay off the stuff 'n all. :smiley:

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BF - Do you still receive a “recuperation issue” of brandy for each dive? Those little bottles don’t last long, do they?

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HA!! I wish, I came in after the obligatory unfiltered camel and a couple of shots postdive. (Back in the rat hat days…)
I’m sorry to hear that Tripler, (being in the air farce, I mean) but Hey, we’ve all got our little crosses to bear… :smiley:
Being Navy EOD means gettin’ wet, so I wouldn’t have a clue as to what your program is like (Navy dive school the first 3 weeks you average 5-8 miles a day). Da bomb school is in Indian Head, MD, and I think they do train all the services, IIRC.

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Congratulations Fat Boy! Kick yourself in the ass now so you can put all your brain into the fun stuff later, instead of thinking about the leg cramps:) You’ll have fun!

I think I’m gonna go to Burger King tonight and get a couple of double whoppers with cheese to go with a six pack tonight. Maybe a big hot-fudge banana split sundae afterwards to help me think of Tubby with his Rice Cake:)

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Congrats, Tripler! Yay! I’m all shades of excited for you ('cause you know I have a soft spot for all of you USAF Dopers). :slight_smile:

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Last I heard, it was down at Eglin AFB for all the services. They must’ve changed it a li’l while back.

TurboDog, I may be giving up the fast food crap, but I ain’t giving up my beer [sub](completely, that is)[/sub]. Go ahead. Eat all yer fast food and instant cheeze. You’ll be laying around, well fed, but with blocked arteries and high colestorol. I’ll be hanging around all the hot chicks that come with being an international man of danger. :smiley:

Serendipity, thanks babe. My head still hurts from bouncing off all the walls. :slight_smile:

Tripler
Yeah, “international man of danger”, but mostly to myself.

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Nah, you’re probably right. Navy EOD headquarters and training is in Indian Head, they probably don’t wanna share…

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Trip,

  Getting bombed is something you are quite good at. Good luck, and good hockey.