Appalachian Patria

Appalachian Intellectual. To me that means plain thinking. I am A Non Commissioned Officer in the Army Reserves. Let me say...My views expressed here are mine and not those of The U.S. Army, Army Reserve or my fellow brethren in The National Guard. This is entirely Sua Sponte. This is My Thinking. I'm single and in my mid 30's. Politicaly, I'm a Libertarian. (Again, Sua Sponte.I do not represent the Libertarian Party.)I love my native Appalachia, Rock n Roll and...I love God.

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Location: Brevard, North Caroilina

I started blogging for two reasons. I was concerned about the changes to the area I live in, Southern Appalachia and I was about to go to the war. I was in Iraq in 06 and 07 and now Kuwait in 11 and 12. Blogging was a means of documenting my experiences and hoping it would help gain clarity. I don't feel that way about it any more. It's said people write blogs because they are frustrated, that's why people read them too. That makes us sound apocalyptic. Are we? Let it be said, what I say here is of my own thinking. This is entirely Sua Sponte and not an official representation of the U.S. Military or the U.S. Government as a whole.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Something Works

I bought a knife sheath today, Spec ops brand. I intended it to be for my Air Force Survival Knife. That knife has been with me since HHC 3/75th, I think February '88. The sheath I have is not the original leather, but a black nylon one. That was back in the day when black was the only choice in unofficial gear. The new one is desert tan, but could be dyed. It doesn't fit the knife. It's too loose. I don't think I have a knife at home to fit it. Maybe Twister does (I have your addy, I'll mail it to you if you want it) Anyone that knows me knows I don't like black gear, black guns, etc. About the only thing I like most women in black lingerie. Now why do you women have those black sheer panties with white tags in the back? Cut em' out.

Something is working. Escort. The Iraqis are doing the mission. They are meeting contractors and convoy's at the gate, bringing them to the site and back to the gate. The biggest issue is they haven't had much fuel to do the mission, often begging us. They can only get fuel from Ministry of Defense (MOD), the US Army has cut them off. This article mentions the situation.

I have too Staff Sgt's handling that and several Iraqis. The big thing is getting them to communicate to know what is expected at the gate. Which sometimes you never know. I'm concentrating more on Security it's self. We're having to hold the Iraqi's feet to the candle doing Guard Mount.

I was almost in the middle of an Iraqi Soap Opera the other day. My new counterpart said he was leaving Security. At first he wanted to, than after we fixed some C-wire damaged from a wind storm, he changed his mind. He wanted me to talk to the Iraqi Colonel. I did, turns out the Iraqi Lt. doesn't like him. The Lt. won't hang around long. Never does. If anyone needs to go it's him. He's someones Golden Boy though.

I'll find out in the morning if we have him or not. It's been an effort to keep them from handing off weapons on post, and he has helped in rectifying that. I don't want him to go. The Iraqi PM is full of shit that they don't have enough weapons.

I'm going to throw on some Cinderella from back in the day's when I jumped out of Air Plains with some damn fine fellars. You'l can comment now.

The Appalachianist

29 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

as skimpy as those panties are i thought the tage was just part of them..(lol) especially for the price us women have to pay for them?,, you offering to show us what you can do with your new knife there sugar bear?

1:33 PM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Well, a pair of scissors will work my Sweet Kitten.

1:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i just noticed, it's a new knife sheeth,,oh well..yes,they will do but just not as dramatic as what i was thinking..you seem the dramatic type.

1:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sugar bear and sweet kitten? Knives and skimpy what? Doesn't anybody talk about NASCAR anymore? I am laughin' (good naturedly of course). I sure do learn a lot from these postin's (I'm tellin' the truth here). I just wish I were young enough to remember it all. Take care (with your knife and all).

5:21 PM  
Blogger Murf said...

A.I., if you notice the tag at all than you are definitely with the wrong woman. :)

5:30 PM  
Blogger Murf said...

Oh wait...was this one of those 'But us men have needs' moments? ;)

5:30 PM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Kitten, we all misread something sometimes. All you saw was lingerie, sheer panties and white tags. Don't read between the lines just read what I say. Dramatic...

Bill, this is a point often brought up. I don't carry that knife though. I keep it by the bed, along with the Cold Steel neck knife. She insists on calling me sugar bear. I'm scared they're going to put the dogs on me. I won't tree, I'll bay up and fight.

No, Murf, that's not the case. The wrong woman that is. We do have needs, that's why God gave us hunting season.

10:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

*giggle*
YES! Spoken like the mountain man you are!

12:22 AM  
Blogger Murf said...

I don't believe you. I highly doubt you would notice a white tag when there was a Wicked Weasel-like butt underneath it.

7:10 AM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Janie, I suppose.

Pnatmisfit...AKA Bernie, howdy. Thank you for commenting. The answer is paying attention to detail. If you do that, it spaks for you. But, that should start long before the private chambers. Some comapny's make the tag removable. I know, we'll start a petition. Where do we sign? Come on back now, you hear.

Think what ever you want, murf.

10:16 AM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Pantymisfit...Boy, I messed tat spelling up, I'll discipline my fingers.

10:17 AM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Oh, as an update. my counterpart is staying. He thanked me several times. It's good to make a difference.

11:09 AM  
Blogger Murf said...

Dang skippy because that's what I'm thinkin'.

11:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

geash,i'm starting to agree with bill, of course the only comment i have on nascar is the driving suits really make jr.'s butt look nice..(lol).sorry bill, had to take the shot...so sugar bear, you would turn and fight? since when did ya have to tree the willing?

12:37 PM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Well, Cuddle Bunches, I was reffering to my buddies Dogs. I'm not the "willing", I'm the will. When a bear trees, he's just buying time to get to an advantage. "Born fighting, Sugar Bears and how they shaped America".

12:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If I could drink, you would just have to color me Red Dog or as Gomer Pyle would say, "Golleeeee."
This pstin' is a sure 'nuff spellin' lesson. I was worried I had broken into a private conversation and had offended someone. Keep on goin' we'll count the days and the treed bears, bobcats, hound dogs, and black panties hangin' from the trees or as Tiny Tim says, "God bless us everyone." I think I did see a bobcat wearin' black drawers once . . . . din't notice the tag though.

1:28 PM  
Blogger Murf said...

I'm getting a cavity here. ;)

1:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

(lol)bill, i've learn the hard way you have to watch those cats wearing black drawers...panites hanging from trees, well,i think bills remembering more than he's letten on..ai, you defenatly have the fight of a bear,,and maybe even a little bit of the bite..so your getting upper paw..

9:10 PM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Bill,no reason to drink. Your about the only man touching tis post.

better see a dentist, Murf.

Kitten, you'd see black panties hanging from trees on a Ft. Jackson Bivouacked site all the time. Damn Mollies. I learned to watch them too. I can't keep my eye off of them.

Now, it's abot time for another post.

10:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Cuddle Bunches"??

uhm...do You use that endearment when you go out too?

hugs~

...could not pass it up....

10:43 PM  
Blogger Murf said...

It's past time for another post. :)

8:11 AM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Janie, I call her Loving Munches in public.

Murf,I'll be the judge of that, I determined it's time for a new post. I just have to write it first.

11:10 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

silly man... I am soooo not going there.

So how about those Bears..

'da Bears as in football?

12:42 PM  
Blogger sage said...

I listen in amazement as you flow from disliking black gear to appreaciating black panties...

1:29 PM  
Blogger Murf said...

That manly attitude may work for Sugar Lips but it just adds to your unattractiveness cuz I was just agreeing with you, Snookums.

2:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lord help us! I am so glad no one said anything about anybody putting their red draws on black ones are difficult enough to deal with. The whole world would be writing and postin' something fierce. Hand me another Red Dog, Moma! (and I don't drink) Woof! Woof! Who let the dogs out! In a separate message take care and stay attentive. It sounds like it is going to get rough (rougher). Bill Sipes

6:00 PM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Yes, I'm in the Kittens OODA loop, everything is spinning for her, she's getting dizzy, and she's giggling.

Sage, just the facts.

Murf,those names are so...

Bill, don't drink too hard, i ain't written the next post yet.

10:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that's quite the compliment,,but i'm spoken for...

12:57 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yup,i'm more of a love munches,,than a sugar lips..

3:15 AM  

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