TexasBred":3vgicdcb said:
snake67":3vgicdcb said:
greybeard":3vgicdcb said:
They're 1st cousin to a camel and I can't imagine eating one those.
Camel!!
After being in the desert and on hard rations for a straight six months - when cooked over an open fire made from discarded pallets found in a WWII plane crash - camel that day tasted better than prime rib.
I would eat it again.
Bez
Dang Bez. I thought you were a pilot. Sounds like you were in the french foreign legion. :shock:
I am a pilot - F-18 to be precise. Unfortunately I am now ground bound as I am in my last year of service.
However, I do have some other skills that not many know of - those skills put me in charge of a company of Afghan soldiers at a remote outpost in Logar Province.
In fact I worked directly for an American Colonel who was tasked directly by your highest levels of government and your embassy and outside your military chain of command. At the same time I also was given direction from some civilian from the Pentagon from the military side - I was also provided with supplies by a French Brigadier General and his Spec Ops boys - and it used to drive the Canadians crazy that I did not work for them and fall under their chain of command.
It was actually a debate in our parliament that led to me being removed from the position I was holding - after many months it was found out what I actually was doing - this took place shortly after Greffie got killed.
I was literally yanked out of my command by a Canadian Major General who was ordered from our highest levels of foreign affairs to "Find him and get him behind the wire. NOW!"
My nice "letter" from a few folks up the chain tells me they liked what I did and I guess that is all that matters in the end.
Yeah it is confusing but it was exciting and interesting - there are some neat things that I should put in my unpublished memoirs. Your system is very political and I was picked because I was NOT American.
I might also add that I got the job by being in the right place at the right time - the Major from the Canadian armoured corp who was originally tasked for the job lasted one day - he quit because it was "too dangerous" - I still have a copy of his memo to the General. He was sent home and told to either get out or he would be booted out - so now he is a mister.
I did learn one thing very quickly about being an Afghan troop commander in the field (almost the hard way) - very far from the big western military bases in that part of the world - it paid to keep an eye peeled in the back of my head - and my life became far safer when I finally obtained two body guards from the NATO/ISAF coalition.
And you thought I was just a dumb schitte farmer/pilot. LOL
Some on these boards know a bit about it and I am grateful they keep that info to themselves.
And yes, I did enjoy the camel meat.
One final thing - people love to knock the French troops - myself included - but you truly did not want to eff with them - they were stone cold killers and would do anything to keep you from getting hurt. I loved them when they came to visit the outpost. It was always the highlight of my week.
Oh, and we used to have a Llama - wife called him Joe - he was a PITA and so she sold him. He arrived here for free as a gift - lived here for a couple of years and spit on her one time too many - she sold him down the road for a hundred bucks.
Best to all
Bez
