Special Opps or Nutt Job

[Old Navy]

You hear those stories everywhere. Heck, I even heard them in waiting rooms at the V.A.!! Most of those guys study up on that stuff and have some really good stories. But, if you have "been there" and ask specific questions their stories quickly go down the drain. As I worked my way through the V.A. hoops in trying to get rated for disability I had the "honor" of sitting in a waiting room with one particular individual several times. He had some good stories. One time I saw him shuffling his papers so I sat next to him. I started BS with him and looking at his papers out of the corner of my eye, (I know not very ethical) I saw his MOS and later checked it out. He was a CLERK!

Have a cousin that was a truck driver in Nam. His truck was armed and had a lot of holes in it.

 

[Old Navy]

Some clerks type up the reports and commendations so they have access to lots of stories!

An I am sure a lot got shot at to.

 

[Camper]

I got out just before Obama was elected. What I learned from him was not to talk about certain things, even with your closest friends over there. Not that anyone remembers anything right anyway. After a 20 year reunion many of us completely forgot about so many things and remembered a lot of things incorrectly. lol

 

[AlNyhus]

The problem with the gene pool is a lack of life guards.

 

[Liven The Dream]

Several days ago, I was at our local shooting range playing around with a 223 bolt gun. At the 300 yard range, another guy at the far end and I were the only two shooting. I needed to check several targets down range and walked over to the other shooter. As I approached his table, I notice he was shooting several different hand guns.

I asked him if we could go cold on the range and after I asked the question, we started talking about guns. I told him I was playing around with a 223 but I do have an xc for target competition, and that's when it started to get weird. He starts going off about how he wish he could use his rifle he used when he was in the service. I asked him what rifle he was talking about and he said was part of a special opps sniper team who were trained to capture Saddam Hussein. He tells me this special rifle he used was based off a Russian sniper rifle the U.S. government stole and renamed it the A1 Sniper rifle that was chamber in 7.5 mm and not the 7.62 mm.

He was telling me he went on special missions around the world where he worked as an undercover assassin. He was telling me he could shot anyone in the eye through the scope up to a mile away with that A1. Since the government has retired his A1, he wish he could use the A1 in long range shooting and beat everyone but he can't use a classified weapon. All I said was "Cool," and walked down range.

Just tonight I thought about looking into what that guy said and googled "A1 Sniper Rifle" and was shocked to came across the USMC M40A1 sniper rifle. The M40A1 was built in the 70's and used until the 1999. I then looked up when Saddam Hussein was captured and this was in April 2003. So was I just talking to a hero or a nutt job? Could it be a possibility what he said is true since both time periods are close? I'm bad at guessing age but he looked in his late 60s and was in good health.

Several days ago, I was at our local shooting range playing around with a 223 bolt gun. At the 300 yard range, another guy at the far end and I were the only two shooting. I needed to check several targets down range and walked over to the other shooter. As I approached his table, I notice he was shooting several different hand guns.

I asked him if we could go cold on the range and after I asked the question, we started talking about guns. I told him I was playing around with a 223 but I do have an xc for target competition, and that's when it started to get weird. He starts going off about how he wish he could use his rifle he used when he was in the service. I asked him what rifle he was talking about and he said was part of a special opps sniper team who were trained to capture Saddam Hussein. He tells me this special rifle he used was based off a Russian sniper rifle the U.S. government stole and renamed it the A1 Sniper rifle that was chamber in 7.5 mm and not the 7.62 mm.

He was telling me he went on special missions around the world where he worked as an undercover assassin. He was telling me he could shot anyone in the eye through the scope up to a mile away with that A1. Since the government has retired his A1, he wish he could use the A1 in long range shooting and beat everyone but he can't use a classified weapon. All I said was "Cool," and walked down range.

Just tonight I thought about looking into what that guy said and googled "A1 Sniper Rifle" and was shocked to came across the USMC M40A1 sniper rifle. The M40A1 was built in the 70's and used until the 1999. I then looked up when Saddam Hussein was captured and this was in April 2003. So was I just talking to a hero or a nutt job? Could it be a possibility what he said is true since both time periods are close? I'm bad at guessing age but he looked in his late 60s and was in good health.

Nut case

 

[Liven The Dream]

A dude a couple years behind me in high school claimed he could see the ocean from the top of the silo on his Dad's farm here in Iowa. Not sure which ocean though....

 

[gdbleb]

This is true, so help me God. . . . . . . I had a customer when I was working who swore up and down that he shot down a German fighter plane with a Springfield. It doesn't get any better than that.

So HE was the one who shot down the Red Baron!

 

[BigBolt]

Several days ago, I was at our local shooting range playing around with a 223 bolt gun. At the 300 yard range, another guy at the far end and I were the only two shooting. I needed to check several targets down range and walked over to the other shooter. As I approached his table, I notice he was shooting several different hand guns.

I asked him if we could go cold on the range and after I asked the question, we started talking about guns. I told him I was playing around with a 223 but I do have an xc for target competition, and that's when it started to get weird. He starts going off about how he wish he could use his rifle he used when he was in the service. I asked him what rifle he was talking about and he said was part of a special opps sniper team who were trained to capture Saddam Hussein. He tells me this special rifle he used was based off a Russian sniper rifle the U.S. government stole and renamed it the A1 Sniper rifle that was chamber in 7.5 mm and not the 7.62 mm.

He was telling me he went on special missions around the world where he worked as an undercover assassin. He was telling me he could shot anyone in the eye through the scope up to a mile away with that A1. Since the government has retired his A1, he wish he could use the A1 in long range shooting and beat everyone but he can't use a classified weapon. All I said was "Cool," and walked down range.

Just tonight I thought about looking into what that guy said and googled "A1 Sniper Rifle" and was shocked to came across the USMC M40A1 sniper rifle. The M40A1 was built in the 70's and used until the 1999. I then looked up when Saddam Hussein was captured and this was in April 2003. So was I just talking to a hero or a nutt job? Could it be a possibility what he said is true since both time periods are close? I'm bad at guessing age but he looked in his late 60s and was in good health.

BS

 

[swd]

Next time you go to the range bring him a pair of these. Hopefully they’re wide and deep enough to catch what’s coming down his pant legs

 

[Xerothermic]

JME: Folks with actual experience in this type of work tend not to start conversations with this information as their lead ...

I couldn't get my father to talk about WWII and he wasn't doing super, sneaky stuff. Navy in the Pacific.

Everyone from back then, that I knew, just pushed it to the back of their mind and moved on.

 

[durand mortenson]

One of my friends was a policeman, and while in uniform heard many stories and most of them were funny. Over the decades these stories have improved and I think he actually believes some of them. I think it comes from repetition. No big deal. I know some else who was a truck driver in Germany for two years and heard all his stories ,and some of these have gone from being plausible to total B,S. The latest is his top secret clearance. He is a good guy until someone brings up the military and then it starts. He is in his sixties and if you even hint at doubting him he get's really defensive. I Iike the guy but when he starts this I want to walk away.

Mort

 

[Rsadams]

I have seen some real nice people on gun ranges and still good friends with alot of them, a few A holes and only a few.... You can't say big brother isn't watching when they don't even try and hide it anymore... That being said I have also run into my share of paranoid people which is extremely small... Sprinkle in some conspiracy guys , that group is a little larger..lol...But all in all mostly real good , honest and nice people willing to help out in any way they can... I have met far more decent people on gun ranges than I have in most other walks of life....I have also found those people to just be great people off the gun range also... Places to meet good people are far and few between this days in my opinion....

 

[Old Navy]

What is a carrier jock???

Navy pilot that were stationed on a carrier.

 

[Intheshop]

Did a big restoration on a national register house back in the 90's. The owner was retired from the CIA.... nice guy. Only thing he said about it was his job description. Said, "think James Bond... I would've been his boss". He was more interested in his house....

One of the jobs there was a dz or so ballusters... I really didn't have time to do them so contacted the local turning club to ask if anyone wanted the job.

Meet this nice older retired guy who jumped at the opportunity. In talking to him,he said he was retired NSA....

Introducing him to the houses owner was interesting to say the least....became great friends. They would've been in Washington at exactly the same time period. Can only imagine their stories.

 

[LAH]

He men look like this, Lee Tucker, 101st AA. Jumped before light on D-Day. Lived through Bastone. Quite & gentle, nothing to prove.

 

[ChrisNZ]

I couldn't my father to talk about WWII and he wasn't doing super, sneaky stuff. Navy in the Pacific.

Everyone from back then, that I knew, just pushed it to the back of their mind and moved on.

My father was a WWII vet and -never- voluntarily talked about it, only when pestered by us kids and then only briefly. He suffered for years with nightmares and us kids can still remember hearing him yelling out during these.

One of my patients did serious hard service during WWII (multiply wounded) and he once said to me "those that did the real fighting usually don't do any talking about it. Be wary of anyone that starts blabbing about their war experiences"

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Ain't that the truth! We were no good SOBs before 9-11.

Never in my eyes!

 

[CJ6]

I believe SSGT Barry Sadler called them Garri-Troopers....Did the guy have a police whistle?

 

[troupe]

Best thing to do is say thank you for your service and walk off. The world is full of wannabe's

 

[TIMO]

Somebody let that nut out of the shell, probably has all the regalia to go with his accolades. Also probably is good friends with Alec Baldwin to boot.