- Jun 5, 2000
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I as most of you know I work in Boulder but i live in a small town out on the colorado plains. I went to the little grocery store to get some food for tonights dinner and had a strange encounter that put me on edge.
There was this dude in front of me in BDU's (battle dress uniform) and had a loaded sidearm (which was not Military issue, unless they let soldiers take home nickel plated Glock 10mm's now) on a leg holster. As i Look at this dude i notice he had on a US Army BDU shirt with Air Assault wings and some other function badge that I did not recognize. Then i Look at his cap (which he did not remove when he went indoors) and it was a Marine 5 point cover and he had a Navy chevron with the rank of Petty Officer 3rd class pinned on the front of it.
So i asked the guy what branch is he in, Army or Navy. He replies that he is in both and that he is in the reserves just got back from Ft Carson (in Colorado Springs) So my next question was. What is your MOS. He comes back with I am a Sniper.... Now my radar is and guard is up.
He ask me if i was prior military. Of course I answered yes, 10 years Air Force Security Forces. He looked suprised, paid for his stuff and left. With out saying anything else to me. I watched him go out to his truck and he had "honorably discharged veteran" plates just like mine.
I was real tempted to contact the Sheriffs dept and let them know about this dude. But he left, I left end of story.
There was this dude in front of me in BDU's (battle dress uniform) and had a loaded sidearm (which was not Military issue, unless they let soldiers take home nickel plated Glock 10mm's now) on a leg holster. As i Look at this dude i notice he had on a US Army BDU shirt with Air Assault wings and some other function badge that I did not recognize. Then i Look at his cap (which he did not remove when he went indoors) and it was a Marine 5 point cover and he had a Navy chevron with the rank of Petty Officer 3rd class pinned on the front of it.
So i asked the guy what branch is he in, Army or Navy. He replies that he is in both and that he is in the reserves just got back from Ft Carson (in Colorado Springs) So my next question was. What is your MOS. He comes back with I am a Sniper.... Now my radar is and guard is up.
He ask me if i was prior military. Of course I answered yes, 10 years Air Force Security Forces. He looked suprised, paid for his stuff and left. With out saying anything else to me. I watched him go out to his truck and he had "honorably discharged veteran" plates just like mine.
I was real tempted to contact the Sheriffs dept and let them know about this dude. But he left, I left end of story.
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