its pronounced Echo Seven Charlie

e7c wrote:

it been awhile, but I am finally back! The army has kept me pretty busy, I am either in the woods or getting home so late that all I do is go to bed and then wake up at 0400 to go back to work, so sadly I had to make a choice between spending my limited free time with family or the forum...

welcome back; I'd been wondering what happend; didn't seem likely that you had re-think about TGA

Gday e7c, the place is empty without you. Welcome back!

Hello e7c, glad you're back...

I am heading out to a Spam carving competition... yeah, you read that right.

Yes, I know... this is lame.



Mrs. e7c, Monk-o-tron, myself and a few of our friends went out to see our local minor league hockey team play and for some reason there were a bunch of Star Wars characters there! I was quite happy that not only was Monk-o-tron not scared of them, but she went right over to Boba Fett!

<------dork

I re-enlisted in the Army again! I have already served 12 years and will now be doing the full 20!




I am out of the woods for today, but go back in later tonight... I will get back to normal posting in about a week.

Awesome man. Congrats/Good luck with it.

Awesome dude, glad we have people like you in this country

e7c wrote:

I re-enlisted in the Army again! I have already served 12 years and will now be doing the full 20!
I am out of the woods for today, but go back in later tonight... I will get back to normal posting in about a week.

all the best Scott; lovely photo

I hope the best for you.

damn, dude! i was starting to wonder where you were, especially with all the news and leaks and new members lately, this board has been quite busy and you were nowhere to be seen. good luck w/ all the army stuff!

Holy Smokes! This is my 1500th post... and it happens to be on the same day that American Slang came out... rad.

So, after 1500 posts, here is what I have to say:

The Gaslight Anthem: A Great band, with great fans!


that's it. Thanks to everyone for sharing in my obsession.

haha awesome

I can't believe it but it has been almost 2 months since I was last here! My love for all things TGA hadn't diminished, I just have been ridiculously busy:

I bought a house (we move into it in early november)
I went to the emergency room 4 times in 2 weeks!
A former soldier of mine was killed in action
I went on vacation

not only have I been busy, but holy smokes this place has been busy too! The new layout looks awesome! I really have missed this place and now that I have some downtime, I should be around here a lot more.

Congrats on the new house and sorry to hear about your friend.
Whyd you have to the ER?

well, it was a crazy story... it all started with cellulitis in my right ankle, then I had a reaction to the antibiotic I was on and was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens%E2%80%93Johnson_syndrome ) basically, we were worried that I was going to develop "3rd degree like" burns over my body. Fortunately we caught it really early, I took a bunch of steroids and now I am fine. I won't lie, it was pretty scarry for a minute... if 5% of your body is affected then the mortality rate jumps to 30%!

oh wow dude. just saw the wiki page for Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and it does not look good.
Glad your alright now.

damn dude, you have been busy! im sorry to hear about your friend, but good that everything turned out okay with you! nice to have you back around here.

DOD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 31 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

Killed were:

Staff Sgt. Vinson B. Adkinson III, 26, of Harper, Kan.

Sgt. Raymond C. Alcaraz, 20, of Redlands, Calif.

Pfc. Matthew E. George, 22, of Gransboro, N.C.

Pfc. James A. Page, 23, of Titusville, Fla.

They were assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Bamberg, Germany.

Rest in Peace Alcaraz, I will never forget you.

e7c wrote:

Sgt. Raymond C. Alcaraz, 20, of Redlands, Calif.
Rest in Peace Alcaraz, I will never forget you.

I just turned 20, the same as him, the day he died. Can't imagine being on the other side of the world fighting a war at this age. RIP

I hope you're getting on okay, nice to see you back!

Most of you know that I am in the army and used to be stationed in Germany with the 173rd Airborne. Well today it was announced that a soldier in the 173rd; SSG Giunta, will recieve the MEDAL OF HONOR!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091002712.html

That's well deserved after reading the article. Are you ranked above him?

^ i just happened to read an article about him in today's paper

lynchyeatspizza wrote:

That's well deserved after reading the article. Are you ranked above him?

yes, I am a Sergeant First Class (E-7) he is a Staff Sergeant (E-6), so he is one level below me... however, winning the Medal of Honor usually does good things for your career... I have a feeling he will make Master Sergeant (E- before me.

they were so young..