rocketraider Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 Morning paper said a Blackhawk chopper with 13 aboard went down at Ft Drum Tuesday. Pat, are you alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 I don't know what outfit Pat is in but the soldiers who lost their lives so tragically were 10th Mountain Division, apparently there are 2 survivors out of 13 aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted March 14, 2003 Author Share Posted March 14, 2003 Bump to top. Has anyone heard anything from him? Wayne Burgess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter J.Heizmann Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Glenn...from what I know via various communications with Pat, he made no mention of training to go back and indicated he is getting back into the mainstream. That's about all I know. Regards, Peter J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Rocketraider! Got an e-mail from Pat today acknowledging an earlier e-mail. He's find. I didn't ask about the accident, but today's paper listed the casualities and I didn't recognize anyone. I'll get Pat to come on here. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Also guys, Pat got awarded a Bronze Star for gallentry? in the Afghan war. He sent me a copy of the award certificate, but I couldn't read it. I'll see if he can attach it here. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 good to hear Pat is o.k. remember... when the big engineer throws the the brake, he is the only one in charge Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Yes I am fine. I haven't been up to Fort Drum in about two weeks. Besides, us Engineers don't know a whole lot about them there Helicopters, so we stick to the ground. Yes we had to dodge the land mines, but if something goes wrong, we don't fall as far <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />. Besides, a good NCO always lets those brash LT's that know everything go first <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />.Naw seriously, all kidding aside, I am back home and I'm doing okay. Getting used to living a normal life and dealing with crowds again has been tough from time to time, but I'm dealing with things the best way that I can. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN.......and yes I was awarded the Bronze Star. I'd give it up in a minute to have the last year of my life back, but on the same token, it beats the agony of a Purple Heart any day of the week. That Bronze Star is probably the highest award that a guy can get in a warzone without getting hurt, so I'll accept what was given to me, and be very thankfull for it. One thing that you need to remember:THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SOLDIERS.THERE ARE OLD SOLDIERS, AND THERE ARE BOLD SOLDIERS, BUT YOU WON'T FIND TOO MANY WHO ARE BOTH (most of the bold ones never live long enough to get old). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Glad to hear that you're OK Pat. All my best wishes for the rest of your career,enjoy every moment of the old car hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Thank you. I'm not active, I'm in the reserve, but I still have two more years to go before I can retire. I've also got to try to stay out of the middle east in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted March 15, 2003 Author Share Posted March 15, 2003 Yah- we were worried about ya. Didn't want to hear that you'd survived the desert only to go down in a chopper crash. Stay stateside as long as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 I will if I have a say, but right now, it's not up to me (and neither was the last adventure). I'm 2 years from being able to retire, so I've got to stick with it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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