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Ducimus 11-12-10 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1531549)
If there is an accident involving an Air Force controlled Nuclear Weapon, or a nuclear weapon in an Air Force controlled area, the unit that would respond would be EOD and specifically my old unit the venerable 2701 EODS at Hill AFB :yeah::yeah::yeah:

We were the USAF's Nuclear Response EOD team. :salute:

So that's what you did. I was wondering what your career field was, i just never asked. On a somewhat related note, the Air Force is ALOT more self contained then people realize or other branch's give credit for. There are even a number of people who become airborne or air assault qualified. Something you only think of as being Army.

I think part of the problem is the AF likes to portray itself as "high tech", so you only see the glamor imagery, and jobs in recruiting offices and such. Other part of the problem, is the (very legitimate) image of the AF as the "Chair Force". There are indeed a lot of people who "Fly a desk" in the AF.

Platapus 11-12-10 04:31 PM

Here is the most accurate Air Force Recruiting video ever made

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jET7zGnPKjo

:yeah:

I just found an actual EOD recruiting video. They never had those when I was in (I don't think they had video when I was first in). But this pretty sums up the job... leaving out some of the more gross stuff of course. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk_g5vDJW5w

Ducimus 11-12-10 06:07 PM

Nice.

Hey... sweet.. we have video too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iU59A9_TcU

edit: I'll just go ahead and toss this into the ring:
http://www.trophyexpress.com/usaf/im...thredhorse.gif

Platapus 11-12-10 08:17 PM

Red Horse?

They are either building stuff and then killing people or
They are killing people and then building stuff or
They are killing people and building stuff at the same time

Sometimes they drink alcohol too. :hmmm:

Civil Engineers and Construction people with automatic weapons :yeah:

Pretty manly. :salute:

Capt. Morgan 11-12-10 11:59 PM

My vote goes to the Tunnel Rats

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_rat).


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