Posted on Aug 21, 2015
What is the biggest misconception civilians have about your service?
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First I work in the Judge Advocates General Corps. So one of the many questions is, "Is it like the TV Show?"
Answer: Absolutely! I can't tell you how many times I flew missions over the Gaza Strip in my stealth F28 Attack Romulan Cruiser. My wife...seen in the picture helped me put a guy in Jail that tried to sell a bomb to kids on a playground in east Philadelphia. Where he was born and raise. But we followed him all the way to Bel Air, California and captured and convicted him.
But really my most common questions is, "Why did they need a paralegal in Iraq and Afghanistan?" Then I say just a small amount of what I did there and they get this scared look on their face.
Answer: Absolutely! I can't tell you how many times I flew missions over the Gaza Strip in my stealth F28 Attack Romulan Cruiser. My wife...seen in the picture helped me put a guy in Jail that tried to sell a bomb to kids on a playground in east Philadelphia. Where he was born and raise. But we followed him all the way to Bel Air, California and captured and convicted him.
But really my most common questions is, "Why did they need a paralegal in Iraq and Afghanistan?" Then I say just a small amount of what I did there and they get this scared look on their face.
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When people find out I am EOD they usually ask one of two questions. I will give you both of those and my typical answers.
"EOD? is that like the Hurt Locker?"
"not really, my life has plot and character development."
"you're a bomb tech? is that 'red wire, blue wire' stuff for real? cause if I made bombs that's the first rule I'd break"
"Yeah, but it's more intense than that, I have to keep track of mauve and salmon colored wires."
"EOD? is that like the Hurt Locker?"
"not really, my life has plot and character development."
"you're a bomb tech? is that 'red wire, blue wire' stuff for real? cause if I made bombs that's the first rule I'd break"
"Yeah, but it's more intense than that, I have to keep track of mauve and salmon colored wires."
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SPC Greg Burnett
What I don't understand about cutting wires in movies is... they're trying to decide which wire to cut and there are batteries visible, why not cut the wire/wires to the batteries?
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PO2 Steven Erickson
Because there's ALWAYS a hidden battery in a hidden part of the bomb, SPC Greg Burnett. You know, the one that makes the timer count down five times as fast when the Star Detective cuts the blue - wait... no RED - wire.
It's the same with nuclear power. Whenever "the reactor is going to go critical", the computer starts a countdown and tells you exactly when the core will explode.
It's the same with nuclear power. Whenever "the reactor is going to go critical", the computer starts a countdown and tells you exactly when the core will explode.
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LCDR (Join to see)
"The reactor is going critical!" -Oh, good. At first I thought there was a problem.
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PO2 Steven Erickson
North Dakota is the Universe's punishment for the descendants of Vikings... Scandinavians can experience heatstroke and frostbite on their front porch living 1500 miles away from the closest ocean.
(In reality? Because it's in the middle of nowhere, and God needed someplace to try out all his wacky weather tricks...)
(In reality? Because it's in the middle of nowhere, and God needed someplace to try out all his wacky weather tricks...)
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PO2 Steven Erickson
Did you notice, PO2 David Bailey, that Homer is at the controls, day-dreaming of sleeping, and while sleeping, he's dreaming of eating? Now if THAT doesn't exactly describe life underway, I don't know what could...
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