[R-390] R-390As and other Mil equip....

[mikea]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 01:00:27PM -0500, rbethman wrote:
> As a retired Army "Top Three" enlisted for 9 yrs 2 mos of a 20 yr. career, I
> can vouch for the presence of "strange groups" on mountain tops.  We had or
> teams swapped by helo, got a hot ration or two by helo, and had repairmen
> brought up by helo.
> 
> I didn't start with a "strange group", I just received a visit from some
> gentlemen in civilian clothes that borrowed my Battalion Commander's office
> to speak with me.  My Battalion Commander was informed that I was going on a
> "special assignment" and that was it.  I received one of those "notorious"
> gray ID cards, and began wearing civilian clothes, and working on mountain
> tops that had a compound within a compound separated by loads of chain link
> fence and five barrel concertina.   Sometimes it was a van that we could
> move as "upper" echelons dictated.  The black covers were in place,
> recorders attached, logs were meticulously maintained.  The logs and tapes
> went out by helo in a double locked metal box.
> 
> They even had a compound within a compound separated by loads of chain link
> fence and five barrel concertina for us down in base camp.  We were strictly
> discouraged in mixing with the "normal" population.

You are aware that now we have to kill you?

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Mike Andrews
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