LTC. Philip Schoenig stopped in our store yesterday for service on his Army Gold and Black Cervelo and invited me to join the U.S. Army Triathlon Team website, a link for which is provided below for interested parties.
The Army has some fine athletes competeing around the world, and many more fine athletes serving our country and giving up their time to race and train.
Thank you to LTC. Schoenig for his fine invitation (which I immediately accepted) and I hope you guys find this of interest.
A little inter-service rivalry never hurt anyone.
"Air Force wins triathlon championship
5/19/2004 - SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) – The Air Force team won the 2004 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship held May 12 to 16 at Naval Base Ventura County, Calif."
At IMMOO last year, there seemed to be triathletes sporting the US Air Force Academy jersey everywhere. They had a great showing.
I like the Air Force. They used to give us a ride to work. Sometimes they even remembered to come get us when we were done. Other times we had to walk.
Being in the air force is a very dangerous occupation. I have seen some pilots greviously injured by spilling their coffee in their lap. 
Aim High.
Score Low.
Join the Army.
(Airborne School… AKA: Air Force appreciation month)
Tom,
One of my favorite quotes (all in the spirit of inter-service rivalry) while a Zoomie was … “West Point was 200 years of tradition unhampered by progress.”
Of course, then the West Pointers would do Air Force push-ups … which is another story entirely.
drn92
LOL. That was pretty funny.
I once boarded a C-141 at Ft. Benning during my last jump at Airborne School.
The aircraft began to belch smoke and oxious fumes from an access panel near the front of the aircraft. A concerned looking crewmember opened the access panel and made some type of examination in there with a flashlight in hand. There were some eletrical things in there I think.
When he pulled his head out of the access panel he had a worried look on his face. I was sitting there with my air items on (parachute to you civilian types) and I told him,
“Hey, doesn’t bother me, I’m getting out in a minute…”
I was first man on my stick for my first jump. So I got to stand in front of the door for a bit. That was pretty fun.
“Being in the air force is a very dangerous occupation. I have seen some pilots greviously injured by spilling their coffee in their lap. :P”
those combat controllers seem to have their work cut out for them, not many people know that the AF has special forces, but I am sure you do
Army? Air Force? WTF?
The real tough guys are the Coasties. My brother-in-law always tells me, all straight faced, that “the Coast Guard is the hard nucleus around which the Navy forms in times of war.”
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! ! ! ! ! That one always kills me!
no, I was not in the AF
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And here I thought you were talking to Vitus. He must have been CCT. It addition to being smart and good-looking. Lucky.
Huh?
Maybe not. But I did like that Navy joke. I’ll have to send that to my dad.
Hey Vitus where you first in, last out?
First in and last out of what, the base golf course? 
Nah, I wasn’t AF. My grandfather, father, and a close cousin were all career AF, and I was the rebel who joined the Navy.
And if Minny was talking about me, not only wasn’t I CCT, I’m not that smart, and even my wife only calls me good looking on occassion.
that is pretty funny
although the Navy is restricted from conducting law enforcement operations (posse comitatus), which is how CG LEDETs get onboard foreign drug trafficking ships (any US flag vessel is subject to inspection anywhere in the world by CG LEDETs, by law)
to get onboard you need PC and JIATF authorization, as well as the flag countries authorization
so in that case I guess the CG’s role with the Navy could be the nucleus
http://www.navyleague.org/seapower_mag/sept2001/forward_edge_of_drug.htm
Pre 9/11, I used to be able to respond by saying, “You’re in the Coast Guard, huh. . .So, don’t you work for the Department of Transportation?”
Now, of course, he’s a bad-ass who mans Homeland Security. One more snappy comeback killed by terrorists.
LOL! Of course I was talking about you! Man, I didn’t think squids had ears.
That poor woman.
amazing how post 9/11 the roles of so many organizations have changed
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