Jerry Bibb’s hunger strike
According to the Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas veteran 71-year-old Jerry Bibb has begun a hunger strike to become a veteran of the Vietnam War even though he never set foot in Vietnam or heard a shot fired in anger;
Bibb, a U.S. Air Force veteran who served overseas on Okinawa Island in Japan, said he is staying on the plaza until he hears from either U.S. senator or the president. Bibb said he is also on a hunger strike, having avoided all food and water since Sunday afternoon.
“I think I’ve got about three days (before I will die) out here with no water,” Bibb said Monday afternoon. “I’m not afraid of dying. If it takes me dying to get the attention this deserves, I’m willing to do it.”
Bibb joined the Air Force in 1965 out of high school. He was trained as an inertial navigation repairman and serviced B-52 bombers and KC-135 tanker planes in Okinawa.
“I was working on the planes that were fighting in the war,” he said. “I’ve had other veterans tell me, ‘If it wasn’t for your work, we would have lost more boys over there.’ ”
He recently discovered that he is considered by the federal government to be a Vietnam-era veteran and not a Vietnam War veteran, a distinction determined by where he served during the war.
Bibb says that he won’t move from his protest until his Senator or President Trump contact him.
Bibb said his protest was not about himself, but about the Vietnam-era veterans being recognized as actual war veterans.
“There’s not a lot of us left,” he said. “The government won’t do it because of money, because of the additional benefits they would have to give out. We can give tax breaks to the rich, but we can’t give these benefits to our veterans?”
I’m not sure what benefits he thinks that he’ll get, that he doesn’t already get. It looks like he has been stocking up on calories, so Bibb will last longer than a few days.
Thanks to one of our ninjas for the link.
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Wait til my Coastie neighbor (who barely left NC) hears about this. He liked to say he was a VN Vet until I busted his balls.
This jackass had the newspaper publish his cell phone number so people could call and tell him what they think. Give him a call and tell him what you think:
Bibb asked that The Bulletin share his cell phone number with its readers — (870) 404-3290 — in case anyone wished to contact him during his protest.
Already did lol. He’s even nuttier on the phone.
I didn’t even remotely bother to call him, it sounds like his elevator does NOT go all the way to the top!
It looks like he could stand to drop a few pounds, anyway.
He’s been on that See Food Diet… everything he sees, he eats!
Hate to break it to him…he’s a Vietnam Era Veteran. I’ve got two older brothers glad they’re in the same boat. A Marine, and an Airman. I also have an older brother who did 2 tours in VN with the Army. He’s a Vietnam Veteran. One other brother was in the Navy. So 5 of the 6 of us. He’s going to have to put it on his get over it list.
Gee Me Too boy you can have one of my tours. Now do you feel better. I bet you voted for Hitlery didn’t you?
What. An. Asshole.
Ain’t no fool like an old fool, I guess.
Give it 30-40 years. We will hear the same thing from Iraq/Afghanistan era vets who want to claim to be OIF/OEF vets. I spent a whopping 5 months in ass-crack-istan and take no joy in being an OEF vet.
Fucking asshole. My dad and his two brothers all 3 spent a year in hell in that county. Both grandpas were WWII vets. I spent my time in a shit hole.
Dude, you SERVED. Be proud. What the hell are you trying to get out of it?
Geezzz….
I was in stationed at Ft. Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska, during the tail end of the Viet Nam war. I was a crew chief oh a Huey that had some repaired damage to the airframe from combat damage in Vietnam. Do these facts qualify me as a Viet Nam war veteran?
Give me a break Jerry Bibb….
HHC, 222nd AVN BN? I was the UH-1 SIP there starting in ’77. regards, Alemaster
Yes, HHC, 222. ’72-’75. Lot of work, but a lot of fun also. LTC James Kitterman was our BN CDR. I was the crew chief on his aircraft. I think the tail number was 009 or “Balls 9”.
I have a ton of pictures from my time there. I have thought about posting them somewhere on the internet. Our hanger held Mohawks, Otters, OH 58’s as well as Hueys. Those were the days.
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Mr. Bibb, as the son of a B-52 NAV, thank you for your service. However, you are no more a Vietnam Vet than I am. I suggest you go get a sammich and kindly shut the fuck up. There’s nothing to be gained by your theatrics.
I had a Senior Drill Sergeant who was a Vietnam Veteran – 173rd Airborne. And then a Top at my duty station who was also a Vietnam Veteran – 25th Infantry.
Guess that makes me….
I had a Drill SGT in ’87 that was 101st in Vietnam and a Platoon SGT in ’88 that was 173rd in Vietnam, so I guess we’re both…
He posted his cell phone number on the article and says he wants people to contact him. I won’t post it here (u just need to click the link), but have at em boys.
Me, I did a year in Asscanistan and another ten months on the ground in Kuwait in support of OIF but I don’t even think about calling myself an OIF Vet because I’ve never even set foot in that country. He ought to seek some Psychiatric help.
See, I wouldn’t agree with that last part. OIF encompassed more than just the country of Iraq. So while you may not be an “Iraq War Veteran” you are, in fact, an OIF veteran (as am I – same situation, served in Kuwait during OIF.)
Similar to Desert Storm. Even though the fighting took place in Kuwait and Iraq, the operation encompassed other countries as well. Someone who spent their entire tour in Saudi Arabia still qualifies as a DS veteran.
IMO the determination is (or should be) based on whether you were awarded a campaign decoration. You should have received a GWOTEM for service in OIF. You would not qualify for an ICM because you did not serve in Iraq.
In the example I gave above of a DS veteran who served his time in Saudi Arabia, that veteran would qualify for the SWASM but not the Liberation of Kuwait medal.
IMO I would say you are an OIF vet but not an Iraq War vet. It’s a minor distinction, perhaps, but I think it’s a distinction that matters.
Appreciate that, I will honestly say that I was part of OIF Support while deployed to Kuwait, but I don’t feel right calling myself an OIF Vet without ever setting foot in that country after doing 12 months on the ground in A-stan, I do call myself an OEF Vet without hesitation!
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I believe you are incorrect in your example. The SWASM that covers Desert Storm period did not require you to set foot in or even above Kuwait or Iraq to qualify for either Kuwait Liberation Medals from KSA or Kuwait.
This guy is not a Vietnam Vet.
I’m curious as to how many B-52 combat sorties originated in Kadena. I’m thinking none but could be wrong.
I found the book of faces post for that article. You know, just in case anyone wants to see what others are saying.
https://www.facebook.com/bulletin.newsroom/posts/1923959351009842
Poor misguided feller. There’s no shame in being a Vietnam-Era vet — lots of us were in the service during the VN war and never set foot in-country.
I guess he thinks he’s missing out on being confused for a combat vet.
I did a TDY tour at HQDA during DS/DS, then did a tour at USCENTCOM HQs in Tampa after the shooting had stopped. Damn, I could almost smell the oil well fires from my hootch on West Shore Blvd. I demand my SWASM and my Saudi KLM RIGHT NOW!!!… (Sarc)
Yeah, I spent the time watching the show on the news stationed in Munich. Guy is a moron and needs to get over himself. Hate to tell him as an uninjured OIF/OEF vet what benefits he will get with the “upgrade”.
I was glued to the TV set every evening during DS/DS. I even got to see the bombers taking off.
So that makes me… a spectator?
I spent most of DS/DS on a TROPO radio relay site between Riyadh and KKMC. We listened to the war on the BBC, otherwise we wouldn’t have known what was going on outside our little site. At least that AN/GRC-106 was good for that.
For whatever reason I keep reading his name as Barry Gibb.
He’s definitely singing a sour note.
Idiot. Guess we could take some solice in the fact that he’s not telling tales of BS secret squirrel ops as a SEAL/Green Beret/PJ/MACV-SOG vet, he just wants to be made something he isn’t. I was in during Desert Storm, Stateside sending reservists who got called up from our unit over. Disappointed? Yeah, I was. Gonna go on a hunger strike to have somebody gundeck it and make me a Desert Storm vet? Nope. Jerry Bibb, you need a hobby man. Try golf or stamp collecting, or maybe get a part time job.
What a sorry sonovabitch. I passed through Vietnam TDY to Bangkok and I am NOT a Vietnam Veteran. I may qualify if I can prove MACTHAI and JUSMACTHAI directly supported combat operations. Nevertheless, some asshole two star and a DC commission bestowed the title “Vietnam War Veteran” on everyone and their Momma who served between 1955 and 1975. What bullshit and a disgrace to every man and women who served in Harm’s way.
Nah, MACTHAI and JUSMAG-MACTHAI were not overt.
Our family was there from 68-70; while in BKK dad never wore the JUSMAG patch, only the SF patch on both arms; I asked why not the JUSMAG patch and he just smiled saying, “The SF patch is better.” While advisor to the 11th Regiment (Kings Bodyguard) he often went upcountry to inspect the Thai SF training camps up-country. One day his jeep ran over a CT landmine and he was thrown out of the jeep and ended up in hospital for some weeks. But no “direct” combat ops in RVN …
Let’s see, I’m a firefighter, never been to Iraq or Afghanistan, never enlisted, never dealt with a terrorist attack…but firefighters died on 9/11 (and I wasn’t there), so that means I’m a GWOT veteran, right? I can wear that medal with my Goodyear Blimp pilot wings and my Space Shuttle Door Gunner badge!
Yeah, no.
This guy is a douche.
I’m not of what his endgame is. Does he want to all himself a Combat Veteran ? I won’t hold muster with the VAs definition. Why is it so important to him to be called a war vet ? How bizarre.
He says being a combat vet awards you “extra benefits” from the government, but outside of combat related special compensation (which he still wouldn’t be entirled to since he never saw any) he gets the same benefits as every other beteran, combat or not.
There are no special benefits for merely serving in the military in Vietnam. The only benefit one could get from serving there is the same one any veteran gets for a service connected disability. There are a few presumptions for Agent Orange exposure. Someone correct me if I’m mistaken, as I don’t get any VA benefits.
What extra benefits? Unless you were sprayed with herbicides or have some scars from something, what are those extra benefits? This is baloney and he knows it.
One doesn’t have to get sprayed with Agent Orange to have exposure to it. My company operated in a defoliated jungle area for about 10 days. The vegetation had likely been sprayed a couple of weeks or more before we went through it. I have developed peripheral neuropathy which is presumed (per the VA) to have been caused by the exposure.
Who knows with the VA. They hare still paying POWs who were never in country and awarding benefits to substandard shitbags who spin stories and fake the funk.
for me, the worst was March of 67… i had to fight like hell through the birth canal, then had some guy start to slap me around then trim a part of me i wish was never trimmed ( thanks dr Goldblum!)
for me in 1967 it was hell, while i was at Flower 5th Ave hospital maternity ward in Manhattan, i think my experiences were a lot like a tunnel rats so i wonder should call myself a Vietnam vet also….
Maybe claim to have been involved with a hospital operation, as the guy that caused the sequence of events to keep going?
i could start the story off with something like….
So there i was, knee deep in my own umbilical cord….
“On rappel!”
“I think I’ve got about three days (before I will die) out here with no water,” Bibb said.
So what I hear you saying is you’ve created a problem that will solve itself?
Congratulations Mr Bibb!!!!
-dick-
He’s apparently pushing for benefits he doesn’t get compared to ones that are listed as “War” veterans do get. I’d be curious what those benefits are..can any of you actual veterans fill me in on this? I’m curious..
Maybe he wants to claim agent orange exposure?
That is what I was thinking.
As an old Marine Grunt and a Vietnam Vet this is a touchy subject for me, not as touchy as it used to be but still touchy.
This is a very odd way to embellish his service, isn’t it?
WTF; Hey Bibb, I was on the Lady of the seas (LPH-3) from 1963-1966 and got out before she left in 1967 for her new home port in San Diego and south east Asia. Now hear this, now hear this, I was a Viet Nam ERA Veteran from Queens NYC after I left the ship and did my monthly inactive reserve time. P.S. Since your on a hunger strike, I won’t mail you a bibb to wear.
Ol’ Jerry’s probably gonna get the call he wants from a senator from my man, Dick Blumenthal; they can reminisce about the good times and the bad times in The Viet of The Nam. Until then, “Well, Bye.” regards, Alemaster
23 years in and served all over the world and the US.
I never one instant set foot in a combat theater, except a USO tour to the Korean DMZ but that doesn’t count) and I’d as someone to shoot me in the face if I ever found myself so mentally incapacitated that I caught myself claiming otherwise.
My best friend, a retired Chief went over to Afghanistan for 9 months and had to be put on happy pills and other stuff to deal with the clusterfuck of our operations area and the fucked up “leadershit” from our OWN WING and Unit that, after returning, and wanting to stay in 30+ years, pulled the plug and retired 4 months later.
He never did tell me what happened exactly but basically the O Corps there repeatedly threw him, a FUCKING E-9, under the bus repeatedly (A little chip on shoulder captain female FROM OUR UNIT) such that he lost 40 lbs and quit.
Just for that, I’d never EVER claim combat status.
That would not only dishonor my best friend but all the other men and women from my Unit that actually put themselves in harms way, and a LOT of them are suffering from PTSD as well as other physical injuries.
ChipNasa My father spent 26 years in the Marine Corps. For the vast majority of that time his ribbon rack consisted of WWII Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and National Defense Service Medal. In January 1969 he (we) were reassigned to NAS Memphis where e was the Senior Enlisted Marine at MAD NATTC. In October of that year the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Sgt Major of the Marine Corps were making one of their periodic trips to see their Marines. As part of this the Commandant made a speech that included a line something along the lines of “there are three kinds of Marines. Those that are overseas, those that are going overseas, and those that are back from overseas.” Later as the Senior Marine SNCO present my father served as the host for the Sgt Major at the CPO Mess. This was on a Thursday afternoon. In conversation with the Sgt Major my father questioned him about the Commandant’s message – there are three kinds of Marines. Those that are overseas, those that are going overseas, and those that are back from overseas. And did he really mean it. The Sgt Major responded in the affirmative. My father then informed him that he had been in the Marine Corps for over 23 years and he had never been west of the Mississippi River or outside the CONUS. To this the Sgt Major replied Oh Bullshit. My Dad assured him that was true. So the Sgt Major made note of it. He returned to HQ MC the following day and Monday morning at lunchtime he personally called my father and asked him where he would like to go overseas. My father informed him he’d kind of like to go to Vietnam and after some discussion that included the fact they had no MGySgt billets in my father’s MOS in the RVN he said he’d get back with him. The following morning he called again told my father that the following Monday he was to report to some logistics officer course taught there locally and in January he… Read more »
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Dave, you’re an evil bastard. I admire that, and mean it as a compliment!
No, no, NO!! Youu’ve got it all wrong.
You have to go with this…
https://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gold-Bears-Original-5-Pound-Packaging/product-reviews/B000EVOSE4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewopt_srt?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&sortBy=helpful&pageNumber=1
You’re not sending fries with that?
Should I send him a leftover Vegetarian MRE I found in my garage? Most of us don’t consider that food so technically he won’t be breaking his fast!
You really want to ruin this guy’s day? Send him that godawful Tuna MRE. Seriously, who thought up including those nasty ass flour tortillas in that meal?
Nope, you’re both wrong.
The winner and STILL WORLD CHAMPION hated MRE is…….
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_leoGYAeiH44/S9Sy3RY7LhI/AAAAAAAAJqQ/Umw3Y4uUmRc/s1600/IMG_4249.JPG
I consider that second to the Penne Pasta with Spicy Sauce along with the Ratatouille with tofu crap they call “Vegetable Sausage”. Now the old early 90’s Omelet with Ham was a real loser as well!
Meatloaf.
It had the most stuff.
To include the chocolate bar.
I thought some of our C-rats bordered on inedible, like Ham and Lima beans (ham and MF’ers), but that MRE beggars belief.
“Seriously, who thought up including those nasty ass flour tortillas in that meal?”
The lowest government contract bidder?
True, but it makes no sense. Crackers or that wheat snack bread makes more sense. Tortillas? With tuna? Come on, man!🤔
Like getting the jalapeno cheese and getting excited only to find you got that loaf of “bread” instead of a cracker for it. How does that even happen?
That is the worst! How hard is it to put crackers in there?
I have a better idea.
Send him videos of OTHER PEOPLE eating the most yummy stuff ever.
Pancakes dripping with melted butter and maple syrup, with sausages on the side.
Steak and baked potatoes, done to a turn.
Cheeseburger – no, double cheeseburger, with the cheese melting right out of the bun, and tomato and lettuce a-plenty, with nice, crispy fries.
Cheesecake dripping in chocolate sauce and chopped pecans.
Pumpkin pie topped with mounds of whipped cream.
At the end of that video, you send him a big, in your face middle finger salute.
That’s what you send him, because he won’t get it while he’s sitting there.
Hire a food truck, have them set up about 20 yards upwind. Make sure they cook a lot of bacon.
Oh, yeah!!! Your mind works just like mine!!
https://youtu.be/Ug_iluxQ1IQ?t=2
I called up Mr. Bibb like he wanted. He doesn’t think Vietnam Veteran should be awarded to all Veterans of that era. He thinks it should only apply to the veterans in Okinawa. I asked him what about being stationed 2000+ miles from combat made him think he was entitled to the same sacrifices as those in country faced. He replied “Well I repaired B52’s”. When he asked when I served and I told him OIF/OEF, he told me our war was “different” so I couldn’t possibly understand.
“He doesn’t think Vietnam Veteran should be awarded to all Veterans of that era. He thinks it should only apply to the veterans in Okinawa.” So, the Okinawans were in a war zone again? That’ll be news. My guess is that Jerry “They Call Me Mr” Bibb were pressed, he’d eliminate females and anyone who didn’t work on combat aircraft. Press more and he’d probably admit that only he should be granted Vietnam Veteran status. He’s a loon.
Don’t tell Okinawans that they are in a war zone. They tend jump off cliffs when that happens.
I thought that was Saipan?
Variations of that happened in both places…
Yeah, let’s tell all the Army & Navy nurses, Air Force gals, and Marines that WERE there that they aren’t REAL Vietnam vets, but he is.
I’m sure they’d have a few words to say.
The more I hear about him, the more I think his gearbox is totally STRIPPED.
Maybe he wants to be able to wear a “Vietnam Veteran” baseball cap in public without being called out as a poser by stolen-valor hunters?
That’s the only “benefit” that actual VN vets get that VN-era vets don’t, AFAIK.
I am a Vietnam Era vet being treated by the VA. It took a Marine cousin, who is an actual Vietnam Vet, to remind me that, despite my entire AD time being spent in the Southeastern US, I was eligible for VA coverage. So what does this guy think he is missing?
Exactly.
PTSD
Hunger strike doesn’t really matter much – if he is seriously going without food and water then the water will be the issue in a few days.
But even then he won’t die. He’ll pass out and they’ll take him to the Emergency Room and give him an IV of fluids.
He’ll score some drama points, though.
Call me naive, but isn’t the whole bit about “being in country” the fact that your life is in more danger, relatively speaking, being in the vicinity of hostile fire?
He is arguing along the lines of the importance of his job and it’s contribution to the war, which shouldn’t be minimalized, but he was not in danger of being shot or bombed.
I guess the lawyers would have to dig into the spirit of the written directive. They’d better hurry because he’s only got a few days.
By Jim Bibb thinking the people in Japan that did the overhauls of our Helos should Nam Vets also. No he is a Nam Era Vet. If you are on the Agent Orange list there is a long list of ailments that the VA will treat including some for your kids. Joe
I completed Infantry OJT/AIT (72-74 – B Co 1/506 Infantry) under the tutelage of returning Vietnam War “Shake and Bake” NCO’s. From them I learned the finer points of patrolling and building a “hootch”. I would not think of claiming to be a Vietnam Veteran.
I have the World War II Army of Occupation Medal for service in West Berlin (74-76 – A Co 2/6 Infantry) prior to the wall coming down. I would not think of claiming to be a World War II veteran.
“I would not think of claiming to be a World War II veteran.” Go for it. Every male over 80 that I see in WalMart sports a WW II Veteran ball cap.
No shit!
That lucrative greeter position is getting tough! Even with the debilitating PTSD!
What benefits does he want? Until He tells us that, there is little else to say.
Yep, he sounds like a snowflake – entitled to everything he wants, and never satisfied with anything.
Can’t he drink his own piss to buy a little hydration before he dies?
Yes, unless he’s on a piss-drinking strike.
He can eat a finger, too.
I survived Three Mile Island.
This was for Oldmanchu’s comment below.
What the hell, it worked for Joe Teti. Birds of a feather…
I survived the Vietnam War.
I was born in 1971 and from 1971 to 1975 Vietnam did not kill me.
I’m detecting a hint of mental illness. Delusions of grandeur is associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. I’m sure the POTUS is gravely concerned about his grandstanding BS.
He might want to be careful about what he wishes for. Isn’t Tom Cotton one of his Senators? That would be an amusing visit.
Apparently Cotton already to;d him to pound sand, that he couldn’t do anything about it.
I hope someone has a picnic in front of him.
Fucking clown.
He should have joined the Infantry.
Yeah, ain’t that the truth. If you were of age during the peak years, a free ticket to VN was available.
And…Thank you Sir!
Perhaps we should barbecue, just upwind of his position?
And drink some ice cold beer!
I actually would go get a large bucket of steaming Phil Monkress with maybe a few baby diapers and leave that shit upwind.
And maybe continuously play some Barry Manilow or 2 Live Crew.
Man, that is cruel! Nobody should be subjected to Barry Manilow!
Fuck that, I say play THE cheesiest ’70s disco you can possibly find starting with The Hustle!
https://youtu.be/Y0xVLGssnwU
Barry Manilow is a misunderstood musical genius.
So my takeaway from this is:
“Participation trophies” are not just for millenials and you don’t have to be in your 20’s to be a special snowflake.
He wants a participation trophy but was only a spectator.
Hey! I have proof that I was sitting at a desk while you were getting shot at! I was on the phone with someone important!
Spectator! Pffft!
You are definitely onto something.
I’m putting my money on a denied Agent Orange Compensation Application due to actual service location.
Everybody knows those B-52’s flew through dense clouds of AO on every mission and just had to bring some of it back to Okinawa with them./s
At least that’s what he wants the VA to believe.
Wellll… just spitballing here… I guess that a BUFF on a low-level run could’ve passed under a C-123 on a spray mission… yeah it could happen.
Yes, it could happen. But NOT. B-52’s dropped at over 15,000 feet. Even fighter bombers (like F-4’s) were required to stay above 2500 feet unless on a bomb run, so as to avoid ground fire. Anyway, that is what my OV-10 FAC pilot said when I asked to go lower to look at a target. The spray birds, I would think, had to get much lower to avoid drift of the spray cloud.
I took the money from Dow Chemical that was offered back in the 90’s. Signed off on suing them. Two payments of about $1400 each.
I was “starving” at the time but not on purpose like this bibby boi is. Give him a drink of water laced with the stuff.
I would roll down to the gay bar and ask (pay) some of the dudes/dancers to just walk around with nothing on in front of him.
Lets watch what he does…..
Why the hell does he have to be USAF???
Well I have been to Vermont and my mobile carrier is Verizon. Both start with “V”, therefore same as Vietnam. I’m getting a hat, a vest patch, a car decal and license plate….Hunger strike? Nah, too close to lunch. What an asshat
Don’t forget a dog. You need it for the trifecta.
The reporter at the Baxter Bulletin did a pretty much hit-and-run job on this story. It gets very close to playing a stereotype card that RVN vets, “era” or otherwise, have gone from being young psycho baby stabbers to now being old senile fools complaining about not getting more welfare.
Apparently it was too much effort for Scott Liles, the reporter, to spend five minutes on the phone with the local AL or VFW to get a read on Jerry Bibb and his crazy-ass hunger strike. Using Bibb as the sole source is the mark of a lazy hack. It’s probably also fair to say that Bibb didn’t join the Air Force because he wanted to hump a ruck, and shoot people for a living.
Something also routinely annoying about these kinds of stories is that there is no effort to flesh out the back story of whatever dingbat happens to be the protagonist du jour. It’s been more than 50 years since Bibb was on Okinawa. Somehow we’re all supposed to believe that what Bibb did between then, and showing up now to put on his drama-queen hunger performance, is somehow irrelevant.
They all want credit for being combat infantrymen now, but back in the day, humping a ruck and a rifle with ammo, food, and water in jungle heat wasn’t something they were willing to sign up for.
I texted him a link to this page. We’ll see if he has the balls to come defend himself here. I’m betting not.
He’s got the Facebook page going and it is covered with snowflakes who know nothing about military service in general nor Vietnam in particular. Calling for him to get his wishes and the shameless politicians to give him what he deserves. There is an occasional, clear headed comment, trying to help him understand shit from Shinola but to little avail. Wait until the local mental health folks have the police grab him and put him on a 72 hour mental health hold.
Im on there replying to everyone of them.
Link please for comedic value.
https://www.facebook.com/bulletin.newsroom/posts/1923959351009842
Thanks. I thought it was a personal Book of Face page (Stole that from someone here…Oh wait, that was YOU!!)
🙂
Hope he paid for his funeral in advance. Get bent, shitbag!
Sincerely, Iraq War Veteran(one of those wars that doesn’t apparently count)
He DOES sound like the type I encountered in more than one VFW when I considered joining (Didn’t, although I did join the AL), who as soon as I mentioned my time in the ME would gruffly talk about how I really didn’t do shit and his was the last real war we fought.
There’s approx. 3,500 calories in a pound of fat. Assuming this guy is 100 pounds overweight (probably more but I’m in a giving mood), that means he has an excess of 350,000 calories.
If he uses 1,500 calories a day, that means he can survive for 233 days and not even be considered under weight.
My guess is right about now, though, he’d be willing to give a handy to a stranger for a small order of fries.
As a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, fuck you Jerry Bibb!