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Aristus

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4. The JRTC definitely wasn't tank country.

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 11:45 PM

Jun 6

We got two tanks stuck in a swamp, plus the M-88 that went in after them. I can’t imagine that happened too often at Irwin.

I got a taste of desert tank operations when I was in the Gulf in 1991. We had a five-day training exercise to get us ready to fight the ground war. But the ground war began and ended while we were out in the field. That’s life sometimes.

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Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything. [View all] Aristus Jun 6 OP

When you were a tanker did you ever GP6971 Jun 6 #1

Never. Aristus Jun 6 #2

Irwin sucked big time. My unit always had teams at Irwin GP6971 Jun 6 #3

The JRTC definitely wasn't tank country. Aristus Jun 6 #4

And we love you back. Have you ever used Zulka spicy sugar in your cocktails? niyad Jun 7 #5

Never. Aristus Jun 7 #6