Welcome to Warmasters Apprentice.
To begin to understand me read the following from the second (of two) U.S. Army Special Forces team members that ‘mentored’ me into something, well, “More Human Than Human”:
“….You are a Death-Dealer, a lean and mean fighting machine. You will bury your emotions before you step on any battlefield. You are prepared to kill anyone you meet. You can use any weapon effectively or your bare-hands. You have been trained to parachute into any hostile environment. Rappel from any ’copter to the ground or the roof of any building to get to your target and complete your mission. You can climb any mountain. Prepare supplies to be sling-loaded and picked up by a ‘copter to units in hostile areas. You can drive any vehicle or A.P.C. into combat with your weapon system attached or hand carry your weapon into position and deal death to Americas’ enemies. As a recruiter, you have shown you are able to influence hearts and minds to rally to your cause. You can operate in any environment.
You are a human weapon.
Nothing can or will change that. You must accept this. Though you will be considered ‘Ronin’, a warrior without a leader or master, you must never forget the Oath you swore to protect America from all enemies foreign and domestic, including from yourself.
You are a lethal weapon.
You must be responsible with your knowledge. You must be aware of what you say and what you do from now on.
You are a war machine.
And no one can take that from you or change you.
You must choose your path. The narrow path for good, or the wide path of evil.
But this is your fate…”.
My second Special Forces mentor to me in October of 1989 just before I left Fort Campbell, Kentucky for the last time on the day of my discharge.
| US Army | ||
| E-6 | ||
| Honorable | ||
| Achievement Medal | ||
| Other | ||
| Classified | ||
| Army – Air Assault Badge, Army – Expert Infantry Badge (EIB), Army – Parachutist Badge | ||
| Recruiter Badge w/Gold Star, Jungle Expert Badge, Driver/ Mechanic Badge, (3x) Good Conduct Medal | ||
| Fractures/Joint Separation, Misc, Post Traumatic Stress (PTS), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | ||
| Knee injuries, Skull Fracture, Hearing loss (Neurological injury), Post-Concussive Injury | ||
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Education/Experience
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| Jungle Ops.Trng. 20MAR81; Recruiting & Retention School 30NOV84; Served with the (All-American) 82nd Airborne Division , (Screaming Eagles) 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), (Hell on Wheels) 2nd Armored Division.; San Francisco.,CA Recruiting Battalion (“Rookie Recruiter of the year 1985″) ; In first domestic unit to get the ‘Bradley’ w/ 1st/41st INF (MECH), Fort Hood, TX; Satisfactory rating (Highest given) at the National Training Center (Desert Warfare) Barstow, CA; Primary and Basic Non-Commissioned Officers Courses; Military Designation: 11H3E9P (Infantry; Tank Hunter/Killer; Parachutist Qualified); (Screaming Eagles) 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Rifle and Pistol Marksmanship Team; years of service: 1979 to 1989; H.S. Grad; San Francisco State Univ., S.F., CA; John F. Kennedy Univ., Orinda, CA; Clark Univ., Worcester, MA.;Pro [Limo] Driver; Corporate & Personal Security Specialist/Consultant; Hostage Rescue Operative; Emergency Reaction Team Member; Anti-Sniper Operative; Self Defense Teacher: 1989 to 2004.
Status: Behind Glass: Break glass in time of Emergency, National Defense or Last Resort. |
You Sir/Madam are the enemy of confusion everywhere!
Sir/Madam?
First, I am Male, and a devout Heterosexual, in that.
And though ‘confusion’ is often found in ‘the darkness’, there is a bonfire that burns ‘here’, burning brightly that all that seek the ‘light of truth’, can be “guided in” to a sanctuary of “…the real story…”–here…
In all humility, you are most welcome to this realm within the ‘jungle’ that is known as the Internet…
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Been there, done that too. Thank you for your service Brother
About the only difference is I have Expert Medical Badge and 82nd Freefall Wings (82nd Freefall Wings are totally unrecognized and unauthorized,we wore them anyway, with much thanks to MSG W. Galloway (ret)) and my injury was breaking my spine in 2 places.
-SGT Marcus
I participated in “freefall training”, with the mentor’s I had the Honor, of being taught much more than most. However, back then, my ethnicity was ‘the’ challenge to seeing Recondo Scool, Ranger School, to S.F. Candidate. And it was other Blacks that gave me the most “bird stool”. All other’s saw me as an asset, since I never missed–with anything–in my hand’s, so they kept the bias among themselves away from me. It just wasn’t going to happen. Hence, my seeking unconventional, and unorthodox means of training, finding mentors, from different S.F.G.’s at Bragg (1980) and at Campbell (1988)…
They both, also taught me more about my own Christian Faith and ethnic cultural history, than any other up to that time, despite both originating in the South, and both Caucasian [looking]…
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I had no idea how to approach this before-now I’m [locked] and loaded.
“Excellent [Universal Soldier]…and the words of your second special forces mentor…WOW… I hope that everyone’s final and personal ‘debriefing’ is so remarkably well said…”
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I missed your insights. I have been so busy with school, that I spend way less time on the web–but, I noticed since late summer…. you absence. So.
I especially appreciate your insights on the airport security situation.
Again, thank the Mrs.– you are found!
Welcome! If this is “MAC”, you were missed. You and a small band of ‘elite’ supporter’s, motivated me to start this endeavor as I had never ‘created’ a web site of my own. Now I can tell it like it is, as my ‘Umbrella Network’ allow’s me free reign to advertise, gain income from affiliate program’s via the advertisers, and my doctor is happy that the link’s I have listed here are only 25% of the information I used to take in every day. This only made my Anxiety problem’s far worse than they already were. So this is a win/win/win situation. Hope you’ll stop by my “Drop Zone” as often as time allows, and the calender dates that are highlighted will let you know instantly if I uploaded a blog entry on any given day.
It’s good to ‘hear’ from you–bigtime. Those of us that ‘get it’ have got to keep in touch and stick together.
Yup, that’ll do it. You have my appreciation.
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