Contact. Wait out. #41. USA, USA, USA!

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Contact. Wait out. #41. USA, USA, USA!

The media and movie world in the United States have given us all an inflated image of the average American serviceman. We expect the Marine Corps, the Army, even the Air Force to be square jawed, gun toting, tobacco chewing, extroverts. The stereotype can't accurately describe all of them but stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason.

I went to a big function a couple of years ago and the C.O. from Mildenhall was there. I got chatting to him, and because I'm a cheeky mofo, I asked him when the British people would get the Mildenhall Air Show back. He replied, "You will get the Airshow back when we all come together and defeat international terrorism Sonny." and he beamed with his pearly whites. The guy was larger than life and so I obviously found him hilarious.

Most of the Americans that I've met have been normal, grounded, cynical guys just like me. We all get on with our jobs but we have a very pragmatic approach to the BS that comes with it. I like seeing how these normal guys look at their louder counterparts. There was a National Guard NCO that I worked with one. He'd flown over with an officer, and when I asked him about the officer, he said that he had no idea who he was. He said that the guy was an asshole and he'd pretty much ignored him from the get go. He was right, the guy was a dick.