I was not in the military.
Kind of odd circumstances/coincidences brought me to that decision. I think it was 1978 to 1970?
A friend owned a gun shop, and they had an attempted robbery when his wife was alone in the store.
The owner (I went to HS with him) asked a few of us to do UC security when she was alone.
While in the shop, I met a friend of his dad who, I found out later, was in the Rhodesian special forces. (the Selous Scouts)
We hit it off right away.
He was in the US recruiting mercs, as they were desperately short of manpower.
We went out shooting a couple times, and I guess I impressed him.
The owner of the shop had organized a large machine gun shoot, and we both attended, where I guess I further impressed him.
He then made the offer that I return with him, to basically hunt terrorists, in a two to four man team with him.
He did not care that I had no military background, said I shot as good or better than most military, and had a good head on my shoulders.
Bill
Kind of odd circumstances/coincidences brought me to that decision. I think it was 1978 to 1970?
A friend owned a gun shop, and they had an attempted robbery when his wife was alone in the store.
The owner (I went to HS with him) asked a few of us to do UC security when she was alone.
While in the shop, I met a friend of his dad who, I found out later, was in the Rhodesian special forces. (the Selous Scouts)
We hit it off right away.
He was in the US recruiting mercs, as they were desperately short of manpower.
We went out shooting a couple times, and I guess I impressed him.
The owner of the shop had organized a large machine gun shoot, and we both attended, where I guess I further impressed him.
He then made the offer that I return with him, to basically hunt terrorists, in a two to four man team with him.
He did not care that I had no military background, said I shot as good or better than most military, and had a good head on my shoulders.
Bill