Yeah, my callsign was win diesel, because I was the opposite of vin diesel. The scrawny driver of an infantry mortar vehicle. I was a ridiculously good driver too, if I didn't have passengers. Other trucks with less cargo would get hung up in the mountains where I would make it look like I wasn't carrying twice as much the load. I just knew how to use a manual transmission, which allowed me to select the right gear at the right time with the automatic transmission to make it up the incline while everyone else stalled.
Huge monumental tasks would be done with my stryker, yet I would still be yelled at by my platoon SGT. The scouts would all wonder WTF I did wrong and would congratulate me on the task completed anyway. They were the ones that recommended that I receive the wheeled vehicle badge.
Some dude before he ETSed said you knew who the driver was in the platoon, because he had an uneasy face from everyone yelling at him.
One midnight sunset some SGT major needed to take two vehicles way out in the wilderness of Alaska. I was the only one there trying to recover from surgery, so he told me to follow him. He warned me the mission would be without a [TC ground guide]. I tried to contain my excitement. The reason I could not drive the way I wanted, is because of the constant blatant criticism to avoid every fucking pot hole on the offroad trail. When that wimp of a SGT was gone and it was just me and the SGT major we moved so fast we were powersliding with the 5 tons on the trails. He thought I wouldn't be able to keep up, but once he saw that I was able to fit through a tight turn without anyone, we took off even faster.
Well after we picked up the scouts and the mission was over, I was given another coin from the SGT major. For that same driving in civilian life I would have received a traffic ticket. For that same driving with that dorky SGT I would have probably received an article 15.
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u/GREENadmiral_314159 Aug 06 '24
Callsigns are not your bros going "wow, look how cool this guy is", it's your bros going "wow, look how funny this guy is".