{"id":2824,"date":"2012-05-14T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2012-05-04T00:19:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T00:19:39","slug":"the-a-team-in-support-of-the-special-forces-weapons-sergeant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/05\/the-a-team-in-support-of-the-special-forces-weapons-sergeant.html","title":{"rendered":"The A Team in Support of the Special Forces Weapons Sergeant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2012\/05\/sf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2902\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/05\/sf-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The author of this feature writes, \u201cI wrote this piece in the back of a C-130 flying from Okinawa to to the Philippines in 1990 and have updated it a bit here. While it has strong military specific content, I think it is still understandable to civilians. If you asked all my fellow SF Weapons Sergeants, they wouldn&#8217;t even think it is a parody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here is a treatise on the supremacy of Weapons over all the other specialties on an Operational Detachment.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2012\/03\/a-team-in-support-of-18b.html\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for your instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/\"><strong>Blackfive<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Loyal Subscribers!\u00a0 We need some help.\u00a0 The purpose of our &#8220;Heart&#8221; section is to publish stories of the experiences, contributions and sacrifices of our military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard) and public service personnel (police officers, fire fighters, EMS, merchant marines and others in the public sector) as well as stories of their families.\u00a0 Please search your memory and computer for a few and\u00a0send them to Bill\u00a0(CPT Otis) O&#8217;Quin at <strong><a href=\"mailto:boquin@ix.netcom.com\">boquin@ix.netcom.com<\/a><\/strong> for possible publication. \u00a0Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Important links for updated military\/defense information:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/news?ESRC-di.nl\">The Daily News Briefing<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/News\/Home?ESRC-di.nl\">:<\/a> Today&#8217;s News for the U.S. Military, their families and friends.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/Trivia\/Home\/\"> The Military Trivia Challenge:<\/a><\/strong> Register and test your knowledge about military history.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenselink.mil\/\"> U.S. Department of Defense:<\/a><\/strong> Military Defense News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The author of this feature writes, \u201cI wrote this piece in the back of a C-130 flying from Okinawa to to the Philippines in 1990 and have updated it a bit here. 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