Comments on: Insurgents Nabbed In Paratrooper Raid https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/ Eventually, I learned the joys of killing. But I’m skipping ahead of myself. I landed in Iraq in November 2004 armed with a video camera instead of a weapon... Tue, 4 Dec 2007 21:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Dan (The Infidel) https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50457 Dan (The Infidel) Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:43:51 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50457 Impressive. A combat jump too? Not too many people got that badge. Hoo-ah. Impressive. A combat jump too? Not too many people got that badge. Hoo-ah.

]]> By: Clyde Conneer https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50493 Clyde Conneer Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:14:59 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50493 Too many got that "Yellow Stain" posthumusly. Too many got that “Yellow Stain” posthumusly.

]]> By: Dan(The Infidel) https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50513 Dan(The Infidel) Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:26:35 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50513 WTF are you talking about Clyde? Since when is a parachute drop in a combat zone "yellow"? HRC, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Peloski, CodeFink, Moveon.dick, DailyKos, George Goebbels Soros, Brian DePalma...they're the yellow ones. WTF are you talking about Clyde? Since when is a parachute drop in a combat zone “yellow”? HRC, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Peloski, CodeFink, Moveon.dick, DailyKos, George Goebbels Soros, Brian DePalma…they’re the yellow ones.

]]> By: Matt https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50528 Matt Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:20:24 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50528 Hey Dan, Somebody that jumps into a combat zone is awarded the Combat Parachutist Badge. The yellow star on the jump wings is often referred to as a "Mustard Stain" or "Yellow Stain" Hey Dan,

Somebody that jumps into a combat zone is awarded the Combat Parachutist Badge. The yellow star on the jump wings is often referred to as a “Mustard Stain” or “Yellow Stain”

]]> By: Dan(The Infidel) https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50534 Dan(The Infidel) Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:32:53 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/09/27/swoop-and-snare/#comment-50534 Matt: Thank you for that info. I hung out with VN vets and met a shitload of airborne types while serving in the Infantry and Artillery for 20 years, and none of them ever said that. Learn something new every day. Matt:

Thank you for that info. I hung out with VN vets and met a shitload of airborne types while serving in the Infantry and Artillery for 20 years, and none of them ever said that.
Learn something new every day.

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