ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
I'm on an online chat app, and I have a friend who says he serves in the Air force in Qatar as a communications specialist.
He says that he is often in the field fighting isis in some form or another, and that a while back his convoy was attacked by ied and he lost a fellow service member and friend. Only thing, he posted a pic saying his friend took it, of a bloody Gore spattered Humvee with gatorade bottle lying everywhere.
I thought it was odd so I Googled, and voila, picture from 2006., He'd have had to have been serving at 16. So my questions:
Was said attack possible given his position? And do Airmen see combat like he says? I am Technically his friend, but I don't buy the story. Also, he says they won't release when or where it happened. How common is that. I believe he serves.. but i think he is pandering for sympathy in the worst possible way.
Thank you for any help and replies.
Was said attack possible? Not if he was 16, you can't go to boot camp until you are 18, and generally training a new troop takes anywhere from 6 months to 2 years, depending on the job.
As far as could an Air Force person possibly be on the ground? Maybe, if he was with a PJ unit. Those are the Air Force personnel who go in and rescue wounded, but generally they are flown in on helos. Dunno if a PJ unit is willing to drive on the ground, or if they even do.
In extremely rare cases, you can have one service embedded with another service, but that almost never happens.
I'd need more information about his rank, and would like to hear the person talk. Military speak is a bit different than your normal civilian speak.