Any ex-military on the BB?

Is it lighter than the 60? I remember all the bitching when the StudMuffin 11b-yadayada LRRP at 101MI (now defunct I think, since the Big Red 1 took a hike for Germany) LRSD, had to hump the 60 all over Ft. Riley. Been there? It is NOT flat. Not by any stretch of the imagination is it flat.
He was on his way to SFAS when they found cancer. After the USAF doc's fucked him over, I mean operated, about 5 times, they managed to get it all and the hernia they made, and ruin his life as a grunt in the process. Freaking sucks, he was a good 11B and would have made a fabulous beret. Thats not just me bragging either.

Some people are born sojers, he's one of em. I'm sure you've met them, they never seem to fuck up, they never seem to have trouble in the field, the First Sergeant never yells at them, and they sprout more chest cheese than the General hisself, they're the guys you want in your squad when the shit hits the fan and the bullets are flying, they hang irritating rambette wannabes outside of their 3rd floor windows in the barracks with 550 cord and 100 mile an hour tape, uh, well maybe not all the time.

Well, now that I think about it, the StudMuffin did get yelled at alot by nearly everyone in his chain of command... until I was 25, I looked like I was 14. When I hit 25, I finally looked over 16! Of course, he'd gotten out by then, so he didn't get to reap the bennies of it.

Off at the mouth I run once again, but hell, I'm proud of my StudMuffin. He even has the courage, the strength of character, the bravery, the laugh-in-the-face-of-danger attitude, the sheer freaking monster sized cajones to tell my mother "No."
 
Actually, I am too young to know if the 240 is lighter, I have never had to work with the old 60. But I can tell you this, it shoots a Hell of a lot faster. As for the 101MI, I do believe they are still around. I think they were in Kosovo with the Big Red One when I was there. Don't quote me on that, but I do believe it is so. We didn't think a unit called 101 needed to be anywhere but with us, that is why I remember it.
 
Retired USAF E-7, 20 years six days. Glad to be out. Intelligence Operations Specialist. Saw parts of the world I NEVER want to see again and parts I absolutely loved.
 
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