Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

Two shots to get the party started. Now an Orange Martini; or as close as I can get without orange vodka.

Unflavored vodka, Lillet, and a few dashes of orange bitters. It’s okay. Don’t know if I’ll try it again.

Thrashed after a long day. Looking forward to a restful weekend. I love you all…

[GP6971]

1. When you were a tanker did you ever

enjoy the fabulous amenities of the National Training Center at Ft Irwin?

[Aristus]

2. Never.

Odd, I guess. I was only in for four years. The units I was in never got around to that place in the rotation.

We did get to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Chaffee in 1992. Not a fun place for tankers. Fort Irwin would have been better.

[GP6971]

3. Irwin sucked big time. My unit always had teams at Irwin

assisting units redeploying to their home stations. JRTC relocated to Ft Polk in 93 and my company had the contract to run the program since 2002. Both places really sucked!!

[Aristus]

4. The JRTC definitely wasn't tank country.

We got two tanks stuck in a swamp, plus the M-88 that went in after them. I can’t imagine that happened too often at Irwin.

I got a taste of desert tank operations when I was in the Gulf in 1991. We had a five-day training exercise to get us ready to fight the ground war. But the ground war began and ended while we were out in the field. That’s life sometimes.

[niyad]

5. And we love you back. Have you ever used Zulka spicy sugar in your cocktails?

[Aristus]

6. Never.

Sounds delicious! I’ll have to pick up some.