Somehow I missed this episode...I want to visit this museum. Teddy and his son are two of my favorite characters from history as well, but the display from OIF is just pure neat!
I was once a member of the 4th ID at A co. 1/10th INF before it became 2/12th INF. I was there and felt very unhappy as a young trooper. I was glad to leave that unit and became a Paratrooper again at an Airborne Infantry unit in Panama and did the Panama Invasion. Years later when I deployed for Iraq after the 4th ID aided the capture of Saddam Hussein I felt proud of the unit again. The 1980s Army sucked especially state side. But when the 4th ID went to war in Iraq. Their combat units tore ass into the enemy they produced combat soldiers like they did in WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. When I see a soldier wearing the 4th ID combat patch and a Combat Infantry Badge. Down deep in my soul I feel pride.
I used to be stationed at Carson, I still work at one of the AFBs in the Springs although I live in Castle Rock. It’s a beautiful place to live and work. I absolutely adore Colorado- I’ve always been a ‘mountain girl’ and not an ‘ocean girl’. I spend half the year in the mountains solo backpacking (although sometimes I take one other person, no more than that otherwise you miss out on the nature!). I always (except on National Park land- well, not officially) carry my trusty Kimber .45 on my hip...mountain lions, bears, oh my! I’ve never had to use it, although I have used my bear spray that goes on the same holster (haha) for actual bears. The Kimber is there more for my psychological peace of mind...it can get pretty spooky at night. I only had to pull my Kimber out once...I was out on a solo for 3 days and had seen not a single human soul. After midnight I heard footsteps outside of my tent. That’s terrifying. I could tell it was a single person, probably male by the heavy footfalls. I had my weapon at the ready, when he UNZIPPED my tent. I held it up and said loudly, ‘you don’t want anything that’s in here’...and he yelled ‘WOAH!’ And put his hands up. He quickly explained he thought it was an abandoned tent and was ‘worried for the occupant’, as there was an angry moose nearby. He was ARMED. I’m not sure how much of the story I bought at the beginning, but he quickly explained how he wasn’t here to hurt me (pointing at his wedding ring over and over- we all know what kind of ‘hurt’ he knew I was worried about!). He showed me his hunting license and said he was elk hunting. It all seemed in order and after a half an hour (it seemed) of him convincing me the weapon wasn’t for use on me, we had a nice chat and shared some gummy bears. I told him he scared the crap out of me and he apologized. He actually was lost, and I used my GPS and map to show him where he was and how to get out. Darn Out-of-Towners. Sorry for the long story LOL
I served d co 2-8 in 4id. Awesome to see you at Carson. I just went back two weeks ago for a reunion with the guys I deployed with. Very cool to see this story.
I was in D 3/68 Armor from 1992-1994 at Fort Carson. I've wanted to go back to see it after all these years and will definitely have to check out this awesome museum.
Hello this is Connie from Cincinnati Ohio I really enjoy all your videos I know I'm never going to get out there so you are the second best which is really great keep on making the videos I'll keep on enjoying them thank you goodbye
Never went to check it out...wish I had now. I was in 1Bct, 4ID and every time I went in for Staff Duty id check out the original pics on the walls of the S.H. capture. Im really glad I got to see this.
Thank you for highlighting one of the units I used to belong to as a young soldier back in the day, the "Mighty 4th Infantry Division", the "Ivy Division" or "Iron Horse Division". STEADFAST AND LOYAL!!
I was in 1st cav.division during this time. When 4th I.d. came back to fort hood there was a huge parade. 1st cav replaced 4th and cleaned up their mess
Bro, you need to come to NC. Here you can hit the 82nd ABN DIV Museum on Fort Bragg, and then motor on into Fayetteville and check out the Airborne Special Ops Museum. Both are amazing. Both tell a great story of our military. And as a Vet myself, I always geek out at both museums.
If you're ever in the Colorado springs area, check out Dragon Man's military musuem. I didn't hear about it until after I PCS'd, but it's on my bucket list.
Recognized the location immediately - not far from us. Never thought of visiting the museum, but will definitely go when things loosen up. Thanks for posting.
M-16A1 full automatic then the A2 with SEMI Auto to 3 round burst. I had the M-16A1 in Basic 1988 then when I got to my 1st unit at Riley I was issued the A2 but since I am an MP I had the Beretta FS92
C rations in fact tasted very good, even in early Vietnam we ate them. A ten of hamburger patties in onion gravy, ham and eggs a lot of them were very good especially if heated, I would take C rations on any MRE we have today.
Brotherhood watching your series and they are very good. I would like to go down fort Benning and go to the infantry museum. Maybe talk some of the guys in the 75th ranger regiment. I got to bravo company in 1984. Rangers lead the way. And that picture of me I was in the field Iraq. I used to be a contractor for the United States Army.
I was stateside back at Fort Hood when Hussein was captured. I was in the 1st Cav from Ft. Hood and there always was a rivalry between us and the 4th ID but we always took care of business handing over sectors downrange. Of my three deployments to Iraq I remember most being in theatre when he was hung. Seeing how well he lived compared to the majority of people in the Baghdad area was sickening to me. He deserved more than he got
Great video! Thanks for sharing it with us. On a side note, the Glock that Saddam Hussein was captured with is located in the George W. Bush Library in Dallas, Texas. I find that interesting as he was known for making speeches while firing up in the air with a Browing HP.
The most expensive weapon is a luger made in .45 ACP. Luger tried to sell to the Americans before the Germans and 2 were made .....one was destroyed during testing.
For the last mentioned exhibition, they could have included a piece of Saddam’s much-feared “weapons of mass destruction”. I wonder why they didn’t do that. 😊
