Andrew Smith

@Mrstanleycup DELCO, Pennsylvania

What location did you consume these vittles?

The Philadelphia training montage from ROCKY (1976). A vendor threw Sly a fruit in the Italian Market unscripted. Stallone rolled with it, making the scene even more authentic.

@EODHappyCaptain Ditto.Mediocre student in HS. Military gave me so many opportunities-great post military retirement job now.

I graduated high school 20 years ago. If you had told me at graduation where I would be now, I’m not sure I would have believed you. I had a terrible GPA and was on my way to community college. I was going nowhere fast. The Army gave me a lot of opportunity. It gave me structure and discipline that I lacked. One of the best choices I’ve ever made.

This was as scary as it gets. 28 years ago. Wow.

Using a photo, video, or GIF... What is your favorite military weapon of ALL TIME?

@KeysRetired Defender!

Texas Roadhouse, SanAntonio. It’s what my son was craving after Air Force basic training/tech school.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@TheExtremeMusi1 Dirt

Nevermind or Dirt???

With the C4 Corvette winning so many races, the SCCA banned it from the class, and eventually Chevy just created their own series for Corvettes. #Echobox=1777343419" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jalopnik.com/2154881/scca-n…

@Jalopnik The generation that saved the Corvette as a performance marque- and curb stomped Porsche in the process. Criminally underrated generation.

David Bowie’s Tesla entrance in The Prestige (2006) is instant scene-stealer. Pure legendary presence.

Wake up. You should go and see the Wizard of Oz. He may give you a brain…

Thank you America for saving us 50 years ago today.

@AiCLayneStaley Alice In Chains hands down. Nirvana was ok…

Which MTV Unplugged concerts are your favorite?

America hates Donald Trump.

Seems some of the biggest fans of socialist candidates are in Jersey McMansions, kids in ritzy private schools, flying first class, trading stocks (wink, wink), sipping $12 lattes—lifestyle compliments of capitalism. They never read Animal Farm in the 7th grade, and it shows.

@DomShow1210 A Dog Faced Pony Soldier called Scranton Joe…

We need a name

@punt_rd Revelations or Hallowed be thy Name

Metallica covering Iron Maiden’s ‘Prowler’ in San Francisco in 1992. Outside of this and ‘Remember Tomorrow’ what Maiden song would you like to hear Metallica play?

@boomers_ass Lots of time walking the stone in the AAPA and TAA at Barksdale-SAC/ 2nd Security Police.

This KC-135 scramble video hit me right in the nostalgia. At twenty years old, I pulled Alert at Loring AFB starting in 1989 (KC-135s and B-52s on the ramp) about once every three weeks—unless I was TDY. The stories created on Alert are epic (and I've told a few of them here on X.) We’d start on a Wednesday, pull 7 days of Alert, and get off the following Wednesday. Then we got C2 (“See-Squared”)—the rest of Wednesday plus Thursday and Friday off. Throw in the weekend and it was the perfect window to drive back to Long Island to see the folks without burning any leave time. During exercises we’d often get a little heads-up. Responding to a Klaxon turned into an extreme driving sport. The farther away you were (within limits), the faster you got to drive back—so if we knew one was coming, we’d head to the most distant place we were allowed: the BX, Squadron, Movie Theatre, Gym, or the Auto Hobby Shop (my favorite). Longer drive = higher top speed when the horns went off. But at Loring you didn’t even have to go anywhere. The path from the Alert Facility to the Cage (where the aircraft were parked) went straight over the active runway—which just happens to be crowned. When you hit that crown doing over 80 mph, one of those big ol’ Alert trucks could literally get airborne. It was quite a sight to see 6 or 7 of them flying while everyone scrambled. Loring winters were brutally cold, and that added a ton of complications you don’t see in this video. The trucks had windshield covers and heaters to fight the frost. Engines had huge heavy covers that had to come off. All the while you’re freezing your butt off… none of this pretty blue sky and pleasant temperature stuff going on in my day! I tried explaining Alert duty to my parents. I couldn’t tell them everything, of course, but I could talk about the broad strokes. Honestly, I don’t think they really believed me — especially the part about possibly having to sacrifice myself so a bomber could complete its mission. They just didn’t have the perspective to wrap their heads around it. It was odd being on the very last Alert tour in September 1991. For 34 straight years, tankers at nearly every base sat Alert 24/7/365… and then one day, it was simply over. We pulled our gear off the aircraft, maintenance moved the birds back to normal parking spots, and that was it. No fanfare, no ceremony — it was just… done. I still question whether that was a wise decision or not even today. Photo: One of my squadron navs leaving the main entrance of the Alert Facility with all his pubs and a smile! (Jan 1990)

@SGTWipper1Each In America… WW1. Grandfather 1st Gen German American. US Army.

How far back does Military Service go in your family?

@BuzzPatterson Flown by ⬇️ the lead singer of Iron Maiden.

Baddest aircraft livery ever!