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From: Devil 49 "Goldie"
Date: 8/13/2002
Time: 2:24:09 PM
Remote Name: 12.91.231.40
Another mystery solved-why was I across the runway preflighting a strange Slick when those rockets went off? Because Bob was fixin' our helo. Heard'em launch and it's a noise you can't mistake for any other. Folks jumping and running-and somehow I'd gotten off that slick and across the revetment-unconsciously. Looked over to see the one rocket skipping down the taxiway between all the hooks, a moment of silence... And the ammo dump went up. And up. And up for about a half an hour. I knew a lot of the stuff that was shot at us came from the U.S. inventory. I remember wondering how come that rocket motor was still burning, if it was fired outside the perimeter?
The phrase was coined later, but describes it perfectly-"S--t happens".