Goin' Loud and all matters tactical (I'm a member of the ITOTA and I get SWAT Digest in my inbox every month). I was recently privelaged to attend the ITOTA sniper school put on by a crusty old hard-assed Brit stud. It was unlike any other sniper course I've ever seen or heard of. I enjoy military history, the study of combat tracking, military sci-fi (LOVE Robert Frezza), opposing the ACLU and VANILLA WAFERS. I'm also a fan of military and LE art. My two favorites are David Andro (www.davidandro.com) and Dick Kramer (www.dickkramer.com) hands down.
Music
Hans Zimmer's soundtracks are bad ass. I don't stick with one kind of music. I like everything from Zeppelin/Plant (UnLedded) to "Beer for my horses, whiskey for my men" to the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Trajan. If it's good, it's good (though I'm not wild about the real rednecky yeehaw spit and rope a critter country music).
Simo Häyhä, Billy Waugh, David Scott-Donelan, Luis Villalobos, Jim Cirillo, Augustus Gibbons and my uncle, Col. Kilgore (Aircav, Vietnam). There are many others I admire, including Sgt. Ung, who succeeded at Scout Sniper School with just one eye and Norseman, who is one frickin' unique individual. "When I Rule the World, Shit's Gonna Have to Change."
About me: My first team commander was 9 (he's 11 now). I ran missions for him until I took on a life of my own. His dad was a SWAT guy, in the military, etc., so I started running black budget ops with his friends going to train, on deployment, serving warrants, that kind of thing. Hell, now I've mailed myself overseas to the desert and all over. Let's git it straight, I'm a warrior. Don't let the plastic and the size fool you. I believe that the bulk of the populace needs defending (including the ones that bitch about their defenders) because, by and large, they're sheep. Col. Grossman hit it right on the head when he described the warrior ethos and its relationship to 'average' citizens; if you don't know who he is, shame on you. I've been to a lot of different bases with Soldiers, Airmen and Marines (and some green-side sailors) from all over, and I've attended some sweet-assed training with guys from several different agencies. Yeah, it started out as a joke but I'll be damned if a lot of warriors don't think it's funny. In fact, I've mailed myself to a couple of other countries to do a brief joint tour with studs from other countries. Let's see, about me...I don't like the ACLU or MoveOn.org and I keep a list of people that can just kiss my ass. I believe in the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, the NTOA Memorial Fund, AmericanSnipers.org, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Fisher House(s) and the Pledge of Allegiance WITH God in it. My name is Richard Kilgore. I'm an Action Figure. Don't call me a doll - not unless yer life insurance is paid up.
Richard “Swingin’ Dick” Kilgore is a warrior and always has been. These days he does some PSC and other work as an operator, and when he’s home he teaches (he’s a cadre member of a small non-profit group that teaches military and law enforcement personnel for free, and he runs an on line store to pay for it). Sometimes though he still just hangs out in his former commanders room and runs missions there or out in the yard. Raised in the St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage in Calumet City, he went into the Marine Corps right out of high school (0331), then took a job as a small town cop in Wheelsy, Indiana. He missed the camaraderie of the military, and though police work was similar, a second divorce and a rural policeman’s salary made another stint of active duty seem like a Good Thing…so he wound up a 19D just in time to get unsettled in and then head out for Joint Endeavor.
After OEF 3, OIF 2 and assorted other all expense paid vacations to the Big Sandbox, he got back out of the military and did some freelance work for certain OGAs. For several months afterwards he was employed as a technical advisor for Rocco Sifredi and Ron Jeremy, but he was apparently too distracting to their co-stars so he was let go. A world class master of Parkeur who knows all the words to Styx's Mr. Roboto in Japanese, he was asked to star as “Smilin’ Bob” in a male enhancement video, but took a PSD job in the Philippines instead (not that anyone would’ve believed he needed the drug anyway). The life of high risk contractor and adventurer appealed to him, and he’s been doing it ever since. His store, if you’re interested, is at www.swingingdicksplace.com.
Some other interesting Swingin’ Dick bio trivia: Swingin' Dick thinks happiness is going cyclic. He once punched Jack Idema in the face, took pictures and video for Robert Young Pelton and has sung the Star Spangled Banner at a Yankees—Cubs game. He helped capture Charles Ponzi, Eduardo de Valfierno, Frank Abagnale, Robert Hendy-Freegard, Freddy Benson & Lawrence Jamieson. He’s got an extensive collection of autographs, including one on a napkin from Mikhail Kalashnikov and another on a business card from Dwight D. Eisenhower. Swingin' Dick's hoplologist and never ends a sentence with a preposition. He’s a direct descendent of the Leander “Blighty” Kilgore who so inspired Rudyard Kipling, and his great uncle was an Aircav commander in Vietnam. He’s studied tactics and firearms with Louis Villalobos, Jeff Tepich, Jeff Sears, Phil Hansen, Jim Cirillo, Ken Hackathorne and of course Jeff Cooper. Swinging Dick hates zombies. He hates them because they're creepy and he hates them because a head shot on a moving target can be pretty difficult if you're hung over. Swingin' Dick likes chocolate pie, but not meringue. He's visited Cape Town just to go water-skiing off Seal Island - with a shaving cut on his chin. He’s attended every level of Combat and Tactical Tracking taught by David Scott-Donelan of TTOS, holds a black belt in Aikido, enjoys Escrima, long walks along the beach, and has won two AVN awards.
Who I'd like to meet: Billy Waugh. I'd have liked to meet Simo Häyhä. THERE was a stud. Would've liked to meet Nemo too (the Vietnam dog Nemo, not the fish with the dicked up flipper). I did get to meet Jim Cirillo, for which I'm thankful. I think it would be an honor (not to mention interesting) to meet and have tea with Lt. General Peter Walls for an afternoon.
Happy New Year! I hope all is well for you and your own, and hopefully a little warmer. My God the winds picked up today and now I am hiding in the living room with an old lady house coat....yes, I said house coat. In my defense it IS freezing here.
Sabo got out and married she is in texas now. Jess she went K-9 doing good. Where in 8 now I work days and swing shift now. Im actually PCS next month too.
