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Conversation Between gorknoids and frank.macher

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10-14-2008 12:29 PM
frank.macher

Yep, those days were really strange. Never knew who was talking on what comms. Things got better for a while after that with the changes from the old Am & FM to the digital stuff.

Got sent to Germany after that and they still had the old crap too.

Finally decided I wanted to get my degree, so got out, joined the ARNG, got my degree, kind of been there ever since.

Things are a whole hell of a lot different from when I came in though.

I remember the Drill SGT saying that anyone who disagreed with him could step out back for wall-to-wall counseling. I "heard" they had a thing called a stress-card for a bit, the card you show to the Drill when you need a break from training, etc. Then I heard about a "think-about-it" platoon... I guess you wnet there if you weren't sure the military was right for you.

Now, I get the spoiled little snots (LOL, not all of them are) who wonder why they aren't promoted after having been in a month or three, etc. The what do I get out of it "Soldiers".

I will say this though, they are doing their fair share of going to the sand-box.

Just wish some of them were a little more mature before I had to send them there.

Keep the faith, dry powder, good intel, and good cover.

Frank
10-08-2008 02:14 PM
frank.macher

LOL. I can see it now!

I remember getting my entire section to salute a butter bar while he came up to us on a bicycle - no insult intended but an NCO would have known not to try and return the salute while precariously balancing his weight on a gravel road.

Needless to say, we had to extricate the poor bugger and get him on his way to the trp med ctr.

I remember waking up a few years back when some MP types were pounding in concertina segregating my building from the rest of post for some healthy dry cereal operation that became a movie with Mr Eastwood...

Gotta love the theatrics of hollywood versus the reality of being in an armpit. Hollywood sure glorifies the looks of it.

You are most welcome. I also salute you for your service. There are a lot of great people with much to offer on the site. Feel free to invite others to look at it too. I'm comparatively new, lurked in the shadows for a while then decided the site was decidedly useful.

BTW, they have a lot of vets who still are shadowcats, the ones who got the bad welcomes from 'Nam etc. If I find out about 'em I thank them and apologize for the Hanoi Janes they met when they got home.

Keep the powder dry, the perps confused, and let the Marines lead the dance once in a while, LOL.

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