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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/02/gannett-64-troops-hand-picked-to-attend-iraq-war-dinner-021412/
Ok,, Who got selected???
"..........First and foremost, every state, territory and the District of Columbia had to be represented. Ethnic, racial and gender diversity was crucial, and every service and every rank had to be included................"
Bet that was hard - think of the coordination required between COs and CSMs of the units involved. "You need to pick 1 CPL, must be.........."
These two statements brought a grin...
- A few even begged off for a host of reasons, he said. ;)
- The hard part was pulling some from every geographic location, Battaglia said. “The hard-to-do states and territories...North Dakota...” :D
And so it goes...
Richard :munchin
Streck-Fu
02-15-2012, 08:12
These two statements brought a grin...
I had the same reaction and am a little surprised those sentences made the article.
“We had a couple of unanswered phone calls, and we just moved on,” he said. A few even begged off for a host of reasons, he said.
“We had a couple of unanswered phone calls, and we just moved on,” he said. A few even begged off for a host of reasons, he said.
Could that be a news-speak??
A few even begged off for hostile reasons, he said.
Dozer523
02-15-2012, 08:37
- The hard part was pulling some from every geographic location, Battaglia said. “The hard-to-do states and territories...North Dakota...” :D
And so it goes...
Richard :munchin As usual, the GUARD was called on to take up the slack.
mark46th
02-15-2012, 09:23
It's difficult to get someone to leave North Dakota in February?!?! Really?
As usual, the GUARD was called on to take up the slack.
I always suspected the Guard were expert slackers...anybody got the PPT on their training program? Now that I'm twice retired, I may be interested in trying it. :rolleyes:
It's difficult to get someone to leave North Dakota in February?!?! Really?
Wouldn't be - if anyone could get in or out of there during the winter. Brrrrr! "American Cave Lions and Sabertooth Tigers and Short-faced Bears...oh, my!" :D
And so it goes...
Richard
Badger52
02-15-2012, 14:13
About 100 guests and their significant others are being invited to the White House. But after the service chiefs, families who lost a loved one in combat and other selected VIPs were accounted for, the Pentagon had 64 slots left for combat veterans.
Now THAT is alot of theoretical phone calls made... not that I'm cynical, oh no.
:rolleyes:
I'd rather stay in with a roaring blizzard outside and work on some new Gourmet Guerilla recipe, no matter how it turned out.
" There were broad-stroke demands by the White House that left senior enlisted officers with each service scrambling on short notice to find just the right soldier, sailor, airman, Marine or Coast Guardsmen, according to interviews with military leaders Tuesday."
Are not all our soldiers, sailors airmen Marines and Coast Guard service members who have been involved in the war against terror " the right soldier?"
I get a kick out of the comments Joe puts on these things. It's better than the articles.
tom kelly
02-15-2012, 19:45
I wonder if the lucky service people will get a choice on the menu? Beef, Chicken, Fish, Vegetarian or MRE...TK