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Old 07-21-2004, 15:15   #16
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Not unless he ALSO has bayonet wounds.

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Thank you, Brother.

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Old 07-21-2004, 16:05   #17
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Not unless he ALSO has bayonet wounds.

Now THAT IS flying low and slow!

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Old 07-21-2004, 16:09   #18
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Now THAT IS flying low and slow!

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That's funny!!

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Old 07-21-2004, 19:22   #19
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Okay, Seeing as I don't understand exactly why NDD wants an apology....here.....I apologize as per your PM. I am sending one back.
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Old 07-22-2004, 07:55   #20
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Let me see if I can explain it.

"the whole article had an officer's slant to it."

What is an officer's slant? Do they get together every year at the Officer's Secret Meeting to Plot Against the Troops (OSMTPAT) and have the Slant Committee put forth slant ideas and then vote on the Officer's Slant for the Year? (OSY04) Is it a secret or open ballot?

Officers are among those leaving.

That is a baseless comment painting a large and diverse group with a very broad brush. IMO of course.
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Old 07-22-2004, 17:07   #21
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What is an officer's slant? Do they get together every year at the Officer's Secret Meeting to Plot Against the Troops (OSMTPAT) and have the Slant Committee put forth slant ideas and then vote on the Officer's Slant for the Year? (OSY04) Is it a secret or open ballot?
*GASP!*

They know!
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Old 07-22-2004, 18:17   #22
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So that's where you guys go at 1600 every Friday.....sip brandy, smoke cigars and plot on the enlisted man eh?
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Old 07-22-2004, 18:29   #23
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It's even on the ROTC syllabus...
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Old 07-23-2004, 05:13   #24
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this is why I was such a terrible officer.

I was still a sergeant at heart.

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Old 07-23-2004, 06:59   #25
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this is why I was such a terrible officer.

I was still a sergeant at heart.

Somehow I doubt you were ever "terrible" at anything you ever tried Brother.
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Old 07-23-2004, 09:08   #26
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Brother, thanks for the vote of confidence....but, I suck.

I know it, and spend my days trying to be a better man.

It is ok. I have met some folks who suck worse than I do. It gives me hope that maybe I am making some progress.

If nothing else, I am not in denial. And I am working on it.



Back on topic, though, the moment that I realized that I was not like the other officers in my 18A course was when I looked inside and knew that I would not stab my classmates in the back to get the Buck. Those fuckers were brutal! No loyalty. Well....ok. Some loyalty. Until rating time rolled around.

I blame the rating system with the "top-block." Some of those guys would do anything to get that top-block. Lie, cheat or steal?Hah. Some of those guys lied, cheated, and in one fashion or another, engaged in outright thievery.

We had one guy, a guy who was actually pretty fucking cool named Lee, who wore a Ranger tab throughout the entire course. The day before graduation, he was unmasked as a poser. He never graduated Ranger school.

Well, the schmoes who were running SWC at that time let the muldoon graduate. Yup. He commanded an ODA.

Fuck that. But it really happened.
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