Yes, Drill Sergeant!
Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2004 @ 9:40 am
Filed Under Army Career, Basic Training, Stories
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My memories of the cycle were that it wasn't so much difficult as relentless; the pressure never let up, though the emphasis changed from week to week. It helped a lot that I was reasonably fit, and accustomed to long hikes. It didn't help that I was only barely competent with a rifle. It was clear to us that, at least from SFC Charley Tucker, the pettiness and meanness were part of the course work, not part of the personality.
Memories of Suite Judy Blue Eyes
Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 @ 9:01 pm
Filed Under Army Career, Bureaucrats, Stateside, Stories
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Bought a copy of the original CS&N album from iTunes yesterday, and am listening at work. Suddenly it's 1970, and I'm back at Fort Huachuca. Amazing.
Fresca
Posted on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 @ 11:15 am
Filed Under Army Career, Stories, Vietnam
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As explanations go, that raises more questions than it answers.
Veterans Day
Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 @ 10:52 pm
Filed Under Army Career, Basic Training, Joel, Picture Show
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Like most vets, I consider November 11 to be uniquely my holiday. Blessings to all....
(mis)Measures: a Vietnam story
Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2003 @ 1:42 am
Filed Under Army Career, Bureaucrats, Stories, Vietnam, Work
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Truth told, neither the CWO nor my TC cared a lot about the errors, except they looked bad in our reports. Both superiors knew I'd made one error and repeated it fourteen times (the double-count was a reporting artifact). They also knew that it would show as 28 errors on the computerized reports, and (near as any of us could tell) those reports were the main method Saigon used to evaluate CommCenter operations. They issued performance rankings based on those counts....
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