tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post319311020116126829..comments2024-03-28T10:53:52.502-06:00Comments on Well Seasoned Fool: Gasp! An Officer in Our FamilyWell Seasoned Foolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-27943210956628952082021-08-28T21:51:07.578-06:002021-08-28T21:51:07.578-06:00GB
I was in just before Vietnam got serious. I had...GB<br />I was in just before Vietnam got serious. I had one CO who was an Academy graduate and an outstanding leader. The officers in our battalion were almost all ROTC grads doing their mandatory 2 years. Quality ran from one we would have shot as soon as the balloon went up to one who was outstanding. The smart ones let the career NCOs run things and worked on their partying skills.<br /><br />While I was a 122, later 12B MOS, I had an addition 13 weeks of mine warfare and demolition training. Along with Tom O'Connor who went through the same training with me, we spent a lot of time away from the unit doing whatever V Corps wanted done. My unit was a separate company. We were attached directly to a Group Hqs that was attached directly to V Corps Hqs.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-9292364168668259012021-08-28T12:52:03.554-06:002021-08-28T12:52:03.554-06:00Anyone using the term "entitled swine" w...Anyone using the term "entitled swine" was NOT a gentleman, and he and his ilk might have been visited by a fragmentation grenade during his tenure in Viet Nam.<br />(Not any better though is the contempt some enlisted folk had for ANY officer, just because they were "boss".)<br />Her life is changed forever. I just hope she makes it through the next years unscathed by the stupidity of her superiors.<br />Tell her we're all proud of her.Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-10787464934831202242021-08-26T08:03:50.110-06:002021-08-26T08:03:50.110-06:00OldAFSarge
She may duplicate your children's p...OldAFSarge<br />She may duplicate your children's path to higher education.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-55190142701640359142021-08-26T06:37:22.857-06:002021-08-26T06:37:22.857-06:00Outstanding!Outstanding!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-46577067658524256612021-08-25T19:56:32.493-06:002021-08-25T19:56:32.493-06:00LSP
She is a velvet glove covering an iron fist.LSP<br />She is a velvet glove covering an iron fist.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-37572815638796316452021-08-25T16:20:31.487-06:002021-08-25T16:20:31.487-06:00Congrats! Go for it, kid.Congrats! Go for it, kid.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-34901071566090648002021-08-25T11:30:32.593-06:002021-08-25T11:30:32.593-06:00CP
Thank you.
OldNFO, DRJIM
She's smart and a...CP<br />Thank you.<br /><br />OldNFO, DRJIM<br />She's smart and a military brat so that shouldn't be a problem. The advice is sound.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-68776711718766254772021-08-24T21:54:26.940-06:002021-08-24T21:54:26.940-06:00Let me amend that slightly, Old NFO.....ALWAYS li...Let me amend that slightly, Old NFO.....<i><b>ALWAYS</b></i> listen to the Chief!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-45323699091481196402021-08-24T21:33:12.497-06:002021-08-24T21:33:12.497-06:00Bravo Zulu, young lady! Now listen to the Chief......Bravo Zulu, young lady! Now listen to the Chief... LOLOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-72024551447277617542021-08-24T18:40:38.343-06:002021-08-24T18:40:38.343-06:00Fair Winds, young lady.Fair Winds, young lady.Coffeypothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02944074653548750642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-8526311248493544842021-08-24T14:08:14.254-06:002021-08-24T14:08:14.254-06:00DRJIM
Yes!DRJIM<br />Yes!Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-59711375629119336742021-08-24T12:24:21.262-06:002021-08-24T12:24:21.262-06:00BZ to the young lady!BZ to the young lady!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-72120174155771312132021-08-24T08:10:19.114-06:002021-08-24T08:10:19.114-06:00Ed B
Thank you.
Rat
Practice, practice
J_O_G
Her...Ed B<br />Thank you.<br /><br />Rat<br />Practice, practice<br /><br />J_O_G<br />Her 6th Grader brother has decided he wants to be President.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-62521874057286880922021-08-24T01:39:03.763-06:002021-08-24T01:39:03.763-06:00Congratulations, it's nice to see young people...Congratulations, it's nice to see young people achieving goals. Having such goals from so early in life is rare and it must be comforting to see young people stable and working toward something instead of bouncing through the teens and twenties like a silver ball,trying to find their place in the world. <br /><br />enlisted swine (as a butterbar once called me)<br /><br />Congratulations again IF you got through that without being courtmartialled.Justin_O_Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861281459306259415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-22953360198755243162021-08-24T00:29:27.789-06:002021-08-24T00:29:27.789-06:00Good Luck trying to lead me...
ETC(SS) (RET)Good Luck trying to lead me...<br /><br />ETC(SS) (RET)Rat Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368063483031804261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-477518833673325672021-08-23T23:33:20.166-06:002021-08-23T23:33:20.166-06:00An officer.
CongratulationsAn officer.<br />CongratulationsEd Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.com