tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post7280802239187071480..comments2024-03-28T02:27:45.688-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Day of DaysOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12861581248318679122015-02-12T08:42:48.510-08:002015-02-12T08:42:48.510-08:00I do like it.I do like it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19950721648055359922015-02-12T08:19:54.208-08:002015-02-12T08:19:54.208-08:00Yah, it's not a phrase that sounds exactly the...Yah, it's not a phrase that sounds exactly the same, but close enough to use a word I learned recently!Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40751532285349031472015-02-12T04:58:12.547-08:002015-02-12T04:58:12.547-08:00A term for infantrymen. I first saw it in Col. Joh...A term for infantrymen. I first saw it in Col. John Elting's book <em>Swords Around A Throne</em>, which is probably one of the best books I've ever read about Napoleon's army. Not the campaigns and battles so much but about the army itself.<br /><br />I've seen the term used in a WWII context as well.<br /><br />Hhmm, "oronym" never heard that one before, I like it. (As in Naval Aviator, Nasal Radiator, ice cream, I scream, <em>und so weiter</em>.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21768641752034666112015-02-11T23:09:30.374-08:002015-02-11T23:09:30.374-08:00Gravel Agitators? Nice. Haven't heard that o...Gravel Agitators? Nice. Haven't heard that one before. Ground pounders kicking up dirt, or is that an oronym for Naval Aviators? If it's the latter, we use NEX vice PX/BX- the best clothes at the worst prices!Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35807727935440175392015-02-11T17:43:12.612-08:002015-02-11T17:43:12.612-08:00An interesting journey.
Berlin? My Dad spent thre...An interesting journey.<br /><br />Berlin? My Dad spent three years there, right after the war. From the pictures I've seen, a lot different in 1978 than in 1946. Less rubble in '78 I'm thinking.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18464289916615259852015-02-11T16:33:45.009-08:002015-02-11T16:33:45.009-08:001978 - I ETS'd in Europe. Berlin. No ceremony ...1978 - I ETS'd in Europe. Berlin. No ceremony involved. My wife, at the time, was a GS-12 DAC and I stayed as her dependent. It was a strange sensation . . . one day, a seasoned technician with a TS Crypto clearance, the next . . . a nobody (as far as the unit was concerned.) The hole in the bucket of water swiftly filling in. I remained a civilian for the next 12 years, working for different offices in the Berlin Command. The wife and I separated and I returned to CONUS. After a time, I joined the CT Army National Guard, going on AGR status in1992. I was medically retired in1994. Traveled down to Ft. Monmouth, NJ for all the retirement paper work. Signed, sealed and delivered . . . walked off post a civilian again . . . but this time a "retired" civilian, with all the privileges therein afforded.snuffynyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843569994073955970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37066282451897851792015-02-11T13:15:42.760-08:002015-02-11T13:15:42.760-08:00You joined earlier than I did as I recall.
You to...You joined earlier than I did as I recall.<br /><br />You too got bit by the HYT bug. I have another story there. Hhmm, time to start writing.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14323045889112924392015-02-11T11:45:28.097-08:002015-02-11T11:45:28.097-08:00Ah yes, the magical blue ID. Got mine at Portsmout...Ah yes, the magical blue ID. Got mine at Portsmouth Naval Yard. There's a story there methinks.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73348764502372919192015-02-11T11:44:03.247-08:002015-02-11T11:44:03.247-08:00I actually knew what you meant. I do miss the band...I actually knew what you meant. I do miss the band <em>Kansas</em>. The state? Jury's still out on that, I passed through the great state of Kansas once or twice. Once was in December, I won't do that again.<br /><br />I will be laughing about that gif for a while, perfect.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13804051586584912772015-02-11T11:35:05.092-08:002015-02-11T11:35:05.092-08:00BTW, I was already working in the private sector w...BTW, I was already working in the private sector when the actual date occured. I had almost 45 days of leave and the travel time so I was home about a month and a half befor e the actual date.<br />Colin Powell retired the same day......................he got a fly over and a 21 gun salute..............we went to Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls and got me a blue one and changed the brown ones for Missus ORPO and the Kids.<br />Glenn Mark Casselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63903366083107571812015-02-11T11:31:30.337-08:002015-02-11T11:31:30.337-08:00Mine was a dirty shirt retirement at NAS Whidbey I...Mine was a dirty shirt retirement at NAS Whidbey Island Security Department Quarters....<br />I was already retired for five and half years by the time you called it quits..............................<br />High year tenure for Petty Officer First Class after Desert Storm...........................Glenn Mark Casselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2880860754464464552015-02-11T10:22:34.228-08:002015-02-11T10:22:34.228-08:00That moment when I went, "wait a minute, that...That moment when I went, "wait a minute, that wasn't Kansas...Doh!"<br /><br />http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/2205741/scared-baby-o.gifPrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34424572758862604272015-02-11T09:16:13.698-08:002015-02-11T09:16:13.698-08:00I do believe I sprayed the monitor the day I found...I do believe I sprayed the monitor the day I found that gem. So of course, I shared it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40879254220640888482015-02-11T09:15:31.439-08:002015-02-11T09:15:31.439-08:00My Dad sailed to Europe on a Liberty ship. Of cour...My Dad sailed to Europe on a Liberty ship. Of course, he was Army so he expected nothing more, nothing less. While he never had a bad word to say about his time on the sea, I believe he did mention he was happy to make port.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31117696629712441522015-02-11T08:55:48.187-08:002015-02-11T08:55:48.187-08:00Very good story, Sarge. I clicked through to your ...Very good story, Sarge. I clicked through to your I love me wall post.<br /><br />I miss Kansas, I miss the rains...<br /><br />Good thing my chromebook is sealed, and that I take my coffee black.<br /><br />That is priceless!PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19282041813861898222015-02-11T08:50:37.126-08:002015-02-11T08:50:37.126-08:00RE: Slow Boat. The most disgruntled servicemen I e...RE: Slow Boat. The most disgruntled servicemen I ever saw were the forty or so airmen on the good ship General Maurice Rose doing a fourteen-day trip from New York to Bremerhaven. They seemed to think they should be flying, not cargo on an Army troopship. As an aside, the trip was scheduled to take nine days. Most definitely not fair skies and following seas.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67259045253280713502015-02-11T08:34:01.224-08:002015-02-11T08:34:01.224-08:00Sigh...
The Clinton Era. When I left the country ...Sigh...<br /><br />The Clinton Era. When I left the country The first President Bush was in office. When I returned it seemed like a different country, thanks to Slick Willy. And I don't mean that in a good way.<br /><br />That slow boat was for E-6 and below. We in the Top 3 Mafia ran everything, how soon you forget!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10076861632917781922015-02-11T08:29:51.587-08:002015-02-11T08:29:51.587-08:00Dave - flew back on an Airbus after a one night st...Dave - flew back on an Airbus after a one night stay in a nice hotel in Brussels. Nothing but the best. After all, I was in NATO. None of that scruffy USAFE stuff for <em>moi</em>.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30314378535802001032015-02-11T08:28:23.279-08:002015-02-11T08:28:23.279-08:00Thanks Rumbear. Well put by the way.Thanks Rumbear. Well put by the way.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51273498769680739642015-02-11T08:28:05.214-08:002015-02-11T08:28:05.214-08:00I guess technically speaking I "retired at po...I guess technically speaking I "retired at port" but in reality it was all over bar the shouting when I got my DD Form 214.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78080318907806364402015-02-11T07:36:58.239-08:002015-02-11T07:36:58.239-08:00I think it was slow boat with accommodations on th...I think it was slow boat with accommodations on the rowing deck. This was, after all in the Clinton Era. ;-)juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59451833910520414362015-02-11T07:27:26.604-08:002015-02-11T07:27:26.604-08:00I hope that they sent you back Stateside all expen...I hope that they sent you back Stateside all expenses paid. What was the procedure? United, American, C-130, C-47?Dave's Daily Day Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491764990082380190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58330284972219848632015-02-11T07:15:15.108-08:002015-02-11T07:15:15.108-08:00Good story. As an olde friend would say, Ya truly ...Good story. As an olde friend would say, Ya truly knows how to parse them syllaobbles. ;-)Rumbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512139523154374329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78169785817997274092015-02-11T07:05:09.799-08:002015-02-11T07:05:09.799-08:00That was quite the process, Sarge! ! would have t...That was quite the process, Sarge! ! would have thought they'd send you back Stateside to retire you, but what do I know... (Army Training, Sir!)Poguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14844435158421387888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70471648340369727452015-02-11T07:02:11.735-08:002015-02-11T07:02:11.735-08:00Now I'm inspired to watch it again!
Chicago. ...Now I'm inspired to watch it again!<br /><br /><em>Chicago. Bang bang.</em>OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com