tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3452199532117219907..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Revisiting GermanyOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46900311842292562342014-09-16T16:23:38.152-07:002014-09-16T16:23:38.152-07:00Cool! Did he get the steel blue light saber or th...Cool! Did he get the steel blue light saber or the matte black one?juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30876211103290331432014-09-16T11:15:29.988-07:002014-09-16T11:15:29.988-07:00I forgot to mention yesterday that my SN1 is a fel...I forgot to mention yesterday that my SN1 is a fellow Jedi Knight, what with him attending and graduating from Leavenworth's CGSC.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71048077232219930942014-09-15T18:49:02.621-07:002014-09-15T18:49:02.621-07:00It is a beautiful part of the country. And a beau...It is a beautiful part of the country. And a beautiful part of Europe. I was standing in a line at a shop in Oberammergau and looking at the stuff on the wall. Clippings, pictures etc. My eyes are drawn to a news clipping in a frame. In German, of Course, but my eyes are drawn to a name, Mine, My Dad's and my Great Grandfathers (my son's also). My Grandfather had just passed, but on returning home, asked my dad about that. He said the his Grandfather had emigrated from that area of Germany around the 1900s. I need to go back and explore some.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-172665176225644232014-09-15T18:40:21.132-07:002014-09-15T18:40:21.132-07:00Ahhhhh! Skunks ---Staff Officers. Got it. Took a...Ahhhhh! Skunks ---Staff Officers. Got it. Took a bit of Rum to clarify! Yes, being a Staff Officer is NOT the dream of Fighter Pilots, Nightmare maybe! Got a future story for you, but got to keep the language down to a mere PG-13 level. That will be difficult.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1339884284172239322014-09-15T18:35:35.770-07:002014-09-15T18:35:35.770-07:00It was truly spectacular! My son, at the time of ...It was truly spectacular! My son, at the time of this story was about 10, 8 years later decides he wants to go to Texas A&M and go through ROTC and the Corps. They have a "night with the Corps" event for Seniors and he decides to attend. Comes back all fired up about something called a "First Sergeant" and the Commandant. Later on, I get a letter from the Commandant, thanking me for my Son's interest etc. etc. Signature....My J-3! Son goes to A&M, says he got to see the General's infantry stare up close and personal, thought it was terrifying. I said, "I know, Son, I know!"juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-16576212590264067972014-09-15T16:46:11.158-07:002014-09-15T16:46:11.158-07:00So that's what happened to NASA and all our dr...So that's what happened to NASA and all our dreams of manned space flight? <br />sarc/ Bolden.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54813782565796849572014-09-15T16:42:13.083-07:002014-09-15T16:42:13.083-07:00Thought so.Thought so.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21780611859911881642014-09-15T16:41:13.149-07:002014-09-15T16:41:13.149-07:00ROTF... NOBODY is willing to go against a Marine m...ROTF... NOBODY is willing to go against a Marine much less a 2-star Marine... :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91370958101393094422014-09-15T16:07:32.508-07:002014-09-15T16:07:32.508-07:00It is stunningly beautiful for sure. It is stunningly beautiful for sure. juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12656736688397789992014-09-15T15:48:12.222-07:002014-09-15T15:48:12.222-07:00Two days off the troop ship, 1964, another E-2 and...Two days off the troop ship, 1964, another E-2 and I were sent to Obergammerau from Hanau by train, on our own, for a school. Not a word of Deutsch between us. We had a hazy idea we needed to get to Munich. Somehow got on a train to Prague, but the conductors got us off before the border. We finally arrived in a bright yellow Deutsch Post bus, with no idea where we had been. Alcohol was involved. Beautiful area, and a lot of fun if you stayed away from the Special Forces at Bad Toltz. Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91098453656389108732014-09-15T10:35:31.792-07:002014-09-15T10:35:31.792-07:00Yep, it was fun /sarcYep, it was fun /sarcjuvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43152703637114035652014-09-15T09:30:54.776-07:002014-09-15T09:30:54.776-07:00That we had vast staffs of people who worked in co...That we had vast staffs of people who worked in condemned buildings with staff dumb enough to push 1000 pound safes down the alleyways of the second and third decks of condemned buildings, who were EAGER as all Hell to form JTFs to "help" us out at NAVCENT with little things like waging actual war....that was irritating. Fortunately my office was at 1NCD West and semi-new/well built, only had two floors, had an unobstructed view of nothing but the GIS and the condemned building and did little or nothing to affect warfare in any way shape or form. We just went there to write the warplans. :)HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70850112095883472032014-09-15T08:38:25.038-07:002014-09-15T08:38:25.038-07:00I hear you. It was a very enjoyable school though...I hear you. It was a very enjoyable school though. Did notice at the bottom of that article that my roomie for our field trips did a bit better than I did. His last name is Brooks.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20272042161203342382014-09-15T07:58:14.441-07:002014-09-15T07:58:14.441-07:00Great post... it's good to be joint, innit?
S...Great post... it's good to be joint, innit?<br /><br />So, there I was... chasing that Jedi Knight link, where I read this:<br /><br /><i>The school educates the future leaders of the U.S. Armed Forces, its Allies, and <b>the Interagency</b> at the graduate level to be <b>agile and adaptive</b> leaders who <b>think critically</b> at the strategic and operational levels to solve <b>complex ambiguous problems.</b></i><br /><br />O! My aching a$$, what a collection of corporate buzzwords (about which: an Interagency WHAT?). I think I'm gonna go back to bed now. Mebbe the world will right itself by the time I wake up again.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37951392922274517302014-09-15T07:03:11.255-07:002014-09-15T07:03:11.255-07:00But remember, it was a NAVY Captain driving. If w...But remember, it was a NAVY Captain driving. If we'd had an Army Officer along, it would have been a perfect Joint Operation.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4041062122069660442014-09-15T06:47:24.396-07:002014-09-15T06:47:24.396-07:00I wish that I could say that it takes a very speci...I wish that I could say that it takes a very special type of staff officer to drive into a foreign country without noticing but based on history, it only takes Air Force and Marine staff officers to do such a thing. The Army does it all the time but it's never the staff, it's idiot privates driving across international frontiers into a warzone being all oblivious. I do recall one time though that the Commanding Officer of the Admin Support Unit in Bahrain, while maintaining his flight pay, piloted a C12 with navy staff officers aboard towards a conference in the UAE, landed on a little Saudi Island instead of Thumrit. He felt justified because, "hey, sandy airstrips all look the same." :) OTOH, he wasn't staff.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19874151638713368782014-09-15T06:12:34.008-07:002014-09-15T06:12:34.008-07:00That makes me want to go to Germany.That makes me want to go to Germany.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56227949624914430782014-09-15T06:09:05.019-07:002014-09-15T06:09:05.019-07:00Thanks, I still use the phrase frequently. It ju...Thanks, I still use the phrase frequently. It just seems to fit.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57822059464564068542014-09-15T05:59:00.230-07:002014-09-15T05:59:00.230-07:00Thanks for the Stripes laugh. The best part of th...Thanks for the Stripes laugh. The best part of the movie...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69919159239692589582014-09-15T05:43:38.353-07:002014-09-15T05:43:38.353-07:00Great story Juvat.
The only thing that confused m...Great story Juvat.<br /><br />The only thing that confused me at first was that you mentioned that Skunk Week was over. Then I see that the post is about staff officers. Yup, confused I was.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com