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2014-03-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Dedication Fort Benning, GA.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-03 14:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 There's Arlington, about which no superlative is sufficient.
There's the Benning School for Boys, aka Chattahoochee High.
Wandering around there, hearing the old names, "Sand Hill", "Harmony Church", Tower Field, "champagne Ninth", words you heard from guys long gone who saw the elephant in wars long forgotten except by those trying to forget....
Different from Arlington, but just as heavy.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2014-03-03 19:37|| 2014-03-03 19:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Lots of changes RA. The White House and cables are gone. Thursday night is no longer beef burgundy night at the Club. The 'White Elephants' need a paint job. The 'I-Bar' is quiet. Bldg 4 is unrecognizable, and Olson Hall and the BOQ's will hand over their mission to a massive 800+ room hotel later this year. Progress I suppose, but something is missing. I can't put my finger on it, but something is missing.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-03 19:49|| 2014-03-03 19:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Besoeker.
Jan of 70, a buddy and I had what I thought was a nice little room in the student officer quarters while at Jump School. Good-sized room, refrigerator, full bath, desks. I presume it was air-conditioned. We hung out with a couple of guys from the Royal Thai army, who'd finished Ranger School. Neither had a profile, either, unlike some of their fellow Ranger grads.
Good times, making allowances that, in the military, such definitions are not always congruent with generally-accepted usage.
So what replaces beef and burgundy? Vegan quiche?
Went to the club when at Scott AFB medical holding, and found the B&B. Somebody sent the APs for us, who were very polite. Same thing happened the first night at Dix. MPs had a bus ready. Then the second night, my buddy's uniform had been inexplicably locked up and the ward master couldn't find the key.
Must say I wasn't there for a combat injury. Not like the rest of the guys. Felt about one inch tall.
How do you explain "good times" when, sometimes, you can't even speak?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2014-03-03 20:15|| 2014-03-03 20:15|| Front Page Top

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