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"Hey, don't blame me, I'm just the commanding officer!"

One of the best units I was in the Company Commander would hand the company off to the First Sergeant and Platoon Sergeants and tell his LTs to stay out of the way. We would hardly ever see the officers after morning PT.

The battalion commander asked him once what was going on and the CO said, "I don't know and don't wanna know."

The Lt. Colonel chuckled and said, "Good, Man."

20 posted on 05/04/2005 11:51:35 AM PDT by speed_addiction (I like to watch the children running and squealing. You see, they don't know I am using blanks!)

I once had a first sergeant, in formation, state: I run this company, not him, referring to the CO, who was standing behind the formation. The CO said nothing either. The First Shirt was 6 foot 7, weighted about 300 pounds. The CO was maybe 5-10, 175. No argument there! But, 1SG Ellsworth, we nicked named him "the bear" was one mean SOB, demanded perfection, took no BS, tough on the NCOs, demanding they do their jobs, take care of the troops, take no crap, and made the enlisted folks walk a straight line, or you answered to HIM. Best danged 1SG I ever had. We lost him when he made Command Sergeant Major and left the company. Got a dud replacement.