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To: raptor22
his reportedly explosive temper

I saw that in action only once, terrifying. He was chewing up the officers in front of the NCO's, and the NCO's in front of the junior enlisted... It was an after actions meeting just after an exercise that didn't go very well.

5 posted on 12/28/2012 4:55:23 PM PST by Traveler59 ( Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
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When Schwarzkopf was the 8ID AsstDivCmdr (Support), he was also the Mainz Military Community Commander, across the Rhine River from where I was in V Corps Artillery in the Wiesbaden Military Community. His reputation definitely projected across the river and we regularly warned our troops to not get caught messing up across the river because nobody wanted to have to reply to a letter from Schwarzkopf.


7 posted on 12/28/2012 7:10:45 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Traveler59
I saw that in action only once, terrifying. He was chewing up the officers in front of the NCO's, and the NCO's in front of the junior enlisted...

I never met him but I heard lengthy fascinating stories from soldiers that had.

He had a lieutenant aide that would bring in his coffee tray to briefings at desired times. On the tray was a ceramic tea kettle with hot coffee, sugar bowl, cream, spoon and his cup. One day something went wrong and his cup was missing off the tray. He asked where the hell it was and the Lt. replied he didn't know, he can't find it, and someone must have took it. Schwarzkopf flew into a rage and his language reflected it as he said not only that he wanted it back, it was a special gift...on and on...A room full of 0-6's and O-7's were on their hands and knees under their tables and chairs looking for that "f"ing cup.

Another time a soldier failed to salute him walking up the sidewalk across the street from him and he thought that was close enough for a salute. He sent some staff after the soldier and wanted everyone from his squad leader up to his BDE Cmdr. in front of his desk in 2 hours. The soldier was a Specialist that had just been awarded soldier of the quarter.

8 posted on 12/28/2012 7:57:45 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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