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To: Talisker
Simplest explanation: they were (a) unwinding after getting their D & C practice in, or (b) waiting for the detail's commander to arrive.
There's a lot of hurry up and wait* in the regular army, in the National Guard multiply the bureaucratic effect by 1.5 to 2.5 and you're probably in the right ballpark.

* Kind of like pre-pre-pre-formation formation; where the commander puts out that formation is at 0700, the CSM says 0630, the 1SG says 0600, the platoon leader says 5030, the squad leader says 0500… because the formation is at 0700. … What are you going to do when you're required to be there for 2 hours, with absolutely nothing else as a purpose?

28 posted on 02/19/2014 12:12:49 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Sorry, you can’t normalize what they did. It’s like saying a crew chief got bored waiting for the pilot to show up, so he wrote anti-american graffiti all over the plane and posted a photo of himself doing it online. NOT going to happen!


31 posted on 02/19/2014 12:20:16 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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