Posted on 07/05/2013 4:54:41 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Must have been the British army that retain pomp and circumstance! I never called any one above grade anything more than Sir! With respect!
If you had to say good morning Command Sergeant MAjor First Class of the Army your on glue!
There is no such thing as a “Command Sergeant Major First Class of the Army” you blithering idiot
I was just informed there was!
C’mon. Cut the kid some slack. He said he was an Army brat and he’s obviously proud of his dad. So he doesn’t know the rank structure well or the little inside jokes like “working for a living”. It’s not like he’s being disrespectful.
I don’t believe you were ever in the military.
He’s on the witness list.
Excuse me no First class! You know being a Civilain for 40 years we forget things. I’m so glad you you have google to keep us poor retired NCOs up on all the protocol of the Armed forces!
Ok. Maybe I was wrong :)
Well that can be your view I guess! What do you want for proof!
I would cut the kid some slack, if he hadn’t claimed prior service. Ignorance of military jargon, rank, etc. is no big deal, but stolen valor is a very big deal.
LOL
I love FR!
I probably need to get my fishing poles in working order...I was never good at fishing.
I'm in the deep South (South Ga), it won't get particularly bad around here...too many folks are armed.
That said, I spent most of my career in NYC and can say that there are too many folks up there who haven't a clue as to how to get along from day to day. The Appalachian Trail will look like a freeway moving South.
Unlike the message of the TV series, Fallen Skies, the stores/warehouses of food will be depleted ASAP. Then one must hunt and fish.
My local squirrels are nervous. But I have fed them for 4 or 5 generations...time for them to feed me.
You gotta boil the living crap out of squirrels to get them tender...but they’re better than shoe leather.
LOL! You're kidding, right? Those idiots probably have never heard of the Appalachian Trail. They'll just start walking down the Jersey Turnpike/I-95.
; )
MAn when your just a Sgt you haven’t got time to worry about the uppre echelon! You see it on the sleeve or lapel and you know it and and respect it! I doubt but a few service members have seen this patch on The Command Sgt MGR’s sleeve let alone know the rank! The the average soldier he is a partner of the mission and you just walk by and thats that!
Service people have lives and kids and bills to pay and could care less about Rank! But if in close quaryers of yes it is known! Service members just do the job they have to do.
Commanders ask no more or less than what that job requires.
The Military is not about tyrants asking for accolades for status but a job well done by all! That is the Goal!
If I remember correctly, they are best cooked long and hard in rice...primarily as a meat flavoring. Too much muscle.
Some of my best friends are the yard squirrels...I doubt I will eat them unless I am starving.
And there are too many fat humans around to worry about eat muscle bound squirrels.
;-)
That’s quite a trek have wanted to attempt it! Kudos!
Do the math. If he’s telling the truth, then the senile newb is probably somewhere between 78 and 90 years old. Notice that he also keeps replying to himself.
Civilian 40 years, takes us back to 1973. Retired, so was in before 1953. Vietnam, Korean War and maybe even WWII. His dad was probably a WWI vet.
For her age, she looks very good.
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