tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177610876231532858.post2754535776957020148..comments2023-08-23T17:09:14.433+01:00Comments on I'm Here To Leave: Brat Books & Basic Trainingtintinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177610876231532858.post-7133308208234080572008-11-13T22:01:00.001+00:002008-11-13T22:01:00.001+00:00Thanks, got it. I believe nurses were once Warran...Thanks, got it. I believe nurses were once Warrants, but somehow they all got promoted - go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177610876231532858.post-25952638999746453222008-11-13T22:01:00.000+00:002008-11-13T22:01:00.000+00:00Thanks, got it. I believe nurses were once Warran...Thanks, got it. I believe nurses were once Warrants, but somehow they all got promoted - go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177610876231532858.post-74021974219948327742008-11-13T21:38:00.000+00:002008-11-13T21:38:00.000+00:00WEssex- Grandpa was a WO2 who was rif'ed after WWI...WEssex- Grandpa was a WO2 who was rif'ed after WWII with lots of others who stayed in. Think he was knocked down to MSGT and retired a CSM. My father went in enlisted and retired LTC.tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177610876231532858.post-65140632497383732682008-11-13T21:01:00.000+00:002008-11-13T21:01:00.000+00:00Your Dad rules!! "a WWII officer and later Command...Your Dad rules!! "a WWII officer and later Command Sergeant Major" wow, resigned comission?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177610876231532858.post-39982149609167523582008-11-11T20:16:00.000+00:002008-11-11T20:16:00.000+00:00tintin's phred/dad- Odd how we're communic...tintin's phred/dad- Odd how we're communicating like this. I'll take it. I never knew that's how it was for you. But you always a smart kid. I needed to be hit over the head with a crow bar before I understood anything. Picking up clues ain't my forte. Still, it's never too late.<BR/><BR/>easy & elegant-<BR/>Yep. I saw it and ordered a number of them for my family tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177610876231532858.post-90903800582546132612008-11-11T18:42:00.000+00:002008-11-11T18:42:00.000+00:00Seen this?http://www.bratsourjourneyhome.com/about...Seen this?<BR/><BR/>http://www.bratsourjourneyhome.com/about.htm<BR/><BR/>Read about it in USAA Magazine. And yes, there is that sense of belonging along with some of that other stuff that you noted.<BR/><BR/>Happy Veteran's Day to you and your father. Thank you for volunteering so that I've never had to go into harm's way.Easy and Elegant Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951907004091808223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177610876231532858.post-85330425220952727142008-11-08T21:23:00.000+00:002008-11-08T21:23:00.000+00:00As always, you have a talent at summing up the nit...As always, you have a talent at summing up the nitty gritty. <BR/>Good on ye'. <BR/><BR/>You'll recall, that I was also an Army Brat for 18 years. My dad (your grandfather), a WWII officer and later Command Sergeant Major, almost never gave me advice on anything. I was expected to learn from observing his behavior -- both personal and with his troops. <BR/>Throughout his life, he and I never had Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com