[Night Hides Not]

On the contrary, I know at least a dozen First Sergeants and Command Sergeant Majors that can curse steadily for ten minutes nonstop and not repeat themselves a single time.

I had a Battalion Commander in Germany that could rip you up one side, and down the other. He made Patton look like a Boy Scout. Ah, the good old days. I gave him plenty of reasons, as I was only a 1st LT in a primary staff position (S-4). One of the best jobs I ever had.

The difference was the ass-chewing was forgotten by the time you were out of the office.

[ExSoldier]

I had a Battalion Commander in Germany that could rip you up one side, and down the other. He made Patton look like a Boy Scout. Ah, the good old days. I gave him plenty of reasons, as I was only a 1st LT in a primary staff position (S-4). One of the best jobs I ever had.

I had a Battalion Commander at Fort Lewis exactly the same way. But later I was cursed to work for none other than Colonel Barry MacCaffrey himself who started as the 9th ID G3, moved up to Chief of the Division Staff. At that time I was the Assistant Plans & Operations Officer for the G4. Our motto: YOU CRY, WE SUPPLY!

Then MacCaffrey became the 3rd Brigade Commander by the time I ETS'd as a 1LT and I made Captain in the Reserves.

When Desert Storm rolled around he was the 4th ID Commander and later on became the FIRST ever "Drug Czar" under Bill Clinton. That dude was hell on wheels when it came to chewing junior officer A$$. He did it for fun. The problem was he also ruined careers for his own amusement. Talk about a megalomaniac.