Roger that. I enlisted under Reagan too.
Once a CINC, always a CINC. The effect he had on morale was something that you had to be there to see. It was night and day. Ronnie was so good for the services.
There are only too few leaders that inspire people to literally jump in front of a bullet. Ronnie was one. George W is another one. No question.
Jill met Tom in '95. You have a good picture of his morale I know. Because of the CINC situation Tom would say he was bound by his oaths to speak no ill of the CINC. But, he didn't have to say it. He almost left the army in '97. That '96 re-election almost ran him out. Now he's glad he's stuck it out.
I know I've mentioned it on the thread but not sure if you were here when I mentioned it. Tom's last duty before they went to Germany was as a recruiter in Palm Beach, Florida. They went from Florida to Germany in September 2000. Voter registration was in Palm Beach County. They voted absentee. 'Member what happened to those votes?