[LonePalm]

Back in 1985 I was assigned as the Intel briefer for the Coast Guard Atlantic Fleet Commander (4 stars), Adm. Paul A. Yost, jr. This was for a JCS Exercise that was taking place at the same time as a major drug operation in the Caribbean. Coast Guard Intel was stretched thin so the Navy helped out.

I was a LT at the time and as such, the junior man on the staff. One day I was tagging along at the back of the pack on the way over to the O-club for lunch when the admiral ran into a Senior Chief who had been a 2^nd class petty officer on the admiral's first cutter. The admiral remembered the man's name, his wife's name and the name of his kids. This explained why I never had to tell the admiral ANYTHING twice.

Every flag officer I ever worked for had an eidetic memory. I just wish the Chiefs of Staff had the same.

SpyNavy

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

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