I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions... Commando Airborne Tactics... Specialist Tactics, uh, Unit Battalion. Yeah, it was real hush hush. I was Agent Orange. That was my name, Agent Orange. Special Agent Orange, that was me.
Posted on 08/22/2024 10:58:03 AM PDT by pboyington
Huh? I thought timaaaaaaay was retired as a Lt. Gen commando master sgt. He may as well display his medals whole he’s at it. Hey timaaaaaay-—đź–•
Well that took a decidedly nasty turn rather quickly, and deservedly so.
Yeah, the only problem is the jerk will sleep well tonight. A person like him has no conscience. Probably no soul.
Loved reading that. Thx for posting it.
“ you are lucky that my old mentor Colonel David Hackworth is not alive today. He would have chewed you up and spit you out like the piece of blubbering, bowing, Bolshevik bubble gum you are. ”
Whoever wrote that, thank you. (Signed) JFD, Major, US Army, Retired.
he thinks he is Gunny Highway he aint
Pappy? Well written letter! You have spoken for the. millions of men who did not “bail out,” when they learned of an upcoming deployment.
“Coach” Walz was paid, for 24 years, to be ready to deploy and lead his troops. He cheated the state that paid him. He is a rotter.
Make that an “Excellent letter!!”
I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions... Commando Airborne Tactics... Specialist Tactics, uh, Unit Battalion. Yeah, it was real hush hush. I was Agent Orange. That was my name, Agent Orange. Special Agent Orange, that was me.
“I’m not a fan of Mr. Walz but regarding his rank when he retired, I ask what is on his retirement papers from the Army.
Also, regarding his “leaving his men”, what normally happens when an officer in charge of soldiers retires? Given that he was retiring, what should he have done?
Also reported in the news is that his son, in the audience while his dad was speaking, cried. I considered that not newsworthy nor is it deserving of criticism. I think he was genuinely moved by his dad’s speech.
Dear MSG Waltz,
I was selected for the SGM Academy nonresident in 1991 concurrent with selection for E-8. I became a 1SG, frocked as an E-7 until my promotion date to E-8. I completed the SGM Academy nonresident, and while attending the 1SG Course at the SGM Academy, completed the resident PT Test mandatory requirement. However, I retired as an E-8 1SG. You were an acting CSM, but never held the paygrade of E-9.
CSM is above your paygrade. You are a MSG Retired.
Cut the BS about coursework or resident SGM Academy. Ypu are a fraud.
I question that you actually held a TO&E E-9 slot/position, and seriously question if your unit didn’t create a local designation of CSM for your detachment....
He looks like Elmer Fudd hunting rabbits.
I'm sure you mean "wabbits" ...
That was brutal and deservedly so.
What’s your point?
Thanks for posting
“What’s your point?”
I look at military discharge papers (typically DD214 and NGB-22) regularly in my job. Missing from discussions that I’ve seen on his rank at discharge are references to his discharge papers.
I believe he misrepresented his rank at discharge and think that’s nasty but here at work we wouldn’t take someone’s word for such an accusation.
Tell me, what should an officer honorably do when they retire?
What a most excellent foxtrot uniform/mike foxtrot.
I strongly suspect that you were never in command of anything: We are trained for war - not for wearing pretty uniforms or drill and ceremony - our whole purpose is to be ready to fight. Commanders, Officers In Charge, Senior enlisted leaders are there to train, lead, guide their men in combat -and take the risks with them.
Given that, he should have called his Retirement Branch and "I'm going to get orders in theater; my men will need me - please put my request for retirement on hold until we get back".
That's what commanders do - and as old as I am now (27 years in uniform and at least one bullet hole), if the Marine Corps would have me back, I'd be on my way over with my troops, right now.
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