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To: sergeantdave

Roger that.

As former USAF ('62-'66), the deal was that if you wanted ANYTHING done, see the unit's senior NCO. They, are, indeed, the reason the services function at all.

My favorite in that area is Sgt. Major Basil Plumley. See the excellent film "We Were Soldiers" for who he is.


44 posted on 01/01/2007 7:18:39 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: Dick Bachert

We flew into an Air Force base and stayed overnight.

At breakfast in the officer's mess, the chef - yes I said "chef" - asked me how I wanted my eggs - scrambled or over easy. I thought we had landed in a four star restaurant.

I asked if he could make an omelet. The chef inquired if I wanted a two or three egg omelet and what kind of cheese I would like in the omelet. I was wrong - we had landed in heaven.

That was the best breakfast I ate in my career.


52 posted on 01/01/2007 8:09:53 AM PST by sergeantdave (Consider that nearly half the people you pass on the street meet Lenin's definition of useful idiot)
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