The FReeper Foxhole Profiles General Creighton Abrams, Jr. - Aug. 2nd, 2003

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/abrams.htm ^

[snippy_about_it]

LOL, what are you doing, learning these from Nick at Nite?

[snippy_about_it]

Afternoon Victoria, good song.

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon Victoria. Good graphic and Mack the Knife too!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi guys, thanks. I'm back from tanning. Glad you liked the song.

[larryjohnson]

Gen Abrams was USMACV when I was there. My vault was in 7th AF compound but he was there often to receive his weather briefing from Det 14, First Wea Gp(SEA Fcst Center). I was offered the job to be his weather officer but I preferred running my satellite tracking site. The downloaded classified pictures were in Abrams' briefings. He was respected by his AF staff and respectful of air support. His letter of commendation to 1WG noted that "never in the history of warfare have weather decisions played such an important role in operational planning as they have here in Southeast Asia."

[SAMWolf]

I was offered the job to be his weather officer but I preferred running my satellite tracking site.Sounds like that would have been a big time paperwork assignment.

[Darksheare]

No, actually.
Both of my parents are in their 50's, and I was tortiued in my youth by having to hear them!
So they're stuck in my skull!

[Diver Dave]

Afternoon y'all. Just got back from our Support Our Troops Rally. We had 10 folks out today and the enthusiasm by the passing motorists was awesome.

A Marine Mom, just had her son at home on leave for a short while. He left last night and will be arriving in Japan later tonight.

One young man went out on the traffic island with a sign which read... "Support Our Troops - It Ain't Over."

dark, I believe I'll pass on your "recipe." I'll stick with my fresh ground beans, thank you. :)

Thanks for the song Victoria. :)

Since you've featured an Army guy today, Here's a new Army patch I got in an e-mail...

[Darksheare]

But, the recipe is best with fresh ground..
Oh well.
You can still 'accidentally' fix someone else a mug of it, and judge the reaction.

[snippy_about_it]

So, you liked Dark's coffee about as much as I did. LOL.

The patch is very funny, I'm going to borrow it and save it, okay?

Thanks Dave!

[SAMWolf]

LOL! Love the Patch DD.

You got to love the American sense of humor.

PS. Smart move on passing up Darksheares Coffee. You could have used that stuff to loosen rusted fittings onboard ship.

[Darksheare]

My coffee isn't that bad.

[Darksheare]

Loosen up rusted fittings?
C'mon Sam, it's not THAT bad.
Just because it kept you two up all night doesn't make it bad stuff.

[snippy_about_it]

Darksheare, if you want me to believe that then you will have to come back to Ohio and make me a cup yourself. LOL.

[Darksheare]

Fair enough.
;-)
Is there a reputable donut shop near you as well?
Cinnomon donuts go well with the stuff, as do the coffeecake like ones..
(I ask reputable, because the local donut shop near me got busted for foreign fluids and matter on the donuts once. Seems the one guy in there, a Pakistani, decided the donuts needed extra sauce.)

[snippy_about_it]

Ewww! You come on back to Ohio and I'll make homemade cinnamon donuts for you! Then we'll have a pot of that brew of yours. ;)

[Darksheare]

Eeew is right.
I make a note of NOT stopping at Dunkin' Donuts.
(That's where that happened.)

[SAMWolf]

Not that bad?

I've been diluting it and cleaning the rust off my bumper.

[PhilDragoo]

Everything about General Abrams shines. I wonder if some of that ability to lead and inspire was present in Schwarzkopf and Franks.

Certainly not in Wesley Clark who owes first loyalty to CNN.

For a look backward into hell, I recommend Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security, Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson, USAF (Ret.)

Al Santoli's synopsis of the Clinton emasculation of the military (while tripling deployments) is a must-read on the eve of Hitlery's coup attempt.

The initial image of Clinton watching golf with Vernon Jordan and delaying the decision to take out Saddam's forces before they could butcher the Kurds is the necessary bitter medicine.

Still to come is the similar case of going AWOL when it was time to take Osama, whether to kill him in Afghanistan, or take him in handcuffs from Sudan.

General Abrams is proof that God loves America--and doesn't want it to suffer the stress of taking prisoners.

He approved of the M-60 machine gun with the cold, matter-of-fact terms of the professional soldier: ''Now my platoons can kill more men."

He listened intently as his men talked about the M-60 tank and its 105-mm. gun. "Someone who makes tanks finally started taking suggestions from the people who use them," said Sergeant Reuben Hawes. "I can shoot a country mile with this tank."

Bullet points of the kinder gentler armored.

[Darksheare]

It's not THAT strong... is it?