Posted on 05/13/2002 1:16:06 AM PDT by Snow Bunny
My 16-yr-old gets his license on Friday, and I am soooo glad for that! Now he will be able to drive himself to school, to church (he is the sound man, and goes in an hour early), and to the store when Mom needs something to finish cooking dinner!!
You have me laughing so hard about the Stud finder.
So your brother wants to be a SpecForce Procurement Specialist(Scrounger).
There is no way to provide tips for the art of scrounging; scroungers are born, not made.
In the Army every unit platoon-sized or bigger has a designated scrounger. He scrounges for whatever his outfit needs. History does not record the name of the scrounger for George Washington, but he had one, I guarantee it.
The officers would tell the scrounger what they needed. It was his job to get it by fair means or foul. He'd swap for it, if necessary; steal it, if possible.
There were 3 ethical rules (yes a good unit scrounger has ethics) I imposed on myself when I was a scrounger.
1. Never "steal" from your own. Your own being defined from the lowest unit level to the largest. Squad, Platoon, Company, Battalion, Division, Corps, Army, Combat Arm, Branch of Service.
Rule of thumb is: you always steal up not down in level. (Example, if your scrounging for your Company, you don't steal from one of your Platoons, you steal from another Company or higher. (This does not apply to trading or bargaining - deal with whoever you need to in that case)
2. You don't scrounge for personal benefit, you're doing it for your unit not yourself. If you do it for yourself, you're just a thief or Con-artist.
3.Never promise what you can't deliver, part of your effectiveness depends on your credibility. If you're not sure you can deliver, then promise to do your best and let them know up front that it's not a "sure thing".
The best possible world is to be able to "appropriate" stuff from another Branch of Service.
In my experience the Air Force was the best place to find things. Mainly because, they always seemed to have what I was looking for and were rather easy pickings.
Have a fabulous day.
Now what are we gonna use for toilet paper?!-)
hahahaha
ROTFLMAO, that brings back so MANY memories, yep, scrouging was FUN (not stealing now)mind you, just procurring what was needed, LOL!!!
Thank you so much King of Ping for pinging the Canteen.
Have a wonderful day.
It's the U.S. Colored Troops for the first time at a reenactment in Gettysburg. They represented the 29th Reg. from Chicago, IL, the 102nd Reg. from MI and the 5th Reg. from Ohio.
Some War Between the State re-enactment guys.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.