From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:33:54 -0400
Subject: [Full Metal Atkinson]
> Forward Operating Base Omaha--the reference is to our
[Full Metal Atkinson]
From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:35:58 -0400
Subject: [Full Metal Atkinson]
> Well, yesterday I found out my leave has been pushed
From: Don M <dmaddox1@h...>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:00:38 -0700
Subject: Re: [Full Metal Atkinson]
Yeah that's the army I know and love......) Don [quoted original message omitted]
From: Robert W. Eldridge <bob_eldridge@m...>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 19:23:34 -0400
Subject: Re: [Full Metal Atkinson]
Reminds me of a bit from Heinlein's "Glory Road": "All staffs, regardless of TOE, actually consist of 3 departments: the Surprise Party Department, the Practical Joke Department, and the Fairy Godmother Department. The first two process most matters as the third is very small - one elderly female GS5 clerk who is usually out on sick leave." Having served in the army for twelve years, I can testify that this description is fundamentally accurate. [quoted original message omitted]