From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:14:41 -0400
Subject: Fw: Mid-Tour Leave!
From: "John Atkinson" johnmatkinson(at)yahoo(dot)com > I am returning home (Northern VA) on leave this week. > John M. Atkinson
Mid-Tour Leave!
From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:50:29 -0500
Subject: Re: Fw: Mid-Tour Leave!
> I depart FOB Omaha on 16 OCT 03. Can you explain this reference? Omaha as in Nebraska? Omaha as in 50 mi from me? The_Beast
From: Jared Hilal <jlhilal@y...>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:00:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Fw: Mid-Tour Leave!
> --- Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote: > > I depart FOB Omaha on 16 OCT 03. FOB = Forward Operations Base ?? I.e. a base/airfield in Iraq named "Omaha" J
From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:08:06 -0400
Subject: Re: Fw: Mid-Tour Leave!
From: "Jared Hilal" <jlhilal@yahoo.com> > > > I depart FOB Omaha on 16 OCT 03. I know "FOB" as "Freight On Board", meaning when ownership of a package is transferred (FOB Ship Point means it's yours as soon as I put it on the truck--if the truck wrecks and the package is damaged, it goes on your insurance, not mine). Knowing John, "Fractional Orbital Bombardment" also leapt to mind.
From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:28:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Fw: Mid-Tour Leave!
> Knowing John, "Fractional Orbital Bombardment" also leapt to mind. Nah, 'fully obliterating...' ;->= I could only think of the shippage version, also. Thanks, I didn't think it meant a possible encounter, but hope springs... The_Beast
From: Robertson, Brendan <Brendan.Robertson@d...>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:44:14 +1000
Subject: RE: Fw: Mid-Tour Leave!
On Monday, October 13, 2003 12:28 PM, Doug Evans [SMTP:devans@nebraska.edu] wrote: > >Knowing John, "Fractional Orbital Bombardment" also leapt to mind. That reminds me of a story I heard about an officer in Vietnam who ordered a bombardment of a hill. When the artillery finished, there was one tree left; so he ordered an airstrike. Still there afterwards, so called for a naval strike. Eventually one of the enlisted men walked over to the hill with a chainsaw and finished the job so they could get some rest. Brendan 'Neath Southern Skies IMPORTANT: Notice to be read with this E-mail 1. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. 2. This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential information for the use of the intended recipient. 3. If you are not the intended recipient, please: contact the sender by return e-mail, to notify the misdirection; do not copy, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on this e-mail; and delete and destroy all copies of this e-mail. 4. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and are not a statement of Commonwealth policy unless otherwise stated. 5. Finally, please do not remove this notice, so that any other readers are aware of these restrictions.