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Probably a ‘who cares’ for most. But if you’re a signal soldier at heart, especially one whose career has been the Army Signal Corps, nothing more need be said. It just evokes pride and a smile.
Ahhh the old days, but days which I didn’t deal with very often. If one has never been in the military, it’s impossible to relate to this.
Publicly available (on the web) info on Site-R, nka Raven Rock Mountain Complex (RRMC)…
A couple of current and former co-workers and I were shooting the breeze about work related stuff, crypto issues in particular, and we former tech controllers from the telecommunications side started comparing how crypto, key updates, etc., have changed over the years (decades!!!) since we were brand new… Continue Reading
Military/Army (current, former, future) people, do you know the structural organization and mechanics of drill commands? Military/Army (current, former, future) people, do you know the structural organization and mechanics of drill commands? Yeah okay I’m most definitely not the one to be talking… Continue Reading
Ironically, a discussion of nostalgia came up on Veteran’s Day… because it was about the Army Strong slogan and how I thought it really didn’t do much to invigorate the “mind and soul” of being a soldier. Before that, when Justin enlisted, it was “Army of One”.… Continue Reading
Every so often, particularly when I’m bored, I ponder the whereabouts and the ‘what-happened-to’ of old friends, former co-workers, fellow soldiers in units from long ago. One of those was a Filipino boy from Hawaii who was stationed with me on my first Hawaii assignment. We hung out every… Continue Reading
Does this man looks very familiar? Does he look naggingly familiar? Sickeningly familiar maybe? Well he does to me! That’s because this required Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (TARP) training on the Army Learning Management System (ALMS) is a painful bitch to complete because it’s… Continue Reading
I finally found it on YouTube! I’ve been searching for a digital copy (the cassette I had is long gone) of this song that forever reminds me of my initial assignment to Hawaii.. something I had held as a long shot assignment out of all the ‘needs of the Army’ orders I could have gotten. I can still… Continue Reading
Today’s news had the announcement that Gen Schwarzkopf has died. It didn’t specify what he died of. I had all but forgotten about him since the Gulf War days since he never resurfaced after retirement. Seeing/hearing about him just brought back thoughts and memories of those days.
