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Working at Fort Benning...

Even though this experiment is beset by all the demons normally associated with trying to integrate live, virtual, and constructive entities in a controlled experiment... where the boffins outnumber the troops probably close to 5-to-1, where retired Majors, Lieutenant Colonels, Colonels, and Sergeants Major like myself are a dime a dozen... and no one was paying attention to the start-up stuff because they came here directly from another event somewhere else... except the two or three guys who always prove to be the keys in an event like this and are abused mercilessly (punishing the innocent with more work)...

The Armorer

Had a Very

Good

Day.

Yes, indeedy.

Because it involved being out in the woods with Soldiers.

Aside from family, it just don't get better than that.

But, by the end of a sweat-soaked day, I can relate to this troop:

I am privileged to move among 'em. And I hope that what we're doing here makes a difference down the road.

But it was a Good Day!

4 Comments

John, Can another old fart retiree express his envy and appreciation? I'm surrounded by buildings full of technical training students from all services, yet I rarely get a chance to speak to them except when off-duty. At least you got to spend some one-on-one with live troops! And I can appreciate very much your enjoying doing your job as you try to provide these young people with something they need. If working with the troops was something you bitched about -- I'd drop this blog like a short-fused grenade. Instead, you give us cause for green-eyed, green-suited envy -- and ensure our avid readership! Thanks for being there for them!
 
John, Can another old fart retiree express his envy and appreciation? I'm surrounded by buildings full of technical training students from all services, yet I rarely get a chance to speak to them except when off-duty. At least you got to spend some one-on-one with live troops! And I can appreciate very much your enjoying doing your job as you try to provide these young people with something they need. If working with the troops was something you bitched about -- I'd drop this blog like a short-fused grenade. Instead, you give us cause for green-eyed, green-suited envy -- and ensure our avid readership! Thanks for being there for them!
 
Great photos, John. One question on confidentiality as that is an issue in my job and blogging - are you taking care to not show faces directly? It makes the photo better to do so but are there some privacy issues you are working with as well?
 
Interesting blank firing adapter on the SAW... how long have those been around? I would have thought the square M-16 BFA would be used.