We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:06:02 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 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)...... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:54:25 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html#comment-8090 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html#comment-8090 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:16:35 -0600 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? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html#comment-8086 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html#comment-8086 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:29:43 -0600 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! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html#comment-8072 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html#comment-8072 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:46:48 -0600 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! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html#comment-8071 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/working_at_fort_benning.html#comment-8071 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:46:25 -0600