tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7163- 2012-03-24T15:43:17Z Comments for Speaking of deja vu... 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 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7163 2007-02-20T13:59:06Z 2007-04-09T12:26:41Z Speaking of deja vu... ...as I did elsewhere. How about a stroll down memory lane, pre-VOLAR?*... The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com ...as I did elsewhere.

How about a stroll down memory lane, pre-VOLAR?*

Pre-VOLAR barracks room.

]]> *VOLAR - Volunteer Army. A term from the 80's used by those of us who were pre-VOLAR to refer to the "obscene amenities" used to recruit the stupid, shiftless, and unemployable into the United States Army of Myrmidons.

]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7163-comment:56932 Comment from Rod Thorsen on 2007-02-20 Rod Thorsen A CHAIR!!!! Cripes, how'd you guys get a chair!!!! 2007-02-21T05:57:12Z 2007-02-21T05:57:12Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7163-comment:56929 Comment from SangerM on 2007-02-20 SangerM http://www.grandretort.com Oh, yeah... thanks!! I didn't see this: : used to recruit the stupid, shiftless, and unemployable into the United States Army of Myrmidons. Of course! It was the blue, red, & yellow desks, chairs, and wall lockers that did it for me. That and the 8 man rooms. woo-oo! stupid? yeah, I joined the Army shiftless? well I never worked any shift, never had a job unemployable? likely, didn't know squat, not even which foot was the hay foot and which foot was the straw foot (city boy, din't no thar wuz a differnse....) 2007-02-21T03:38:51Z 2007-02-21T03:38:51Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7163-comment:56927 Comment from SangerM on 2007-02-20 SangerM http://www.grandretort.com Heyyyyy.... That's my volar basic training barracks at Dix (but ours was neater), and the only difference between that and what I lived with in Geramny was... uummm... no spiffy stands or footlockers, AND the heavier duty gray metal bunks and thicker mattresses held together with that cool riot tool otherwise known as a bunk connector. Yeah, I got one better than that... At Hohenfels, which probably doesn't count, 'cause we were glad to be inside for change... 2007-02-21T00:13:46Z 2007-02-21T00:13:46Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7163-comment:56924 Comment from Barb on 2007-02-20 Barb http://barbette.blotspot.com Yeah - that's obscene, all right. But amenities would not be the proper noun... 2007-02-20T21:23:35Z 2007-02-20T21:23:35Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7163-comment:56922 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-02-20 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com Nah, Frank. We had VOLAR furniture, anyway. Those white lockers and stuff... Not that I would know, living off-post and all, over in Oberasbach. 2007-02-20T19:09:55Z 2007-02-20T19:09:55Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7163-comment:56921 Comment from fdcol63 on 2007-02-20 fdcol63 Hmmm .... I musta been stuck in some kind of transitional VOLAR Twighlight Zone, 'cause that looks a lot like my billets in the early '80's. Evidently, we didn't get the "obscene amenities". But it sure beat the SAND. LOL 2007-02-20T18:43:44Z 2007-02-20T18:43:44Z