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/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:26:23 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:49:59 -0600 Heh. My Dad served under a very senior Sergeant in the Galopagos Islands in 1942 who had been Hap Arnold's crew chief in the First World War. This is no sh*t. It really is true that Hap Arnold took pity on a poor private sweeping out a hangar, back in 1932 or so, and flew his P-6 through said hangar from one end to the other, blowing all the dirt and dust to hellangone. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77535 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77535 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:12:10 -0600
He said I did everything 100% *wrong* -- walked between the desks, singled out students and asked loaded questions, took questions on-the-fly and made improper jokes about making tanks try to drive up their own -- uhhhhhh -- exhaust stacks to get away.

He also said he'd never laughed so hard or learned so much about weapons systems...
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77490 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77490 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:51:09 -0600 Bill's instructional development technique looks a lot like the one we used at Fort Sill.  Take the 50 frame slide deck, plop the whole thing on the overhead, turn on the overhead and look at the students and say, "Got that?"

Then give them the 5-10 that mattered.

Ah, the joys of TRADOC-certified platform instruction.

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After he succeded in annoying every WAC on post, including the CG's secretary, he wound up being my replacement.

Dating the CG's secretary may or may not have had anything to do wih becoming my replacement...


]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77488 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77488 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:41:13 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77487 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77487 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:25:51 -0600    THAT is the essence of effective instruction. That is why an op order doesn't put the troops to sleep, while an S-2 brief tells you everything except WHERE the enemy is, WHAT the enemy has, and WHY the eggheads want to send you there to die. Fortunately, my Bn. Commander was smarter than the S-2. (Wink, wink!) works wonders during a briefing!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77481 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77481 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:44:35 -0600
Last week, I took a 135-slide, four-hour bloc of instruction down to four slides and fifteen minutes of teaching and didn't skip a single point...
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77466 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77466 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:33:09 -0600 And you get PAID for it!  Can't beat that with a stick

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I'm glad you are having fun, baby.  But please remember there is *nothing* like "Maggie on Friday night of Fleet Week"!  You should try it sometime.  It's an experience not to be missed.

kisses...........Princess Crabby]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77446 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/08/whoot_i_got_a_g.html#comment-77446 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:23:59 -0600