"You look at the people working 12 hour shifts on the JOC floor and think, "Man, those cats have got it easy."
-Heartless Libertarian, Afstan, 2009.
Ah, the life of an under-appreciated overworked Staff Weenie, who really *would* rather be out in the boonies vice livin' large on the FOB. At least in the boonies, you can usually shoot what bothers you.
On the FOB, not so much.
So, war heroes and armchair generals... d'you have any more bon mots along the line of "You know you're a planner when...?"
-Heartless Libertarian, Afstan, 2009.
Ah, the life of an under-appreciated overworked Staff Weenie, who really *would* rather be out in the boonies vice livin' large on the FOB. At least in the boonies, you can usually shoot what bothers you.
On the FOB, not so much.
So, war heroes and armchair generals... d'you have any more bon mots along the line of "You know you're a planner when...?"
.. the only people insightful, skilled or intelligent enough to discuss the merits and issues of the plan with cannot be communicated with due to confidentiality concerns.
.. your flawless 327 page masterpiece which took you one and half years to formulate and polish is picked to pieces in 5 minutes by some pimple faced guy hired yesterday.
.. you demand the kids follow your 33 step justification and approval proceedure for a raise in their pocket money. You discover the limitations in planning methodology when to try the same for the wife's suggestion you mow the lawn.
You know who Epictetus was and why he's important.
kimchee, are you sure you didn't accidentaly use definitions from an encyclopedia article on sado-masochistic movies?
...when you have more pencils than bullets.
...when your uniforms have days of the week tags instead of months of the year.
THIS is how it's going to be........
From now on.........
NO exceptions!!
@MAJ Mike "....designing tho Powerpoint slide background...." Isn't that the purpose of computer geeks? This is what the Military planners say. I do think there just might be some interesting "behind closed doors" discussion on the subject.
My skills, both operational and support, didn't get me to LTC though. Now I have a real job, Teaching high school U.S. History amongst the DemCong has given me the opportunity for a Second Front.
No, just a big fan of his. Had the 'pleasure' of being an Exercise Plans NCOIC during my last tour in the ROK. Your first "You know you're a planner when..." hit the nail on the head.
"The Three" looks over your brief and then points to a slide of formations and asks "Can you make them march through?" resulting in three 20 hr days of animation - which is all scrapped inside 5 mins when the four star reviews "The Great Idea". Think Iraqi Army Day '06.....Grrrrrrrrrrr
..... competing laser pointers are scored by color and brightness as the latest in "staff cool" accessories, thereby making the brief in question look like a rugby match between bright mating skittles up on the big screen.
I hope you bring the same type of Military Discipline and Vision of the Battle Space to this new Theatre of Operations, for yourself, not your students. Be the example of history, because you are her representative. *No, I didn't say you are history, that's my role!*
I figure you've already done all of this.
So, I wish you the very best in your new assignment,
Grumpy
If you see him, tell him Hi from the Zwei und Achtziger Kaiserlische FallSchirmjaeger Division.
About 10% of my school's faculty is retired military. Drives the DemCong nuts when I teach the truth (textbooks tend to lie). We have a target rich environment. and many sacred cows get a battery five first round fire-for-effect.
Folks need to remember that a large number of school teachers are retired military and don't fit the NEA mold.
"Folks need to remember that a large number of school teachers are retired military and don't fit the NEA mold." Question, shouldn't there have a "TINS Warning" with that comment? What is TINS? "This Is No Sh#t!"
It is a good thing, that you are teaching US History. Good grief, if you stop and think about it, you made it. About being, "politically correct", it has never been my strong suit from either side.
You are teaching US History, this is good. As it is often said, "He who does not learn from history is condemned to repeat it." Coming from the Military, you can understand the importance of the study of all of our history, the good, the bad and ugly. This includes all of us on all sides. This will give you the truth
...after you put the combined OPLAN in the system, you do the CONPLAN classified one level higher that moves your allies from Annex A to Annex B. And a few years later, that's the one that gets executed.
Bwahahahaha...