Getting some downtime... then and now. The biggest difference... in the old days, before the New Deal, the world was Black and White. It's in color now, thanks to Democrats. Just ask them.
Soldiers playing cards during World War One. March 11, 1918. Photo courtesy the Truman Library.
090807-A-2575T-012: LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spc. Cailin Strubhar and U.S. Army Sgt. David Lloyd, both assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, play a card game between patrols at the Charkh
district center in Logar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7. Temecula, Calif., native, Strubhar, a medic, attempts to bluff Bedford, Va., native, Lloyd, a team leader, during the game. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Thompson, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
"Private First Class Troy Dixon, Leadhill, Arkansas, uses a Japanese barber chair to cut the hair of Sergeant John Anderson, Anita, Pennsylvania... June 10, 1945. " (ARC Identifier: 531303 ); Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity, 1754 - 1954; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982; Record Group 111; National Archives.
090807-A-2575T-015: LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Cpl Darby Morin, the nuclear, biological and chemical non-commissioned officer with Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3 rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, cuts the hair of a fellow Soldier
at the Charkh district center in Logar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7. Morin, the unofficial barber, keeps his fellow Soldiers looking sharp and to military standards. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Thompson, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Soldiers playing cards during World War One. March 11, 1918. Photo courtesy the Truman Library.
090807-A-2575T-012: LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spc. Cailin Strubhar and U.S. Army Sgt. David Lloyd, both assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, play a card game between patrols at the Charkh
district center in Logar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7. Temecula, Calif., native, Strubhar, a medic, attempts to bluff Bedford, Va., native, Lloyd, a team leader, during the game. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Thompson, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
"Private First Class Troy Dixon, Leadhill, Arkansas, uses a Japanese barber chair to cut the hair of Sergeant John Anderson, Anita, Pennsylvania... June 10, 1945. " (ARC Identifier: 531303 ); Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity, 1754 - 1954; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982; Record Group 111; National Archives.
090807-A-2575T-015: LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Cpl Darby Morin, the nuclear, biological and chemical non-commissioned officer with Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3 rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, cuts the hair of a fellow Soldier
at the Charkh district center in Logar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7. Morin, the unofficial barber, keeps his fellow Soldiers looking sharp and to military standards. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Thompson, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
My posting-fu is weak.
Seems like I had it so rough compared to what a lot of you all went through.
Well, *you'll* be spending your down time with ground squirrels, Private...
Make sure they're signed and dated, and carry at least five copies with you to Huachuca!
And, Mr. John of Argghhh, I would like to respectfully point out that when it's more money than you've ever made in your life before, a specialist's pay is a big deal. :D
When you make Sergeant, and the conferred power of the commander-in-chief rests on shoulders or sleeves... then we can talk about rank.
But, as I once said to a friend of mine, back in my more Heinleinian days... the title of soldier was still preferential to that of civilian.
I have since modified my views somewhat, and am not quite the militarist I once was.
Then do anything else *but*...
;^ )
Heavy fog blanketed the road at the time of the crash. Morin was wearing his seatbelt, but was unconscious when military medics arrived.
Morin was the nephew of Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations vice-chief Lyle Whitefish.
“He wanted to be a role model. He wanted to show kids they could be much more than being in a gang or whatever,” said Whitefish.
Rest in peace Sgt. Morin.
My fiance slept 5ft from him and they had just built a frame for a tent and did a workout together just 24hrs before his passing. He called with the news soon after and it broke my heart. All the guys out there loved Morin and his loss was a massive shock to everyone. My fiance says it's had a huge impact on all the guys out there he worked with and they're all still trying to come to terms. His rememberance ceremony is today at the FOB and I'm praying for his family and all the men he left behind.