Quote Originally Posted by Surferbeetle View Post
First time out I certainly did, second time not so much

Both experiences were very, very, educational however...priceless actually...not something that can be learned from a TV, a periodical, or a book.
My written short cuts as opposed to shorthand strike again.

Ya got me. Many in the Army were more than willing to go, eager to do what they got paid for. However, the institutional Army, the upper heirarchy, tried to stall, obfuscate and screw with Rumsfeld and Bush 43 and not go much as they had screwed with Cohen and Clinton over tanks and
Apaches into Bosnia early on. The Army was successful at bumfoozling and stalling the latter two folks; not so with the Bush 43 admin.