In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 05/10/2007
at 02:59 PM, Rick Fochtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Here again, I have similar experiences with medics. When I got bitten
>by a cottonmouth at Ft. Polk, the medic-types were worse than
>useless, but the guy that saved my b*tt in 'Nam after I was stung by
>a very large wasp had the right needle in me before I was settled
>firmly on the ground. (I'm deathly allergic to wasp and bee stings.)
>It was the NCO's and Warrants that got me to the hospital in time,
>while the captain kept insisting that I was "malingering".
One of life's little ironies was that while they thought I was
malingering when I kept going on sick call for my pneumonia, they
ordered me to see the doctor when I banged up my lack on the obstacle
course. They kept me in the hospital for a week for a lousy bruise[1]
which I was perfectly content to ignore, thus setting back my
training.
>I find it very hard to respect a leader that doesn't do anything to
>earn my respect except sit in his office reading magazines and
>signing the rare purchase order for office supplies.
I was lucky in that regard; I don't recall a company commander of that
sort.
[1] They called it a hematoma, but that just means bruise.
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