You definitely wouldn't want to have heard me performing bayonet training. It really reminds me of the movie Renaissance Man. That movie was made while I was in drill Sgt. school, but it was filmed at Fort Jackson. One of my best drill Sgt. buddies was in school while they were filming.
"What makes the grass grow?" I would ask. The privates response would be, "Blood! Blood makes the grass grow, drill Sgt." On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 4:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > what's a general order - like 'do no harm'? that's not your prime > objective is it? win, don't hurt civilians, leave the place better than you > found it? > I never served - you can probably tell. > Azdave > > In a message dated 10/2/2010 12:46:37 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > my gosh is my memory significantly eroded. I had a glance at the Gen. > orders in order to remember them. I used to have down into my rote memory. > I have forgotten so much, but I guess that leaves space for more stuff to be > crammed in my gray matter. > Q > > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I served a total of 11 years. As for the general orders, when I joined in >> 1982 there were only three. I remember the Marines had 10 general orders. >> They probably reduce them down to three general orders of the knuckleheads >> could get through. Even with that, I still had some privates who didn't >> know their general orders verbatim in the sixth week. Needless to say I had >> (my voice profile doesn't have the word and I can't remember how to spell >> it) fit. >> Q >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What the Army doesn't know will never hurt them. I remember when we had >>> 10 general orders. Now I understand, there are only 3. What happened? >>> >>> Best Wishes >>> >>> In a message dated 10/1/2010 5:26:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >>> [email protected] writes: >>> >>> Actually I was an E6, but I was promoted to E7 just prior to being >>> medically retired. I was a drill sergeant when I was injured. >>> >>> I'll make this short. I wanted to go on a 16 mile training road bicycle >>> ride and I had finally talked one of my drill sergeant buddy's into going >>> with me while our partners took the privates to chow. Toward the end of the >>> ride my buddy says that he's not going to make it up the last hill, so I go >>> through a parking lot. I lost control in some pea gravel and ended up going >>> over the top and landing on my head. >>> >>> The Army has real big and my unit was able to successfully keep it from >>> the promotion board that I was lying in a hospital bed when they placed me >>> on the promotion list. They kept me on the books for another six months so >>> that I would get my stripes. The funny thing is the only place that shows >>> up is on my ID card, my separation papers and if I ever decide to use the >>> title. In the 15 years I've been in this chair I have only shown that ID >>> card about 15 times. >>> >>> Quadius >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:26 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> E7 or E8 ? >>>> Best Wishes >>>> >>>> In a message dated 9/30/2010 7:32:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >>>> [email protected] writes: >>>> >>>> yes >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Q, you were a drill Sergeant ?? >>>>> Best Wishes >>>>> >>>>> In a message dated 9/28/2010 5:26:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >>>>> [email protected] writes: >>>>> >>>>> I am a C2-3 incomplete who was on a ventilator for about four months. >>>>> I didn't have any problem with paralysis of my vocal chords, but my >>>>> diaphragm doesn't permit me to speak nearly as loudly as before. I cannot >>>>> even mimic some of my older marching cadences I used to use when I was a >>>>> drill sergeant. >>>>> >>>>> I've also noticed that my voice is considerably more raspy than it was >>>>> prior to injury. I almost sound like I am a smoker at times. I guess >>>>> that's just part of post SCI for me. >>>>> Q >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
