Time: Fri Mar 28 20:25:40 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA27689 for [address in tool bar]; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 15:59:01 -0700 (MST) Delivered-To: liberty-and-justice-outgoing@majordomo.pobox.com Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 20:08:22 -0800 To: GovtAware-L@Citadel.Net From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: L&J: leadership I often wonder how many American men would have what it took to conquer places like Berlin, Paris, or Midway? Many years after Iwo Jima, I happened to be talking with my boss about my father's experience in the Pacific front. My boss then told me that he had been a captain on one of the battleships which bombarded Iwo Jima. "How did you guys manage to get off so many salvos, in such a short period of time?" I asked him. He answered, "They loaded. I aimed the guns, and I pulled the triggers. That's how!" "Wait a minute," I said. "I thought the captain's job was to sit up on the bridge, directing the show, while everyone else did the hard work?" "Not me," he said. "I didn't want a misfire or poor aim to fall on the shoulders of any man, except me. So, they reloaded, while I waited for spotters to guide me. When we had a window, as the listing ship came back to dead center, I pushed the firing switch, while everyone else watched." "The ship would displace 3 feet of water, every time we fired. There were 4 turrets with 3 12-inch guns each, and we had them going non-stop during the invasion, dropping salvos 1,000 yards in front of the advancing Marines, from several miles out at sea." "My men were the greatest. I was never so proud of them, for what they accomplished that day," he said. I sat there in mute admiration. Capt. Dan was one the kindest, most gentle men you could ever meet. You can imagine what his crew thought of him -- they were crazy about serving under such a magnificent leader. See what I mean? And now I am inundated with yellow journalists who can't wait to demand that I stop telling them the truth. These sewer rats would have surrendered before the war ever started! /s/ Paul Mitchell At 03:13 PM 3/28/97 -0500, you wrote: >>From the Daily Brief: >>* CNN reports that two Marines in a 1991 video of initiation >> ceremony will be discharged from the Corps. >> - nine others will receive administrative punishment. >> - the Marines were part of a "blood-winging" ritual, where >> earned jump-wing pins are pounded into the chest. > >This is most unfortunate. I spent five years in the USMC and it was common >practice to "pin" stripes on someone recently promoted. The promotee was >simultaneously punched, as forcefully as possible, from both sides in the >upper arms. To not have your stripes pinned on was degrading and insulting. >I realize this still did not involve blood letting, however the wings which >were pinned on have two sharp protrusions approximately 1/8 of an inch long. >Anyone familiar with military ribbons and medals knows what I am talking >about. These would be painful but hardly draw significant blood. >The point to my rambling is this. These men were part of the finest (in my >not so humbled extremely biased opinion) fighting force in the world today. >There were members of the elite Force Recon of the Marines (similiar to >Green Berets, Seals, British SAS). If this is part of their "rite of >passage" then it should be accepted. These are men (most barely) who we >require to infiltrate enemy positions in small (four man) teams and kill by >the most stealthful means possible. This usually involves bare hands or a >knife, with careful training on how to cut someones windpipe so the scream >never emerges. >I know this sounds gory, but anyone familiar with combat knows its >necessity. These men are the elite among the most combat ready force in the >world. I am deeply ashamed to see political correctness win out over >"Espirit De Corps". Having your wings pinned on is the final acceptance by >your peers that you achieved something very few men ever attempt. The real >hurt must be having that taken away from you. > Gary L. Tyler > (gtyler@castles.com) > (http://vader.castles.com/gtyler/) > >Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. >All mimsy were the borogoves and the mome rath outgrabe. >And hast thou slain the Jabberwock, my son? > Lewis Carroll > > >________________________________________________________________ > Sponsored by Audio Informercial Marketing (tm) >Want to implement Audio Infomercial Marketing for your business? 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