On Fri, 08 May 2009 11:48:21 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Just saw the Nat Guard is getting bloated with manpower.
Folks signing up for a job.
Have a SIL who just got back from Iraq and is about to enter OCS.
Hope he doesn't get laid off.

--Vic

Is he in the Nat Guard? Where will he be going to OCS?
--
John H

For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/d3vxvm

On Fri, 08 May 2009 13:25:24 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 08 May 2009 11:48:21 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Just saw the Nat Guard is getting bloated with manpower.
Folks signing up for a job.
Have a SIL who just got back from Iraq and is about to enter OCS.
Hope he doesn't get laid off.

--Vic

Is he in the Nat Guard? Where will he be going to OCS?

He's regular Army. Georgia for OCS, I think.
Him and the daughter are driving cross-country now.
His unit was based in Hawaii when she came down with thyroid cancer,
and now they're coming east.
She's cured, BTW. As much as you can be anyway.

--Vic

On Fri, 08 May 2009 12:37:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Fri, 08 May 2009 13:25:24 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 08 May 2009 11:48:21 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Just saw the Nat Guard is getting bloated with manpower.
Folks signing up for a job.
Have a SIL who just got back from Iraq and is about to enter OCS.
Hope he doesn't get laid off.

--Vic

Is he in the Nat Guard? Where will he be going to OCS?

He's regular Army. Georgia for OCS, I think.
Him and the daughter are driving cross-country now.
His unit was based in Hawaii when she came down with thyroid cancer,
and now they're coming east.
She's cured, BTW. As much as you can be anyway.

--Vic

Sorry to hear about the grandchild. Damn, that sucks.

He must be going to OCs at Fort Benning, just outside Columbus. Fort
Benning is the Infantry training center, but I think it's the only
place that does OCS now. I went through it at Fort Belvoir, but that
was back in '66 when almost each branch had its own OCS. It will be a
rough first couple months, but then things ease up a bit. I sure hope
he can put up with harrassment, if it's still allowed. Hell, maybe
five pushups at a time is the max now.
--
John H

For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/d3vxvm

On Fri, 08 May 2009 14:01:15 -0400, John H
wrote:



Sorry to hear about the grandchild. Damn, that sucks.

Daughter. But we're all over that now. She'll have to take thyroid
meds forever now though. We should all be happy to be alive and
kicking.

He must be going to OCs at Fort Benning, just outside Columbus. Fort
Benning is the Infantry training center, but I think it's the only
place that does OCS now. I went through it at Fort Belvoir, but that
was back in '66 when almost each branch had its own OCS. It will be a
rough first couple months, but then things ease up a bit. I sure hope
he can put up with harrassment, if it's still allowed. Hell, maybe
five pushups at a time is the max now.

I'll be talking to him soon, and let you know. Yeah, he's Infantry.
I'll warn him about the hazing, but I imagine he knows what to expect.
All I need from you is a good word to the General in charge over there
so he can good tee times. But I don't think he golfs, so I'll come up
with something else when I find out what he needs.

--Vic

On Fri, 08 May 2009 13:23:44 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Fri, 08 May 2009 14:01:15 -0400, John H
wrote:



Sorry to hear about the grandchild. Damn, that sucks.

Daughter. But we're all over that now. She'll have to take thyroid
meds forever now though. We should all be happy to be alive and
kicking.

He must be going to OCs at Fort Benning, just outside Columbus. Fort
Benning is the Infantry training center, but I think it's the only
place that does OCS now. I went through it at Fort Belvoir, but that
was back in '66 when almost each branch had its own OCS. It will be a
rough first couple months, but then things ease up a bit. I sure hope
he can put up with harrassment, if it's still allowed. Hell, maybe
five pushups at a time is the max now.

I'll be talking to him soon, and let you know. Yeah, he's Infantry.
I'll warn him about the hazing, but I imagine he knows what to expect.
All I need from you is a good word to the General in charge over there
so he can good tee times. But I don't think he golfs, so I'll come up
with something else when I find out what he needs.

--Vic

I reenlisted for six years right before I went in. It provided a hell
of an incentive when I lay in bed at night thinking, "Why am I doing
this ****?"

They put a stop to that reenlistment practice right after that.
--
John H

For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/d3vxvm

On May 8, 1:23*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 08 May 2009 14:01:15 -0400, John H
wrote:



Sorry to hear about the grandchild. Damn, that sucks.

Daughter. *But we're all over that now. *She'll have to take thyroid
meds forever now though. *We should all be happy to be alive and
kicking.



Exactly. Be thankful for every day. The doc's jsut changed my wife's
meds. within less than 48 hrs she could tell a difference for the
better.

On May 8, 2:01*pm, John H wrote:
On Fri, 08 May 2009 12:37:33 -0500, Vic Smith





wrote:
On Fri, 08 May 2009 13:25:24 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 08 May 2009 11:48:21 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Just saw the Nat Guard is getting bloated with manpower.
Folks signing up for a job.
Have a SIL who just got back from Iraq and is about to enter OCS.
Hope he doesn't get laid off.

--Vic

Is he in the Nat Guard? Where will he be going to OCS?

He's regular Army. *Georgia for OCS, I think.
Him and the daughter are driving cross-country now.
His unit was based in Hawaii when she came down with thyroid cancer,
and now they're coming east.
She's cured, BTW. *As much as you can be anyway.

--Vic

Sorry to hear about the grandchild. Damn, that sucks.

He must be going to OCs at Fort Benning, just outside Columbus. Fort
Benning is the Infantry training center, but I think it's the only
place that does OCS now. *I went through it at Fort Belvoir, but that
was back in '66 when almost each branch had its own OCS. It will be a
rough first couple months, but then things ease up a bit. I sure hope
he can put up with harrassment, if it's still allowed. Hell, maybe
five pushups at a time is the max now.
--
John H

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Fort Benning is having some kind of Ranger contest soon, open to the
public to watch them. Or maybe it's already passed. Heard it on the
radio

On Fri, 8 May 2009 11:43:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 8, 2:01*pm, John H wrote:
On Fri, 08 May 2009 12:37:33 -0500, Vic Smith





wrote:
On Fri, 08 May 2009 13:25:24 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 08 May 2009 11:48:21 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Just saw the Nat Guard is getting bloated with manpower.
Folks signing up for a job.
Have a SIL who just got back from Iraq and is about to enter OCS.
Hope he doesn't get laid off.

--Vic

Is he in the Nat Guard? Where will he be going to OCS?

He's regular Army. *Georgia for OCS, I think.
Him and the daughter are driving cross-country now.
His unit was based in Hawaii when she came down with thyroid cancer,
and now they're coming east.
She's cured, BTW. *As much as you can be anyway.

--Vic

Sorry to hear about the grandchild. Damn, that sucks.

He must be going to OCs at Fort Benning, just outside Columbus. Fort
Benning is the Infantry training center, but I think it's the only
place that does OCS now. *I went through it at Fort Belvoir, but that
was back in '66 when almost each branch had its own OCS. It will be a
rough first couple months, but then things ease up a bit. I sure hope
he can put up with harrassment, if it's still allowed. Hell, maybe
five pushups at a time is the max now.
--
John H

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Fort Benning is having some kind of Ranger contest soon, open to the
public to watch them. Or maybe it's already passed. Heard it on the
radio

Yup, it's also the home of Airborne and Ranger training. Vic, your SIL
would do well to sign up for both. (If you're listening.)
--
John H

For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/d3vxvm

On Fri, 08 May 2009 16:48:58 -0400, John H
wrote:


Yup, it's also the home of Airborne and Ranger training. Vic, your SIL
would do well to sign up for both. (If you're listening.)

I'll run it by him when I see him.

--Vic

On May 8, 12:37*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 08 May 2009 13:25:24 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 08 May 2009 11:48:21 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Just saw the Nat Guard is getting bloated with manpower.
Folks signing up for a job.
Have a SIL who just got back from Iraq and is about to enter OCS.
Hope he doesn't get laid off.

--Vic

Is he in the Nat Guard? Where will he be going to OCS?

He's regular Army. *Georgia for OCS, I think.
Him and the daughter are driving cross-country now.
His unit was based in Hawaii when she came down with thyroid cancer,
and now they're coming east.
She's cured, BTW. *As much as you can be anyway.

--Vic

God Bless her!

My wife's been though that too. and is now doing well.