gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Army - Infantry)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2011-01-17 08:29 am
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Somewhere in the Pentagon's E-Ring...

...there has to be several copies of GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces lying around. I just read this Wiki article about the ongoing reorganization of the US Army.

Modular brigades that can be plugged into a divisional headquarters as the mission requires. See page 30 of my book to see where I came up with that idea first.

They owe me royalties. Or a commission.

[identity profile] drewkitty.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
I shudder to imagine you as a 2nd Lieutenant. Captain, yes. Major, as a stepping stone to Lt. Colonel, yes.

But not 2nd Lieutenant.

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, but you didn't know me in my young and extremely stupid phase! Remember, I have a misspelled tattoo.

I would have had "his men will follow him anywhere, mostly out of a sense of curiosity." all over my OER.

"Lieutenant Berry?"

"Yes, Sir?"

"The correct command for your platoon to advance while mounted is '3-Bravo, advance.' Not 'Ride! Ride for Ruin and the End of the World!', furthermore.. where in the hell did you get that sword?"

[identity profile] dalen-talas.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Now this reminds me of that Scottish(?) officer in the WWII that went to battle with a frikkin' claymore.

[identity profile] jursamaj.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
"sense of curiosity"...

yoink!

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Have some more in that same theme: http://www.globaltraininginstitute.com/just_for_fun/british_naval_officers_eval.html