The post in which I Torque off COB6
The guy who used to sit next to me in our Bradley turret during Desert Storm sent me this link and I couldn’t resist poking the bear. The fellow whose bio is at that link did his level best to get COB6’s ass shot off at a place in Iraq forever known now as 73 Easting.
Apparently, the Army had the good sense to keep him from having anymore command assignments. I can’t mention his name because COB6 has forbidden it.
This (now) colonel and I had several run-ins, too, but they were more a clash of egos – he never tried to convince me to change direction 180 degrees and attack a company of M1s head-on. At night. In a 360-degree armor battle wherein the M1s had already taken out a sister company’s platoon.
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That the dude’s real name? There’s a joke in there somewhere.
“Whazza matter, Colonel? CHICKEN?”
I loved that movie.
I was looking for a YouTube with that quote…no dice. So is this dude Original Recipe or Extra Crispy?
Extra crispy – didn’t you notice the History degree from UCLA?
UCLA–University of Continuously Lost Asians. I shouldn’t laugh–my cousin got her BA and MA from there.
Claymore–ask and ye shall receive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk7VWcuVOf0
1:02 in.
This clown almost made some history of his own by creating the single most bloody fratricide in modern history.
The fact that he never commanded again does not surprize me but was he actually a company trainer at JRTC? Unbelievable.
Ok, so I know you aren’t suppose to judge a book by its cover and all that, but this guy just looks like a putz – kind of like Major Burns from MASH.
Susan, this guy would make Major Burns look like Chesty Puller. The relationship I had with him was similar to the one between Gunny Highway and Major Powers in “Heartbreak Ridge”.
ex.
Maj. Malcolm A. Powers: [approaching Highway] Just what the hell do you think you’re doing?
Highway: Just enjoying the view, sir.
Maj. Malcolm A. Powers: Well, you disobeyed an order. I told you to stay in contact and not take this hill without me. Damn it! Get on your feet, Highway!
Highway: With all due respect, sir, you’re beginning to bore the hell out of me.
Hmmm? proof that education doesn’t always equal common sense? Or, as my dad said, and educated damn fool?
John, that was actually the one I was trying to think of, but did not have time to google to get his name. If God is merciful, this Col. will never be a “war fighter” again.
But he has a Ranger tab????
Did he lose something in the swamp???
Wolf