Take your daughter to war
The Watertown Daily Times reports that Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael A. Mogg is taking his daughter, SPC Miranda A. Mogg, on a deployment, likely the last of his 29 year career, and her first to Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division. Both are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade. Chief is the brigade’s master gunner, the specialist is an intelligence analyst;
Despite his enthusiasm for his daughter being on the deployment, [Chief] Mogg said she would likely serve as a spy for her mother.
“If I eat something wrong, she’s going to ‘narc’ on me,” he said.
However, he said he would also be able to keep tabs on his daughter.
“She’s single … I’m an armed father down range,” [Chief] Mogg noted.
The 1800 Fort Drum soldiers are expecting to be deployed for nine months.
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I was an intel analyst. It was an awesome job! Good luck to them both and come home safe.
“She’s single … I’m an armed father down range,”
Pretty much every father with a daughter agrees with you sir. I plan on having a shelf with a line of expended shotgun shells with boy’s names on them. At the end of the line will be a couple of ones that aren’t expended. When my daughter’s new boyfriend comes over I will look him in the eye and ask his name. After he tells me his name I will write it on one of the new shells in front of him.
stay safe
She’s a pretty lady, too. Daddy’s gonna have two wars on his hands, that’s for sure!
Prayers out for both to stay safe.
“She’s single … I’m an armed father down range,” [Chief] Mogg noted.
Heh. Why do I get this picture of a Hollywood-style scene where a helicopter rises threateningly over a target, blinding him with floodlights, and a P.A. announcing “step away from my daughter”?
I’d almost feel bad for guy who screwed over an avn master gunners daughter but it only be after I stopped filming lol! stock up on the Cipro and the ever present brown pills SPC, you’re gonna need em..
@2 BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Classic!
No hanky panky on this woman during this deployment. The high-father all-seeing eye will always be looking.
Best “Take your daughter to work day” story ever.
I came across a book titled “Murphy’s Law” and in it is a part titled “Thirteen Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter”, I’ll have to find that book and share that part. A few of them that I can remember are:
You may take my daughter anywhere there are Clergy, Law Enforcement, and Nuns present.
If you take my Daughter to a movie theater, you may sit anyplace at least two seats’ distance away from her.
At the conclusion of your date with my Daughter, you may promptly exit your car, open her door like you should, and promptly see that she gets to our front door safely. If you think you see an armed and camouflaged old man hiding in the shrubbery, it’s probably me, and I listen to the voices in my head.
I can just hear the conversation in the evenings.
You pulled a gun on him? How could you embarrass me like that, Daddy? How could you do that to me? He was getting me a soda. How could you embarrass me like that?
I’m your superior officer. Don’t talk to me like that.
Oh, stuff it! I’m telling Mom that you’re eating junk food again.
@10: This was always my favorite, If you pull into my driveway and beep the horn, you better be making a delivery because you ain’t picking anyone up!
Twist: the shotgun shells aren’t necessary. Simply make sure you’re in a very visible place cleaning either your shotgun, rifle, or sidearm when the young men arrive. Look at the young men, say hello, and then go back to what you’re doing.
If they’re perceptive, they’ll get the point right away.
If they’re a coward, they’ll lose interest in your daughter. No great loss there.
If they also come over and show interest in what you’re doing – and are smart enough to be polite and ask intelligent questions while doing so – they might actually be worth your daughter’s time.
Hondo, I was going for originality.
If I had a daughter, I would let have as many dates that she wished, whenever she wished. She could have seedless ones or ones with seeds. She could have them plain or smothered in chocolate. I have no idea why some of you folks with daughters are getting crazy about your daughters’ dates.
#12, Curmudgeon: YEAH, I remember that one, too, how long since you last read that book?
@10 Here’s a hilarious thread that starts out with 10 rules.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2736763/posts
The “applications” to date a daughter are funny, too.
#16: Infidel, never read it, have to find it. Got it of a list of rules for dating a Marine’s daughter. Heh. Instead of a shotgun I would break down and clean an “evil black rifle” when the bf would come pick her up. Didn’t work for the 2nd bf as he was a paratrooper. Ah well they have been married for 2 years now so it is all good.
Air Cav, if you ask my daughter how old she has to be to date she will reply “30”. I’ve been working on that for years.
Mothers leaving their kids at home to “fight” overseas, 70+ year old doctor sent to Afghanistan, now a father-daughter team sent overseas. This “war” is getting curiouser and curiouser the more one looks at it.
I had a son, So I’m the one who had to field the calls from angry father’s of daughters.
I still say Having a son was better on the mind than a daughter.
What we have here are two Soldiers both family in body, mind and spirit afield with the US Forces fighting for us, Father and daughter both heroes.
You guys take care and watch out for each other!
One saying I remember is that “If you’re raising a Son, there’s only one pecker you have to worry about. If you’re raising a Daughter, you’re concerned about every one of them in existence!”