RE: Subject: RE: [ihc] IH Garand rifle?

[Jerry Whitteridge <jrwhitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mac.
 If they talked to you about what they went through, then they trusted
you like they trust their collegues. Most won't talk to any civilian
about what happens because the civilians normally dont have a point of
reference to base thier reactions on.

**Don't ** betray their trust.



On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 05:40, Mac @ TRIAD wrote:

> that's an incorrect assessment.  *we* get to talk to an awful lot of the
> folks who were there.  one of the few advantages of being in this hellhole
> is working with them.  they can't tell the press most of what they've seen
> and done, and they can't tell most civilians...  but they *can* tell the
> people they work with, and discuss it with other people who were also there.
> it's becoming something of a shared knowledge event for the maintenance
> people base-wide, which is probably a good thing.  you have to remember that
> *all* of 507th was brought back here when they were released except Jessica
> Lynch, and after being debriefed, were immediately released to their
> families and friends.  maybe you saw their homecoming to this post on the
> news?  some of them have since separated from the military, but a few of
> them re-upped their enlistment and are going to be here for a few more years
> to come.
> 
> *I* can talk to them, and my lovely Bride can talk to them.  507th's bays
> aren't that far from hers, and now that she's in system maintenance (made
> the change right after they got home from the war), she has to rub elbows
> with the guys from 507th as well as 518th and several other maintenance
> companies.  along with participating with them in the revamped weapons
> training they're undergoing because of 507th's debacle in Iraq.  her
> Battery's most recent live fire exercise, based on what the ADA learned from
> the recent convoy problems, even made the local base paper's Centre Section
> (where they put the biggest local-interest stories).
> 
> as i said earlier, i was asked not to go about publicly airing many of the
> things i've been told.  it isn't rumour, i've heard it straight from the
> mouths of the guys who made it home, and at this point, i really don't think
> they're lying.  too much local policy has changed as a direct result of what
> they experienced, some of it is just plain unsettling to say the least.  it
> hasn't got anything to do with whether it will hurt anyone, or national
> security, or keeping secrets, or anything else of that nature.  somebody
> asked me not to, and i gave my word.  fair enough?
> 
> --Mac
> 
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