Len Over 21 wrote:
In article , PAMNO
(N2EY) writes:
We've already seen how you react to others who have served our country in
both military and nonmilitary government service.
Right...for making lots of brags and claims and implied "combat
experience" as in "seven hostile actions." :-)
Or those who were "in Vietnam" yet can't be specific about what
they did or where.
Can't be or won't be, Leonard? Fact is, I did a tour in Viet Nam in the
USAF, 1970-1971. You made insulting remarks about it. I can Google
some up for you if you like.
Or those who "served the country" by being a minor civilian sort for a
defense contractor on a USN aircraft carrier. [I tend to dismiss
the claims of "taking photographs for naval intelligence" as having
any importance]
When does a defense contractors work aboard a USN aircraft carrier
become a "minor civilian sort". You say it all when you add the
parenthetical material. You seem to have difficulty making a statement
about someone's work or military service without insulting them. This
has long been your method.
"Dave" wants his State experiences enobled as wonderful radio
acts for the nation or something.
When was that ever claimed by me?
By the way, Dave is my name. It needs no quotes. "William's" name
isn't William.
State Department just doesn't
have the size or scope to compete with the U.S. military commo
facilities.
....or it could just be that needs of the Department of State aren't the
same as those of the U.S. military.
The DSN has taken over the day-to-day task for that
and the U.S. Army Signal Corps has long served State for the
vital sensitive communications means (which "Dave" will
immediately argue since he is most sensitive to any sort of
negativism to "Dave").
Dave will argue because there are no facts to support your silly claim.
The U.S. Army Signal Corps not only hasn't "long served State", it plays
absolutely no role in providing the U.S. Department of State with
communications. Once again, you make a statement of supposed fact with
the truth omitted. Do you ever get anything correct?
Ooooo...I've "insulted" a member of the USMC? Horrors!
Yes, I was unaware that the USMC is hero of the U.S. military and
the savior of all wars and is therefore ALLOWED (perhaps
encouraged) to insult and demean all other U.S. military service
branch veterans. See cute little Yiddish pejoratives such as "Putz"
(which means 'penis head').
Steve has never insulted my Air Force service. You have. Brian Burke
has. I get the feeling that Steve's pet name for you has nothing to do
with the fact that you served in the Army. He insults you, not the
Army.
You aren't the Army.
Tsk. I am "guilty" of an inter-service faux pas according to your
veteranism (or veterinarianism or vegetarianism) as a military
veteran yourself. I was unaware that standing retreat (a military
ceremony at sundown) honoring 23 members of my military
battalion was somehow "dishonoring them" (according to the
medically-discharged USMC veteran). Mea culpa.
You weren't insulted for standing retreat. You were insulted for trying
to associate their deaths with your service. The two were not connected
except that you later served in the same unit in a different place. Your
attempt backfired in much the same way as your "Sphincter post", the one
in which you describe how someone feels in battle. The only problem
was, you were never in battle.
You've neglected to "correct" me on many other things that
involved communications that I've experienced since 1956...
except some brief mentions on SURPLUS equipment of WW2
era radio. You don't know SINCGARS or the IHFR families
which are the mainstay of small-unit operations in today's
military...IHFR involves HF spectrum communications and the
present-day PRC-104 is part of that IHFR effort since 1986.
That's all nice. Thanks for yet another irrelevant restatement of your
knowledge of SINCGARS, IHFR and small unit military communications. I
never served in a small unit nor do I need SINCGARS or IHFR in my
amateur radio operations. Come to think of it, I never needed them in
my Department of State communications.
Show us your heroism and wonderful deeds that makes YOU so
superior you can denigrate those of us who DID serve in the military.
Where have I "denigrated" anyone's military or other government service?
Myself and Brian Burke by implication if not directly. Further,
you've supported or condoned other PCTAs for personally insulting
the both of us. All that has been in public view here.
You're long on emotion and short on facts, Len. There are any number of
things taking place in the world on which you've not commented. By your
logic, you must support or condone them.
Dave K8MN