I know some of you reading this are in leadership positions, and others are, but don't yet know it. I used a combination of things to get my team and the teams I took over to keep going. If I didn't tell you this story...when we were going into Falljuah on our first mission, in Dec 2004, I could tell my lads were a little uptight the morning we got up before the mission. I looked at them and could see it on their faces.
As we loaded stuff from our tin cans (trailers) to take with us, I told them: "we need to go eat a big breakfast!"
"Eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, oatmeal, cereal, apples, oranges, SOS, coffee, tea, milk, orange juice, toast, everything we can eat!"
The younger soldier looked at me and had a puzzled face and said: "I'm not sure I can eat anything right now..."
I looked him right in the eyes and said:
"Men, you can't shit your pants in fear on an empty stomach."
That got them to breath, laugh and we had chow and drove on.....
Somebody asked me one time, if I had to shoot anybody in Iraq, how could I do it. I answered with:
"Sight picture,control your breathing....trigger press. FIRE!
7 comments:
Hey. Your pic was on top of your words. Had to guess what it said. LOL. Great post.
Have you been letting an Air Force computer specalist fuck with your PC?
I am a firm believer in battling tough situations and stupid people with a sense of humor and sarcasm. Well done.
MF, I think I U.F.I. (fixed it)
CP, I' thought I'd make it new and improved. Now I can't figure out how to put it back like it was.
KD, When we stop laughing, "they have won."
I like the new look, Dude.
Coffeypot,
I fired that Air Force tech.
Great post! and I'm liking the new look, too
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