[rollei_list] OT: A Bit About Myself
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:48:43 -0400
At 09:05 AM 4/29/2010, bicycle551@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
During your time in the Army, did you ever
transition to the JAG Corps? Just wondered if
our paths ever crossed on AD or Reserves.
I was commissioned into the Ordnance Corps and
retired from that august body 22 years
later. Along the way, I was branch qualified in
Ordnance, Infantry (argh!), and the
MP's. Loggies Rule! I served in the Virginia
Army National Guard from 1979 to 1983, then in
the 80th Division (TNG) until 1987, followed by
three years in the 2174th US Army Garrison (as
Deputy Provost Marshal), then by three years in
the 2079th US Army School teaching C&GS. My last
two years were spent in the old 80th MTC, which
morphed into a lanes-training unit as part of the
78th "Jersey Lightning" (he yawns) Division. And
then I made telephone colonel and twenty years
and they dangled the buy-out, and I took it. That was in 1994.
I am currently serving as the Provost Marshal to
the Virginia Defense Force. Most US States have
these. With a single exception, these are all
unarmed, unpaid auxiliaries to the National Guard
-- and, yes, I keep running into old friends from
all around the Commonwealth, guys I knew back in
the Guard and the Reserves. I work for a fellow
I've known since 1970. We drill one day per
month. I am senior enough to run my own schedule
-- I had to take off the last drill to work on
writing Charlie Barringer's obit, for instance,
and I generally cut out around noon most
drills. I have good folks working for me, so
this is not a problem. Some of you guys with a
military background ought to consider joining
your State Defense Forces. Hell, we even take
guys off civvie street. One of the Plank-Owners
in the VDF is my Master Sergeant, Ronnie Mongold,
who has never served a day in the military
outside of the VDF -- but who is a consummate
NCO. I could not ask for a better sergeant.
The sole exception to the unarmed bit is the
Alaska State Defense Force. My son lives in
Wasilla, Alaska, and is a crack shot (hell, I
taught him how to shoot) but I cannot get him
interested in joining even when I point out that
he would have range time with that Rich Uncle
providing the ammo. Ah, well. He is a contrary
cuss, but I have heard it suggested by several on
this List that I am such, as well ...
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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