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Posted by "Todd Harris" <[email protected]> on Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:42:35 -0500
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Hey Mike,
Great post. If I wasn‘t already in the Infantry I‘d join tomorrow. -
PS. I can verify that Mike served at a HQ as I was there with him. Of
course he recruited me into slave labour cutting down trees for his house
lot with no breaks, and only bread and water to live off of. -
Todd Harris
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael O‘Leary [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 17:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: FOR STEFF, was Re: Recruiting
>Hey man i‘m told you before that i‘m a 15 yaer old and that i would
>appreciate a few pointers about the infantry and tell everybody to stop
>e-mailngg i just recieved 138 new messages
>thanxxx
>steff
Steff,
firstly, you have to read the fine print, or be prepared to suffer
the
Sergeant-Major‘s wrath. This is a MAILING LIST. That means you, along with
everyone else, get a copy of EVERY message posted to
[email protected]. If no-one was particularly intrested in your
specific question, then they would not have responded. Additionally, unless
amatter devolvled into an area of private mutual concern between two
recipients, messages would not be sent solely to you.
Many members of the list have personal military interests and
happily
involve themselves in appropriate discussions. They as willingly let other
threads go by.
If you have specific questions about the infantry, there is probably
about
a thousand years of experience on thie list that could answere your
questions. But it is no simple matter to reduce 10, 20, 30 or more years of
experience into a concise posting that will instill in you an understanding
of what it means to be an infantry soldier.
I have been in the Regular Infantry for 18 years, and the Reserves
for
four years before that. I have served in two Battalions, the Infantry
School, a major headquarters and am currently an Operations Officer for a
training base. I am qualified to site a machinegun or dig a trench for it,
direct artillery fire, guide fighter aircraft in ground attack, or write
nearly any form of staff work known to the Army. I have trained basic
infantrymen, infantry platoon commanders, advanced mortarmen and
nonm-combat arms officers in technical and leadership responsibilties.
And my experience and skills pale beside those of some of the
respondent
on this list.
I will be happy to answer your questions, but asking for "a few
pointers"
is somewhat vague.
The infantry is challenging, physically, psychologically and mentally. It
is underrated by many and appreciated only when some dirty job needs to be
done that the infantry are best suited to be tasked. Many days of seeming
drudgery and refresher training may fill the voids between intense cycles
of operational training and employment.
To march through life as a trained infantryman is a significant
accomplishment which really cannot be defined to the uninitiated. The sense
of pride and personal accomplishment each achievement brings is not readily
described - and few other occupations or roles in life offer comparable
opportunities. Many will claim you would learn no trade in the Infantry,
but the professional infantry learns the self-discipline, responsibility
and leadership skills that will carry him or her further than than
aircraft nechanic will go after he/she tires of fixing planes for a living.
Pro Patria
Mike
Michael O‘Leary
Visit The Regimental Rogue at:
http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/index.htm
Leadership is the practical application of character. - Colonel R.
Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO, Army Diary, 1899-1926, 1960
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RE: FOR STEFF, was Re: Recruiting
Hey Mike,
Great post. If I wasn‘t already in the Infantry
I‘d join tomorrow. -
PS. I can verify that Mike served at a HQ as I was
there with him. Of course he recruited me into slave labour
cutting down trees for his house lot with no breaks, and only bread and
water to live off of. -
Todd Harris
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael O‘Leary [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 17:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: FOR STEFF, was Re: Recruiting
gtHey man i‘m told you before that i‘m a 15 yaer
old and that i would
gtappreciate a few pointers about the infantry and
tell everybody to stop
gte-mailngg i just recieved 138 new
messages
gtthanxxx
gtsteff
Steff,
firstly,
you have to read the fine print, or be prepared to suffer the
Sergeant-Major‘s wrath. This is a MAILING LIST. That
means you, along with
everyone else, get a copy of EVERY message posted
to
[email protected]. If no-one was particularly
intrested in your
specific question, then they would not have
responded. Additionally, unless
amatter devolvled into an area of private mutual
concern between two
recipients, messages would not be sent solely to
you.
Many
members of the list have personal military interests and happily
involve themselves in appropriate discussions. They
as willingly let other
threads go by.
If you
have specific questions about the infantry, there is probably
about
a thousand years of experience on thie list that
could answere your
questions. But it is no simple matter to reduce 10,
20, 30 or more years of
experience into a concise posting that will instill
in you an understanding
of what it means to be an infantry soldier.
I have
been in the Regular Infantry for 18 years, and the Reserves for
four years before that. I have served in two
Battalions, the Infantry
School, a major headquarters and am currently an
Operations Officer for a
training base. I am qualified to site a machinegun
or dig a trench for it,
direct artillery fire, guide fighter aircraft in
ground attack, or write
nearly any form of staff work known to the Army. I
have trained basic
infantrymen, infantry platoon commanders, advanced
mortarmen and
nonm-combat arms officers in technical and
leadership responsibilties.
And my
experience and skills pale beside those of some of the respondent
on this list.
I will be
happy to answer your questions, but asking for quota few
pointersquot
is somewhat vague.
The infantry is challenging, physically,
psychologically and mentally. It
is underrated by many and appreciated only when some
dirty job needs to be
done that the infantry are best suited to be tasked.
Many days of seeming
drudgery and refresher training may fill the voids
between intense cycles
of operational training and employment.
To march through life as a trained infantryman is a
significant
accomplishment which really cannot be defined to the
uninitiated. The sense
of pride and personal accomplishment each
achievement brings is not readily
described - and few other occupations or roles in
life offer comparable
opportunities. Many will claim you would learn no
trade in the Infantry,
but the professional infantry learns the
self-discipline, responsibility
and leadership skills that will carry him or her
further than than
aircraft nechanic will go after he/she tires of
fixing planes for a living.
Pro Patria
Mike
Michael O‘Leary
Visit The Regimental Rogue at:
http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/index.htm
Leadership is the practical application of character.
- Colonel R.
Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO, Army Diary, 1899-1926,
1960
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand
this format, some or all of this message may not be legible.
Hey Mike,
Great post. If I wasn‘t already in the Infantry I‘d join tomorrow. -
PS. I can verify that Mike served at a HQ as I was there with him. Of
course he recruited me into slave labour cutting down trees for his house
lot with no breaks, and only bread and water to live off of. -
Todd Harris
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael O‘Leary [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 17:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: FOR STEFF, was Re: Recruiting
>Hey man i‘m told you before that i‘m a 15 yaer old and that i would
>appreciate a few pointers about the infantry and tell everybody to stop
>e-mailngg i just recieved 138 new messages
>thanxxx
>steff
Steff,
firstly, you have to read the fine print, or be prepared to suffer
the
Sergeant-Major‘s wrath. This is a MAILING LIST. That means you, along with
everyone else, get a copy of EVERY message posted to
[email protected]. If no-one was particularly intrested in your
specific question, then they would not have responded. Additionally, unless
amatter devolvled into an area of private mutual concern between two
recipients, messages would not be sent solely to you.
Many members of the list have personal military interests and
happily
involve themselves in appropriate discussions. They as willingly let other
threads go by.
If you have specific questions about the infantry, there is probably
about
a thousand years of experience on thie list that could answere your
questions. But it is no simple matter to reduce 10, 20, 30 or more years of
experience into a concise posting that will instill in you an understanding
of what it means to be an infantry soldier.
I have been in the Regular Infantry for 18 years, and the Reserves
for
four years before that. I have served in two Battalions, the Infantry
School, a major headquarters and am currently an Operations Officer for a
training base. I am qualified to site a machinegun or dig a trench for it,
direct artillery fire, guide fighter aircraft in ground attack, or write
nearly any form of staff work known to the Army. I have trained basic
infantrymen, infantry platoon commanders, advanced mortarmen and
nonm-combat arms officers in technical and leadership responsibilties.
And my experience and skills pale beside those of some of the
respondent
on this list.
I will be happy to answer your questions, but asking for "a few
pointers"
is somewhat vague.
The infantry is challenging, physically, psychologically and mentally. It
is underrated by many and appreciated only when some dirty job needs to be
done that the infantry are best suited to be tasked. Many days of seeming
drudgery and refresher training may fill the voids between intense cycles
of operational training and employment.
To march through life as a trained infantryman is a significant
accomplishment which really cannot be defined to the uninitiated. The sense
of pride and personal accomplishment each achievement brings is not readily
described - and few other occupations or roles in life offer comparable
opportunities. Many will claim you would learn no trade in the Infantry,
but the professional infantry learns the self-discipline, responsibility
and leadership skills that will carry him or her further than than
aircraft nechanic will go after he/she tires of fixing planes for a living.
Pro Patria
Mike
Michael O‘Leary
Visit The Regimental Rogue at:
http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/index.htm
Leadership is the practical application of character. - Colonel R.
Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO, Army Diary, 1899-1926, 1960
--------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: To remove yourself from this list, send a message
to [email protected] from the account you wish
to remove, with the line "unsubscribe army" in the
message body.
RE: FOR STEFF, was Re: Recruiting
Hey Mike,
Great post. If I wasn‘t already in the Infantry
I‘d join tomorrow. -
PS. I can verify that Mike served at a HQ as I was
there with him. Of course he recruited me into slave labour
cutting down trees for his house lot with no breaks, and only bread and
water to live off of. -
Todd Harris
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael O‘Leary [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 17:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: FOR STEFF, was Re: Recruiting
gtHey man i‘m told you before that i‘m a 15 yaer
old and that i would
gtappreciate a few pointers about the infantry and
tell everybody to stop
gte-mailngg i just recieved 138 new
messages
gtthanxxx
gtsteff
Steff,
firstly,
you have to read the fine print, or be prepared to suffer the
Sergeant-Major‘s wrath. This is a MAILING LIST. That
means you, along with
everyone else, get a copy of EVERY message posted
to
[email protected]. If no-one was particularly
intrested in your
specific question, then they would not have
responded. Additionally, unless
amatter devolvled into an area of private mutual
concern between two
recipients, messages would not be sent solely to
you.
Many
members of the list have personal military interests and happily
involve themselves in appropriate discussions. They
as willingly let other
threads go by.
If you
have specific questions about the infantry, there is probably
about
a thousand years of experience on thie list that
could answere your
questions. But it is no simple matter to reduce 10,
20, 30 or more years of
experience into a concise posting that will instill
in you an understanding
of what it means to be an infantry soldier.
I have
been in the Regular Infantry for 18 years, and the Reserves for
four years before that. I have served in two
Battalions, the Infantry
School, a major headquarters and am currently an
Operations Officer for a
training base. I am qualified to site a machinegun
or dig a trench for it,
direct artillery fire, guide fighter aircraft in
ground attack, or write
nearly any form of staff work known to the Army. I
have trained basic
infantrymen, infantry platoon commanders, advanced
mortarmen and
nonm-combat arms officers in technical and
leadership responsibilties.
And my
experience and skills pale beside those of some of the respondent
on this list.
I will be
happy to answer your questions, but asking for quota few
pointersquot
is somewhat vague.
The infantry is challenging, physically,
psychologically and mentally. It
is underrated by many and appreciated only when some
dirty job needs to be
done that the infantry are best suited to be tasked.
Many days of seeming
drudgery and refresher training may fill the voids
between intense cycles
of operational training and employment.
To march through life as a trained infantryman is a
significant
accomplishment which really cannot be defined to the
uninitiated. The sense
of pride and personal accomplishment each
achievement brings is not readily
described - and few other occupations or roles in
life offer comparable
opportunities. Many will claim you would learn no
trade in the Infantry,
but the professional infantry learns the
self-discipline, responsibility
and leadership skills that will carry him or her
further than than
aircraft nechanic will go after he/she tires of
fixing planes for a living.
Pro Patria
Mike
Michael O‘Leary
Visit The Regimental Rogue at:
http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/index.htm
Leadership is the practical application of character.
- Colonel R.
Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO, Army Diary, 1899-1926,
1960
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